Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1896-09-05


people, who have been blessed OF God
according to their faith and sincerity.
but dtd they have the truth as Jesus
Christ proclaimed IN Did they have
the Gospel as Jesus Christ revealed ~
DID they have mcn among them or.
daincd Of God, rs Christ was ordained
aud as lie ordained His Apostles, to
bapizc To- the name Of the Father, and
Of the Son. and of the Holy Ghost, and
to lay hands upon the baptized believer.
that the Holy Ghost might DC impaflcdf
Was the Holy Ghost given TO them as
enjoyed by the prophets Of oldf II u
had been, they would have been Joined
together In the same mind and In The
same Judgment That was the effect
OF receiving It in the days OF the
Apostles The Apostle Paul said,
For by our Spirit ate We all baptized into
one body. whether We o. Jews or Gtnulca.
whether We Do bond or flee. and have been
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They we're united together, so that
they formed compac. body, such as
Paul describes In his epistlc to the Cor
inlhians. and they enjoyed these CUTS
and blessings. That unity has departed,
that divine authority has been with.
drawn, aud darkness and division have
come instead.
Now, this is the condition that the
world has been IN for long time, my
brethren and sisters andirienus. hope
no one will be offended II speak this
truth plainly. | do not do Il to offend
anybody. desire that mankind may
be saved. I desire that Gods truth
may be paramount. desire that the
word Of God may 20 forth to victory.
| desire that the clouds OF darkness, CT
ror and superstition which have cloudcd
the minds OF the children OF men may
be dispersed, aud that the radiant light
oil the everlasting Gospel. the glorious
rays from the Sun OF Righteousness,
may shine forth aud penetrate TO every
/ land, that there may be light. and lite,
and liberty, aud the word OF God. which
endufeth forever. Sol say 10 you, my
| friends, that after this long night OF
| darkness--whcn men have boosted
about their great light ana understand
ing, and have siill been IN dafGness-
the millenniil nom has daWued, the
| ght OF the Lord has shouc forth again.
the voice OF God has been heard once
more from the eternal worlds, God the
Father and Jesus Christ. His son, have
descended and appeared unto man, and
have restored the same Cospcl that
Christ preached whcn lie was In the
flesh, and men have been called and or
dAincd to the same apostleship that
P-teT. James and lohu held. The same
Gospel, the same Holy Spirit, aud the
gifts and powers OF that spirit, are en-
ioyed now as Ia times Of old; the Church
OF Chnst has been built up again with
prophets, apostles, evangclisls, pastors
aud teachers, With gifts and blessings.
miracles and signs, aud he THAT doe,h
the will oi The Father can know Of tue
doctrine, whether IL be oi God OF
whether we speak Of ourselves. The
soi.. . OF tho esl u. 10 al mankind. &c
every nation, aud kindred, and tongue
aud people, to the preacher and the
congregation. to the priest and the
people. to the king and the peasant, TO
the high aud the low, the rich and the
poor, vi all ages and degree. every
where, the voice OF God Is, Repent,
yea, repent, q ye inhabitants oi the
! earth, aud believe IN me and Ia my son
/ Jesus Christ. aud be baptized Ia water
/ Tor tie remission Of your sins, and yc
shall receive the Holy Ghost, you shall
know that | am God, aud that have
established my church again upon the
earth, and you shall be brought into
sweet communion with me, the light Of
/ God shall shine In your souls, and you
/ shall know that you are set at liberty
| that your sins have been RENTED, that
/ YOU have been born OF water and OF the
| Spirit and are true believers In the Lord
| lesus Christ" This IS the word OF the
| Lord to all nations, and hundreds OF our
brethren are going out, without purse
and scrip, as the ancient servants OF God
did, to preach the Gospel Tor the saliva.
ton OF mankind, without Tee, without
reward, without pay OF any kind. Their
desire Is the salvation OF the children OF
men
Ny friends, this is serious matter to
all OF Us. II Il is true that God AL
mighty has spoken again from heaven;
II il Is true that the Church oi Christ IN
all its purify, iulness aud power Is again
established upon the earth, II IL Is true
that we again have apostles aud
prophets and inspired men to declare
the word OF the Lord, should not we
seek unto this with all our heartsp Is 1t
not worth seeking afterl To me. II Is
worth everything, or Il Is worth moth.
ing. II It Is a myth, II II Is not true,
then have placed my faith upon
false foundation. II II is true, then am
blessed indeed OF the Lord | bear
YOU my testimony that | have no more
doubt about il than have Of my exist.
ence. bear my testimony that know
that God has done this thing; that He
has established His Church again on
the earth; opened up the STRAIT and
the narrow way that leadeih unto
eternal lite; visited the sons and
daughters OF men again by the power
OF the Holy Ghost, the light OF heaven
which reyelleth the things OF God, aud
which "searcheih all things, yea, the
deep things OF God" | bear testimony
TO you that God has opened to the
Latter.day Saints a vast treasure house
OF knowledge and wisdom in regard
to eternal thlngs-ihings that the in.
habitants OF the earth know nothing
about. The beginning OF that Gospel
Is faith in the Lord Jesus Christ; The
next step Is repentance; the next,
baptism by one having authority from
God to baptize Tor the remission OF
sins. When that Is performed, the
sins OF the individual are remitted-
washed away, not by the water, but by
the blood oil Christ. lie Is born again.
The new birth Is a type OF the first birth.
As man came into tue world by water,
ana spirit and blood, so in the second
birth he comes by waterIn his baptism,
and by the blood OF Christ which
cieanseth from all sin, and by the Holy
Spirit which guides into all truth and
shows the things of the Father aud al