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

get 20 puffed up With his knusled4e
Of Hebrew az this point that ne av-
claimed. u know more than all the
world put together"
GOD NOT LIKE MAN. BUr Is PURE
SPIRIT.
The Image" or "ukencas'' OF min .,
God az creation NJ moro uenns that
uud has body than a phnfoaraph
proves that rs original Is made NJ
cardboard ana chomicaisi an peter.
81 iS) Tho passage amply means that
man resembles God in Ills essential na.
tufc. But mans body il not the e..
srnti1l. for that may be sick or cut
half away by che surgeon without In.
jurlng the real man az all-tho spirit
withn. - this passage really teaches
that uod IL n Spirit AZ Chrlrtauiy at.
waya has affirmed; and not that lie is
made OF matter.
- with All che other Bible paasareq
cited. Not one touches any such doe
iflne. when sonrbie writer gives
both clear statements " fact and dl-
scurc illusions On q subject. the only
honest ana fair treatment - @ inter-
pref the obscure BY The clear. t. DO
otherwise is o. mako him out false or
foolish. This On the fundamental law of
Interpretation. everywhere. Apply 10
here. The plainest statement Of ths r.
BILE "a 90 Gods essential nature Is that
o. John 4. -. '10d Is q Spirit" That
IS perfectly dear statement. by God
Himself In Chsr.. and VaH aimci
Hquarcly against the mnterlaistin. lo-
Called IDEAS OF the samnritnnH AZ 20
God and worship. II 10 the test passage
Tot all uhHcufer ones, They cannot De
contrary o. 70. because God la true and
consistent. This dCddes fhs truth, not
tilHc. They must be Interpreted ~
OrcntaliEma. or In some other way.
They cannot decide because they are
not clear. and because N they
were they would simply make a cOn-
tradicuon and We would be- without any
knowledge OF God by revelation. one
great hult u Morm9nlsm la that %
builds ufl lta essential doctrines upon
such unecrt1in pasa1EeH. n upon any,
and gives thcm meanings WhNh are im-
possible 10y this clear test
Mary OF che passages quoted BY my
opponent Imply absolutely nothing as
60 Ood having a cody. Face D. face"
! appeared" talked" "aaW the Lord"
as otherwise. Ood having hand"
ETC.. o. plainly fruratvc. in View ~
what We have Just said. Ana the lorg
list OF attributes given = very cone
spluuoua by ita omission nom thc liat
whence Il seems 10 have been copied
/ Of the one attribute which would uter.
I ~ have rrfuied the whole ilfth and
u
| ihlcl Flesh ana bones can De seen by
men. and cannot fall g. be seen n gfca-
cut. without a miracle Of blindness.
nut spirit cannot be seen without a
miracle q sight Since shc Word ~
\ peatediy aiiirma that God cannot Ne
! seen by man. lie must be spirit. and
| not ilcsh. John Il IL says: No man
| hath seen God at any tlme." / TIM.
6; 10 says Of Him. whom 10 man hash
4 seen, nor can aeei" 50, again, be-
/ cause Ito IL omniprcscni-cyCry
at once-iie absolutely cannot be made
/ u flesh. Tor everybody knows that a
| body cannot be spread all over the
uIvsrse at once ard that no 6wo
bodies can occupy the same place at
the Same time 90 with O0da omnp0-
/ teuco. ana with most % iia uihcr at
! tributes. thoy arr entirely impossible
to flesh and bones. hence God cannot
| possibly be such.
Tho Fatherhood O, GOD Il no, mere.
| ~ q figure OF Speech" hut literally true
| o. U0d na Greater VI the race and IL
momcniary prrs0rver ana bgnefactor.
| Hut Il Il NOT true In Tho hllHphem0uf,
] physical sense which The pfoptgation-
sod doctrine u Mormonlsm holds, ard
to which the editor refers,
n ODD o. simply a greater man. rs
Mormlulim teaches In common with
pagtnlHnt. then OF course We may hope
some time 20 become rodu ourselves;
but n He h OF an entirely dlffrrynt class
u being, We can only hope 20 approach
Ills initiate pcrfcctluns IN sphere
measurclessly below Hls Thln 10 tie
Bible doctrine. The nnitc can plyor
become the Infnltc.
THE DOCTRINES ~ PARALLhL
COLUMNS.
My opponert rather seems 10 act on
, the principle az claiming everything
IN sHht"--ar1 nrmc more' lie says
IN an the Inspired records tBlhlc and
Mormon b1okal the picture presented
of the Deity N the same, Show
Us. We may well exclaim, one slngle
statement concerning God IN the Nor
mon standards OF falth ~ variance
with any statement In the Bible. Mr.
Nuitlng has utterly failed TO do this"
Read my article and See qyut l viii %
Il agair, and better, very gladly; 30
that 10 one who can Judge u such
things al all can fall % see the CON
| nlct, Hers ID a very htfff c1mparat tive
statement Of the two doctrines IN par.
allel columrsi
mntE TEACHES noHMoAIsd TEACH.
THAT - THAT
/. fters Il oniy ons There are Inutiiudes
| doi. Tbs inrd, lie 10 81 Gods, And they,
God In heaven Above ard lihs dodsl sAid lot there
and The earth hsneathi 30 light 81 iuarl OF
here IL none slse,"- oratfriee, .. q, etc
| pant a " ~ am hai Then shalt they b.
ssisro his there "a. aod." Doc a bow,
| no GOD fnrmod, neither ~. etc,
| shall thsfs b aiisr me. Ard nota the foll0ping
| 4 eyon I am the Lord" Quotations, besides Other
/, none other dod bot including The simissioa
h. thai are called rods, hevs.
a. there b. snis
many aud lords mani,
idols and pHncesl
there l. bat ons
0oi."-i Cor q $ g
| ,artgu shalt have no