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ELDER B. III. ROBERTS.

them before their favorite text. and |
ask them. What think ye OF Christ?
is lie God? Yes. Is He man? Yes
there Is no escaping II. Is He now
MANI Yes-there is no escaping that.
For His resurrection and the immor-
tally that succeeds the resurrection Is
a reality. He Himself attested 1t In
numerous ways. He appeared to num-
Der of the Apostles, who, when they
saw Him. were seized with fright, sup
posing they had seen a spirit; but lie
said unto them: Why are we troubledy
And why do thoughts arise In yOuf
yearts? Behold my hands and my feet
that II Is myself: handle me, and see
for spirit hath not flesh and bones, as
We see me have" luke "a: 36-S9 Then
in further attestation Of the reality OF
His existence, as If to put away all
doubt, He said, Have We here any
meat?" And they brought Him some
broiled fish and honeycomb, and HE
took II. and did eat before them
Luke "a: 4l-4S) Think Of itl Asres-
directed, immortal person actually eat
ing of material food l wonder that
our spiritually minded friends do not
arraien Him for such a material act
as that after His resurrection!
Scotch Presbyterian Is particularly
Jealous for a strict observance OF the
Sabbath. One who was a little liberal
In his views Of the law pertaining 20
the Sabbath was once arguing with an
orthodox brother, on the subject. ana
urged that even Jesus so far bent the
law pertaining 10 the sabbath that He
justified His disciples for walking
through the fields of corn on the SAP
| bath, and rubbing the ears OF corn IN
| their hands, blowing away the chah'
and eating the corn. 20 weel' says
Donald, "mebbe the Lord did that but
il doesna heighten Him in my opinion.
And so this resurrected second Per-
| sonage OF the Godhead ate material
food after His resurrection; but | take
II that the fact does not heighten Him
| In the opinion OF our ultra spiritually
| minded folk. II comes In conflict, un-
doubtedly, with their notions Of what
| life ought TO be after the resurrection
But not only did He do this, but with
| His resurrected hands He prepared
| meal on the sea shore for His own
! disciples and invited them TO partake OF
| the food that He with His resurrected
hands had provided. John Il: g-lS;
| Acts 10 AL Moreover. for forty days
| He continued mlnisterng TO His disci-
| pies after His resurrection, .eating ana
| drinking with them (Acts X: AZ; and
| then, as they were gathered together on
one oocasion,lol He assembled from their
midst. and cloud received Him out Of
! their sight. Presently, two personages
In white apparel stood beside them and
said "Ye men OF Galilee. why stand
We gazing up into heaven? This same
Jesus. which is taken up from you into
heaven, shall so come in like manner az
We have seen Him go into heaven"
(Acts /: H. What, With His body OF
flesh and bone. with the marks in His
hands and I'm His feet? Shall He come
again In that form? The old Jewish
prophet. Zechariah, foresaw that He
would. He describes the time OF His
glorious coming when His blessed,
naIl-pierced feet shall touch the Mount
! Of Olives, and IL shall cleave in twain,
and open a great valley for the escape
of the distressed house Of Judah. sore
oppressed in the siege OF their great
| city. Jerusalem. We are told that They
shall look upon Him whom they have
pierced and they shall mourn for Him,
as one mourneth for his only SOM" and
! one shall look upon Him In that day
and shall say What are these wounds
! in thy hands and In thy feet?" and He
shall answer, "These are the wounds
that received In the house Of my
friends" (Zech the 18th. 18th and 18th
chapters.)
What think we Of Christ? Is He God?
Yes. Is He man? Yes. win that resuS-
rected. immortal glorided man ever be
distilled into some bodless, formless
essence, 70 be dffused as the perfume
OF a rose Is diffused throughout the cir
cumambient air? win He become all
impersonal, incorporeal. immaterial
God without body, without parts. with
! out passions? VIII It be? Can 1t be-
What think ye Of Christ? Is He God?
Yes. Is He an exalted man? Yes: in
the name Of all the Gods He Is. Then.
why do YOU sectarlan ministers arraign
the faith OF the members OF the Church
OF Jesus Christ OF Latter day Saints,
because they believe and affirm that
God Is an exalted man. and that He
has a body. tangible immortal. hides
tructble. and will so remain through
out the countless ages OF eternity? Ana
since the Son Is in the form and like
ness OF His Father, being, as Paul tells us,
I'm the express image OF His person.
so. TOO, the Father God Is man OF Inn
mortal tabernacle. glorihed and ex.
| allied. For as the Son Is so also Is this
Father. a parsonage OF tabernacle, OF
flesh and OF bone as tangible as mans,
as tangible as Christs most glorious
body.
THE ONENESS OF GOD.
But there are some expressions OF
scripture to consider which speak Of the
oneness" Of God. Speaking OF the
question which agitated the earlS
Christian Church about eating meats
offered 10 idols. Paul says: We know
that an idol is nothing in the world, and
that there is none other God but one."
Moreover Jesus Himself made this
rather strange remark-that is. strange
until one understands 1t; and my
Father are one" and so much one that
He said. HE that hath seen me hath
seen the Father. Believest
Father Faith and the Father in me9
the words that speak unto you 1
speak not OF myself: but the Father
that dwelleih In me, he doeth the works
Believe me that | am In the Father.
and the Father In me-" Consequently,
our philosophers. especially those who
lived when the present Christian creeds
/ concerning God were formulated,
thought that by some legerdemaln or
other they must make the three Gods
the Father. the Son and the Holy
Ghost-just one; so they set their wits
at work to perform the operation.
But let US seek out some reasonable
explanation Of this language. refer
again TO the passage Just quoted from
the writings Of Paul with reference TO
there being none other God but one.
Immediately following what ] read on
that point comes this language;
For though there be that are called
gods. whether In heaven or In earth,
las there be Gods many, and Lords
many,
but 10 US there is but one God. the
| Father OF whom are all things. and we
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