The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1884-07-22

the kingdom which belongs to the
latter Gays was establi he'd in the
days of Jesus, and referred To the
dream spoken of to substantiate
their position. In the days of
Christ the Roman Empire >sas at Its
zenith, and is was not for hupd eds
OF years after that that il was di-
vided and Tesembled the two legs OF
the image Christ came before this
and did not set up his kingdom
"never more to be thrown do an."
| He came as Savior aaG not a. a
king or conqueror be made his ad-
vent as a meek and lowly man, hav
ing not where to lay his head.
Therefore, the prophecy eoult not
refer to him or his days. The pro-
phecies of tile ancient prophets
spoke of Christ coming In al his
glory, in the latter days, and, there.
fore, his coming eighteen hundred
years sg0 was not meant, for then
he did not come in all his gl0yy,else,
why should tbs men of Galilee, who
stood gazing up into heaven he told
that ''this came Jesus which is taken
up from you, shall so coms in like
manner ns ye have seen him go into
heavtn." Ee then spoke of the
glorious manner in which Christ
would come as the Messiah, to show
that the prophecies of the apcient
prophets referred to the Second and
not his first coming. The little stone
cut out OF the mount ins without
hands, which should roll until il
filed the whole earth, was the
church ofJesus Christ of Latter.day
Saints, which was breaking in pieces
the false doctrines and notions Of
the GorId, and working great re-
| formation in the earth. The Saints
were preparing for tina co ming OF
the Lord. when they would crown
Him King Of Kings and LTrd of
Lords.
| ELDER JOHN NICHOLSON next
occupied the stand. He asked for
the sympathy and faith of his hear
ers, that be might speak with the
right spirit. Elder Whitney had
referred TO the revelations of John,
and had spoken particu arly of the
| one contained in the XIV chapter
Of Revelations, 6 and Z verses. The
character of this prediction was
that, when this angel should come
there would no kindred, or tongue,
nor people possessed Of the gospel.
The various claims OF the sects OF
the day were contrary to the teach-
ings of the New Testamen By
most OF than, it was promulg ated
that the atonement was enough,
and the cry Went forth: "B-lieye
in the Lord Je us Christ, and you
shall be saved" Tue Savior said,
"Ani why call ye me. Lord, Lord,
and do not the things which / say ?"
Elder n cholson then went on to
explain the p,inciile Of faith, the
first in the order OF the gospel, and
quoted freely FROM the New Tesla
ment to establish his theory of
faith. The Apostle James said,
"Faith, If it b ath not Works, is dead,
being aione," and in order to make
his point stronger, the Apostle adj
ded, "thou hath faith and l have
works: show me thy faith without
thy Wort S. and I wall show thee my
faith by my works." and further
went on ana said, "For ia the body
without the spirit Is dead, so faith
without works ia dead also" He
did not wish to argue or reason on
this proposition, as 1t was so plain
and unmistakable. He next spoke
Of the principles of baptism, and
said the Christian world had done
away with the ordinances and prin'
, ciples of the Church of Christ, anG
this one in particular. They had
adopted various modes ant
meanings of baptism, some
administering it by Sphinx
ling, others by pouring on Of
, water, and some by immersion
Many said that baptism was moi
. necessary for the remission of sins
The Scriptural mode Of baptism
, was immersion; it could only be ad
ministered to adults, and was To-
the remission of sins, because it fol
, lowed faith and repentance. Al
infant had no faith had no aims tt
, repent of. Christ said: "Suffer lit
tie children to come unto me, for Of
such is the kingdom of heaven.
, Nothing impure could enter heaven
therefore The children were pure
and needed no bBptism. Paul says
, in the vi chapter of Romans
"Therefore we are buried with him
, by baptism unto death; that like as
, Christ was raised up from the deaG
by the glory of ths Father, even sc
: we also should walk in newness O.
: life. For if we have planted to.
! gether in the likeness OF his death
we shall be also in the likeness 6
his resurrection. How is it pos
sible to reconcile or compare sprink
{ ling or pouring on of water with this
| How apply this simile 60 burying
f The authority he took for baptism
} was that given on the day OF Pen
7 tecost, when the question was
stWhat shall we do to be saved !?
The answer then given was plail
. enough. It was ALTO important tina
, those who were baptized should re
> ceive the holy ghost, for an explana
, ton of which principle bis listener
e were referred TO the Wit chapte
} OF The Acts. The laying on 0