Sermon of John Y. Barlow, 8 November 1942: You Will Be the Loser if You Do Not Live the Law, That Gives Eternal Increase; How to Treat a Dedicated Home
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8 November 1942
Sermon of John Y. Barlow, 8 November 1942: You Will Be the Loser if You Do Not Live the Law, That Gives Eternal Increase; How to Treat a Dedicated Home
A dated talk by John Y. Barlow from the compiled volume Sermons of John Y. Barlow. The wording has not been changed. Reported by Leona Jeffs.
Dedication of the Priesthood Home, Salt Lake City, Utah, Sunday 2:00 P.M. at Lincoln Street
We are surely well pleased with the spirit and turnout so far in this meeting. We are now going to ask Brother Joseph to dedicate this place. I want to say to you people that we were set apart to dedicate homes and houses. That was one of the special blessings given us brethren at the time we were set apart. ********** My brothers and sisters, I have [been] greatly filled up with the remarks we have heard this afternoon. When we look around here and see the pictures (Brigham Young, the Prophet, etc.), it makes us feel pretty small. It does me. I do not feel that I am capable of taking the place of any of those men. But I do know that God calls us to the positions we are in; and for that reason, in our weak way we are trying to fulfill our callings. I think I have been with this group or other groups for about twenty-five years?been on the firing line all that time. I know that the Gospel is true. I know that these principles that we are advocating are true. I know that if we don?t live the law that gives us eternal increase, we will not have eternal increase, and when we get to a certain place we will stop. That will be the end of our increase. We know those things, and it does not make any difference to me who tries to stop me. If we don?t get there, the leaders will be to blame, some say. (He then gave the story of the lost purse.) The same with the laws of God?you cannot blame it on someone else. You are going to be the loser if you do not live the laws of God. I have heard some say that you have got to get something more than the Manifesto to put the blame on. It was God who said these things that we are advocating. Now, brothers and sisters, we have been together long enough. I ask God to bless each and every one of you, and hope we will keep the commandments of God. Now that this place is dedicated, we hope that the young people will not laugh and chase and run in this house. The Lord has said that loud laughter is a sin to Him. From now on, if I tell you to stop, I do not want you to feel offended. I hope that when we have our dances here, that they will carry themselves right, and open and dismiss with prayer. Have a good time, but not be rowdy. God bless you, amen.