Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1896-03-27
A TRIP TO THE SOUTH.
Elder Edward Stevenson breaches the
Gospel and fakes Notes by the Way.

FAlRvtEw, sanpete Valley, Utah,
March Goth, 1895.
To tho Editors
left Salt Like city March is, on
the U. z. train, and had worry pleas
ant ride through Salt Lake, Utah ami
Juab counties, Ninety miles TO Nephi.
In many places plows were turning
up the rich soil, aud seed time hal
come In reality, Tor the husbandman
was scattering the seed grain with good
hope Of what tho harvest may he
quite a contrast 10 the work u the
writer, who Is sowing Gospel seeds by
the wayside. 40, what shall the har'
vest be.D
l will rolato little Circumstance
which took place while riding pleas
Antly In the palace cat There
WIS young lady nueo,od Win
the good old Methodist cause
1 had occasion 10 remark That | once
was Metbo iist, A. was my iaihePs
family, until found better method
OF salvation.
But how could that be2 said my lady
friend.
reply I said, by way Of cxplana.
ton 4 would bring In an Illustration
You have desire 10 make come very
urgent calls. Your carriage IL ordered
" be made ready tor your prop sel
mission. What would be your surprise
to find your carriage htched up t. toe
hoftt3 This brought a degree Of mifth.
Why, naid tho lady, should order
toveftc, tho horse hilohed up 10 the
carriage, of olufse.
Pefhbps, said I, when you really
undefstOOd tho Issue Of the ngufei "
will not bfing forth mltth.
Now Tor the Illustration, and We Will
take the word Of God fIf ~. In Mara
10, We read. Gle said unto thom, 20
We into all tue world, anj prUtch tho
gospel 20 every creature. lie thai BE-
iisvoth and IL baptized ehAll be s,ved."
Not bapuGed fifst anu believe alter.
wards. I fear II would b. ~ lmuCh
ola surprise 10 Jesus, N His disciples
should have reversed this order, ~ II
would DO 10 you, u your Servants
should carry yOur order out by hitch
ing the cart before the horse. To me
one IL as atsufd a. tho other.
Ny father And my mother, and my
gFandfAthsT's and all relations before
tnem, ~ far back hH can
trace them, worU baptized bei0to
they wots capable OF believing. This
was esrlainly tue case with me, Tor all
that ever know of being baptized was
the record In the Methodist church
and tho confirmation by my parents
who taught me 10 believe that which
occurred when was an infant and IN
capable Of obsyiug tho command Of
Josus to His disciples.
Again, have learned by divine and
authorized servants Of God, ns also
taught by Jesus to Nic0demus:
"Vefily, verify, (makinR IL uoubly
iutel l say unto thee, except a man
(not n ic0drmua alone, bus every mani
he born lnot merely Hpfinklsd nut be
lofnl OF water And Of the Split, hU
cannot enter the Kingdom Of God.
John 8;5l." Bpfinkiing little children
I learn from history originated
10 the old apOstats church, and
was continued In the Reformation.
Jesus took the little children In His
aims ana blessed them, stating that
cot such IL the kingdom VI heaven"
Inasmuch AZ baptism IL tor the rcmls-
sion OF aims and consists Of immersiUn,
not gprinkling. aud should be admins
tered only 10 those who believe, l have
found = better way than that which 1
was led TO follow by the traditions Of
NhI HAheAsi AhhANAA " hho Ngalpi W
christ.
Change OF cars here brought our
conversation 10 an end.
MUrmonism Il spreading. There are
now about ono thousand missionaries
preaching out in tho world without
Iufse or scrip, with broad openings AMI
constant call for more Eliou--an
oVideHoe that the light OF truth, "a
revealed by our maTtyfed Prophet,
Joseph Smith, II fast taking the place
VI false doctrines and traditions.
Passing up Salt Creek into sanpeto
valley, 10 Fountain Green, Mofonl
and Chester, where tho Sanp6ta anu
Nephi narrow gauge connects the
standard gauge track already laid to
MADti, II was Interesting to see seventy
men now engaged with teams, plows,
fctapefs anu other necessary tools
widening the track NJ 10
the standard gauge, which Ii fact being
made ready. The new tics which are
strung along from Nephi 10 Cbu,tbr,
hTs being placed on the widened tfacK
rapidly, although the cars are 10 ularly
running once each way daily. 10
witness the seventy mon working on
the track aud tho plowmen Justify en-.
Gagged, and seeds being Howu; the cattle
ON tho th0ussud hills impAtlently wait.
Ing for the beautiful warm sun 10 push
on the already starting gTats ON the
warm hillside, ana then TO Ges tue
ChnfiOts with flaming torches and run.
ming like lightning through the grow.
Ing towns ON 10 the MAnti Temple ui
the Lord, with a fair prospect Of the
standard gauge being pushed on south
through prosperous towns; | say lot
me ~ witness the contrast OF this tflp
~ compared with one | made over
the same grounds Ia the year 1867, just
"a yeats ago, with fagebtush pack, fah.
blta anu indians, iiled me with
undeT.
Al that time Brigham Young with