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Show 57ffi VOL. i. SALT LAKE CITY. UTAH, AUGUST -- IU KURD BY I5APITSM. . , VKUlMil. (O ,:iIIOi not m ( tl.e ,' i!!)i.'ij;i'!Hrtit oidinHlKM- - rAo:el. I IO joes ii.t to :!. Ilniy Spirit, - not m embii of the an Si.iiit, uml can not be mark to repn sm.t the umk of the Spiiit If applied to t!. wik of :h Sp'uit, its moaning jc iut. It lu it1' odgin, its foundation, and its meaning in the official work of Jeu Cliii't in cur redemption. So, on the ot!u r hand, baptism never relates to the Son, but ahvavs to the the symbol or Spirit 1. God. It is n inblem of the work of the Son, and ii.'ih t meaning, and perverted, the f what lie diijl or culler!. beiitation jepo Fidelity to tiuth demands this dernoli-tiuof the foundation of the immer-sioniuse of the text before m; for i here their fearful mistake. Laborjust umh'r the eiioneous impression tliat ing' baptism might symbolize the death and buiial and risunection tf Jesu Christ, iiruneriniti have habitually foieed thi ordii anee into a me it was never intended to perfoim. losing sight of - death by crucifixion. and of hi buiial a i.y being laid in a iiky sepulcher i om with door and wall- - they have t'tnibance between the imagined Iu,r.l of Ciui't and the inmeisiun !( body i n until, and hedwirn the sunecuon of rini.it and tin; lifting of the tody out of the water; and upon this forced analogy, without foundation in n st I fact or authority in Scripture, they their exclusive superstruc- have erect'-- ture, which can only stand hy robbing tins apostolical description of the mysti- cal crucifixion, death, and burial which destroys the reigning power of the ohl man,' of its real meaning, and reducing the profound! experience of tie legenerated soul to the meie ioim of an ordinance, and pm verting that ordinance by thi uating it into tie- place of the Lord's- - upper Misguided by this false ighf, multitudes have supposed that buiied with Christ, they have been and met the requirements of this Scrip-- t ire. when thc have looked no further th.tn to the of their imdii , ip wares, without crucifixion or ieuth The c'lnseqnenct'h of such radical loo numerous and grave to be aie f.c!' f d on. r minriiigly. We nui.it retain the ordinances in their di-- 1 iopi late places, and give them y ,h ir appointed dgn.fieiitions, v. would undeistand them or ue '! to e ld'a atioi.. The l.nrdVmipper the death of Christ, and bup-- i jri s' .o does ip,',. Baptism lepresenfs the d 'b, uiiir iii pitiifyiug tlie heart, and !r does not, .;pl.u; is s ji n (,f regeiieiatii.n. the symbol ' " ji'vvir,! spiiitual washing thai .iivci, o ir defilmiient i ami m.ikts one witli the Lord, Taken mi jf 'i ' la I' !,. .md d spoih d of tin's d si - mi tuu.gless am rmi ; and when f ..m Us hgbinuie woik, and 'I'M el mi, i an unnatuial i"!oe, vs! at 1, i; it I e me s a u v ; i . a " m e f. n, and hum i ns the e, l, a em di n g to : e i im,ce id men! 'ow we hive mu hod the place for vei u g t!o .piC'tion ns to what bap;s t l.i web tm hui.d! Undi ' luig the rei.iii'i'i Itvveen bapti-t !, Urn Holy iil'iiiaii-i of 'pi! it, ho t, of baptism to ti bun!" old iian .i,to she hjih of 1,1 The wnsk i, n, tui.il aid ta-- . h In bv ,1 ire H.r T.i's ' h'v ' i i t No t ii povvi r ouid to ti.e CM'ss. The death unto - ! i,!,ial ( V ! .1 st-- : .1) s - i -- 1 r , r.-upi- 11 - i v . i i i i - r- i m ' ' 'll r ' i i L.i ! . i . s j j t .ijemv. f r ifixion, is i.y No om v.l! depute ih- the Holy Spirit. Hem But why is &il this ascribed to baptism? The mason i. in the smi,- - in which it is ascribed, which is now apparent. it is all exphdeed by the relation between baptism a"d tile Spirit. The effect, which is wrought by the Spirit, is asoriped b baptism by an easy fig uie of speech, in width the symbol i, named for the thuig symbolized. This is the whole of it. Xo ohes explanation has e er Ik erigiv on that obviates absurdities, ai.d at the sunn- time hannonie the language and all the facts This position may illustrate bv tho language of Christ with reference to the other ordinance. When the Savior instituted the Suppci, he broke the bread and gave it to his disciples, lay It ing, Take, eat; this is my body, was not his body; but then it was the emblem of his body, and was to stand for liis body, in that sense, till the end of Which time. He added tie words: 1 was not is gi en for you yet given, for ho had not yet died; but, in his unchangeable purpose, tin eonseciation Likewise after simper he was made. took the cup, and gave it Jo his disciples, He did saying. Dunk ye all f this. not mean that they should drink the cup, but that which was in the up. Then he added : "For this is my bood of the new testament width is shed for It was many for the remission of sins.' not his blood literally, but only the fruit of the vine; nor was his blood yet shed, for he ha J not yet been crucified; but then the relation between the bread and the wine and the body and blood of Christ then established, to abide through all the future, explains and justifies the language. It was a figure of speech in which the container was put for the contained, the emblem for that which it Nothing is more common represented. in language, ot mure beautiful in is and the this rhetoric; way precisely the apostle Pant ascribes to baptism that which was really wrought by the Holy Spirit. In om j lace it is aid, Tins is my body, when it was only the emblem of the body; and in the other plate it i said, By baptism, when it was by that which baptism al ways implies and represents. The figure of speech i the same; and that the process of induction into Christ is by the the Spirit, is too plain to need proof. For by The apostle elsewlnne savs. : one Spiiit are we all baptized into one bodj, and have all been made to drink into one Spirit. have given iny And now, hrii. hm), the to answer question concerning the rtdab tt of baptism to the burial. ami flatter myself that tin view presented meet all the conditions of the ease and unfolds the meaning and desig of the two ordinances with their icspective foundation, and manifests the foliv of Ibnannism in multipying the saer.iiu m - bvond the number a no ordained bv tlie Lord antagoiiisiie interpretation has ever doiu. And y.r. will permit me to the belief that this exposition, expn-showever imp rfectlv pr ented, rescue.s that somewhat famous- Scriptim-- from ml reveaK in most fnu'htful t!,. 'a a beauty ani i ii'ce and dej th of so vihii.ii can never be ineaiiin-sdminis-futtnIon s as the mode of Lapih-mu- ! as the untial is icgardeii tliouiht. oi aiiow-e.- l to have any th.ug to It h t hi - hit hi y (iguiative ianguae. iSm T I'd,1 i, the bapiistu is not d e y or rr aiinoeii im ui nm it (iio't t!v, in this Vrlu.h argument, ::ni .as no pertniencv to lie subject vvlllin spiritual nir. uiiug of 'esign an baptism come in n&taially, and txpmiit the allusion, f bang noth, eg fanedt i! or la fetched, nor do I seik to capture your o,ncurrcci by any buliiancy of ri'etoae .,? d. splay of elaborate entimsm; firm. l( m!;ul,,lj Tlii- - harnst fruit is gnat. Ini the laborers arc few.' - What then ? VYhy, the buna! b ' He oi.sinuinatioii of the swir pro- " tins entir vverk of if old iiian"' and destiny. i n i mg the n rea iv sn oy may - 1 i 1 v Jeu, s -- - s --- u. n 1 -- but I lay beioie ou what seem to me the most natural explanation, and the plainest that will bring out the beauty and Force of the passage. j that snow i onnnfcntators, ami ren eminent for piety und learning, have accepted the statement that these Scriptures allude to immersion; but I know, also, that most of those have been absorbed in other great issues, which they Boated critically, while they looked upon the mode of baptism a an inci dental matter, of no vital significance, a d passed over it b) simply following in the fooislcps oi trusted authoi. I then fore respectfully decline perunttuig th authority of great names to weigh aught in opposition t the well ascertained sense of the inspired record. T do not believe it in the power of human learning, ingenuity, or skill to find the mode of baptism here, without distorting the fense, and doing violence to the apostle's most sinking conception of the death unto sin. I leave the subject with you, and pray that tin bght of divine truth may shine into our hcai ts until the mists of error and thy film of prejudice shall be removed from and vision. v nn-nta- l VO. IX. 13, 1887. ernturit'o, and compare the present with the remote past, and see the change which have talen place; we should have only thanks and blessings for the providence that has cast our At in this glorious Dad. (ireat as our country beautiful as if? ideal life has ben, grand as its promises ai e, we cannot shut our eye to the fact that dangers lie ahead, Me can see for ourselve that the civilization of the United States is to be the civilization of America, and that the future of the Continent is our. The greatest dangers lie in our cities. The cities have become a serious menace to our civilization. M hile they are the centers of commerce, of manufacturing, of banking and of politics, they are also the centers about which congregate anarchiRs, gamble! s, violators of the Sabbath, and enemies of law, religion, liberty and morally. The leaders in these dangerors movements as well as the rank and file of the same, are foreigners; men whose dream of liberty is the right to plunder, and whose respect for law is license. The saloon is the rendzvofis of anarchist. plotters, and law breakers, in the saloon lies one of th great1! dangers that threaten us. Only to touch o vast a this would be difficult. subject a As civilization advance, i are brought into closer contact with each ether. 1 his engenders strife, competition, struggle. lends its fiiyfuel to the flame, and our peoples energies are burnt to iu the mad competition. The inrstnmiats by which this danger can be avoid! are the the pulpit, the platform, the and the ballot. VYe will appiecute pre,--s influences better if we compare the ancient and modem civilization. ILe people of the ancient times, "spent their time in noth ing but either to hear or tell of sump new thing, as St. Paul puts it. I hose of the modern times are on their feet, busy in schemes of enterprise, exploring new continents, making new inventions for developing earths hidden treasure. They fire more active and therefore more nervous and so becomes more susceptible to the influences of liquors. As a nation grows more nervous the ue of liquors is liable to increase, so that if this evil is not remedied it will prove more and more dangerous. The election of our legislators is often controlled by liquor. New York State is the key to presidential elections. New York State is controlled by New York City, while New dork City is politically controlled by saloonkeepers. I his makes king alcohol muster of the situation in national polities. And being master of course this tyrant insists on having Us interests protected. This evil spirit is hostile to the American principle of government. Our government is founded on the principle that the majority should rule, that public discussions shall be free and untrammelled. This monstrous enemy buys up legislators, debauches the ballot boxes. It meets public discussion by outrage and murder, as iu Sious City, Iowa, i, , nn-r- a-- hs OUR COUNTRY, .school-roo- 1 ; r, riu.iUBg: Adn by i'rvant. Y:y native country, thee, I and of the noble free, Thy name I love: T love thy rocks and rills, Thy weeds and templed hills, My heart with rapture thrills, i .Ike that above. ITopbeL and bards have sung of a new song, wjaere man would be free, where thought would be unfettered, where love would be unsullied, and where life would touch with finite feet the stepping Rones to the infinite. Statesmen and philosophers have built in imagination this glorious land. Readers of Bible prophecies have been able to see our land prefigured as one of the final fields on which man is to work out his full earthly development. All these have been prophets of truth. Our country is the land of liberty. It is the home of the free. - It gives refuge to oppressed of earth. Its promises are to ail who love truth, law and righteousness. But this country has not been purchased without cost. The price paid flias been very great, great not only in the amount of money expended, but great aleo in the countless lives that have been sacrificed for it. Our forefathers waged almost ceaseless war for one hundred years to make themselves a nation. When the drumbeat for the Nation's bat-tia quarter of a century ago, no sacrifice was too great for our people to make. Wives gave their husbands; parents their sons that we might remain a Nation. Our plea was not for America's sake only, hut for the worlds sake. But not on flood and field alone have our builders expended their lives and their fortunes. In the school room, in the printing oillee, in the bank, in the pulpit, in hdil of legislature, on the platour countless heroe form, by the have given their best thoughts and hardest labor that lineriea might be in ti util the land of the free and the home of the brave. There are certain influences in history which have moulded the nations of the present age. Very few are aware that we are living in extraordinary time, and that each year that passes by is a great development to cur Nation, still fpwer tMnK that the centuiies to come can be affecred by the men cf this generation. But the old aying is a very true one that no generation one who its own place in has given ar.y thought to this subject will n t f.nsider it of trifling importance. But why should he; ha not a battle been won in a single flay on which the fate of empires bang? Well may w e In- surprised at the rapid growth of our country, when we took -, Lack to the time when there was no no manufacturing, no punting, no means of rapid traveling, no swift com mu between its distant p .rti, and comRate of our country then with it the pare firt-iid- appre-precirtt- es - coni-Hierci- advancement now. Nctuni mwonlerat the revelation. Me Lave all these advancements now, and the future promise many achieved in greater, AH of thse have the nineteenth century. hi- of tho ptie less treasures in oar .Nation's history is liberty. ivhc.'i we look back into the distant 1 e- -u - bear not oath sudden sviuud and Hovl; 1 is ot the wf and cot the roci Tia hut the Sapping cf the sail. And not a rent made by the gale, la spue uf rock and tewpeet soar, Fail on, nor fear to breast tee m, our hearts, our hofs-- s ar &U with thee, ur bearta, our Lqiee, oar prayer, ur tears. Our faith triumphant oer our fears. Are all with tto are all with thee. Haverhill, Ohio, and Jackson, Miss. It answers argument by the torch as in Michigan and Kansas, no principle is too sacred, no character too pure, no interest to high to stand in its way. Our homes, the sacred temples of liberty are invaded by this enemy. The issue is not on of choice. The gage of battle lias been flung down by this foe, and peace and security can be enjoyed only in total prohibition. MormonFni is not so great a danger to our country as it is a disgrace, It makes the people of the world wonder that such a hideous moral blight should appear in such etjighUned times, and in a country where people honor woman mol devotedly. Polygamy attract- - the public eye and make the countries point the finger of scorn towards Utah. It is this that prevents 'tah becoming a Slat. The only thing that can remove this shame is to enlighten the children by means of public eehools and the preaching of the gospel of Christ. Are these dangers sufficient to make ns deqnii of the future? 1 mans ia- -t hope on earth to cud in di appointment an 1 darkness? Me think not. Hur people have tlicmthe element of horn sty, truth, punty an 1 The cbrid may threaten hut the un will cattr them, y. iti our poet Longfellow may we hope tint clouds ani storm will afflict us but tcmpoianly, and with him may we exclaim: pat-iotA- m TIiou too, sail on. .'bip of tt.'io.1 Tuoa, strung and great! itiKnvHty, witii a!! AV'..ii all it hopes ot future rears, .'ad ol, L hanging bmiiiileiw on the fate! Vn know what master ia"i tny keei. What workman wrought Uy nbeof steel, rv bo made each mast, and sail and rope Ml, at minis srnig, what basemen beat, srid a wfcat a beat la what force, Mere i4i?pcT me aucaor ci tty hope. v. TWO URBCIOUS DOCUMENTS. It Is the pretended claim of the Mormon Church that her Priest hood alone has received divine authority to perform marriage ceremonies, and that the covenants en tered into and seahd hv this Priesthood are binding for time and eterSaint nity. A good Ialter-I)ay may thus have any number of wives sealed to him to be his pos sessions throughout eternity and nothing but apostaey can deprive him of his lawful ',) inheritance. The following is an exact copy of a certificate of consent from a certain lady to become the jlural wife of a pro m ine rt f M or n i onC h u re h dignitary. She was sealed to hint and became his pi nral wife, but out of respect to the relatives now living we leave out the names f the contracting parties. This document was made in 141 , at Kanesville iUovv Council Bluffs, land is another proof that polygamy was practised in those early days. -- Kanev!LLK, Feb. Dth, N.-- du wish to Tills is to certify that be sealed to X. s a companion both for time and eternity. M bother I live or whether I die this is my choice of my own free will. t 1,-- N. X.-a- -- n. Mitness: A. A. But the Mormons are very inconsistent in this sealing business. One would naturally think that if the marriage covenant was to be of eternal duration and moreover to be the very corner-sto- ne on which the various degrees of glory are depending then there would be no possibility of disolving this relation even if there should be more or less dissatisfaction in the household, but the frequency with which the diMarram Church grants vorces is a standing proof of the insincerity of the leaders and the outrageous fraud perpetrated on a credulous people. Brigham Young made quite a business of giving divorces and $10.(0 was a very potent-facto- r in dissolving the continuation o! the everlasting covenants in spite of the sealing, washing, greasing and blessings of the Endowment house all put together. The original of the following Certificate of divorce is m our possession, and is rather interesting. Know ali men by ibee Present: That w the iiuclt Joshua Ihn is anil Jietwy Jane Ikivis his wife, (before Dt marriage to him Bet('j Jane Brandon; do hereby mutually covemmt, aud agree to dissolve ail the relations winch have fnthei to existed between us as husband and wife, and ! keep ourselves separate and apart from each other, from this tune forth. In witness, we have hereunto el our hands at j. S. L. ( ity, t . T.. tins dav of Ft by. . b. INF.. lth BF-r-K- J.'surt In vi. JiMC luv Hermaik, r;eenee of ihMH Ma hlViTOtri. On the back this pmious document i tim very significant memorandum in red ink and Iu the handwiit'ng of aLnewd Daniel Mackintosh: Pig.ie i in il.e IS'!. iObuary, paid fii to It, Aouiig. Baluiice to be paid about confer ence. That memorandum solve mastery. A!.M" ami baliame conference. the Pielty good! 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