I just had the blessed opportunity to read Parley P. Pratt's sermon on spiritual communication in the Journal of Discourses, volume 1. I must say, after spending a number of weeks seriously detached from the spiritual connection I once felt, this was like staring at the sun immediately after waking from a long night's sleep and at the same time having a highly respected figure rest his hand on my shoulder and say convincingly, "This is truth James. Stay on this path." A wonderful experience, I feel renewed.
Toward the end of his discourse, Elder Pratt (an early and well-known Apostle in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints) spoke fervently about the incomprehensible importance of the charge we as Latter-day Saints have to carry out work for those who have passed from this life. Throughout the sermon, he powerfully portrayed the agony of spirit prison, or hell, and his vivid, terrifying description gave me a surge of motivation to more actively fulfill my calling, which has to do with LDS work for the dead. So strangely passionate are my feelings toward extending my small hand to help those trapped in such a tormenting state that I felt the need to write how I feel in a place that I will be able to access again when I again feel lethargic and less than willing to go to work.
As an afterthought, here is a website that you can use to access this sermon--and many others if you wish: http://jod.mrm.org/1/6
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