THE GOSPEL OF JESUS CHRIST. BY HEBER C. KIMBALL AND WILFORD WOODRUFF. Feeling an anxious desire for the salvation of souls, we now lay before the world those principles which were taught by our Lord Jesus Christ, and his Apostles; and as we implicitly believe the word of God, we declare that a full salvation cannot be ob- tained, except through obedience to all the commandments laid down in the New Testament. Our Lord Jesus Christ, previous to his ascension, gave this commission to his Apostles: "Go ye into all the world, and preach the Gospel to every creature. He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned. And these signs shall follow them that believe: In my name shall they cast out devils; they shall take up serpents; and if they drink any deadly thing, it shall not hurt them; they shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover." [Mark 16:15-18] Luke (chap. xxiv, 45–50) writes, that he (Jesus) then opened their understand- ings, that they might understand the Scriptures, and said unto them, Thus it is written, thus it behoveth Christ to suffer, and to rise from the dead the third day; and that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in his name among all nations, begin- ning at Jerusalem; and ye are wit- nesses of these things, and behold I send the promise of my Father upon you: but tarry ye in the city of Jeru- salem until ye be endowed with power from on high; and he led them out as far as to Bethany, and he lifted up his hands and blessed them. Thus we see that the Apostles, notwithstanding all the teachings and the many in- structions which they had received from their Lord during a three years' sojourn with him, were not fully