The Magnolia gazette., 1899-12-20

/ mon cateehism says;
What kind Of a being is God?'
lie is in the form of a man"
How do you learn this?1
The Scriptures declare that
man was made In the image Of
God. y
Have you any further proof
+ Of God . being il the form Of a
man?n
Yes. Jesus Christ was IN
the form Of d man, and he was
al the same time in the image Of
God's = person. =
Is it not said that God is d
Spirit?"
"Yea. The Scriptures Jay 30.
"lIow then can God be like
man?"
MAN has spirit, though
clothed with a body, and God is
similarly constituted.
Has God a body then?"
"Yes. lie is in all parts Of
the universe. y
''If God is a person how can
lie be everywhere present?"
His person can not be in more
than one place at time; but He
is everywhere present by His
Holy Spirit.
This il the doctrine Of God the
Father taught to Mormon chill
dren, and believed by every true
Mormon.
Orson Spencer, prominent
Mormon elder, and perhaps the
most learned man they have ever
had, whose writings are espec-
tally commended by Geo. Q.
Cannon, said in a series Of letters
to Rev. William Crowell, then
editor Of the Watchman, Of Bos.
ton, which. letters have since been
published in book form.
We believe that God is a being
that has both body and parts and
also passions. A very general
conviction concerning the char
acter Of God now il, that he IS a
being without body, or parts or
passions. a greater absurdity
cannot be furnished in all the
annals Of heathenism. Even i'm
ages Of wood, brass and stone,
are scarcely more remote from
the picture Of the true God than
the theory Of a passionless, mat.
terless God. The New
Testament tells us what his body |
is like. II is so nearly and ex
actly like the body of Christ that |
there is no difference. Paul says
Christ was the express image of
his person, 1t is then beyond
all dispute that the body and
person Of Jesus Christ and the
Father are alike. One
is the express image Of the other.
II one resembles in stature the
seed of the woman, the other
wears the same resemblance.
2, II one, wearing a body of
flesh and bones, in all points like
unto his brethren, is capable of
holding all power in heaven and
earth, and also Of displaying the
brightness Of celestial glory, the
other can do the same in a SINH.
lar body Of flesh and bones. He
declares that ho has given us an
image and likeness of himself in
the person Of man.
One Of the standard Mormen
works is called "Key to the Sci.
ence OF Theology, - written by
Farley p. Pratt, who was one of
the Twelve Apostles, but who,
ais we have seen, was killed by
Mr.. Mclean, because Of his hav.
ing run off with McLean's wife.
In i Mr.. Pratt speaks Of God as
mot only possessing body and
parts, but flesh and bones and
sinews and all the attributes, or
gans, senses and affections Of a
perfect man. (Key to Theol-
ogy, p, Az,
He says again:
Each Of these Gods, including
Jesus Christ and His Father, be-
ing in possession of not merely
organized spirit. but a glorious
immortal body of flesh and bones,
is subject to the laws which gov. /
ern, oi necessity, even the most |
refined order Of physical exist |
enoe, key TO Theology, p. Al. J |
Again:
1t is, therefore, an absolute
impossibility for God the Father
or Jesus Christ to be everywhere
personally present. (Key to
Theology, p. AS.
The book Of Mormon saws;
And the vail was taken from
off the eyes OF the brother OF Ja-