Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-01-20
PRESIDENT GEORGE Q. CANNON.
[RrroRrrD ny ARTHUR wrNrgR.l
Twill read a portion Of Pauls epis.
,le to the Galatians:

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PAU, ON apostle. luoi Of men. neither by
r,s8 bu. hy icsus Christ and God the Father.
,.E,n.sed him from thc dcad)
And all ihc brethren which are with me. unto
ts churches Of Galatr
C-,er be 90 you. and peace ii0m God The
Fih.r. and from our Lord Jesus Christ.
NHo gave himself fof our sins that be might
deliver ut fom this present cui world, Accord
-si1 Che will Of God and our Father
fo Wh0m be glory ior ever and ever. Amen.
marvel uat yc arc so soon removed from
hu that called you into the grace OF Christ,
Unto another gospel
which , not another but there be some that
Trouble you, and would pcrcu The golpcl OF
CHRIST
Ra though We. or an angel from heaven.
preach any other gospel unto you than that
vH.h We have preached unto you. let him be
accused.
a. We sid before. 20 say now again. u any
preach any other gospel unto you than
unic have received. lct him be- acguncd.
FJfdl now ponuade men, or COD or DO
seek a. please mem i1t % | yet pleased men
should bot be the servant Of Chris.
Bail certify you. brethren, that the gospel
vh.lh vas preached Of me j not after man
t0f I neither received t Of man, neither
vas taught DO, but BY the revelation Of Jesus
Christ
Faf ye have heard Of my conversation in
time past In the Jews religion, how that be-
Yo1i measure ! prosecuted ihc church Of God.
lHl alsicl 10
And pr1died In the Jews religion above
many my equals in mine own nation, being
more exceedingly zcalom Of The traditions Of
Doe phen Il pleased God. who separated me
from my mothers womb and called me by Dds
Eagc.
Tl reveal bis Son To- me. that might preach
lu among thc hrithcn Immediately I con.
i-.fci not Nih iirlh and blood
Neither vent mp 10 Jerusalem TO them
WU.al Hcfr apostles before one. Dot I went inio
Anbl and returned again unto Damascus.
Then auaf three years I went up 10 Icfula-
lem 20 icc Peter and abode with him fifteen
tryt.
lll, other Of the apostles saw 1 none. save
james he Lofls brother.
Sow hc thing which write unto you, be.
hold. before God, lie not.
In this chapter Paul makes a very
emphatic declaration, and one that is
often quoted by the Elders OF this
Church. as they look upon II as a very
strong statement concerning the Gospel
OF the Son Of God. Certainly Paul under.
STOOD what he was talking about, II we may
believe hrs testimony; Tor II seems from
his own words that II was not necessary
that he should 10 to Jerusalem, where
The main body Of the Church was then
organized, in order to be taught concern
lng the principles Of life and salvation.
lie had been, as you all know, stricken
blind rs he was on his way 20 Damascus,
the object OF his journey being to per-
aecuie the members Of the Church OF
Christ. lie was led into that city blind
and helpless. conscience.smitten and
awakened TO the knowledge that he was
prosecuting those who were really the
followers Of God. In this condition he
was visited by a servant Of God and no
doubt received the Priesthood under his
hands, and he commenced preaching
and declaring the testimony OF Iesus
which he had received. The principles
which he taught, he declares, were made
known TO him by the revelations Of
Jesus Christ And this was not a singu-
lar case. Peter, James, John, Andrew
and the other Apostles had to depend
lor their information and knowledge re.
specling the principles Of salvation up
on the revelations OF Jesus. While tile
savior lived lie taught these men; but
alter His departure they did not have
Him TO look TO; they had to depend upon
revelation through the Holy Ghost, the
Comforter, which He had promised to
send unto them, and with which power
they were endowed from on high on the
day OF Pentecost at Jerusalem.
NE principles which were taught by
NE Twelve Apostles at jerusalem and
IN the various places where they labored
aud those taught by Paul, were the
same, They were eternal principles.
we nave reason to belle that they
were taught to and obeyed by the
ancenis, although there is very little
written IN the scriptures upon these
points; but Paul himself declares that
me Gospel was preached unto Abraham;
ana we know thatrighteous men, among
whom Abraham was numbered, were Ia
slo.e communion with God tile Eternal
Father The revelations which have
heen given In our day cast flood OF
light upon this obscure point. II has
come down in plainness to us-in such
pIalnness that none who have faith in
God can question It's truth-that even
our father Adam and those OF his de-
scendants who were associated with him,
were made familiar with the principles
OF llie and salvation. Enoch, we are
tod, walked with God and II he did SO
ior the long period that we are told that
ne lived, we have reason TO believe that
ne certainly became familiar with all the
principles Of salvation. lie knew that
Jesus would come, He being the Lamb
slain from before the foundation OF the
world. His name, as we are told in the
scriptures, being the only name gwen
under heaven whereby man can be
saved, II must have followed that Adam
and his righteous postenty were familiar
vain the plan OF salvation and with the
coming OF the Savior and His mission
on the earth.
These principles were revealed in
frcat plainness by the Son Of God when
lle came to the earth, John the Baptist
Taught the people the necessity OF being
baptized, and Jesus obeyed that ordin.
NHcr' Some might suppose that the
ordinance Of baptism was something
ncW-an Innovation ON the part Of John
le Baptist There is very little in the
;,9le about baptism until the time Of
Johni sill there are references enough to
snow that Il was an ordinance; for the
children Of Israel, We are told by Paul,
were all baptized unto Moses IN the
cloud and In the sea-" But John had
llhe authority. The authority TO baptize
belonged to the Priesthood which he
held, and he, inspired OF God, and or.
ualned in his childhood by an angel,
came forth as iorerunner Of the Son OF
Sod, to prepare the way; and he called