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Holy Ghost but that this should DE /
conferred on them later, and also directed 1
that Joseph should baptize OiNer, and |
that Oliver should baptize Joseph, aud |
further that Joseph should otdain Oliver |
aud that Oliver should ordain aim TO |
this same Aafonic Priesthood.
lie also informed them that he was |
acting under the direction OF Peter, |
lanes aud John, who held the keys OF |
the Priesthood OF Melchisedck which |
Priesthood, he said, should In due time |
be conferred upon them,
II Is impossible to read the wonderful |
history oil the coming forth OF the Book |
OF Mormon uut OF the hill CumOfah and |
the restoration OF the Priesthood at the !
command OF God, by holy, rcsurrectcd |
mentor others who restored the Priest
hood as well as Morcn' we're rcsuttcct'
cd bcings-without feeling that in these
glorious events the words Of David are
fulfilled:
Mercy aud truth me met together righteous
ness and peace have kissed each oidrg truth
shall spring out Of thc ground and righteous
ness Shall look down from hca'cn.-l,alm
G IS. 10, 10.
The frs, ordinations and baptisms in
this dispensaton TOOK place ON May IS,
1890. This is how authority IT PRIEST
hood 10 administer Gospel ordinances
began to be restored to earth again.
The word OF the Lord, the BOOK OF
Mormon, truth, sprung out Of the
ground, but this righteous authority Of
Priesthood looked down from heaven.
Il did not come from any record ct the
fathers, OF from any OF the cnuichcs Of
the present day. The FRS, o. 3 nation
was given by John, the promised son Of
| Laciaras aud Elizabeth, who was hllgd
with the Holy Ghost from his birth, was
| baptized In his childhood, and was or
| dnncd by an angel Of God, whcn hc
was eight days old; he was the same
| who baptized our Savior IN the fvcr
! Jordan, and testified that lie was tn
| Lamb Of God that takoth away the sins
OF tie world, aud OF whom Jesus said,
| there has been no greater Prophet born
OF a woman, although he did no miracle.
| This same John whom ilefod caused 10
be hcheaded in prison, and gave hi
| head to Hcr0dias' daughter IN a charger,
was the last to hold the keys OF the
| Aafonic Priesthood Ia the Jewish dis.
| pcusaiion, and he having been raised
from the dead, came by direction Of
/ Peter, lanes add lOhn, aud conferred
this authority on Joseph Smith and
| Oliver Cowdory
soon alter this ordination to the
Asronic Priesthood, and while they
/ were engaged IN lcrvcnt prayer, the
/ word Of the Lord came unto Joseph
/ Smith aud Oliver Cowderv that they
/ should be ordained 10 the Mclchsedtk
! Priesthood, as had been promised by
| John the Baptist, when he ordained
them Priests. Accordingly wiihou, de.
failing time and place, the Lord IN a
revelation, says:
| With Peter. James and John whom have
sent by whom have ordained you and con.
/ hmrd you @ he Apostles and especial wit
nc.ics Of My name, and bear The keys oi your
| ministry, and IT the same things which reveal
| unto them; unto whom I have committed the
/ keys of my kingdom. and disp.nSau1n OF
the Gospel for me last tImet; and for the iul-
ne s u times. In the which ! Will gather 20.
rether Ia one al things, both which arc in
heaven, and which arc on earth.
Thus we are informed that these dis.
tinguished Apostles were sent by the
Lord Jesus Christ Himself to restore TO
earth the highest authority Of Priesthood
which He has ever conferred upon man.
the Apos,lcshIp, with the privilege to re-.
celye revelations, organize the Church
OF Christ, and set IN order all things
that ate wanting. oh how great Is the
mercy OF God IN causing the famine Tor
the word OF the Lord from sea to sea to
cease and TO commence giving line upon
line, and precept upon ptcccpt, here a
little aud there little, until His prom
isr shall be fulfilled, that knowledge Vt
Himself shall hll the earth as the waters
do the mighty deep, when none shall
] -. Nsws.aNf 4 g. III
shall know Ill.,, from tie least 10 the
greatest
BY yirture Of these ordinations and
the Inspiration OF the Holy Spirit they
had given to them the knowledge how
TO organize the Church, what Off, eri to
place in II, Nhat powers to confer on
e. a officer, and to give them the right
10 oiiciaie In every ordnance necessary
to build up the Church here upon the
earth. Il is by the rites aud powers Of
this Priesthood and Apostleship that
the First Presidency and Twelve te.
ceive their ordinations, only In the third
or fourth degree Of descent from these
holy men who were ordal. ed by cur
LJld Jesus Himself. THIS Is how we
have received She Priesthood, and by
virtue Of hislauthorily do we baptzc PEG.
pie Tor the remission OF their sins aud lay
our haads upon them when thus obed.
lent, and God yrTifes His gromise; they
do receive the Holy Ghost. We walk
In the light Of this Spirit, we keep Ills
commandments, and lie blesses us &c.
cording to our diligence and iaithiulness.
1t Is 10y this power and this ministry that
we have travelled through this nation
aud among maIy foreign nations. The
Gospel now At work like leayen; It Is
destined to leayen and gather out the
righteous from all the Jour quarters
OF the earth. Thus you see We have
the Bible and We have the
I, Book OF Mormon, and they both teach
| the same doctrines, for there Is only one
name given among men whereby they
can be saved, There Is only one doc.
trine by which they can be saved.
There Is only one spirit into which we
{ have to be baptized, having the fellow.
ship OF each other and the love OF God
and angels; and we walk In the light oi
It, growing brighter aud brighter, as we
expect il will, until the perfect day.
IN the Revelation OF John we read
that the church-the woman With a
crown OF Twelve stars on her head,
clothed with the sun, and having the
moon under her ieet-became a mother
OF a mln.child who was caught up to
God and HIS throne, This woman, the
Church, IS now coming forth out OF the
wilderne S where she has been noun III
] .N aud a. murine an her FuJ4I rph4g al