President George Q. Cannon wrote:
"How many of you are seeking for these gifts that God has
promised to bestow? How many of you, when you bow before
your Heavenly Father in your family circle or in your secret
places, contend for these gifts to be bestowed upon you?
How many of you ask the Father in the name of Jesus to manifest
Himself to you through these powers and these gifts?
Or do you go along day by day like a door turning on its
hinges, without having any feeling upon the subject, without
exercising any faith whatever, content to be baptized and be
members of the Church and to rest there, thinking that your
salvation is secure because you have done this?
I say unto you, in the name of the Lord, as one of His
servants, that you have need to repent of this. You have
need to repent of your hardness of heart, of your
indifference and of your carelessness.
There is not that diligence, there is not that faith, there
is not that seeking for the power of God that there should
be among a people who have received the precious promises we
have.""
-- George Q. Cannon, "Receiving Gifts of the Spirit,"
Matthew B. Brown, pg. 25.
"How many of you are seeking for these gifts that God has
promised to bestow? How many of you, when you bow before
your Heavenly Father in your family circle or in your secret
places, contend for these gifts to be bestowed upon you?
How many of you ask the Father in the name of Jesus to manifest
Himself to you through these powers and these gifts?
Or do you go along day by day like a door turning on its
hinges, without having any feeling upon the subject, without
exercising any faith whatever, content to be baptized and be
members of the Church and to rest there, thinking that your
salvation is secure because you have done this?
I say unto you, in the name of the Lord, as one of His
servants, that you have need to repent of this. You have
need to repent of your hardness of heart, of your
indifference and of your carelessness.
There is not that diligence, there is not that faith, there
is not that seeking for the power of God that there should
be among a people who have received the precious promises we
have.""
-- George Q. Cannon, "Receiving Gifts of the Spirit,"
Matthew B. Brown, pg. 25.
"Any person knowing and understanding the Scriptures as they are, and understanding the mind and will of God, can understand at once that when he is shut out from the presence of the Lord, when he does not hear His voice, sees not His face, receives not the ministering of His angels or ministering spirits, and has no messengers from the heavens to visit him, he must surely be in hell. Does the wrath of God rest upon all such (John 3:36)? Yes, and we have plenty of it, just as much as we know what to do with. Are you not aware that the Latter-day Saints are realizing this, and saying 'that it seems as though the devils are let loose upon the Saints'? Do you not know that they are liable to temptation? To feel wrath, malice, strife, envy, hatred to God, dislike to righteousness, and an inclination to dethrone the Almighty and usurp His authority? If this is not the wrath of God abiding, to a certain degree, upon the inhabitants of the earth, we will wait until we find out." Brigham Young, Journal of Discourses
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