Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-11-05

hour he Invisible o. tho sailor, ON ace
count ~ fJg or darkness 0r distance.
aud Che ntX, hour % may he visible.
ihc Intervening lhsiacle having been
% account Uf lis Hizf. but plvum0 vir-
lAle when ,hH csc De- aided by ihf ms.
stagupr. lu ih.B acuHl ~ she word our
Father In heaven b. Invisible tU IfH
children here. 81 DE- uir1 our Lord ual
savior and Boz are John and Paul
AMI Mary rud Martha and
the host OF Saints beyond the
Invisible. Zoo. yD m1riais had the
privilege % seeing Thorn Uu tho mount
They we're visible Cor the Time heiue.
The hI1lg j. NCfN clear on ihIa point.
10 teaches thIt no. one has rarl COD.
tjohr l. iN1 Mlsef Was denied the
favor Tor this reason. 'rhore shall u1
man see me-. aud I've" which Indicates,
hui shat uD ore in shat dispeuaati1n
Was zoo Coo granted o. src God ANA live.
That God. however 10 10 wills 10. can
show liImHHlf o. mortal man l4 clear
from Exodus So. %. %. where Nr reads
md m shall clmc iI ufHa while my
Einry tlHHgh BY shat ! Will put thee
no V.rf. % the rock aud Will cover
~. Win my hand while pass by
Aud W.l take away my hand ana
thou shat f's my uck paris. hut my
race shall tll 500 Htru' bob ala uHf
entertain ihU liHa % q God that cannot
lc seen. Tie HHyti I'm my n,Hh shall
! see Glli VIII m I shall zee IN my
Hclf, and mine eyes shall behold. and
not another tJ1b i9i gg. gi.j our
savior confirms this. when phliln.
evidently aCtuiiul hy % desire similar
% that ~ Muag., asked the Master 10
hIN han The Father. Jesus ala NOT
hIm thit Die prayer vas hltH-
ph MY. that God On Spirit that cane
not b. seen. and 30 un. he tIii h.ms
Nv that hath seen mf hath seen ihc
Father" ljuhn a. ~ Ana ln the
sermon on the mount. a.. ruvo this
wonderful promises "nesrcd ar. the
nure IN heart Tor they shall sce Old."
matthew b.Nl How can humlu
language To- clearer terms convey tho
truth that God. the Father, lu due
iimC viii grant His redeemed children
90 seo HIN in ll.s giory1 wh,m urr
We g. 1Uii.vy-iho Word N GUl or
mldtrn. w,nd-nil0d thrHlhryY
Tho iathyrh0ud NJ u0d. our oppon.
ont admits. iH not a. be- Understood u.s.
merely figure NJ speech. hut. az 10
sorry that ho had in nee unrunrded
moment taken % single step ~ the d.
fcctinn % truth after Hn long "a rnmble
10 the labyrinth " errors be- hnHtrua
Co nntlv contradict himself hy Stating
IN substance that the FnthcrhO1d N
God IN Nero ~ "a figure M speech moan.
ms that ODD a. tho Creator ~ the
race AMI iu momontnry prcHrrycr aud
henofnrtor" Sow, II that ia all there
iH In the expression "tho Fnthsrhnad
n God" must We infer pray. that God
also " The Father ~ the beasts ~ the
nyld ma tho monsters NJ the dcopg
He certainly ~ their creator. prcacrycr
nnd hruUfnrtur Rco o. what HtfnttH
We are driven when uur every effort
ll strained 60 escape the WORD nf God.
itr linlnnm, our opponent meets an
nnrvl with q drawn sword. turn whor-
ever he VIII A. was rulntcd out In
our previous article. the Scriptures
teach that We are Gods 'Nnaprlns. %
and that Jesus lH the "nrst bonn
among many brethren 0iom. n, gm:
that His Father h nur Father and We.
therefore. are tho children" ~ gnl.
" this u true We ask again. ~ Nor.
wnuIsm Co be- condemned because
u has pleased God through II 10 reveal
the glorious truth that "aa We are. God
once was ana that nn lie d.. His ohll.
dren may hecnmr9" Does that not f1i.
low from the very fact that God ~ our
Father what do We. ur does anyone.
know about tho tnHnitc9 10 We know
enough about u % Justify ua IN making
the broad statement that the finite can
never become the innnitcg whore In
that written. prnyf
a. lnHt We arrive az Mr. NuttlnF'a
Doctrines In Parallel Columns" We
pointed uut IN r. previous article that
40 IL our opponents task IN provc that
the Book NJ Mormon, the Doctrine and
Covenants or the Ioun OF Great Price
contains doctrine concerning uod. con.
trndlctlng that which ~ taught In the
bible, We endoaVur a. prove that he
had utterly failed. innHmuch un the doe
trlno ~ tho plurality In tho Gldhoad
n feminine element ln tho Oodhend.
mans "llkenrss' tn Uod tho Father,
mans glorious destiny. etc.. nro ali
taught Ia the Bible. We asked our
opponent, very modrHtly, o. mud ono
passage n not more In tho Bible
cnntraNcuur anyone passage IN the
other three sacred records Instead u
complying with this reasonable request
he merely roatntca In parallel columns
what he previously stated and we re-
futed. We have no definite idea ~
tho aim ~ this Kind Or tactics. Prob
ably 10 IL very clever move. nut
d rTonH ~ M that n series M false
statements are un false when they nrr
printed IN parallels me- when they APP.
pear ronHoCutivcly. We would like 90
have tho opinion ~ expert mathomn-
tic'nnH on this point 10 iH an Import
ant one 10 dlnlecuclnnH n b. evident
that n by virtue ~ paralluls false
hood can be transformed Into truth.
two fhlschopds might become truths
by stating thcm In print IN tho shape
Of triangle, square, or possibly
some other and more potent mathe-
NAUTICAL hgure.
We need not now lnror very long
M our respective conceptions N tho
Deity with regard % tho lrft-funG
column We need only say again that
Morm1nlam accepts without hesitation
the quotations from tho Iihlr. n1 FAR
ne they are correctly given An that
~ MOfmonlsm. We reject, however.
Mr. NuttinTH comments. intcrn1l1tlnns
ana headings Hn fnr nH these contradict
tho passages quoted, or others in the
Word N God.
with regard 10 tho riEht-hand COLI
umn We beg Co romurki
I, The passages quoted from tho Pearl
Covenants DO not prove That Nor
monlHm teaches "MulUtudea Of Gods"
but a plurality In tho Gudhend. In tho
same Henso ns this doctrine o. taught
throughout the Bible from Genesis 10
Revelation ~ John. Mr. NuttnE dis
forts facts either wlfully or By reason
of Ignorance,
@ when Mormousm teaches thai
Hl'H children may become Gods. IL
H'Wnly trlVhDH Scripture doctrine: Il