Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-07-18
viCARtous WORK.

Mrs. Susa Young Gates. 612 north First
West street, salt Lake Guy titan
vICAR1ous WORK
On the first thought, vlcarious work
for the dead by the living might be
looked upon by some as preposterous'
yet the principle OF one person acting
for another X very common In me Or
binary affairs of life. In fact 1t Is sur
rrising TO know how much Is done IN
worldly matters through agents ana
proxies. Men constantly appoint others
to do work for them after they are deau
executing their Wills. etc This VI
carious work or authority wherein one
person IS substituted deputed, or dele
gated to act for another. needs olly
to be mentioned to remind one OF now
common and natural Il is.
Christ received His mission FROM the
Father lie then IN turn delegated men
or earth to 90 His will and law among
their fellow mems lie said TO Peter
Mathew l6 49, And I will give unto
thee the Keys of the Kingdom of heaV-
en-. and whatsoever thou shalt bind
on earth shall be bound In heaven
and whatsoever thou shalt loose on
earth shall be luoscd in he1Veu
The whole plan of salvation rests
on the vicafious work of Jesus Christ,
whose life and work puts salvation
within the reach of all men.
Malachi Of old prophcsed that inc
time would come when there should be
IL great awakening Of the children 10
ward their ancestors, Malachi 4: o--Bc-
hold viii send you the prophet EllJah
before the coming of the great ana
dreadful day OF the Lord g. And ne
shall turn the hearts of the fathers to-
ward the children. And the hearts of the
children to the fathers, lest | come anu
smite the earth with curse.
Joseph Smith tcstifes that Elijah has
come Doctrine and Covenants, Sec llO'
13-16-Aftcr this vision had closed. an
other great and glorious vision burst
upon us. for Elijah the prophet, who
was taken to heaven without tasting
death stood before us and said
Behold the time has fully come. which
was spoken of by The mouth OF Malta
Chi testifying thai he tElijahl should
be sent before the great and dreadful
day of the Lord came
TO turn the hearts of the fathers To
the children aud the children to the
fathers. lest the whole earth be smlt-
ten with Il curse.
Therefore the keys of this dispense
ton are committed into your hands
| and by this ye may know that the great
| and dreadful day of the Lord Is near
even at the doors.
That the spirit of Elijah mas peer
| poured out in this generation Is evil
| deuced by the interest being taken 10y
| thousands of people today in gathering
| Information concerning their anos-
tors Great libraries of gcnealogies
| have been formed since the day Elijah
| appeared to Joseph Smith, and still the
| work spreads with interest In othel
| lands beside our own.
BAPTISM A UNIVERSAL LAW.
Baptism is a universal law of the
| gospel Without its administration t.
| man in the flesh, or for him when nc
! departs this life, he cannot be saved
In proof of this the following is suo
mitted:
Pearl of Great Price, Page 20-An,
our Father Adam spake unto the Lord
| and said Why Is 1t that men must e
pent and be baptized in water? Ant
the Lord said unto Adam, Behold
have forgiven thee thy transgression'
| IN the Garden of Eden
Wherefore teach 1t unto your chill
dren or they in no wise can inherit tn,
Kingdom of God.
That by reason of transgression com
eth the fall, which fall hringeth death
and inasmuch as you were born int
the world by water and blood, and tn
spirit, which made, and so became o
dust living soul, even so We mus
be born again in the Kingdom of heave
of water and OF the spirit.
And now. behold say unto yot
this is the plan of salvation unto Al
men. through the blood Of mine Only
Begotten