The Utah Genealogical and Historical Magazine, Volume 8

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Geneal. Society of Utah, 1917 - Genealogy
 

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Page 171 - How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him that bringeth good tidings, that publisheth peace; that bringeth good tidings of good, that publisheth salvation; that saith unto Zion, Thy God reigneth! Thy watchmen shall lift up the voice; with the voice together shall they sing; for they shall see eye to eye, when the Lord shall bring again Zion.
Page 166 - Else what shall they do which are baptized for the dead, if the dead rise not at all ? Why are they then baptized for the dead?
Page 63 - Young so much that he was moved to make the following statement at the general conference of the church held in Salt Lake City...
Page 168 - For, for this cause was the gospel preached also to them that are dead, that they might be judged according to men in the flesh, but live according to God in the spirit.
Page 39 - They walk, converse, and have their meetings; and the spirits of good men like Joseph and the elders, who have left this Church on earth for a season to operate in another sphere, are rallying all their powers and going from place to place preaching the gospel, and Joseph is directing them, saying: go ahead, my brethren, and if they hedge up your way, walk up and command them to disperse. You have the priesthood and can disperse them, but if any of them wish to hear the gospel, preach to them. "Can...
Page 168 - The hour is coming, in the which all that are in the grave shall hear his voice, and shall come forth ; they that have done good, unto the resurrection of life, and they that have done evil, unto the resurrection of damnation...
Page 38 - Reflect upon the millions and millions of people who have lived and died without hearing the gospel on the earth, without the keys of the kingdom. They were not prepared for celestial glory, and there was no power that could prepare them without the keys of this priesthood. They must go into prison, both saints and sinners. The good and bad, the righteous and the unrighteous must go to the house of prison, or paradise, and Jesus went and opened the doors of sal- > vation to them.
Page 39 - IB active in preaching to the spirits In prison and preparing the way to redeem the nations of the earth, those who lived in darkness previous to the introduction of the gospel by himself in these days. "He has just as much labor on hand as I have; he has just as much to do. Father Smith and Carlos and Brother Partridge, yes, and every other good Saint, are just as busy in the spirit world as you and I are here. They can see us, but we cannot see them unless our eyes are opened.
Page 162 - ... the testimony of Jesus Christ, which is the spirit of prophecy and in the testimony of Joseph Smith which was a confirmation of the spirit of Christ and of His mission — these people pleaded with President Young. "Come with us," they said, "and let us go to the coast.
Page 167 - Elijah was to plant in the hearts of the children the promises made to their fathers, foreshadowing the great work to be done in the temples of the Lord in the Dispensation of the Fulness of Times, for the redemption of the dead and the sealing of the children to their parents, lest the whole earth be smitten with a curse and utterly wasted at his coming.

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