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similar condition. and David did not
biasphcmc when he exclaimed"
God stnndeth In tho congregation Of
the mighty. he judEeth among the
have said ye are gods and all o.
you arc children Of the Most High
IA. lxxxii !. 8.
nut though In Mormon doctrine the
individuality ~ each person In tho
divine Trinity IL maintained and they
nre each called God. YET u also presents
the grand monotheis,ic truth of a I'M
ivcrsai. aii-pcrvadlns essence. which u
the ilrht and life Of ali things and -
omniprcseni. uncrcated. without begin
ming m end. the spirit OF inteiiigcnc1
which IL truth eternal. Doctrine a Gov.
onania. sections IS and -.
our religious opponents do not quo,r
from that book which Ia standard, but
Garalc Few extracts from works that
are not fiuai authority.
Sow us to the ideas entertained b.
the late President brigham Young
concerning Adam. The nrst man is
the head u the race. the father ~ all
lie is the Ancient 81 Days. What ho
lost for the time being BY the fall
h. rcgalued by the asonemenL The re-
dcmption II perfect and complete. IN
the resurrection he viii stand In ha
place. AZ win every man who u exalted
10 the fuiness o. glory. He viii be over
al. his poaterlty Tor ever. and have the
dominion. with Eve. that was given 10
him I'm the BEGINNING" lie So and VIII
De our father and our god. In the same
sense ns other perfect beings arr gods
eycn the sons 81 God.
beloved. now are We the sons os
God and q doth NOT yet appear Mhai
We shall be-. but We know that when
ilr shall appear We shall be like Him
f1r We snail soc Him AZ lie H." / John
~. :.
There arc 10 be- hundred and forty
four thousand redeemed and perfected
beings having the Fathers namc. She
name of God. written on their fore.
heads ulcv. M. ~; xiv ~.
We have only touched briefly on the
outlines ~ this important subject and
quoted hut few verses Of scripture
which refer to H. The tattcr-dny Saints
believe In the doctrines Of the Bible.
hut they have received addition
al light In regard TO Deity and
mans relation 10 God. from the
fountain ~ all intelligence. Per-
sons bound up In the narrow
crecdu and tied to the vain phllcsophleh
~ modern perverted Christianity, at
tempt to ridiculc and mlsrcprcseni that
which they do not understand, forget
ful Of the fact that the efforts VI learn
ID theoioglanu to explain what
uod IN have Involved them all In u
maze ~ absurdiiics, and contradictions.
and have placed ~ an object N wor-
ship a solemn nothing, which. on their
own definitions. Ia simply empty space
or that which IL an impofsihllliy.
In mormon" doctrine the spirit %
man Is the offspring ~ the Eternal
Father. made In his image and capable
Of development into His projections.
The rerurrccicd. Riorincd man VIII
stand at the head Of his own pos,erity'
who will revere him "a their great
patriarch and King. and n god In the
sens. IN which the term II used In
ancient and modern revelation. But
therc 4. one supreme. omnipo,cnt Del
~ 20 whom all creatures In heaven and
earth viii eventually bow the knee, and
Him We worship and adore. and He Il
our Father and our ood. TO whom be
pralae and obedience and glory TOT
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