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Adam, who is the only God with Wnom 'ne W.
mon people is particularly concerned. IS dehneo
in the books held sacred by the church as Inc
Father of All, the Prince OF ALL, and the Anclent
of Days." and again as "the only God with Wnom
we have to do" Now God, or Adam, is God OF
flesh a materialist in every His wives are
women in as material sense, the difference be-
tween celestial and an earthly body beng that,
instead of blood the veins of celestial beings are
filed with subtle fluid, which renders their
bodies always beautiful, always reJuVenated.
GAS man is now" to Mormon belief, $50 God
was - and "as God is now, so man shall be-" But,
to attain Godhood, the human experience IS nee
essary. These myriads of spirits, therefore, are
continually lowering about the human faml1y,
beseeching human birth. Thus it is the highest
duty of every Mormon woman to raise a large
family of children, and thus that her exaltatlon
is proportionate to the number OF pre-eXlStent
spirits to which she gives embodiment
Therefore, when Mormon men or women are
accused of sin, in bringing ilegitimate children
into the world, their answer and their behet is
that thev have performed the greatest possible
service for these very children in giving them
human birth. and thus making it possible tor
them to become Gods.
Provided that a Mormon man has been con, !,
sistent Saint and has obeyed the celestial,
which is the plural order of marriage. he Will be
exalted to be ruler of planet a God, and his
kingdom will consist of his wives and children,
who will forever multiply, until his seed is as the
seed of Abraham In mathematical order he Will,
in turn take one of his wives, go to an unlnhab.
tied planet and people it after the manner OF
Adam and Eve Then he, also, even as ADAM
shall be God, Father and Progen1tor OF race
of beings who shall acknowledge him their God
and Ruler as the Mormon people to-day acknowl-
edge Adam Then, repeating the history OF this
world, one of his shall come, even as Christ,
| and for the fall of his father. And the Mormon
exalted to Godhead will continually beget spirit
oh in heir t11rn. Wi embodied
| the people of this planet, and all OF these
| children, will in their turn, have similar op-
portunity of becoming Gods and being as Adam
to another planet.
| Should Won express anv confusion at the idea
of such countless millions of planets and races,
| Mormon theologians ask you, "What is Space e
| and you silent.
| This deifcation, which is the highest exalta-
tion, is possible only to polygamous Mormons In
| consequence only the wives of polygamous Nor
mons may become Goddesses. Notwithstanding
deifcation, their highest duty and the prospect
| of their Immortality, is the bearing of children
| throug ghout all eternity.
| The highest order of exaltation is known by
| Mormons as the celestial kingdom A lower or
der is the terrestrial kingdom, reserved for all
| good Mormons who have not been called to the
| celestial law.
The Mormon people believe, that for them, as
Saints, it is necessary to work out their own sal
ton. One of the principal means to this end Is
being baptized tor the dead, Tor IL Is mormon
belief that at the close of the third century A
D., God withdrew His kingdom from the world
and that it was practically lost until $780, when i
J was restored through the prophet Joseph Smith
Since it was not the fault of those who lived be
fore this time, that they had not been given al
opportunity to embrace the religion of the Saints
which the Mormons believe to be the only true re
ligion it is possible for therl to attain salvation
by being baptized by proxy, by Mormon believ
er. Every conscientious Mormon, therefore
hunts I'D his family tree and is baptized indi
t vidualiy by Immersion for each of his ancestor
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