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Sermon of John Y. Barlow, 13 September 1942: Was Tutored by John and Lorin Woolley; Must Live the United Order Today; Joseph Smith Is the One Mighty and Strong

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13 September 1942

Sermon of John Y. Barlow, 13 September 1942: Was Tutored by John and Lorin Woolley; Must Live the United Order Today; Joseph Smith Is the One Mighty and Strong

A dated talk by John Y. Barlow from the compiled volume Sermons of John Y. Barlow. The wording has not been changed. Reported by Myrtle L. Allred.

Salt Lake City, Utah, Priesthood Meeting at Lincoln Street 2:00 P.M.

My brothers and sisters, I have been greatly edified and built up through the remarks of my brethren. Looking over the congregation now, I am wondering how many are here that were with us a few years ago. I can see a few faces here that were with us a few years ago. When we used to go up to Uncle John Woolley?s and Lorin Woolley?s, they would tell us of things?how the Savior and Joseph Smith came to their place and what he told them to do to keep this principle alive. I have heard those men testify to that many times. I have been called into their Council and told of these things?tutored up. I used to live just a little way from Uncle Lorin Woolley, and I knew Uncle John Woolley; and I heard the neighbors say that Joseph F. Smith used to go up and visit with him. They said that Joseph F. thought a lot of him, that he went up and pled with him and pled with him. Yes, he did?he counselled with him, but he wasn?t pleading with him as they thought he was doing. We heard what Brother Jensen said to you, that we as a people had gone out from among the Latter-day Saints. I think you will find recorded in the Millennial Star where a people would be brought out among the Latter-day Saints which would be the nucleus of the great Millennium. These people would live all the Gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ. Yes, we hear men say it isn?t necessary to live those laws now. Do you think God ever dealt with non-essentials? I heard a man say here a short time ago, ?You can?t live the United Order now.? I said, ?Brother, do you believe in God?? ?Yes.? ?Do you believe that God is a just God?? ?Yes.? ?Well, will such a God give us a law that we can?t live, and condemn us for not living it? How could He be a just God?? Things haven?t changed any. Didn?t God give things from the beginning to the end? God knew how the people would do, and He holds us responsible for living this law. He hasn?t revoked any of them. Read the Manifesto and see what it does say. It says ?To Whom It May Concern? for political purposes. Does the Lord change for political purposes? He said His course is one eternal round?it stands there just the same. We can live it, or we can leave it alone. If we do, we will get the blessings, or we will get the consequence. These are the things we should think of. I don?t believe there is a better class of people anywhere than there are here, but I will say here that good as we are, we aren?t good enough, or we wouldn?t have been called to repentance. Let us look back in our own life and see if that wasn?t a just call on us to turn and to serve God. This little group that has been here for the last month working, I never saw nor heard a cleaner, purer group of men than were working here. You could let your children or wives come here and you would never hear a word that you would be afraid to let a child hear. Can you find such a group of men anywhere else? You that are here know that our Latter-day Saint men even use a curse nearly every other word. That is what you get. ?By their fruits shall ye know them.? That is what we are going to be judged by. I don?t feel like saying much this afternoon, but I feel like telling you if you will keep on in the course you are keeping, it will be but a short time when there will be no rich nor poor among you. Brother Joseph touched on another thing. He said it was our business to see that these laws are kept alive. That is the calling of these men here?to see that these laws that God has revealed are kept alive. Some have said, ?Do you expect to be President of the Church?? ?Do you expect to be the ?One Mighty and Strong??? No, of course we are not the One Mighty and Strong. God is going to send the One Mighty and Strong, and you will find that it is the Prophet Joseph Smith. He is the head of this dispensation, and he is the one that will come. And when you hear a man say that he is the One Mighty and Strong, you can know he is wrong, because that one will be a Celestial being with light for a covering. And how quick can he come? Just as quick as we will be united and live the laws of God, so that we can call down this man. Just that soon he will come and help us. I say God bless you to live the laws and keep the commandments of God, and live upright, is my prayer, in the name of Jesus Christ, amen.