Excerpt from The Latter-Day Saints' Millennial Star, Vol. 96: December 13, 1934 I have been asked hundreds. If not thousands of times, what difference there is between the belief of the Latter-day Saints and that of most of the Christian denominations as to the ulti mate salvation of the peoples of this world. I have answered briefly that the Latter-day Saints teach that salvation is for all people - of all ages, of all races, of all colours - all people who can be saved. The revelation to Joseph Smith is that ...
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Excerpt from The Latter-Day Saints' Millennial Star, Vol. 96: December 13, 1934 I have been asked hundreds. If not thousands of times, what difference there is between the belief of the Latter-day Saints and that of most of the Christian denominations as to the ulti mate salvation of the peoples of this world. I have answered briefly that the Latter-day Saints teach that salvation is for all people - of all ages, of all races, of all colours - all people who can be saved. The revelation to Joseph Smith is that salvation is to come to all, and that none will be lost who can possibly be redeemed - that the plan of salvation is as broad as the fall of man. Our first parents broke a divine command, and through their disobedience death came into the world - while on the other hand, through the atonement and obedience of Christ, life and salva tion will ultimately come to all the family of Adam. As in Adam all die, so in Christ shall all be made alive. WE also testify that in the nineteenth century our Heavenly Father was pleased to open the heavens once more and send His Son, Jesus Christ, our Redeemer, with a divine message, conforming in every respect to the teachings of this same Christ while in mortality. We know that angels have been sent from the Father declaring truths that would assure salvation for all who receive and obey them. I recognize that the ordinary person hesitates a long time before he considers it worth while to consider such a declaration. And he can never become con vinced until, through faith and prayer, a testimony from an unerring source is received by him. We declare that angels have come down from heaven, bringing light and truth for the salvation of all the human family, and a message to be pro claimed to every nation, kindred, tongue and people. How well this obligation on our part has been carried forward God knows est. The greatest religious teacher among men was Jesus, the Nazarene. III His personality God was made manifest in the flesh. He revealed Deity to humanity. He showed that God was in reality the Father of the spirits of men. He proclaimed that He was in the beginning with God - that He came forth from God, and would return to God and that all mankind were His brethren, made in the image of God, and part of His eternal family. This presents God as actually and literally Our Father which art in heaven. It takes away the mystery with which false faiths have enveloped the Supreme Being - beclouding the minds of men and making God utterly incomprehensible. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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