Show CHRISTIAN conversion AND DOCTRINE DR DB MILLS who to is conduct ill conducting 9 the to revival meetings held in this city an to be devoted to the pears work h he e has h undertaken he gives evidence of 4 being sincere and if he can accoe I 1 aliah any good by inducing people of 0 questionable conduct to reform i shall hall be among those who will vre KB be gratified at such euch a result the font fact that we respectfully differ with him iia s regard to what constitutes Christi dote doca not detract from our desire aulty to B him succeed Eucce ed in reformatory labor it from the appears nature of the ui proceedings that dr mille hla his aiu and the revival meetings are sim aim ply recruiting auxiliaries operating in behalf of the various protest ant denominations this to is evinced devinn by the face of the cards sus which are signed by those persons who announce that they are conver teak S the convert attaches his hill name amt a address d d ress to a species of resol resolution u tion to the effect that the signer has made ade a de termination to lead a christian ift he also aleo designates upon the card cara s which of the numerous ministers he be prefers by this means the number of v accessions to the told fold of each of the reab respective clergymen will be readily ascertained and in case came any of the persons signing the pledge to become christians do not conform to their resolutions and put in au an appearance at t the churches of their selection th ministers will be in a position po to corn mu hecate cate and labor with them it does not appear to usi us that them theae methods are in keeping with the kind of christianity taught and practiced by christ himself nor by his bis author aed apostles and servants who operated cooperated co 00 with him and carried on the work of evangelization after his Hin departure to i the right fight hand band of the father this view Is ia supported even by the eth chapter of acts from which mr mills mille last evening took his text philip had preached to the sa be maritana mar itans a number of whom rec received elvod his bis message and were baptized both bom men and women ly it appears how ever that philip was wag not espowe empowered re d to confer the holy ghost by thi the laying on of hands bands the apostles les at jerusalem were communicated with on the sub eab eject the remit was that peter and aal responded by going to samaria john job i 11 to the new con voits their hands on them and the holy ghost it this thie tny the rc course that was y undergone by wao the converted to christianity in P dl ae apostolic noB tollo timea an and d we know of thos a RU Bt hority that has ha a right to no hunga alter lt it ought to be no dispute in rela there the fact that the charif ideally of ton to t and nd the apostles Apost lea required of the chr faith in ithe the atoning blood of couvert n bior and in his divine minion mamion ahe savior as ae exhibited in his own and nd doctrine teachings achinko and the preaching n 9 life aad arloss of 0 those he called and and authorized haeo practice to speak abek and act in I iila hi ila followed in consecutive order T of sit which to a natural rel rr r acance atance well as a divine as aa a principal leple pl reformation of conduct tiou by 00 conforming in word aej and commandments of god deed to the next stop step was baptism by the the remission of sinal bins for imers IOD an authorized by te red adin servant of jesus j christ at liaboe or with abb simple ample and comp by mee the convert rhe death burial and reo the savior and as aa the master of odthe the mon ion from the tomb with his ean le forth the taint of mortality body Lne f rea Stant irom sinner comes out of the the rel rejeb pe free from the contamina contarina con tamina 4 fald watery grave 0 S enter upon a christian aion 11 of ll career he has not signed a tl split bodying jog a resolution to lead a eard christian rd Tn me life but he be has baa submitted to that ja in beautiful harmony on act principle or of the plan of the basic wibb lie basby this berf urma nee 1 l d I 1 nto into a contract cob cou tract with the re ww entered in tile the compact each party to deemer aut the recipient convert is present the act person and therein the be proper big by the administrator or agent he boa duly authorized author teed to not act T im without the authority of if jor the ordinance could coul d not be ahe master except as a dead kiy without power and ineffectual in sauri g divine recognition plainly show how that the the scriptures step ot the candidate for salvation next faith in christ has exhibited faithan re wb 10 and been sloe alne properly cited of big bia vol 46 buried sed with christ by baptism baptis mP for the remission of alair is i to receive the holy ghost by the laying on of the hands hand of genuine agents agent of the re P ve deemer this la is an ordinance that no pretender or unauthorized person mere mare claiming to be a servant of god can perform without great danger of being selected detected in his fraudulent practice for this reason he might go through gli the form of laying on of heads hands for imparting the holy ghost but the divine i spirit would not descend upon the demon administered to if the holy spirit did respond it would be proof of divine recognition this is probably the reason why the protestant churches have almost totally discarded this thi ordin ordinance allce the possession of the holy ghost causes true christians to to be diff different erent from and detested by the generality of the world they belong t spiritual kingdom of God which wot bot worldly the doctrines and principles set forth herein are ace so go clearly stated in the new testament that it is difficult to under ma to d dhow how an intelligent person can read the record and not be able to see nee that this is the case the same game principles and ordinances ordina noea are also comprehended in the faith and practice of the church of jesus christ of latter day saints commonly but erroneously designated as the mormon church |