| Show i as SABBATH SERVICES an interesting by bishop john E booth BAPTISM roll DEAD PERSONS through it an opportunity Ls given for the redemption of all many the usual sabbath services of the church of jesus christ of latter day paints where held at the meeting house yesterday the choir sans the shadows flea LoIZ lons standard is unfurled prayer was offered by elder S S jones the choir sang he died I 1 the great and daush tera wept around the sacrament was administered by tiie bishopric of the second ward BISHOP J E BOOTH read the last cli apter of tue old testament by way of preface to his remarks I 1 trust my brethren and that I 1 may have an interest in your faith and prayers eliat the afternoon may be spent profitably fit ably the subject that is referred to in the chapter I 1 have read is believed in by alie latter day saints I 1 believe aliey are the only people on earth eliat do believe in this principle we have deen taught that there ia some particular reason and purpose for elijass Eli jahs coming on this earth we are lead to B up pose that he had some well ined object in this visit I 1 believe in the and hist chapter of isaiah it speaks of this there is to be a time then when a people were to be shut up in a prison house and when their time had been served these prison houses were to be opened and those who were bound were to be released at aliis time it appears that this prison was prepared and after time some one was to come and open aliis prison house before this earth way to be burned elijaki was to come to open this prison house in the ard 3rd chapter verse of matthew the following words are fouad ce bible it appears appe irs that this sime jesua this savior of the go down into alie water in order that all righteousness might be fulfilled lie never could have fulfilled his mission if ha had not obeyed this principle in the third chapter of st john he tells nicodemus that no man can enter alie kingdom of god except he be born again As is remarked one place in the scripture baptism is not for the washing away of the filth of the body this is misconstrued into meaning eliat is not necessary at all jesus told one of the cheives who was on the cross will him this day thou be in paradise with me this is construed into meaning that this thief would be in heaven with the savior if this were true then the remark made by the savior to must be falee but we sav here is no mistake out ve find in the chapter of st john that the savior told mary of magdelina Magd elins touch me not for I 1 have not yet ascended to my father this was on the first day of the week and christ was crucified on a friday now whore had the savior been today he said to the malefactor thou be with me in paradise but by this remark fie made to mary we see he biad not been to heaven we turn now to alie ard 3rd chapter of the first epistle of st peter 17 verso tho only time he was put to death and quickened of alie spirit was between the time of his death and tho time of liis resurrection the during thia period went to preach to the spirits in prison this is the man whom jediah referred to when he referred to him eliat should go to preach to alio spirits in prison it was necessary eliat the gospel should be preached to these spirits paul says why are ye baptized baptised sed for the dead if alie dead rise not at all this redemption of the dead is a subject of importance How natural it was for you my brethren und sisters when you received the gospel to KO and preach tho gospel to your relatives and friends it seemed so simple and plain to vou that you thought they would receive it at once many of you were disappointed what more natural than for you to turn to your fathers and mothers alio biad passed behind the beil martin luthor was of the opinion that alie savior went to preach to the spirits in prison he confessed that he did not know as lie did not understand the principle I 1 would refer you to the section of the doctrine and covenants as it refers to this subject in the third cli apter of malichi we are given to understand der stand that before ediza came th lord and savior was to appear in the temple I 1 believe eliat no man can be saved without the gospel and I 1 dont see how any man cn be resurrected without alie gospel oil but says one 1 I dont believe one man can be baptized baptised sed for another an othea eliat is all nonsense now it depends on how you look at it whether it is all nonsense if you look at it from a position from where you can ace it ia not all nonsense what non bense says the world to spend hundreds of thousands and millions of dollars in temples why cont you build schoolhouses school housea do build school houses and wo build temples also and alie temples will do more good than the school houses I 1 dont wish to put any discount on school houses they are more good to us than any people oh alie cantli but I 1 merely want to say the temples are bettor we should be verv thankful eliat alie lord cornea to our rescue and explains these prophecies to us the choir sang the anthem sanctus benediction was pronounced by elder W H kin |
