Show l lI I I J i THE MORMON M ORM ON D 0 C OF DEITY J El T y there ni nii sisters sl t rs nl i make thi thir thiS ln to b i i tg I n Mens Y t IG 4 r r In nt r f take of ut t Won I on a n nII LIAt n 1 Uptake Lt e eJI II the JI At On fl Is I S L In II for 01 MutU I U r f IlL I 1 j t R J a to tu the oxe m n II f f r th i a r he oun Ins Mens r th t s this W rI Mormon 1 I oC 8 iu S ot t Ul the II I 1 rit I r rI I i of It r te ilI which hIi Vi tt WI I 1101 fo ro use US wi 4 r lac t I oC tI Itt ll II t tl t lie e I tI LII 3 t II I of J tI I LI ii l rt I to t 1 t Joseph It L rl I I r r a lilt t sta tilL tW i it 1 fit t r Frill N l t tIle tho character t I Iler I I o II n LI g e III we Inn t t J now rJ mn le conr cs wil as ne I Sin to t Imol Lii ol olI o of 0 ot t the ont ot If thc Clod I s In Ii f IMas IMa i J JK fl l IS ur r oln I II I I III e c aling U S Sf K O IU f Mae which makes thI ti I one An Anh occasion I ai 1 r sling to tin th t lil h I ng i and nisi Sl Slot on terence nOi ot f thIs which o ot oI U I the lb attention at what u Is I callet calet to I en i I E yen by nectars nectar of God wen on view yV Gol us u which MIS s iT among of or lectures Son tt In a t course I months by b Y Quo ono o 0 01 few I ii t t past 1st t of this city I nI ministers b discourse dl delivered 1 n la Ir n a S tIm the Ih Teachers O before Coro er q canister Presbytery m no ion of t the Ih I ott Friday Frida In I fl which C fl concerning oui oUIe I t we e offered will III b be 1 perhaps It 1 cf ct 0 Cod G I wi of or what Ir In report dJ teal Ia aI d the Ih salil sahl att on OIl that C r e Ct t MS lao I gentleman genteman this subject who Leforc 9 up U 1 to i I read i tI from fIOlO the tho theof Js notion of 0 t hi lon discourse e published Ir In Irs papers paper S SI Ite s morning I te Int Dr Paden made madr point VIrt Palen it U i tin taking up III some ome first t I j writings on Mar Moi L III dal antI and vending reading from them thelo thell cre In of t lot God ns as n Incorporated tel Gol iII feu I He lie rend read from the theIn 1 01 faith real Godhead relation to ti the In hi jito there are arc not It IL Is II stated that hint Iro 51 13 God Clod Gods than one but that Got cat L 0 Go like I of parts with wih n ii body He lip then read from torn the theand thee and ind sn Covenants le real where It Is t ij e the vorda of or the lie priesthood of ot Jod After calling b tl ons tsin 2 tu t rs the material view of or led Clod Lit forth In teachings the r he could IM Ii niJ Ild that he thought II 11 nc Y towards a ft I more spirit I id a Of ot God lol among amon the Ito younger enlightened members of ot the thet i t I 1 church and noticed this tills In Ingi gi of 01 Dr hr Dr Tolmage especially iEE L rg to 11 tie the Idea lien the t that ho had bad nt not Inest much ieh but lut thought that tile s was waR Va ashamed of or such 3 It 1 He lie le placed special l hIl stress on onS oni to ton toI attempted S w LI that Men Ihm men bell n Into n i 11 I a human form Inn they tIIt into LI their own on weaknesses vt and ind Kin it tr A carnal caral man he ho said had Itaci hal hale e God GoJ Go sri and n a spiritual man a n aGo pal Cod The teaching of or a n ma mn MH 4 I 1 Go said laId he and of a plurality heathenish The Thet I f Wi L I think Is 10 t ot of God Is the crud crl tj conception IS CLASSIFIED lt hn I that thit we ie may ma classify under the th complaints here matte t n 01 with reference to the tho doc toc tot r ise e believe bleve that Clod Gol Is a I bo ho boMy hol Hit l I My by In form like hike mans holy body ol parts pas pasa a Cut 11 II in li a n word God Is an nn ex cx tan n l e b e In a plurality of or ort t I Kl It l further futer thai tha somewhere ana ann anat t tIe through d sett 1 nl to nt through lutU ti I m la Is attained man it may flay he ii ome nIno a n God clod Got isa I k I IM two complaints may be beiL ei iL Ih whole hP ground of or what I lr o s regard as na our cr or crof err r i 0 It h I of ot God Oot E D OF OP D ITY before me n P on this occasion h lb e Ihl thu hii and present to tp Ii thi In the 1 Church ot ol olt ott I v t tf vf JH Saints t lb reference to the God Godi Tt i one stands st In aW awe Jert so s 0 large Imre ls iu It ll and el elne Sl et Rh Ii One une ne cin only approach hj of awe and tA I lse ct ol his own on rp truth ruth ani on make maUe u It I plain I re of ot men mel In the thea le tb of fUI b a tn tAsk k one feels feel like Uk tle hap Jower 0 ers di Inc to M all Mm him r tt hi un WIle and l P t a mil U line lne could cout wel cr ma In it me II i low raise rale ra U and 11 I tt t that tl the ot or r 1 of 11 I the faIth falth Em It me Go la wc wo arc aro I m that Ihal which God Gol G I hns hat been I to eal I nil ht p of or Today ToJa Tota as mil by search tt out hue It U li Iq I true trite that thai 11 I rn tc en the heavens h declare I tty ID 1 arl aM to som t Hit taI power and Godhead al tei den nie wt wll with t 1 of f GO mi be learned learnel fron pf J 1 wl ar it wi and that such BUch U say ay luch lucht l I I n we entertain t IQ hamn irV ny wIth the thc l V t tw ti nt on this Ull 8 we do the ew A the vord of God Goil won o I ot or o f a modern h t i It h we my mn claim to tot t I r r b In on harmony n with whit wih on o t n 11 1 10 do II to tot t th the Vr I doc doctrine I tt t the O Godhead head This uI t 11 ml our task XE rr TTE I tn j th then n ti tile the teachings ot oh ott cr Ie i t I t Is II to 10 bS t oh ob ohR LIl R that Je ul Himself C f rt d definition ot of Clod b I lit I t can cn you OU p 1 the th existence ot 1 at a 1 lit tal t I for granted as ash ast h t tt Le and n H Hu from rm that bask u Is i a of ot men Na NaL I clIm Oo aJ Is Jo L 1 10 In root of ot ott 1 It the e la II t lt 74 of or that chan chor f ts 11 i m y be b of ot more mor Import U Ui I a present moment li Ii I to call attention to tho the fact that Go Himself also alec acknowledged tho the re rc which Jesus Jesu claimed calmed Most Moi emphatically did lit lie do HO so 0 on 01 the tite moir mem of 1110 the time ot or Ji Jo JeIn BUI In In the river liVel lI Jordan You i ou t to t her how the tite according Matthes till lull us that ns us Jesus Jeans Jelus cam camUl tul up III out of ot the tite water vater train from his hi Ul the heavens were WOle opened and the thc lIpid of or God Got descended like a dove doe upon litton flim JI and tit at lt tho thu samo moment out cult olt of at thi grand stillness came clune the tite voice of ot Go Gol saying This rids IK is II my IY beloved Son I II whom I am nl well wll pleased On Ott another occasion tho tilO Father acknowledges tit thu tI transfiguration of 0 Jesus In iii the tho lie mount In the tIme presence or 0 three of or his Imi Apostles Voter and dame Junu and John anti and 11 the tho angels Moses nn aim all Ethos lal The fhe company cOlpany was by hy a a glorious light and ont the voice t IL ti God was waH heard to 10 say of or Jesus Jesul rut It Is Got I my Itt beloved b loved Son lIons hear Him Jm C 0 or thia tho tito Apostles postel In hit subsequent year testified and we have haw on record their thel all testimony Bo So that tho the existence fi 0 ot hod the tho FattIer Father and the Life relations of or Jesus to Him Ilium 11 Is most clearly shown show In these scriptures But Dut Jesus Jestis claimed tu to be he the Son of God Gall Ott and ant I Jl Ii this connection there Is clearly learly for tur Him Hm divinity Let Jet m am rend read to you a n direct passage upon thin tha subject It IH k II to be e found fount In the time teeth moo mon according to St John JoInt and stand us an 11 follows AND TUB TIlE WORD WAS S ODD GOD GODIn ODDIn ClODIn In tho the beginning was wan the Word am the tho Word was waa WIS with wih God led and the tho Wor was WIS as God Gol And the tho Word Sord was made flesh am and male dwelt among us and we beheld hi glory the tho glory as of ot the only olly be begotten begotten e gotten of ot the tho Father ather full lul ol ot grace graco am truth The Tue he Identity between Jesus Jesul of ot Naza Nazareth reth tho Word Wort ord made mate tin th Word Vord that was wal with wih God Gol 00 In the thc be beginning e ginning and that was waR God Gol Is II si mu HO clear that It I cannot possibly be doubt doubted t cd ed So Fo that time the Son Is II God Goti ns as n well wel ni am nithe ae the tho Father Is lit II God Got Other evidence go ho JO to establish the fact that Jesus had Imi tile the Godlike power of ot creation In this thim said paid very cry Ser passage I have hae Just read real It li It II All Al things were made mado by h Turn Him thaIs that thai thatIs Is 10 by the Word and without was not lot anything any thin made mado that was made In Him was life and the thc life le was vas tin the light of or men One Ono other scripture of ot like Import but hut perhaps even eV n more emphatic that than that Is that saying of or Pauls In tin the Epistle to the tho Hebrews God who at nt sundry times and Ir In divers manners In time past the tho fathers by IW the prophets In II these last days spoken lS is by Ills His Ils Son whom He lie le hath appointee appointed heir of all al things by whom also alHo Hi Ho Homade made the tho worlds Not only one world but many worlds for the word Is used In the tho plural Sr So that wo we WI find Ilmi that God the time Son was vas Go God Gothe the tue lathers Fathers agent In the thc work vork of or crea cren crealon lon that under uller the Fathers Fath rs direction lon Lion tion Ho Io created l many worlds There Ther Theran can an be he no HO 10 question then ns II us to the thc dl di the of 0 Jesus of ot Naza roth reth since Ho He Ie Is II not only emily God the th Sot Son but God clod Oot the tho Creator also al o Again the thc Holy Ghost Is spoken of or Ir in II inthe the thc scriptures ns as lad God 01 I J think per por perchance perchance chance the tho clearest verification of that thai Is la to be e found In 11 connection wih with time the circumstance of ot Ananias and Imf his ils wife wl attempting to deceive th thi with wih reference to the tho price for which they had sold a n certain parcel ol or oland anti and they the owned which price they pro proposed posed putting Into Inlo the common fund full fullor or f the Church but ut selfishness asserted tacIt self and they ther the concluded to He lie le ns as to tr he the price of ot the land anti only con a n part to the common fund When Ananias stood In the presence of f the thc Apostles Peter put this very question queston to him Why VImy Wh Jatan atan filled tlell thine heart henrt to He lie le to Hol loly toly Ghost Thou hast bust not lel led unto men hut but unto God loth To ro II I to 0 tho the Holy Ghost Is to Ho lie 10 to God Gol be cau nose o the tho Italy Holy Ghost Is God And In time the scriptures the Holy Hol Spirit Is la spoken of ot as ns God TIlE THE TIE HOLY These Father Son and Holy Hoh It Is true are arc spoken ol or oln orIn In n the thc most definite delle manner ns as bo be bong b beng Ing ng God but the distinction of ot one rom rem tIme the other Is also cJ In the scriptures rake Take hint hat circumstance to too which I have al nl read cady eady of Jesus bro Ivre we may ma LIla see sea the three distinct most clearly denny cearl The Thc Son 01 coming up UI out of or the water from froni Ills His Is the heavens opening and the thc loly Spirit descending upon hint Him chile out ou of or heaven lie Ule voice oice of God GodS Is 1 S heard saying This Is my m mm beloved eloe Son Ion on In whom I am am well pleased Here Herl hrco louis Gods are nrc distinctly apparent hey are seen to be bo distinct from ca h hother other her They hey appear not ot LOt ns aS al one hut but us os three o anti however they tle the be one In spirit In pur POSt rose ose In II will wil they the are distinct os s Individuals Individual THREE TItI DISTINCT PERSONAL PERSONALITIES In several Instances s In the scriptures these lieso three personages are accorded qua dignity In tIme the Godhead An n Is 18 It foil found nil In the Uie commission lon which Jesus gave to HI I Ills disciples Hs Its Ils resurrection when He Ire Ie sent s nt them theft out ut Into the world orld to 10 Tench the thc Gos Gosel pel el ct to oil nil 01 nations He lie le stood In the pres Irel nee flee of or the eleven ald All 1 power Is given en unto me mo In en n anti and In earth carth Go 00 ye C therefore and teach tench tech nil al na ions ons baptizing them In the thc name ot or otie ie he Father and of ot the Son anti and of ol thi th lot loly Ghost hach of ot tho three hire thre Is here given ghen equal In the Godhead Again In time the Apostolic Uon May Mn Ia the grace of ol our U Lord JArd rd Jesus brist the time love hove of God Got anti the th com corn of the Holy Ghost be e with with you rou II hi ni On 01 ono one Oi occasion Jesus In one ir mr at nt least leut came ame very er ery nearly nearl the ie lie Holy Ghost to a seemIng superior It y over time the other personages In hit II tho for tor He lie le said All 1 manner of or In ln anti lph my Ihal mil hail be forgiven unto men but hut the tl the Holy 1101 Ghost shall shah Ihal hOt at r t be unto tinto Into men tarn And Amid whosoever a 3 word ord the Son of Man It 1 shall hahl hal be ho b for Iven him but hut whosoever eth the thc Holy It I shall nt nH be bt him neither In III II this Word either cither In the world orld to come comeI I take It I however hower thit thu tha this hits dignity accorded to the Holy host hort iy i y tin tue Il Son of or God a d lo l t tic tIIe te ic nature of at the third thir personate persona e In Inic II the ic me Trinity and the kind hInd of ot testimony le te c can con Impart unto the soul loul of moat man mal be beune be une ot of ills His being a personage peTona ge of at o testImony 11 that It Is I better beler than thanie the ie Is seeing of ol the eye ee more lure sure than thanie ie is hearing beatIng of 01 the tu ear aU It U II 1 IIII II 1 I Lv J Delivered before the Conference of the Mutual Improve Improvement I ment Associations of the Salt Sal Stake in the Tabernacle Salt Sunday August 18 1901 by bg Sal Lake City Cig ELER ELDER 2 73 1 H R ROBERTS TLc spirit testifying to spirit soul out con COm COmmuning muning with It Is I the thi soul of ot Go Jo Imparting to the lie toul of man maim Ir Irmen I Ithen men then after receiving that witness tier God shall blaspheme against It I fun tare well wel hUllo hope of at s fur for such nuch a slim sin In Iii II this world worl or In 11 the thc world t to camel These rhese hose three personages are nrc of dignity In iii II time the th Godhead according t the time teachings ot or the tho New which teachings I pray you ou keep 1 I II mind mild we most ost heartily hearty accept THE llIn J APOSTLES AIOSI S rI This simple Christian teaching cachIng r reo re respecting the tie Godhead gave Rave birth t to what In ecclesiastical history IH is It catie The Tue Apostles Creed Creel A dim nue tradition hath bath It ht that before the thc Apos Os OsteR ties tics teR dispersed to go Into the tho world t to Jo preach Neach the Gospel ospel they hey formulated 1 creed with respect to the tho Churchs Church In be IJ behot hot lief In God Clod ocl Whether that tradition Ij b be betrue true or not I J do JO not know and for mat inal matter matter ter of or that lint It IL makes little e t Suffice It to say that lint the Apostles Creed for tor two centurIes expressed foste the faith of ot the early Chris upon the question of God I 1 It stands as a follows I 1 believe In God Clod the lie Father Al Almighty Almighty Almighty beleve mighty and ami In ha Jesus Jesua Christ hIts His ls onh only Begotten Son our nun Lord who tho was WIS bor bom bom bomor of or the Virgin l Mary by ly the lie lLly Ghost was crucified under Pontius hurled burled arose front from the dead on the third thin day dab da ascended to the time heavens and sit sits I at the tIme right tight hand of or the tho Father I Ho lie will wi iii 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