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Art Bulla
Guest
True Science of Theology Encompasses Near Death Experience Which so
Confounds the Modern Humanist Conjecturer and Show Evolution to be False,
Alone, for Where did the Spirit Come From? Did it "Evolve" Also? No! and I
say again, No! It was fathered by the Father of Spirits:
"There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, Than are dreamt of in
your philosophy." -Hamlet, Act I, Scene V.
9 Furthermore we have had fathers of our flesh which corrected us, and we
gave them reverence: shall we not much rather be in subjection unto the
Father of spirits, and live?
(New Testament | Hebrews 12:9)
If Abraham reasoned thus-If Jesus Christ was the Son of God, and John
discovered that God the Father of Jesus Christ had a Father, you may suppose
that He had a Father also. Where was there ever a son without a father? And
where was there ever a father without first being a son? Whenever did a tree
or anything spring into existence without a progenitor? And everything comes
in this way. Paul says that which is earthly is in the likeness of that
which is heavenly, Hence if Jesus had a Father, can we not believe that He
had a Father also? I despise the idea of being scared to death at such a
doctrine, for the Bible is full of it. (Joseph Smith, Teachings of the
Prophet Joseph Smith, selected and arranged by Joseph Fielding Smith, p.373)
6 And hath made us kings and priests unto God and his Father; to him [be]
glory and dominion for ever and ever. Amen.
(Rev 1:6)
The Following is the near death experience of Ella Jensen, (around, 1890),
who died in Brigham City, Utah, at the Age of 17, and for a brief time was
in the presence of relatives, the unborn, and the prophets of Israel.
Raised From the Dead
The legal administrators which are ordained Priests after the Order of
Melchizedec, are the only ones competent to unfold the true history and
meaning of life upon this world. They alone hold the keys of the knowledge
of the science of theology, which science is a complete body of knowledge
regarding the physical and spiritual worlds, which are governed by laws and
principles and ordinances, the physical based upon the laws of physics and
mathematics which are immutable and unchanging, and the spiritual, laws and
principles which are equally immutable and eternal.
D&C 76:56
56 They are they who are priests and kings, who have received of his
fulness, and of his glory;
D&C 76:57
57 And are priests of the Most High, after the order of Melchizedek, which
was after the order of Enoch, which was after the order of the Only Begotten
Son.
And without this Priesthood, men are in the dark regarding their existence.
As evidence, I present the following testimony of one Ella Jensen, who died
of scarlet fever in 1891 and whose story was published in 1929, who was
subsequently reanimated and explained what she saw while dead. This of
course was written long before this phenomenom has been popularized by
Elizabeth Kubler Ross who published "On Death and Dying" in 1969.
"Raised from the Dead" (Condensed from Sept.-Oct., 1929, issues of The
Improvement Era, 32:883; also Y.W. Journal 4:164. Compare with Life of
Lorenzo Snow, p. 406.)
This story, true in every particular, shows the fulfillment of a prophecy
made upon the head of Lorenzo Snow when he received a patriarchal blessing
under the hands of the Prophet's father, Joseph Smith, Senior. It was given
in the Kirtland Temple, and among other things were these promises: "Thou
shalt become a mighty man. Thy faith shall increase and grow stronger until
it shall become like Peter's. Thou shalt restore the sick; the diseased
shall send to thee their aprons and handkerchiefs, and by thy touch their
owners shall be made whole. The dead shall arise and come forth at thy
bidding." It was March 3, 1891, and for several long weeks Ella Jensen, a
young girl of 19 at Brigham City, Utah, had lingered, almost between life
and death, with Scarlet Fever. Leah Rees, her girlfriend, was serving her as
night nurse, and it was about three or four o'clock in the morning, when, as
Leah reports it, "I was suddenly awakened by Ella calling me to get the
comb, brush and scissors. She explained that she wanted to brush her hair
and trim her finger nails, and get all ready, `For,' said she, `they are
coming to get me at ten o'clock this morning.' "I asked who was coming to
get her." "`Uncle Hans Jensen and the messengers,' she replied. `I am going
to die and they are coming at ten o'clock to get me and take me away.'" "I
tried to quiet her, saying that she would feel better in the morning if she
would try to sleep." "`No,' she said, `I am not going to sleep any more, but
I am going to spend all the time getting ready.'" "She insisted that I get
the comb, hairbrush and scissors, which I did, but she was so weak that she
could not use them. As I was brushing her hair, she asked me to call her
parents. I explained that they were tired and asleep and that it would be
better not to disturb them." "`Yes,' insisted Ella, `you must call them. I
want to tell them now.'" "The parents were called, and as they entered the
room, the daughter told them that her Uncle Hans, who was dead, had suddenly
appeared in the room, while she was awake with her eyes open, and had told
her that messengers would be there at ten o'clock to conduct her into the
spirit world. The father and mother feared that the girl was delirious and
tried to get her to be quiet and go to sleep. She knew their thoughts and
said, `I know what I am talking about. No, I am not going to sleep anymore.
I know I am going to die, and that they are coming to get me.'" Ella,
realizing the end was very near, summoned each one of her family to kiss and
bid them goodbye. She called each one by name as they came to the bedside.
But her brother Budd was out and had not returned. As it drew toward ten
o'clock, she felt she could not go until she had seen him. She was gasping
for breath and exerting all her strength to hold on until Budd got back.
Grandma Jensen arrived, and just as Ella had embraced and kissed her, Budd
came in with Mrs. Nelson. Ella threw her arms around her brother's neck,
kissed him, and then fell back on her pillow--dead. It was just ten o'clock.
Ella's father left at once to report to President Snow and consult him
regarding arrangements for the funeral. Sister Nelson washed and laid Ella
out, dressed her in clean linen, and Budd took the doctor back home, who had
been called in this emergency. Meanwhile, news of her death spread about. It
was towards noon when Jacob Jensen, Ella's father, reported to President
Snow at the tabernacle service, because it was more than a mile to town and
he had to hitch up the horse to drive there. They returned together with
Rudger Clawson, who was then the President of the Box Elder Stake. After
standing at Ella's bedside for a minute or two, President Snow asked if
there were any consecrated oil in the house. All were greatly surprised, but
the oil was secured for him. He handed the bottle of oil to Brother Clawson
and asked him to anoint Ella, after which Brother Snow confirmed the
anointing. Particularly impressive among others, were these words that he
used, "Dear Ella, I command you, in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, to
come back and live. Your mission is not ended." His voice was very
commanding, "Come back, Ella, come back! Your work upon the earth is not yet
completed. Come back! You shall yet live to perform a great mission." Ella
remained in her dead condition for more than an hour after President Snow
administered to her, or more than three hours in all after she had died. Her
mother and father were sitting there watching by the bedside, when all at
once she opened her eyes, looked about the room, and saw them sitting there.
But she still looked for someone else, and the first thing she said was,
"Where is he? Where is he?" "Where is who?" "Why, Brother Snow," she
replied. "He called me back." They explained to her that Brother Snow and
Brother Clawson were very busy and could not remain, and that they had gone.
Ella then dropped her head back on her pillow, saying, "Why did he call me
back? I was so happy and did not want to come back." Then Ella Jensen began
to relate her marvelous experiences; marvelous both as to the incidents
themselves, and as to the great number of them that occurred in the short
space of time between three and four hours. And furthermore, the very nature
of these incidents prove that she was telling nothing but the truth. "At ten
o'clock my spirit left my body," related Ella. "It took me sometime to make
up my mind to go, as I could hear and see the folks crying and mourning over
me. It was very hard to me to leave them, but as soon as I had a glimpse of
the other world, I was anxious to go, and all the care and worry left me. "I
entered a large hall. It was so long that I could not see the end of it. It
was filled with people. As I was conducted through the throng, the first
person I recognized was my Grandpa H. P. Jensen, who was sitting in one end
of the room writing. He looked up and seemed surprised to see me. He said,
"Why! There is my granddaughter, Ella!" "He was very much pleased, greeted
me and, as he continued with his writing, I passed on through the room and
met a great many of my relatives and friends. It was like going along the
crowded street of a large city where you meet many people, only a very few
of whom you recognize. "The next one I knew was Uncle Hans Jensen with his
wife, Mary Ellen. They had two small children with them. On inquiring who
they were, he told me one was his own and the other was Uncle Will's little
girl. "Some seemed to be in family groups. As there were only a few whom I
could recognize and who knew me, I kept moving on. Some inquired about their
friends and relatives on the earth. Among the number was my cousin. He asked
me how the folks were getting along and said it grieved him to hear that
some of the boys were using tobacco, liquor, and many things that were
injurious to them. "This proved to me that the people in the other world
know to a great extent what happens here on the earth. "The people were all
dressed in white or cream, excepting Uncle Hans Jensen, who (for this
occasion) had on his dark clothes and long rubber boots--the things he wore
when he was drowned in the Snake River in Idaho. "Everybody appeared to be
perfectly happy. I was having a very pleasant visit with each one that I
knew. Finally, I reached the end of that long room. I opened a door and went
into another room filled with children. They were all arranged in perfect
order, the largest ones in the back rows all around the room. They seemed to
be convened in a sort of Primary or Sunday School, which was presided over
by Aunt Eliza R. Snow. There were hundreds of small children there." "It
was," continued Ella, "while I was standing listening to the children
singing, `Gladly Meeting, Kindly Greeting,' that I heard President Lorenzo
Snow call me. He said, `Sister Ella, you must come back, as your mission is
not yet finished here on earth.' So I just spoke to Aunt Eliza R. Snow and
told her that I must go back. "Returning through the large room, I told the
people I was going back to the earth, but they seemed to want me to stay
with them. I obeyed the call, although it was very much against my desire,
as such perfect peace and happiness prevailed there--no suffering and no
sorrow. I was so taken up with all I saw and heard that I did hate very much
to leave that beautiful place. [120] "This has always been a source of
comfort to me. I learned by this experience that we should not grieve too
much for our departed loved ones, and especially at the time they leave us.
I think we should be just as calm and quiet as possible, because, as I was
leaving my mortal life, the only regret I had was that the folks were
grieving so much for me. But I soon forgot all about this world in my
delight with the other. "For more than three hours my spirit was gone from
my body. As I returned, I could see my body lying on the bed and the folks
gathered about in the room. I wanted to stay only a short time on earth to
comfort them." Ella frequently told of the terrible suffering that she
experienced when the spirit again entered the body. There was practically no
pain on leaving the body in death, but the intense pain was almost
unbearable in coming back to life. Not only this, but for months, and even
years afterward, she experienced new aches and pains and physical disorders
that she had never known before. Some of the people Ella described as having
met in this spirit sojourn were her aunts and second cousins, long since
dead and laid away before she was born. She told her Aunt Harriet Wight, who
had lost two daughters, not to mourn them, for she had seen them and had
talked with them, and they were very happy in their new sphere of existence.
Many relatives and others visited Ella, and she told them the same story--of
how she had met their relatives and friends over there, how happy they were,
and that they had asked about their loved ones here. When Leah Rees, her
night nurse, came to stay with Ella the next night, she told her about
having seen her (Leah's) father and several others of her people who had
passed away, as well as her own Grandpa Jensen--all of whom appeared very
happy. One person Ella was puzzled about seeing in the spirit world was
little Alphie, the son of Alphonzo H. Snow. He had been in her Sunday School
class in the First Ward, and she did not know that he had just died. When
she told her mother, she said, "Yes, Ella, little Alphie is dead, too. He
died early this morning while you were so very sick. We knew you loved him
and that it would be a shock to you, so we did not tell you about his
death." But, nevertheless, she had recognized the little fellow happily
singing among the children under the direction of Eliza R. Snow. It was
while sitting there listening to those children that she heard a voice
coming to her in commanding tones, apparently from a long distance, which
said, "Come back, Ella, come back! Your work on earth is not yet completed."
And, although she had no desire to come back, but on the contrary, felt
determined to remain in that beautiful world, the voice was so authoritative
in manner that it seemed to draw, yes, actually draw her spirit out of that
room and back to her body. She felt compelled to follow it and return to
earth, where she filled to the fullness, her life's mission on earth,
becoming a mother in Israel, and doing much for the glory of God and her own
exaltation in the service of the Lord. She is now known as Mrs. Henry Wight
of Brigham City, Utah.
Questions and Comments
Confounds the Modern Humanist Conjecturer and Show Evolution to be False,
Alone, for Where did the Spirit Come From? Did it "Evolve" Also? No! and I
say again, No! It was fathered by the Father of Spirits:
"There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, Than are dreamt of in
your philosophy." -Hamlet, Act I, Scene V.
9 Furthermore we have had fathers of our flesh which corrected us, and we
gave them reverence: shall we not much rather be in subjection unto the
Father of spirits, and live?
(New Testament | Hebrews 12:9)
If Abraham reasoned thus-If Jesus Christ was the Son of God, and John
discovered that God the Father of Jesus Christ had a Father, you may suppose
that He had a Father also. Where was there ever a son without a father? And
where was there ever a father without first being a son? Whenever did a tree
or anything spring into existence without a progenitor? And everything comes
in this way. Paul says that which is earthly is in the likeness of that
which is heavenly, Hence if Jesus had a Father, can we not believe that He
had a Father also? I despise the idea of being scared to death at such a
doctrine, for the Bible is full of it. (Joseph Smith, Teachings of the
Prophet Joseph Smith, selected and arranged by Joseph Fielding Smith, p.373)
6 And hath made us kings and priests unto God and his Father; to him [be]
glory and dominion for ever and ever. Amen.
(Rev 1:6)
The Following is the near death experience of Ella Jensen, (around, 1890),
who died in Brigham City, Utah, at the Age of 17, and for a brief time was
in the presence of relatives, the unborn, and the prophets of Israel.
Raised From the Dead
The legal administrators which are ordained Priests after the Order of
Melchizedec, are the only ones competent to unfold the true history and
meaning of life upon this world. They alone hold the keys of the knowledge
of the science of theology, which science is a complete body of knowledge
regarding the physical and spiritual worlds, which are governed by laws and
principles and ordinances, the physical based upon the laws of physics and
mathematics which are immutable and unchanging, and the spiritual, laws and
principles which are equally immutable and eternal.
D&C 76:56
56 They are they who are priests and kings, who have received of his
fulness, and of his glory;
D&C 76:57
57 And are priests of the Most High, after the order of Melchizedek, which
was after the order of Enoch, which was after the order of the Only Begotten
Son.
And without this Priesthood, men are in the dark regarding their existence.
As evidence, I present the following testimony of one Ella Jensen, who died
of scarlet fever in 1891 and whose story was published in 1929, who was
subsequently reanimated and explained what she saw while dead. This of
course was written long before this phenomenom has been popularized by
Elizabeth Kubler Ross who published "On Death and Dying" in 1969.
"Raised from the Dead" (Condensed from Sept.-Oct., 1929, issues of The
Improvement Era, 32:883; also Y.W. Journal 4:164. Compare with Life of
Lorenzo Snow, p. 406.)
This story, true in every particular, shows the fulfillment of a prophecy
made upon the head of Lorenzo Snow when he received a patriarchal blessing
under the hands of the Prophet's father, Joseph Smith, Senior. It was given
in the Kirtland Temple, and among other things were these promises: "Thou
shalt become a mighty man. Thy faith shall increase and grow stronger until
it shall become like Peter's. Thou shalt restore the sick; the diseased
shall send to thee their aprons and handkerchiefs, and by thy touch their
owners shall be made whole. The dead shall arise and come forth at thy
bidding." It was March 3, 1891, and for several long weeks Ella Jensen, a
young girl of 19 at Brigham City, Utah, had lingered, almost between life
and death, with Scarlet Fever. Leah Rees, her girlfriend, was serving her as
night nurse, and it was about three or four o'clock in the morning, when, as
Leah reports it, "I was suddenly awakened by Ella calling me to get the
comb, brush and scissors. She explained that she wanted to brush her hair
and trim her finger nails, and get all ready, `For,' said she, `they are
coming to get me at ten o'clock this morning.' "I asked who was coming to
get her." "`Uncle Hans Jensen and the messengers,' she replied. `I am going
to die and they are coming at ten o'clock to get me and take me away.'" "I
tried to quiet her, saying that she would feel better in the morning if she
would try to sleep." "`No,' she said, `I am not going to sleep any more, but
I am going to spend all the time getting ready.'" "She insisted that I get
the comb, hairbrush and scissors, which I did, but she was so weak that she
could not use them. As I was brushing her hair, she asked me to call her
parents. I explained that they were tired and asleep and that it would be
better not to disturb them." "`Yes,' insisted Ella, `you must call them. I
want to tell them now.'" "The parents were called, and as they entered the
room, the daughter told them that her Uncle Hans, who was dead, had suddenly
appeared in the room, while she was awake with her eyes open, and had told
her that messengers would be there at ten o'clock to conduct her into the
spirit world. The father and mother feared that the girl was delirious and
tried to get her to be quiet and go to sleep. She knew their thoughts and
said, `I know what I am talking about. No, I am not going to sleep anymore.
I know I am going to die, and that they are coming to get me.'" Ella,
realizing the end was very near, summoned each one of her family to kiss and
bid them goodbye. She called each one by name as they came to the bedside.
But her brother Budd was out and had not returned. As it drew toward ten
o'clock, she felt she could not go until she had seen him. She was gasping
for breath and exerting all her strength to hold on until Budd got back.
Grandma Jensen arrived, and just as Ella had embraced and kissed her, Budd
came in with Mrs. Nelson. Ella threw her arms around her brother's neck,
kissed him, and then fell back on her pillow--dead. It was just ten o'clock.
Ella's father left at once to report to President Snow and consult him
regarding arrangements for the funeral. Sister Nelson washed and laid Ella
out, dressed her in clean linen, and Budd took the doctor back home, who had
been called in this emergency. Meanwhile, news of her death spread about. It
was towards noon when Jacob Jensen, Ella's father, reported to President
Snow at the tabernacle service, because it was more than a mile to town and
he had to hitch up the horse to drive there. They returned together with
Rudger Clawson, who was then the President of the Box Elder Stake. After
standing at Ella's bedside for a minute or two, President Snow asked if
there were any consecrated oil in the house. All were greatly surprised, but
the oil was secured for him. He handed the bottle of oil to Brother Clawson
and asked him to anoint Ella, after which Brother Snow confirmed the
anointing. Particularly impressive among others, were these words that he
used, "Dear Ella, I command you, in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, to
come back and live. Your mission is not ended." His voice was very
commanding, "Come back, Ella, come back! Your work upon the earth is not yet
completed. Come back! You shall yet live to perform a great mission." Ella
remained in her dead condition for more than an hour after President Snow
administered to her, or more than three hours in all after she had died. Her
mother and father were sitting there watching by the bedside, when all at
once she opened her eyes, looked about the room, and saw them sitting there.
But she still looked for someone else, and the first thing she said was,
"Where is he? Where is he?" "Where is who?" "Why, Brother Snow," she
replied. "He called me back." They explained to her that Brother Snow and
Brother Clawson were very busy and could not remain, and that they had gone.
Ella then dropped her head back on her pillow, saying, "Why did he call me
back? I was so happy and did not want to come back." Then Ella Jensen began
to relate her marvelous experiences; marvelous both as to the incidents
themselves, and as to the great number of them that occurred in the short
space of time between three and four hours. And furthermore, the very nature
of these incidents prove that she was telling nothing but the truth. "At ten
o'clock my spirit left my body," related Ella. "It took me sometime to make
up my mind to go, as I could hear and see the folks crying and mourning over
me. It was very hard to me to leave them, but as soon as I had a glimpse of
the other world, I was anxious to go, and all the care and worry left me. "I
entered a large hall. It was so long that I could not see the end of it. It
was filled with people. As I was conducted through the throng, the first
person I recognized was my Grandpa H. P. Jensen, who was sitting in one end
of the room writing. He looked up and seemed surprised to see me. He said,
"Why! There is my granddaughter, Ella!" "He was very much pleased, greeted
me and, as he continued with his writing, I passed on through the room and
met a great many of my relatives and friends. It was like going along the
crowded street of a large city where you meet many people, only a very few
of whom you recognize. "The next one I knew was Uncle Hans Jensen with his
wife, Mary Ellen. They had two small children with them. On inquiring who
they were, he told me one was his own and the other was Uncle Will's little
girl. "Some seemed to be in family groups. As there were only a few whom I
could recognize and who knew me, I kept moving on. Some inquired about their
friends and relatives on the earth. Among the number was my cousin. He asked
me how the folks were getting along and said it grieved him to hear that
some of the boys were using tobacco, liquor, and many things that were
injurious to them. "This proved to me that the people in the other world
know to a great extent what happens here on the earth. "The people were all
dressed in white or cream, excepting Uncle Hans Jensen, who (for this
occasion) had on his dark clothes and long rubber boots--the things he wore
when he was drowned in the Snake River in Idaho. "Everybody appeared to be
perfectly happy. I was having a very pleasant visit with each one that I
knew. Finally, I reached the end of that long room. I opened a door and went
into another room filled with children. They were all arranged in perfect
order, the largest ones in the back rows all around the room. They seemed to
be convened in a sort of Primary or Sunday School, which was presided over
by Aunt Eliza R. Snow. There were hundreds of small children there." "It
was," continued Ella, "while I was standing listening to the children
singing, `Gladly Meeting, Kindly Greeting,' that I heard President Lorenzo
Snow call me. He said, `Sister Ella, you must come back, as your mission is
not yet finished here on earth.' So I just spoke to Aunt Eliza R. Snow and
told her that I must go back. "Returning through the large room, I told the
people I was going back to the earth, but they seemed to want me to stay
with them. I obeyed the call, although it was very much against my desire,
as such perfect peace and happiness prevailed there--no suffering and no
sorrow. I was so taken up with all I saw and heard that I did hate very much
to leave that beautiful place. [120] "This has always been a source of
comfort to me. I learned by this experience that we should not grieve too
much for our departed loved ones, and especially at the time they leave us.
I think we should be just as calm and quiet as possible, because, as I was
leaving my mortal life, the only regret I had was that the folks were
grieving so much for me. But I soon forgot all about this world in my
delight with the other. "For more than three hours my spirit was gone from
my body. As I returned, I could see my body lying on the bed and the folks
gathered about in the room. I wanted to stay only a short time on earth to
comfort them." Ella frequently told of the terrible suffering that she
experienced when the spirit again entered the body. There was practically no
pain on leaving the body in death, but the intense pain was almost
unbearable in coming back to life. Not only this, but for months, and even
years afterward, she experienced new aches and pains and physical disorders
that she had never known before. Some of the people Ella described as having
met in this spirit sojourn were her aunts and second cousins, long since
dead and laid away before she was born. She told her Aunt Harriet Wight, who
had lost two daughters, not to mourn them, for she had seen them and had
talked with them, and they were very happy in their new sphere of existence.
Many relatives and others visited Ella, and she told them the same story--of
how she had met their relatives and friends over there, how happy they were,
and that they had asked about their loved ones here. When Leah Rees, her
night nurse, came to stay with Ella the next night, she told her about
having seen her (Leah's) father and several others of her people who had
passed away, as well as her own Grandpa Jensen--all of whom appeared very
happy. One person Ella was puzzled about seeing in the spirit world was
little Alphie, the son of Alphonzo H. Snow. He had been in her Sunday School
class in the First Ward, and she did not know that he had just died. When
she told her mother, she said, "Yes, Ella, little Alphie is dead, too. He
died early this morning while you were so very sick. We knew you loved him
and that it would be a shock to you, so we did not tell you about his
death." But, nevertheless, she had recognized the little fellow happily
singing among the children under the direction of Eliza R. Snow. It was
while sitting there listening to those children that she heard a voice
coming to her in commanding tones, apparently from a long distance, which
said, "Come back, Ella, come back! Your work on earth is not yet completed."
And, although she had no desire to come back, but on the contrary, felt
determined to remain in that beautiful world, the voice was so authoritative
in manner that it seemed to draw, yes, actually draw her spirit out of that
room and back to her body. She felt compelled to follow it and return to
earth, where she filled to the fullness, her life's mission on earth,
becoming a mother in Israel, and doing much for the glory of God and her own
exaltation in the service of the Lord. She is now known as Mrs. Henry Wight
of Brigham City, Utah.
Questions and Comments
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