Biography and Family Record of Lorenzo Snow: One of the Twelve Apostles of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day SaintsSnow, Eliza R. (Eliza Roxey)
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Biography and Family Record of Lorenzo Snow: One of the Twelve Apostles of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Snow, Eliza R. (Eliza Roxey)
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints; Snow family; Snow, Lorenzo, 1814-1901
I testify before this assembly, as I have testified before the people
throughout the different States of the Union, and throughout England,
Ireland, Scotland, Wales, Italy, Switzerland and France, that God
Almighty, through my obedience to the Gospel of Jesus, has revealed to
me, tangibly, that this is the work of God--that this is His Gospel,
and that this is His kingdom which Daniel prophesied should be set up
in the last days. I prophesy that any man who will be humble before the
Lord--any man who will, with child-like simplicity, be baptized for
the remission of his sins, shall receive the Holy Ghost, which shall
lead him into all truth, and show him things to come: he shall receive
a knowledge from God that His kingdom has been established in these
latter days; and that it shall never be thrown down, or be left to
another people.
In saying this, I say no more than every man could say, and has said,
who had a dispensation of the Gospel. I would not have traveled over
the face of the earth, as I have for the last thirty-five years,
unless God had revealed this unto me. I have already said, nothing but
absolute duty ever prompted me to travel and preach this Gospel; but I
received a dispensation from the Most High, and I could say, and do say
now, as the Apostle Paul said: "I received not this Gospel from man,
but I received it by revelation from God." I say that any man who will
humble himself before God, and be immersed in water (after repentance)
for the remission of his sins, shall receive, through the laying on of
hands, the Holy Ghost. Can I give him this? No. I, as a messenger of
the Lord, to whom authority has been delegated, administer immersion
for the remission of sins--I simply immerse him in water, having
authority so to do. I simply lay my hands upon him for the reception
of the Holy Ghost; then God, from His holy presence, acknowledges my
authority--acknowledges that I am His messenger, and confers the Holy
Ghost upon the individual. This is the Gospel; this is what constitutes
a man a savior of life unto life, as Jesus told His disciples they were.
Talk about this kingdom being destroyed! Talk about, reason upon, lay
plans here and there, by the combined wisdom of governments, to destroy
the kingdom of God! Why, you might as well try to pluck the stars from
the firmament, or the moon and the sun from their orbits! It can never
be accomplished, for it is the work of the great I AM. I advise every
man who has a disposition to put forth his hand against this work to
hold on and consider. Take the advice of Gamaliel, the lawyer. Said he:
"If this is the work of God, ye can do nothing against it; if it is
not, it will come to nought."
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