Biography and Family Record of Lorenzo Snow: One of the Twelve Apostles of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day SaintsSnow, Eliza R. (Eliza Roxey)
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Biography and Family Record of Lorenzo Snow: One of the Twelve Apostles of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Snow, Eliza R. (Eliza Roxey)
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints; Snow family; Snow, Lorenzo, 1814-1901
And now, where is the man among you, having once burst the vail and
gazed upon the purity, the might, majesty and dominion of a perfected
man, in celestial glory, will not cheerfully resign mortal life--suffer
most excruciating tortures--let limb be torn from limb, sooner than
resign or dishonor his Priesthood. In truth did the Savior utter this
parable: "The Kingdom of Heaven is like unto a merchantman seeking
goodly pearls, and having found one of great price, went and sold all
he had to buy it." "And again, like unto a man finding a treasure
in a field, sold all he had and purchased that field." The glory
revealed to our view, and which we seek, is tangible--it can be felt,
seen and heard; but its length, its breadth, its majesty, peace,
joy and happiness, surpass all understanding: tongue cannot express
it--language fails to portray the vastness of its extent.
To the Saints I would affectionately add: Your prospects, in every
respect, are the most encouraging. The Lord, who fails not in His
promises, has undertaken your deliverance, spiritual and temporal, and
you are witnesses of the accomplishment of the first. Your fetters of
superstition and priestcraft have burst asunder--the false and dark
mantle of tradition has been rent--you have been shown the Mother of
Harlots, and her daughters, in all their characteristic ignorance,
folly and filthiness, and have hearkened to and obeyed the voice, "Come
out of her my people, that ye be not partakers of her sins, that ye
receive not of her plagues." Your hearts, your thoughts and feelings
are no longer associated with those Babylonish schemes which bind
thought and reason, making it blasphemy for man to dare speak of the
nobility of his birth and the true being of his Father in heaven. You
feel that you are delivered and restored to reason, and to yourselves,
under the government of but one law--that which makes you free, even
the law of glorious Truth--the word and will of God, by whom we all
are begotten children of one great Parent; yea, in this that we are
made free, will we lift up the voice and make melody with thanksgiving
to our God, that He has listened to the cries of His people, and sent
forth His messengers with the fulness of the Gospel, to redeem and
save, and glorify His elect--make them kings and priests unto God, in
heaven and over earth, that thereby He might bring to pass, in due
time, His good will and purposes respecting all the families of mankind.
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