The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-10-18

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tru,hiulness, Godtesying, etc, the power q
do these rhrgs is absent, din place o
fearing God the Mormon people, from th'
priests down, the little children well al
the Older people. are the worst people e
swear and curse one can ever meet; and il
place Of truthfulness the chief prophet, seer
and recelstor Of the Mormon church comes
back 70 his people and openly, without q
ared himself | HE fs WAs sTTaISn q ri sf
| By THIS PEOPLE. who call themselves
TRUTH LOVING: and PRAISE the vIR
| TUE OF TRUTHFULNESS.
A Dark Picture.
So we might 60 through the catalogue Of
throughout There are exceptions. Some
| Mormons are better than their religion
! With Christians il is the exception who does
rot show the mark OF Gods grace upon his
heart 10 better lie. not the rule.
| The dances which are part OF the Nor.
mon religion tend 10 break down every
! instinct OF modesty aud virtue that people
| are unable 70 Judge correctly concerning
morals between the sexes. And when they
have succeeded in ob2iterating modesty so
that they have no shame 10 living accord.
IL Christian freedom; and when the civil
Law attempts 70 make their lives accord
with the standard OF morals OF the commu,
nifty, they cry ot persecution for conscience
sakc
When ! wes studying the history Of re.
lgiops few years ago / was struck by the
fact that in every false religion the dance
wes given plcnty OF sanctioned practice and
that immortality four!shed. The Mormon re-
ligion certainly bears the ear-marEs OF its
class. HusEs. nay, it's worse than huSks;
u not only starves its victims spiritually, 1t
poisons him so that he becomes incapable Of
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When the writer troubles himself about
conditions in the Lutheran countries across
the Atlantic, be evidently forgets, otherwise
be would know. that in no country. your own
not excepted. is individual liberty less cur
tailed than In Lutheran countries.
The Question Of Baptism.
As for the question OF baptism is con,
c=rned. / can point out that the Lutheran
doctrine Of baptism was founded so firmly in
the word OF God that it has nesded no
present day. The Mormon church, on the
other hand. has seen ct 70 change during
the last sftseu years There wos time,
namely. when they prscticed repeated bap.
.ism When anyone lad done wrong be was
baptized again, but this has fallen into dis.
use. II is not the custom now.
Where, sir. does the bible say that infants
shall not be baptized Baptism was not an
Baptist came The idea OF baptism goes
beck as far as 20 the days OF the potriarchs.
In Genesis s5:2 we read And Jacob said
unto his household opd 20 all that were with
among you and purify yourselves and change
your garments And again IN Exodus 1910
we read: And the Lord said unto Moses,
80 unto the people and sanctify them today
aud tomorrow and let them waSh their
clothes Again, we read in Levitcus s :5. 7.
Take the Levi,es from among the children
Of Israel and cleanse them. and thus shalt
thou do unto them 10 cleanse them. Sprinkle
water OF purifying upon them and lie. them
shave all their aesh and let them wash their
clothes snd cleanse themselves So the
idea Of cleansing BY water was no. new 20
the Jews, and we End that in tho Septuagint
these cleansnes and wsshlngs are translated
from the Hebrew into the Greek word which
We translate baptize.
II was common knowledge among the Jews
that when heather father of family PRO.
ies;ed the jewish religion. be wss baptized
with all his house.
IN Mark "a we read And when ,hcv
come from the market except they wash they
eat not. and many other things there are
OF cups aud pots and brazen ware and to
bles" Again the word va translate with
bsp'ise is used concerning these wsshags
When therefore. tho Lord commanded bis
how nor who, for they knew from their re.
lgiou these things: IL would havo been
something new indeed for tho apostles had
Jesus given them command not to bopttze
children, epd we see them follow their mas,
ters command by bsptizinS whole families
as soon as the father OF the family believed
Lydia was baptized with family (Acts, 1914.
l5l. The prison guard OF Philippi with all
and and his household (I. Cor. ] :16). Those
who deny baptism to children must prove
that infants do no, belong TO tho household.
and that they are not people. for Christ's
express command was 70 bsp;iEe all people
Baptism for Infants.
al.
meets the need Of tho infant, for David ssys
in 5Ist Psalm, 5th verse: Behold l was
shsPen in iniquity oud in sin did my mother
conceive ne. And Paul says OF ,he Ephe
slams in the ard 2. OF his letter TO thon. thar
they were by nature children Of wrath
Aud Jesus says. John, ; s, Except man
be born Of water aud the spirit BE csnno,
ontcr tho Kingdom Of God" So the children
iniquity and conceived in sin os are ali
others by nature children of wrath sad can.
not enter The Kingdom Of God except they !
be born Of water aud tho spirit; Aud Paul 1
calls baptism "a washing unto regeners,ion |
and renewing OF the Holy Ghost (TitYx |
S:o. 81: just adapted, then. to meet the |
ohildrer's needs.
As far as the mode OF Baptism is con.
eeTned. whore. II you please docs i, saw
thar immersion Ia baptism When In MARI |
rs snd II speaks Q! washing the hands. /
same Greek word is used which ve other.
wise translate with bspti1e Where c,n the
idea Of Immersion cole IN hsrsl When God
told Noses 70 olslnte the Lsvi,es (the Hs
prev word which. translated cleanse" in
Engish. is trsuslsted into Greek IN ,he Sep
ipsgint using the Greek word which We
by the word bapuxe).
HOW should this baptism then take piocAi
Sprinkle water Of purisca,iou upon ,bs,,
'ays the word of God When John bepfI1.3 |
mere wat nothing new either as 10 the in
oividu,lt veo should be baptized OF .on |
csrning the mode of baptism and WHEN ~.
apostles OF Christ later hsptiEed thsv ~.
csivea no new corlrrsnd on either cues,ion
The new 10 Christian baptism was that ,hs-
should bGptiLc IN the name Of the F,,b.r
the Son. and the Holy Ghost" And IN ths
nles.ings of which baptism was rhs b.Arnr
70 the participants, namely ''forEivepssS ~
sins. regeneration and renewing ~ ,ba |
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