The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-06-17
At the Tabernacle.

! Notwithstanding the threatening
state of the weather yesterday the
lower part of the tabernacle was we'll
/ filled at the ? o'clock services. After
singing by the choir, Elder Franklin
w. Richards made the opening
| prayer.
Elder George Bywater was the
hrst speaker. He said that he had
always felt the need of divine aid in
discharging the duty of public
| teacher.
There are many modes of divine
worship outside of the devotional ex-
! ercises on the Sabbath On this &C.
/ cas1on, however, the Saints have come
together to receive edification and to
be instructed in the ways of truth
| The Church of Jesus Christ has in
its code divine teachings which are
embodied in the gospel of Christ
Mormonism and the great problem it
Involves is an interesting subject to
strangers in our midst. Many who
have sought information upon this
all-important theme have been mis-
guided by misinformers. Great
changes in the prevailing system
have usually been maligned and mis-
represented. Yet many eminent men
have been unsatisfied with rumor and
report and have come and mingled
among the Latter-day Saints. The
result of their association has been
to cause them to acknowledge the
Saints to great and industrious
people. The soundness of Mormon
doctrine has also been demonstrated
by comparison with sectarian dog
mas.
The Latter-day Saints believe that
Christ is the Son of God the Father;
that his is the only name by which
men are to be saved. The Saints be-
lieve that in order to be in fellowship
with him. men must conform to the
requirements laid down in the divine
code. This is necessary to the per-
fecting of mans knowledge of the
divine.
The Latter-day Saints do not be-
lieve that a mere verbal acknowledge
ment will save men. If men are truly
imbued with faith it will prompt
them to godly deeds. Such a faith will
inspire men to conform with the di-
vine pattern and will. This is the
kind of belief that will save man. 1t
will cause men to emulate the no
bility of the Redeemer. The citadel of
such a belief viii remain unmoved in
the storms of the powers of darkness.
The doctrine is eminently reasonable
that faith without works is dead and
will have no effect in saving man.
A ruler of the Jews, Mendemus,
once came to Christ by night to en-
quire privately what he should do
to gain salvation. The Redeemer
spoke to him of the necessity of a
regeneration and said that without
this no man could see the kingdom of
heaven. Baptism of water is as es-
sential as baptism of the spirit.
Christ showed that water baptism
was indispensable by himself sub
hitting to the ordinance. The
Pharasees were told that in declining
baptism that they rejected the coun-
sci of God against themselves.
This shows that the only true faith
is that which is fruitful in works of
righteousness. Repentance comes
logically after an exhibition of faith
and signifies a change of heart and
mind and putting away sin to return
to it no more. Peter said that bap-
tism was not casting away the filth
ness of the flesh but the answer of a
good conscience towards God. Men
must have a clear conscience to have
fellowship with Gods spirit. Until
they repent they cannot enter the
Lords kingdom. This repentance
must be real and heartfelt. A genuine
repentance will create such adherence
of that which will tarnish the soul
that there will be no more inclinations
TO transgreSS.
The specific end of baptism is the re-
mission of sins. But the regeneration
of the spirit is equally essential. The
spirit OF God is the legacy that Christ
left to his people when he departed
from the early apostles. In the alb