Scrap Book of Mormon Literature, Volume 2 (of 2). Religious Tracts
Religion
Scrap Book of Mormon Literature, Volume 2 (of 2). Religious Tracts
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints -- Doctrines; Latter Day Saint churches -- Doctrines; Latter Day Saints
Speaking of those who shall come forth in "the resurrection of the
just," it is stated: "They are they who received the testimony of
Jesus, and believed on his name and were baptized {188} after the
manner of his burial, being buried in the water in his name, and this
according to the commandment which he has given, that by keeping the
commandments they might be washed and cleansed from their sins, and
receive the Holy Spirit by the laying on of the hands of him who is
ordained and sealed unto this power," etc.
"These are they whose bodies are celestial, whose glory is that of
the sun, even the glory of God, the highest of all, whose glory the
sun of the firmament is written of as being typical.
"And again we saw the terrestrial world, and behold and lo, these
are they who are of the terrestrial, whose glory differs from that
of the Church of the First Born, who have received the fullness
of the Father, even as that of the moon differs from the sun in
the firmament. Behold these are they who died without law, and
also they who are the spirits of men kept in prison, whom the
Son visited, and preached the Gospel unto them, that they might
be judged according to men in the flesh, who received not the
testimony of Jesus in the flesh, but afterwards received it. These
are they who are honorable men of the earth, who were blinded by
the craftiness of men. These are they who receive of His glory but
not of His fullness. These are they who receive of the presence of
the Son, but not of the fullness of the Father; wherefore their
bodies are terrestrial, and not bodies celestial, and differ in
glory as the moon differs from the sun, etc.
"And again we saw the glory of the telestial, which glory is that
of the lesser, even as the glory of the stars differs from the
glory of the moon in the firmament. * * * These are they who shall
not be redeemed from the devil, until the last resurrection, until
the Lord, even Christ the Lamb shall have finished his work."
Whether the reader receive our testimony to the fact that Joseph Smith
was a prophet or not, he at least cannot truthfully deny that between
his teachings and those of the Bible there is a connecting chain
binding them together in a harmonious whole. Not only is this beautiful
blending manifested in the statements made in the foregoing pages,
but in all the great principles enunciated by the latter-day prophet.
The more the candid truth-seeker investigates the subject, the more
will this unanimity become apparent, as a result of his unprejudiced
researches.
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