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Show 59 Saturday, February 22, 1930. THE JOURNAL, LOGAN, CACHE COUNTY, UTAH PAGE THREE occasion the Holy Ghost was personally 'associated with Them. distinctly and individually manifest. Before this time Christ had At the time of our Lords baptism in Jordan, at the hands of John accomplished. His work in mortality, to which He had been fore-- , Logan Slake the Baptist, the heavensTjore witness to the high significance of ordained, and in accordance with this fact we note the addition that simple earthly ordinance: And Jesus, when he was bap- in whom I have glorified my name, w hich words do not appear Dates For Old tized, went up straightway out of the water; and lo, the heavens in the records of the Fathers earlier utterances. were opened unto him, anti he saw the Spirit of God descending . On the occasion of this visitation to the Nephites in the West, Folks Parties like a dove, and lighting upon him And lo a voice from heaven, Christ proclaimed His antemortal Godship. The Nephites at first Address Over Radio Station KSL, Sunday Evening, January 26, saying, This is my Beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased. could not wholly comprehend the relation between the Gospel as At a of the Logan declared unto thenv'by the resurrected Lord and the Law of Moses, Stake Oldmeeting 1930, by Dr. James E. Talmadge of the Council of the (Matt. 3:16, 17.) Folks Committee ThursThis, occurrence, even if it was without' confirmatory events, which latter they held traditionally to be in force. They marveled day it was decided that the various Twelve Apostles, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-da- y would be sufficient to demonstrate the personality .and distinct when the Lord told them that all things had passed away and that wards of the stake hold their anSaints, Salt Lake City. folks parties on the folNew Series No. 4 individuality of, each of the Three Personages constituting the the Law had been fulfilled and therefore superseded in Him, so nual old ' Godhead. There stood Jesus the Son, as Jehovah incarnate in He explained in this wise: Behold, I say unto you that the law is lowing dates! . 26th First Logan Ward, February We believe in God, the Eternal Father, and in His Son, body of .flesh and Jjones. The presence of the Holy Ghost as fulfilled that was given unto Moses. Behold, I am he that gave the Logan Second Ward February 23 Jesus Christ, and in the Holy Ghost." . the Divine Witness was evident through the accompanying and law, and I am he who covenanted with my people Israel ; therefore, Logan Sixth Ward, February 27. The Scriptures specify three Personages in the Godhead, or foretold sign of the dove. The voice of the Eternal Father was the law in me is fulfilled, for I have come to fulfil the law; there- Logan Seventh Ward, February 25. Logan Eighth Ward, February 22. as more commonly known, the Holy Trinity. At least two of these heard in solemn and authoritative acclamation of the Son and fore it hath en end. (Book of Mormon, 3 Nephi 15:4, 5). Logan Eleventh Ward, February 22." as His of in to the attestation the of the of time His compliance with the ordinance work of creation; and this directing participants the Fathers Fathers acceptance appear From the Nephites, Logan Twelfth Ward, February 26. ' ' fact is shown by the plurality expressed in Genesis: voice was not heard again among men, so far as the Scriptures College Ward, February 19. And God of baptism. said, Let us jmake man in our image after our likeness. Later, Another instance of tlur separate' and distinct manifestations aver, until the spring of 1820, when lxth the Father and the Son River Heights Ward, February 27. First, and Second in the course of consultation concerning Adams- - transgression, of the Father and the Son appears as a feature of the Trans- ministered unto the Prophet Joseph Smith, near Palmyra in the Providence February 25. the Lord God said: Behold, the man is become as one of us. figuration of Christ, Jesus had taken with him three of the State of New York, manifesting themselves in visible form, while Wards, Is It possible that some of the (Gen. 1:26, 3:22.) The two personages herein referred to are Apostles, and together they had ascended a high mountain. One the Father spake, saying: This is my Beloved Son. Hear him! above dates will not be convenient ' for some Wards, In which event it God the Eternal Father and His Son, who, in His premortal state purpose of the Lords retirement was that of prayer, and a, trans- Pearl of Great Price p. 48.) a ill be satisfactory to change to was known as Jehovah and later as Jesus Christ. The third Per- cendent investiture of glory came upon Him as He prayed. The Literally Father and Son some other date. If any changes fashion of his countenance was altered, and his raiment was There are instances of record in which the Eternal Father has are made, sonage in this Supreme Trinity is the Holy Ghost. however, kindly notify The Son, the Word of the Fathers Power white and glistening. Thus was Jesus transfigured before the been manifest in utterance or other revelation to man in His own our committee promptly In order Sacred Writ witnesses that the Eternal Father operated in the three privileged witnesses. With Him were two other personages, Person. God the Creator, the Jehovah of Israel, the Savior and that we may arrange our affajs work of creation through the Son, who thus became the executive also in a state of glorified radiance, who conversed with the Iledemer of the race of mankind, are one and the same Personage, accordingly. Your Brethern, and He is Jesus the Christ, who has ministered and ministers in by whom the will, command, or word of the Father was put into Lord. These were Moses and Elijah. S. B. Mitton The sublime and awful solemnity of the occasion had not yet strict harmony with the FatherswilL and plan. The Son, Jesus effect. It is with incisive appropriateness, therefore, that the Lawrence Bailey S. E. Needham Son, Jesus Christ, is designated by the Apostle John as ' the reached its climax. A bright cloud enveloped them : And there Christ, has made possible salvation unto man through compliance William Watson Word: In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with came a voice out of the cloud, saying, This is my beloved Son : with the laws and ordinances of the Gospel. He it is who has deGod, and the Word was God. The Bame was in the beginning hear him. It could be none other than Elohim, .the ..Eternal creed that without such compliance no man can have place' in the Logan Stake Old Folks Committee umn pears and as many more of with God. All things were made by him; and without him was Father, who spake; and at the sound of that voice of supreme Kingdom of Heaven. not anything made that was made. In him was life; and the life Majesty, the 'Apostles fell prostrate. He it is who took upon Himself mortal flesh, and was bora of winter varieties, the same number of summer and autumn apas the light of men. And the light shineth in darkness ; and the Significance of The Transfiguration woman, to live amongst mankind as their foreordained Redemer. ples, and from twenty-five to fifThe impression made upon the three Apostles by this darkness comprehended it not." That the Word here spoken of He it is who so far atoned for Adams transgression as to render ty trees of winter apples. Forty He and this was pne never to be- forgotten ; and though tempor- temporary the inherited penalty of individual death ; or fifty can be none other than Jesus Christ, the Son of God, is made grapevines clear by a later verse: And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt arily1 restrained from making it known to others they later accomplished by voluntarily laying down His own life and taking it will contribute materially to the excellence and of death. the supvariety bore witness in all ferVor and solemnity. Peter testified to the up again, thus breaking the otherwise unending power of among us, and beheld his glory, the glory as of the of fruit. One hundred grapeply ' of the Father, full of grace and truth. (John 1 :l-- Only Begotten Church, relating the wondrous experience, in this forceful way: He remembered Of the and place spirit, it is who, in anguish body 14.) vines in a well cultivated vinePlain and convincing as this is, it is (supported by other For we have not followed cunningly devised fables, when we He had held in the primeval estate, and knowing that His mortal yard will be sufficient to furnish prayed: And now, O Father, all the fresh grapes wanted by a Scripture embodying the utterances of the Eternal Father Him- made known unto you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus existence was nearing its close, thus with the glory which I had large family through the autumn self. In a revelation to Moses, relating to the process of creation Christ, but were eyewitnesses of his majesty. For he received glorify thou me with, fhine own self and winter months. r and referring specifically to the earth as one of many worlds, the from God the Father honor and glory, when there came such a with thee before the world was. (John 17:5). ' Space Required for Complete had the lie and took to Beloved excellent in from This is the place . him the ascended to voice who And Word I the Father, Son, of is Power thus He Father glory. it my by spake have, my Fruit Garden created them, which is mine Only Begotten Son, who is full of whom I am well pleased. And this voice which came from heaven won on the right hand of Power, He it is who shall soon return to The extent of ground required we heard, when we were with him in the holy mount. (2 Peter earth, attended by the glorious company of angels and saints, to will be about ten or twelve square grace and truth. And worlds without number have I created; i:16-18And John, reverently confessing before the world the inaugurate the Millenium of Peace. He it is who shall bring to con- rods for the different summer ). and I also created them for mine own purpose; and by the Son fruits, and an acre and a half of which the Word, the Son of God; who had been made flesh summation the Fathers plan for effecting the immortality and or is mine I created them, Only Begotten. (Peal of Great divinity two acres for all the others .&nd Then cometh the end when he shall man ; hisfiternai fodweir among TricVpag7!!). excoptthc wlnterwpplegThe Cor. Father." even the to (I full of God, the of of the Only Begotten Father, Christ The Creator grace have delivered up the kingdom glory, the glory early or summer apples might be . in between the winter The part taken by Jesus Christ, as the Firstborn of all the and truth." (John 1:14). placed 15:24). as these are less n Let us bear in mind that at this time Jesus was a mortal of the Father, a part so prominent as to justify The Scriptures that have been cited are few in comparison apples as fillers, trees. us in calling Him the Creator, is set forth in many places. Thus being and many times He sought the Fathers sustaining power with the abundance of testimony available, amounting to abso- permanent in Hebrews ye read of the Father and the Son as separate though in the course of tribulation, suffering and temptation. There He lute demonstration of the. distinct individuality of the Eternal PLANTING OFTEN associated Beings, the Son officiating in the work of creation stood on the verge of the shadow of death, and the humairpart Father and Jesus Christ His Son. The third Personage in the shall .and SELLS - under command of the- - Father potvers personality times, and of Ilia nature Trinity-- is in in divers manners spake in time past unto the fathers by the Iminister unto Him after the trying scenes of the forty days fast receive attention in a later address. These Three administer of Ground is One is the will But the prophets, hath in these last days spoken unto us by his Son, and the direct temptations of Satan, and as, in the agonizing hour perfect unity of purpose; therefore the willareof to be administered cost Is Justifiedexpensive. assurance the by minanew was to be of He seat sustained of special sanctity His, bloody whom he hath appointed heir of all things, by whom also he made AIL Certain ordinances, by angelic air and light around the But m our of the worlds. house; it gives room for drying istry, so at this critical hnd crucial period, the beginning of the by those having authority in the names of the Three. Paul is even more explicit in his letter to v the Colossians, end, visitants from the unseen world came to comfort and support prayers of supplication and praise we address the Eternal r atner clothes, handling refuse, coal dein- the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, livery, keeping a car, recreation r Who is Him. wherein, speaking of Jesus Christ the Son, he says: only, and Ilim we approach for children, and a bit of gar- in he of whom was the Firstborn The voice of His Father, the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of every creature: Amen. den . These things are part of and the Only Begotten in the flesh, was of For by him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that the spirit-worlthe processes of living carried are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones," or supreme assurance yet that voice had been addressed to the FRUITS THE WHOLE SEASON THROUGH on within the house. Isnt it logical, then, to relate dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created three Apostles rather than to Jesus. The fullest, version of the these things to the areas iq the Matto. James is recorded John and words all all home hint' Fathers before and And he is by Peter, about and him: for things,' by by him, There is something house with which they are most ' is different-someth- ing things consist . . . For it pleased the Father that in him should thew: This is my Beloved Son, in' whom-- am well pleased; grown fruit thatmakes dlrectly concerned? And to- arit taste so that ail fulness dwell. (Col. 1:15-1hear him. Aside from the renewed proclamation of the Sons range them In as orderly and 19). could much better than any you fashion as possible? Just compact W(8 are fuller sustained, therefore, in regarding the Son, Jesus Divine nature, the Fathers words were otherwise decisive and Not until it. You will find that your obtain anywhere else. try and Moses of the the so He law, the in of is He from Elijah, bo promulgator Creator. the as portentous. Scripture, spoken Christ, home does not stop at the house youve picked the fruits distinguished trees and plants youve raised Inwalls, but extends to your lot speaks of Himself. Nevertheless He has operated throughout representative of the prophets and especially you really aplines. You will have outdoor His antemortal existence, as also during His period of earth-lif- e among them as the one who had not died when taken from earth, your own yard, will home rooms that correspond to , the and ever since, under the direction of the Father. His reverential had been ministering unto Jesus and subservient to Him. .predate how delicious rooms in the house. - affirmation, voiced while He ministered in the flesh, has been The fulfillment of the law together with the superseding of And these rooms can be fur- The thrifty house wife has long attested in the command Hear ye known true of all times: My Father is greater than I. And here let me prophets by the Messiah-Wa- s nished with rugs of grass; walls the savings made when of living green brightened by repeat the testimony of John, that by the Word who was with Him ! A new dispensation had been established, that of the fruits are grown at home. It is lovely flowers; of furnishings God even in the beginning, all things were made; and without Gospel, for which the Law and the Prophets had been but most satisfying as well as economore flowers, know, that when the specimen plants, him was not anything maae that was made. preparatory. The Apostles Were to be guided neither by Moses mical, to season man very can may the comes you the space, city fruits, playthings, utilitarian Jesus the Christ. (See fuller canning orv your own That the Christ who waa to come-whome grown Conveniently ..tuck his strawberry articles, seats,- arbors, - garden or- inrea!ity .J3odthe nor. .Elijah but byHim, their. Lord, depend underin the' Jesus of is and an which the of Western on the abridgement, account, naments. foregoing plants in front Creator was revealed in plainness to the prophets fruits for a generous supply. For the co6t of furnishing one ). On the average city lot where neath the grapevines. Continent. Samuel the Lamanite, in preaching to the unbelieving Christ, pp. fruit Strawberries will be followed by room indoors, or even the price dread the clouds when a Is the time short of at a yet also premium,, and follows: later, as Then', that space his ye testimony Nephites, justified and by cur- of 'one piece of furniture such as His earthly mission were gathering trees are used as much for orna- the earliest cherries and gooseber- a piano or davenport, you can might know of the coming of Jesus Christ, the Son of God, the glorious consummation ofexclaimed: The glorious rants, raspberries as ment for utility. soul Now is my troubled, cloudlike masses of white bloom ries. Fifty bushes of each of the furnish all the outdoor rooms of Father of heaven and of earth, the Creator of all things from thick about Him, Jesus one your home. Interior furniture can the beginning; and that ye might know of the signs of his com- and even momentarily indulged a query as to whether He should on the cherries, plums and pears, two best sortsof oftwocurrents, varieties of be bought and put In place with (Book of ask the Father to save Him from the dreadful hour. The and the exquisite pink loveliness hundred each and ing, to the intent that ye might believe on his name. twenty-fiv- e immediate results. But plant mabe not prithe raspberries, need exclamation: of resolute dismissed the with God was is Son of apples promptly thought Mormon,, Helaman 14:12.) As the text shows, the of some good gooseberry terial for outdoor furnishings is bushes commercial the of only vilege But forihjs cause came l unto this hour.-I- n humble and If well cultivated, furnish living it must have time to designated in this passage as the Father of heaven and earth, grower. .These varieties will work wllb Father gtorifythy In determination He continued: - supply. One dozen grow. Those, who can afford It, in the sense of being the Author or Creator of heaven and earth. very well In the background of an abundantbe enough. One can buy. part of" this time in will trees both I have at the from voice came a there a Then In name. affirmation cherry heaven, added the group saying, be the border, personal To these citations may ywell of the blackberry large planter bushes hundred as even speor this back In of the lot, will it and glorify again. (John 12:27, 28). of the Lord, Jesus Christ to that isolated divisionofthe House of glorified-it,If one must move to another cimen trees on the lawn. And will supply two quarts for a day he her-anas Son Fat the the .figure again Continent. Following-tWestern episode, Israel then dwelling on the who does not thrill with the de- for some weeks toward the close locality and sell his home, he ussufand then ually takes his interior furniture supreme sacrifice on Calvary He said: Behold, I am Jesus Christ distinct Personages. Although Jesus Christ, there lightful perfume of the blossoms of, summer. It adds little to the value of Fruits for the Main Crop the Son of God. I created the heavens and the earth, and all fering and sorrowing, was Jehovah embodied, He communed with that is borne far by the spring the property, and Is costly to rebegm-Din- g. the Father in the deep fervor of breezes? he To whom did the Father from the apples, was with Apricots, peaches, early prayer. pray? I are. in them But the outdoor furnishthings that me hath Certainly not to Himself, hut to the Supreme Being whose Son The limitations of the average and a few of. the earliest plums place. ings remain, and they add not- I am in the Father, and the Father in me; andin of - the-- . season. on will the ' city home" prevent bring grounds V" ably tor property value- ,- not to the Father glorified his name." (Book of Mormon, 3 Nephi 9:15). Ile.was ahdls."' man from growing more than abundance whic, with the later speak " ManifestallonaOn.. last Western ..Continent .dispensation. favorite fruits. varieties of these fruits, will last Ske..... of ... facilitating a quick jUKL..a,J.e.w...eL.his Through direert 6 veiatioir nr ' ... -' On - the - farm,- - however, there Is IKi'rWeston been likewise and has has earth Eternal Father The heard fieaven of Create? the f hearly"'tnr winter;' Winter aapples-anthe voice of Jesus Christ, f cool In for if to to whom growing in same placed Eastern evinced the the pears, era Continent and ample opportunity purpose as anew:' Hearken, 0 ye people of' my church, hppr H7 Faitk ia Yourself No fruit-rooor cellar In the fall, World rthal of acckimingrthe.Xhrist.jas . His actual son. To the all the- different varieties. the kirtgdom has been given ; hearken ye and give ear to him-whcommenBuck.,Jn-rjouxor small the will .often until last how the matter the large and all Nephites'- in Americaeame the resurrected and glarifiedjChrisi; space, the fruit garden should-to- e cement , at . the v.vew, z supply of. oilier feiloi?, !! you gsliuoil.as laid the foundation of the earth; who made the heavens riunk you multiHis which assembled made few weeks and were but a after the live, all continuous crucifixion, strawberries. a supply are. Dont ie the victim of an inthings the hosts thereof, and by whom planned for tudes saw Him descend as a Man clothed in white, while a voice of the various kinds throughout To obtain this supply there feriority complex." The flist thing to 1 and moye and have a being. (Doctrine and Covenants 45:1.) or should five be six apricot season. Behold My Beloved Son,, in to bolievo in yourself; It" is evident, therefore, that before His embodiment 'W "the was heard from About the first fruits of 'sum- trees, the "Same number of peach dal, bave much trouble with other name well wont whom in I hear I am the have whom TJeeu ChristceimLIrorTi. pleased, glorified my to known ten mer will, be strawberries. In order trees, ten or twenty of plum, TTesh, the Betn Father power and authority to organize the elements and frame ye him. (Book of Mormon, 3 Niphri IT7) . The two are h'efekgain to get the utmost "returns "Trorfi or fifteen of summer'fntd atrt .people, ariu. the world whereon the spirit children of God should receive the He revealed the BILLYS UNCLE to earth-liftraining and experiences incident to Enoch, noah, Abracommand Adam, Fathers will and gave the onward long limuoLprophets and thence through Moses ham, down to the time of His own coming, to live for a season as a mortal among mortals. Elohim and Jehovah The name Elohim is of frequent occurrence in the Hebrew text of the Old Testament books, though not found in our Hebrew plural noun but English version. In form the word is a or excellence of intensity rather than connotes the plurality it, distinctively of number. It is expressive of supreme exaltation and power. Elohim, as understood and used in the restored of God the Eternal Church of Jesus Christ, is the name-titl-e in Son the spirit is Jehovah the Only Father, whose Firstborn Christ. Jesus in the flesh, Begoten A general consideratiorr of scriptural evidence-lead- s conclusion that God the, Eternal Father has manifested Himself personally to earthly prophets or revelators on comparato attest the Divine tively few occasions, And then principally status of His Son Jesus Christ. Unto Adam and later prophets the Father spake affirming the Godship of the Son and declaring that He was the foreappointed Savior of mankind. In certain epochal events the Father and the Son were mam- fest to mortals at the same time and place, and at least on one j r - j 5i . v f , mani-festitati- ! If ! : I on - well-manag- ed . 5, I, spirit-childre- tlGocL-wha-at-sund- TI1E1IQUSE, . ta ry.- " - d, 7, . . as . -- 4 1 -- - i i - 370-377- super-courageo- soul-harrowi- us d -- . ' i"' . . . m o - above-proclaimi- ng i eu . -- f i t tUvn-yo- usS -- e. -- tothe Ve r |