MORMONISM—CAN IT STAND INVESTIGATION? (Continued from Page 13) lesser of the two! If this were true, God would be an accessory to Adam’s fall because Adam had no other choice than to break one of these two com mandments. A JUST GOD? 10 . A. “And again, inasmuch as parents have children in Zion, or in any of her stakes which are organized, that teach them not to understand the doctrine of repentance, faith in Christ the Son of the living God, and
of baptism and the gift of the Holy Ghost by the laying on of hands, when eight years old, the sin be upon the heads of the parents. For this shall be a law unto the in habitants of Zion, or in any of her stakes which are organized. And their children shall be baptized for the remission of their sins when eight years old, and receive the lay B. “Listen to the words of Christ, your Redeemer, your Lord and your God. Behold, I came into the world not to call the righteous but sinners to re pentance; the whole need no physi cian, but they that are sick; where fore, little children are whole, for they are not capable of committing sin; wherefore the curse of Adam is taken from them in me, that it hath no power over them; and the law of circumcision is done away in me. And after this manner did the Holy Ghost manifest the word of God unto me; wherefore, my beloved son, I know that it is solemn mockery be fore God, that we should baptize lit tle children. Behold I say unto you that this thing shall ye teach^-re- pentance and baptism unto those who are accountable and capable of committing sin; yea, teach parents that they must repent and be bap tized . . . ” Book of Mormon, Moroni, chap. 8, verses 8, 9, 10 C o m m e n t : The prophet Mormon in this epistle concerning baptism, (Moroni, chapter 8) by the word of the Lord and power of the Holy Ghost (verse 7), states that repentance is unto them that are under condemnation and un der the curse of a broken law (verse 24), and that Christ came into the world not to call the righteous, but sin ners to repentance, and that little chil dren are whole and not capable of committing sin (verse 8) and the words of Christ are to teach repent ance and baptism unto those who are accountable and capable of committing sin: Yea, teach parents that they must repent and be baptized (verse 10). Who then should be baptized? A little child eight years old, or rather his parents? the child Jesus, the Father had be gotten him in his own likeness. He was not begotten by the Holy Ghost. And who is his Father? He is the first of the human family . . . ” (Ad am, see D & C, section 8i, verse 6). “Now, remember from this time forth, and forever, that Jesus Christ was not begotten by the Holy Ghost.” President and Prophet Brigham Young, Journal of Discourses, Vol. 1, pages 60, 51 (Continued on Page 15) T H E K I N G ' S B U S I N E S S ing on of the hands.” Doctrine and Covenants, Sec. 68, verses 25, 26, 27 11 . A. “ When the Virgin Mary conceived
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“ ¿Hama, C a n i p r a i j , F r o m th e w o o d s o f Maine, a d e v o t e d A.S.S.U. Missionary writes of rich blessing in a Daily Vacation Bible School. “ W e started in on the simplest Bible lessons, using the Bible constantly to get them familiar with it. The attendance grew to 28, and the interest was high, with almost perfect attendance. “ It was just after the lesson on ‘The Two Ways’ on the closing day, that the Lord so wonderfully honored His Word. The oldest girl was the first to offer up a faltering prayer that the Lord would forgive her sins, and make her a Christian. This set the tempo for the prayers that followed. Some could hardly wait for others. Once or twice we thought we were done, when another little voice would pipe up: “ Come into my heart, Lord Jesus, and make me a Christian.” The Superinten dent’s little daughter whispered to her: ‘Mama, can I pray, too?’ Her mother nodded, and she prayed, and her little sister followed. “ O f necessity, we tried to keep our eyes on one o f the most active boys in the school sitting on the front seat, to see what he was Up to next. W e saw his dark head bowed, his hands clasped, and heard him pray that the Lord would make him a Christian, too. It was such a joy to realize that twenty children, the entire class, had accepted the Lord as their personal Saviour and, when heads were lifted, we noted many a tear.”
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' To reach the promising youth of abandoned rural communi- ties, A . S. S. U. Missionaries minister to some 180,000 fam- ilies annually, conducting more than 3,000 Sunday Schools and 1,000 Daily Vacation Bible Schools. The total attendance in all Union Sunday Schools was around 125,000, and the annual harvest is rich — over 10,000 persons profess Christ each year, with over 1,000 churches of various denomina- tions growing in the last 25 years from U n io n S u n day Schools. Jesus said, “ The Kingdom of heaven is like un- to a merchantman seeking goodly pearls; who, when he had found one pearl of great price, went and sold all that he had, and bought it." (Matt. 13; 45, 46.)
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