The Vitality of Mormonism: Brief Essays on Distinctive Doctrines of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day SaintsTalmage, James E. (James Edward)
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The Vitality of Mormonism: Brief Essays on Distinctive Doctrines of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Talmage, James E. (James Edward)
Latter Day Saint churches; Latter Day Saints
"And now as I said unto you before, as ye have had so many witnesses,
therefore, I beseech of you, that ye do not procrastinate the day of
your repentance until the end; for after this day of life, which is
given us to prepare for eternity, behold, if we do not improve our time
while in this life, then cometh the night of darkness, wherein there
can be no labor performed.
"Ye cannot say, when ye are brought to that awful crisis, that I will
repent, that I will return to my God. Nay, ye cannot say this; for that
same spirit which doth possess your bodies at the time that ye go out
of this life, that same spirit will have power to possess your body in
that eternal world.
"For behold, if ye have procrastinated the day of your repentance, even
until death, behold, ye have become subjected to the spirit of the
devil, and he doth seal you his; therefore, the Spirit of the Lord hath
withdrawn from you, and hath no place in you, and the devil hath all
power over you." (34:32-35.)
Some degree of salvation shall be granted to every soul who has not
forfeited all claim thereto. But Salvation as a graded state provided
for all who have not sinned unto the incurring of the dread penalty of
the second death is far exceeded by the Exaltation provided for the
valiant righteous. Of such as are worthy of a measure of salvation, yet
who have failed to lay hold on the higher blessings and privileges of
eternal life, including the perpetuity of the family relation through
the sealing ordinances administered under the authority of the Holy
Priesthood, title to which is to be won by individual effort by and
through the laws and ordinances of the Gospel of Jesus Christ, the Lord
has spoken in this dispensation, saying that they "are appointed angels
in heaven, which angels are ministering servants, to minister for those
who are worthy of a far more, and an exceeding, and an eternal weight
of glory. For these angels did not abide my law, therefore they cannot
not be enlarged, but remain separately and singly, without exaltation,
in their saved condition, to all eternity, and from henceforth are not
Gods, but are angels of God, for ever and ever." (D&C 132:16-17.)
Progression in eternity is to be along well defined lines; and thus
the inheritors of any specific order or kingdom of glory may advance
forever without attaining the particular exaltation belonging to a
different kingdom or order. Of those who shall belong to the Telestial
or lowest kingdom of glory we read:
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