“Cross Yourself in All These Things”
This is an unusual phrase, one not found elsewhere in scripture. To cross oneself may mean to go against one’s carnal or sinful nature, to resist the pull of the fallen man. In this way it is similar to the Savior’s invitation to “take up [our] cross.’ Matthew records: ”Then said Jesus unto his disciples, If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me. And now for a man to take up his cross, is to deny himself all ungodliness, and every, worldly lust, and keep my commandments.“ (JST, Matthew 16:25-26; see also 3 Nephi 12:29-30.)”
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