Show Av AVATARS O 01 GOD COD GODIA SPIRIT AN INCARNATION OF Ott THE DIVINE jAs IA 1 h by W Elder B H Robert Roberts in n the th Salt Lake Taber T ii ill ib t A nade Sunday November 21 1909 t I II l hY v r n W 1 i to toI I 1 r p I I th r I hatt I r I I k A AUl ronIa lib b I I th Ul I llIn the thet I t n ii that on i loii 10 were t tI cr crr t I 1 I Ir I u ho h hall had thi th ki kitt r I Thi entitled tt II I I II the theL I liIn I In part L I L I review of a ft aI series i ii 1 II t I i itched hi In the 1 the th which Mr Ir 1 I Milt of r a two yearn mil I 11 the Ih universities ut II 1 I pointing out ln tM I s and nl philosophical k li h I rf of nf thee theeT the calUd ii d dI I T 1 h u it realon I 1 i nIl fart that the th 1 h Ii Smith tie Ie tiei J 01 i n namI that all alli I i wrung rung K and anil their b I unto the th l ord from fromi confirmation I i I III i r i thee 1111 1 1 r rH I H II h Ic I 1111 warrant a 4 ame AI l v 11 i i II I not flut I me 11 r Ii f view of nf these th thI i I t I ford ifford Id the I I uck I of OC time to In 11 Int InI l I t it I modern lI mi II untamed 1 I I t I i n Prophet It 11 1 tt I h i J le hI r to renew mid tind I occasion If l I fl i i ng of the lh Ix 10 nl ami aad I I t un the th liberty of or orI o or I I J r H 01 li It I r now no 00 to tot 0 I I t I ou I think that t P I w i l Id lit to tn some ROlli Ml tai 1 dm I an un anI 0 I ht tiet Joseph Smith 11 1 I it were Pre r the th wt Ut I 0 in ted nh ul and end endL andl l 01 n i 1 1 I believe I Iu shall han shalli i u that from some mm somei th thI 01 i f r learning in III M I r i 1 fI tK ir r prophet taught I r i r in hi utterances u tt on the thet I I 1 were re not born borni bornt t t C c 4 i 1111 it of or Inspiration from fromi 1 i r han for I ii J I editorial of J 3 i ii is h round found utter I 1 tt tI I 1 ty Ity while I 01 iii ti a akin to those thOS of ofin ofU U in 11 i i New Thought hoUt und a I II FT U U W II tire lire In 11 favor tAvor favori 11 i IlIg tO or of the spiritual I h i 01 manner manger Or S pIn d Is Ii J Ai 11 its tM II own pI anti and amit antiI I r r t 0 1 i t 1 new II and CUtI ad 1 Hi rh III II t ii Idom luin and blind faith fuith I ii 11 ih i linK they lIi III 1 the tb Ih world and andOn nd On liT ting ing the theli to tot tou t 1 I S t u itt t n of ot tho thou thoe u 0 Ill III age i eif I 1 I i i further t ni I of many Y of the lie i La M 1 recently lIy of i 1 v i II and nd formerly l f Wisconsin a ai tH tell gerd K to the dal e i mi III at th top toll that thai t I tt t Illat pat IjU patt t i i i to eternal I who are 1 f that nt as al alII aeh mi II h Momon doctrine fir lr Ir Holi BIe e i 4 r the Ihl t i Allege w i there In ti a II gulf 10 it is tu I the thet t et pi d over 01 Into llIto i HIV K it Ie and anil spiritual hill Ubi hillI i li I Hint hat I the n I t I of their follower h h nd again Into Ui the ts beckoned koI I lib ut KO The choir choice chol thor lIlor backward to the tie then tieI n I I t to th the t tit t ft I Saints Saint t v il It ho III In M m i 10 hut v r mn lilan may HIll l I e h excellence may nUl be beI ii n 1 I or of the he t in 1181 i it highly lit N I that Ihal there tI re relit Mil lit W 1 I to t h It h iiIi Ih ii Ii i mint Ia ho rent hot liol I ill I II I I tl of oC nIl niA nf 11 f hIS Ih I in t III d the lbs themi Ih h I mi 11 I Ih III mi 1 It it th tIIt I it if t til th I lalu I is aroU ug the Ih I he I ri I r 1 ln In trul of be JHo b bh t h hJul In lie would i I in III Amr Amer AmrI Amert I t Of 0 K J i II UK Jilt UKi I t i ra l 1 tho those f two II II i t of or lire pre j I if r f th tb CIMO in III II tn to I til th the d I Iii In h t hla n fl 11 11 I our ut Mt I I doi th un t ri that MI uI II 1 i t of men man manin in III 11 f t with ui I 1 Din Ih II ni ii 11 I the Uie u fact tact i i i inary u to 0 reir nor I I i hl and the th I 1 1 him ace 1 thet t 1 in 11 lei cil In n III i When het the t I proceeded with the th dilver hr er of oC him hili mesa mee m H to the th world orld he departed from this view 1 aa sa to 10 the of man and pro tire proceeded to proclaim him to be a e ton eon of DC God not hot only through h nome come mean manc of adoption but b h to the th er Ir nature of him lIe He proclaimed him to be 4 an all eternal Intelligence an a to ho HI Irl cad aad that after the experience of ur the lie lier r lon from the UI Ii dead he It would be IH an alt Immortal H a prince of oC heaven hean Mil HII heir h lr to 10 all 1111 that and H ii joint JollI heir with Je u Christ capable ble of ot Infinite programs r and nit of oC 1 On one oe ott ur tn m lun to be Ie more In 1841 while lilie discoursing UA II the tb Ih i lIh l Jcl t of man and hi spirit he lie propounded title The rhe mind of man n the Immortal spirit ro did It II come from rom All il 11 learned men and lIa of or cay ay Hint Ihal clod It II III In the li but bill It In III l tot not ao Co The Th very ery Idea Ideale le lessons Itna en man men in III it my thy I do ilo tint not believe hellev the tilt doctrine I know bet het better better ter Ir Hear H It all alleo ye ends n of f the Ih world for or God hue has h told tol me 1 wo so n H I 1 r f MI ii 0 i t dont believe me IllS m it will Mill 1101 make the th truth without effect Ve We p i NY av that thaI God himself In is a tent Who tio ho told you u no so It In III i correct or t enough but bitt II who told MIU II that thai man mall did not ex lit In III like manner maimer upon u on the Mine matue Clod made a tabernacle antI ami put hut titan inana In It II and It h became becam a m living soul It doe tint not nay ear In the th Hebrew Beb that God Coil 1 treated created the th spirit of or man It 1 hindu man mn out of nt the th earth and nd put In la hUll Adam spirit and ando nd an o became m a Il IT n 1 The mind or orthe orthe the Intelligence fiN which man mall pU In III coeternal Ii Qi d God him hIms not net create himself III Ic antI and ext upon uOn a tnt principle It II I is u a from tige to fig Bd and there l I ic nu no nur creation r about It Th This The of man manU manIa U ill not lIot a created being It ex inert from front eternity and ad will exist exl to et eternity MAX IA NAL WITH DEITY 01 Such WM yea the Prophet up un thin thit 1 I might hO supplement the ahoy above by h quoting one on of the tIN revels revelation tion that list also Iea bire upon UIn this thin theme The world are re ready to accord to 10 the Christ Chrt the Son of ot God nod an Ott coeternal with md anti and Indeed would consider It unorthodox to tu hold hohl any an other slew lew I limn limit the this of the theo Son with the lie th Father and they th quote In sup eup support support port of title till view the very vr beautiful preface to John Johns goSei l namely In Itt Inthe I Ith the th beginning wan wait the lite Won und the he Word Vord was wan with and the Word WOI won Wile God The maine was wan In iii the tha ill beginning with god g in him was a life lit and the life wee walt the light of men And then litter Inter It U la explained lI that this thU Word tord became flesh Ileah and attil a dwelt dwell among un Us 11 and v we beheld held his hi glory glor the glory ae u a of the thi Ottly Hegelian of full of greet grac and of oC truth All orthodox Christians Christian believe that thin bitt the th of the Christ with the Father No Noa that In is a H very vr great Kreut doctrine but bUI I L desire to show chow ou that excellent aa tie aIt It In Is I the thu Lord In our dispensation ha has ha added another truth to that thai one by hy what U Is I ald hi In the revelation from front which I now 10 read Jesus Christ la ha I ru rv an as speaking I Verily ern I y unto you I WUI wac In the beginning with the tho Father unit und am the th Now murk you the th cay sev several 1 oral eral brethren who were vere v re present when this thlu revelation was wan received Ye were ere In III the beginning with the Father that which In he I spirit even avert the ItI stInt spirit of truth troth Meaning that part pert of or man that III ID spirit that Intelligence that thins thin within man that it III const nn buS lous itt oC UK lis own existence and attil of other existence thet ha he hea power to tn wilt will and nd to direct dle t end and to tu todo tudo do 10 things that hint thing within man that reasons l und tutu reflects reflect and hux hM that being who mot IH is isyou you OU yourself and not the th hou e aisle meie ly b 1 In which you ou live that too wa we w in itt inthe the beginning with the Fattier r And now the lie revelation broadens broaden the tho truth beyond those tho to wham the di ill directly spoke at t the time the lie th re revelatIon elation wa wIt glen given for In a R subsequent veru er erIt r tJ It ray Man undoubtedly meaning the rave r Man lei rIall wa was 1411 al MIN dee o In Iii the beginning w in II Owl God Intelligence or the Unlit I hl it f truth wa will H not nut created or H made neither in indeed Inde deed de d can be beAll I beAll All 11 truth Is la I In that sphere IhM In which Owl God h hu hee placed It to Cit act for Itself us its w all ail U Intelligence also otherwise there I he no existence Deltoid Behold here la he I the agency of nine and n 1 here her h In ill 1 the condemnation of man because that t which wwi wie the this begin l Is ha I plainly unto them and they that the receive not 1101 tIM the light Ami Mu 08 ever wan n who wh whoA spIrit m tC mc rt c nation iv th not lut th th the light U lit 1 under condemnation For Fm F man UI I Ii I i 11 spirit 11 The T elements ment are ar eternal spirit ad aad element lt beep Inseparably Itt connected conflicted Cl n et I a a or of j joe joeAnd oj And when 11 man mn cannot enot re 1 r ocle a n at of o joy The elements are a the tabernacle of God G yet yea f seats man III l I th th Ike of God 0 even v n temples E That Tat Is I bold doctrine Whan our ur t cam ea with till tide splendid toes mes message 11 sage sag to the world wOld he h hi wan we I t with aith lh ti cry CI of Ulal phell Three of a 1 century has h ha now W paused away ini these hf utterance were wem I to tn the thu world Ild and I 1 want lIlt to Ii ahoy hl i mi 00 hn IM n II in i I f i lih 1 rant rente Rt of r rI I ti ii hi Ii h i 1 i with II It h n i PI j il ilIn t I tI II In I r rii n Ih it M I with h 11 tiis r 01 III I lt l analogue i Ith It I them Ihm thon f r Mm the th men Inch me wh n i 11 n i HIM I uI ni IM I 1 aware H even pvn of ot li ii 1 4 I j I thi Ih n n truths I In I ii in i r nut of ett r i U eon cnn on til l h liti hit nn iiii 11 to I the tb hy by our prophet het bat bt thi th MM II ri I Ic ii ril I tee Inn to ti the hip I truth lruth end I 1 11 I Ithe the th It grow 1 ami iut nrc t on onI every I hI Sometimes 1 1 It I m th Ih h InU t 1 n that God Ond Go F is e using for his hl truth are mote more po Silt and an than the li dir 1 incus which we Wf are arc ar to Gum u and ald Urn I I U Is I using through but hla h Chun huh h Hut now nw to tu tile this record rel and wh whet h t our tr 1 learned hl men are al f saying on Ott o Identical or analogous I t Ithe the these e I 1 hate hae h been reading Ine about Mr Ir Irni ni represents nt the ti ir of f our out American universities as ma a saying maying lt TIte 11 me ee In man nn and nd in inthe InU U H the tM and nd pow t D to sway 1 the th affair Ifal of th the PrOf that I tile 11 we w will wi I the th reality and end that the t lb least lat creature of 14 Ir all 11 mortal mona fw bw quoting the th professors exact woWS os fl mar rr dignity and nd value M as I that bettig I II conceIved Ill It I de declared ca by this the lie that Ua t If divine energy to Is 1 divisible III lr bl mans inane spirit In Inferior tenor tor to G Gods the eternal l future of o o tit the soul I 1 M 50 s tae they say and fn I of nil all Nile II lh the most moat mOt N in 1 Its 11 schema e man maa m I to It b he an under tinder underling ling 11 Not only that but bt uncountable billions billion of soul of the dust are arc erected created doomed dome to de despair d dr speir r while hit a fortunate remnants remnant highest t felicity IK iii I to o IKU around the ti tie throne of a ii 1 superior u and ami 1 auguet allt God Gol Goland anti and Ind chant hant his hil Then 1 follow roll V this thi contrast with Ith the Its th above b view thaw v vO O to this conception I is th tt the new n psychology that o that the spirit of or man I is the th u expression of the Infinite and a that by b Invoking the powers the divine divin forces force f resident In hn the th human aH aM that hu humanity manity desires may my be b accomplished Thus Thui Tu complete does doe O the divinity of 0 mans mane ph It appear to 10 these tt phloe pliers phere ph r the these views are lre ex cx expressed x proceed pressed The Th colleges In lii II teaching this thia Ihl faith take lak ground with ii th tb those who hu ho bU behie that In the th emancipation and fruition of If modern thought greater works than did will wil In It h performed J It 1 Is ts I therefore to rid the th modern mind mimI of I the th deadening effect of what hat they th deem Im to be ho b paralyzing superstition that thi tt I profesSors attack orthodox dogmas dogma For Fr trout from deriding th th the forces force for of this the UI stint spirit the the colleges college rl III proclaim that the law laws of divine energy are I the th moat Im Ito Important portent study tudy confronting modern roan man mn fhe Tb professors professor take tk tk their stand with Prof Pro Slater of Chicago university t whom T J heard with wah marked mAke sincerity that the th name of or Jesus Jemis JIU Is I not nt written but wt plowed Into I this the th history of the worM world worl Yet pow In their determination to approach Ic the Olde as scientists scientist they the coi consider lder more mor reverent than the th great lt body by of church o h people who ho they Ih belier ble are an In Idol Idolatrous aru prostration and ritual III In still tH stronger of Jo Joseph JoCeph seph Ceph Smiths doctrine in more inure m N I direct Ird is I the follow Ins In utterance front from rom romI I who ho says am of lly Focused JuM In the mind of or man nan there therefore lore fore are the th dynamic forces force rOI of the universe and v our most float tOt daring dan calculation Is I the of thought And nd in the following a rl i tl I words word w II the scientist explained d how ho the tite mind bind of or man nn assuming and nd assert uart 10 It Its It power we may abr the th lie hire of or creative eler Tte Il wood o in the grate but the th genial ii I ii th tIle the room rm our WOOd blood Il our InI Jt awai t v vital Uil ac action a lion tion to kind and Ild I wrought into nto the hillier of our life If I we w keep k In II ii mind min thi this of an cit n element becoming tran fu d by b p Into human life hit and happIness It I ha not lut tilt dif difficult nult to understand the lit in Intel tel of prayer player of New sw ew Thought of or t Science Ien of nr the th Movement and an forces marvel ouchy our ur r age lg A Aa not an e communicant cant ants ant at old od altar many tU ha hare allied 11 t h Iv with the th force rOI of o spiritual health and ant And Ahll M yet t when the t Prophet Joseph soil and the t elders r 01 II the went preaching that the UM world today to was A entitled to the enjoyment of 0 the th cattle rame pal Irl ual gift or forces force Cor that hara terl d the th Church t hurh of ot Christ I In itt Inthe II the th early Christian by which the t heo slik siek ak were er healed hall the t lame lam made to fit walk wil 11 and Ild th tt the iMmor Por of prophecy unit and n reto enjoyed they were cla l a as tie al persen mud and an generally PIU Indeed Inde ou otis of If the theo against n the th sainte when hen settling In I Jackson county Mo wa thet tbt they pret Med nd I to communications and d direct frosi heaven hevea hY to heal heul the Ih sli k by b th laying on 01 of hand h and andin Id IdI in hit I short to 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