Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-07-22


and preach ~ au independent preacher,
or In some denomination with which
his ideas harmonize, or he should be
cut of that church, unless the church
likes 10 remodel it, creed In harmony
with that which be believes. hut
while that creed remains M the doc.
trine Of the church, he has no business
In that church NJ its minister and he
should 20 out Of II like a man. 30
have no respect for men who act a.
some Of them have acted, and | have
no sympathy for them AZ martyrs.
People are not burned AZ tho stake
nowadayt; people are not tied TO the
wheel; they are not stretched on the
rack; they do not have lhumbscrows
applied TO them; nor are they thrust
into dungeons II they dissent from
the crceds ofthe times. SO these gen
tlomeu who contend over what they
believe e. he right about the Bible
have perfect right TO no No, bat not ~
representatives Of a religion that they
do not believe. Lot them 90 out like
men aud preach their doctrines where
they eau get people TO hear them.
BUTT would be good thing II all
these crtcds could hc revised In haf-
mony with these scriptures; f1r,strangs
10 say, though these people tie them
selves Right down TO the written word,
and say that the Bible contains the
very word Of God, yet you read IL 30
them and they will not heafEou TO
your words and they Will not order
their lives In accordance with the
book. Lot usfelor 10 u little scripture.
There was man by the name Of
NicOdcmus, who came TO Jesus by
night. He was afraid 10 come In the
daytime, because the religion OF Christ
was unpopular. Here was "a man shat
had the old scriptures aud hc came 20
Jesus 10 be instructed. What did
Jesus say to himc
Except man be- born again, no cannot
500 the Kingdom u God.
They viii believe that. what else
did He say2 Nicodemus was startled.
lie took the words Of Christ literally,
and he said, Chow can man DO born
when he Ii nid9" Jesus said:
Vorily,vcrily, say unto thee, cxcopi a
mau boz born Of water aud " the spirit, he
cannot enter into the Kingdom vt God"
John, 3rd c., 9TH v.
That Ia Jesus Christ's statement, and
II IN In the New Testament. It's what
they call the word Of God. We tell
thcm that this Ia one ofthe doctrines Of
Christ, that man must be- born OF
water IA well as Of the spirit. Well,
there are millions Of them that will
turn away nj once. They do not be.
lieve there N any need Of the birth Of
the watsI;Ilhcy say IL Ia the mere form,
mere ceremony, nm old, antiquated
custom; and ur otuer thing, IL II good
enough, " you believe la baptism, TO
have little water sprluhled on you.
That II what they say. Hhtee very min.
listers who have been su6pending men
from the ministry because they say the
Bible docs not contain In every respect
the very word OF GOD say you may
take "A little infant and sprinkle little
water upon tand TINT II baptism! Can
they find that In the New Testnment2
No, they cannot. Ia the first place,
this has 20 be n birth Of water. l. there
any similltudo OF birth In spriuklibg n
little water or pouring u little ON tue
head Of a baby, or making the Sign OF
tho crOst2 Not Bit but you take a
person down into the water, as Jesus
was taken into Jordan, anu immtTse
that person; bury him In the water ~ d
raise him up from the water into the
air, there IL "a liksnots Of new birth.
That person IN buried from tho old life,
anu comes out OF the womb Of the
waters 10 tho air and breathes IA new
life.
The Sprint Of God IL then given, anu
the blood Of Christ IA applied. A. In
the fret birth We come Into the world
by water, by blood, and by spirit, and
are made living soul ~ by the sec
ond binh-lho birth OF water aud
spirit aud the blood Of Christ--wo are
rrgenerated and started ON new life,
TO be new creatures In Jesus Christ,
born again; born Of the water and "
the Spirit, that we may inherit eternal
life. Jesus commanded His APOSTLE:
Go We therefore, and teach all nations,
baptling them In the namo Of tho
Father, aud Of the Sou, and Of tho Holy
Ghost
Teaching Thorn to observe all things
whatsoever ! have commanded you.
Matt. xviii, 10,
And they went out and preached
and baptized, aud In the Acts OF the
Apostles we have u history Of what
they did. We Had that whenever
they baptized people they immersed
them. Paul Gays:
We are buried with him by baptism
into doa h; that like as Christ was raised
up from the dead by tho glory Of the
Father, oven 80 We also should walk In
ncWno-s " life.
For II Wo have been planted together
In tho likeness Of hiH death, we shall h0
also In tho likeness Of his resurrection.
Rom, Vi, I, o.
Buried first from the old life, born
afterwards 10 new life, buried by
water aud born by coming forth out
OF the water. You 10 and teach that TO
some 0f these reverend gentlemen who
pin their faith to the Bible aud bow
down 10 II Gs II II were a deity, and
they viii not believe n.
We read also that Christ told His
disciples 10 lay hands upon people 10
confer upon them the Holy Ghost, and
they did 80. We read about II In the
Acts Of tbs Apostles. On the day OF
Pentecost, Ia The very ilrst sermon
preached after the apostles were en-.
lowed and inspired by the Holy
Ghost, they said!
Repent and be baptized ovory one Of
you In tho nam0 Of jesus Christ FOR tho
remission Of Sins, and go shall receive
the gifs Of tho Holy Ghost. Aolsii 37-3S.
They baptized the people, aud laid
their hands upon them for this impart-
ing OF the Holy Ghost. The Holy
Ghost was reyelg.Ot 10 them; II was
light, It was lif,; II brought them into
communion with the Father, anu
tnut,, thpfn mn Thsy NgeFe all ban.