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similar condition. and David aid not
biasphcmc when he exclaimed"
God rtandoth In the congregation OF
the mighty. he judgeth among the
I have said ye are gods and all Of
you are children u the Most High
-. lNxNii. I. 6
nut though In Mormon doctrine the
Individuality ~ each person In thu
divine Trinity IL maintained ana they
are each called God. yet u also presents
the grand monotheistic truth u I'M
lvorsai. nii-pcrvndlng essence, which IL
the iirht and life u alt thlnEs and ~
omnipreseni. uncrcated. without begin
ming mr. end. the spirit Of intciliEoncl
which u truth eternal. Doctrine A Cow
onanis. sections Is and -.
our religious opponents do not quo,g
from that book which IL standard. but
Guraip row extracts from works that
are not hnai authority.
Npw ns to the ideas entertained b.
the late President brigham YOUNG
concerning Adam The ffst man ia
the head " the race, the father ~ all
lie Va the Ancient Of Days What hc
lost for the time being BY the fall"
Nv rogalned by the atonement. The r..
domptinn II perfect and complete. In
the resurrection he viii stand In hA
place. aa viii every man who iH exalted
20 the fulncas u glory. he viii be over
al his posierity for ever. and have the
dominion. with Eve that was given TO
him In the beginning" lie 90 aud VIII
Do our father and our god. In the same
sense rs other perfect beings are GODS.
even the sons 81 God.
beloved. now are We the sons ~
God and u doth not yet appear what
We shall be-. but We know that when
iiu shall appear We shall be like Him
far We snail see Him a. lie IT," ! John
49, :.
There are 10 be- hundred and forty.
four thousand redeemed and perfected
beings having the Fathers name. the
name of God. written on their fore
heads ulcv. M. "; xiv d.
We have only touched briefly On the
outlines u this important subject and
quoted hut few verses Of scripture
which refer to II. The fatier-day Saints
believe In the doctrines OF the Bible.
hut they have received addition
al light In regard to Deity and
mans relation to God. from the
fountain ~ all intelligence. Per-
sons bound up In the narrow
crecda aud tied 10 the vain philosophlea
~ modern perverted Christianity at
tempt To- ridlcuie and mlsrcprcseni that
which they do not understand, forget
fui Of the fact that the efforts VI learn.
"a theoioglans TO explain what
uod n have Involved them all In a
maze ~ nbsurditles. and contradictions.
and have placed ~ an object of wor-
ship solemn nothing. which. on their
own definitions. IL simply empty space
Or that which IL an impofsihllliy.
In Mormon" doctrine the spirit Of
man IL the offspring ~ the Eternal
Father. made In his image and capable
of development into His projections.
The ronurrccted. giorined man viii
stand at the head of his own posterity,
who will revere him "a their great
patriarch and King. ana n god In the
sens. In which the term II used In
ancient and modern revelation. but
therc IL onc supreme. omnipotcnt Del
" 10 whom an creatures In heaven ana
earth will eventually bow the knee and
Him We worship and adore. and lie IL
our Father and our dod, 10 whom be
praise and obedience and glory for
evermorri