was true or false. And it has been
precisely in the same way that the
names of Joseph Smith and Brig-
ham Young have been had for evil
by the masses of this enlightened
age. The Savior said of those that
rejected him, that he was hated by
them because he testified of their
works, which were evil. And so
verily it might be said of those who
decry against the men who, in this
respect have not been more favored
than their Master. Through them
light has dawned upon the world,
and because men choose darkness
rather than light, their deeds being
evil, they find their opposite in
"Mormonism," and in all those who
faithfully adhere to it and advocate
it.

Through this boy, inexperienced
and unlearned as he was, the Lord
organized this Church on the 6th
day of April, 18[3]0, with only six
members; and it can be said of him
as of no other man in Christendom,
that he was the instrument in the
hands of God of presenting to the
world a system of religion, a Church
organization complete with all the
keys and powers of the Holy Priest-
hood, and that through him has
been imparted to the religious world
more light and knowledge than all
the professors of religion combined,
with all their boasted intelligence
and learning. And when he pub-
lished to the world this new yet old
doctrine, even the everlasting Gos-
pel, it was found to agree precisely
with that taught by the Savior, and
the Church organization was after
the same pattern as the one insti-
tuted by Him, although the Gospel
had not been preached since it was
driven away from the earth by the
iron hand of persecution. One of
the peculiar features in the faith of
the Latter-day Saints is that we be-
lieve there is but one Gospel, that
there never has been nor never will be
any other, and that that Gospel never
changes from one generation to ano-
ther, and that it consists of the sim-
ple principles taught by the Savior
and contained in the New Testament,
which principles never deviate one
from another. The first was faith
in the Lord Jesus Christ; the se-
cond was baptism in water by im-
mersion for the remission of sins,
and then the laying on of hands for
the reception of the Holy Ghost;
and this was the kind of doctrine
taught by Christ and his Apostles,
and this was the doctrine that Jo-
seph Smith preached. In doing so
he stood alone in the world, and he
had to meet the traditions of eighteen
hundred years, traditions which had
been handed down from generation
to generation, which were entirely
opposed to the doctrine which the
Lord had revealed to him, and which
he was commanded to preach. You
and I were taught from our youth
that there was no such thing as new
revelation, it was all done away;
and this same tradition is being im-
bibed by the youth of Christendom
to the present time. Ask the min-
isters, the men to whom people look
as their spiritual guides, why they do
not enjoy the gifts and graces and the
light of revelation from heaven, and
what is the universal reply? It is
in substance, "Oh, these things are
all done away, they are no longer
needed; it was necessary that they
should exist in the dark ages of the
world but not in these days of the
blaze of Gospel light." Whenever
God had a Church upon the earth-
these gifts were enjoyed by the peo-
ple. The sick were healed of their
sickness, the lame were made to walk,
the blind to see, the dumb to speak,
etc., through the administrations
of those among them who held the
Priesthood, which authorizes men

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was true or false. And it has been precisely in the same way that the names of Joseph Smith and Brigham Young have been had for evil by the masses of this enlightened age. The Savior said of those that rejected him, that he was hated by them because he testified of their works, which were evil. And so verily it might be said of those who decry against the men who, in this respect have not been more favored than their Master. Through them light has dawned upon the world, and because men choose darkness rather than light, their deeds being evil, they find their opposite in "Mormonism," and in all those who faithfully adhere to it and advocate it.

Through this boy, inexperienced and unlearned as he was, the Lord organized this Church on the 6th day of April, 1830, with only six members; and it can be said of him as of no other man in Christendom, that he was the instrument in the hands of God of presenting to the world a system of religion, a Church organization complete with all the keys and powers of the Holy Priesthood, and that through him has been imparted to the religious world more light and knowledge than all the professors of religion combined, with all their boasted intelligence and learning. And when he published to the world this new yet old doctrine, even the everlasting Gospel, it was found to agree precisely with that taught by the Savior, and the Church organization was after the same pattern as the one instituted by Him, although the Gospel had not been preached since it was driven away from the earth by the iron hand of persecution. One of the peculiar features in the faith of the Latter-day Saints is that we believe there is but one Gospel, that there never has been nor never will be any other, and that that Gospel never changes from one generation to another, and that it consists of the simple principles taught by the Savior and contained in the New Testament, which principles never deviate one from another. The first was faith in the Lord Jesus Christ; the second was baptism in water by immersion for the remission of sins, and then the laying on of hands for the reception of the Holy Ghost; and this was the kind of doctrine taught by Christ and his Apostles, and this was the doctrine that Joseph Smith preached. In doing so he stood alone in the world, and he had to meet the traditions of eighteen hundred years, traditions which had been handed down from generation to generation, which were entirely opposed to the doctrine which the Lord had revealed to him, and which he was commanded to preach. You and I were taught from our youth that there was no such thing as new revelation, it was all done away; and this same tradition is being imbibed by the youth of Christendom to the present time. Ask the ministers, the men to whom people look as their spiritual guides, why they do not enjoy the gifts and graces and the light of revelation from heaven, and what is the universal reply? It is in substance, "Oh, these things are all done away, they are no longer needed; it was necessary that they should exist in the dark ages of the world but not in these days of the blaze of Gospel light." Whenever God had a Church upon the earth, these gifts were enjoyed by the people. The sick were healed of their sickness, the lame were made to walk, the blind to see, the dumb to speak, etc., through the administrations of those among them who held the Priesthood, which authorizes men

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