Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-08-23

knowledge imaginary notion--put
acquired some OF it subsequently,
But as to the contention over the say
ing. God Is a spirit" Was not Christ
a splrit2 Did ID not In His dying mo
ments pray. Father, into thy hands
/ commend my spirit? And did He
not then bow His head and give NJ
the ghost"2 When resurrccted was not
that spirit restored to the body. or rath
or the body restored to the spirit, ana
being quckened By spirit did It not
become a spiritual body Of flesh ana
bones? II Jesus, who was a spirit IA
the beginning with the Father" ana
Gin the form Of Cod could have a
body Of flesh and bones, why could not
the personal spirit Of His Father also
have spiritual body Of flesh ana
bones?
The Presbyterian critic contends that
God being a spirit cannot have FORM
and also that being a spirit he cannot
have a body. But His beloved Son was
and IS spirit. and came and took up
on Himself flesh. and when He ascend
ed 10 heaven was an immortal splfJt
dwelling in an immortal body OF flesh
and bones. Noting this, take with Il His
own statement. Verify verify | say
unto YOU. the Son can do nothing OF
Himself but what He seeth the Father
ao. f,r whatsoever things lie dooth
these also doeth the Son likewise
gpo. Y. 100. And o. spirit has no form.
no shape. no dimensions as the Presby
terrain creed teaches why was II than
in the very chapter from which the
critic quotes ct rays that when jesus
appeared 10 His disciples in that body |
Of flesh and bones they were terrified
and anrlahted and supposed they had
seen spirit? duke xiv Sd.
Mr.. Clemenson, who was said to have
made the "unanswerable argument
used the same tactics az those OF ms
conferred. Instead Of stating our posi-
ton as It IS. namely that man Is in the
image and likeness Of God, he endeaY-
ors 10 convey the impression that we
say God has human body and Is
made Ike man." which Is a complete
reversal Of the proposition We do not
bring God down to the level of man,
we seek 10 raise man up to be Ike God
who Is his Father and whose attributes
are reflected IN him and are capable
Of endless ampllhcation and develop
ment
The gentlemans new idea" about
the two natures In Christ the divine
and the human, Is as cd as Chris
tian" controversy, which dates back to
the third century, and has been
threshed over In theological disputes,
until scarcely a straw Of II Is left and
not kernel Of real wheat can be found
in It. The Presbyterian teacher who
regarded It as novel and convincing
ought to read his own creed and class
books and he viii learn that the new
idea" Is as old as original Presbyterian
ism which borrowed 1t from Catholi-
cism, az did the Episcopal church and
other offshoots from the tres Of Roman
Ism And all Of them derive from that
source their lmmateria notions of an
Deity.
Mr. Clemenson processes 10 have been
shocked az President Lorenzo SHOWS
declarations;
"As man IA, God once was; as God Is,
man may be-"
The gentleman was so shocked" that
he had to misquote President Snow and |
put II. man SHALL be, which is very
different but Is about as correct ms most
quotations from Mormon
Let us look at this a little,
Mr.. Clemenson declares that Christ
vas God that "He took human nQture
nto union with His divine nature" He
became a man. He is now exalted 10
he.throne OF His Father lie is a God
With a body. The scriptures teach that
lis disciples may become heirs OF
iod and Joint heirs with Jesus Christ
&c Is TO change their vile bodies and
ashton them like unto His glorious
,ody" He has promised. ITO him
hat overoometh will grant to sit with
nc In my throne, even as / also over
anne and am set down with My Fa-
her in His throne REV III. 2l) Now
IS man Is. Jesus once was; as Jesus Is,
nan may be, and Presbyterianlsm pro-
'laims that Jesus Is God We hope this
viii give the Presbyterian critic an
,ther shock that win counteract the
lrst, and establish his mental equllib-
'lum.
Mr. Clemenson and his associates and
heir predecessors for centuries, make
m utter failure OF their attempt TO de-
lnc Deity According TO their own
they try TO explain the In
sxplcable, to unfold an lmpenetrable
to demonstrate an unsolyable
TO expound that which they
declare Is incomprehensible. No liv-
ing being can make anything but a con-
OF terms out OF an imma-
terlal substance" To reduce Deity TO
that which Is equal TO empty space. Is
more IN the nature OF "blasphemy'
than the crudest idea Of heather idol
a;ers The Mormon conception Of
God Is rational, scriptural and com
prehonslble and is that which lie has
revealed In modern as In ancient times
Whose readcth, let him understand"
THE NEW ZEALAND PLAN.
The statement that the compulsory |
arbitration law OF New Zealand has /