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profess to worship, and is thus de.

profess to worship, and Is thus de-
scribed by Pope:
at warns in the sun, rcfreshcs in the
breeze.
GlsEs in the stars. and blossoms. m The
trees;
Lives through all life, extends throughout
extent,
Spreads undivided, operates nnspent."
But this is not God our Heavenly
Father to the Latter-day Saints. We
understand that there Is a trinity in
the vodhead which Is composed Of
the Father, Son and HOLY Ghost.
The Father is Being Of tabernacle.
de h man, perfected and exalted
ny His obedience to the principles
oil truth and righteousness. He
once dwell in mortality; He raised
through the trials of life similar TO
this. He 1welt in mortal clay and
conquered and subjected the flesh
oy obedience to the principles Of the
GOSPEL This Is the secret, and the
only secret, Of His power, inteIli-
gence and authority at the present
une. The Son Is also a being Of
tabernacle, in the express image.
We are told. Of His Fathers person.
lnsomneh that when He was upon
the earth in the MERRIAM Of time
and His disciples asked Him to show
unto them the Father, he replied,
"HaVe | been 80 long with you. and
ye have not seen me? He that hath
seen me hath seen the; Faiher.u
We are told in Genesis that God
made man in His own inlage.u But
the Holy Ghost is a Being without
tabernacle, and as spirit or essence
extends throughout the immensely Of
space. II is the minister Of God,
VINO spake in the beginning, when
dis spirit moved upon the face of
the waters, and said 1Let there be
ighLn and formed the ear.h tenn
porally as He had before formed
1t spiritually. 40 &.
Doubtless there is much concern
ing the Holy Ghost, or the Spirit OF
God, which is not understood by
men, because it has not been entire
~ revealed. But we are taught that
It Is the third Person in the Trinity,
and the difference between 1t, as
parsonage, and the Father and the
Son, is that the Holy Ghost does not
have tabernacle, a resurrecied body
OF flesh and bones, while the Father
anu the Son possess such bodies.
Certainly 1t is reasonable doc
trine, one to commend itself to the
Judgment and consideration Of any
intelligent thinker, that,if God is our
Father and We are His children,
We belong to the same species;
and while The Spirit of God, in
one sense, is that light |
which shines in the sun, glows |
in the stars, and blossoms in the |
trees, lives through all life and gives
TO the different tribes and families
OF men that measure OF light which
they are expected 20 live up TO and
by which they will also be judged
at the last day, when We consider
God as a parsonage of tabernacle, as
our Heavenly Father in whose
Image We are created, it is certainly
reasonable to think Of Him as a man;
and Of our mother in heaven rs a
woman. If God made man and /
woman in His image and they are
His children, then men and women
on the earth are in this respect like
unto God, and are destined TO be-
come more like Him as they adj
vance.
This opens TO the view of the stu
dent and thinker a glorious field for
thought and reflection. Ii enables
us TO be patient in the midst Of trib-
ulation, Of trials, and sorrows, TO
evince that courage and fortitude
which have in every age been so pre-
vailing characteristic Of the Saints
Of God. Why? Because they were
the children Of light. Unto them il
was revealed that they were indeed
the offspring Of God, and that He
whom thy worshipped was once
as they were; that He endured
for the sake Of education, de-
velopment, and eventual perfec-
ton and exaltation all the ills
that flesh is heir to. They could
therefore gaze upon and endure with
stOicism their Affections even when
tied TO the stake to be burnt for their
opinions, when immured in dun
yeons, dragged ut the tails Of nurses,
thrown 10 wild beasts, or set fire 10
and used as torches 10 light the inn
perial gardens of Rome; crucilied,
slwn asInder, persecuted, loaded
with calumny and 0ppTobrium, Sib-
ect to proscriptive land persecutive
long as they kept the
faith aud bore that light which God
liniled in their bosoms, until death
put an end TO to their sufferings-
Ii is this knowledge, and the sus-
saining power of the Holy Spirit,
which enables the Saints OF latter
lays 10 bear with fortitude and pa
Hence the trials TO which they are
subjected. They expect trouble, and
hey know that it Is necessary.
Troubles and trials arc the ministers
u God. They teach us His truths,
hey save cur souls, 10y whipping US
INTO the path OF duty and Obedience,
rom which we are so prone TO stray.
To say that our trials are too numer-
rus or too severe is to impugu eternal
wisdom, to attempt to re,judge the
ustice of an All-wise God, Of an
A ll-merciful Father, and to cast re-
lroach uponHim who holdsin the hol-
Ow Of His hand the destinies Of men
md Of nations, who setteth up one
md putteth down another, -, ord
ing TO the judgment and wisdom Of
His omnipotent will; who gives to
he stars the orbits in which they
revolve, who sets the waves their
POUNDS, and controls the acts Of men
and nations, suffering them TO 20 no
-urther in their treatment OF His
people than will best sulIserve His
purposes. When Satan afflicted
lob he did il with Gods permission,
and could not have done il without.
lob was a righteous man, aud the
Lori declared him 10 be such,
which seemed to make Satan an
yry, Just as IL does men some
lines to hear Others spOken
well of and honored, and he
desired to destroy him. But he
failed, because Job was faithful and
patient and maintlined hisfintegri-
w.. Saul was jealous of David and
prosecuted him, but David bore ii
patiently, forgave and returned
good for evil, aud came of mere
han conqueror. He suffered no
more than was necessary for his
good; neither will any man, neither |,
will any people. A
We Latter-day Saints expect :
trouble. We do not believe in go
ng half way TO meet il, but We do
believe in preparing for it. When
We see the clouds gather and hear
he thunder roll, We know enough
% put on our overcoats and wraps,
Il we walk out, or TO stay
indoors from the inclemency Of
the weather. And 50 when we
zee the clouds Of persecution filling
the horizon and hear, afar off, the
thunder muitering aud believing,
presaging coming trials for US as a
people, we know il is time to put ON
The armor Of GOD, to grid up our loins,