The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1880-10-26
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8 preach the gospel, with a promise
: that those who received their mes
Z sage were 10 be saved. and those Who
! rejected It would be damned. 1t
made no difference what people they
met; the message Was to De carried to
all. The Latter day Saints had .
similar mission given 10 them. The
same Jesus who commanded the
eleven men, had asain given niE
command in this century. The saints
we're TO preach the same gospel that
vas formerly preached; it must LOW be
preached with the same promises |
that those who received the gospel |
would be saved, and all Wlo reject 1t
would be damned. As there we're no |
exceptions formerly, there were none
DOW. The reason why the Lord had,
IN the nineteenth century, called
men to convey his message 10 all
creatures was because none were on
the earth, who had the authority to
DO the work. II there had been even
one man who bad the authority,
there would have been no occasion
AOA CllOO1ABk SPG5klOe GL4O I
ing them TO carry the gospel message.
The saints missionHas to all the world,
TO the GentIles FIRST and then 10 the
Jews. The first step in
the gospel MAS faith in Gcd, the
Father, and faith in bis Hon Jesue
Christ, - the RedeSmer of the human
race, and in the atoHemSnt. The
sainf. ab9aipad kki- f-ifh Fror, -.
word and other evidences. The 6rst
step 20 be connected with the faith
was q repentance and forsakiue of
sins. But thsee we're not enough.
After faith IN Cos, and repentance '
1t WAS necessary to be buried in the
water for the remission Of sins. Bap-
tism was a commandment OF God,
written 10 the Scriptures. It was not
baptism that washed away sin, but il r
was the blood of Christ cleansing from
sin, because they had obeyed the Q
commandments. Christ had purchased a
tue privilege OF repentance and OF
salvation for all, it they would but a
accept Of it. The gifts of faith, re- 8
pentAnce and baptism we're free b
offerings from God, to all, if they =
wanted them. 1t was not enough for
one to believe IN Corist, to repent 2
and be baptized. He might be born
Of the water and not be born of the c
spirit; he must be baptized in the Il
Spirit, which had aso been com y
handed by Jesus, the ordinance being
he laying on OF hands In some IN, Il
stances the Lord had conferred the
Holy Oh ct without the laying on of fC
hands; but no man couli retain the tC
pirit If be rejected the ordinance OF
by the laying on OF Oh
hands. In ancient times the gifts of p
speaking In tongues, etc.,
followed the comforting OF OF
he Holy Ghost. These we're some of
he signs that we're TO follow a belief bt
q the gospel; other sigus being that Ii
be elders should lay hands upon sick, N
which would cause them to recover; To
hoHld cast out devils, take up GER at
'ents without harm, etc. The signs IN
1ere 30 plain that no man could be Il
ss to whether or not he was
believer. II might be sAid by some
pat these signs we're to be seen only
{ the time OF the establishing OF the =.
ospel on the earth; but this vas not "
}, for it hSd been promised that &ll r
ersons, in all elimss, in all ages 3.
nould receive the signB upoH their nr
elief, repentance, baptism, and re- ou
option OF the Holy Ghost. Il the
gns did not follow the belief. one
light we'll question if be had the goa &c
Ell that Christ had given. The TO
Saints had these signs, or tw
ley were not true believers; and so it lC
las with all the Christian churches of
le world. II they had not received
De signs, they could have no hope Of
eceiving a fulfllment of the other .,
romises OF God; if signs could not be ~
)uud, then there was DO authority VI VI
q the earth to preach the gospel. to ".
aptiZs or to lay on hands for the con w
srripg Of the Holy Ghost. The &c
hurch Of Christ bad once been taken T TI'
rom The earth, the priesthood re VI
losed, and the apostles permitted to
1fier mArtyrdom. When the church
las taken from the earth, that WAS
Is end to baptism. and 10 all the
rdinances of the gospel, until the .,
ingdom should be restored to the 0-
7orld. Daniel foreSsw that the Cos pr
eel would be again set up Oh the
srtb, and the Lstter-dsy Saints have d.
nat gospel, which they had been mt
reaching 10 the world for the past ce
fly years. The angel that John said
'Uuld come with the everlasting go = M
ell had come as bad been foreteld,
I'd be bad brought the original ct
ospel, with ali its ordinances. and
le authority to administer them, co
10 wonder the saints had been perse-
1ted and driven from place to place, s.
] order to gain livelihood. 1t was
OF because of their polygsmy, for da
orn polygsmy was not known or
racticed by them. They we're perse- ct
uted because they had restored to so
be earth the original gospel, with all
he signs and ordinances, and thereby f.
bowed that other Christian churches F,
sd not the authority. Elder Pratt
eclAred that the gospel muIt be ~
preached to all the world, and IL
Daniels prophecy fulfilled; the be-
levers would be saved, and the others
Tanned; all earthly kingdoms would
" swept away, and the wicked be -,
AIKEN from the earth, while the king .,
iom established by God would con- -
inue to grow until it filled the woole
,arth. n
APOSTLE ERAsTUs Snow followed, !,
on the same subject upon b
which Elder Pratt had been speak I
ing. He said the people OF Christ had I
been sent into the world in the nine 8
century to redeem il; ell who n
believed in that gospel, and complied \
With it's requirements would be saved. +
Tee gospel was from beaver, and not g
the work OF man; sll mankind bad an F
interest in it, for the name OF Jesus s
Vas ths only name whereby man F
could be saved. 1t gave power to {
every person 10 obtain salvation, and 4
also to work miracles. The apostles =
we're not alone in the enjoyment of
the promises made to the believers in 7
the gospel, bat TO the Seventies and
10 eli 10 feet we're the divine gifts at
tainable. The promise was TO the
believers, 10 him Who had faith, who
repented, was baptized, and who &C.
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