Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1918-02-15
GAi,r.'HP On
The ORIGIN OF MAN
Takes Issue With Statement of Rev.
w. w. Ketchum That God is
Only a Spirit.
Columbia, N. G., Feb. 2, 1918.

Editor Iro. County Record en-
joy reading the paper very much, it
all sounds like home to me-the things
Of home are Of much more interest
to one a long way from home than at
home. I read all that is printed, adds
and all, and enjoy it very much.
In the copy Of Jan. 10, | read the
by Rev. w. w. Ketchum on
"What is MANI" and his argument
to prove that man was n descendent
Of God rather than the ape was good;
but | am afraid that his idea brought
forth in the relationship of God and
man is erroneous, and many will be
lead astray to some extent by the
statement he sets forth here, "'That
man is the image of God" as he said,
"Now the essential difference between
them 1.-THE ape and mani does not
consist in the brain capacity of the
skulls, in hairy or smooth skin, but
in the fact that mar vas made in the
image Of God. BY this is not meant
a bodily likeness, for we know God
is a spirit and "a spirit hath not flesh
and bones (John 4:24; Luke 24:39)"
He brings forth the idea that God
is a spirit without body, parts or pas
sions, as many people of the world
believe, and the point here is the one
to be considered by all who are pro-
Tossing to be Christians-to know
what kind of a God he or she is wor-
shipping. Now, l wish to bring forth
a few Scriptural statements to show
that God is not a spirit without flesh
and bones," but that He is a spirit
with flesh and bones and that man is
made after His own image.
Consider Gen. 1862, "And God
said let us make man in our own inn
age, after our likeness; and let them
have dominion over the fish of the
sea So God created
man in His own image, in the image
of God created he him; male and fe-
male, created He them" Do we have
flesh and bones? Jacob Scaled the
name of the place Pencil; for / have
seen God face to face, and my life
is preserved" Here we find Jacob
%conversing with the Lord and the
Lord tells him his name shall no long,
err be Jacob, but Israel. How could
he have seen His face if He had moi
had a face to be seen? Gen. $3.50
The Lord spoke to Moses In this way
and he said, "Thou can'st not see My
face; for there shall no mar see Nc
and live; and the Lord said, Behold
there is a place by me, and thou shalt
stand upon n rock. And it shall come
to pass while my glory passeth by.
that ] will put thee in n cliff of the
rock and will cover thee with my hand
while l pass by, and l will take away
My hand, and thou shalt see my back
parts; but my face shall not be seem
Elk. 33:20-23. Here the Lord speaks
himself and says He passed his hand
over Moses. Seemingly He must
have a hand. What is the hand at
tached to? say an arm and the arm
to the body. Then the hand was re-
moved and Moses was permitted &c
see His (God's) back parts; therefore
he must have parts.
Christ was a man among men, borr
of n mortal woman and sired of al
immortal Father and some called hin
the Carpenters son." And Apostle
Paul in the Hebrews said the Son o.
God or Savior was in the express i'm.
age of His Gods person. Heb. /:
1-3. On the Offering of the Savior
the disciples, after He was risen from
the grave, were frightened and "H'
said unto them, why r We troubled
and why do thoughts arise in you
hearts? Behold my hands and m!
feet, that it is | myself. Handle m'
and see, for a spirit hath not flesl
and bones as We see me have LUX.
Assoc. He was q man not spirit
l think that | have set forth BiblI
references plenty to prove and clea
the personality Of God mp all right
and latter day revelation is proof il
and of itself. The Prophet Josepl
Smith saw God the Father and Hi
Son Jesus Christ and bears testimon.
of their parsonage,
Wishing you the best Of success,
ELDER CLAIR +. GARDNER.