The Lehi banner. [volume] (Lehi, Utah) 1891-1917, 1898-04-26
Preaching The Gospel.
A Letter sent by some of our
Missionaries

Editor BANNER The attached letter
is copy OF a letter wrote to very
wealthy family that had the privilege
If visiting with few days ago While
with them they became very much
interested IN our doctrine and we spent
the Afternoon and evening explaining
the Gospel. When it was tine for,us to
leave 10 catch the train they ask us il
we believed in the same God they do
Gone without body, parts or passions
and omnipresent. See 1st OF faith OF
Church OF England We told them We
did not, bur AZ the bible taught, and
quoted several passages of scripture 10
show hem they were wrong and we
right, but we had to leave them and
they ask US TO write them explaining
Jeremiah %: "a. Thinking the ex-
Ilanation would be interesting to the
young men Of Lehi send you a copy
Tor publication, ii you think it worthy
OF the same.
24Sylvan ST.. Oldham.
To the Misses Buckley:
Ladies kind friends, on Saturday
evening last elder Butterworth aud 1
were visiting at your home, and just
prior to our leaving We were conversing
upon the personality of God and you
quoted Jer. % "a, 10 sustain tire idea of
God having neither body, parts, nor
passion, and that lac was omnipresent
nut Owing to the lack OF time We could
not enter into any detail, but promised
TO write you in reiaiion.to the matter.
In answering we Will drst draw your
attention to Isaiah 5 20, Wherein he
says: ''To the law aud TO the testi-
mony ii they speak not according Il
this word, it Is because there is no light
in them" And again to III Peter | 20
wherein he says: knowing this first
that no prophecy OF the scripture is o
any private Interpretation"
Bearing these in mind we viii pro-
coed. As to the ability of our Heayeni,
Father to be eve rywhere present at on,
and the same time, we will have to dea
with him as duality, as we canno
admit, AS you affirm. that He is a spiri
only, and that, too, without any wei
uefined form.
Let US note first Ezekiel, / 26-2s
The prophet here describes God as bein
in ''tbe likeness and appearance OF
man." see verse 26. In verse 2S he tell
us, This WAS the appearance OF tn
likeness OF the glory OF the Lord J"
When Phillip asked Jesus to sl,a
them the Father. Jesus expressed gret
surprise at such request being mad
by Phillip; for without doubt He tChrisl
had taught them. before that he is i
the express image" OF the Father l
fact they are so near alike that vine
one had been seen the other was there
by known sec John I4;7-l0.
You will also please notice that Hell
1:,3, bears out the Savior's statement |
Phillip.
From these passages, with thos
already given heretofore for your coz
s,deration, we must consider that on
Father is OF definite form and tn
s'form" is that OF - man, as Gen.
plainly states
Now let us look at the scripture wit
regard to the Savior: First-He is
spirit; for while dead, and His bod
living in the tomb, He went as a spirit /
preach to the anti-deluvians; see Pete
3;is-20 Note also thai he is omn
present, as it is He and not His Faiths
who saws: For where two or three AZ
gathered together in my name, thei
ami in the midst of them" See Matt
is: 30. Second--IIe is a body OF hes
aud bones, Tor on the third day 1t 9th
body was raised from the tomb Sc
John 20. l5-l7.