The Life of John Taylor: Third President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day SaintsRoberts, B. H. (Brigham Henry)
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The Life of John Taylor: Third President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints
Roberts, B. H. (Brigham Henry)
Latter Day Saint churches; Taylor, John, 1808-1887
1. "He that receiveth you not, go away from him alone by yourselves,
and cleanse your feet even with water, pure water, whether in heat or
in cold, and bear testimony of it unto your Father which is in heaven,
and return not again to that man." See Doc. and Cov. Sec. 84 and Sec.
61.
CHAPTER IX.
LABORS CONTINUED IN LIVERPOOL--MANNER OF MEETING
OPPOSITION--INTRODUCTION OF THE GOSPEL INTO IRELAND--A PROPHECY--FIRST
BAPTISM--VISIT TO SCOTLAND--LOVE OF THE SAINTS.
Elder Taylor continued calling upon ministers and other gentlemen
in Liverpool, bearing testimony to them of the restoration of the
gospel. For this purpose he called upon an aged Methodist minister who
accompanied Doctor Coke in some of his missionary tours, and who was
with him when he died.
The conversation with him was very pleasant, but he did not receive the
message of the gospel. He inquired if his visitor intended calling upon
all the ministers in the city, to which the Elder replied that it was
his determination to deliver the message he had been commissioned with;
he had called upon some ministers and intended to see others; and if
there was liberality enough among the Methodists or other denominations
to open their chapels, he would preach. To this the minister replied
that he thought the doctrines Elder Taylor had to advocate would not
agree with theirs, and that he would have to do as the venerable
founder of Methodism had done--go into the highways and the fields.
"But when Paul, the despised Christian, went into the synagogues of
the Jews, bigoted and fallen as they were," replied the Elder, "they
said to him and his companions, 'Brethren, if ye have any word of
exhortation for the people, say on."
"That is what I say," answered the Methodist, "say on."
"Yes," replied Elder Taylor, "but this is not in your synagogue, sir."
To this gentle hint he could only say that he thought the trustees
would not consent to it. In parting, he shook the Elder by the hand and
wished him God-speed.
Elder Taylor also called upon Mr. Radcliff, agent for the Bible Society
and superintendent of the School of Arts. In a conversation lasting
over of three hours, that gentleman made many admissions relative to
the condition of the religious world, which, when his visitor began to
make use of them to show the necessity of a re-opening of the heavens
and a restoration of the ancient gospel, he stopped alarmed, and
observed that "Mormonism led to tremendous conclusions!"
"I am aware that it does," quietly replied his visitor, "but the words
I have used are not mine, but the words of God."
There was present at this interview a Miss Brannan, from the Isle of
Man, who expressed a fear of Elder Taylor's religion; and who, as
the conversation drew to a close, ventured to censure him because he
condemned others.
"No, he does not," said Mr. Radcliff, "he only says they have been
wrong ignorantly, and that they have doubtless lived up to the best
light they had."
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