Show ESSENTIAL PRINCIPLES OF THE GOSPEL A A Div r j m i i the th Salt Lk IAk City Cit IS 18 1907 by ELDER R MA THOMAS 1 I IU by I P F W Ortt lit Iff I brethren lt err at friend T Tn an Sn n Interest In iii I your OUT our faith r ra nd a yrs n while I hIl sf t ud d 1 you yoi U Mat tIIt my MV III mind may ma m IH h Illumined h Ih thi tit of lh nil that Iha nit all I Ir ha haMy hall My r may III ma be Ite b dictated by th Ih Hoi Ilok I Ir ho hu 1 TM r al I lull tk v wi 1 the t I ord up U n Iii Ih mind minde e f e nan num no much goad co 1 tu tonic 11 i th tl t Of sueh Ih CI find 11 id 11 tIm t W We believe b that tim the tto I l lord rd no hOt hOtIn oy can rn In but doe do frequently HI Ha I give 1 unto them o or orto Unto to the t people them Of o II that pet lall tain I tj heir thIr and stid to their thir soul eter eternally In ni nally naul In Ih other Ither urd we w do not nt he Lw h tt thin that the Ann i of f r r In II Ii full fell Under Ur the th Ih philosophy ph I 11 an a w accept It and understand It I we br hi b li thai hn the non of fit scripture cm In n never fleir le bo b b filled NI but so 1 t long kih an a there thero an are ar people upon the ho th who ho are to 4 Ie r e the ilK Almighty Jut juat no ao 0 long Ion longwill will wt the th Almighty pIn out upon then them HIi Hh ft SpirIt nt and nd will 1 then th 1 from fr time Um to time Um according to 10 th tl things they tb will 1 need which h wi will be te b b at for them It may m be b temporally physically or n z we wO O would nay aay y In a antl purely mental 01 ot Intellectual Ital way 13 Ind Inda nd Oeo Iao We believe tb th Lord a ha has operated rte upon UPI the t mind of 01 men lun In Inthe int I t t the pact DIaL and nd that great t Rood good has haa ht re te r I I p from fm revelation a or from tm I It theae theus t revelations We Wi W believe Il that thit H He Hep I IV p lave gIve V to Hl HI Xii aona IM daughters ol of which h number we W ar an a a part the th light Mid l d the U truth whereby own men Irn might ele ek elevate I vate above b surround surroundIngs Ings I and ad become truly trul great grat and nd thus that thAI I is develop themselves Briefly Arf II What Wt the tie Balm believe wa w awe si Upon this earth erth for for the th pur pact ps of f development In II other words WOrl I that dt this th life lf It la is I a link In the th chain of ol that our began Man before 0 we rime rame ra to this earth ath and that Ut It will wi continue long Ion after afier we w leave this Ula Immediate probation Hence Henre Hn this lit Hf U la I aa as we Wl frequently term It i pro probationary proUn Un existence wherein ln men pre prepare pr i pars pare themselves for the tl greater work to 10 be b performed by them In the theIr hereafter Ir There Tb la Is I a firm Arm Irm conviction ill HI the t tb mind of the tl Lter taint Paints t that tt t there ther to is a hereafter and aa as I 1 have he heal ha wild al that this life la Ii I only a link In Inthe Int inthe the t chain In of our or existence Do D not understand r my I friends friend who are Ar not nt of or er ur faith II that tt by these th thoughts tho h we w mean man mn to t lend any ny coloring tn 10 Li the th belief at af the transmigration of o soul We WI do doNot 0 sot Not t We believe that tbt the soul auS haa M ha al always ways wars 1 maintained Its I It entity ett ami anil n always that your soul oI 1 will 1 always be he b yours pars n and n my m aul soul will wi always ala be bemine mine that your ego f will wl always I y be b you yu yuM Mid M It I cannot be b anyone none else 1 There The will wt he be b no t o Intermingling of 01 your our ego P and mine min There I will wi be b no 1 bringing together lr of 01 any number of 0 spirit a rt or oraa orIto orI aa ls I Into Ito one on entity nt There Tb will wi br be no of ot all 1 our respective entitles nUt br b other oe Great Ot En Uty iky t no o matter how ho beautiful that En Entity tt may ia be b or how ho Intelligent that Hint Ihl t tP i Personage P may my now he b e to us va In o ir 11 eon con 1 of It I We believe p that we w shall hal always be b ourselves that we are Irl dis distinct di sons s and daughter of the Al AI tt ty that tt we have within us the HIP thep germs p of Immortality and a the germ rm of i ind and nd that w are a literally the tb Ih 0 of our Father who Is I ii tn to hesy v vt o M as thai t we w have a Mother there tb nd that It we w are working w kl out the law la w whIch aw r parents parent or o our fr greet great t parent arnt has bus la at Jw unto lie that la is I H Hi hi h his given tt n J Pato U ul If we 1 will wi accept apt It IL I We W may my I 11 however r understand all al of 0 the O law haw Iwi It Ii i When we accept ept ap I THROUGH FAITH There H are many m things tl In this life thai w we mast malt mu ae through faith tt a md therein tM lies I ii muck much mi of th Ih the philosophy 1 of Ju Christ Cra Whan n He lie spoke pk I Ills Jl servant rat Pawl Paid He I saM said al that w team ham Sm by 1 faith and nd from faith fath to we advance and ad as a we acquire and Id develop within that faith It I us urn ultimately to un ln absolute tl but the beginning of 01 It I all 1 warn waa the tl faith which we e had ba In the thing and nd In God G which Imparted It tS vf IV Ve rely 1 upon this at aa of ot the funda fund fundamentals tl of our creed cr I merely say 3 ill t by b way a of 01 preface t for I 1 wish wl to read raad little Scripture from Irom lr the th King Jamas translation of or the Bible It I does doel d seat odd od In I this day d and ad age this tb era r V 1 Intelligence that a Saint Paint att lias M ta to t from t time tn to t time tn announce to tokla toI tola I la friends who wb are a not of our Church hurch burh mad ad faith ft that t wo ut ar art believers believer In the th that tat we belIeve ble v In the Word of if c that tbt we w believe bU in Christ that U wo w worship Him Rho us s our Savior and an aner er ur 0 that tt we cry are n Hot t different ferent d In InU from fm other i e i le thiu hi Is this U day of creeds and nd Ilm we w have hye no iio o rr fantastic notions of worship we w haw have no 10 newborn faith fth nothing that lh has bus ha haju Just been bein developed In the mind ui 01 ju ma reason of 01 man I hut but we e have hp the old faith as It I used v to be b sung un In the th songs In the Ih revivals In the southern It I Is I the tb old time religion It I waa wood good enough n for lor Paul It I wan we w good goode e I for to Peter It I is I good r enough nol far Ss me ml m The Tb T old od time religion I Ion In Is II the th we have hav to offer and which we Ro Iy embraced a It may 1 be 1 that thit our elon of o It II perhaps from your year views therein Is I our or mission to this conception of 01 ou our ur ald iid Uis gospel pl of Jesus Ju Christ to t all al th Ih the world It 1 may ma sound md hut but wo it Is I tint not no Riven In the spirit f t only that thai ve we w say h hu huth hn buy th the truth an art I err ure tn t Icy Iny Il dw our ur lives live Ir If 1 he Is h tc t to th lh truth It I In ii not thit that v claim a I I I I I i i I Int n than tb other men mn t O that out Church Is II M so 1 greet great t numeric n nily illy Iy speaking that thI from fl the tl ir r numbers Ilm we W can call assume m n a hIgher ilane hut we f feel 1 the tb weight 0 of the 1 h mission has h been fl ag agu pi pius u UI us and ud we t r ourselves to 10 th th the world wold aD In all al humility believing that tbt w 1 have h v H mission to tu perform that tha than n ft message ha h hue been n given V unto Into u UI US an an and that we Wf are I the men to deliver that m to ill iii 1 the th world ald Just JUI as us Chris In former 1 y raised up II men it HI HIi wan word n women men 10 lo carry ar tn I other people p Pi In it h this nf of time lIme ppl in II this I ege ge In lu this century and Ind the th just Jut past put has hla ha th thi the i Lord relied rained u up Ul i to carry Irr thi ab abI I gospel 11 of 01 Jesus aa as He Hf original originally I ly taught It I to all cli al the world w e for tr we wi wele I Believe that there Is I no other othe nani nam na le under heaven In when herb by we wc 1 can cn be saved Ivd I Now No I wish wi to read to In you i from tm th the h hI fourth chapter of 01 Avis Acts Act beginning wIth lh I the first frt verse VCr First Int however I to ii sav uv M u I tea few Ie by b way wa of f preface IV to In avoid void a tn up the th time In read reading d i ith ing mu the th third chapter tr Too YOI will wi rv re reul cull that P Pt Peter tr r n 11 nod iid his hi coworkers coworker had h ul been n performing which startled tle tte te high hh priests pt and ald ih Jen J The ThC III of 01 the various am secs were a pie agitated h cHuse IU many of 01 th tho lir pl wore ware w fallowing the apostles POUN win 1 I w re still 1111 ln this man 10 Christ brt who vho ho had hd just juat been crucified by b them They TIp were P IAm that this new n tam lam la seism Im grow ow and ad Increase Inc they thy were 1 fearful that Ihal It I should Mold mob make I Inroads upon churches church hur so 1 thy ihy I took tok measures up u th iii beat b they could rould to i stamp tam out this th new nf and nd vicious doe doc doctrine d trine tr At AI this time Peter and nd om sum of 01 his brethren wets were wei going Into th the J and slid they were WAn met m by b n ii molt man mn who had been n lamp lami for many He HeWA lad was WA W 40 4 years sears 1 or 0 age R and ane had ha been 1 n af of afflicted t flirted pra all al his hla h life II I ask uk asked asked I ed th Bi holy men nn for alms not know knowIng ki f Ing mx ln them to In I be gifted or o bleld wIt i supernatural url rowers 10 When he h a aIM ked them for money and aa a he extended his hl hind hand hant Peter tr said ver and nd gold 11 have hse I none for Peter wax was n a poor poorman poorman I man h He H had hae not nol acquired any IY wealth p Hp He wax wal WO not flot n U rich man than rich In the ti I of the Almighty for he had hd received many mn choIr choice hol giftS gift n of 01 the Savior lor who hud hail upon him the holy hol priesthood the authority by which he h coul ouli 1 net IUt In Inthe inthe the Ih name tiame lii of nl the th Almighty In the th name of Jesus Ju his hi Muster and ad what Ue he b would say ey with that authority In that name nam and ond by that power r would b I be verily enl and und literally fulfilled 10 so o when then hn this i ripple asket aske k for alma al Peter turned turne tp Ip i him and nt In the I fl of 01 ht hi his heart bert rt said al l ano ana gold have v I non flout fl but hUI uch euh at ui I hove have give e I the th In n th the hi name of 01 Jesus Ju Christ of rise nl up and an walk wall This Tl gift I was Wa Immedi Immediately atel given hn uni u this Ihla t poor man who wb east cast t aside ul hla hi I tin StOff 11 ft and n became b pr a whole man mn This rl ale a great at furor among un the people and D Peter and nd bin bil brethren were w ln from final fr Acts Ada A fourth And An as IU they Ih the spoke unto th Ih the people pethe the priests and ad the ae captain of or tru ll th temple and sad he the hedve Pad Had dve due came ime am upon them being that they tb taught tutu up the ix people ople and preached through Jesus Jeu the th Ih resurrection urr tion from the th dead And they laId lal ton hands on and put them In hold held hul unto the tb next noat net day for lor It was wa now flow eventide Howbeit Hobl e many ny of 01 thorn the which heard the th word believed and the number of the men was about nv fv ve thou thousand thousand sand And It ram came to tn pass pa on the tb morrow moro AD that their nIr rulers and elders and scribes and nd Annas Anna the th high priest and nt and John and Alexan Alaan Alexander der dr d and aa a many man aa as were of the th kindred of the th high priest were ware gathered to 10 together o gether at t Jerusalem And Ald when they thY had bad ba sot set t them al in the t midst ml they asked le I By B what power or by b what bt name nm have hv ye done this Then Tn Peter with the th Holy Ghost said Id unto Into then them Te Ye rl of the tl people and an elders Ider of Israel If I we o duy day be b examined of the th leod t deed de done to the tM Impotent man by b what wh means mean ean he Is I made whole be bf It known unto nto you YOl all al and an to 10 all 11 ll the people of 0 that Ut by the name nA of at Jeans Jean Christ t of Nasareth Nal whom ya ye e crucified crId wham Ium rt flod G raised rl from fm th thu dead dd even by b Him doth this man n stand here her he before you yo whole whole This Is I the tb stone tone which was l set at al naught of you 01 builders which Is I become the th head of ot the Ih corner oer Neither Is I there then navA lahA ton in Iii I any an other for there Is II non nuns other name nm under I heaven given In among amon men mn whereby hereby a we wo must ut be l b raved ravN NO OTHER NAME We w believe ble literally Uly that there la Is I non noti other name given hen under heaven 11 whereby mankind can be b saved Ye Hy fly I this we w mean n Just juat Ju what Peter meant and nd In this th connection we Wf br Peter Pet this Ihl the th words word af of r this tb same great t and nd glorious Iu old servant who stood at th tt the head bead of the tb Church in the tJ absence of or his hla Ila Master Mater to whom all al allt the he Ih t sainta Int looked te with wi to whom they th Ik looked ked for lor guidance and ad seine same me grand nd old man m ui li on Ott 01 another occasion to another of 01 the t saints In The Scripture IH Is I nut lut for fur private plat Interpretation We W cannot callot take taka lak up p the tl taw low tw of God G and a construe it each Nl man m for tor tr himself That was wu u a rule rul given Iv than tn and w we Insist that same eme ml should be b applied apple to today today day 4 for lor th th the r and ami the construction I mu he M Just juat Ju as the Ib Great areat Judge u Intended It I to have lve boon ben eon con construed trl and a we w ore striving to accept the in II just jut ua that tbt way WY not lot lotkin seeking kin lo to rob rb It I of its It materially not socking seeking t I ti over cover it II I with Ih spiritual sup sug suggestions 1 peahen Ion not ot giving 1 v II coloring to th ta lbs plainest ansi ami n simplest of words word where whereIn wh I In the thu greatest truth oft ol lies le clothed in iii simplicity An eminent lecturer contends contenda that I ha I we W must mua conic com 1 to In the pure pun and atud simple statements of the I h I hi taking the Ih Jut just justn Jutas n A as U It I I ti that Its It greatest beauty ut and n nI II I lie In our ur taking the tl simple 1111 direct lr statements as tie u they tb have h been bI Hl en ly I II th the Uta men mn who uttered them that Una If we silk seek to emend amend them Ih v I weaken them If I we w se sek k lo in 11 udd tu to in ii intake take ll from fru them theft I we a rob tIn the Ih original of or the tt Iha that hat t hll wa in iii intended II tended Ho Ito 0 In tn reading read II the Ih the thi Balm ll I I alms aims hll t to take lake it I Just juat a U as It stand just us n t II it I was waa w given Mo l as when hl Peter Pete 10 to lu the th people 11 thi th elders aid the th rulers ruler of 01 th tt thi people is I a non finite other name nal under heaven hH Il ty lr we must Ie Lw t saved but the tl lit patti name Mi of Jau Christ I If we ar f declare on no Oi this point paint pl therefore there tl la I a nothing new le In Iii li a aU I ait U it to I I callad WHY CALLI CAL MORMON And An why Is I this tl work M coiled o M i Tim The Inta t u 11 Lie lIve IV in u a I Hook Book I of ul not a it I gulden bible bbl a n tt I ii cl but bUI u it record O J just us 11 sacred r to lo tat os t and lt to t the th orld when 1 they v It I us UI li ti I Irod rod the t Bible There o wo t u tl record Jo the story I of ot a a man muli 1111 who 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