The Seventy's Course in Theology, Fifth Year: Divine Immanence and the Holy GhostRoberts, B. H. (Brigham Henry)
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The Seventy's Course in Theology, Fifth Year: Divine Immanence and the Holy Ghost
Roberts, B. H. (Brigham Henry)
Latter Day Saint churches -- Doctrines
"And thine ears shall hear a word behind thee, saying, This is the way,
walk ye in it, when ye turn to the right hand, and when ye turn to the
left."[A]
[Footnote A: Isaiah xxx:20, 21.]
_5. The Holy Ghost as Remembrancer:_ As to the second power
enumerated, viz.: the power to bring all things to remembrance; it is
a most practical and important function, as it would be impossible
for man to live the law of the Gospel without some such grace being
conferred upon him by the Lord. The law of the Gospel requires men not
only to do good to those who do good to them, but to do good to those
who despitefully use them; not only to lend to those who lend to them,
but to lend to those of whom they may not hope to receive anything in
return; to revile not those who may revile them--in a word, the law of
the Gospel is summed up in this: "Be not overcome of evil, but overcome
evil with good."[A]
[Footnote A: Romans xii:21. See also Matt. v, vi.]
However fine this may be in theory, to carry it practically into
the affairs of life is difficult. When reviled it seems but natural
to answer railing with railing, blows with blows, and for injury
inflicted, return as much in kind as is within one's power to inflict.
And unless in possession of this grace bestowed by the Holy Ghost,
viz., having brought to one's recollection the things of Christ's
Gospel, being reminded in the very moment of temptation of these
laws--when smarting under a sense of injustice, or suffering under
wrongs heaped upon one--it would be difficult if not impossible to
live up to these heaven-given precepts. But by having the Holy Spirit
as one's prompter in the moments of temptation, and by cultivating the
Christian virtue of patience, this law of the Gospel, so contravening
the natural disposition of man, may be complied with, and the follower
of Christ, like his Master, may be able to say for those who inflict
injury upon him, "Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do."
_6. President Brigham Young on the Same:_ Along this line of
thought the late President Brigham Young left on record, in a discourse
delivered on the 28th of August, 1852, [Journal of Discourses, Vol. I],
a very choice deliverance, in which he urged righteousness upon the
ministry of the Church everywhere and at all times, through constant
possession of the Holy Ghost. The passage follows:
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