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Sermon of John Y. Barlow, 3 January 1941

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3 January 1941

Sermon of John Y. Barlow, 3 January 1941

A dated talk by John Y. Barlow from the compiled volume Sermons of John Y. Barlow. This date is not already published as a Salt Lake minute-book meeting or as a separate 1943 or 1949 document. The wording has not been changed. Reported by Marjorie Holm.

You Must Know the Gospel Is True; Joseph Smith Wanted Isaac Carling on the Other Side of the Veil; Get the Spirit of God Brothers and sisters, I would often think, walking along the street, you see dead people walking all around you. Not so with a Latter-day Saint. They have got the light of the Gospel in their eyes. You can know and tell as quick as you meet a true Latter-day Saint. Do we know the Gospel is true? One of our Prophets said, ?Brethren, you have got to know the Gospel is true; and you have got to know you know the Gospel is true.? The plan that God gave cannot be changed one bit. When anyone says that any part of the Gospel is not essential, then you know they are in the wrong way. Hail to the Prophet ascended to heaven. Let me tell you something here, that the Prophet Joseph has ascended to heaven, and there are times he comes down to earth. I had the privilege of seeing him come from heaven, and he told me he wanted a man, and he wanted him quick. I told the brethren that it was Brother Isaac Carling, that he was wanted on the other side. We don?t know any day when the Lord will say, ?We want them up there and want them quick.? I have heard Brother Lorin tell when he was very sick?I miss him?Lorin Woolley told Brother John, ?Brother John, I make that promise to you, that you will do a great and mighty work in the Kingdom of God here on the earth;? and I want to say that every man that has been called of God by revelation is doing a great and mighty work upon this earth today. You have heard them urge you, brothers and sisters, to get the Spirit of God around you, because there is a storm coming. Get ready for it. I want to testify to you, every one of you, this Gospel of salvation is to you, every one of you. If you do away with Celestial Marriage, you come to a full stop; you cannot go any further. That is what God says. He says you will be damned. You never can be like Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob if that is the case. Let us be like President John Taylor. We don?t intend to have it ?kicked out?, either inside or outside of the Church. Some of us brethren have lived to see some of the best men we thought there was couldn?t stand up under the load. I know that these things are true, and they know it is true, or did at one time. I don?t know whether they know it now or not. I tell you in the name of the Lord, if you get up and bear your testimony, th