The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-11-29

and be baptised, and wash away thy
sins. Calling on the name Of the
I Lord"
This baptism was not Sprinkling
I or pouring. but baptism by immersion.
| compared 10 a burial By the apostle
! in Romans, 9th chapter. 3-4-5 verses
But let us not misunderstood tho
value OF the blood of Cnrise for our
personal sins. AS we read In 1st John.
5-6-7 verses. as follows:
This is the message which We have
heard of him. and declare unto you.
| that God Is light. and in him no dark
Eess at all"
II We say We have fellowship with
him. and walk in darkness. we lie.
| and do not speak the truth.
But II We walk In the light, as he is
in the light, we have fellowship one
with another and the blood OF Jesus
Christ, his Son. cleanseth us from all
sin.
Thereby proving clearly that We
must he in the light. doing those
things that the Savior and His apos-
! ties instructed us to do. Then the
blood of Jesus cleanseth us from all
SIN. And We become lit persons To
receive the Holy Ghost.
The speaker then explained his boy
hood experience In being taught the
shorter catechism in Scotland One of
the questions being, What is God?"
And the answer being. God is
spirit, and they that worship him
must worship him in spirit
and in thuth". And the next
question was. What is the Godhead
composed of Answer. The Godhead
is composed of Father. Son and Holy
Ghost. These three are one, the same
IN substance, equal in power and
glory"
Now the question to be solved from
the foregoing is; Can it be possible
that the Lord Jesus Christ is n spirit.
in the face OF tho fact that he was
born Of woman. and looked so much
like other men that the people said
he was the son Of carpenter
He commenced his ministry at the
age of thirty; continued for about
three and a half years: was put 10
death on the cross. buried in the
tomb of Joseph OF ArmAthca. 10 which
Mary went on the third day and
found that he had risen, and when It
spread about. Thomas would not be-
lieve II. and when Thomas finally
met the risen Redeemer. the Lord.
knowing the doubts In his heart. calls
for him 10 come forth and examine
him, thrust his hand In the spear
wound, for. saith He. ~ spirit haih
not flesh and bone AS YOU see me now
have Thereby proving that he had
the body In which he was crucificd
And We all know that He was with
His disciples and ate honey comb anG
fish with them, instructed them fur
ther. and finally ascended up on high
In the presence OF the multitude. And
the testimony OF the witnesses present
was that this same Jesus. whom YOU
see ascending into heaven. shall ia
like manner descend. and il this IS
true. Our Master must have the body
how that He was raised from the
dead in.
II this hnc Of thought is true. we
find Another Reason for Mormon
ISM from the fact that we believe
that God. the Father, and Hls Son.
Jesus Christ are personal glorlned be-
mgs- In fact. we believe We are in
the image OF God
Another matter that could profit.
ably be discussed In this connection
Is the foundation upon which the
church or Christ was built. namely
the apostles. Jesus Christ himself be.
ing the chief corner stone. and that
the apostles. prUuhcls. ovanCelists.
pastors and teachers were for tho
pcrfcctiDE Of the saints. for the work
OF the ministry. for the edlrrine OF the
body Of Christ till VIC all como in the
unity Of the faith.
And n we are not in the unitv n
the faith. then the apostles should
have continued until We. arrived al
that condition.
Nov tho facts are that divisions
have increased
John saw, while upon tho Isle Of
Patmos. how tine gospel in its purity.
was TO be restored 10 tho earth. when
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