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Our pathway from the beginning, it may be said, is lined with the graves of those who have lost their faith, who were buried before they died, having lost faith and remained behind. They thought the work of God could not stand the pressure, that his promises could not be fulfilled. They felt as though they must save themselves or they would be destroyed, and they sought safety in apostasy, in denying God, and in breaking loose from their brothers and sisters. What has been the result? You who have had friends, relatives and acquaintances in this condition know what the result has been. Would you exchange your circumstances today with theirs? . . . . The man that loves God; the man that maintains his virtue, and refrains from committing any sin that will grieve the Spirit of God . . . or other habits that destroy the faith that God has planted in our hearts, will continue to prosper, and will continue to live. They may not live in the flesh, but they will live hereafter. They will live with the blessed, they will live with those whom they love and with whom they can associate; and while they do live upon the earth they will live in the enjoyment of the Spirit of God, they will have peace at night, and through the night, and peace through the day. It is true they may suffer, but God will be with them. His angels will be around them to sustain them; and he will not only bless and prosper them but bless their children after them, for they will sow seed the fruit of which their children will gather in years to come.<\/i><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n The truth of what President Cannon says has been illustrated time and again by\u00a0people that I\u2019ve known. \u00a0I\u2019ve been deeply saddened by the people I\u2019ve known who\u2019ve lost their way. \u00a0But there\u2019s nothing better \u2014 nothing \u2014 than to see the faithful, kind, righteous, loving lives of devoted disciples.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" \u00a0 \u00a0 Reading over at the valuable\u00a0Ether\u2019s Cave blog run by my friend and former Maxwell Institute colleague Matt Roper, along with my friend and former Maxwell Institute colleague John Gee, I saw this. \u00a0I like it so much that I\u2019m altogether stealing it. \u00a0I hope that Matt won\u2019t be too angry: \u00a0 \u201cWithout anything […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1019,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21707","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\n
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