Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-08-05
ruE DOCTRINE OF DEITY,

should have "a correct understanding or
the Deity. 90 FAR aH the Divine can Do
camprchoudcd by the human. When
tho youth Joseph smith received DIS
nrHt vision. BE- behcld two glorious por-
sonages. whose brightness Gar 'N.
cecded that NJ the MONDAY sun. that
iumlnary was shining nt the tim" ana
the manifestation wua in the open air.
They were strikingiy alike iu appear
nnec. ana ono pointing no. the other
said. "Thla is my beloved Son; hear
Him"
In mormon" theology. thcn, the
Father and the Son are two noparnto
entities and each Is n person IN the
form Of man. who is mndo after hrir
Image and their likeness Those Divine
BcinEs. with the Holy Ghost form the
Oodhoad. The Spirit ~ universally
present throughout the vast domains
of space. and IL aaid BY revelation to
be-
THE ilFht which ~ IN an things;
which rivUth iifo 90 ull things when
IL the law by which nll things are goy-
erned. even tho power of God, VINO W
IN the bosom ~ eternity, who lH ln tho
midst OF all things. Doe. q Cow, sec
ss, 70.
Man can 10 some extent understand
the Father and the Son by studying
himself and the possibilities ~ hin own
powers spiritual mental and physical
when perfected. lmmortnllzod and glori-
ned The promise H. that
"whon It, tGod) shall appear. We
shall be- like Him; Tor we shall see Him
40 ite IT, Ana every man that hath this
hope In Him pufineth himself even aH
Re IL pure John u, 2. o.
That II because I'VE are tho sons Of
God" Jesus Of Nazareth is recognized
by all the Christian scots as the Son
of God Most " them say also that Ito
h God. They cnuncintr the doctrine Of
the Trinity. with but very few cx-
ceptionn they endorse the description OF
Deity given by the EplRcopllinn church.
In the nrut Of IT, Thrly-ulne Arllclcai
There ~ but one living and true God.
everlasting, without body parts. or pas.
riona. OF infinite power, wisdom ana
goodness; The Maker ana frrservvr Or
all things both visible and invisible.
And In unity OF this Oodhcnd there be-
thrpe persons. ~ one substance, power
and eternity the Father, the Bon, ANA
the Holy Ghost"
II Is also part Of those orccds that
Christ ana truly rlan again from
death. and took again Ills body. with
flesh. bones and all things apportalning
to the perfection Of mans nature,
whcrcwith lie assembled Into heaven
ana there stitch. until llr return to
Judge all mon ut the last day"
They further explain that the three
persons Of the Trinity are "co-vquai
and their majesty co-etornnL" Also
that;
"such nR the Father o.. such ia tho
Son and such ia the Holy Ghost
or course Il Is difficult lt not lmpoa-
uible. TO explain how Deity composed
OF three persons, one of whom has %
body OF flesh and bones. can be 'wlth-
out body and without pnrtH," but such
h the orthodox idea which they who
can may believe. Hut We desire Co
draw attention to tho declaration that
the Father and the Son are declared
10 be alike. without amy difference or
inequality" aud that the Son went Co
heaven with Ills rvHurrogtcd body NJ
flesh and bones and alts nt the right
hand ~ the Father" We do this be-
cause the doctrine of the Gudhrnd w
held by the church III jesus Christ or
Latter-day Saints. ia now being rdi-
culcd ana held mp 10 public dcrislon by
preachers whose crrrda ON THIS SUBJ
ject We have briefly set forth,
Now II there is anything concerning
Deity made clear In tho Scriptures.
which those soots accept ua the only
mai authority IN religious matters, u
ia that Jesus n the Son NJ God tho
Father and that lie ~ the '"Npf'h
image N His person, Also that jesus
was "thc nrst-born among many
brethren" that tie and they "fo all of
one:" that az they ''wrro made par
takers OF flesh and blood, tie also lilm'
self likewise took part NJ the enmc,
that IN 'nu things n hchooved Him Cd
be made like unto His hrothrcr.' and
that those who follow In HIS steps Will
be- like Him In ull things. ulcb, ID
Now n Jesus uf Nazareth IN lllH
resurrectcd body Of nrsh and bones ID
lust like His Eternal Father why
fhould tho doctrine that God the Father
MH MtIA US TOT l"N hNA' N''Ni on On N.'
"a being Of tabernacle be secuted aa
contrary TO Christianity God la % spirit
and it be true that "a spirit iHolf has
not flesh ana bones" But man is a
spirit also. Ills spirit has not na7h
and bones hut Il dwglla in body that
has. Jesus before Ho gave mp the ghost
snid "Fathor into Thy hands ] com,
mend my spirit" Tie loft the body md
returned 10 No. then with that body
nscendsd Into heaven Go dwell with m,
Futhor
All rho sons NJ Cod. if th1y follow Oh
Ills footsteps, ore 90 do the snme. Foi
though Hc was tho only boE0tton 5or
OF God ln the flesh lie was the "nut
born" In the spirit. And His brethren
are 20 share In Ills glory u7 "JoIn
heirs" 20 ou things with his Father Hu.
their Father His God and their God
II Jesus Christ with q body VI noal
ana bones spIritulnlizod and Immortal
ls really God. H. It unreasonable OF un
soriptural to believe that the Father q