The Only Way to be Saved: An Explanation of the First Principles of the Doctrine of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

by Lorenzo Snow

This tract was written in 1841 by Lorenzo Snow while he was serving as a missionary in England, but it was reprinted several times in both England and the United States. Lorenzo Snow makes his case for the fundamental Mormon beliefs of baptism by immersion, receiving the Holy Ghost by the laying on of hands, and the necessity of these ordinances being performed by someone who has authority from God.

17 pages, Kindle Edition

First published August 28, 2014

About the author

Lorenzo Snow was the fifth president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) from 1898 to his death. Snow was the last president of the LDS Church in the nineteenth century.

Snow was the fifth child and first son of Oliver Snow and Rosetta Pettibone, residents of Mantua, Ohio, who had left New England to settle on a new and fertile farm in the Connecticut Western Reserve. Despite the labor required on the farm, the Snow family valued learning and saw that each child had educational opportunities. Lorenzo received his final year of education at Oberlin College, which was originally founded by two Presbyterian ministers. Snow later made his living as a school teacher when not engaged in church service.