Sermon of John Y. Barlow, 2 January 1944
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2 January 1944
Sermon of John Y. Barlow, 2 January 1944
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.
The Nations Will Be Forced to Listen to the Priesthood; Destructions Will Come When the Constitution Is Destroyed; The United States Has a Debt to Pay; Redemption of Zion Many of us have boys in the army. They are going to be needed. President Young and President Kimball stood all day, watching soldiers marching all day and all night. They marched two and two. It will be necessary. The great conflict is on when all the spirits of the unseen world, both good and bad, are going to come here in conflict. God is going to use such means on the world that He is going to force them to listen to the Priesthood and Prophets of God. It won?t be long before we are going to have someone come and help us. The One Mighty and Strong is coming. He is a military man, and he is going to take lead, both spiritual and temporal. I have prayed very earnestly about these boys that are going out, and I am well satisfied that the Lord wants them to go. We do not have to shed blood. In Moroni, the king told them that came to shed blood to lay down their arms, but they would not. We believe in the Constitution of the United States. That is the kind of law that God told us to uphold. When they destroy that, destruction is coming upon the land. The people of the United States have a debt to pay. That debt was for the shedding of blood, and it can only be wiped out by blood. President Snow said that no man would go back to help build up Jackson County except those who live the Celestial Law. I have learned to love Heber. He has always been able to walk strong and talk pretty strong. The more we contemplate on these things the more we can see. Brothers and sisters, we are on the verge of some trials. Some of us are already getting it. There is Brother Chatwin. I want to say, regarding his little wife, that there is not a finer mother in the country. He has two beautiful children, bright as can be. I have heard some say that the girl is not normal. I want to say that she is a lot better than some of those that are talking about it. I say to Heber, ?God bless him, and to do your duty.? He will be a pillar to roll on the work. We have some men in this house, men and women, that will go back and help to give the Ten Tribes their blessings. They will go back to officiate in the temple of God as they go on their way. They are coming here before they go to Jerusalem. I expect a great many here to go back and help. God bless you. As was prophesied this afternoon, men will come out of this group as they have come out of the Church. May it be our happy lot to be among them, I pray in the name of Jesus Christ, amen. Salt Lake City, Utah, Morrison Home, January 20, 1944, (From the Sermons of President Leroy S. Johnson Vol.7 Page 6), No Unclean Thing Will Participate in the Redemption of Zion; The United Order Must Be Lived or the Spirit of God Will Cease Striving With Us I was thinking while sitting here of some of the sayings of President Young. He said, ?Do you think the world will know when the resurrection takes place? Father Smith and the Prophet Joseph said that the world would know nothing about it.? I was thinking of the testimonies we have that they have been resurrected. You wouldn?t tell it to the world. They wouldn?t believe it if you did. We have a testimony that Joseph Smith came, and men shook hands with him, and he told them what to do, had them ordained and set apart for certain work. Will the world believe it? No. The Millennium will come, and the world won?t accept it. When we go back to Jackson County, they will think it is the work of some wise man. Christ said that He would go before them. His presence and His angels would be with them. When that time comes (and it may be close at hand), no unclean thing will be there because Christ won?t be there if it is. We can tell how we must live. We must sanctify ourselves and live the Gospel of Jesus Christ. Resurrected beings will come and teach us of His ways. There is a writing out now that tells us that the Millennium started in 1936. Do we believe it? I don?t, for we read from the scriptures that the very first angel that comes will cry, ?The Bridegroom cometh, go ye out to meet Him.? I want to tell you here, that if this people will keep on and keep the commandments of God, the gifts of the Spirit will surely come to them. We will have prophecy, we will see angels. You will be walking upon the road and someone will come to you. You will find it is one of the ancient Prophets. Did Jesus? disciples know Him? Not until He made Himself known. These small meetings here?God has said that if we will hold these meetings, that He will be in the midst of them. I never in my life was more satisfied than I am today that we have the truth, not caring what people are going to do to us. It makes it more true. Jesus said, ?He that lives Godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution.? In any day and age of the world the same cause always produces the same effect. We have been promised that if a few of us will go ahead, take those that will come, if we only have twenty men, and live that law (United Order), God will be with us. A short time ago, we left these parts and went down to Short Creek and started the United Order. If we do not live that law, the Spirit of God will cease to be with us, and we will go down and out. The fullness of the Gospel is the United Order and plural marriage. We, as a people, have done away with those things. We have taken the tower on the hill away, and the enemies came in upon us. What was the result? They said, ?What need have we of this?? The result was the Edmunds Tucker law, and so forth. No matter what people do or say about God?s laws, they are true. If they killed us, a truth would still be a truth. I am glad to be here in Sister Morrison?s house. I ask God?s blessings upon this house and upon