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THE BAPTISM OF FIRE
| Power of the Spirit
/ By Dr. JAMES E. TALMAGE
OF the Council of Twelve Church Of Jesus Christ of Lat
\ terDay Saints; Salt Lake City, Utah.
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Power Of the Spirit
nv DR.. JAMES e. TALMAGE

they should receive the gift Of N.
Holy Ghost" ttActs 23s). ~
That the bestowal of the Ho,,
Ghost is an ordinance reoulr,ne
higher authority than that by which
water baptism may be performed i,
evidenced by Scripture. Philip-
not the Apostle Philip, but presun.
ably one Of the seven men who had
been set apart for lesser ministry
.(Acts 6:36)-preached to the Samar.
tans and baptized many. Plainly
Philip was empowered to administer
water baptism; and 1t is equally
clear that an authority greater than
his was requisite for the higher bap
tism Of the Spirit or the conferring
OF the Holly Ghost by the laying on
of hands. To this the Scriptures
testify:
Now when the apostles which
were at Jerusalem heard that Sama
ria had received the word of God
they sent unto them Peter and
John: Who, when they were come
down, prayed for them, that they
might receive the Holy Ghost. (For
as yet he was fallen upon none Of
them: only they were baptized in the
] name of the Lord Jesus.) Then
laid they their hands on them, and
they received the Holy Ghost" (Acts
SHE'D.
Very illuminating is the instance
| of Paurs ministry unto certain de
vout Ephesians (Acts 1910 who
protested to have been baptized "un.
| to Johns baptism, but who were
| plainly uninstructed as to the neces.
sity of the baptism of the Spirit II
| is probable that these men had sub.
mitted to immersion by unauthorized
| hands; and therefore Paul caused
that they be baptized Sin the name
Of the Lord Jesus. And when Paul
had laid his hands upon them, the
| Holy Ghost came on them; and they
/ spake with tongues, and prophesed."
To the Twelve Disciples who were
ordained by the resurrected Lord
among the Nephites on the American
continent, Christ gave special power.
So that ALL baptized believers upon
! whom they would lay their hands
should receive the Holy Ghost; and
thus is the assurance recorded:
YEA, blessed are they who shall
! believe in your words, and come
| down into the depths of humility and
be baptized, for they shall be visited
with fire and with the Holy Ghost
and shall receive remission of their
SINS" Cook Of Mormon, 8 Nepht
i 1872; see also Moroni, chap. D
And in this modern day, the
! authority Of both the Lesser or
Aarontc Priesthood, which is requi-
site to water baptism, and OF the
4 Higher or Melchizedek Priesthood
without which the gift OF the Holy
Ghost cannot be authoritatively be
slowed. has been restored to earth
through the Prophet Joseph Smith
The Elders Of the Church today are
commanded to preach the Gospel. TO
: baptize the pentitent, And to con-
; firm those who are baptized Into the
: church, by the laying on Of hands tor
: the baptism Of fire and the Holy
Ghost according to the Scriptures
| doctrine & Covenants 20:4D.
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