Sermon of John Y. Barlow, 7 November 1943: Lorin Woolley Said President Barlow and the Others Were Called by God; Dissolution
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Sermon of John Y. Barlow, 7 November 1943: Lorin Woolley Said President Barlow and the Others Were Called by God; Dissolution
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.
Salt Lake City, Utah, Sacrament Meeting at Lincoln Street
When I was thinking of Brother Jay [Jessop], this came to me. A few years ago one of Uncle Joseph?s boys died. He was killed, and that was the first man of the Jessops for thirty years who held the Melchizedek Priesthood on the other side. Now, I am just as certain that his great-grandfather needed help, a man that had abided the fullness, and that is the reason he was the one that was chosen to go. I have known this boy, more especially since they came to Salt Lake. They came to our home and stayed nearly a month?the family. I have been acquainted with him from youth up. He was only about nine or ten when they first came. I have seen him grow and develop; and I was thinking of the words of Brother Leslie: ?There are two boys that will make the grade?Jay and Edson [Jessop].? I thought that I would like to say these few words in behalf of Jay. I have been greatly pleased with the remarks of the brethren today. I know the Gospel is true, and I know that the calling that the brethren have is of the Lord, for I have found it out. I wouldn?t be satisfied until I did find it out. I had to find out for myself that my calling was from the Lord. Brother Leslie asked Uncle Lorin if he had called us, and he said no, he had nothing to do with it; but God spoke through his father and asked him to call us and set us apart. So Father John Woolley called; and after, Lorin called some of the others. After he left, Leslie took it. Afterwards the Lord made more known to me to call two men, and I called them and they are doing a wonderful work. I like one thing that Brother LeBaron said. He said he didn?t understand certain principles. Now brethren, all of us, let us not say we don?t believe them, but instead we don?t understand them. I have seen men say, ?I don?t believe in Adam God.? Those same men, after having it taught to them, said it was very plain. And these things have got to come to us and be taught in that way. If we understood dissolution, I would much rather have a dissolution than never be able to reach the Godhead. And as Brigham Young said, ?What will become of the wicked? They will go off into dissolution, and it may be trillions of years before they are revived again.? To me it would be so much better than to be put in a place where I couldn?t go any further. I ask God to bless you to be prepared, so when our time comes we can stand.