Show THIS i HII Y ov O OJ lII Il t J At Jt tire the of ot o tim tho Teacher n RI I of ot the of ot Utah full held heki In this city on fl Friday ll He v Dr Ir Paden spoke on The Idoft MII of ot I God lie flo 10 approached the III In n It spirit different from that usually Indulged In nt at n of ot that thai character It II was wao argumentative and without vituperation This IB 18 en ds nil was tho till subsequently given shen iI en to the teachers not to 10 antagonize assail tight light tho the Mor Mormons or mons mono but hut to present the simple truth In a t 1 straight forward manner When we wo compare this with tho the methods em eni employed I by b Presbyterian rind Methodist ministers Hi tho the early 11 lays days of ot tho IL Church of at Jesus Christ of ot Saints tho the contrast t Is truly remark remarkable 1 able The weapons then thell used Were ero the rifle rIlle the torch nod and vio violence I lence Today tho the advice IR is given to toI I approach the tho Mormon brother In Inthe Inthe Inthe the spirit of Christ to bo be kind kinti and so HO HOgain gain his confidence We highly ap nil appreciate tho the change It Is la noticeable that thuL clerical oNIon opponents of ot Mormonism Mill follow the theold theold theold old plan of ot by quoting Isolated passages from fron are not num nurn numbered numbered I bereti among am on the standards of lit our out faith notwithstanding the tho repeated ft declaration by hy the tile Church that the written standards which It as ns authoritative are the Hook o of Mormon Doctrine I o and anul Covenants and 1111 Pearl Perl of ot Great Orett Price Irico The Church has haft formally fonn lly passed upon those books In InI conference assembled and on none acne n ll oth others l 1 t I ore ers Tl Tills ili however vever nays lIaA nothing i against any of ot the Iho works which hear bear I the tho names of ot their authors anti and for forI I which they till are responsible Dr Paden did dill rotor refer to the tho Doctrine and anil Covenants to establish the asser assertion Ft tion Uon that The Th words of tho the Priesthood liro the words of ot God That Is a very t common but very unfair way to state the pO of ot the Church on this mat matter matter I ter er This rOI Is the thi word of oC the Lord Lard to 10 tho the 1 sent pont forth to preach the th Gospel And this Is the unto them that the S shill shall speak ns no they are moved 4 I upon IW hy the Holy Ghost anti I evi thuy ll speak when moved upon by the tho Ghost sloth shall be ho scrIptUre 7 I shall be he the will lit ot if the tho Lor I sh l Iw 1 I the tie mind mIni of ot the th Lord shall be ho tho the worth word of ot the Lord Lor he be tho the Voice of the Lord Iohl and the tM power of ot had God O 1 unto salvation DOt Dor Iov eO Bee 6 I Ct v Zt i iH 4 It H does not require r nn argument to show that the words of ot men m n In this Church CI ch holding the Priesthood are not declared to be the words of o God un unless less leRS thu are arc under the Inspiration then lion of ot tho the Italy Holy 1101 Ghost It Willi Vito that which made the words vors of ot ancient and apostles the words of at God when not moved mUNI upon by b the Holy 1101 Ghost host their utterance wore were not 1101 notto notto to Ibo Ie e received In that light In revelation to the Church the Lora raid Verily I say unto you ou he that Is ordained of ot ma mS and anti sent ont forth to preach prat the word Vord nf or truth by b tho the Comforter In Inthe the th Spirit of ot truth doth he Ire preach It by the tho ie Spirit of truth or aT some om other way vs And If It b he by IW some other way WilY It te to not of ot God We c believe bellel the hoW Holy Itol Is I the theta panto ta o c now no ng ns It was wall In former Urn that It Its Ita operation and effects tB are the t thera fame ra ie and therefore th that t holy hot men or of God whet when Inspired by h It In the present pl ent age can cnn understand and nd spek and nd write at t Its It dictation and antt fill what they utter will wilt b he be when written i just as ns much s that given through holy ho moo mon of old ald Time There 1 la Is nothing In Inthe tho the or In reason rea lIOn which contro centre controverts verts this position Hut the r m rk of ot Dr W Pra directed agaInst tb the Mormon conception of ot God Clod principally In boa hos hostility to theIr belief that thaI God Orni U Is a pet per perron ron non having form and nd and irni possessing a n body bo In III th the fleet ana md Image of which man Is 18 made The gentleman regards this thin at as That does doe not matter maUer at t all 1111 The question K Is Is 18 It true On the tal l belief t of It the tM Saints con concerning On earnIng Deity Delt eme remarks remark wee ee md In the Tabernacle In this Ink tb city eM last hut Sun SUII Sunday day ilay which are published In lOt 11 thu issue I of the D ret News and to which we e draw dr the waders reads attention let letus us see Bce what the tho Presbyterian Confusion sion ithon of ot has ns to say pay lr on o 1 this tub sub subJect father lathor Son and nd Holy ft tire lire each equally the tho on one God and th the iii ble bit divine oMne and of divine p then lion anti and am prerogative belong llong to tn each eachIn In the same tame pons Milt awl insi degree This Thill Is III the common dammon belief of ef If the in ind flee d rn Christian It it Ie another it ti I form of ot lon ion to that In the t Ar Articles tIdes df of ot th the Church which says 11 And In Unity nU Of nf thIs ad tt there tiara I lx be three thre 1 of At r one power po anti the lather the th thA theon Son on A and the Holy haZy lIal Ghost I to this Jesus Is Isled led God equally 10 to with the tilt ami arni with the Holy Spirit II then Is III a aGod aI I I God ODd with a n body bedy h 1 with sits ml 00 with Uh passIons who lived as a a man mith m lit died was burled burIed urr with mOl M WI tile body bod composed oom of ot dish and brn bt aad quickened bythe b by the spirit he I I Into heaven anti sat at tho the right hand of o the Father I thel all power both bath In heaven anti and on earth arth If It that thatIs Is III a n heathenish Idea then tho the Pros Pres Presbyterian church as I s well BH RS the tho co pal Methodist and other Christian denominations ate no nolab heathen heathenish lab ish In their conception of ot Dolly The modern declaration Is that I Jesus In Is very ven Owl of ot very God Is II such uch uchI alsO that such as n this the Father li I the Sun Son and such uchi In is the Holy has hns form torm If It to worship a beIng who and shape and n C hotly body In III I Idolatry then the Presbyterian ministers In com Corn common Cornmon mon mOil with others otherl who vainly attempt to explain What hat God lod Is Iq Mill and what he lie Is II not are Idolatrous Observe rn we wo do donot donot not flat make this title charge chara against theta them It proceeds from rain one of ot themselves Now aa as to the PerSonalIty of ot tho the Father The rite fh confession of ot faith sail We W deny that list the tha properties of at mat matter mattee ter tee auch uch as am bodily parts and lon belong to him the Lh spirit of ot God like time tho spirit of ot man moult l lie be e an It b unit without extension or dimensions If there Is IR one thing than an another Another another other In the teaching Of ot the Savior It ItIs Itis Is II that lie He was a perfect manifestation of nf God Cod to man Inan He lIe was WIll In tho the form of at lad God and thought It not robbery to tob tobe b 11 be equal With God Clod Phil II C G He lIe was vaa AI The Image of at th Ih God the tM of or every fi Col ColI oh ohI I IB U lie He was wal the brightness of Ills His glory glor and this the express Image of His 1115 III person PerOl per Huh helm b I 3 J Jesus ald saId The Time Son can do o nothing of ot hImself but what he seth mth the Father tather do 11 for fill what timings things tI he these also the Son Hon likewise Also Aio Al o I came caine forth front from the time Father am ath come Into Ihlo the world I 1 leave the world anti and go goto goto goto to the time Father ather I Jno Job V 10 xvi 28 If It Jesus wn wall In the form of ot God then the time Father I h r ling hll ha shape simp extension nod limits to 10 Ills His personality When this the th Son d to 10 the Father and sat nt nl Hla right hand Ho tIe hall had His ilia body bod that was raised front from tho the lead dead and Stephen Ht Jhen the time martyr beheld heh hl both time the thoI Father ather I anil an tho the Son being full tull of ot limo tho Holy t when ehen hen he ime was woe uttering offering death Acts vII 65 time declara declarations declaration declaratIon tion In holy wilt of ot persona who when In the same 1 condition ns no Stephen gazed upon God and bore witness of ot this tile show that ho lie Is an nn Individual and that as as lie He Himself has hns man IMn Ift is IAmMe In His Ills Image and Ond after Ills His likeness That Thill this la Is II no mere lucre figurative expression Is III clear to every ever render of ot the time scriptures whose hose mind milid has hK not been Leen warned by lIy the time tra tradition tm and notions of uninspired men It Is 18 true that Imagery woo was Indulged In III by scripture wrIters In spooking speakIng of ot the time power and attributes anti glory of God for tor the time language In which they the wrote abounded In metaphor Hut But the time statement In Genesis concerning time the creation Is as plain anti simple a n nI narration I of ot farts facto ns no can cnn be given KIen In words So 1 Is time the account of ot the lie con Comm conversation between God Gad and Mo Mores Io cs es In mill anti and the tho Interview be between IH b tween time the Lord and Nodal and seventy I of ot Israel In Exo title dus h It They went wont up Into the mount They Th saw the tho God GOl of ot Israel Ismel anti and there thero was under ills His feet f t tn ns as n It were e a paved work vork of ot stone t otH He lie dill did not liot lay In ia Ills His hand on the tho nobles of Israel Irnel but they y raw God anti did dill eat nhI drink There Is III noth nothing log ing In figurative In tho the entire chapter If It they the actually went up into Into the mount they th actually saw MW the time God of ot Israel and He lie had hands anti feet It may be argued that what they timey and Mows MoSes v as not the time Identical per item son con pf pC time the Father Pathor because It Is 18 stated In another place lilacs concerning Moses Mosos that time the similitude of ot the Lord ho behold Hut lImit this will not help time the of nt the According to their notion there timers cannot be any similitude e of ot God GOlt for or lIe He has hns no ox U tension no limits limit no imo form forma no shapo He occupies o no tb splice and 1111 Il no di dl dimensions lone It 11 Is wrong Wr to that the tho Latter Day iy I have fashioned n Deity Deily ac no according I cording colIn to their lr own Ideas They Thoy have done Iono nothing of ot the time kind Their con conception of ot the tho Father and the Son arc nrC such suh as its have been planted In their souls by b the revelations of ot God In this ago age ns nR well ns mis In former times Those divine appeared to time the Prophet Smith and our belief concerning them Ihm Is II founded upon the tue manifesta manifestations tIon tl nil that have havo been made mallo by It thorn them to mortals If li we were r to title llull that the time Presby notion nollon about Deity Delt Is ot of human and nO entirely I antI con OlIn contradicts everything that God Clod has hAil re me revealed reo sealed concerning himself we should not In time the smallest degree That h Is 15 hns has no sub substance substance stance Love Iove may be called minister Immaterial hal ial but U It I IK lit II not nol It 11 Is II n a erty or attribute of some seine being 1 or Truth In time the abstract alt is la Immaterial but It U Is conveyed conee 1 and Is la lacompT d 11 by substantial Individuals usia ua Motion U is Immaterial but there It Is no such thinK thing apart from something that U Is Goth a ti is a spirit but Lut spirit Itself Is III Isa Isa a R Mm Mutt It 1 a I spirit also aim lie He will 1111 live when lie the tody which la Ii a II for lor the spirit and anti In Itt It shape and nd Into dust If by bt obedience to to eanie Into tto HU JUt divine and ami abide there th In celestial glory he will III bottoM KoltoN tile hit hi fare face and end be like hike hUm Him a aone u am amone one of oC the of ot God and Joint heirs hll with twist Tie The Father litre the Son Boo wt In heaven TIle The spirit of at truth Ing In from froll Him Is Ia omnipresent That Spirit It II I The T Father the he Son on stud anti the Holy 1101 are Ire one Mt not In personality but In Wherever Whatever time the Italy Holy Spirit IK Is there t Is III Oed Jod The Father sail ami the Sen om are am everywhere by b that Spirit which It tl the light aDi od the life lit of ot all aU Our Oar opponents opponent who iio talk tInt about bout the of or o becoming more at 8 spiritual In la the tM dominant should cart catt fully rend the i of lod to the tho Church In lt Its very I beginning till III that we believe I lev concerning Od K KHit Ills Hit attribute Ills Hit pretence f Ills pur IUT purity ItT ity HU ma nil Hit III good goodNI NI merry and justice and the ibe M sore lit of obeying oller I Him In him all thing thin sal and being bellI led III and anI governed by br His Ills eternal Spirit and thus sane titled and sad prepared for foi Ills Hit l Is t b be found Iund III ha the tM III I Ion II given rI to fc th Ihl Church which font fora f tin lbs foundation of all ibm I books booles that lint have havo been written and the discourses that have lIao been preached on this title subject We know that those rev revelations rc me are true und and because the time Holy Ghost the tho Comforter which guides gullies Into all nil truth has hns borne borno witness thereto In III tho time souls Rallis of ot many thousands who have havo ha vo obeyed etl the Ins Gos Gospel pel ami nIll hoy are not dependant upon tile the creeds und and speculations and vain philosophies of ot modern n ct res s who know not God Clod and repudiate all Imme Immediate diate communication from Him by which alone He lie can be he comprehended cUl |