Tuesday Nov 16th I went to the , did not have a very good night last night.
At 12 oclock Pres & Elder & others
accompanied me to the , where I had an appointment to perform
the marriage ceremony on behalf of my daughter and my
wife & several of our friends also present. After I performed the sealing ordin-
ance and before the couple arose from the altar, I addressed them as follows: You are
now husband and wife, having entered into this covenant, and promisis
have been made to you for time and eternity. Now if you honor God, yourselves and
your parents through all time, and keep the commandments of God and the
covenants you have entered into, I will promise you that you will be true
and faithful throughout all eternity, and I will tell you the reason why. While
here you and all of us are surrounded by temptations, because we are where
devils dwell, they are all around us and have the power to tempt us, and
here is the place where they work. But there is no man or woman who has
been true and faithful here until death that will ever be disturbed or
annoyed by them after death for the reason that when the faithful
Saints receive their resurrected bodies, they will occupy a place in the
, and there is where the devils do not dwell; and
therefore when you get there, there will be no one to tempt or lead astray,
and for that reason, if you are true and faithful here, you will
be true and faithful there throughout all eternity. Here is
where your trouble lies. We have them to contend with in this
and this , and there are plenty of them in the midst
of the Latter-day Saints. As to the number of them I do not know,
but there are plenty of them. They are continually working for our
distruction, and they do all they can against us. When those who
are guided by these evil spirits die, they go where they are, and the
evil spirits will still have power over them. While they will have no
power over faithful Saints who have learned to resist them in the
flesh." This evening we had a marriage reception at the house
.
where over 200 of our friends met and passed a pleasant evening in conver
sation, and congratulations to the young people. I felt very well in meeting with so
many of my friends.
