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Keep the commandments; keep the commandments!
Moses in the WildernessAnd God loveth those who will have him to be their God. He loved our fathers, and remembered the covenants which he had made. And he straitened them in the wilderness with his rod, for they hardened their hearts. The Lord straitened them because of their iniquity. He sent fiery flying serpents among them; and after they were bitten he prepared a way that they might be healed. And behold a type was raised up in the wilderness, that whosoever would look upon it might live. It took a simple act of faith, to look to God and believe that they could be healed. And many did look and live. But many others would not look, because it was too simple. They did not really believe they would be healed. And they perished. And just as surely as the compass brought our fathers, by following its course, to the promised land, shall the words of Christ, if we follow their course, carry us beyond this vale of sorrow into a far better land of promise. And now, see that you take care of these sacred things. See that you look to God, and live. |
