The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1886-06-29

triumphant; He was firmly n anted o,
the rex of truth, immoyabIe a
adamant.
Now the scene has changed: tn
scene OF night. of darkness e1shroud
Us, ahd we are called upon to trust il
Sou anu serve HIM in the midst of tn
darkness. Greater Is the Integrity o
tnoss who believe yet have not seen
tnan those who demand a sign.
Vision or a miracle TO convince them
those who seek for signs are an adui
erous generation Belief ia God vii
iead 10 works oy which that faith
can manifest itself. A tree is known by
Us Iruit; a fountain By the stream u
euiss- greater measure of faith will
produce greater measure OF works.
That faith Is hypocrisy which pretend:
10 believe in God yet maniiests a desire
10 Destroy and rend the church OF God.
Ihese are not the teachings or words OF
Ohrist- lie did not tel: His disciples 70
go into all the world and sill prosecute
ano proscrioe those who did not believe
as they did. But to go and preach
peaSe and love. and though they were
cast out and reviled. He would be With
tne.i. unto the end. and feed them with
the bread OF life. and they should never
ole IN the spirit. We we're expected to
Judge righteous judgment. Love one
another. the Savior said, and this was
u test which would show who were His
disciples.
Those who repenied of all their evil
deeds aud vile practices showed BY their
works the fai;h they possessed.
This was the second step in
the programme OF salvation:
repentance "a reformation from
sin; not the repentance that needed
repenting OF. There were those
who did not repent. and 10 was the sets
OF such that were bringing trouble upon
this Whole people. 1t was the purifying
process which Go was putting the
Saints through. The same God that has
said to the waves of tbs sea: Hitherto
thou snalt come. but no farther" will
say the same to the e, emles OF His
people. He will cause the wrath of
man TO praise HIM and the abundance
of wrath he will restrain. Blessed are
We when all men revile you and speak
ali manner OF evil against you falsely
for my sake" Christ sasd. But il evil
IS spoken of US truly We are only
blessed in being humbled to the dust
and made to feel the power Of the
Christening hand Of Jehovah. Until we
repent and turn unto G0d, We are no
better than other people; until We cease
our wicked practices and cut loose from
association with corruption. no matter
how related 10 Us. how can we call upon
God for our deliveranee? We were
told in 1882, bv Gods prophet. to set
our hou IS IN order. to clean the inside
OF the platter, and If we did SO that our
enemies should have no power over US.
III this promise was not fulfilled IL
was the fault of the people themselves;
" Ia, o.
phecy IS untrue when We ourselves are
10 be blamed. We must not seek to
pluck the mote from another's eye, but
try TO observe the beam in our own.
The Saints would continue TO 20 into
bondage unless they Tepented. God
never deserted His pSople, nor broke
His promises, but His promises were al
In the days of Joshua, As
long as the children of Israel were
obedient {. ey were inyincible: the walls
of Jericho fell down before them but
they weze subsequently put to fight.
When Joshua asked God why he had
forsaken them, he was answered that a
divine command has been disobeyed. It !
was not until the people PARTED them |
selves that Gods power again visited
their camp. and thenceforth theirs was
an onward march OF triumph and vic
tory. Let US not, the Bishop said, re-
bel against Ged aud revile his prophet
when the fault ana transgression are
our own.
The principle Of baptism was insti-
tuted for the remission OF sins that we're
Tepented of. Net that water of itself
could wash away sin. but If ad-
mnistered by author y baptism
by immersion which was typical
OF death and The resurrection
was eficscious for the remission Of sin.
John thought himself unworthy 10 hap
tize Jesus. but Christ acknowledged his
authority and said: ''Suffer IL 10 be SO,
CIV. for thus il becometh Us 10 fulfil all
Righteousness" and when He arose
up ont Of the water. the Holy Ghost
descended and rested upon Him, and the
Lord said, This Is my beloved Son. in
whom l am well pleased" When
Christ had been baptized He entered
upon His ministry, and chose twelve
apostles. who went forth preaching.
organizing churches, and bapt zing. By
them the gift OF the Holy Ghost. By the
laying on Of hands. was promised 20 all
who obeyed the FIRST three principles of
the gospel, and i. was 70 guide them
into all truth and prepare them gradu-
ally for the presence OF God.
These are what we term the first four
principles OF the gospel; but they are
only the gateway leading 10 other
and higher principles just as pure and
holy. though despised and execrsted by
the world.
In conclusion. Bishop Whitney bore a
strong testimony TO the truth and
purity Of these principles; saying there
were still gTander and greater princi-
pies viii b, II obeyed and faithfully
lived up TO. would lead 10 everlasting
giorg in the celestial world God in this
day, has raised up prophet-Joseph
SmIth-whOse testimony Is in force
upon all the world. IL was portion
u that testimony. the speaker SID.
that he had declared. and ne prayed
that all who might hear it would accept
/; and be saved.
Following the singing OF an anthem
~ the choir. the benediction vas pro
rounced by Elder Aurelils Miner.
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