| Show AN AK interesting LETTER we have been permitted to make some extracts from a letter written by elder william baker from faversham Fever sham kent england elder baker held a short discussion with a church of england minister the discussion was private but for the members of the family at which elder baker was staying chelet the letter states HB H the minister po bitely asked if he could come into the house permission being granted he be addressed sister cornfield asked her if she was a church mem bor bar the lady replied she was not a 41 kemt e of his church but of the church of jesua christ of latter day saints min indeed mam and abd what kind of a church is that mrs C it is the church the bille said should b bp set up in the last days and is called Latt erday saints to it from the Form erday Sai saints tits pointing to me sho she said this is one of the traveling elders that belongs to our church min then addressing me where did you ge get t your authority to preach ans I 1 was called by a servant of god min alin ob you were called by man then ans not by an unauthorized m man an sir if you please but by a servant of god just as the bible says aaron was called did not god speak to moses and say gay la not aaron thy brother I 1 know lie he can speak well etc it would do you good sir to look over the IV exodus god always called his servants by revelation min god lias has nor will not speak in this enlightened age revelation is no longer needed ans does not the bible say that surely god will do nothing except he reveal his mind and will to his people what is the use of our prayers if god will not answer them it would be useless to ask for his spirit to enlighten our minds if we did not think he would reveal the bles blessings bings we ask for do you not pray every sabbath morning and repeat the same prayers each sunday min alin yes most decidedly we do ans well that is is un biblical and incorrect according to scripture did not christ say that we should not use vain repetitions in our prayers min 1 I in yes but did he not teach them to io pray thus our father which art in heaven etc As ans yes but he be was just teaching them how to address god ile he did not say we should always be repeating that prayer min alin yes yea he be did elder beg pardon sir he be said pray after this manner and not repeat this always for surely this would be repetitions you say cay your church has been on the earth ever since christ min alin yes elder well yours then is or belongs to the kingdom of god still on the earth min alin yes elder well then why do you say thy kingdom come isyou if you ha have hafe fe it why not thank him for it instead of praying for another when christ taught this prayer he knew the church was going to be taken from the earth therefore he taught them to pray for god to restore it the bible tells us the church was to be taker taken from the earth does it not say that day shall not come except there b bc a falling failing away first still you say your church has been on earth ever since christ if it has that is no criterion to its truth the long establishment of anything does not signify signia Y or constitute the correctness of the same the bible says referring to the church there was to be a little stone cut out of the mountain without hands etc this was wae to be in the last days and we read about an angel which was to fly through the midst of heaven rev 14 6 what do these passages mean would it not be fool ashness for that angel to come if the gospel were already on earth as you claim no answer basit was it not the gospel that christ taught that the angel w was to restore will you please explain that passage for no ime he said it was useless for that angel to come when the gospel was on earth elder then you class god among the foolish for sending such a message min oli oil no 0 elder well it seems to me S sir ir t that hat your preaching is not scriptural you pervert the gospel taught by the holy scriptures now sir I 1 would like to ask you a little about baptism I 1 believe you hold to the doctrine of baptising baptizing bap infants min alin most assuredly we do elder well have you any scrip scriptures tur to sustain your min oh yes did not not christ say suffer little chi children ren to come unto me for of such is kingdom of hea heaven veit and did lie he not take tak them ethem in his arms and bless them elder yes but did he sprinkle water on their faces min alin we are to suppose so elder eider oh no blessing 0 is not bap by any means and when ha ba said of euh is the kingdom of heaven that t litle li tie child children ren are pure and sinless christ said except ye become as little ye cannot enter the ki kingdom ng do in of heaven this is ie not sneaking eak in of f baptism Itis it is simply saying we hive got to be as children without sin then you say that a child is born in s sin min L elp certainly they are R referring e aring to psalms I 1 was born into sin and clothed in iniquity says saya 1 I that is plain enough we arneborn are born into a sinful world not that we have committed sin within ourselves min alin it means nothing of the kind kin d elder I 1 do not think sir air you have a single passage to sustain infant baptism when christ commanded his apostle to preach he be said that he that believeth belic beli veth eveth and is bap tided shall be saved we understand by this that people have got to belice before being baptised baptized sed and not until they are converted are they baptised baptized sed Is it reasonable to think that a babe can believe what does an infant know when it is but eight days old besides the believers are to repent and then be baptized baptised sed the minister then refer red 0 I 1 the he woman whose daughter lay at the point of death she went to jesus and told him of her daughters condition jesus said to her if thou canet believe be it so BO unto daughter he said the wo comatis womans matis faith saved the daughter so with infant baptism sir said I 1 this is referring to miracles and healing the sick it seems alia you do not hold your subject very well you refer to one subject and endeavor to prove another min alin well I 1 must be going I 1 asked aked him to take a voice of warning min alin well I 1 dont mind I 1 told him he could have it for eight penca no lie said he I 1 will borrow it he looked faked at the preface and saw the word vord mormon min alin oh is this what you belong to elder yes sir min well I 1 will not take it I 1 have heard ot of your elder very likely cir but if you read that you will know for yourself whether you have heard truth or bof min well I 1 will read it butis bufis it not your sect that belie believes res in poly polygamy 0 amy yes sir min do you know what the bible says about the bishops yoe yo sir min alin the bishops must be bethe the husband of one wife and you have transgressed this law elder indeed we have not that passage means that a man must have a wife before ha can ill fill f the office of a bishop min not by any means elder sir do you have men unmarried for bishops min alin yes sir elder well then it is you yen who transgress the law min well we cannot see alike but I 1 am convinced you are wrong good night and the anini inini minister ster vanished |
