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.
"So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God" (Rom. x., 17). "But without faith it is impossible to please Him: for he that cometh to God must believe that He is, and that He is a rewarder of them that diligently seek Him" (Heb. xi., 6). "For unto us was the Gospel preached, as well as unto then.: but the word preached did not profit them, not being mixed with faith in them that heard it" (Heb. iv., 2).