[Brigham Young Sermon] I will say that I have left my wish in writing concerning the burial of my body when I die. I do not wish anybody to shed a tear for me, not my family nor anyone else. I want my body put in a California cedar coffin to keep my dust in, then carry me carefully to my grave, on my own land without any pomp or parade. I do think that it is a sin for the Latter-day Saints to go to so much expense as some of them are in the burial of their dead.... If the spirits of the dead were in this room they could see the face of the Lord, if he would permit it, but the wicked cannot see as the saints do... You go to a battle field where the ground has been strewn with the dead one hundred years after the battle and you will find it occupied with evil spirits as Heber C. Kimball did when he went to England to preach. All these old settled countries are full of evil spirits. For one third part of the host of heaven in the great rebellion were cast down to the earth and have remained here until this day and they seek to enter in to the tabernacles of men where ever they can obtain admission and they rule over them and incite them to evil deeds.
[Source: The Complete Discourses of Brigham Young, Ed. Richard S. Van Wagoner, Smith-Pettit Foundation, Salt Lake City (2009), http://bit.ly/BY-discourses]
"evil spirits ... seek to enter into the tabernacles of men whereever they can obtain admission and they rule over them and incite them to evil deeds [or vain and foolish repetition]" such as occurs when doing false ordinances for dead ancestors in false temples.
ReplyDelete"But, behold, the judgments of God will overtake the wicked; and it is by the wicked that the wicked are punished; for it is the wicked that stir up the hearts of the children of men unto bloodshed." (Mormon 4:5).
ReplyDelete"All these old settled countries are full of evil spirits."
Are the violent extremist elements of the Sunnis (ISIS) and Shiites headed for a war of extermination???
Iraq needs to be divided into 3 new nations. It is 100 years overdue.
ReplyDelete1. Kurdistan (north).
2. Sunni area (central).
3. Shiite area (southeast).
Important Note: The Islamic holy month of sunrise to sunset fasting and prayer (Ramadan) begins June 27th at sundown and ends July 23rd at sundown. Maybe the Sunnis and Shiites will find a peaceful resolution to their problems during this period instead of trying to kill each other.
ReplyDeleteHere is another possibility for 3 new nations:
ReplyDelete1. Kurdistan.
2. New Iraq (Sunni homeland).
3. Shiite area merges with Iran; becomes a new province/state of Iran.
Question: Where do we locate the Iraqi Christians???
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