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baptized In the river Joruah' mo- WIN
water sprinkled upon Him, or with the |
sirn Of the cross upon Him; but He
went into the river. and John baptized
Him there He came up out OF the
water" and the Spirit OF God descend
ed upon Hin in the form of dove,
and the Father said. This is my be-
loved Son. in whom am well
pleased" Matt. III, 1G. II. After this
He went forth in His ministry. He
called the Apostles. gave them au-
thority and taught them what they
should teach. They were not to go out
and teach by the enticing words of
mans wisdom but in the demonstra-
tlon and power of the Holy Ghost.
"Tarry we at Jerusalem" said he, un-
til We are endowed with power from
on high" and they waited there until
the Holy Ghost came upon them on
the day of Pentecost.
Now, these Apostles had the author
ity and power from Jesus Christ, as
He obtained 1t from His Father SO
I'm the last days, when the Gospel was
restored and the Church of Christ was
re-established. Peter. James and John.
to whom Jesus gave the keys OF the
| Kingdom came and laid their hands
upon Joseph and oliver, and ordained
| them to the Apostleshlp. Thus the
| Apostleship has been restored-not In
name only. but in power and author
| ity. The same power, the same Spirit,
| the same llgnt, the same Ellt OF feNe-
| lation from God are here now ms they
! were then. II is the Church of Christ
| re-established. 1t is the only true and
| living Church on the face of the earth
with which God is well pleased, so He
says. speaking of the Church collec-
lively and not individually.
Well, what about all these numerous
| Christian sects, anG all the good peo-
pie that have belonged to them? Are
they lost? by no means. They wan
dered into darkness and error. We
| might ask the question. What has be-
come of all the heather who have died
| and never heard the name of Jesus?
We are told in the Scriptures that
there Is no other name given under
| heaven whereby man can be saved but
the name of Christ Jesus. What has
| become of all of them, then? Some of
the answers of modern ministers to
this question are almost too horrible to
repeat. / was reading the confession of
faith of one of the churches the other
day, in which 1t was declared that
there was no warrant anywhere in
Scripture that any of these heather
could be saved because they had
never heard the name of Jesus.
God has revealed in these days His
plan of salvation, and there is only
one, because He Is one. That looks
to me almost like a self-eyident propo-
sition. that God, the Eternal Father.
one, has but one religion. Is 1t con-
ceivable that that Great Being would
reveal half n dozen or three or four
hundred different religions. to perpleS
and divide mankind and to dnrken
their understanding? He is a God OF
! truth. His ways are the ways OF
truth. and they are one eternal round
Il am the Lord: ! change not" IL His
, own word There is but one true re-
ligion. strait is the gate. and narrow
, is the way that leadeth unto life" sale
Jesus the Son of God. the Great
, Teacher 'and few there be that fint
| it, while broad is the way that leadetl
unto destruction, and many there bt
that go In thereat." There cannot b,
!. more than one true reigion; that Il
God'sIreligion. Men have no right to in
vent religions: and II they do, thei
I they are only mems religions. Jesu
! came to teach Gods religion He said
81 speak nothing of Myself. but tina
: which l hear that l speak" m!
doctrine IL not mine, but His that sen
Me. If any man will do His WILL h
I, shall know OF the doctrine, whether 1
!, be of God or whether | speak of My
4 self" He laid down very simple prop
! osition to Nicodemus, who came t.
}. Him by night, as we read in the thir,
I chapter of John, 9TH verse. Said He
verify. | say unto you, except a maj
be born again, he cannot see the king
: dom of God" Nicodemus could no
n understand this; so He explained |
Q further: Verify, verify. / say unit
I thee, except man be born OF waite
o and of the Spirit he cannot enter int
the kingdom of God" (John iii; 3, &,
{ Here is n plain proposition from tn
Savior. Here is the narrow way. II
. was the way, the truth, and the life
= He set the example. He went Into til
= river Jordan, and n man who was
= Prophet of God, whom God had or
| nd int han It,,-
= He was born of water. He came fort
/, from the liquid grave and He was Dor
o of the Spirit. Here is the pattern
!, The Lord has restored the authorit
> to administer these things. Men Twin
on the earth now have the right t
; baptize in the name of the Father, an
: of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost, be
4 cause that authority has been sen
$ down from heaven. Men have bee
called. appointed and ordained by tina
: authority; and what they loose o
u earth is loosed in heaven When the
t baptize Il man in the name of tn
Father, and OF the Son, and of tn
o Holy Ghost, for the remission of sins
u his sins are RENTED, through tn
Q blood OF Christ, which was shed TO
!; the remission of sins to all who wi
3 obey Him. And when people ar
o baptized by that authority, their sin
!. are RENTED. Then these men have au
d thority to lay their hands upoi, tn
e baptized believer and confer upon hir
: the gift of the Holy Ghost; and tn
y Holy Ghost comes upon that person
d he is baptized in 1t, and he is born o
& the water and of the Spirit. and he ca
g inherit the kingdom OF God. That
n Christ's way. Take up the New Tesla
e ment and read all through it. and yo
u Will find that that was the teaching q
n all the Apostles when they went out /
;: the name of the Lord and by the au
d thority which they held. That was tn
e true Gospel-the beginning, IL 70
2, please. of the Gospel of Christ. TIL
: Church was organized with Apostle,
y prophets. evangelists. pastors. an
a teachers, and all the orders which W
II have this afternoon lifted up our hand
70 to heaven to sustain-not by givin
q them money, not by payment of hir,
Ie but to sustain them in our faith an
II prayers and by our obedience to thei
l. teachings That Is what we have COY
cnanted this afternoon to do The pow
II er and authority of this Priesthood
&c here. as Brother Grant has born
ie testimony. bear my testimony ais
,f that Jesus Is the Christ. an
that He has been revealed In these las
m days. This is His Church: for He hn
Al set 1t up. He is its Living Head. II
" His word that comes to the Churc
IF through the channels which He Ia
Is appointed. Therefore. this is II
ID Church; and 1t il rightly named, III