Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-10-04

/ before him." while He who was the
| Son Of Man will also appear in his
presence and there viii be given him
dominion, and glory and kingdom, that
| al people, nations and languages shall
serve him; his dominion is an ever
| lasting dominion, which shall not pass
away, and his kingdom that which shall
not be destroyed" Dan, VIII IA.
II will be argued, doubtless, by per-
sons who do not understand, that the
death which was to be the penalty upon
our first parents for breaking the COM
mandment as TO the forbidden fruit
could not be that which Is called the
temporal death because the word was
in the day that thou eatest thereof
thou shalt surely die" and Adam did
not die until he was nine hundred and
thirty years OF age But modern reye-
latlon explains this, by showing that
the day spoken of was one Of the
Lords days, measured by the dmrnal
revolution of the great planet nearest
10 the throne of God, which takes a
thousand of our years, Thus Adam
and all the patrIarchs in the early gem
oratlons died within the limit Of zone
day with the Lord The spiritual
death, which also followed dlsobedience.
was Punishment from the presence of
the Lord" Redemption from both the
spiritual and the temporal death comes
through the atonement of our Lord and
Savior Jesus Christ.
The Important position occupied by
that Being who stands at the head OF
The human race, ought 20 be recognized
by all his posterity. 1t was on the
principle of the patrlarchal ORDER in
which the father Is the priest and
chief Of the family, and viii hold that
place to all eternity that President
Young proclaimed the supremacy OF
that person who Is our Father and our
! God, because Of our personal relation
ship to him. Michael who, In his
earthly career was Adam, was one OF
the three exalted persons who engaged
In the formation OF this globe. El0him,
Jehovah and Michael were associated
In that mighty work. When God spake
I'm the beginning" he gave direction
20 other divine persons and said Let
US do thus and So and they obeyed
him and acted In harmony with Him.
The Eternal Elohim directed both Mi
chael and Jehovah, and the heavenly
hosts obeyed them. When Adam was
formed 'out OF the dust Of the earth"
he worshiped the great Elohim. the
Eternal Father Of us all SO do we.
our prayers are offered to that AL
mighty Being who is God over all,
blessed forever"
President Young so taught the
Church He made frequent references
10 that supreme Deity In numerous dis
courses that are published, In the
same sermon wherein brief alluslon il
made to the position occupied by Adam.
or Michael, he used this language; II
was trying TO think OF the place where
God Is not, but II is impossible unless
you can find empty space: and there
believe He Is not If you can find
such a place, II will become useful for
hiding place TO those who wish TO
hide themselves from the presence OF
the Lord IN the great day Of accounts"
He quoted aud endorsed the sayings Of
the Psalmist beginning: whittier
shall | 90 from thy Spirit, or whittier
shall fee from thy presence This
shows that he fully believed in a Be
ing who Is above and superior to all
such individuals as Adam, or Michael,
no matter how great may be their pow
er and authority on earth or in heaven.
President Young, In o discourse pub
lIshed in Vol l journal Of Discusses
the same volume as that to which we
have alluded. made this remark: IAN
creation, visible and Invisible Is the
workmanship Of our God the supreme
Architect and Ruler Of the whole, who
organized the world and created every
living thing upon II to act In its sphere
and order" He said further: THE
Lord Almighty is In the midst OF all
His creatures that are scattered abroad
among the nations Of the earth, and
does His pleasure among them. His
scrutinizlng eye will not suffer q hair
of your head to fall TO the ground I'M
noticed, his attention Is az once so
minute and so extensive. He presides
over the worlds on worlds that ilum-
mate this little planet and millions on
millions Of worlds that we cannot see,
and yet He looks upon the minutest OBJ
| feet Of His creations; not one Of these
creatures escapes His notice; and there
ls not one Of them hut His wisdom and
powerhasproduced I'VE could quote ex-
tehslvey from the discourses Of Presi-
dent Young 10 show that he believed
in a supreme all-governing, all-seeing,
all-knowing Deity. who is TO he wor-
SHIPPED and implicitly obeyed, by our
Father Adam as well as by all his pos
terity over whom he will preside as the
head Of the human family on this earth.
Testing Is very common about our