Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1890-09-01

I W-- AAAeN ANAAtAA UNIV mt anu &c
there be that find it." "He tins
entereth not uy the door int
the sheepfold, but climbet
up some other way, the same Is
thief aud a robbeT." SO said IN
Savior. The burden OF the preach
ing in ChristendOm Is 10 the effeC
that all sinners, however vile, nee,
70 do is 10 believe in Jesus. Bu
Christ Himself never taught that
neither did His chosen Apostles
They proclaimed a plan Of saliva
ton comprehended in the Gospel
Its principles can lie found in tn
New Testament. Faith j. tut ID
first principle. Faith in God Is tn,
beginning Of true religion Tha
faith must be centred in the tru,
God. Men must turn away from
idols. Not only from wOrshipping
stocks and stones and animals and
/ planets, but from aiOring the Of
spring ~ vain Imagination, a phan-
tom that has no existence, being
without parts and occupying nc
! space, not even as much as the
/ point Of a cambria needle. The
true God. rs Jesus tried 10 make
plain 20 the people in His day. is
our Father, and made man ia His
own image. He dwells In heaven
and Is Omnipresent, not in his per
sOnality. but by his universal
Spirit. Faith in Jesus Christ is also
necessary because, though all
things are Of God, they are by and
through His Son Jesus Christ.
True faith i shown by works.
Our actions must correspond with
our belief Repentance will there
fore follow upon faith, AMI true re-
pentance consists in leaving or the
things that ar. wrong aud doing
that which i right. There i no
real religion in weeping over sins
committed aui then doing them
again.
After repentance comes the doc
trine Of remi>siOnO Of sins. Turning
away from the sins We have COM
mitted does not in itself wipe out
or remit those sins. II We have
run into debt at a store and
We decide not 10 run ia
debt any more, that j. very
cOmmendable, hut it does not paw
the old sCore. The remission Of sins
comes through faith In Jesus Christ
aud HIS atOning blood, and by
10 the ordinance Of
baptism That is what baptism i
for. Ii Is ordained for the remission
OF sins. When the repentant believer
Is buried in the Likeness Of Christi
burial and raised up from the water,
In the likeness Of Christ's resurre,,- I
ton, he receives the remission Of his /
sins. But the ordinance Of baptism T.
mus: he as authorized By the Lord. I
IL Is TO be administered in the name ,
II the Father aud Of the SON and Of I
the Holy Ghost. No one has a right I
% administer in the name Of the .
Deity, unless authorized 10y the 4
Deity. And such authority can. l
not, Of course, be given I
unless there is some clmmu-
1ication between heaven aud .
Earth. Now this communication
Is Just what the churches Of the
world deny, and they therefore viz
.uaily admit at the same time that
hey have no divine authority.
When person has been taptiz.d
md received a remission Of his -ius.
ne y prepared 10 receive the Holy
IhOsi, the Comforter. This he re-
elves by the laying on Of the hands
u men having authority from God
o do 50. This is the spirit Of rrvel-
zion aud prophecy, and gives each .
ecipient a testimony THAI he has
eceived the truth and is accepted
( God.
These are the first principles Of
he gospel, and by obedience 10 them
man or woman j. received Int,
he Church. This l. accounting TO
he word Of Christ 10 Nico,iemuz
Except man be born Of the
'aser anu Of the spirit he canno,
inter- into the kingdom Of Gcd. ono
latter what the ministers OF the
.ctarian world may say, this i a
lNiEe decree, an iMmutable law Of
ne Eternal God. The word Of the J
'oru has gone forth to His p.ouI,
lat they should gather tl,emsely,.s z
lsether. The elders are not emf
rau0n agents as supposed, laboring
induce people 10 come 10 Utah.
TINS was our purpOss We could =
SHY MI these valleys with people :
ON ali parts Of the giObc. But the !.
pitt oil God moves upon those who !,
eeive the Gospel. and bC. d
use they become desirous 10 .
arm more Of the principles of IN. l
lsPei, they come here 10 he in. :
-lcted aud To worship God IN the .
~ he has appointed. q
We have erccte,i several T,.n,t,l,s J,
these valleys, and We exre,.s IN u
I'D more, into which we can enter
Il administer for our dead. This
part OF the work Of the disueusa.
"a OF the fulness Of tir.lts anJ q
ects the gathering, in one. OF tb0s. IL
10 are behind the veil. ~, rims j.
We an object in life which i more d
~ 10 live for the pleasures Of the ei
IN; We have a work 10 do for Tn. q
ure anu FOR thUse whs are behind u
+ veil. CO
MS dispensatiOn Of the fulness Of ci
les, then, has come, and the u.r. W
VINO was called upon 10 usher II -
was not one Of the learned ami
e Of the world. Joseph smith
: a humble farmers son. But M,
eiFed the keys Of this dIsTensa- pli
anu laid the foundation and All stl
outlines thereof, aud, having 81
,omplished this great work h.. m
down his life 10 seal M. t,.,J. Of
ny he had given. | testify Ire, tw
v a. Prophet Of the living God in
'ple VIII not look into M. sta
which God has given an
Iugh him, and therefore they fail we
&c the beauties thereof. but tomv &C,
tney are sweet food and 10 ms -
they are full Of beauty. Tbes,. 20
make clelr 10 Us the r,,b get
Ir Heavenly Father. They 5D,.n ov,
The way whereby We may ~. csc
lch 70 tlie Highest, may ask ana lea
I'VE, seek and find, knock and
1oor Is open 10 US. They tend
AXE men holy, in nature and l
know that tie work wbIcb ent
Oeen commenced will 20 on to II 4
Dry. We expect the world 10 l.. gov
INST Us, but As God Almightv re-
TINS uispensation will 20 on ing
accomplish that for which II was aud
In
iese are the times OF the rystitu- ern
VI az things spoken OF by the ote
prophets The keys OF ali die.
ati9ns are here, all truth. ali
=, All Christ's people viii h. S
srel IN one, and the prophecies tow
~ LuHed, and the servants Fin
Oh will labor until this emil rica
been redeemed and mas Ma
ous and the way has beso wer
ed Tor the domlnInu on js.ns mar