The Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1863-1886, 1870-04-14
ed an lnanity Of unsOlved problems

ed an inhnity OF unsolyed problems
by making every atom god.
| II. The eternity. Of matter is a
logical outgrowtH E materialism.
In this view every atom now in be
ing has existed from all eternity
past and will exist for all eternity
to come. There never could have
been creation" except 20 appro-
pirate "matter uniformed and void 2
and change its form, impressine
new conditions upon it. g al1is
. New worlds are constantly being
formed Of the unappropriated ma
terial Of the universe, and stocked
with spirits, after which faithful
Saints rule over them and become
gods.
Ill. Closely allied with the last
principle IS that Of the pre-exist-
tence or Souls; and here Ne first
meet with the sexual principle
which underlies all the remaining
portion of Mormonism. All the
sexual passions exist in full force in
the different worlds, and animate
the immortal gods as fully as their
human offspring. Countless mil
lions Of spirits are thus born in the
eternal worlds, and are awaiting by
myriads the physical processes by
which they may enter earthly taber-
nacles and begin their second, or
probationary state. "Wisdom in
spires the gods to multiply their
Species" and as these spiritual bod
les increase, fresh worlds are ne
cessary upon which to transplant
them. These spiritual bodies have
all the organs of thought, speech
and hearing, in exact similitude
to earthly senses. But in this
state they could not advance; it
was necessary for them to be sub
ject to the moral law Of earth that
regeneration might go on. Hence
they ''seek earnestly for earthly
tabernacles, haunting even the
abodes of the yilest of mankind to
obtain them" To bestow these
tabernacles, is the highest glory of
woman, and her exaltation in eter-
nifty will be in exact proportion to
the number she has furnished
Man may preach the gospel, may
in time even be creator; but wo-
mans only road to glory is by the
physical process of introducing
spirits to earth. Hence the larger
her family the greater her glory;
any means to prevent natural in
crease are in the highest degree
sinful, and violent means an unpar-
donable sin.
OF these spirits it is intimated
some Ibid not keep their first es-
tate" and are to be thrust down
and never permitted to have earthly
tabernacles or propagate their
species.
Those who reach this earth are in
their second estate" and if faith
full Saints will pass to their third
estate" celestialized men, after
which they become gods.
w. There is a vast multitude
of gods, dispersed throughout all
the worlds as Kingdoms, families
and nations. There is, however,
but one god regnant on each world
who is to the inhabitants of that
world the "only true and living
God" But each god having first
born son, there is "One God and
One Christ" to each world. Thus
'there are lords many and gods ma
N.Y." but to us there is but one
God, the Creator of the world and
the Father of our spirits, literally
begotten. He was once a man ofsome
world and attained His high posi-
tion by successive degrees. "Heis
the Father of Jesus Christ in the
only way known in nature, just as
John Smith, Senior, is the father of
John Smith, Junior"
All the gods have many wives and
become the fathers of souls of men
by divine generation. The gods
arc in the exact form of men, of ma
terial substance, but highly refined
and spiritualized. A grand coun-
ell of the gods, with a president di-
recting, constitute the designing
and creating power; but man, if
faithful, will advance by degrees
till endowed with the same creative
power, or strictly, .tormatire will
All faithful Saints will become gods
and finally have worlds given them
to people and govern. All their
earthly wives and children will be-
long to and constitute the begin
ming of their heavenly Kingdom,
and they will rule over their increas-
ing posterity forever.