Show ame axe SOO W BY gili glin PW ewt aa abe zaed ake city sunday se pem ad 1 f hez her 6 HBO td b cy ac reported by MY jonn JOHH nv ev w in ther the year 1832 the lord gave gava a a revelation concerning sending forth of his servants eer ber tho missionaries amo nghe nations I 1 will read yaa yau a few paragraphs or veries in relation to their calling aki lii commencing at the verse of the b that aa given on the dw w tair tady of september 1832 1632 as I 1 baid eaid unto mine I 1 bay say unto yon azain again that eveny every soul who bell eveth on your words and la is baptized by water for the ke remission mission ol 01 sins shall receive in the feaoly choat ghost and these signs bigus shall bhail tollow them that belleve believe ba lieve in my name they shall do many wonderful works in my ray name they shall cai out devils in my neme name they the y shall heal the sick in my name they shall open the eyed Y e I 1 of the dd unstop the earb ears i irs ira of the deaf and the tog tod tongue gue of the dumb af pf filially ail all speak iliah and if any man shall administer poison unto them it shall rbt iut lut hurt them and the tho poison of a se serpent rient shall not have power to lanin harm them that la Is a very curious eurious carious commission to td ho be given in tho the nine katee nth century of the christian er era r to those that are called in our day very curious it if joseph smith through tigh whom this revelation was given was not palled of god the tho promises here made would not lie be fulfilled on the other hand if god is the author of this revelation then all the world may prove for themselves the divinity of his word avord an imposter impostor would take very good care to so word hi in the pro that there would be a double meaning to them and if they were i hot klot fulfilled in one bense sense e they might perhaps fulfilled be according to a second interpretation arid azid rhushe would escape tho the obliquely of being an imposter impostor imposter but the lord does not deal with the human family farally in this double kind of dealing all his pron fron promises im are yea and amen plain point polut pointed eds edg de definite finites no two mean meanings ings inge about them here we are told that as the servants of god the missionaries should go forth that every evary boull meaning every person among all people languages nations and tongues who bellev eth ethin in your words 1 l bolle bolia veth velh on the testimony of these thess missionaries that go forth and laud is baptized by water for the remission of sins shall receive the tho holy ghost now can you make out two meanings to that or is there only one meaning itchey it They shall shail receive the holy ghost and then in order that every soul in all the tho world might know whether they were true bes lievers or not no there were certain V f signs promised to them and y theeo these signs shall follow them that believe believe what be ji lieve jn in your words the words of jou you yon missionaries what ahall shall they do fun gun my name they shail shall do k many anany wonderful works in my name they shall cast out devils in my name namo they shall heal the tho sick sic bio in my name they shall open the eyes of the blind and unstop tho the oars of the deaf dehil and the tho tongue of the dumb shall andia and if any man administer poison polson unto them it shall n not noh ot hurt them and tha poison of a serpent shall not riot have power to harm them Is there anything indefinite in that does it say eay that these signs pos possibly sibly Bibly may follow those that believe daes it say eay perhaps you will receive the holy boly ghost perhaps chaps you may have power to czi heal leal cheack the alek sick perhaps you may have power to open the eyes of the blind etc no that Is not the language here isa isa iga definite promise niada made to them ahem to the missionaries alone to whom waa was this promise made to every soul in all the world that would belleve and receive the testimony of these missionaries here we Something see eceL very similar to the comm commission ise lse ao a that was give given givenans nand and re ro berred to by brother beld reid in his rei marks in the last of mark markk i the ancient day servants of god w were er e sent forth to all the world to 1 I 1 eveny ethry every creature and the language of pun gun our pur savior to them was that all in j every part of the earth that should belleve believe their testimony should bo tTY ity axed aved then in order that there might be no mistake in regard to tn believers belleve rii ril and unbelievers believers un he to told T them that certain dang should follow lov iov them that thao belleve believe do you die te cover any difference between the former for fon day commission comm emlon 1800 years ago r and the latter day commission I 1 gd do not discover the least difference between L the two did the verify and fulfill fulfil his promises to the former day missionaries he did in the same last chapter of mark markwe we are told that the servants of god the Apostle forth and preached overy everywhere where the lord working with them and confirming the word with signs following how did he confirm it by fulfilling the promises in thelast tho the last chapter of Mark Marb that they tiey in all the world might know whether they were gospel believers or not well what was wis to become of all other sects that did not believe they shall be damned says the tha e savior he did not bay eay if you are sincere in your youn belief you will wilf get into heaven whether you receive the message T 1 sent you or not he did not say afif if you come across any sincere siti cere core people dont baptize them dont try to get them to believe belleve your youn message for fon they will get et into heaven anyway they lad aad only one proclamation to deliver get et into heaven anyway they lad aad only one proclamation to deliver to aall all ali people whether that people vere yere cincere or insincere whether that hat people worshipped wor shipped idols or wor shipped something else whether they were infidels or whatever might be their profession silon the commission mission was tell them that if they lo 10 not believe your me message asage they shall be damned no half way business about it it was not half a commission does the latter day commission testify of the same game things bet let me read a little further verily Ye verily rily verily I 1 bay eay unto you they who believe not on your words and are not baptized in water I 1 in my name naine for the remission of their sins that they may re belve belye the holy ghost shall be damned and shall not come into my fathers kingdom where my father andi and I 1 am just the same as the ancient commission commie commis sian blan it did not excuse the ancient commission it did not bot ex person hi lu all the world however sincere whatever the profession profesS lon ion might bo be every man every woman among all nations kindreds and tongues ea all were to be damned if they did not receive the message that these servants of god took to them just aa it la 13 in the latter iatter dass days it it was vas ans any anything thing else we would not believe it we could not look upon jt it as divine god only had oue ono message for the people to receive and all that received it were to be blessed and all that i would not receive it were to be damned that is our charity that is the charity of the ancient apps apes ties and servants of god that is true charity if wo should come and tell you that you protestants I 1 and you methodists and you baptists baptiste and you Campbel lites and you church of england members and you roman catholics that if you are only sincere you would millget all ail get to heave heaven nwe we should have no charity for you but when we come and tell you that if you do not repent of your sins you catholics protestants and all other denominations and receive the message that thai god has commis commissioned his hia servants to declare in your hearing that every one will be damned this is true rue charity just aa as it was in the ancient days daya but lint is this in force upon all people mrs bays one yes we will read the next nest verse and this thia revelation unto you and commandment is in force from this thia very hour upon all oil the world and the gospel is unto all who bave have not received it every person that hears it it is a witness unto all nations that they may receive the truth and be prepared for the great day of the lord jesus christ the lord in relation to bending this mission forth among among the inhabitants of the earth did not desire than mat me the people should have any dubiety upon their minds he didiot did not want them to hope merely that they were right and to be all the time trembling and quivering for or fear they were kere not right but in order that they might be eure hure as the ancient believers were he tells every soul houi that will receive this work that these signs shail shall follow them now then here in fil this house probably are many hundreds of bo b 0 lievers that have manifested their theli faith by receiving the message of the gospel and they have further manifested their faith by gathering out from froin the various nations and coming here hereto to they are believers Is there any chanca for them thera to doubt how can you doubt if you yourself heal the sick cast out devils open the eyes of the blind or cause the iame lame to leap if you yourselves have received the holy ghost and these signs are fol lowing you Is not this a testimony that you are gospel believers and if these signs do not follow you on the other hand you know that you are site hot gospel belletieri bel bell levera eTeri no dubiety no uncertainty no hanging our heads down and doubting whether we are believers or not here is I 1 s an undoubted testimony to every lat ter day saint that if they are true gospel believers these signs shall follow them and if these signs do not follow them them they are not true gospel believers does this apply not only to latter day saints but to all people yes if the methodists want to know whether they are true gospel believers let them ask themselves the question if the signs follow them that are promised to believers if they do not they know they are ngi apt gospel believers so 80 with the presbyterians rians to ilo with the baptists baptiste eo so with every christian denomination under the whole heavens they can all prove themselves i by the word of god they can all know whether they are true believers lievers levers according to the true christian religion or whether they have lievers levers to true religion or whether they have albe aibe false also hopes merely me rely something that is 3 leading them along in a crooked path when people have haize the signs they have a good foundation for their hopes hope their hopes are built upon something that is like a rock they thoy stand firm and steadfast but when they have not the signs and the promises are not fulfilled to them where are their hopes they are gone they are ate the hopes of those that are flattering themselves thomb thoms elves elvea they are christians when they are not and they are afraid to compare themselves with the new testament and the gospel contained therein they are afraid to come to the light of the gospel they are afraid afra d to read the promises of jesus or if they happen to read them exclaim ngwe vye must do away with these it wont do forus forkus to acknowledge that god made to believers can be enjoyed in our day iet lot us read the first promise in the last chapter of mark not only were these thele signs bromhed prom hed but jesus said he that and is baptized bhail shall be saved but he that bell boli eveth not shall be dam damned nold noid do you christians believe that you will behaved be saved do the various denominations among the four oar oai hundred millions miah ons of christians christiana in america in europe and in other parts 0 of the earth eaith do these four hundred millions of christians expect to be saved oh T sea yea es what makes you think so you dont have the signs which follow tho the believers and how can you hope for salvation why should you hope for it why expect to be saved in the kingdom of god the promises are made to believers lievers they were not made to those that have not the signs one promise was just as sacred as the other and if you have not the signs of believers you have not the promise of salvation veay curious gospel says one well thore there is no mistaking that gospel we can all of us know on what ground wo we are placed if we cannot obtain the promises made to the people anciently namely the f signs how shall we obtain the greater promise of eternal liro lifo and salvation in the world to come surely barely if the people cannot have faith to get got tho the little promise promises show bow how ca can n they expect to get the greater promise all their faith raith Is foolishness their faith is all founded upon sand and they go blindfold to the other sido of the vail vall to wake up and find they never had received the gospel but says saya one w we e h have a v e received chegos pel our ministers have preached it long and loud generah generations ions lons before mormonism camo came upon the tha earth we and heard beard it it is one thing to hear the gospel as recorded in the new Testament end and another thing to enjoy the bl blessings esting 8 of it it is one tiling to read about people receiving the holy ghost and it ia is another thing for you to be baptized and receive the hajj holy ghost it is one thing to be baptized by a mau man holding a authority nut hority from god who has th the 11 right to baptize and another thing t to 0 be baptized by ono holding no aut authority horty from aiom god and n no r right night lit to baptise do you suppose et that att the e signs would follow those that had the ordinance of baptism administered by a man that had no authority no Forina for instance tance there is the methodist ser eer the presbyterian ban bap tiser and the sers of ser eer the presbyterian ban bap tiser and the sers of bap barthers the various vailous religious denominations most of them baptise kome ome of them for the remission of sinar bins siss and bome some because they suppose their converts have already received a remission of sins perhaps they may perform the ordinance by immersion the the tho true mode of baptism but can en an unauthorized man his neigh neim au bour hour and that be called baptism in the eight of theaven jh lb eaven no A man that is not called of god a man that has no revelation and says there has baa been hone since the close of the first century of the christ christian lan ian era ers all his hia administrations are aro as invalid as it its 1 would be for a heathen priest to baptise you nr for any person upon the face of he the whole earth to come and baptise you such baptisms are not good they are aie illegal they are unlawful they are not accepted of god unless the administrator is a true servant of god and if he be a true servant of god the signs will follow him and if the signs do not follow him he has no authority tise tibe no wonder then that four hundred millions of people have been without the signs there has been nobody authorized to baptise them to begin with A true believer is a man that receives the ordinance ordinanceS sand jand not only believes in them but manifests his hia faith by his works he obeys the ordinances and the blessings follow the blessings do not follow the four hundred millions because they have not and they cannot obey without there la Is a man authorized to administer the ordinances well says bays one olie what do you lat berday saints say about the author ity to administer these ordinances we bay eay and have eaid eald from the beginning of this church that the lord god almighty who sits 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