The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1884-07-29

Suppose man believed in baptism |
by immersion, how could he show |
his belief in that principle? By be- |
ing baptized. If he did not, his faith |
would appear weak. It would be
asked, would a man from IEdis be
permitted TO relieve it right TO
strange :? or another 10 burn widows
on the funeral pile? No. Why not,
if it was right for man to believe
il correct to have two wives? The
line of difference is plain. There
are inherent, iDalienROle rights in
the Constibution-the right to life,
liberty and thu pursuit OF happiness
which belong to all alike. Anyone
practising that which interfervd
with these rights, should be dealt
with. He had the right to she free
exercise Of his privileges, under the
Constitution, 80 long as he interfeyed
with no one else. AS said by Dele
gate Caine, the principle of proYid
ing legislation inimical to thu Nor
mons, would some day be returned
by other sects or parties, and was q
very dangerous one It was the duty
of all to 90 their part to prevent the
passage OF such legislation and
measures, and to preserve the rights
Youchsafed by the Constitution, He
testified that the gospel had been re-
vealed to tbs Lalter-day Saints; God
had broken the silence of ages; and
an angsl had come down with the
message of life and salvation. The
Kingdom of God had been set up by
rhe power of the Almighty and al
! efforts made TO break it down would
tend 10 build it up, consolidate the
people and make them stronger, It
v as not mere matter of faith with
the LAtter-day Saints, they knew
that G d lived and answered prayer,
and would override all evil brought
against them. The earth, the cattle
on b Thousand hills, the gold
and silver, were all his,
and 1t was his right to rule and re-
gulate everything on the earth. The
time is near when Jesus will come
and reign as King of Kings and
Lord of Lords. The speaker and
the Saints looked for the second
coming of the Savior when, as Ne
buchadneZzar saw, the kingdoms
and powers of the earth should be-.
come as chaff on the summer
threshIng floor. All the predictions
in regard to the second coming Of
| Christ would come to pass, word for
word. 'sTin heaven and earth pass.
one jot or title shall In no wise pass
rom the law, till all be fulfi led"
The church Of Jesus Christ is the
germ OF the kingdom which Daniel
saw; the same as that which Jesus
Christ built un; the same Ia prin
ciples, ordinances and government.
| All the principles taught by Christ
an his apostles were taught by the
Latter day Saints. The priesthood
the authority given by God to
man-had been restored, and all the
influence brought to bear against The
Saints was brought in consequence
Of that authority. But they were
sIhere to stay" TO save the living
and redeem the dead. Gods king
dom was established, never more TO
bs thrown down. Many in the
world thought the predictions re-
specting the latter days referred to
, some thing which had taken place.
The sects of the world had no
authority from heaven; their mini
sters were chosen by the people, and
they preached doctrines which
, tickle I their ears and pleas q them,
Mems beliefs were not all correct
: ONE believed in sprinkling babes;
but the ordinance of baptIsn should
be administered in the name Of the
Father, Spn and Holy Ghost, and
those who used those names without
authority were sacrielgious. The
,ILatter.day Saints claimed the right
! to administer with authority, and
were authorized TO promiss the same
/ blessings and gifts by the laying on
Of hands SIS the ancient apostles did
,, and it wss the testimony of all who
I had been baptized and had hand;
) laid on them, that they had received
, the Holy Ghost. It was also theil
testimony that God lived; that
p there are special pr0vidences
and that they relied or
o the arm of jehovah. AL
2 were not good and pure; all wer'
!. not bo6nd by their promises to God
4 but as q body they were temperate
. thrifty and honest; they were in tn
E straight and narrow path to tn
+ celestial city. Jesus raid; "Lf y
= were of the world, the world woul,
: love its own; bat because ye are no
of the world, but I have chosen yol
: ont of The world, therefore the w0rll
: hateth you. If the world hate you
q Won know that it hated me before /
i hated yeu." The Saints had beel
q called out Of the world in the sam
q manner, to be sons and daughters o
2 the Most High God, consecratini
2 and dedicating all they had to hin
4 and his work. The right the,
= claimed under the Constitution va
Il to carry out their convictions il
d their marriage relations. They be
> Iieyed that bad man ought not +
Il have even one wife, and he altere
e the old-time quotation to say
mNone but the good deserve tn
p fair" The same law governing il
g the days of Noah would prevail
e among the Latter-dsy Saints. I'll
d said that marriage was a holy ord
" nance established by God, proceede
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