"And ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost" (Acts ii. 38). "But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he will teach you all things" (John xiv. 26). "Then laid they their hands on them, and they received the Holy Ghost. And when Simon saw that when through laying on of the Apostles' hands the Holy Ghost was given" (Acts viii. 17, 18). "And when Paul had laid his hands upon them, the Holy Ghost came on them" (Acts xix. 6). "Therefore, leaving the principles of the doctrine of Christ, let us go on unto perfection; not laying again the foundation of repentance from dead works, and of faith towards God. Of the doctrine of baptism, and of laying on of hands" (Heb. vi. 2).
ORGANIZATION.
"Now therefore ye (the Saints) are no more strangers and foreigners, but fellow-citizens with the Saints, and of the household of God; and are built upon the foundation of the Apostles and Prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief corner stone" (Eph. ii. 20).
"And he gave some, apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers; for the perfecting of the Saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ; till we all come in the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God" (Eph. iv. 11-13).
"Now ye are the body of Christ, and members in particular. And God hath set some in the Church, first apostles, secondarily prophets, thirdly teachers, after that miracles, then gifts of healings, helps, governments, diversities of tongues" (I Cor. xii. 27, 28).
"And no man taketh this honor unto himself, but he that is called God, as was Aaron: so also Christ glorified not Himself to be an high priest; but he that said unto Him, Thou art my Son, to-day have I begotten thee" (Heb. v. 4, 5).
"Wherefore, holy brethren, partakers of the heavenly calling, consider the Apostle and High Priest of our profession, Christ Jesus" (Heb. iii. 1).
WE BELIEVE IN CONTINUOUS REVELATIONS FROM GOD.
"If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally" (James i. 5, 6). No man knoweth the Father but by revelation from the Son (Luke x. 22). "Where there is no vision, the people perish" (Prov. xxix. 18). "Surely the Lord will do nothing, but he revealeth his secret unto his servants the prophets" (Amos iii. 7).
We believe it is essential to salvation to
OBEY THE DOCTRINE OF CHRIST.
"Being made perfect, He became the author of eternal salvation unto all them that obey Him" (Heb. v. ix).
"Hath the Lord as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices as in obeying the voice of the Lord? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to hearken than the fat of rams. For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft and stubbornness is as iniquity and idolatry" (I Sam. xv. 22).
"And to you who are troubled, rest with us, when the Lord Jesus shall be revealed from heaven with his mighty angels, in flaming fire taking vengeance on them that know not God, and that obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ; who shall be punished with everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord, and from the glory of His power" (II Thess. i. 7-9).
"If we walk in the light as He (God) is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin" (I John i. 7).
"And every man that hath this hope in him purifieth himself, even as he is pure" (I John iii. 3).
"Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of the sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful. But his delight is in the law of the Lord: and in His law doth he meditate day and night" (Psalm i. 1, 2).
When John, the Revelator, was upon the Isle of Patmos the Lord revealed the principal events that were to happen upon this earth before His second coming. It was "The revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave to him, to show unto His servants things which must shortly come to pass; and He sent and signified it by His angel unto His servant John" (Rev. i. 1). After showing him the apostasy of the primitive church, and the rise of false systems (Rev xxii. and xxiii.) and the fear of God being taught by the precepts of men, as foretold by Isaiah (xxix. 13, 14), he showed him the restoration of the gospel. He said, "and I saw another angel fly in the midst of heaven, having the everlasting gospel to preach to them that dwell upon the earth, and to every nation, and kindred, and tongue, and people, saying with a loud voice, Fear, God, and give glory to him; for the hour of his judgment is come: and worship Him that made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and the fountains of water."
Daniel declared that "in the last days, the God of heaven would set up a kingdom that should never be destroyed" (Dan. ii. 44). Isaiah (ii. 2, 3) and Micah (iv. 1, 2) have both declared that in the last days, the mountain of the Lord's house should be established in the tops of the mountains, and many should say, let us go up to the house of the God of Jacob, that they might learn of His ways and walk in His paths. It is the testimony of the thousands of Latter-day Saints, gathered to the mountains, that God has restored to the earth the everlasting gospel; that angels have visited the earth, restoring the Holy Priesthood; that Joseph Smith the Prophet-martyr of the nineteenth century, was the man honored of God, with others, to usher in the dispensation of the fullness of times and the restitution of all things, in fulfillment of the prophets.