. Ancient apostles. amaria had received the Gos-pel reached Jerusalem, Peter and John were sent unto them. Who, when they were come down,Givei^^^^^ prayed for them that they might receive the Holy Ghost. On the heads of these baptizedbelievers, Peter and John then laid their hands andconferred upon them the Holy Ghost. The Lord does not accept everyone who is baptizedinto the Church. Only those who sincerely believe inJesus Christ as the Redeemer of the World Fretenders , , r i • • • i and who repent oi their sms receive theHoly Ghost. Those who are baptized without faithand repentance are mer
. Ancient apostles. amaria had received the Gos-pel reached Jerusalem, Peter and John were sent unto them. Who, when they were come down,Givei^^^^^ prayed for them that they might receive the Holy Ghost. On the heads of these baptizedbelievers, Peter and John then laid their hands andconferred upon them the Holy Ghost. The Lord does not accept everyone who is baptizedinto the Church. Only those who sincerely believe inJesus Christ as the Redeemer of the World Fretenders , , r i • • • i and who repent oi their sms receive theHoly Ghost. Those who are baptized without faithand repentance are mere pretenders. One such joined the Church in England a few yearsago. One day a member seeing that the young manhad no faith, asked him why he had joined the Church. Oh, just to get out to America, he replied. A little later in the conversation, he confessed tohaving joined the Catholic Church, at one time, to geta string of beads! and afterward joined the Latter-day Saints to come to Utah. Of course, it was not. i A Special Visit to Samaria 93 long before he was excommunicated, and soon afterfell into the depths of sin and misery. At the time Philip went to Samaria, there was aman named Simon in the city, who was a great pre-, ^ tender. He claimed to be a sorcerer, bimon the Sorcerer , ^ i i r i and made a great deal oi money bybewitching people with his sorceries. However, whenthe people heard the true Gospel, and saw miracleswrought by the power of God, they lost interest inSimons sorceries, and were baptized by Philip. Then Simon himself believed also; and when hewas baptized, he continued with Philip, and won-dered, beholding the signs and great miracles whichwere done. But he was not converted. His only pur-pose of joining the Church was to find out how thesemiracles were performed, thinking he might use themfor gain. When Simon saw that through the laying on of theApostles hands the Holy Ghost was given, he offeredHis Greed money, saying, Give me also this power, tha
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