| Show it t lost lder w E I 1 ider de r T 40 JOSEPHT SE V wry TRY MIT SMITH il oi ai jj iki iii t 1 I 1 L f 0 rin r ot as catl A sunday io 1 18 7 1 1 emm ema t tir t tio iio ir aj aruo I 1 i gibbs hona tona b 0 t o i P 1 I 0 I 1 fear I 1 shall not be abid ablott to mike make by dong congre rqn gati gallon on been acau t ed y to address ao 40 many peo pec ble bie tle but on the contrary i a in ija laa place oi i me loa tob xoa peak prak L Q that all nil allmay may hoar lo 10 this immense have hava not ib very rood good brolli of late atey hat baying haying rig ilg 1 all au aask of maince my Y lre treburn tre turn avine which hair ha dra drawn D u apu iny tny strength iian ilan i lan ian thankful that i haye have b been e wit hyou today to day tep lep UE under tao P a 10 0 o those us although bblain inin common with th 97 9 71 7 ki I 1 cannot blut regret the he eniy rpy p pre rence sence mang mank biou I 1 left my home and add bro bre a ua W it i ago for eurple jsu JEu repe hit hie to fill till a rais elon eion thereof of idt laito li ito ko 3 ear and perhaps much Joing xer ier er but soon eoon after hearing bearing of the eddeath ej death af pf eur pur departed president brigham young you op Brot brother lier ormon rf an and d 1 I 1 rufed it cablegram BI lp from ofir Jit ethren the Twelve JP raj i Q rne 1 I 1 I 1 therefore aa as cl acu m stol ices permit were on oti wun way thither making tile the journey from england aap ip thi city in id about fifteen days nap ve hb rather a R rough passage the atlantie having expert t gmt gat fl ml galem galea and heaby heavy peas for the arat fe few nv daysi which it very disagreeable t he the re rl imade bin bla hia inder luder of the voyage howe he wever very verg davas I 1 pleasant abid arid atlie ali tl i e trip froni now tork york he much so indeed wf eor eon for the past pait few monteal months 1 I have 4 nl feen been en engaged preaching the gosp goepel t el in england a opportunities e s pre VA lw anted t 0 t I 1 f for 0 i e t 0 d d q b edid I 1 idid d 1 d eo t fl ravel ei vety very extensively as moyl lm I 1 I 1 r I 1 red time and other circumstances did not warrant it iwas pleased in july lantto meet in liverpool brother urson oraon pratt who came to england to publish the thid book of the doo doctrine and covenants in phonetics phonetic or he was waa diligently engaged prosecuting this work at the tupe time the fhe sad bad news of the death of the president ileac reached bad bed b us arrangements range ments mentis had bad been so far completed that thit tile the type was mostly obtained an and d delivered at durm burffice mice fice and preparation were wore nearly made mude fort for the eco commencement of this work but as brother trait is here I 1 will leave his mission arld and jabors labors for him 0 to o nirra nitra narrate tb himself I 1 can say aay in all consciousness that during the time I 1 have been I 1 absent fro from m homer hornet fT haye have felt as stron strong ga q desire sije sire I 1 ngoy p my heart as go I 1 ever did did for the of the vf of god od and aud the spread of ahe abe aness gospel 0 pei pel a among rn 0 6 g hose bose who sit jn n d darkness and and I 1 feel vla mia chat that t I 1 beve have done th we e best I 1 could under theor cum tp carry out mix my desires As missionaries cuave we have aa labored 60 e d unceasingly through aga dao t land and wales ibaan thie the nast past sst ast sl a vin VIM ner availing ourselves our pur selves fre pre fqy of holding diee meetings ti tin fin a the a si streets oll on the square and n whatever places we wo could bir bin fon mon for or tie the purr purpose os r 61 I 1 1 the h iEle hele leie reo rEf ao a e around from copse 0 e ito ap house hoube td C d ab 1 tur tuy the people andie arida jua thein t 4 to td attend the wibb d dalr diligently aad unceasingly M nal the tho sti summery summer bummer T lint iri this wy way JI to spread kil kii tho fhe 1 I in r ma many p places ces very en 41 success has crowned r in ba V I 1 instances ll 11 stances atances nyol az numbering ri from one to tb ati have asse assembled r blad bied in ide ibe public parks ang abo and uron upon the e 6 commons m mobs to listen to the J elders arf ren rea jt estrue that ad BO mr we ve mile wile if tiie tile fm immediate IJ brulls brazils got WOT blut but weke 6 ee ei aba belble gowin sown that it will fall in mor dr leia leis ge d soil soll and in due peason ii it w t g forth fruit meet f gor for or lepen repentance tance t f the miro siro European mission to d dayi y if ia tarn tain am I 1 t to speak my feelings aa plainly aw ay til trie maiter matter rA is in th a aver nver very verb low condition L that js hl speaking ppe aking of arfat BrI Br taip whereas an pp the thi e continent contil ant and ind t klc kic andl navia I 1 the work s rn n some places jn oai oal which have been beer impenetrable heretofore the gospel is naw breached preached preached therb haye hate bee hee been n recen recently ly 4 a number of ba baptisms tits in to berlin and laborg we neel feel encouraged in oun our labors ja borm in that country know bat re been bein mada maa so long and 0 s 1 persistently ohen open up t he ups 1 pei per pe to I that nailon nation without accomplishing pil shing dwy iny anything thing the object 0 of sen sef sending idIng forth to tho nations bf the ea earah rafi is to preach the gospel that the world 61 may a y know iho the tr truth uth nth as it ita is in christ jesus and through obedience thereto be gathered to the people of god and be saved in his hie kingdom wel we are than thankful kaul that we are en engaged in the great latter day work that god our dur heavenly father is atthe at the head hea headband dand and has hns decreed to carry it forth to a successful summation therefore BO so long as we put burtrust our trust in him doing the he be best besl at we can ta ti accomplish his hia purpose purposes we e may rest content that all will be well I 1 1 have been a bi member brober of the church of jesus chrise christ of latter day saints from m my childhood and ever since alpee I 1 began to I 1 investigate jar ar cypel myself I 1 haye bave been with my religion I 1 have factly jy confident that I 1 was engaged IH q a ou cause having had every ahsu assurance rance that it is the work of god and not of man and that it ft is the business of the almighty to sustain austain it choosing and using the 1130 instruments best suited bulted to accomplish his ilia purposes ses ees that were at his command I 1 belleve he has ever over done BO so and will continue to do so until he completes his andert undertaking IA As latter day saints we have every reason jeason to rejoice in the gospel and in the teb we hava have tec lec elved concerning its ita truth I 1 repeat repent re pear we have to and to lo be exceeding glad for 16 we y pos por possess esi the testimony of jesus jesup the bpi epi spirit of prope prophecy be y which the world know nothing ab about out nor can they without Il hout to io the gospel jesus hughly understood this is neatter abid fril fully explained H when ile lie mil MIA except a rhan ihan man be born bagain again h he cannou cannot ree pee the kingdom of god 11 on far rat t reflection it would fe eem em that any anything th so clehr clear reamona reasonable ble blo and tangible could be easily made moade elainr to the understanding bf all nil men hence the feeling that has prompted many of the latter day saints to believe after ther their minds have been enli enil glit ened by the spirit of god everything being made so plain and clear to 16 them abat tb at they ila lia had bad d only obly to tell their friends and kindred what they bad learned and they wi would 0 uld gladly receive iti itt bushow ru hiow disappointed after they had pre sealed to them the truths of beav enin en in simplicity and plainness to hear bear them say awe we cannot bee see it orad or we dot ord not nut believe belleve W ar or per haps hyps it which is by fai far the most common coffmon practice of the world they whey cannot under tinder stand it why because as fas 11 je e pus pua has aldno ab nb man can se see the kingdom except lie again you may preach tee the gospel to the people blut but unless thy thes humble little before the lard lich itch acknowledging n g their de 40 pen binde dencer dender nee ned him for light likht and wisdom they cannot ged eee br of bense sense it if hit hough although you may prach preach to t atheni eni in aa as plainness as it is Po possible isible fot for the truth to be conveyed from one toa tos bother Hother r t aad should any belleve believe your test testimony molly only y be belief they would not sea As yiu pee tee ee nor corn it as you do until they yield obedience t fa requirements of dr t te e edmnd through the remission ehg receive the rhen then I 1 hey too ca tr you d do 0 for nor they have the same spirit ihben WI vill IN hey they love the truth ns yo you u toy do and may why they could u c n bt cow com ib t be before forey foreN i i is that ith ethere adre idre catl edtl calibe be yf rw damnion intelligence that thal ca cannot nit nil 0 t understand truth so plain forcible I 1 I 1 h chave been preaching fda new few months past to the world find and perhaps ft it would nut not be bd amiss to dwell for A feiy few moments upon some of the principles df the gospel as though I 1 were talking to strangers stran gerb gerc I 1 feeal feel am in the pt of the battet day saints first an honest st enquirer 1 would ask task would be ber gat mat is beliel bi what are the principles of the goshet as us rheid IT do not propose to tell you yoh all about 1 the Go gospel in one discourse bu bue but 1 may tell you sou a few df rhy rby thong thoughts to upon some bome of its principles which are essen essential thi not only forthe fon fop the litt ter to know abut for hll hil the children of men jn in order tode tobe to be saved in the tho kingdom 1 first then it is necessary to have falth falih in god falth faith being the mst first principle in revealed religion ibn and the foundation of nil hil righteousness P I 1 faith in dod god god is to believe that he be io ii and that heis beis he is the only supreme av ernut baingi in whom all fullness and on and every good gistand gift and principle dwells ennd and in lin whom the faith of all othen other rati oil centre and further that heid hoid he is the great creator of bf all things that the is omnipotent omniscient and andriy by his works annd arid the power of his hia spirit omnipresent not only is it necess necessary ary aty to have faith in n god but also in jesus chhist christ his bon son the savior of moan roan kind and the mediator of the new covenant and in the holy ghost who bears record of the father and the son the same in all ages and forever having this faith it becomes necessary to repent repent of what of br every sin of which we may have been guilty how shall we repent of these sins does repentance pen tance consist of sorrow for wrong doing yea but is this all by no m means eans true repentance only is acceptable to god nothing short of it will answer the purpose then what la Is true repentance T ue no repentance is not only forrow corrow for sins and humble penitence and contrition before GA god but hut it involves the necessity of p turning away from thema them a discontinuance of all evil practices bs and deeds a thorough reformation of life a vital vital change from evil to good from vice vlee to virtue from darkness to light not only so but to make restitution so far as it is possible for all the wrongs we havel to pay our debts and restore to i 0 god and man their heir rights that which is due to them from us this is true repentance and the exercise se of the will and all the powers of body i and mind is demanded to td eom dom complete this glorious of repentance then theia god will accept it having thus repented the next thing requisite is baptism which is an essential principle pf af th tiie tile e gospel no man can enter into the gospel covenant without it ih it is the door of the church of chris christ t we cannot get in there in any other christ said raid it cc sprinkling or pouring is hot bot baptism immersion rL watt wait A J r and ia Is to tode lie ipe administered by one b having avan g biu authority thorl cy 1 in i n aib the li name ani e of bf the father and of the son and of the holy ghost baptism without divine AlIth authority brity IS not arld leis a symbol of the burial and resurrection of jesus christ and must be done ianthe likeness thereof by one commissioned 9 of f god in the manner prescribe d otherwise it ia is ille file ga aa U adwill not bot U ot be accepted A c C apted by it 1 effect a remission of or sin 6 s the bojc pr it is but whosoever hath bath faith truly ia 1 artel v with jh christ in iti baptisms 11 1 bione bygone abing divine authority shall receive aye are n remission af si aud and iab ito to the gift of f tha ilo iio holy boly 1 ghost a t by t the lay lugon on af pf fiands ji ands only thoe those who are commissioned of jesus christ 3 have authority or power howerto to bestow this thia gift the office of the holy ghost is Js to 16 bear record of christ pr or to vesti fy him bim and confirm be believer llever yi the truth by to his recollection thany q that c h aye j 9 and showing or r revealing 97 to D the glin mind edth things ings pret went lent andio ands to come fl but the colfo Comforter er which is ib the e holy ToyGh ghost opt whom nth the father eather ati bl wili will in my name ham 6 he s ab yi traen you all ail 41 things and brang au thin thiu ganto tto ito your re bemb rubbe whatsoever I 1 have h ave bai sat bald said d out tou 11 he will j bide yula yuu all al thug thus W t ce the lyof I 1 of the ibi holy ghost no marl mail mandgan gan pan 1 jenow n 0 w t the I 1 4 will of god or tha that bieg jeus 1 js is I t thel h a lc christ 4 rist the bede Rede erneY r of or the worldon worl dor 5 bat hat the course he pu guiv r buer euer ja works he performs or UP hie fai tai ohp are to bogod God a abel ha such a as s wilf will secure gift of eternal ifft life the greatest of OC all gifta aft ift g bilt bait 11 titI says sayi an ol jector 1 b have v v e we rattle Bible nible bi ble Anu inU are nat t the e aply able to make ns us nap t ye yes provided viddie we abey them tir geer ture u ia given 1 of bag kofy Y a ardd arid T I 1 tib lib 6 oci ock milie aorl for reproof 0 or in t isk avat that theofan th the efman effan man of god goa may be perfect thoroughly f furnished u unto an goell works the good works are the great desideratum side ratum the bibler itself la Is but tha the dead Je terji is the fhe spirit ll 11 that tat jine jiff the tae way to obtain the is that thab which ta Is be here remarked marked out so eo plainly in the tho seap ScAp scriptures tures turps there thereto is no uther other therefore to these prin absolutely necessary in order jorder to obtain the twe nal Bal salvation and exaltation brought to light dight through the tho gospel As tp the question guestion of Apt authority hority bority nearly every thing da Os lupon lipon it i no ordinance can be performed to the acceptance ol 01 aoa oi ai vine J e authority al isal Atter matter Tn hw how fervently pray unless they with oi divine they cn ony only act aclin in their town down name and not legally nor acceptably ip the name of jesus gus christ in chope whose name me all these those thides must be done so home some suppose p this atit authority hority may be derived h ed from the bible bibie bu but i gothing eq could id be more A bard the bible bibie is buta ut book conUi containing nine nIng the writings of bf inspired mel men lor jor or d doctrine ac I 1 for reproof for correction and instruction in righteousness as ssu fiu chwe hold it if is sacred but bat fhe the he spirit power an and d aut nut authority 11 arity by which chIt chil it is written cannoa be found round 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