The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1884-04-15
SUNDAY SERVICES.

the choir singing the hymn begin
ming:
Guide us, o thou great Jehovah.
Saints unto the promised land!
We are weak, but Thou art able;
Hold us with Thy powerful hand.
Holy Spirit,
Feed us till The Savior comes.
Prayer by Elder George F. Gibbs.
The choir sang the hymn COM
mencing:
Jesus, once o. humble birth,
Now In glory comes to earth;
Once he suffered grief and pain,
Now he comes on esrLh to reign.
ELDER JOHN MORGAN addressed
the congregation. He said it was
true that no enc who had never Lad
the experience fully real zed the pc
sition an elder is placed in who is
called on to address his fellow men
in regard 10 the things ofthi- life and
the lfe to come; it is grave respon-
sibillty that is placed upon him, for
his remarks must have an Influence
for god or evil There are prin-
ciples come cted with the gospel
stronger than those o. men, hence,
it was NJ Idle prayer for an cid tr t.
a. K the faith and support OF his
C ngregaiiop, FOR without he Spirit
IF God he would fail. The gospel
is plain and simple, that it may
be understood by all; but it requires
the Spirit Of God to comprehend it.
The Saints have heard it in foreign
lands, and it bt came so plain to
their minds, that all else was
sacrificed for 1t, and they left
their homes to come here where
they could enjoy is. The gospel was
ttught by Jesus, promising certain
results should follow Its belief; and
SO it is to-day, the elders going
abroad AMI teaching the same gos.
pei that Christ taught and promising
the same blessings that he promi-ed.
Paul had So d that if any man
preached any other gospel than this
let him bs accused. The Saints
come from the Christian nations Of
the earth, they and their parents
being memb ers Of the various Chris
tisn churches; they have been gath
cred here under peculiar cir UNI
stances. The general impression ia
that tLey repudiate the Christian
Bible, and have invented new relig
ion. The eame accu ion was
made against the Savior, who was
accused Of having come to d. away
with the law and the prophets,
whereupon he said he came to fulfill
The law AID the prophecies. 81
with the Saints, who deny that they
do away with the Law and the pro
pnets. They are 10 ked upon as
IL novatoss-as finding some new
way TO heaven; they are looked upon
a. some strange beings, not rec3g-
Dized as worthy OF recognition by
she Christian world. There is no
ground for this assumption by the
world, the doctrines of he Saints
being he same as those taught by
Christ-nsmely, faith. repentance,
BAPTISM for the remission of sns,
aging on of hands for tie gift of
5he II 'ly Ghost, and so on. The
Saints have great faith, and prove it
oy their conduct, as shown Dy their
aging or of ha de for the curing
Of the sick and so forth. They
know the word IF Col in regard TO
faith Is irue. and tney prsct &c the |
or nciple. They beIieve Il at through |
"a IN i, the promises 'of God HIS !
( ngdom vii be established on earth |
lad overcome all opposition; With
,It faith they could not exist d.y
l. an o gsnization. Another primo
lie of the gospel is repentance. |
There are in the world some
strange ideas in regari TO this prin- !
!, pie. Some believed that th- way |
20 repentance was through bodily !
as & collation., 'orturing
he flesh, &c. The Saints believe |
n the repentance that puts away
wrong dJiag sin and wicbedness of
Ill kind, putting ii feelings from
he heart, and SHINING no more; his
s the repentance that was Taught by
Jhrist's dis iple and is the only true
Another doctrine is
hat Of baptism; there are two bap-
isms, that CT the living and OF the
lead, roth of which are believed in
md practiced by the Saints. Christin.
tructed his disciples to go forth and
preach the gospel and baptise,
coming that those who believed and
ysre baptised should DE saved. The
'Tdinance was instituted for the for.
riVeness Of sins,a pd when it was per-
Ormad g mans wrong doiugs were
washed away and forgiven, he being
espo lsible for no Wickedness of
which he may have been guilty
This IS no new doc.
rine, for it was the same as taught
nd prscticed il ChriSt's time. The
riuciple of laying on Of hands is
mother doctrine Of the gospel, and
vas praciiced and believed in by
)hrist and his disciples, though it is
lOt believed in by the Christian
Torld to-day. The saints, however.
elieve and practice it, however IN
opular it may be in the world.
Without it the gospel would not
2 complete, and if this was not
Orrect principle CT the gospel no
Their one was correct. Anciently
be Holy Ghnst was conferred
hrough this din'nce of the layi
q OF hands, add toe same is true.
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