Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-04-02


doms that 20 may understand
Behold. an these are Kingdoms, and
any man who hath seen any or the
least Of these, hath seen God moving
iu his majesty and power.
Behold, I VIII llken these Kingdoms
unto q man having a field and he sent
forth his servants into tho field 10
labor in the field.
and he said unto tho FIRST. 20 yc.
and labor iu the field. and In the first
hour ] win come unto you, and ye
shall behold the Joy of my counte-
Ana ne said unto the second. go
r. also into tho field. and In tho sec
WI hour 7 win visit you with the y
of my countenanoe''-and so no said
.hud thus they all received the light
ur tHe uouutenancc OF their lord; every
m8u .n his hour and in his time, and
Don H.4 season.
-tcsiunIue az tho FIRST. and 20 on
r.tt the last. and from the last unto
OH. FIRST and from The first unto the
Therefore. unto this parable win I
Is.. 1u these kingdoms. and the I'M
nIutHnts thereof. every kingdom in its
hour and in rs Time and iu its season;
oven according 20 the decree which
Cod hath made
THE Iato Elder Oreon Pratt IN a foot
note. commenting upon the above pas
.Iars SAYS. "Ihe inhabitants OF each
planet blessed with the presence and
visits 1f their Creator"
That which scientific men may only
property say is probability, the
Prophet Joseph boldly proclaims as
revealed truth-tho universe is not
tonautioss, but U.s. inhabited by sentlcnt
beings.
PHILOSOPHY OF MORMONIsDL
think now We have sufficient data
before us on which he may proceed q
tho cosideration of the philosophy
Of MOrmonism.
with your permission, then. and ask
fur YOU 10 bear with me and follow
mo as closely az you can lu what /
now have u offer. 1 will read-because
one ought 20 be careful iu stating inn
portant doctrines viii read 20 you
q few paragraphs touching these great
and. 1 think. essential principles Of so
called Mormonism that ought 20 be
considered when we are discussing
N0rmouism as a body or doctrine. l
trust we shall arrive az tho conclusion,
finally. that n is worth more than the
respect OF a passing glance IL would
be difficult 10 characterize Mormon
philosophy under any Of the schools
svtaut liberalism" 4 should select
as the word best suited for IL philo-
sophie conceptions. II Is dumisuc, but
not in the sense that 10 breaks up me
universe into two entirely distinct sub
,stancca-the material world and nm
'immatcrial God. AS the Christian
philosophy. in the main, does. II is
also monistic. but not in the sense that
ga the last ANALYSIS Of things 10 recpg-
nizcs no distinctions in matter or that
mattor-grlss material-and spirit. or
wind. finer and thinking kind 20
HaaHH. H.Hfan HHi aaHH 1IHaHII D
substance which rs at once God
ature." as the Monists claim us
is that which. while recognize
Infinitely extended substance,
erse. uubouuded and empty in
.f but everywhere filled with
... lco-it holds. nevertheless, that
.u.n substance exists ln two principle
modes having some qualities In com
mon. and I'm others being distinct; hrst,
gross material usually recognized as
matter. pure and simple; and, second,
"a finer thinking substance, usually e.
gardcd by other systems OF thouBht
as spirit" f. g.. "immaterial sub
staucc'-lf one may use terms so con-
Trajectory These two kinds OF matter
have existed from AN eternity and VIII
exist Co am eternity In intimate reia-
tions Neither produces the other, th"y
are eternal eXistenCcs- things Co uci
and things 90 be acted upon. The
Moulsm of Mormon.sm. alluded 10
moment since. while recognizing tn
universe as iunnis'v extended SUBJ
stance ana all substance as material
wJt.er-and hence. Goa this respect
tc. vet 10 also recognizes the
.ubstancc as being OF two kinds.
..lss material. the other "a inner,
liking material, having som,
as in common with gross mat
md ln others being distinct 'All
.. r,nffaf. e4fN UfIr UTUUNHf. 'uuf
more fine or pure 4. e., than gross
.erl and can only Dee dlscerned by
...r ewes We cannot see IL, but
H.n our bodies are purified we snail
ce that it is an matter
After these distinctions are made
and constantly held in consciousness.
80 chat there shall not Dee a loss of dis
tin,tiou Boa things, nor a confounding of
THINGS. We may hereafter use tho terms
"tntcUleenec" and matter equivalent
of mind and matter--as naming the two
modes ln which, for Mormonism, the
eternal and Infinitely extended sub
stance. tile universe, exists. To say
that Intelligence dominates matter and
produces an the ceaselcss changes going
On IN the universe, both Of creation
and demolition, for both forces are OPP
Grating as our Pearl OF Great Price
saws. There are many worlds that
have passCd away by the
word of my IGodsl power,
and there are many that now
stand. and as one earth shall pass away
iu the heavens thereof. even so shall
another come, and there Is no end 60
my works" and hence the creation and
demolition here referred to-but 20 say
that mind. that intelligence dominates
matter I repeat, Is merely to say that
the superior dominates the inferior that
which acts IS greater than that which
is acted upon. that mind Is the eternal
cause OF the "cver becoming in the
universe. the cause and sustalner of the
Cosmic world IL is also To say that
mind IS power, that mind is thought
and viii, and life. and love.
As the grosser material exists ultl-
fnateiy In final particles-atom or
.omething smaller, n you vill-uucrc-
ated and uncrcattblg. 500 the finer or
thinking substance, Intelligence exists
Lon ultimate entities, uuCreatei and un-
rrcatable. That is the doctrine of the
revelation. which SAYS. 'Man was iu
tho beginning with God. lutelli-
gencc. or the light OF truth. was
NOT created or madc.-uoiJner iu-
deed. can be- and as the gross
material, atoms. exist some ln organ
Izad worlds and vorld-systoms. ths oos-
mos. and also others iu chaotic mass
ao tho Intelligence The Intelligent
entities. exist BOO somewhat aualo-
ruu4 states. some boa the form Of
perfected exalted men clothed upon
with immortal bodies. 1a the Christ