Show IN GREAT BRITIAN the portadown Port and lurgan burgan news newa 0 of f saturday banuat january gives orce space to the following co t tion 01 on we the latter day bairt elders have been for about two months preaching the he gospel of jesus christ to the inhabitants inba bitante of your neighborhood and testified to its restoration in the present age during our labor we have been called to sustain considerable sid erable opposition and derision on account of the message we bore and the doctrines we taught feeling we have done our duty to the public we have considered it well to change our fl field eld of labor as the public generally ene rally have manifested a flee fleeming feeling Jing of coldness and indifference as to investigating the doctrines we advocate or testing the important ine message wage we bear we now kindly solicit a short space in your paper to call the attention of the public to a few facts before leaving your neighborhood bo we have labored without money and without price and with the sole desire to do good to bless and to save and not with the least desire to deceive condemn or delude our testimony to one and all is that god has spoken in this age and an angel from heaven has come to the earth and restored the gospel of the son of god that gospel a few generations after the personal ministry of messiah was corrupted by wicked men its ordinances were changed its laws transgressed and its authority to administer for god taken from among men but now in these last days and in fulfilment fulfillment of prophecy revelations elat ions xiv 67 6 7 god h has 1 again in spoken from heaven and 46 ave been sent to earth from the lord to restore that which was taken from among men even the gospel of jesus christ together with authority to proclaim it and administer its ordinances din ances to those who believe we declare inwards in words of soberness that we are servants of god sent forth to preach his gospel and promise its blessings we behave have been au authorized theorized zed to preach as the initiating privileges into this gospel first faith in god and in his son jesus christ second repentance of all sin third baptism by immersion for the remission of si sins no fourth the laying on of the hands bands of the servants of god for the reception of the holy ghost in obedience to thence principles in faith honesty and sincerity we promise a testimony from the lord to know ahei her the doctrine be of god or man and that the gifts and graces of the holy ghost should be enjoyed as in the days of jesus and the apostles we in kindness call upon one and all to repent and obey this goa gospel pe 1 and declare in solemnity that we were sent of god as was noah to warn the inhabitants of the earth of the impending judgment of god this Is our message to the world we have done our duty in this neighborhood we have warned the inhabitants to flee from the wrath of god to come and taught in plainness the means of escape we have given ample scripture proof in favor of our testimonies and the doctrines we advocate and have promised a knowledge from god as to their truth this gospel to is being preached in all the world to all nations in ful ailment of the prediction of christ as a witness of his near approach matt icv it we also testify that god has raised up to himself a prophet in this age and now has one upon the earth we thoroughly u understand uder stand that on some future day we shall stand before the judgment seat of our maker and will have to answer for the deeds done in the body therefore we have no do desire to testify of things we do not know for the benefit of all that wish to further investigate the doctrines we advocate or in case some have not heard us we have to say aay such information can be obtained for a time at 3 8 manderville street own and always at 42 Is lington street liverpool we realize there will come a day when every knee shall bow and every tongue confess that jesus is the christ and at that time if not before all mankind will know that the testimonies of the latter day saints are true thanking you truly for your space and uncommon fairness tu to an un popular people we are very respectfully B S B R BROUGH A H HALE E M J J B JARDINE LEWIS HUNT |