But here I must pause; my pen shall touch lightly, as it must feebly, that hallowed--that solemn and ever-memorable hour! The towering indignation; the holy and immutable principle of retribution for crime that dwells eternally in the bosom of God, insensibly impelled the right hand almost to draw the glittering sword, and feel the sharpness of the bayonet's point and its fixedness to the musket's mouth. But the well-planted principle of self-command, and also of observing the order of Heaven and the counsel of the Priesthood, soon returned the deadly steel to the scabbard; and the victorious triumph of loyalty to God, in committing evil-doers to Him that judgeth righteously, and who hath said, "Vengeance is mine, and I will repay," prevailed over the billows of passion; and in the transit of a fleeting moment the holy serenity of the soldiery, depicted by an occasional tear, showed to the angels and men that the tempest of passion was hushed, and wholly under the control of the spirit of wisdom and of God! _It is just as mean and contemptible in the eyes of angels and the Almighty, to go to law, and thereby wrong a fellow-being, as it is to steal his property._ --_Brigham Young_. {286} DOCTRINES OF THE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER-DAY SAINTS: ITS FAITH AND TEACHINGS. BY ELDER JOHN MORGAN. _"Search the Scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and they are they which testify of me."_--JOHN v. 39. _"To the law and to the testimony: if they speak not according to this word, it is because there is no light in them."_--ISAIAH VIII., 20. We believe in God the Eternal Father, and in His Son Jesus Christ, and in the Holy Ghost. We believe that men will be punished for their own sins, and not for Adam's transgression. We believe that, through the atonement of Christ, all mankind may be saved, by obedience to the laws and ordinances of the Gospel. We believe that to obtain salvation it is necessary to _obey_ the following principles of truth. FAITH. The principle of faith is the moving cause of all action. A man must have faith to believe that God will answer his prayers before he will offer them. It requires faith to accomplish any given work to which we set our hands. Noah had faith in the promise God made to him, while the world of mankind perished through their lack of faith. Faith caused Noah to act, while the unbelieving people of his day, who had not faith, derided and refused to accept his testimony, and the result was that Noah and his household were saved, while destruction overtook the unbelievers. Lot believed the word of the Lord and fled out of Sodom while the people stood still and perished. The same results follow the acceptance or rejection of the principle in all ages of the world.