Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-04-02
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he without the Gospel; hence the ne
ceesity for its restoration To inc cnll,
dren of men by a new revelation liy'
God, sounding this warning thet Wy
hour OF GODS judgment II AZ hhnu
This II the message committed 70 -
Church OF Jesus Christ nt Latter -up
Saints and which she is carrying 10 ~
Inc nations of the earth. We call atten'
tion TO these prophecies CONCERNING IN,
apostasy Of the primitive thurch anu
the restoration OF the Gospel as cNl'
dence of the truth We teach. we nay
no need to do that particularly ~
have better evidence. We may point "
the church herself, 10 her origin, "
her achievements, to the power OF Hou
manifested within her ana, better ~
10 the mower OF God which she lm!Al ~
10 those who will receive her metsub''
FIR this Is a part Of our message 70
mankind. Hear this Gospel. seek 10
obtain n knowledge OF II, accept w
commandments Of God and DO thtNl'
and God will make known unto 70"
that our message Is true ine ,uu,
gel contained In the words 0i ~ Jn'. ~.
is for all other men as wen as ~,
Joseph Smith III any OF gou ' Iii
Wisdom Let him ask OF God, ana II" wa,
yIve literally and not upbraid NM
'rhta 10 "A message to every son anu
da,tobter of God. God ~ no respectei
az persons; and To you, STRANGE 7, II
Won seek for the truth. shall lie thNN'
known that truth. This Is the deciaii.
tion we make, and thetSlh ~ w
strength. In the possession OF tnat W
timonv and the outpouriug OF COO
snIri, unnn His ueople-there II their
sirany,h and their witness that TINS
work il OF God. We refer to these o'heI
matters only In an incidental way 70
assist us In presenting the great mes
sare that we have to deliver To th'
world. No. ,ho,
/ have only referred TO one line thit
We follow. however, In producing w
dence TO help sustain the position ulh YIN.
on Inv the Church Of Christ Let us now
,efer 10 another. Suppose | take you
,or INST a moment to that first occa,
sion where the Apostles began 70 nv
III. divine commission that was gwen
"a them of the Son Of God. After they
mad waited In Jerusalem, according 10
His instructions. until they We're IN,
lowed with power from on hlgh' anu
inter receiving that endowment tney
commenced their work You refnel'lp,uI
The discourse OF Peter on that occasion
the day Of Pentecost-when nc
preachod To the people and converted
three thousand souls by one single
dIrcnurse. You know how he bore teAu-
mony OF Christ, and belief seized upon
the minds OF the people and theV crled
out TO him and the rest of the Apostle,
"Men and brethren, what shall we uoy
The answer came from TINS grra,
Apostle. upon whom Jesus n,u pes,vM
the Presidency OF the church III that
dIspeusntion. He. clothed now. TOO
with the Holy Ghost--a teacher com
netent to answer the questinn-sald.
npenen, md he baptized every one OF
you in the name of Jesus Christ for the
remission Of sins and We shall receive
the gift Of the Holy Ghost NOT an
answer difficult to comprehend. Tne
aInniast minded Of them all could
comprehend that II has seemed tp
me TINT one OF our poets was right
when he said that religion was very
simple thing, for the reason that IT
must appeal to the simple and to the
ignorant as well as to the learned and
10 the great. A beautiful simplicity
this, Since we understand that so
well, suppose we go to an occasion
where we see these doctrines In opera
tlon. and find out how they were ad-
Take. then, one of the
teachers appointed by the Church
Phflip-whcn he met the officer of the
court of Queen Candace as he came
from Egypt towards Jerusalem. He
WINS reading the law in his chariot,
and fortunately the place gave an ex-
cellent text to our brother Philip. who,
being moved upon by the Spirit Joined
himself with the officer. and eNpound-
ed the Scripture to him, and explained
that II had reference to Jesus Christ.
He taught the officer faith In that
same Jesus. and doubtless taught him,
too, the same doctrine OF repentance
that Peter taught. AS they proceeded
on their way, the Egyptian said; see,
here Is water. what doth hinder me to
be baptized?" III thou bellevest with
all thine heart, thou mayest." was the
answer. Then Philip took him down
into the water and baptized him. and
they came forth out of the water
again, and each went on his way re-
1oicing. This same Philip had
preached the Gospel at Samaria, and
had taught repentance and baptism
unto them: and that apparently being
AZ far ms he could carry them In the
holy ordinances Of salvation, behold
two grent Apostles are sent down from
Jerusalem TO confirm them members
OF the Church, and to impart the Holy
Ghost unto them by the laying on OF
hands, which they did.
! declare unto you that this IN the
Gospel Of Jesus Christ as taught hy
the Apostles. But, taking this doe
trine as the simple faith OF the
true Christian, and these Or
dinances as the ordinances OF life aud
salvation, where wfl You now on earth
ma these simple principles, pure, unde-
MED, unchanged. as they came from
the Master Himself? know not where
70 ma them, except In the Church OF
Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. II
has been said recently In our midst ITht
speaker alluded to the remarks ol
Or. John NJ, Relner delivered in Tho
Tabernacle the previous Sundayl thai
there are but two organizations which
may Justly lay claim to being In,
Church Of Christ-one here, the othc,
with headquarters at Rome Hath tn,
church OF Rome preserved these ordi.
nances alluded to pure and indebted
And here let me pause to say that IL
making reference to this great church
or any other church for matter OF that
I do 1t In spirit OF kindness. unt
with no bitterness In my heart But
PROFOUND this question to the chuircl
OF Rome-ias she preserved these sim
pie doctrines and ordinances us laugh
In the Scripture whole an,
undehledF Let us take the or
dinance or sacrament OF han
tism The great church Of Rom
holds baptism to he essential to en-
trance into the Church OF Christ, cs
sential to forgiveness OF ain, necessnr,
therefore 70 salvation. Those who al
without baptism are lost, unless the,
shall be saved by martyrdom. Gale,
the baptism Of blood: or the hnptisn
of desire, accompanied by contrltior
SO that baptism becomes n vital dor
trine In the church OF Rome. We. tina
Is, the Church Of Christ, also recog
nize II as an ordinance essential to sal
vation-so essential. In fact, that II me-
have died when the authority 10 nd
minister this ordinance was not upn
the earth. then Vicarious haptlsr
must be performed for them. Now wha
formula did Jesus give concerning thi
ordinance That men be baptized in IN
name OF the Father. and of the sor
and OF the Holy Ghost. That slgnIilc
ny the authority OF the l',thcr, and d