| Show i 0 M I R I It IN t Hm 1 M Tabernacle Speaker Eloquently Defends Idea In Famous Mormon Hymn WHITNEY ANSWERS DR PADEN thou lite Miallo and of or The arrol arro r Minister In Able Sermon rmon if rat f the hurth of J it of of that ere art rp j r t opposed d and 1 by h hIn fUin In class of men m n worn were moat mo t l ably RbI ad defended d fendEd by b Elder Orson Or on r F itney at t the Ihl regular afternoon in n the Ih tabernacle The k sart t e mil h a not nol naming the man r referral recurrence of last lul week w k whoa when whenn I t n q 1 sea and bigotry on the part parI of a ar ar as s r a her were wre exhibited In a de deF der deW W r F s in m witnessed In these Ihfe parts perl t r lI WAS a 1 clear fr se e I argument In favor of or the Ihl r i t f the tho pre of 01 spirits 1 toe v teaching leaching of a R mother The remarks were listened I vt ti 11 marked larked attention by h the Ih large c grgat n R FT per 1 nt it John H R Winder preside pre f err tr t tie ire services a e which were opened t I i Ir r ringing the Ihl hymn com eom err t vr K 1 n G God Gott Thou great Thou Thour r 1 Th Mi wise The Invocation wan WU wanI WUI I by b Patriarch Angus M AI I Cannon T a 1 r then sang Mn can x O 0 my m y Father Fathera it s 1 a as usual u ual many man an eye p glistened n s H trae I R while the beautiful and nd null suh e h nn l n was wac 1111 being rendered This furnished Elder Whitney a R at at t f C upon which he entered with rj r i tender feeling following Is la a aH I H girt f synopsis of his remarks remark r NOT MEANINGLESS and the laying on nn nt of hands ft art M t empty and meaningless torn t I Saints Through obe 1100 obet Atene t ie to 10 the first named ordinance a J ar Jw r w r ilon of 01 sins comes to In repentant I etc era and ran can be bf obtained In no n nt nott eV t tt way na ly When tits principle has MS ere U obeyed bed the subject becomes reed lId to n and antt and receives the Ih Holy Ghost I t promised by b the Savior falor I lr late His ancient a promise h hu as u been heen repeated In latter days daI It was 1 tI by the Spirit and not nol personally tea I Jesus was aa In to be bp with Ih HI JIll lily even eui tH 1 unto the end Ind of the world Among other things due to 10 the IhA Holy Hill Ghost ho l Is III Ise Iane ne e 1 revealing of nf events enl past and future VM Set merely the happenings of o eater day iy w a year ago 1110 nr or for lor a decade put past ut set the things of nf eternity the events of Ill ages agea and that have been and ani andare andare are lire yet Il to be beTHE beTHE x THE PREEXISTENCE Of OT SPIRITS Three Thre preside In n the heavens the Ihl Father the Son Bon and the Ihl Holy Hol Ghost They are not nol one In person but one In glory power and dominion The sec fee second and ond personage In the Trinity came cam to 10 earth and aul performed the Ihl mission 11 lon for or lie He was sac nil He lie was WAR w ae tho Word that thaI was wu God and was made flesh h and dwelt among men When His IllI mor moril moral lal il al work wa wu finished He lie ascended on nn gh Ih and Kent cent the Comforter In Iii His erad ad While sojourning in to th Ihl the j fU prayed preyed to the Father ArVd now Father glorify Thou Me Ale Je with Thin Thina a elf elt with the glory glor which I 1 had h 11 Thee The before the world was wa The Thi ThI I J i day da believe In the pre prel i l est i t are 1111 of et the spirits of all men and p mission of ot the Ih Holy Hol Ghost Is la to tf the memories of the past ant vince m men n and women that Ihal they ltd 1 before and will wll live after afler tho thu thor r resent Present life The Prophet Joseph Smith taught that thaI truth Is s the th knowledge of things an as they are nt M they have been and as ashey a athey they hey will be A t nobler definition of nr truth never n nr fell It II from the lips of men It runs ruM parallel with the teaching leaching nf of the tho Savior Saylor concerning the mission of 01 the he holy Ghost Gho l the spirit of past of or and to 10 come Truth Is eternal error It never had a beginning bl and It can never ner be he destroyed 9 if MOTHER IN The Tho speaker lIker then referred rl to the tho hymn 0 O My 1 Father which had Just jU 1 been Ilc sung Bung by II the choir and which embodies the sublime doctrines of or the and Ind of the Ihn mother as aswell aswell well rl as all the Father In heaven Inel he mentioned the tart fact that Ihal oils fils beautiful hymn than Ihan which there therea v Spas as a mining purer truer or nr more morl pushed I in English literature had re rl ret reC c t nty been attacked by h a certain rev rea rl rd pastor pa lor of Ill one of ot the our churches of If this Ihl clay city who ho had de rtE r It II DA oa rot and forbidden I Ie e 0 singing of It II at I a funeral where whereto to h re tet The Th deceased a young Toun rn r t 11 kille killed in an accident had been t 1 if of the Ihl hymn and evidently be bt berd h rd d 1 Its 1111 principles but bUI the pastor or of ore e r to which he belonged would lIt It It to in be sung un I J pass by h b bC t C a speaker the 1 Im hit ImIr hitI Ir I t c y of I such ouch sr In n action at al such luch n a aI nI nt t I I J leave leae 1 it ri to 10 the l I r r science and t to tn the Ih judgment of 01 p r I world Hut But I J stand here herl to tn toJ J u 1 Gods truth against a nfl the false falset fall II t I r f visa ilin put pUI upon It by b this rie ie IC who ho And no better IT I j F 1 t all his hI elegant vocabulary than Ihan tl 11 gar ar word rot rol to designate this It r poetic gem a hymn that sr t s evoke roke the admiration of ot any an anI I woman who knows anything r 1 ry or has hili any reverence for the t I gs g 1 of or eternal truth speaker then rend read the hymn 1 r Mt n verse vers IU by 1 verse verte comment I i tr I reon and showing In great greats greatt t r b I sc s II that the Ih doctrines taught I r are re also taught taugh In the tho Bible I It prof profess en to revere u If II ono one was wag rot pot the other a I r t Mme the till I of both bOlh t e t understood are re one and p J ne nr The first stanza of or the Ihl theElder Elder Whitney said Bald was AI a para pUR I C f ff f the Fa Saviors alor prayer Glorify Glorify lh eth that IhU glory If which 1 J had with t P e b i IF fort fore the worM world wax was wa waIf If ITT MIAH S r d the second verse with Its 1111 refer f lf to a withheld recollection of mer life strongly suggested the thenice thee e nice ere We of ot the Prophet Jeremiah to 10 r the word cord ord of the Lord came cameI I e I J formed thee In the belly bell 1 J JI Ithee I thee and before thou th u earnest r i tt I tut tul ut of or the womb I 1 sanctified thee p I thee Ihre a prophet unto the thes theta ta s But Dul Jeremiah had forgotten IM rat and fain rain would hate Me ret retired lied liedthe c the performance of ot the great greatt rn r n to tc which hl h he had bad been or ored orId t j ed Id S fald id he I 1 cannot speak peak k for fort forA t rn I A child but the Lord comforted ii h nd told him that though the rata ti 1 and princes to 10 whom hom he was waa as lot pet I would fight against II In him they sr I dd Id not nol prevail against him There ete e priests t nua In those these days dr said uld El EI oar lor r Whitney who assailed Gods truth trutha a d Gods GOdA prophet Just ju t as u there are arf arfe w e lie He alto also referred to 10 the hock book of I m in proof of the preexistence tinting the question put to 10 that P pa paN lent HI N and find heroic sufferer by b the Al U 1 Where there fAIt wast thou when hen I 1 IJo kid Jo the foundations of af the earth rn then the Ihl morn In tare stars eng ne together and Ind all th the ton on of God shouted for fey lor feyA A PRE ISRAEL ISRAELI He lie silo also Ita mentioned that thaI teaching of totes Moses o In fn n Deuteronomy JJ U 3 S b When seS t Most Alost ol High divided to the nations nation I I their heir fir hf the Ihl sons cone of or loani i i 1 the bounds of I the people anti mi Ill lining n the number of ur the Ihl children if f r Iino 1 I i This referred to 10 a II cline ImiR Inn print to 10 the birth of Abraham Isai ml and Jacoh and fluently the Of 01 the prophet t his historian hl hi torian lorlan vaa s In to a jn J pre or al Israel I rael h d dIn In n the flesh fleshIn fleshIn In relation rela lion to the Ibe doctrine of the heavenly mother the Ibe speaker speak tr said Mid th the ignorant and the bigoted might de tie denounce It AI us rot rol hut but the clue Theo Theodore darn dore Parker did not nol when f i 1 broke forth one Sabbath morning been hi his hla d congregation In II a rhan rhapsody od of prayer addressed to 10 our Father and lId Mother In heaven This great man could rould see e th tM the beauty and nd grandeur of the doctrine and nd was 11 not nol ashamed to voice olce ol e It Il and nd acknowledge Il It Ita Ilac a ac true It Is la an Interesting fart fact Mid eald the speaker taker I that In Theo Theodore Theodore dore Parkers household hoUI there was a little Mormon servant girl Irl who ho bad had probably left her hymn book where h the Ihl great groat man might open It and read rend At all 1111 events the Ih Fatherhood anti and Motherhood of I God ua WU was a II doctrine of this Ihl Church long l h fore MI Theodore Theodora Parker thundered It forth to 10 hue his con ron congregation It was YoU taught by b the Ih Prophet Joseph Smith and nd It II was a his wife Ellra EUza It Spa Sno Spore Smith who wrote this splendid hymn h mn She Slat doubling ob obtained tamed the flit idea lien from her hushes husband red but bul It II was her hr own poetic genius genius that rendered It II Into verse And yet 1 thin was WAIl not nol the first annunciation of oC the Ihl doctrine The If reed read caret care carefully fully full will be bf found to incubate the t I same truth I do not Int menu mean the Mor Mormon mon noon Bible Dible as A you call all It tt said Mid Rider I Whitney the Ihn strangers pre pres present J M I ent I r moan your our own Bible Dible which I III h halso also al o our Bible King Kin Jamea Jam lion of the Scriptures In the Ihl opening open In chapter of nf Genet Genesis Gen 11 It l is IA written that God od created man In Ills His ran own 11 image p pIn I In the Imago Imao of God Gat 00 crested created He lie him male and female created He lie them hem I Whal Is this thin but bat a virtual recognition of nf the feminine principle as well as 8 the Ihl masculine principle of Deity Ill If I men and women omen are arc the children of God Gol VIM sons and daughters of ot heavenly I parents fashioned In their image en ell I dowd 1 with their and de destined I to tn become like them In perfection p lion tion why should It startle the world orld to 10 be told that there Is la a t Mother aa as aswell well as ac a a R Father In heaven parents expect their children to 10 grow and become like ilkI them Wh Why should not n t the children of 0 One God attain to II the like Uke likeness likeness ness of o their heavenly parentage It R Is III reasonable rca philosophical and nd like all truth Invulnerable MAN IN IN GODS I IMM H When Whon Moses said MId that God created man In His Ilia own onn oi Image he meant ex ax exactly what he ht said It was 11 as not oot a mere moral Image but bul a personal linage image that thaI sync 1811 When Jesus Jesuit saW said He tie that hath seen Me Ie hath bath wen seen n the Fath Path Father er pr He lie meant m nl that the Father rather Ilk the Son was wu In the form of man Paul taught Iau ht the same truth when Ihn he de declared I that Jesus Je ul Thrift the Son of ot God Who ho walked the earth an as a It man i was the tho express Image and liken PIli et al etHis JIll His lit Fathers per person m Joseph Smith raft reit reiterated It crated the tho It Iet doctrine that thaI God I is In Inthe the form of or mana man a and exalted human Being TIm TilE GOSPEl THE Tm LAW IA OF Ol LIB Im HRry ERTY I could cite ete to 10 you ou said Id Rider HIder nary many Christian doctrines that me sue to me unreasonable I could refer to 10 their Go Gal l without body parts or nr which to me ml Is h I an Admirable definition of nothing I could rould i quote their famous dogma digma that Clod nd created all 1 out of or nothing which to my hi mini mind Involves an all absurdity something absolutely hl lulI impossible I II I could rould speak of nt the cruel creed of In Infant InI intent fant tent damnation and nd of predestination I and regardless eM of ot the lb merits or demerits of ll those who are saved aved or damned eternally under this precious piece of doctrinal heresy Rut But I would not n l go so o far ter as at to 10 denounce these teachings as all rot especially In a pub peal public lic Ik I place Illia for or the reason that mi many n good honest souls FOul sincerely be bee believe lle lieve UIe e those things to 10 be 1 1 true and M I J would not nol insult n them or their religion n iet them have their belief In thee thew doc doe doctrines doctrine trines trine If It leles them This la Is a land landof landof of liberty t and nd the Ih gospel of Christ Is pet ferl law Ia Let IAl men mn worship how where or lr what they th may ma They should not be bP ridiculed for so II doing This Is tl tf position of ot the 1111 Church hulth i at t f fJ Jesus J us Christ t ot of f Saints What I J have ha e taught you ou this day cia Is II the Ihl truth ss Ii revealed resealed from God through His Iles prophets pro and nd particularly th the Prophet Joseph J ph Smith who ho was as sent Into the world orld to stand at a the head bead vf of 0 the last In 1 gospel dispensation and lute lull the work of nl f the gathering of ot bra Isra Israel el et In the last 1 da Ii Jaya s II He Jle taught the truth to In this Ren generation r and laid lAW down don hn 11 life lite to 10 sal rest his bis testimony with his hll blood The doctrines that he h advanced gain ground will make milk headway as It the Ihl years year roll b by They rh cannot be w overthrown for they th are ar founded upon the rock of truth The Ignorant and the bigoted may nar fight ARM them but bUI they cute can cannot not nOI prevail against them and ami they th will find sooner looner or later that they have hae been Wen kicking against the pricks and striving attiring against God Truth crushed crashed to tn ear car r mill 11 rise rill again The eternal years yarn n of God are hers lifTS Rut DUI error wounded writhes with pain paiD And dies die amid his hll hl worshipers |
