Show DISCOURSE BT BY IT f ELDER ERASTUS EUSTUS SHOW IV delivered in the meeting neeling house beauer ff beaver eauer eaver city Z beaver vcr ver county U T sunday jioji li oki va march ad 1878 REPORTED Dr BY JOSIAH and god bald eald let us make man in our own image after our likeness and let them have dom dominion intorf over the fish of the bea sea and over the rowl fowl of tha air and over the cattle and over all the earth and over cery creeping thing that cree creech peth uon non the earth so god crea tedman in his own image in the image of god created i he fie him maie male and female creat created edhe lle tie them and god blessed the them in and god said unto th them im be ye fruitful anil and multiply and aad replenish the earth and guu suu but sut due ue iti if and hate dominion over the elshot nish fish of the ue sea ands and over the fowl of the airland over every everk living thing that upon the earth first chapter of genesis and aith versea terses in the ath chapter of genesis iet let add arid ad verses we read readi this is the book of the adam in the day thau that god create created id man in the likeness of god gadebe made he him male nale hud and female created he them and bleds blessed id them and called their name ada adam afi in iti the tid da day when they were created all mankind feel instinctively that there is a I 1 admit that people try to reason themselves out of the idea and into a state of fidelity iu or dr into imo atheism but it is ae very y hard bard I 1 for fon br them todo to do it or ok to satisfy thenis selves elves that they are correct when they think they have done it and the universal feeling that may maybe be bat eel down tb be common to all nations and people bearing the human form is that there 14 is is 14 a god alid and there 1 is 8 a yearning after him dimand 1 u I nd adesi a desire reto to worship him however difficult it may be to satisfy themselves of the manner in which they mayjor may worship him acceptably on off one occasion our nord lord and ani aie aid savior sa said baid t to th the a people anion anlon among 9 whom he ministered ye worship y whid but wo speaking of himself anu ami his hia disciples and followers know whom we worship i and we speak the things via iia w 0 h have a vo heard of him and we know what we speak 9 p eak and yet you tou receive not our testimony w the Jews were in possession of many laws and regulations given to their fathers and they were taught the true and the living god but darkness covered their minda and many of them walked in darkness at noonday and enjoyed not the tha true light asit was in christ pertaining ta fix themselves and to their heavenly father heathen nations natio ps as they are termed by christians have less definite ideas of their creator though all of them entertain the common notion of the deity and bees sees to worship him though it ma may y he be ill iri a crude way wax dy and very un unde undo ide fined sometimes Some sometimes timed they are accused of worshipping wor shipping the work of their own hands images made of wood of stone iron and brass and various other materials an dother nations tribes and tong tongues are accused of worshipping shipping wor animals of various kinds they have their sacred elephants ants crocodiles or other beasts of the earth whom they learn either to love or fear and worship either aa as friend or foe yet when we become acquainted with these theo nations and find out their inward award faith we find that none of them look upon these ima lma images es the work of rif mens mena hands 0 or r these beasts or other objects of worship we find that none of them look up or on these as anything but representations of deity they do not see deity dalty before them they do not walk and aud talk and con cop converse verse verbe and eat drink and sleep with the being whom they have in their minds aa as god but they set up before them something they can see to represent him and as soon as they begin and rear up before them some representation of deity one depre henza senta tentative tive they consider tb tia be about equal to another and if it is the work of mens hands it is something that corresponds to their ideas of a deity and whether it be in his hia exact likeness or not they know not not having formed a personal acquaintance with him nor having any likeness of him from which they can pattern after one image answers as we well weil 11 aj another or one representation as well aa as another but all these are but represent ar eions of deity and no nation nailon has been found upon the earth tribe or tongue but what have some mode of worship or some faith in the deity and feel the geed need of honoring a superior being this thia craving of nf the human heart is universal and education does not remove it it is not confined to barbarous tribes and less cultivated people all nations may have their skeptics sceptics and in many enlightened nations of modern times there is an evident tendency to infidelity yet those who seriously entertain doubts of the existence of a supreme being are generally those who have a smattering of learning and have become mad in this particular the thorough scientist is forced fo to recognize the existence of the great supreme they cannot get around it or arrive at fit any other conclusion than that the great wheel of nature is moved by an overruling over ruling hand and the regular regularity ity liy and uniformity that is found in all her laws ils vs are traceable to that supreme being and unaccountable upon any other principle it is almost impossible for them to arrive at any other othet conclusion and where in the history of the world is it chronicled of any great reat astronomer that he was an infidel any one that has the mind and whose researches have eria ella enabled bled bied him to 1 stretch out and begin to comprehend and fathom the greatness of the works of cre creation ration that has not in the most humble and reverential manner acknowledged god those who deny hilj him as I 1 said eaid before are those that have but a partial education and a little learning is intoxicating to to the brain As the great english poet says deeper taste not the spring shallow drafts brain and dra draining laing deep bragain ur us again ag aiu aio A little knowledge know leda ledie la Is a dang Cange dangerous erous roua tang th n drink brink deeper taste aste not tho Jy erian erlan 1 11 spring 1 it is those that gain a little knowledge and begin their researches in various branches of science but do pot fathom them who are bewildered 10 red in their imaginations and they bey hey tend to infidelity there isa iss is a theory in the human mindi will sa say v with a certain school of modern philosophers to satisfy themE themselves elves and j justify austif y their infidelity the bent and tendency of their inclinations is that way but it is probable that tiie the crude undefined devices and erroneous notions and idea of modern christ aulty anity ton ching the deity leads to this infidelity hs as much as anything else the advocates ot of christianity are in a great measure to blame when we begin to scan the teachings and enquire into the views of the leading divines of modern times limes and examine their articles of faith and their discipline the teachings of dimmer differ different ent eDt christian denominations on the f abject subject of mhd we do not wonder thac that the reflecting careful thinker should repudiate their thein crude notions the old catholic cai Caf holic church who call themselves them elyes the holy mother church the english church arld and the lutheran Qa church tirell the two most extensive branches of dissenters from the catholic church and tho the ho most ef of the lesser protestant denominations ail all declare to then their followers that god is ia a spirit with gut out body parts and passions some leave off the word passions ass asb lons lous but they all say he ia is without body or parts and arid when bey hey they attempt to locate h m they locate locale him no where his centre is everywhere his circumference now herel his form may be best beat described in the quaint language of parley P pratt A footless stocking without a leg sitting upon the top of a t topless op e Es throne far beyond the bounds of time and space that heavenly un known knowd place that some crazy poet sung about and we wb are asked to believe in render obedience to and worship this being the careful thinker says 1 I cannot it is impossible for me to believe in a being that has neither body parts nor pa passions and that is located nowhere I 1 cannot conceive of him 11 the elaborate thinker says say 1 I can not conceive of any such being nor can anybody else oso conceive of nim him it is not within the sphere anu ana range of our comprehension II 11 ia is simply noth nothing id at all ai at d in the exercise of his hid reasoning faculties he chooses to disbelieve in their dogmas and is beti peti down by them as an infidel yet the true philosopher is not an infidel he ia is only infidel to tho those so vague ideas and theories theonies that are in irr themselves monstrosities yet in ili the absence ubence ab ien ence of true religious teaching arid being taught by the christian world that the scriptures Scrip lules luies do not mean what they say and must be taken in some mysterious sense they come to the thet conclusion ahat that they do not know anything about the true ehn character of the deity and it is not their province to teach him only as they learn to know h him I 1 m in scanning his hii works abut tn th scan ean canning his works we learn that he is a being of order and law and that all things are governed by law whether the minutest atoms that are examined under powerful glass ea es in the molecular world that are scrutinized by the aid of the microscope or whether we study the works of god in the vast unnumbered worlds that are rolling jn the midst of the power of god we find the same order all things are governed by law 11 it we study physiology or anatomy we are led to exclaim with the psalmist of old 1 I am fearfully and wonderfully made and see a beautiful harmony in all the parts and a most exquisite design this is proven by an examination of the various parts of the human form and every organ adapted to its special use and for its special purpose and combining a whole a giand union a little kingdom composed of many kingdom kingdoms united and constituting the grand whole the being we call mab man but which in the language of these scriptures was called adam male and female created he them and band called their name adam which in the original in ili which these scriptures wert written byn byA by moses loses signifies the first man there was no edfort effort al at distinguishing between the one half and the other and calling one man and the other woman this was an after distinction but the explanation of it is one man one be be he called their name adam but be he created them male and female for they were one and he says not unto the woman multiply and to the man multiply but he says unto them multiply and reproduce your species and replenish the earth he speaks unto them as belong belonging ipg together Z as constituting one being being and as organized in his image and after his bis likeness and the apostle paul treat treating frig upon this subject iu the same samo way aya bya ayd YA that man was created in in the likeness of god and after the express image of his person john abe ahe phe apostle in writing the history tf of jesus speaks jn in the same way that jesus was in the likeness of his father rather and express image of his person and if the revelations that god has made of himself to man agree and harmonize upon this theory and if mankind would bo be more believing and accept the simple ampe plain clear cleat definition ef of deity and description iori of hime elf eif which he has given u us instead 0 of f bunting hunting for some great mystery and seeking to find out god where he is not and as be is not we all might understand himm hita there is no great mystery about it no more mystery about it than there is about gursel ourselves ves and our bur own relationship ship to our father fattier and mother and the relationship of our own children to us That which we i see before our eyes and which we a aro are re ex experiencing perl perlene peri ene enc fr from 0 m time to time day to da day y and year to year ia is au exemplification of deity belty what says one do you mean we should understand that deity consists of mau and woman most moat certainly I 1 do if I 1 believe anything that god ha has hns ever said eaid about himself and anything pertaining to te fhe creation and organ of mail mall man upon u pon the earth I 1 must belle believe belleve ummat that deity delty consists of man and woman now this ie is it down to our understanding and the great grgat Chri Alati world wil will be ready to oren their mouths ard and aid cry dry blasphemy fae bae sac bac li lege 0 open wide thur eyes esea and wide their mouths in the utmost aston astonishment ish m 6 e i nt vhal god a man nilan and the Shake Sha kerss kerff ray rny say he be was and apil ann jlee lee says christ brist came in the form of a man liy ili in the first place and now camp ill in the form of a woman and she was that then these christians they eay he lie has no forin form liel neither ther body parts nor passions one party bays says heis hels he is a man iman and i the other says pays he i is s a woman I 1 s say a he is both now flow do you know I 1 only repeat what lie he says bays of himself that he be created man in the image of god maie male and female created he them and be called their namo name adam which signifies in heb hebrew rew the first man sio fio that the beings we call adam and ete ETC were the first man placed here on this earth and their name dame was adam and they wrete the express image of god now kow if anybody is disposed to say that the woman is in the likeness of bf god and that the man was not and if vico vleo versa verea I 1 say you are both wrong or else god has not doldus told cold us the truth I 1 sometimes illustrate this matter by taking up a pair of shears if I 1 have one but then you all know w they are C composed 0 M coed of two h alves halves but they aro are necessarily parts one of another and to perform their work for each other as designed they belong together and neither one of thearis fitted for the accomplishment ment of their works alo aio alone ne aan for this reason says st laul gaul the man is not without the ro woman nor the woman without the man in the lord loril in other words there can be no god except he be is composed of the man and woman united and there is not in all the eternities that exist nor ever will be a god in any shy other way wak I 1 have another description there never was a god and there never wll will be in all eternities except they ibey are made of these two component parts a man and a woman the male and arid the fer female nale some bome of those who are disposed to cavil will say pay how bow will you explain the idea of a plu 21 bality 1 11 y in the female department here hero ar opens a involving philosophy and the philosophical propagation of our specie sand band it involves the great prin principles cilles of virtue and the laws that govern er or should govern through all eternity the commerce of the sexes arid and the more they are scanned in the light of true philosophy and revelation the more it will be proven that the superior wisdom of jehovah has ordained that in the higher type of or the God godhead head bead they are not limited in their union of the sexes I 1 refer rater to the female principle on the other band all the laws governing the commerce of the sexes and the results flowing from them in the i procreation bation of our species specie show that the violation of the 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