Sermon of John Y. Barlow, 14 November 1943: The Joseph Jessop Family; The Kingdom of God Comprises a Kingdom, Laws, and Authority; We Are Fundamentalists, Following the Lord?s Word Through Joseph Smith
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14 November 1943
Sermon of John Y. Barlow, 14 November 1943: The Joseph Jessop Family; The Kingdom of God Comprises a Kingdom, Laws, and Authority; We Are Fundamentalists, Following the Lord?s Word Through Joseph Smith
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, Lincoln Street
My brothers and sisters, my experience with the Jessop family goes quite a ways back. I knew Joseph?s [Jessop] father years ago when I was a small boy, and I have known Brother Joseph here nearly since I can remember. I have always known him to be a man of God. I was lucky enough to take the first one of his family into this law. She is here with us today. She has been sick and has been up here, but she is the mother of fourteen children. I remember Jay when he was six years old, and he stayed in my home. I have watched him and his brother. They have always been good boys. I remember the remarks of Brother Broadbent: ?Those boys are going to make a mark in the world.? We had our eyes on them and they have. And since that time, many of the Jessops have left the fullness of the Gospel. Many will receive plural marriage, but will never receive Celestial Marriage. I have always honored and respected Brother Joseph Jessop. He had a large family and had a hard go of it, but he is an honest man and a hard worker. There are so many shysters today that will rob him because he is honest. I was greatly moved by the remarks of Brother Fors about the Kingdom. If we ever get into the Kingdom of God, we must comply to those laws or we will never get there. First it takes a kingdom; then a code of laws to govern that kingdom; and then it takes duly authorized servants to put those laws in force. If any of them are missing, then you cannot get into the kingdom. The Kingdom of God is like any other kingdom. I am a descendant of a man who knew the Prophet. My father was born in Nauvoo, and he went through all the trials that my grandfather and grandmother went through coming out west. When I hear that song ?Up Awake, Ye defenders of Zion?, I think it should be sung all over. We are fundamentalists. We believe the word of the Lord as it was given to Joseph Smith. And, my brothers and sisters, he gave us enough and laid it down in the scriptures to get us into the Kingdom of God, every one of us. (He then gave the example of the train and the tickets one could buy?celestial, telestial, and terrestrial.) President Grant knows it requires these laws, but where does he stand? I ask God to bless us and help us to learn more of Him and His ways, in the name of Jesus Christ, amen.