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Talk of Leroy S. Johnson, Salt Lake City, 6 November 1960

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Talk of Leroy S. Johnson, Salt Lake City, 6 November 1960

A talk by Leroy S. Johnson at a general meeting at the Fischer home in Salt Lake City. The automatic transcript of the opening includes “President Johnson.” The archive file is labeled Leroy S. Johnson. The text is an automatic, unreviewed transcript of the recording, lightly paragraphed for reading. The recording itself is the source.

Members · Full recording · 5:48

We'll now hear from President Johnson. Very thankful, my brothers and sisters, for the privilege of being here. Take of the spirit of this meeting. I'm thankful for the word of the Lord that has been delivered to you. For the Lord loves you very, very much. He has said that he chastens those whom he loveth. Why does he chasten?

that they might be better prepared to serve him and keep his commandments. I don't wish to detain you long, but I want to give you a little of the word of God to you. Instead of the righteous being bound tighter and tighter, they will continue to have more and more liberty. As we are more and more faithful, and obtain more power with the heavens, and more of the power of God upon us, let us seek diligently unto the Lord, until we obtain the faith of Jesus in its fullness. For those who possess this are free indeed. Mormonism keeps men and women young and handsome.

and when they are full of the Spirit of God, there are none of them but what will have a glow upon their countenance, and that is what makes you and me young, for the Spirit of God is with us and within us. If the Lord had a people on the earth that he had perfect confidence in, There is not a blessing in the eternities of our God that they could bear in the flesh that he would not pour out upon them. Tongue cannot tell the blessings of the Lord, the blessings the Lord has for his people who have proved themselves before him.

What a wonderful opportunity, my brothers and sisters, that you have. You have been told of some of your faults tonight. You have also been told how to overcome them. Now it is up to you. There is enough faith within this room to shake this whole state until it wonder what had taken place. Put into practice things that you have been told tonight. Overcome.

That one thing will find a great change. The attitude of this people and the blessings that God would shower down upon your head. I pray that the Spirit of God will settle upon us in the name of Jesus Christ. Amen.

Sources

  1. From the Historical Short Creek archive, 1960 documents. Duration 5:48. Automatic transcript (unreviewed). Speaker identification is from the archive file name, checked against the opening of the recording where it names or introduces the speaker.

This transcript is free to read. The full recording is for members. No public media URL is listed here.