The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1875-01-21
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DEFINES HIS POSITION, AND LIFTS
THE VAIL!
Theological SaWbOReS. -
"a mighty maze. > Pope.

As there are conflicting reports in re
gard to my faith and belief in Deity. ano
the existence of the soul after death
(some calling me atheist, infdel, and
Universalist,) l will state my belief brief
ly, so that all persons interested may un-
derstand the faith of which l am an ex
ponent. l believe that God exists oi
three component parts, called Attributes.
You may call them Father Son, and Ho-
ly Ghost l prefer to call them Power,
Wisdom, and Love. These attributes
combined constitute and form the Being
designated God, jehovah / believe that
these attributes always existed, and al
ways will exist, from their own inherent
character | believe all other attributes,
as omnipotence omnipresence, and eter-
nal existence, are the concomitant out
growth and legitimate offsprings of the
the three powers mentioned. Having
defined what believe God to be, l will
now proceed to define what l believe to
be the relation existing between God and
humanity.
Before entering upon thisimysterious
subject, allow me to say that my convic-
tions are that men of all ages have grow
eled in the dark, and that the teachings,
disciplines, and creeds of churches, have
given but. little light upon this subject.
Plunged in a gulf of dark despair, with
out one seeming ray of light, the human
family, with all the learning of past ages,
has been unable to unfold and bring TO
full light the mysterious relations exist
ing between the Creator and the crea-
ture To my mind, the most of the the
ories heretofore advanced in regard to
the relation spoken of, are SO inconsis-
tent with the Divine nature that 1 can
not for a moment believe them to be
true.
l shall not pause at this time to argue
the question to refute and show the prac
tical results of these false theories. But
1 will plainly and briefly offer my views
and belief in regard to the heretofore,
now and future relations between God
and humanity.
I believe that the combined attributes,
power, wisdom and love, created man
That this created being was endowed
with an animal body similar to all other
animal bodies, differing only by higher
order of organization.
That this animal body was so organized
with animal senses as to make him the
lord of creation. And that in addition
to this animal body and animal senses,
this created being was endowed with a
soul, that this soul consists of part of
God, it being part of his attributes wis
dom and love combined, and identified
with the animal body This being true,
the relation existing between God and
humanity at the creation, was nothing
more nor less than heavenly power wis
dom and love, united and given to the
animal body to direct and control the an
imal senses.
The fall consis ted in the refusal Of the
animal senses to be governed by the at
tributes thus given to the body.
The animal body having refused to be
thus governed, lost its relation with Del
ty, at the same time it assumed control
ed the right to use power, wisdom and
love to its own advantage in worldly af
fairs
The heavenly powers devised ways and
means to save the attributes thus given
to the body, and we find these triune at
tributes assuming the form of the ami
NAL body, in order to redeem that part
of the heavenly body dragged down by
the acts of the animal body.
These powers being redeemed, they
now exist in the animal body, and hold
the same relation to Deity that they did
prior to the fail
The animal body was not redeemed; it
still possesses its rebellious nature, and
will, until it returns to dust, from whence
it came.
1t still thinks and wars to control the
heavenly powers, and use them for base
purposes, and thus cometh the declara-
ton that the world, the flesh, and the
devil, (the latter meaning the senses of
the animal body are arrayed against
these heavenly powers.
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earthly powers combined cannot prevail
against the soul of man, but that Deity
will, in his own time, take power, wisdom
and love from the animal body to his
own abode, leaving the body, with all its
animal senses, to return to dust in accord
ance with the divine command, Dust thou
art, and unto dust thou shalt return.
From these premises 1 am led to be-
lieve that the animal body, with all the
animal senses, perishes-with all the ma
terial substances found in the animal
kingdom.
That wisdom, power and love, COM
bined, make up all the soul substance
there is afrer death. That these powers
are identical with the nature of God, and
will exist hereafter as joint heirs in the
boundless, unmeasurable existence of
Deity. !. I. NJ
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