Sermon of John Y. Barlow, 13 July 1941: Must Pay the Price to Receive the Blessing; Do Not Gossip; Help Yourselves, and
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13 July 1941
Sermon of John Y. Barlow, 13 July 1941: Must Pay the Price to Receive the Blessing; Do Not Gossip; Help Yourselves, and
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 Leona Jeffs.
God Will Help You My brothers and sisters, we have heard some wonderful things told us this afternoon. I do not believe I have spent a more sorrowful week than I have this last week. It seems that the adversary is getting into the families. Some of the sisters have come to me, and some of the brothers, too, with their hearts broken. I am telling you that if we receive the blessings of God, we must surely pay the price. And so it goes down deep into the hearts of many. My heart has ached very much for our loved ones, our young ones who have been hurt lately, riding on the Sabbath. It is a lesson to us all. We can see it afterwards, but that does not pay the price. Those young people will have to pay the price for a long time. I know the Gospel of Jesus Christ is true. I know if we get a salvation in the Kingdom of God, we have got to pay the price. We are here to keep His commandments and to do His will. If we obey the law, we will get the blessing; if we do not, we will not get the blessing. I have seen for a number of months the things that are coming. We haven?t got to it, but the time won?t be long. Those who are faithful and true will go through. We cannot get through if one of the sisters tell stories of gossip and spread the talks. Brothers and sisters, learn to keep still. Let things stay where they start. If we do that, God will bless us. If we don?t do that, God will not trust us. Today we see what is going on over the land?war. And millions of dollars? worth of things are being prepared to kill off the people. I rejoice in these things, only because it brings the time closer when the Kingdom of God will reign. It is ourselves that we want to look out for. When we look back and see what God has revealed in these last days, if there is one thing that this people will be condemned for, it is for giving the people too much. If you give a person too much before he is ready for it, it will hurt him all the way through. (Prophecy of when men would apostatize.) I want to testify to you that God is watching over us here, and He is going to take a hand. We are going to be straightened out like we have never been before. What you are doing, you are doing for yourselves. Try to help yourselves, and God will help you. You will need the Spirit of the Lord aro