Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-03-14

and nature Its dualism is that which
while recognizing an Infinitely extend.
ed substance the universe. unbound
ed and empty I'm no part. but every
where filled with substance holds
nevertheless. that such substance ex-
lists In two principal modes having
some qualities IN common. and iu 9th
crs being distinct Cd Gross material
usually recognized as matter. pure and
simple 90 A finer thinking sub
stance. usually regarded by other sys
TENS Of thought as spirit g. o.. lm-
material substance These kinds of
matter have existed from an eternity.
ana will exist To an eternity iu init
mate relations. Neither produces the
other. however thcy are eternal exist
ences. They constitute the Book of
Mormon things 20 act. and things 60
be acted upon
THE Mnnlsm OF M0rmonlsm. while
recognizing the universe as infinitely
extended substance matter. and hence
I'm this respect mouistic, yet ID also
recognizes this substance as Of two
kinds. one gross material: the other
finer. or thinking msterial-mind. hav-
ing some qualities ln common. with
gross matter. and ir others being dis.
tinct After these distinctions arc
made, and II constantly held in con-
sciousness, so that there shall not De "a
loss Of distinction in things. nor "a con
founding OF things. We NAV hereafter
use the terms Intelligence and Mat
ter as naming the two modes I'm which
for Mormonism. the eternal and innn-
itely extended substancc-the Uni.
yerse-eXists. To say that intel
ligence dominates matter. and pro-
duces all the ccaselcss changes going ON
in the universe. both OF creation and
demolition COR evolution and davoIu.
tion)-is simply 20 say that the SUI
periOr dominates the inferior. that
that which acts is greater than thai
which is acted upon, that mind is the
Eternal cause ~ the ever becoming
In the uniyerse-the cause ana sus-
tainer Of the cosmic world II is alsa
10 say that mind is power; that mind
Is thought, and will, and life, and love
Modes OF Existence OF the In
hnitely Extended Substance-The Uni
verse. As the gross material exist
ultimately In final qualifications or
something smaller, II you wlll-Un-
created and uucreatable. 50 the finer
or thinking substance. intelligence cx-
lists iu ultimate entities-uncreated ana
unCreatable.
And as the gross material atoms
exist some In organized worlds aud
world-syste cosmCs-aud also
others iu chaotic mass: 50 the finer or
thinking suhstauCe-the intelligent On
titles, exist In somewhat analogous
states. some in the form OF perfected
exalted men; clothed upon with lm-
mortal bodies participating in @ ma
ture that ia divine. having won then
exaltatiOn through the exparieu. O..
through stress and trial in the vari us
estates or changes through which thew
have passed. other intelligence exist
In spirit bodies, less tangible than The
first class. and possessed Of less *
pcrience and Of power and OF dignity;
still they are In the way OF progress
through other estates. yet 10 be- export
need by them other intelligent en-
itios exist as intelligences merely, not
vet the begotten spirits. not yet united
with element ON the Rrosser substance
inion with which is essential to the
highest development OF intelligeuces.
such the Mormon view Of the uni
-erse and the modes OF existence in it.
,rieny outlined These eNistences. butl
u the thinking substance. and The
.rosser materials. are subject 90 in-
Inite changes and DEVELOPMENTS In
which there are no ultimates. Zach |
ucceeding wave OF progress may At |
ain higher and ever higher degrees
Z excellence. but never attain perfec- |
Ion-the ideal reccdos ever as IL Is APP /
reached. and hence progress 10
ternsl even Tor the highest exist