Show SUNDAY SERVICES elder charles W penrose of the stake presidency pres preened lied over the services at the tabernacle sunday afternoon choir chair bang lord thou thon wilt hew hear me when I 1 pray I 1 am forever thine prayer was waa by elder joseph nelson choir matic the anthem from afar gracious gra cione lord I 1 i thou hast hass gathered thy flock elder coune W peatross PeA trose of the ve stage sae presidency waa the first drat ape akar he dirose he be said aid by request to ad aress those aseem bloo sino and his bia onay deal sire re was wae to be able to explain those things which bod ad bau bad revealed through abe assistance of hla HI holy spirit the sneaker read from fro john the third chapter and sixteenth vre verse as aa for god so loved the world that he gave his hia only begotten son that whomsoever believe believeth beli eveth ih in him should not perish but have everlasting life I 1 this verse veree aid the speaker speake rhad bad been I 1 taken by most of the religious peoples people of the barta aarto to mean that alj ail that was waa to gain everlasting life was ei simply m ply to 10 belleve believe in jesus christ and aad they would thereby gain an exaltation in his hie kingdom but abig ider idea came into conflict with other doctrines doctrin ee which god had bad enunciated for instance ine tance lo in another verse to ID epistle was found the following allow lop verily verily I 1 any aay unto thee except a man be bone of water and ol of the spirit he cannot enter anio the kingdom of god I 1 these were the words worda of the lord to nicodemus alter god lad find told loid him that it wes necessary for a man to be born again a proceeding which nicodemus could out not understand the lord therefore told him that be had bad to be boria bora of water and of the spirit or I 1 in 0 other words ot of baptism for the remis ion ot of his big BID after which came the laying on of hands bande for the gift of the holy ghost or a birth of the spirit this mode of baptism was wae truly ex e amplified when jesus jesue had been bap sized in the tb river jordan by john jobo the baptist the account given of ef it it in the bible states clearly went down into the abe water and afterwards came out of the ane water this made it blear that he bad been buried in the water thus showing that baptism by immersion immer eion was the mode which god required his HIO people to follow before these principles however came those of faith and repentance tiie farat was necessary esary that we might believe in him but coupled with it was also works without which the pie was waa dead and of no avail repentance was equally god required hie big people to lay aside ai all their previous to exhibit a godly sorrow borrow tor for having committed them and ko resolve with lull full purpose of heart to do them no mure more when thebie iDles were complied comp lieu with the people were then fit av objects to go down 1100 the waters of baptism being baptized for the remission remle atou of their ahelf bine and afterwards receiving the lay jay log jog on of hands for the gift gimbol of the holy ghost these thee were the first four principles of the goepel the a 0 b 0 d of the work of god certain blessings blee singa were predicated upon observance to these such as the gib of beRli bealing berling Dg speaking in tongues interpretation of 01 gon guem efi prophecy and a great diversity dive ralty of other thos thoe doctrine was wae open to all and those aboe who would obey it would have everlasting life but not otherwise thre there were a great many different religious denominations upon the lace face of the earth nearly fill all taught different doctrines doctrin eis oue one conflicting with the other and creating no enil end of 0 CoD confusion fusion this condition of 0 aff affairs irs showed that the truth was not being promulgated be cause goda la borom would never conflict with each obber hie wae 01 ol 01 harmony caused only by his hia words belog being consistent one with the 0 her the fault laid with those who interpreted his hib word worda they depended on the wisdom of humanity in translation of the scriptures sod ane therein they fell abort by not having communication with god the pother father himself Hima elf elder penrose dwelt at some length on the first of the gospel and in conclusion bore his hie testimony that god had bad revealer reve revea alel lell his hib true in alb thin dispensation he had bad oon ferrel upon his hia servants Ber vanta here upon the earth the authority to so go firth and V preach hib file gospel to the nations of the earth and had bad Dromi promised sed to those who woul boull I 1 obey bies slugs that they would not be able to contain A more mere belief that jesus was waa the christ was waa not sufficient in order to obtain a salvation in hla his kingdom but other require mente bad been exacted to fulfil fulfill which the latter day saints were striving the gospel was open to all and they who would embrace it anu and live up to it would not perish but have everlasting life those who bel believed eved in christ were they who kept his hie and there was wae no do conflict in the divine word upon this point choir song sang the anthem praise ye the father benediction was wa pronounced by president ceorge Q cannon |