I am pleased to have the opportunity of meeting with the brethren and
sisters of this place, and of looking at your faces; and I would like
to hear more of the brethren speak to you, but I know you want me to
talk awhile; and as I have to leave this afternoon I will occupy the
time now, and we will leave some of the brethren to preach to you
then. I desire your faith and prayers, for we are all dependent upon
the Lord; none of us can do or say anything that is good or
useful or beneficial to society unless we are under the aid, guidance
and control of the Lord. A man cannot speak aright unless he speaks
under the inspiration of the Almighty; and then the people cannot hear
aright, nor understand aright unless they have a portion of the same
Spirit. And hence there was something peculiar in the expression made
by Jesus upon this subject. He understood this principle very well,
and in speaking on it, says, "My sheep hear my voice, and know me, and
follow me; but a stranger they will not follow for they know not the
voice of a stranger." And hence when the elders were sent out to
preach the Gospel at first, they were told to go forth and God would
go with them, and his Spirit would accompany them and his angels
should go before them. The Lord had his sheep scattered all over the
face of the earth; and those sheep, when they heard the sound of the
Gospel, understood it; there was something that bore testimony to
their hearts, which they could not well describe, and that something
directed you, my brethren and sisters, to those who brought the
everlasting Gospel; and when you heard it you said, "That is true."
And people might say what they pleased, still you believed and felt
that it was true. You experienced this feeling, but you could hardly
account for it. This was the Spirit that Jesus alluded to when he
said, "If I be lifted up from the earth, I will draw all men unto me."
He has his own way of accomplishing that object, and it takes time, a
great deal of time to do that. But he was not going to drive them nor
force them, nor in any way to coerce them; but he would present to
their minds such beautiful principles, such lovely sentiments and
develop such glorious things among them, that they could not but see
and appreciate them, nor could they find them anywhere else. And then
when those principles were confirmed by the influence of the holy
priesthood through the revelations of God to the people, it produced
the effect upon them that we have seen. And hence you have gathered
here, left your homes in the old world—the major part of you from
Scandinavia. I was one of those brethren that started out in an early
day with this message of glad tidings; and Brother Erastus Snow found
his way to you folks, while I went to others in a different part of
the world, and still others of the brethren hunted up other sheep in
other places. What was the result of our preaching? We see it here
today; the result is that you have been brought to a knowledge of the
truth, and through obedience to the ordinances of the Lord, you have
received the Holy Spirit of God, which has led you into the truth, so
that you, as did the ancient Saints before you, sit in heavenly places
in Christ Jesus. You no longer experience the kind of uncertainty you
used to be afflicted with, but you have a certainty, an abiding
reality. You do not care to die; that is a matter of very little
importance. Jesus said to a woman on a certain occasion, whom he had
asked to give him water to drink, "If thou knewest the gift of God,
and who it is that saith to thee, Give me to drink; thou wouldst have
asked of him, and he would have given thee living water." We have
drunk of that stream which makes glad the city of our God. And we want
to realize and appreciate the position we occupy before God, and the
great blessings and privileges that are within our reach. We
have just commenced, as it were, in the great work. We have received a
great many precious principles, and have seen and experienced a great
many things. But how was it? Simply through a glass, darkly; and we
yet, in many instances, see them through a glass, darkly—at least very
many of them; and sometimes we can scarcely perceive the difference
between ourselves and the rest of mankind, or between the religion we
have embraced and that which other people have. If we could only
reflect upon it, there is as much difference as there is between light
and darkness. But we do not always comprehend these things, and hence
we labor under difficulties pertaining to this matter; because we do
not see, we do not comprehend the position and relationship that
subsists between us and our God. God is our Father; we are his
children. He has brought us into his covenant, and it is our privilege
to go on from wisdom to wisdom, from intelligence to intelligence,
from understanding of one principle to that of another, to go forward
and progress in the development of truth until we can comprehend God.
For we are his children, we are his sons and daughters, and he is our
Father. He has organized this Church in order that we may be educated
in the principles of life, that we may comprehend those principles
that exist in the bosom of God, that we may be able to teach our
children correct principles, in order that we may be placed in a
position whereby we can be assimilated into the likeness of our
heavenly Father, and have a communication opened between angels and
us, that we may feel that we are of the family of God and of the
household of faith, and that we can operate with them; and that while
part of his family who have lived upon the earth and who live again in
another state of existence behind the veil, are operating with him and
with the angels of God and with the whole of the Holy Priesthood in
developing his purposes in the heavens, that we may be prepared to
operate with him on the earth in carrying out his purposes here; that
his people may be preserved from the powers of darkness, that the
light, intelligence and revelations of God may be upon us, that we may
comprehend our true position to him, to each other, to his Church and
kingdom, and to the living and the dead; that we may realize the
position we occupy in relation to all the various duties and the
responsibilities of life. And then after realizing them, magnify our
callings, unite ourselves together as the heart of one man under the
influences of the Spirit of eternal truth as the family of God upon
the earth, and purge out everything from us that is evil, corrupt, low
and degrading, and elevate our minds and feelings to a higher standard
of intelligence, morality and obedience to his laws, and thus prepare
ourselves to carry out the things of God in relation to the earth
whereon we dwell, and each of us take a part in bringing to pass his
purposes here upon the earth, not by any intelligence we may have; but
by the wisdom and intelligence that God shall impart from time to
time, until we shall progress in every principle that is calculated to
elevate and ennoble mankind, until finally we shall see as we are seen
and know as we are known.
We are now gathered together to Zion. For what? To build up Zion, and
to accomplish the purposes of the Lord pertaining to the human family
upon the earth. And being gathered together we are organized
with apostles and prophets, with presidents and their counselors, with
bishops and their counselors, with elders, priests, teachers and
deacons. We are organized according to the order of God, and these
very principles that look small to us emanate from God. We have
seventies and high priests, and all these men hold certain positions
which it is expected of them that they will fulfill and magnify, here
in the flesh, in the interests of truth and righteousness; in the
interests of the kingdom of God and in the establishment of correct
principles among the Saints of the Most High. We are here to
cooperate with God in the salvation of the living, in the redemption
of the dead, in the blessings of our ancestors, in the pouring out
blessings upon our children; we are here for the purpose of redeeming
and regenerating the earth on which we live, and God has placed his
authority and his counsels here upon the earth for that purpose, that
men may learn to do the will of God on the earth as it is done in
heaven. This is the object of our existence; and it is for us to
comprehend the position.
For instance, Joseph Smith in the first place was set apart by the
Almighty according to the counsels of the gods in the eternal worlds,
to introduce the principles of life among the people, of which the
Gospel is the grand power and influence, and through which salvation
can extend to all peoples, all nations, all kindreds, all tongues and
all worlds. It is the principle that brings life and immortality to
light, and places us in communication with God. God selected him for
that purpose, and he fulfilled his mission and lived honorably and
died honorably. I know of what I speak for I was very well acquainted
with him and was with him a great deal during his life, and was with
him when he died. The principles which he had, placed him in
communication with the Lord, and not only with the Lord, but with the
ancient apostles and prophets; such men, for instance, as Abraham,
Isaac, Jacob, Noah, Adam, Seth, Enoch, and Jesus and the Father, and
the apostles that lived on this continent as well as those who lived
on the Asiastic continent. He seemed to be as familiar with these
people as we are with one another. Why? Because he had to introduce a
dispensation which was called the dispensation of the fulness of
times, and it was known as such by the ancient servants of God. What
is meant by the dispensation of the fulness of times? It is a
dispensation in which all other dispensations are merged or
concentrated. It embraces and embodies all the other dispensations
that have existed upon the earth wherein God communicated himself to
the human family. Did they have the Aaronic priesthood in former
times? Yes. So have we. Did they have the Melchizedek priesthood in
former times? Yes. So have we. Did they have a gathering dispensation
in former times, when Moses led the children of Israel out of Egypt?
Yes. So have we, just as it was predicted by the prophet Jeremiah: "I
will take you one of a city and two of a family, and I will bring you
to Zion." And what will you do with them when you get them there? "And
I will give you pastors according to mine heart, which shall feed you
with knowledge and understanding." We have that dispensation. Moses,
when he appeared to Joseph Smith, committed to him "the keys of the
dispensation of the gathering of Israel from the four quarters of the earth and the restitution of the ten tribes." Read it in the
Doctrine and Covenants: it is there plainly written. Why are you here
today, from Scandinavia and other parts of the world? Because God
has, among other dispensations, restored the dispensation of the
gathering.
In relation to other matters. Was there a time to transpire that
Elijah should come to "turn the hearts of the fathers to the children,
and the hearts of the children to their fathers?" That Elias has come,
and has introduced that dispensation; and in that are associated the
very things you are engaged in and which we have come to attend to,
namely the laying of the foundation stone of the Temple. Now, I will
ask, whoever thought of building Temples until God revealed it? Did
you? If you did, I wish you would tell us of it. And did you know how
to build them? No. And did you know how to administer in them after
they were built. No, you did not. We are indebted to the Lord for
these things. And when Elijah the prophet appeared to Joseph Smith he
committed to him the keys of this dispensation; and hence we are at
work building Temples; but some of us hardly know why. We go at it the
same as we follow plowing, sowing, planting, reaping and such kinds of
pursuits. There are other things behind that. There are ordinances
associated behind these things that go back into eternity; and forward
unto eternity; that are the offspring of God, that are intended for
the welfare, the happiness and exaltation of mankind; for those who
are living and those that are dead and for those that will live
hereafter, pertaining both to our progenitors and our posterity. And
that is one of those keys that have been turned. Do you think that the
elders who brought the Gospel to you in far off lands could have
gathered you here if they were not the bearers of the Gospel of the
Lord Jesus Christ, and if this had not been a gathering dispensation?
I think not. As I have said, the elders went to different parts of the
earth, for we have preached a great deal. I, myself, have traveled
hundreds of thousands of miles preaching the Gospel; and without purse
or scrip, trusting in the Lord. Did he ever forsake me? Never, no
never. I always was provided for, for which I feel to praise God my
heavenly Father. I was engaged in his work and he told me that he
would sustain me in it; he has been true to his trust, and if I have
not been true to mine I hope he will forgive me and help me to do
better. But the Lord has been true and faithful, and I have never
needed anything to eat or drink or wear, and was never prevented for
want of means of traveling where I pleased.
Well, to return. After you received the Gospel and the spirit of the
same, the great desire of your hearts was to go to Zion. And in order
to accomplish this you put away your little savings and you began to
contrive how to dispose of your little properties, and many of you
were almost ready to sell yourselves to get to Zion. You could not
tell why you had such feelings, but you did have them, and you could
not get rid of them until you were brought here. You would not have
come here had it not been for that, would you? I have no idea that you
would. When you were told to build Temples, what made you build them?
Because you had received the Gospel in your hearts, associated with
which was the mission of Elijah which was to turn the hearts of
the children to the fathers, and the hearts of the fathers to the
children. I wish I could tell it to you as I understand some of these
things, and I wish you could understand those principles. Suffice it
to say that Satan has tried from the beginning of the world to
overturn the works of God, and in some instances he has apparently
succeeded admirably. He was the cause at one time of all the people of
the earth being destroyed except a little seed which was saved to
propagate the human species. Probably the devil would laugh pretty
heartily over that, thinking that he had accomplished his purposes.
However that was not the end. It is true that the judgments of God
overtook them; it is true they were destroyed by a flood in the flesh,
and were shut up in prison in the spirit; but it is also true that the
same Savior who is our Savior, when he was put to death in the flesh,
was quickened by the spirit, and that he visited those spirits in
prison, opening up the door of salvation to them that they might be
redeemed and come forth and accomplish certain purposes which God had
designed; and hence we find the Savior operating among all that body
of people that the devil thought were destroyed, but through this
visitation were placed within the reach of deliverance. But has Satan
prevailed to a great extent? He has. Has darkness spread itself over
the earth? Yes. Have people wandered away from God and forsaken him
and his laws? They have. But then the Lord will be merciful towards
them, they not having received the light that we have, hence he feels
towards them as a father feels towards his children, being desirous to
promote their happiness as far as it lays in his power; and if he
could not save them while in the flesh, he understands certain eternal
laws and principles whereby they may hereafter be redeemed. The Judge
of all the earth will do right. And while the priesthood behind the
veil are operating and preaching to the spirits that are in prison
that have been there from the different ages, he called upon us to
build temples that we may administer for the bodies of these people
that have died without the Gospel, that they may be judged according
to men in the flesh and live after God in the spirit. At the
commencement of the dispensations he sends out his elders generally to
all the world to preach the Gospel to every creature. In this
dispensation he not only does this; but as we live in a gathering
dispensation, he also gathers in the people, and when they learn a
little of his law, there are many ordained to the priesthood and sent
out as messengers, and we keep sending them out to preach the Gospel
and to gather in the elect; and we send them to their own people to
tell them what God has done and is doing. And they keep coming and
going. And whom do we send? If we send to England we send Englishmen,
or men who can speak the English language; if to Scandinavia, we send
Scandinavians: we send generally their own people, accompanied with
men of experience, after the Gospel has been introduced to them. Why?
That they may go and teach their own people the way of life and
salvation. What then? They come back again and build Temples. And what
then? They and their people from the various nations of the earth go
into these Temples and administer for their fathers, and grandfathers,
their uncles and aunts, their friends and relatives, and thus reach
back, back into distant times to redeem and save others. And
who are these men? Just such as the ancient prophets talked about.
They are saviors upon Mount Zion, are they not, saving and redeeming
their people—and those men who are quarrying and hauling the rock, and
those who are engaged in laying up these terrace and temple walls, and
those who are otherwise engaged in making the necessary preparation
for the building of the temple are all laboring in the same direction.
The Lord requires this work at our hands in order to test us, to see
whether we will carry out his laws or not. And when we build our
temples and he accepts of them, we will then enter into them and
administer in the name of God; and administering in them we become
saviors upon Mount Zion, as it is written, "And saviors shall come up
on Mount Zion to judge the Mount of Esau, and the kingdom shall be the
Lord's." Don't your Bible read so? The one I have does. Who shall they
save? These men become saviors of their own nations; they administer
and operate in their interests and in the interests of their fathers
and their friends and associates. Hence this is one thing we are
engaged in, and is part of the dispensation of the fulness of times.
Then what does one of the prophets say? "Behold, I will send you
Elijah the Prophet before the coming of the great and dreadful day of
the Lord." And what shall he do? "And he shall turn the heart of the
fathers to the children, and the heart of the children to the
fathers, lest I come and smite the earth with a curse." And what shall
be done? Saviors shall come up on Mount Zion; and the kingdom shall be
the Lord's. It is written, they shall all be taught of God, but the
kingdom shall be the Lord's, not man's. We do not want to lean upon man
nor put our trust in man. While we are obedient to every ordinance of
man that is proper and right, and which does not conflict with the law
of God, while we are obedient to these things we do not want to sell
ourselves to the wicked and ungodly. We do not care much about their
ways or their theories or ideas. "The Lord," says one, "shall be our
judge, the Lord shall be our king, the Lord shall be our lawgiver and
he shall rule over us." And we, under the inspiration of the Almighty,
will introduce the laws of God that exist in the heavens and upon the
earth, and form a nucleus of truth, of virtue and intelligence, of law
and order, of principles pertaining to morals, to philosophy, to
politics, to religion and to everything that is pure, exalting and
ennobling, and the kingdom will be the Lord's. And we will operate
together, we will try to frustrate the works of darkness and the
powers of the adversary, to save the living and redeem the dead, have
our hearts turned towards our fathers who have lived before us who
have been ignorant of the principles of life and salvation which God
has been pleased to confer upon us, while the brethren behind the veil
are feeling after us who are their children. The Lord will turn the
hearts of the fathers to the children, and the hearts of the children
to the fathers through Elias who was to come, which if not
accomplished, it is written, "the earth would be smitten with a
curse."
Hence we are operating with the ancient patriarchs, apostles, prophets
and men of God who lived on the continent of Asia and America, and we
will gather together all things in one according to the word of God, gather his Israel in one from the four quarters of the earth
and also the ten tribes before we get through; and Judah will listen
to the words of life, and the principles of eternal truth will go
forth and spread and grow, "until the kingdoms of this world become
the kingdoms of our God and his Christ; and to him every knee will bow
and every tongue confess that Christ is God to the glory of God the
Father." And we are here for that purpose. Do you think we are going
to fail? Do you think the Lord is going to back down? I think not. Men
may combine against us ignorantly, for many of them are very ignorant.
I do not cherish the least feeling of wrath in my heart when I see the
courts, legislators or Congress take steps inimical to us. They do not
know what they do, hence we should feel charitably disposed to those
who seek our injury. David prayed that God would send his enemies to
hell quickly. Jesus, when he was being crucified, suffering the pain
of a cruel death, said, "Father, forgive them; for they know not what
they do." I like that prayer much better than the other one. Father,
forgive them, for they know not what they do. They are thy children,
though in the dark. Thou hast enlightened our minds, for which we feel
thankful; but, O Lord, forgive them and lead them, if thou canst, in
the way of life. This is the feeling we ought to have. We ought to
have it one towards another, and treat one another with kindness and
not get up hard feelings. Talking about people giving away to passion
and giving expression to hard words; such things do not belong to the
Gospel, to no part of it; they come from beneath. This has been
pointed out and made very plain to us. Every spirit, says one, that
tends to good is of God; and every spirit that tends to evil is of the
wicked one and comes from beneath. I hear a man say sometimes, "I hate
such a man." Why, I do not know of a person that I hate in the world.
The command is to love one another. When Jesus was about to leave his
disciples, the burden of his prayer was, "Father, I pray for these
whom thou hast given me; thine they were, and thou gavest them me. I
pray for them, Father, that they may be one, even as I and thou art
one, that they may be one in us." What, a sister or a brother, a
citizen of the kingdom of God, a member of the Church of Jesus Christ
of Latter-day Saints, one who has received peradventure of the
ordinances of the house of God, and who expects to associate with the
Saints of God, quarrels with his brother about peanuts and baby toys
and then talk about your honor being infringed upon! I tell you if you
take care of yourselves, your honor will take care of itself and you
need not be concerned about it. Treat one another aright. Have you
sinned one against another? Then go and make restitution. Have you
defrauded one another? Go and make it right. Have you spoken unkindly
to your brother or sister? Then go and acknowledge your wrong and ask
to be forgiven, promising to do better in the future. And then he or
she might say, on the other hand, "Yes, and I said so and so the other
day, won't you please forgive me?" How much better and how much more
in keeping with the calling of a Saint of God such a course would be
than to harbor hard feelings in the heart. And you parents, get your
families in the morning and evening and call upon the Lord, and ask
his blessing upon your families, your flocks and herds, and
upon everything that you have, and do not be quarreling one with
another because you are scarce of water. I tell you in the name of the
Lord God that if you will do your duties, God will do his, and furnish
you with what water is necessary. Try me, "and prove me herewith, saith
the Lord of Hosts, if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and
pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough to receive
it." Husbands, treat your wives right; treat them with kindness and
with sympathy; try to make them comfortable, and make their houses and
surroundings comfortable and do all you can to make them happy. And
you wives, treat your husbands right; try to make their homes a little
heaven, and seek earnestly that the blessings of the Lord may abide in
your dwellings. And parents, treat your children aright; train them up
in the fear of the Lord, they are of more importance to you than many
things that you give your attention to. And you, children, obey your
parents; respect your fathers and mothers. Your mothers have watched
over you, and your fathers are desirous for your welfare, and their
hearts and feelings and affections are drawn out towards you. Do not
give them pain by departing from correct principles; but walk in the
paths of life. And parents, and children, husbands and wives and all
people, fear God and put your trust in him and carry out the
principles of your holy religion which God has revealed to us.
I would speak a few words of praise of many of our brethren; I think
it would apply to many of you here. I have no disposition to find
fault, but I have a disposition to speak kindly of many of my brethren
and sisters in many of their opera tions. In the tithing operations,
for instance, I think that during the last year there has been paid
some 50,000 dollars more than the year before. This speaks well for
the Latter-day Saints; not but what the Lord could get along very well
without these things, but he wants to test his people. This, however,
proves that there is an increase in the right direction, and a proper
feeling that ought to exist among the Saints. Hence, says the Lord,
"Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be meat
in mine house, and prove me now herewith, if I will not open the
windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be
room enough to receive it." The Lord wants to prove his people and he
will have a tried and proven people, and this is one of the ways he
has chosen to do it. In addition to this tithing, there has been
expended on this Temple and the Temple in Logan in the neighborhood
of 250,000 dollars; this is very creditable, besides a very fair
tithing on the back of that. I think I can speak good in the name of
the Lord to a people that will do that, that is, if we will lay aside
all evil things. Let us keep doing good. You have done about as much
here as they have done in Logan, and they expect to get their Temple
up to the square this summer. But then they did not have to make the
foundation you have had to make here. They made some mistake in fixing
up the mountains here; they do not seem to be in a right shape; but
then we can put them in a right shape, you know. The scriptures talk
about the mountains being thrown down. Well, you have done
considerable towards leveling this down. God is pleased with you, and
everything is going on right, and I speak this for your encouragement. I am pleased to see the sisters take the part they do in their
Relief Societies. They are doing a good work and their labors are a
credit to them. And then there are our Young Men's and our Young
Ladies' Mutual Improvement Associations; they are going on very well.
And then your educational interests are doing pretty well. Do I not so
understand you, Brother Petersen? [President Canute Petersen—Yes, Sir;
pretty well.] We do not want outside folks to teach our children, do
we? I think not. We do not want them to teach us how to get to heaven,
do we? If we did, it would be of no use, for they do not know the way.
Well, then, we do not want them to tamper with the minds of our little
ones. You will see the day that Zion will be as far ahead of the
outside world in everything pertaining to learning of every kind as we
are today in regard to religious matters. You mark my words, and
write them down, and see if they do not come to pass. We are not
dependent upon them, but we are upon the Lord. We did not get our
priesthood nor our information in regard to his law from them; it came
from God. The world profess to know a little about what they call
science, literature and the arts. Where did they get their knowledge
of these things from? And what is it they really do know? They know
something about the laws of Nature. Who made those laws? God made
them; and he knows how to govern them; and it is by his almighty power
that they are governed.
I remember talking with some celebrated scientists from Europe some
time ago, and I explained to them some of the principles relative to
the heavenly bodies that were revealed through the Prophet Joseph
Smith. They were astonished to know that ideas so grand could be
developed through one that was comparatively unlearned. One of them
remarked that they were the most magnificent principles he had ever
heard of; another one said that he had read and studied a great deal,
but he had a good deal more yet to learn. We are, as the French would
say, en rapport, with God; that is in communication with God. Let us
live so that we can keep that up, so that angels can minister to us
and the Holy Spirit dwell with us. We have received his guidance and
instruction. It is for us now to go on from truth to truth, from
intelligence to intelligence and from wisdom to wisdom. And while
nations shall crumble and thrones be cast down, and the God of heaven
arise and shake terribly the earth, while the elements melt with
fervent heat in fulfillment of ancient as well as modern prophecy;
while these things are going on he will whisper, peace to Zion. But
the judgments will begin at the house of God. We have to pass through
some of these things, but it will only be a very little compared with
the terrible destruction, the misery and suffering that will overtake
the world who are doomed to suffer the wrath of God. It behooves us,
as the Saints of God, to stand firm and faithful in the observance of
his laws, that we may be worthy of his preserving care and blessing.
Now a word about other things. We want elders to go and preach the
Gospel. But some people will say, "Here is such a young man who is a
little wild; if he were to go abroad perhaps he would reform." Brother
Peterson, we do not want such folks to go as representatives of the
Gospel of Jesus Christ. And I say to you, Presidents of Stakes, we do not want such an order of things; we want men that have got
within them the gift of the Holy Ghost, men who have the gift and
power of God in them. We do not want men to go abroad to be reformed.
They are not fit to live in Zion if they cannot reform themselves at
home. We must have men filled with faith and the Holy Ghost. And you
seventies and high priests, wake up to a sense of the responsibility
of your callings, and purge away your follies and nonsense and feel
that you are indeed the servants of the living God; for God will hold
you responsible for the priesthood you bear. Then honor the Lord and
magnify the priesthood, and when you go forth to the nations bearing
precious seed, angels will go with you and the gift of the Holy Ghost
will accompany you in your administrations and though you may go
weeping, bearing the precious seed of the Gospel, you will return
rejoicing bringing your sheaves with you.
I do not know but what I have talked enough. Brethren and sisters God
bless you. And God bless the relief societies and the young men's and
the young ladies' societies, and God bless your president and his
counselors, and your bishops and their counselors, and all that fear
God, and work righteousness. And the Lord God put a hook in the jaws
of our enemies that seek our injury and overthrow, that they may not
have power against the Israel of God. And God bless all Israel, that
Zion may arise and shine and the glory of God rest upon her. I ask it
in the name of Jesus. Amen.