Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-09-20

children. OF men IN order that they
may be disciples Of Christ, then there
IL something needed 10 authorize
these men more than "a found la the
Bible. Certainly, the Bible, whlcb
iq the Word OF God, does not
warrant any such thing, and believe
Christians generally deny TINT lhoro
has been any ievellti0n from Cod sirce
the Bibia vas finished, OK siuco the
writer's Of the different books IN the
Bible have passed away.
ft wae evidently the design Of 0ur
Lord In revealing thc plan OF salvation
and IN commanding His servants ~ 20
forth and proclaim it, 10 have but Que
form OF doctrine. IL would bring the
character " our God into certain de.
gree, / might Say, VI contempt if H.
were 10 leave 10 important a matter a.
the salvation Of fiis children 20 tho
Judgmun, and Imagination n men; Il
He were 10 leave men TO say this Joe
tfine - essential aud this doctrine II
non.e88cntial, 10 fay II you obey this
YOU shall have salvation, or you nVcu
not obey that, for Il IL not necessary
10 salvation. II II was necessary
IN the days Of Jesus anu Of His
Apostles that men should believe m
Jesus aud repent Of their sins, 10 "a
neoeaaly today; aud no human judg.
ment, nor no human council can DO
away with that necessity. God Is the
Being 90 grams salvation, ana lilo Is
the Beiug 10 Withhold salvation, AM
lie Is the Bulng to pronounce tie terms
upon which salvation shall be oh
tanned. Therefore, as God did make
nith In Jesus doctrine that was nee.
os.nry for mans salvation, 1t II still
necessary. Though ayes may have
passed, this has not charged.
Il cannot DO changed. IL takes
~ much 70 save a man Ia this genera
ton NJ u did eighteen hundred years
ago. There may he any amount OF
emil hteament Uf wisdom aud OF
knowledge, but however goat thia
may be, It does not affect In the High.
eel degree the principle that men must
believe ia Jesus M the foundation %
their faith aud OF their salvation. They
must also repent Of their sine. No
aopnislfy, no human WELDON, no
human device can remove from the
plan OF salvation the necessity VI the
repentance OF sin; for the Gospel OF
Jesus Christ demands absolutely tina
sin must be foTraken, and In order lot
IL ~ he 'ofsaken II must be repeated
Of. Therefore, II men say that you
eau be saved without faith AMI without
repentance, or II the whole world
should say this, would II ahcci
in tie least degree the salvation Of
inen2 Would men no saved because
the whole world said they could DO
without these vital priuciples2 Ger
taInly rot. God, who grants salvation,
Ia a a. 40 ..NN
placed these principles IN Ills Gospel
M essential 10 salvation.
| believe, however, that Chrlsien-
dom generally admits that faith in
Jesua ana repentance OF sin are essen.
tia. But there rre thousands ANA
perhaps millions, o.; pr1iessUd be.Iev-
egs In Jesus who say that anything
beyond this Il non.ossential 30 falgg-
ton. OF course, there are dincroucg
OF opinion upOn these matters. Stlll,
there are many who pronounce other
things unnecessary.
But the A p0siles OF Jesus not only
taught faith IN the Lord and reprnJ-
ancn Of sin, but they said that " was
necessary for iuen 10 bc baptized. I
neai only nliude 10 one case 10 show
how Important some OF the 4 p0sileB
thought this ordinance 70 be, You
remember the Walt OF Peter 10 CoTnc-
liua, the Gcntlle, and the miraculous
manner Ia which Peter was led 10 com.
ply with the request which Cornelius
Ia sent 70 him, IL was contrary 10
the custom OF the Jews and c0usdot-
cd a very improper thing for an orth9.
doK Jew % associate with Gontiles.
But Peter, having received n vision Ia
which no was shown that he should
not call anything unulcau that tao
Lord had made clean, complied with
tho request that Nns sent TO him, aud
went with the MESSENGERS 10 the house
OF Cornelius. Cornelius and his house.
hoid, under the preaching OF Peter, re-
ceived tho Holy Ghost, aud Peter ami
his companions were compelled 10 ad.
NIT that the 1cniilrs had received the
Holy Ghost AZ we'll rs the jews aud
alter he Witnessed this remarkable ana
unexpected manifestation, he said 30
his companions, "Cau any man for
bid water, that these should not be
baptized, which have received the
Holy Ghost ns well az Ws?'
Now, | submit that II such mani.
iesiation was witnessed In our day, ana
by mnuy who call themselves minis.
tsrs Of Christ, according 20 their teach.
ings they would have shid II was on
tiruly unnecessary to use water, Or 10
have the ordinance Of baptism ad.
numbered unto these people, because
they had received the Holy Ghost,
aud that was ell Sufficient.
The very thing that Peter cited
NJ reason why they ohould
be baptized would now be cited by
some modern ministers as a reason
why they should not bn baptized. 10
IL evident from this that this great
Apostle ana his companions deemed
tho ordinance Of baptism essential,
even though the persouB had received
the Holy Ghost, II ho hal not taken
this view o. this ordinance he would
not have required Cornelius and his
household 20 be- baptized. But he
oonaiierod II necessary, aud he bnp-
tized them.
Suppose oonclAvo OF ministers,
calling themselves servants Of JesJs
Christ, should say 10 their fellow men,
owe consider faith IN Jpsus aud
repentance OF sins essential 10 saliva
ton, but we do not believe baptism
cssential TO salvation; people can be-
baptized II they wish, but there In nO
only come TO the croSs and cast your
be washed away by the blood Of Jesus;
ana therefore the ordinance Of bap-
tism IL not esseutlai.n Would TINT de,
clsion Of theirs change the plan OF
allyation framed In heaven ami
taught by the Son of God2 Can NOR
tai men prescribe the terms upon
an4H -. a