,the ,kingdom of ,god    ,part #a4    99
 99 99 99    ,,by ,,orson ,,pratt       
,,one ,,of ,,the ,,twelve ,,apostles    
,,of ,,the ,,church ,,of ,,jesus        
,,christ ,,of ,,latter-,,day ,,saints   
99 99 99 99    ,the kingdom of ,god is  
an order of government established by   
divine  authority4 ,it is the only legal
 government that can exist in any part  
of the universe4 ,all other governments 
are illegal and unauthorized4  ,god1    
having made all beings and worlds1 has  
the supreme right to govern  them by his
 own laws1 and by officers of his own   
appointment4 ,any  people attempting to 
govern themselves by laws of their own  
making1 and  by officers of their own   
appointment1 are in direct rebellion    
against  the kingdom of ,god4 ,the      
antediluvians were overthrown by a      
flood1  because they rejected the       
government of the ,almighty1 and        
instituted  their own governments in its
 stead4 ,noah and his family were the   
only  loyal and obedient subjects to the

 legal power3 they alone were saved4    
,the universal desolation and utter     
abolishment of all the unauthorized     
man-made governments of the old world1  
should have been an everlasting  warning
 to all future generations to avoid the 
same rebellion1 and to  establish no    
governments on the earth of human       
origin4 ,but1 alas6 the  posterity of   
,noah soon revolted from the only legal1
 rightful power1  and set up for        
themselves forms of governments of their
 own inventions4  ,the rebellion soon   
became so general1 that all the         
inhabitants of the  earth1 except       
,melchizedek1 ,abraham1 ,lot1 and a very
 few others1 engaged  themselves in it1 
supporting and upholding kings and other
 officers in  their usurped authority1  
and suffering themselves to be governed 
by  human laws1 instead of revealed laws
 from ,god4 ,from that time until the   
present1 empires1 kingdoms1             
principalities1 republics1 and numerous 
other corrupt1 illegal1 unauthorized    

powers1 have multiplied themselves  in  
the four quarters of the globe4 ,at     
various times1 during the last  four    
thousand years1 ,god has asserted his   
rights1 and endeavoured to  establish   
his own authority1 his own laws1 and his
 own government among  the children of  
men4 ,but so great was the opposition   
manifested by  those illegal1 rebellious
 powers1 that his government while on   
earth  was exceedingly limited in       
numbers4 ,the vast majority of mankind  
made  war against it--overcame1 killed1 
and destroyed its officers and loyal    
subjects1 until not a vestige of it was 
left remaining on the earth4  ,for      
seventeen hundred years the nations upon
 the eastern hemisphere  have been      
entirely destitute of the kingdom of    
,god--entirely  destitute of a true and 
legal government--entirely destitute of 
officers legally authorized to rule and 
govern4 ,all the emperors1  kings1      
princes1 presidents1 lords1 nobles1 and 
rulers1 during that long  night of      

darkness1 have acted without authority4 
,not one of them was  called or anointed
 a king or a prince by the ,god of      
heaven--not one of  them received his   
office or appointment by him--not one of
 them has  received revelations or laws 
from him--not one of them has received  
any  communication whatsoever from the  
rightful sovereign1 the ,great ,king4   
,their authority is all assumed--it     
originated in man4 ,their laws are  not 
from the ,great ,lawgiver1 but the      
productions of their own false          
governments4 ,their very foundations    
were laid in rebellion1 and the  whole  
superstructure1 from first to last1 is a
 heterogeneous mass of  discordant      
elements1 in direct opposition to the   
kingdom of ,god1 which  is the only true
 government which should be recognized  
on earth or in  heaven4    ,the kingdom 
of ,god is a theocracy4 ,and as it is   
the only form of  government which will 
redeem and save mankind1 it is necessary
 that  every soul should be rightly and 

thoroughly instructed in regard to its  
nature and general characteristics4 ,the
 beauty1 glory1 power1 wisdom1  and     
order of the kingdom of ,god may be more
 fully understood by a  careful         
examination of the following subjects4  
,first4--,the nature and character of   
the ,king4    ,second4--,the character  
and requisite qualifications of the     
subordinate  officers4    ,third4--,the 
nature and character of the laws of     
adoption1 or the  invariable rule by    
which aliens are admitted into the      
kingdom as  citizens4    ,fourth4--,the 
nature and character of the laws given  
for the government  of all adopted      
citizens4    ,fifth4--,the character1   
disposition1 and qualifications         
necessary for  every citizen to possess4
    ,sixth4--,the rights1 privileges1   
and blessings enjoyed by the subjects   
in this life4    ,seventh4--,the rights1
 privileges1 and blessings promised to  
the  faithful1 obedient subjects in a   
future life4    ,dear reader1 your      

future well-being in all time to come1  
depends upon  your rightly understanding
 these seven subjects4 ,read1 therefore1
 with  serious attention1 and your mind 
shall be opened to see things that you  
never saw before2 things too of infinite
 importance1 without which you  can in  
no wise be saved4 ,let us begin by      
examining--    ,first4--,the nature and 
character of the ,king4 ,god is the     
,king4 ,in  him exists all legal        
authority4 ,he alone has the right of   
originating  a system of government on  
the earth4 ,he claims this right by     
virtue  of his having made man and the  
earth he inhabits4 ,man1 therefore1 is  
indebted to ,god for his own formation  
and for the formation of the  planet on 
which he dwells4 ,he also claims the    
right of establishing his  government   
among men1 by virtue of his superior    
wisdom and power4 ,if  ,god had         
sufficient wisdom and power to construct
 such a beautiful world  as this1 with  
all the infinite varieties of vegetables

 and animals  appended to it2 if he     
could form such an intricate and        
complicated  piece of machinery as the  
human tabernacle as a dwelling-place for
  the human spirit1 then we must admit  
that his wisdom and power are           
immeasurably greater than that of man1  
and hence he is qualified to  reign as  
king4 ,an order of government1          
established by such an all-wise1        
powerful being1 must be good and        
perfect1 and must be calculated to      
promote the permanent peace1 happiness1 
and well-being of all his  subjects4    
,the ,great ,king is a very amiable     
being1 full of benevolence  and         
goodness1 and never turns any person    
away empty1 that comes  requesting a    
favor which he sees would be for his    
benefit4    ,the ,king occasionally     
visited his subjects in ancient times1  
and once  tarried with them for several 
years2 but he received such cruel abuse 
from many of the people that he left    
them1 and went to some other part  of   

his dominions4 ,where the ,king is gone 
the people cannot tell4 ,they  have not 
heard one word from him for upwards of  
seventeen hundred  years4 ,he has been  
absent so long1 that some of the people 
have doubted  even his existence4 ,they 
have argued that if he did exist1 that  
some  one would very likely have heard  
something from him in the course  of so 
many centuries4 ,many millions however  
have some idea that he  exists1 and are 
constantly sending all kinds of         
petitions to him2 but  for some reason  
he sends no word back4 ,no messengers   
are dispatched  to the petitioners to   
give them any counsel upon any subject4 
,it has  become a very popular thing to 
send daily petitions to the ,king1 and  
to  appropriate one day out of seven for
 the especial purpose of sending in     
their petitions4 ,the same petitions are
 frequently sent a great number  of     
times4 ,it is very unpopular however for
 any one to expect the ,king  to make   
any reply to any petitions sent in4 ,any

 one pretending to have  received a     
reply would be counted a base impostor2 
for1 say they1 the  ,king has spoken to 
no one for the last seventeen hundred   
years2 no one  has heard from him since 
he conversed with his servant ,john on  
the ,isle  of ,patmos4 ,the ,king       
conversed very freely with his subjects 
in the  early and middle ages2 and some 
think it very strange that he has been  
silent so long4 ,they have expended     
millions in building many costly and    
magnificent churches in honor of his    
name2 but yet he has not deigned  to    
grace one of them with a visit1 neither 
has he condescended to send  any tidings
 to them by a messenger or otherwise4   
,he has not informed  them whether he   
was pleased or displeased with their    
splendid edifices4  ,his profound       
silence for so many centuries has caused
 many to think  that he was1 for some   
reason1 very angry with the people2 yet 
they  could not see why he should be    
angry when the people were doing so much

  to honor him--when they were expending
 millions to hire learned men to  preach
 and write in such an eloquent manner   
about him4    ,reader1 can you tell why 
the ,king should be so distant8 ,why he 
holds no  communication with any of the 
people8 ,why he has not sent one        
sentence  of consolation or counsel to  
them8 ,why he has suffered some fifteen 
thousand millions of the human race to  
fall into their graves1 in the  latter  
ages1 without condescending to speak one
 word to any of them8  ,there must be   
some cause for all this4 ,there must be 
something wrong4  ,the ,king never      
formerly served his people in this      
manner2 and when he  went away1 he left 
word that if any of his people lacked   
wisdom or  knowledge on any subject1    
they should send in their petition to   
him1  and he would liberally send them  
the requisite information4    ,i will   
now tell you the reason why the ,king   
has kept silence so long4  ,it is       
because he has had no subjects to       

converse with2 all have turned  away    
from him and advocated other governments
 as being the rightful  and legal       
authority4 ,they killed off and utterly 
destroyed every  true subject of his    
kingdom1 and left not a vestige of it   
upon the  earth2 and1 to add to their   
guilt and wickedness1 they have         
introduced  idolatry in its worst forms1
 and utterly turned away from the true  
and  living ,god4 ,they have introduced 
a ,god without ,,body1 ,,parts or       
,,passions4 ,they have had the audacity 
to call this newly-invented god  by the 
same name as the ,god of the ancient    
,saints1 although there  is not the     
least resemblance between them4 ,indeed 
there could be no  resemblance between  
them2 for a bodiless god1 without parts 
or  passions1 could resemble nothing in 
heaven1 on earth1 or in hell4  ,this    
imaginary modern god has become         
exceedingly popular4 ,it is to him  that
 a vast number of churches have been    
erected4 ,it is not to the  true and    

living ,god that they send forth        
petitions1 but it is to this  imaginary 
being4 ,no wonder that they have        
received no communication  from him6 no 
wonder he has not honored them with a   
visit4 ,as he has no  ,,parts1 he could 
neither be felt nor seen if he should   
visit them4  ,such a being could not    
speak1 for he has no parts to speak     
with4    ,there have been various       
species of idolatry in different ages of
 the  world4 ,the sun1 moon1 stars1     
beasts1 crocodiles1 frightful serpents1 
images of wood1 of stone1 and of brass1 
have been erected into gods1  and       
worshipped by innumerable multitudes4   
,but the system of idolatry1  invented  
by modern christianity1 far surpasses in
 absurdity anything  that we have ever  
heard of4 ,one of the celebrated        
worshippers of  this newly-discovered   
god1 in his ,physical ,theory of        
,another ,life1  says1 ,a disembodied   
spirit1 or1 we should rather say1 an    
unembodied  spirit1 or sheer mind1 is   

,,no ,,where4 ,place is a relation      
belonging to  extension2 and extension  
is a property of matter3 but that which 
is  wholly abstracted from matter1 and  
in speaking of which we deny that it    
has any property in common therewith1   
can in itself be subject to none  of its
 conditions2 and we might as well say of
 a pure spirit that it  is hard1 heavy1 
or red1 or that it is a cubic foot in   
dimensions1 as  say that it is here or  
there4 ,it is only in a popular and     
improper  sense that any such           
affirmation is made concerning the      
,infinite ,spirit1  or that we speak of 
,god as every where present4 ,god is in 
every place  in a sense1 altogether     
incomprehensible by finite minds1       
inasmuch  as his relation to space and  
extension is peculiar to infinitude4    
,using the terms as we use them of      
ourselves1 ,god is not here or  there1  
any more than he exists now and then4   
,this species of  idolatry1 according to
 the foregoing quotations1 approaches so

 near  to ,atheism1 that no one can tell
 the difference4 ,reader1 can you see   
the difference8 ,a god without a body6  
,a god without parts6 ,a  god that      
cannot be here or there6 ,a god that is 
,,no ,,where6 ,a  god that cannot exist 
,,now and ,,then6 ,a god that exists in 
,,no ,,time6 ,a  god that has no        
extension--no parts--no conceivable     
relation to  time or space6 ,o1 blush   
for modern christianity6--a pious name  
for  ,atheism6 ,some perhaps may think  
that ,i have not sufficient charity4    
,but why should ,i have charity for a   
god that has no parts--no  relation to  
space8 ,let him first have charity for  
himself4 ,but this  would be impossible2
 for he is a god without passions4 ,he  
can have  no charity nor love for       
himself nor any one else4 ,there is no  
danger  of offending him2 for a         
passionless god is not capable of anger4
 ,one  of the persons of this imaginary 
god is said to have been crucified4     
,but this must be a sad mistake2 for it 

would be impossible to crucify a        
portion of something that had no parts4 
,the reason1 then1 why the  people have 
not received any word from the ,great   
,king1 is because they  have petitioned 
the wrong god4 ,would you expect her    
majesty1 the queen  of ,england1 to     
answer your petition if it were directed
 to some ,african  prince8 ,would you   
expect the ,god of heaven to answer a   
petition that  was addressed to a       
,hindoo god8 ,if1 then1 your petitions  
are addressed  to the bodiless1         
passionless god of modern christianity1 
you must not  be surprised if the true  
,god does not pay any attention to it4  
,you need  not expect that the true ,god
 will make any reply to petitions       
offered  to any other being4    ,the    
true ,god exists both in time and in    
space1 and has as much relation  to them
 as man or any other being4 ,he has     
extension1 and form1 and  dimensions1 as
 well as man4 ,he occupies space2 has a 
body1 parts1 and  passions2 can go from 

place to place--can eat1 drink1 and     
talk1 as  well as man4 ,man resembles   
him in the features and form of his     
body1  and he does not differ materially
 in size4 ,when he has been seen among  
men1 he has been pronounced1 even by the
 wicked1 as one of their own  species4  
,so much did he look like man1 that some
 supposed him to be the  carpenter's    
son4 ,like man1 ,he had a ,father2 and  
he was the express  image of the person 
of the ,father4 ,the two persons were as
 much alike  in form1 in size1 and in   
every other respect as fathers and sons 
are  of the human race2 indeed1 the     
human race are his offspring1 made  in  
his likeness and image1 not after his   
moral image1 but after the  image of his
 person4 ,there is no such thing as     
moral image4 ,such an  image cannot     
exist4 ,morality is a property of some  
being or substance4  ,a property without
 a substance or being to which it       
appertains is  inconceivable4 ,a        
property can never have figure1 shape1  

or image of any  kind4 ,hence1 a moral  
image never had an existence except in  
the brains  of modern idolators4    ,the
 ,godhead consists of the ,father1 the  
,son1 and the ,holy ,spirit4 ,the       
,father is a material being4 ,the       
substance of which he is composed is    
wholly material4 ,it is a substance     
widely different in some respects  from 
the various substances with which we are
 more immediately  acquainted4 ,in other
 respects it is precisely like all other
 materials4  ,the substance of his      
person occupies space the same as other 
matter4  ,it has solidity1 length1      
breadth1 and thickness1 like all other  
matter4 ,the elementary materials of his
 body are not susceptible of  occupying1
 at the same time1 the same identical   
space with other  matter4 ,the substance
 of his person1 like other matter1      
cannot be in  two places at the same    
instant4 ,it also requires time for him 
to  transport himself from place to     
place4 ,it matters not how great the    

velocity of his movements1 time is an   
essential ingredient to all  motion1    
whether rapid or slow4 ,it differs from 
other matter in the  superiority of its 
powers1 being intelligent1 all-wise1 and
 possessing  the power of self-motion to
 a far greater extent than the coarser  
materials of nature4 ,god is a spirit4  
,but that does not make him  an         
immaterial being--a being that has no   
properties in common with  matter4 ,the 
expression an immaterial being1 is a    
contradiction  in terms4 ,immateriality 
is only another name for nothing4 ,it is
 the  negative of all existence4 ,a     
spirit is as much matter as oxygen  or  
hydrogen4 ,it has many properties in    
common with all other matter4  ,chemists
 have discovered between fifty and sixty
 kinds of matter2 and  each kind has    
some properties in common with all other
 matter1 and some  properties peculiar  
to itself which the others do not       
inherit4 ,now1  no chemist1 in          
classifying his substances1 would       

presume to say1 ,this  substance is     
material1 but that one is immaterial1   
because it differs  in some respects    
from the first4 ,he would call them all 
material1  though they in some respect  
differed widely4 ,so the substance      
called  spirit is material1 though it   
differs in a remarkable degree from     
other substances4 ,it is only the       
addition of another element of a more   
powerful nature than any yet discovered4
 ,he is not a being without  parts1 as  
modern idolators teach2 for every whole 
is made up of  parts4 ,the whole person 
of the ,father consists of innumerable  
parts2  and each part is so situated as 
to bear certain relations of distance   
to every other part4 ,there must also   
be1 to a certain degree1 a freedom  of  
motion among these parts1 which is an   
essential condition of the  movement of 
his limbs1 without which he could only  
move as a whole4    ,all the foregoing  
statements in relation to the person of 
the ,father1  are equally applicable to 

the person of the ,son4    ,the ,holy   
,spirit being one part of the ,godhead1 
is also a material  substance1 of the   
same nature and properties in many      
respects1 as  the spirits of the ,father
 and ,son4 ,it exists in vast           
immeasurable  quantities in connexion   
with all material worlds4 ,this is      
called ,god  in the scriptures1 as well 
as the ,father and ,son4 ,god the       
,father  and ,god the ,son cannot be    
everywhere present2 indeed they cannot  
be  even in two places at the same      
instant2 but ,god the ,holy ,spirit is  
omnipresent--it extends through all     
space1 intermingling with all other     
matter1 yet no one atom of the ,holy    
,spirit can be in two places at  the    
same instant1 which in all cases is an  
absolute impossibility4 ,it  must exist 
in inexhaustible quantities1 which is   
the only possible way  for any substance
 to be omnipresent4 ,all the innumerable
 phenomena of  universal nature are     
produced in their origin by the actual  

presence  of this intelligent1 all-wise1
 and all-powerful material substance    
called the ,holy ,spirit4 ,it is the    
most active matter in the universe1     
producing all its operations according  
to fixed definite laws enacted  by      
itself1 in conjunction with the ,father 
and ,son4 ,what are called  the laws of 
nature are nothing more nor less than   
the fixed method by  which this         
spiritual matter operates4 ,each atom of
 the ,holy ,spirit is  intelligent1 and 
like all other matter has solidity1     
form1 and size1  and occupies space4    
,two atoms of this ,spirit cannot occupy
 the same  space at the same time1      
neither can one atom1 as before stated1 
occupy  two separate spaces1 at the same
 time4 ,in all these respects it does   
not differ in the least from all other  
matter4 ,its distinguishing             
characteristics from other matter are   
its almighty powers and infinite        
wisdom1 and many other glorious         
attributes which other materials do not 

possess4 ,if several of the atoms of    
this ,spirit should unite themselves    
together into the form of a person1 then
 this person of the ,holy ,spirit  would
 be subject to the same necessity as the
 two other persons of  the ,godhead1    
that is1 it could not be everywhere     
present4 ,no finite  number of atoms can
 be omnipresent2 an infinite number of  
atoms is  requisite to be everywhere in 
infinite space4 ,two persons receiving  
the gift of the ,holy ,spirit1 do not   
each receive at the same time the  same 
identical particles1 though they each   
receive a substance exactly  similar in 
kind4 ,it would be as impossible for    
each to receive the same  identical     
atoms at the same instant1 as it would  
be for two men at the  same time to     
drink the same identical pint of water4 
,it is these three  all-powerful        
substances that stand at the head of all
 legal government4  ,all governments not
 established by these three will be ere 
long  overthrown4 ,they hold the supreme

 authority and power in heaven1 and  in 
the heaven of heavens1 and throughout   
the wide expanse of universal  nature4  
,all principalities1 powers1 and        
kingdoms1 whether in heaven or  on      
earth1 must yield to be instructed and  
controlled by the supreme  power1 or    
they cannot stand4    ,second4--,the    
character and requisite qualifications  
of the subordinate  officers in the     
kingdom of ,god are now to be           
considered4 ,as the  persons of the     
,father and ,son cannot be every where  
present1 it  is therefore impossible for
 them to attend in person to all the    
multiplied affairs of government among  
intelligent beings2 therefore1  ,god1 in
 establishing a government among such   
beings1 has always called  persons of   
their own number to officiate in his    
name4 ,the character  of these persons1 
previously to their calling and         
appointment1 has  generally been that of
 honesty and sincerity2 otherwise they  
have not  differed materially from other

 men4    ,the various officers1 called  
of ,god to administer the affairs of his
  government1 are apostles1 prophets1   
bishops1 evangelists1 elders1  pastors1 
teachers1 and deacons4 ,god has only one
 way of calling these  different        
officers1 and that is by new revelation4
 ,no person was  ever authorized to act 
in the name of the ,lord1 unless called 
by new  revelation4 ,paul says 7,heb4 v4
 #d ch4 #e71 ,no man taketh this  honour
 unto himself1 but he that is called of 
,god as was ,aaron4  ,among the vast    
number of national governments now upon 
the earth1  where is there one that even
 professes to be the kingdom of ,god1 or
  that its officers were called of ,god 
as was ,aaron8 ,human authority and     
human calling are the only powers which 
any nation professes to have4  ,but     
there are certain petty governments1    
called churches1 organized  within these
 national governments1 which claim      
divine authority1 and  consider their   
officers authorized to act in the name  

of the ,lord4  ,but the great question  
is1 ,have any of them been called as    
,aaron was8  ,by new revelation ,aaron  
was called4 ,by new revelation the      
duties  of his calling were made known4 
,have any of the ,roman ,catholic or    
,protestant officers been called by new 
revelation8 ,has ,god said one  word to 
any of them8 ,do they not1 with very few
 exceptions1 declare  that ,there is no 
later revelation than the ,new          
,testament8 ,if the  revelations        
contained in the ,new ,testament are the
 last ones given1  then the persons to  
whom they were given1 were the last ones
 called  of ,god4 ,when new revelation  
ceases to be given1 officers cease to   
be called of ,god4 ,when the calling of 
officers cease1 the kingdom of  ,god    
ceases to be perpetuated upon the earth4
 ,nothing is more certain  than that the
 church of ,god ceased to exist on the  
earth when new  revelation ceased to be 
given4 ,all the modern christian        
churches1  who deny new revelation1 have

 no more authority to preach1 baptize1  
or administer any other ordinance of the
 gospel than the idolatrous  ,hindoos   
have2 indeed all their administrations  
are worse than in  vain--they are a     
solemn mockery in the sight of ,god4 ,it
 is a grievous  sin in the sight of ,god
 for any man to presume to baptize1     
unless ,god  has authorized him by new  
revelation to baptize in his name4      
,saul1 the  king of ,israel1 lost his   
kingdom because he assumed the authority
 that  did not belong to him 7,i ,sam4  
xiii4 #h-ae47 ,another king of ,israel  
was  smote with leprosy until the day of
 his death1 because he attempted  to    
administer an ordinance without being   
called and authorized 7#b  ,chron4 xxvi4
 #af-bb47 ,so all the baptisms and      
sacraments administered  by modern      
christian churches who have done away   
new revelation1 are  an abomination in  
the sight of ,god4 ,all persons who     
shall suffer  themselves to be baptized1
 or partake of these ordinances through 

the  administration of these illegal    
unauthorized persons1 after having been 
duly warned of the evil thereof1 will   
bring themselves under great            
condemnation before ,god1 and unless    
they repent of that sin they can in  no 
wise be saved4 ,the twelve apostles were
 called by new revelation1  but that did
 not authorize ,paul1 ,barnabas1        
,timothy1 or any other  person4 ,each   
one had to receive a separate call by   
new revelation for  himself4 ,no one    
could lawfully act under a commission   
given to some  other person4 ,all the   
commissions recorded in the ,new        
,testament were  given to individuals   
then living1 and not to any individuals 
who should  live in some future age4 ,if
 any person would have authority1 let   
them  obtain a new commission from ,god1
 as his servants always did in ancient  
times1 and if they officiate without    
such new commission1 then know          
assuredly that they are impostors4      
,the subordinate officers in the kingdom

 of ,god must not only be  called of    
,god1 but qualified to act in their     
respective offices4 ,the  first         
qualification absolutely necessary for  
every officer in the  kingdom is1 the   
gift of the ,holy ,spirit4 ,this is the 
most important  qualification of all    
others4 ,no man1 without this           
qualification1 can  attain to an office 
in the kingdom of ,god2 it matters not  
how great  his other attainments are2   
though he has studied the scriptures    
from  a child1 and committed them all to
 memory--though he has carefully        
learned the original languages in which 
they were written--though he  has made  
himself master of all sciences--grasped 
with a comprehensive  mind all the      
arguments set forth in theological      
works1 yet none of  these attainments   
will qualify him for even the least     
office in the  kingdom of ,god4 ,the    
unlearned youth1 who had not the        
knowledge of the  ,english alphabet1 if 
he were called of ,god1 and qualified by

 the gift  of the ,holy ,spirit1 would  
have more power and authority1 and could
  do more towards saving men1 than all  
the theologians and doctors of  divinity
 that the world affords1 unless they    
also were called of ,god1  and endowed  
with the gift of the ,holy ,ghost4 ,no  
other qualifications  whatsoever can be 
substituted in the stead of the ,holy   
,spirit4 ,the ,holy  ,spirit is the     
great distinguishing characteristic     
between the officers  of the kingdom of 
,god and impostors4 ,every officer sent 
of ,god has a  qualification that no    
impostor ever had or ever can have4     
,the first officers placed in the       
kingdom of ,god are apostles4 ,let us   
enquire how in ancient times this office
 was conferred on man4 ,jesus  said to  
his ancient apostles 7,john xv4 #af7 ,ye
 have not chosen me1  but ,i have chosen
 you1 and ordained you1 that ye should  
go and bring  forth fruit4 ,paul informs
 us 7,heb4 iii4 #a7 that ,jesus himself 
was an  apostle4 ,holding the office    

himself1 he had the most perfect right  
to confer the same calling upon others2 
hence he first chose them1  and then    
ordained them2 after this he sent them  
forth to preach  7,matthew x47 and      
commanded them1 saying1 ,go not into the
 way of the  ,gentiles1 and into any    
city of the ,samaritans1 enter ye not3  
but go  rather to the lost sheep of the 
house of ,israel4 ,and as ye go1 preach1
  saying1 ,the kingdom of heaven is at  
hand4 ,heal the sick1 cleanse the       
lepers1 raise the dead1 cast out devils3
 freely ye have received1  freely give4 
,although these apostles were chosen1   
ordained1 and sent  forth on a          
particular mission to the cities of     
,israel1 with power to  work mighty     
miracles1 yet there was an essential    
qualification which  they had not yet   
received4 ,they had received power      
sufficient to  qualify them to preach   
that the kingdom of heaven was at hand4 
,but they had not yet received power    
sufficient to fully organize and  build 

up that kingdom on the earth4 ,they     
lacked one very important               
qualification1 without which they could 
never establish the kingdom  which they 
had already predicted was at hand4 ,what
 was this further  qualification which  
these apostles had not yet received8 ,it
 was the  gift of the ,holy ,ghost1 or  
the other ,comforter which ,jesus       
promised  them4 ,it is very remarkable  
that these apostles should have such    
great  power1 and yet not have the ,holy
 ,ghost4 ,but hear what the scripture   
saith 7,john vii4 #cg1 #ch1 #ci7 ,in the
 last day1 that great day of the  feast1
 ,jesus stood1 and cried1 saying1 ,if   
any man thirst1 let him  come unto me1  
and drink4 ,he that believeth on me1 as 
the scripture  hath said1 out of his    
belly shall flow rivers of living water4
 7,but  this spake he of the ,spirit1   
which they that believe on him should   
receive3 for the ,holy ,ghost was not   
yet given2 because that ,jesus was  not 
yet glorified47 ,mark the expression1   

the ,holy ,ghost was not  yet given4    
,this agrees with another saying of     
,jesus to his apostles  7,john xvi4 #g71
 ,nevertheless1 ,i tell you the truth2  
it is expedient  for you that ,i go     
away2 for if ,i go not away1 the        
,comforter will not  come unto you2 but 
if ,i depart ,i will send him unto you4 
,jesus calls  this ,comforter the ,holy 
,ghost 7,john xiv4 #bf74 ,after the     
resurrection of  ,jesus1 and as he was  
about to be taken up into heaven1 he    
said to his  apostles 7,luke xxiv4 #di71
 ,behold ,i send the promise of my      
,father upon  you 7alluding to the      
,comforter or the ,holy ,ghost1 which he
 promised  several days before should be
 sent unto them from the ,father after  
his  glorification72 but1 said he1 tarry
 ye in the city of ,jerusalem1  until ye
 be endued with power from on high4     
,thus you see1 dear reader1  that these 
apostles had power to heal the sick1    
cleanse the lepers1  raise the dead1 and
 cast out devils1 although the ,holy    

,ghost was not  yet given to them4 ,a   
certain power was yet lacking4 ,jesus   
had commanded  them saying1 ,go ye into 
all the world and preach the gospel to  
every  creature4 ,but he would not      
suffer them to commence this mission    
until  the promise of the ,father--the  
,holy ,ghost--was given them4 ,they     
already  had power to work mighty       
miracles1 but had not the power to build
 up  the kingdom of ,god4 ,this power   
they were to tarry for in ,jerusalem1   
and  when they should receive it1 they  
were then to commence the duties of     
their mission1 first1 in the city of    
,jerusalem1 and afterwards extend  their
 labours to all nations4 ,the power to  
work miracles is entirely  a different  
thing from the power to build up the    
kingdom of ,god2 the  latter power1     
however1 always includes the former1 but
 the former power  does not always      
include the latter4    ,we now ask1     
,where is there a man among all the     
churches of modern  times1 who has been 

called to the office of an apostle by   
new  revelation8 ,where is there a man  
among all the millions of modern        
christians who has been ordained to the 
office of an apostle1 under  the hands  
of an apostle1 as the ,twelve were      
anciently8 ,where is there  a man to be 
found among all the ,catholics or       
,protestants who has been  endowed with 
even the power of working miracles1 to  
say nothing of the  still greater power 
communicated in the gift of the ,holy   
,ghost8 ,if the  apostles in ancient    
days could not build up the kingdom of  
,god1 without  being endowed with these 
two degrees of power1 surely no one     
since  their day could be authorized to 
build the church of ,god with any less  
qualification4    ,one of the important 
duties required of an apostle is to     
,,administer  ,,the ,,spirit4 ,in #b    
,cor4 iii #f1 we read that both ,paul   
and ,timothy were  made able ministers  
of the ,spirit4 ,the ordinance through  
which  the ,spirit is ministered is     

,,the ,,laying ,,on ,,of ,,hands4 7,acts
 viii4 and  xix4 ,heb4 vi47 ,to the     
apostles were entrusted three very      
important  administrations for the      
salvation of man3--    ,first4--,the    
ministration of the word4               
,second4--,the ministration of the      
baptism of water4    ,and ,third4--,the 
ministration of the baptism of the      
,spirit4    ,while ,jesus was with his  
apostles in person1 they had power to   
minister  the word and water1 but not   
the ,spirit1 for they themselves had    
not yet been baptized with the ,spirit2 
and they could not administer  that     
which they were not in possession of4   
,it was necessary that they  should     
first receive the gift themselves1      
before they could confer it  upon       
others4 ,hence we can perceive the      
propriety of ,jesus commanding  them to 
wait at ,jerusalem until they should be 
endued with power from  on high2 for    
without this additional power they could
 neither save  themselves nor others4   

,many persons have flattered themselves1
 that  they can be saved without the    
assistance of a minister sent of ,god4  
,but  this is a vain delusive hope2 for 
,jesus hath expressly said1 ,except a   
man be born of water and of the ,spirit 
he cannot enter the kingdom of  ,god4   
,now as no man can be saved out of the  
kingdom1 it is necessary  that he should
 be born into the kingdom2 and this     
would be impossible  without an         
administrator sent of ,god2 for the     
birth or baptism of  water1 and the     
birth or baptism of the ,spirit1 require
 some one legally  authorized to        
officiate in behalf of the candidate4   
,reader1 have you ever received the     
,holy ,ghost through the laying on  of  
the hands of one sent of ,god8 ,if not1 
you are not yet born of the  spirit4    
,you are not yet a child of the kingdom4
 ,know assuredly1 that  unless you find 
some man who has been sent by the       
command of ,god as was  ,aaron1 and get 
him to remit your sins through your     

faith1 repentance1  and baptism1 and    
have him to minister to you the ,holy   
,ghost1 as did  the ancient             
apostles--you need not flatter yourself 
that you can be  saved4 ,do not deceive 
yourself upon this all-important        
subject4 ,do not  suffer any man to     
baptize or administer unto you unless   
,god has spoken  unto him by the voice  
of his servants1 and authorized him to  
minister  in his name4 ,do you enquire  
how you are to know an authorized man of
  ,god from one who has no authority8 ,i
 will tell you how to discern the       
difference4 ,a true servant of ,god will
 never teach a false doctrine4  ,he will
 never deny new revelation4 ,he never   
will tell you that the  canon of        
scripture is full1 or that the ,new     
,testament is the last  revelation ever 
intended to be given to man4 ,he never  
will tell you1  that miraculous gifts   
are no longer necessary in the church of
 ,god4  ,he never will tell you1 that   
inspired apostles1 prophets1 and other  

officers are not requisite in the church
 now4 ,he never will tell you  that the 
ministration of the spirit by the laying
 on of hands1  is done away by ,god's   
appointment4 ,but he will tell you1 that
 if you  will receive his message1 and  
be baptized by one having authority1    
that  your sins shall be remitted1 and  
that you shall be filled with  the ,holy
 ,ghost by the laying on of hands2 and  
that you shall know1 by  the teachings  
thereof1 that his doctrine is true and  
of ,god4 ,in this  respect he will      
differ from all impostors2 for an       
impostor never had  power to minister   
this spirit4 ,an imposter dare not      
promise you  that you shall be filled   
with the ,holy ,ghost by the laying on  
of his  hands2 for he knows that such a 
promise would not be fulfilled--he      
knows that you would detect him to be a 
false teacher by complying  with his    
conditions1 and failing to receive his  
promise4 ,an impostor1  knowing that he 
has no power to give the ,holy ,ghost as

 the ancient  apostles had1 will        
endeavour to persuade you that such     
power is not  necessary now4 ,he knows  
very well1 that if he cannot get the    
people to  believe that such power is   
not necessary in these days1 that his   
own  unauthorized pretensions will be at
 once detected4    ,an impostor1 like   
,simon ,magus1 may deceive ignorant     
people by  witchcraft and sorcery1 but  
he can never deceive them by pretending 
to give the ,holy ,ghost through prayer 
and laying on of hands4 ,this is  a     
power that none but a true minister of  
,god possesses2 it cannot be            
counterfeited by the devil4 ,the devil  
can counterfeit the miracles of         
,christ1 but he cannot counterfeit the  
gift of the ,holy ,ghost4 ,none but  the
 lawful ministers of ,christ can        
minister the spirit4 ,this then is  an  
infallible sign by which to distinguish 
true apostles from false  ones4 ,but    
does this infallible sign exist either  
among the ,papists or  ,protestants8    

,can any of their ministers give the    
,holy ,ghost by the  laying on of hands8
 ,if not1 they are not the church of    
,god1 and their  ministers are          
unauthorized--all their administrations 
are illegal  and an abomination in the  
sight of ,god--salvation is not among   
them4  ,not one person among all their  
societies has been legally baptized4    
,reader1 are you a member of any of     
these societies8 if so1 haste to        
withdraw yourself from them1 that you   
partake not of their plagues1  for the  
hour of their judgment is come4 ,if you 
would be saved1 seek  after the apostles
 and prophets of the kingdom of ,god1   
and receive  their administrations1 and 
you shall be filled with the ,holy      
,ghost1 and  obtain eternal life4       
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