Sermon of John Y. Barlow, 13 February 1944: We Are a Covenant People; Don?t Get Thin-Skinned and Have Hurt Feelings; We Will Be Saved Through Priesthood
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13 February 1944
Sermon of John Y. Barlow, 13 February 1944: We Are a Covenant People; Don?t Get Thin-Skinned and Have Hurt Feelings; We Will Be Saved Through Priesthood
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, Evening Meeting
My brothers and sisters, we have had the Gospel taught to us in plainness tonight. I believe it was the Savior who said:
Mark 16 15. And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature. 16. He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned. Every man that gets up here will either convert us or condemn us. We can?t get it off our minds and we can?t get away from it. I know that what Brother Rulon said is so, in a great many instances; and what Brother Marion said is so. We are not people of the world. We are talking to a covenant people. We covenanted before, and your parents covenanted, and came down through a covenant lineage. We can break out if we dare, but where would we go? I love this people. I love any people that will love God. I am working for the Kingdom of God; and if anyone gets in my way, I will push them out of my way. (Brother Hammon is General Manager of the United Order.) We say we have come out of the Church. Some men will come up out of this order here, those who obey and keep the commandments of God. Don?t get thin-skinned. Don?t let them hurt your feelings. This Gospel belongs to every one of us, the same as the men who have been talking. You hold the Priesthood of God. If you are called upon to act, you will act as those who belong to the Priesthood. If ever we get saved it will be through the Priesthood. You might think you can pass by Brigham Young, the Prophet, etc., but remember this one thing?the Gods and the angels are set there by whom you cannot pass if you have not lived the law. We have been handled, most of us, but we are going to have another kind of charge, and it won?t be long before the One Mighty and Strong comes and sets things in order.