Show i M MORMON M DOCTRINES I INt ARE t f NOT OI t NARROW w wI I I The Morals of the Saints Are Strict and Rigid BUT ONE LAW FOR ALL ALLI I Ail iI by IJ 1 Killer S Ck at tt 11 8 n I ico My 41 nde I un lUll Rind laif to have huc tb the Ibe Orl Ms afternoon to lay Y r n R few fw words word 5 by way uy of ot nil lIotI o of Mor Moe or or u aa It appears D to MS us Mor lor mona mOD or th lb the KM ices gOSpel pel pet of 01 Jeans Christ There Titers Is a wide spread pread with regard to our beliefs bellet and pra It Is III corn com commonly mealy said Mid on the one hand that w wre we weare t tare are re of oC tin the most narrow types tP of 01 per r eons nr the most bigoted bho lo lu our belief beliefs contract contracted In our views harsh barth in our of athera and aM on the other hand It li Ti I oft often n ald that we are In our ways wayn 8 with reference to 10 our conduct that any an kind of oC con ton conduct I duct duet Indeed la Is permissible so o 0 long lone ai as we yield Ild obedience to those In author liv II I Il Both oth th these yip i are On n th the on OM hand exaCt from lf IrA adherents In the strictest 1 way waya a It morel moral m life UfE and anI exacts from them requirements requirement nl that thai make them live Ih life Ufa n In 9 Its highest h h I conceptions To th them m the lbs law Is II l the law there thre are no 00 ex exception They The mu must mUll t live the law a as AJ every soul must live the law 11 or elf ob else the reward renard connected therewith cannot nome It Is Ia I the law Paw of ot th the universe the fh law IA of 11 God that all things N he and are arc upon Atif N obedience lenco to tn law tew ia to the law of ot God led tenche rather I Ithan than a low system lItell of moral conduct n it belief that the strictest regard repard the themo Ih mo mOIl meat t I Implicit I t obedience to I laws la II of nf nod God must murt I b M be had In order to tn set get at Not ot that the of men not MI that loot hots selfish shall be he put pul Into Inlo effect but that the laws law III nf or Oed God that thai are true at al all cli times be Implicitly and without such uch obedience there can an be b no salvation O CE N For Kor Instance In In order that nn one ne m mb be b Introduced Into the hutch Church of Christ that one on may ini Ina be M brought Into Inlo the lbs fold of nt God G certain laws Iwa are AtO pro pre pr fd by hy Him not by man not nol by b the Saints but bul by IJ b the J jord rd Himself same laws that He itt pre prescribed scribed when Ihn In the meridian of ot time He lie came among amon men IMn and those IbM laws must t be II obeyed with the utmost rigor Without obedience to them no one can find full lull entrance Into tho Ihn kingdom om of GOt Jod You Tou know kno what wit the Scripture say PRY about aboul faith Without faith It Is III Impossible I to please God and he hI that cometh to 10 Goo must mUll believe that He lie Heis HII lieIs is I and that He Is I a 1 of them that diligently seek f ek Him There Thre must mu 1 first 1 be b an exercise of nr faith In Him In our articles of or faith you will flit find title this th statement We WI believe the first prin principles 1 t the gospel fI at ares r In the Ih lord Jesus issue Christ repentance baptism m by Immersion for the remission In of or sins and toying laying on nn of nr hands hAn 1 for Cor the gift of oC the Holy 1101 Ghost Oh L teaches that these laws by b th Ih the Lord bortl Himself must be obeyed before JaCorl one can ran j find entrance Into Inlo Ills His kingdom kl nm Sure Surely lIr I Ily I ly h If without faith It II is III Impossible to 10 i pleas md HM then without faith It I Itt to secure JI the Ih of oC lilA His blessings bIN and as nil no unclean thing cAn IAn find Ond a 1 place In the Ih kingdom of f nod od then Ihen surely one on must mulct repent befort bNo be hI can hod access at M thereto He lie II must mud alto luiso ho be hI baptized for except a n man Is Isborn 1 Isborn born boTn of oC the Ihl water and of the Ih Spirit 8 he 11 cannot outer cutter into Inlo the kingdom m of led am arf the words Ord of our Setter I harsh and arki rigorous as they may seem n to 10 I some people yn Pt 11 they Ihl the are arl Is laid Id down don an aOi anthe a athe I the tta law IR of entrance into Inlo mm the trie of or If led end and they are true tru now as al they hex were ere era true wh when n our ivr utter uttered I them Baptism by for f f th Ih remission nf of sins ama then Ihn there must be In n I to 10 that Ihal the th baptism by h i girt fire the laying on oft of ot hand bends for or the gift 1 I nf ot the th Holy Ghost that the th light that Ihal com comes from rem that Ihal gift Ih may guide imIde the I feet fHt of t those thoas who ho have entered Into the Ibe Church hurh J E t What Whal hat Is ii I more mor the Ihl Lord lArd taught Hl Ill taught the Saints teach ami It Is II a part hart of the lit gospel of Ot It Jew Jesus Christ that those hoes who ad administer minister these thes ordinance of nt thio pel must have authority from iBm that lust Ih cannot constitute h HI agent that no on one can act aci In be bf hilt half of itt wj In these ordinances ordinance un usi Its Iff he h was ws U wile culled lied of Got Ged ItS s was as Aaron aa as staled the nil A port optIe In Paul 1 says r In reference to en In entrance trance Into the te III church that thai no one on can ean inter int r with Gods OI God approval ho Ito I liven Ih these thee Ih taws laws fa unless he I repent after having had faith anti ami I continue to have hav faith unless lie hI Is III by Immersion far fe the Ion Mon of oC hi hIli sins by b one Ins nl having author It and a d unless he hI receive Use the lit Holy Un UnI I h 1 The requirement that nil the these ordinances cannot 8 11 nOI be performed perforated ex IX I Put 11 by It hn nf who ho has hu authority one oe on having Wn been In oiled called of o led Clod III a was wall Aaron that m rigorous that would fo so It II appears many manto from tro the IheI lb I fold of ot Christ bit bat on the lie other hand ha nd j while the Ihl Ia law w cannot be tf yet t j I the Ih opportunity o to 10 obey bey the law Ik Is as at asI atI 5 I wide 1 as u the th universe as u the Ih Utter day Int believe and sail leach Poy l or the 1 I Uw law la with It It all IU lie rigor WH wac II given Ihn for or the tit salvation of souls soul for fin the of nf mankind and as A all ass are the children of f God and as all III 11 out art of ot the lit urn same par parent r rInt sot ent lie 11 love Inea In them and anti He his 11 has hu In Interest terest In them and would bring them back ba Into 1110 lab Ills ilia presence therefore this law which He 11 has haa 1 by 1 b which entrance may ma be had Into Int InI the Ih Church l I and nd b t other th laws lt a In life Ills J kingdom all III IIII I principle of tit lilt ills gospel sir eve aN open I to all al the I worM world that all III may come ome Om for fo God Is I no respecter nf of person but buthe butt I t he that Ih In t Him and nd cometh to Him and U It I accepted of ot hint Him He lie II tn that t lives Ihl ac ic according a cording to HU m law la laws will He bf approved I by b Him IBm and though he lie muM tn obey though he h must mut yield to 10 tile taw law of 01 God yet ft a all s before Mated lit III I hi Its and breadth b teaches leeches that thAI all AU mankind may my hay have that Ihal op P 1 a ae f I trw that t fled Hod O cl has ban willed that all II mankind should uld have han that opportunity unIts and hit liv to in the lb Ih law 1 they th may ma be he e 1 in Ills JlIA pretence presence I K Tit The Saints In let this liberal It g M NI 50 far fer that they tn recognise that I all men mn through h ted Jo has haa ha pre pee the truth lruth in any form are aff ap al I pr vH of lit Him Not tl ik alone ISon nf those these thai that I h happen f to I hf M cooped r I 1 might t tIn I say In not Tuot i those Iho within the lite III of or the lla Church but bUI that 1111 II 11 ads f hn hat taught tall T 7 right at a nry ar time till 1111 who bo hive have bl into Inlo the th w world alt all who bel M Mv hp where hop grew 1 not hf bf I I f for re all aU I h ti hate hae hal 1 lau taught u ht that th re e is IA isa Isa a I hope if Ir r in mortality that there l I lr is II a r f rl th I r ra vf all an wh h ha hate rl f bf bI bei i 1 I S Ir If III t Ik u ur p to the tb unit III ab ih thiC r all ale if noel IOd t n Gods GodlI rn mn means ns rf cf t he The worM or odd and pr narl c tr th worM f P the Ihl full fall mess mesa m mUN ire UN of or light lIdl Is I within ow It h lapel of ot Jesus IUt bret t There is I isu u hint narrow or 01 in th that t that Mohammed she ht nod She Ih hf hurt ru of If people on no the Ih stains plains 1 of Arabia raW that thai t It 19 bom bOi millions now bow L I In lii rP P tat Ihal Ph HJ Aristotle and raN and all III Ih the men m n vrho tho hl were 11 true l I It among the ancient Greek tilt ll hh h as A these were wr Gods Goda teachers ih t in their measure m urr He Ue Rave gave ja th them m the He lie it II that IMI the world rId could stand Hand that thai the people could endure at al that time line and la is that way wn prepared reel tb the world fw fr tl r the Ibeo coming coating of ol something greater and nd better unit more morl j And III In our own Urn time any an soul FOut that Ihal leads upward uny JUI joul that IhAl teaches truth any soul lOul that Induces people to tn love hove what whal li is I good and beautiful In that measure U Is I tent sent n of God In I that measure will sill U be of oC Him Hun In that thai IF Ip I doing doln Ills His III service he hI It is bringing light Into the Iho world nfl preparing the Ih minds of men for tor th Ih the of truth That Is I beautifully stated M INI in one of ot th the books of If Scripture of 01 the Ibe Saints the Hook Ht lip k of Mormon not nol believed in by b you and yet et a book which Is Ip full rull of profound truth anti and In perfect harmony with the theother th theother other Scriptures Scripture of the Lord One of tile the prophets of oC ancient times thoSe who hived on this Ihl continent and this Ihl book ok gives s san an account of th Ih the people of this con ron wai that he might be bean bean bean an angel antel that Ihal he could proclaim pro lalm the th truth to 10 all the world that he might make all the Ibe world orld see ee I the Ih beauties that he tte sow now w then on second thought he Ite h said aid to 10 himself these thise words which are ar of the th essence of anti ami which show mow the liberality and the breadth and the universality that Ihal breathes In every ett ever part and tissue of or And nd why wh should I desire df lre that Ihal I were an angel that I r could speak unto all the end ends of the earth for tor behold b hold th Lord doth Brant unto all nations nation of their own onn nation anti and tongue longue to 10 teach trach Ills His word toed yea wisdom all nil that He lie seeth fit that they should have han Therefore we WI Ie fO that thai the Lord Lor i doth counsel In wisdom every ever eer nation AC at ACcording 1 cording to Its It measure NO so that In time that nut Ion might be prepared for Cor the full of ot truth and anel for Cor the ad administration administration ministration of oC the ordinances of the gospel by hr those Iho who hay hac ha full authority from Him Of course the Saints do not believe that such uth men inca M as MI asI I 1 hive have named had the perfect truth There was WI much of human hIman thought mixed I with their d much mu h of ot weakness and confusion Neither either N do the Ira Saints Inu believe bellr that the these a amen men had authority from God find to admin administer ad min later ister In III the Ih ordinances of or the hue gospel l as i Jesus Jeus Christ taught It yet et In itt a moos meas urn UrA they Ih were pre Ills servants servant his bl agents and anti ns as S they the brought some sense wn light and an truth Into Inlo the world the Saints My say Ill of them blessed are art they the It II Is I part fIrl of Gods plan that all thu Iho agencies of nC light lI hl should hollid help h lp In the Ih cause clue of ot spreading truth and Illuminating tatting the minds of or men lon that In III own due time they may Ina have haf an op opportunity to 10 embrace the th of truth SALVATION FOR Fon THE TIlE DEAD And Indeed this spirit of oC liberality on the port part of the gospel o of or Jesus Christ teaches 5 the Saints Paints that even enn after aft there Is opportunity after lifter death there Is 1 hop hol They that death dot does not end all that though the Ih Gospel Ho 1 IK is so 10 rigorous u uIn In its Ita It demands demand that thai without 11 obedient to lo It cannot come com In full yet t efter death there U Is I u a chance honce to hI hear the there Is I an opportunity for advancement that mens na minds will till still lUll progress s that there over there ther they tha may Inay learn lem the truth they thoy may ma exercise faith In God they may ma and turn lum unto Hint Him and on oti this earth arth by b proxy rOX they the Ihl may have the ordinances of tho ho gospel ad administered administered ministered for them Why Wh h Is III there IhNO not a spirit of 1 by 10 a spirit of Interest In all mankind manifested In this plan that Ihal In ta commendable Docs nots It II not show that Ihal U IiI 01 l recognize I all of or orilia Hla ilia children In vry pr ry deed d tI that thAI wo 0 are of oC the Ih same Mine kin In as 31 Him made mallo In lit Image and anti I as H r Patti ul said Mid we WI are Ills offspring anti of oC that Ihal He lit loves us and nd If we P have hao not I tt the op o Mere Here rp wo 11 4 may ma sini um mi all 1 opportunity ol beyond the hl grave crave to lean leani lb truth troth Aye tye cen et If we 1 have the th opportunity here and It 11 1 reject It II te 1 may lna Mill still h hove ve 1 an fin opportunity there Ihre to III I and receive the blessings of ot which we are tue worth In I that not lib liberal oral eral enough Does loes that not show ho a lou lovo that isett all bounds And though thou b It still demands denand obedience to toI the lilt taw law w by b those these aho ho have passed le he I yond ond It gives th I an IR opportunity there titers to 10 know what hal tho ho law Is 18 that they might obey NOT OT NEW XI W This t Is no new doctrine It Is the same caine its Ste J Christ Chrt l t taught You remember remember ber bar that when Ills His hotly body lay III In the tomb until the third day da Ills his Spirit was 81 ab absent sent aunt somewhere anti and when whon It II returned to lila His hotly body bod and anti He lie In that lint united 1 I condition was U walking In the garden larIM Mary who ho loved hint Him rushed ru to Him I anti would uld have hato hint Him but eald lei He lie Touch me ate not Mary IRr for Cur I It have Juu t nut not ascended to my m Father In I Not Oot yet tl on tin the th third day dar And nd yet ft that spirIt Whore horo had ha d He lie II been Why h the she pestle Apostle Peter Ieter where AlIer that Spirit was wa For I this cause AUf saw Mid Peter hath bath ChrIst offered the just Jus for fur the unjust I be being being ing put to 10 death In the IIII flesh but bul quick quickened I coed ened by tr the th Spirit by b which ohio also lie He i went and saud preached it to the spirits drits In the spirits who were dl ohe in itt the Ihl of N Yah ah h The Spirit I of Jesus J H for the souls 15 I of ot all men mIll not only those tho that were ore but th n i that hut were Wf in the grave nave I Ia a Cu well II as those hat hAl were erf to 10 come I This Spirit INrI longing lo to liberate them from fem the hands hand of sin went ent and preached pre to 10 the Ihl spirits pITt In its prison who ho I aforetime 1 were acre TO disobedient in the days ys of or Nh Noah Mh Prier Peter im NI aas And for this causes raue was all the gospel preached 1 unto I that r deal dead that they the might 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