The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1886-05-25
THREE BRIEF DIscoURsEs.
Elders Reading, McMurrin and Au
brey- Returned Missionaries,
Address the Congregation.

Come. follow ne" the Savior said;
Then let Us la 5 footsteps tread,
For thus alone can we De one
With Gods own lord, b. gotten Son.
ELDER JOIN READING, after /. brief
absence in Europe, was pleased 70 meet
again with the Saints. He had been en-
gagged in proclaiming the everlasting
gospel among acqpaintanceso of his early
life. He had been regarded by some vi
them as lost; but he testified TO them
that be had a knowledge OF the divinit,
of the work OF salvation in which the
Latter-day Saints were engaged. IL had
often been asked of him: Have We not
had the gospel continuously since
Jesus and HIS disciples?" No, was his
reply. Elder Reading briefly related a
description OF the district in which b.
had been laboring-onein which gree {
number had embraced the gospel. as far
back as the days when Apostle Wood
ruff first visited England. The reports
and ideas concerning the Mormons
which were extant, were, 10 him, ridicu-
lous: the people in the outside world
knew absolutely nothing of the Saints
or their mission. While absent. Elder
Reading had done the best he knew now
TO spread the truths of the gospel
Those principles were source OF pleas
ure and satisfaction to the speaker. and
ever had been since he became identified
with the Larter-day Saints. He had
found in his short experience in life,
that 1t was necessary for individuals TO
examine themselves. and obey the two
great commandments: Thou shalt
love the Lord thy Cod and Thou
shalt love thy neighbor as myself" He
felt thankful for being permitted TO
return to his home in the mountains,
and sincerely hoped be had been inStru-
mental on his mission in doin gSsome
good in removing prejudice. He had
told those who listened to HIM that the
Saints were willing to compare notes
with any other people on the earth IN
point of living lives OF morality, honesty
and righteousness. In conclusion he
exhorted his hearers to do what's right.
ELDER McMURRIS said it afforded him
pleasure 10 meet with the Saints and TO
I address them. Two years ago. the 18th
! OF April he left for Liverpool; arriving
there he was assigned to the Edinburgh
district of the Glasgow Conference. He
realized his weakness, but God had
blessed him beyond his most sanguine
expectations. After a few months in
! that conference, ne was assigned a mis-
I fast. where he was agreeaply Gisap-
pointed in the people of the north OF
Ireland, from among whom quite n
number had come into the church. The
principles OF Mormonism had never
been correctly introduced and inter
! preted in that part of the world. He
left Belfast TO return home on the 18th
of April of this year. His testimony
had always been strong. but il had been
increased by his mission. He had en-
deavored TO post himself as regards the
religious organizations of the world.
compared the teachings of the .isms'
OF the world and those taught by Jesus
and the Latter-day Saints, and had
found the former wanting. As related
in the fourth chapter Of Ephesians. he
inquired If the people had become per
tect- No; lmpertecnon Was human.
The world had said and do say, reyeia-
tons were not needed; the apostles and
prophets were not necessary, and the
work OF the ministry was done away
with. III these were done away with.
then, be maintained, the gospel of Jesus
was also done away with. Yet the
chapesr he referred to said they were 10
remain uHsal the people came TO u unity
Oh the iaiin. In his search he had seen
but one religious BODY which came u,,yn
his standard OF correctness in point Of
organization and working. and tbo,
body was the Church of Jesus Christ OF
Latter-day- Saints. After his inyestiea-
tions, which were thorough, he had
succeeded in discovering z people who
belly ed in faith-pure faith; not the
faith without works, which was dead.
as taught by the sects of the world. He
exemplified his meaning of true faith
by a simile or parable of the farmer
30, l-sh 4
so in religious matters. IL behooyed all
to prove their faith by their works. In
the second OF acts, 81 and SO verses. the
reply to the cry Men and brethren.
what shall we do to be saved" was
that which the Latter-day Saints pro-
claimed: Repent and be osp;izeo,
every one of YOU" etc. Peter spoke at
that time by the power of the Holy
Ghost. Where was the religious sect.
TO day, which observed the command !
or exbortation OF Jesus: Teach all /
u ngs which have commanded you :"
There was no bap;isa, no laying on of /
hands, hone Of the ordinances as adYo- /
Gated by the disciples of Jesus. now 1
sects Of the day. The Saints believed IN
tue efficacy OF the blood OF Christ, but
they also believed n observing ell of
His teachings. In explanation of the
doctrine OF baptism, Elder McMurrin.
en- ered into q brief discourse upon The
mode observed in the DAYS of Jesus.
when the leper was told TO wash himself
seven times in the Jordan. What eff
cacy was there in the water in removing
that leprosy? None; 1t was the ohe-
dIence and faith which worked the
change. The smile born again OF The
water was then subject for the laying
on of hands for the reception OF the
Holy Ghost This principle was an
one among the people in the
outside world, We; il was the doctrine Of
Iesus Christ and was q beautiful one
indeed. -ss.- go lr l
Why was the world opposed 10 this |
pc cutler people? Because they sdyo- !
;ated these principles. The plan 81
salvauon-faith. repentance. baptism