"Mormon" Doctrine Plain and Simple; Or, Leaves from the Tree of LifePenrose, Charles W. (Charles William)
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"Mormon" Doctrine Plain and Simple; Or, Leaves from the Tree of Life
Penrose, Charles W. (Charles William)
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints -- Doctrines; Latter Day Saint churches -- Doctrines
Then came Elijah the Prophet, bearing the keys of the turning of the
hearts of the fathers to the children and of the children to the
fathers, that the link of the broken chain of the Priesthood through
the ages might be welded together, and the spirit world be known to
men in the flesh. Next came Moses, the man of God with the keys of the
gathering of Israel, that the remnants might be brought in from their
long dispersion and inherit the lands promised to their forefathers.
And Raphael and Gabriel and other holy messengers also appeared, each
in their order, bearing the keys of their respective ministries when
living as men upon the earth, that all the powers needful for the
establishment of the great and last dispensation of the fullness of
times might be centered upon the head of the man chosen to open it to
the world, and that he might bestow them upon others called and chosen
by the spirit of revelation.
Glory to God in the highest! The straight and narrow way is opened.
The silence of ages is broken. Jehovah speaks from out the bosom
of eternity. Angels again come down from the abodes of bliss.
Communication is restored between man and his Maker. The Holy Ghost
again comforts, reveals and bears witness. The sacred gifts are once
more enjoyed. All earth shall hear the glad tidings. Every soul shall
be warned. And though Joseph, the chosen seer, and many of his brethren
have become martyrs for the truth's sake, and the bosom of mother earth
is stained red with the blood of the persecuted Saints, the Church
re-established, the Priesthood restored, the truths now revealed shall
never, be taken from earth again, but they shall spread and increase
and prevail and triumph, until darkness and evil, and sin and Satan
shall give way, and this planet, ransomed and redeemed shall be crowned
with the glory and presence of its rightful King, Jesus the anointed,
the sinless Son of the omnipotent God.
EIGHTH LEAF.
Apparent Doom of the Majority of Mankind--No Salvation but by Jesus
Christ--Is the State of Man Fixed at Death?--The Common Belief
Incorrect--Preaching to the Dead--The Spirit Without the Body
Sentient--Nature of Paradise--All People to Hear the Gospel Either in
this Life or the Next.
One of the great difficulties in the way of inquiring minds, desirous
of understanding gospel truth, is the apparent doom of the great bulk
of the human family to perdition. The declaration is plainly and
positively made in the scriptures that there is no other name given
under heaven whereby man can be saved, but the name of Christ Jesus.
It is also proclaimed that "except a man be born of water and of the
Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God."
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
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