| Show THEOLOG THEOLO UIAL 0 UES A mount pleasant correspondent sends the NEWS a number of questions to which be asks aska ao an early reply his hie letter was wae delayed in reaching the editors editor desk or we should have noticed it before four questions wr were submitted by the correspondent who rho asks 1 we are told in the doctrine and covenants that the holy ghost is a personage of spirit does that imply that it ii has the form and stature that we have or is ia it ic myriads of intelligent particles diffused through space in which all things live and move and have their being a substance in all and through all by which all things are governed and controlled ine ilie inquirer win aiji b bibly bly note dole that w we e have y akiwo cerium wor 9 from hix hit question tion twe tula dixe dix e not interfere with uis ais inquiry the reason for their ornis omie ion is that thai they imply a of the abe godhead God godat bead ao which is composed of the father son bun and holy agnost As ae to his bia inquiry we will say bay that the word personage does not imply that the holy ghost is in tue the form anti stature ur or mat mar nor does it imply that it to Is myri acle of intelligent particles the holy ghost is a personage of spirit or a spiritual organism there is not room in a brief newspaper article to give the instruction ou on this subject which the inquirer seems to to be in need of therefore we will refer him t ti the fifth lecture on faith in the doctrine and covenants second end third vers verses as a text tex t to commence 00 oo and the compendium tot for further references on the subject in both ancient and modern scriptures 2 when the church was overcome in the meridian of time so that I 1 ii cea ceased ed to be preached on earth because the arch enemy had prevailed against the saints whether it be in the third or the fit fifth th century do you think that the gospel ceased also to be preached in the spirit world or is it reasonable to suppose that it has been preached in the spirit world since christ to this dispensation dispena atton the overcoming of the saints re erred to or of the apostasy as it is i generally called affo afforded rued no occasion tar for ceasing the work in the spirit world it was wa when the savior iff himself itself was unable by reason of his HIB body being in the abe tomb to preach in person among the jews jew that he opened me gospel dispensation to the abe spirits in priti prenon oD As to wrist what we way may fit think binks on the continuous preach ing to the spirit world or any other event replying to theological questions bione tione we endeavor to make only statements of correct principle or or of facts that have been revealed through ble tory or divine revelation we are not giang div ng our mere opinion opinions are ot ol knowledge knowlt dge and an opinion as to the probable occurrence of something of which there is no available record is ie not always profitable or wise 3 Is aitor it or isit is it not generally conceded that the followers of including his disciples did not receive the gift ot of the holy ghost which follows baptism till after the saviors death and the resurrection i e the day of pentecost such a thine iq i nut not generally a cn n cereo john the baptist was filled with the holy gimose rom from h 8 9 birth luke lake i i 15 his mother elizabeth was filled with the ibe holy ghost lb ib 41 so was his bin father and simeon the disciples exercised the gifts of the spirit in bearings bealings hea bea tings lings etc and aad when they were rent out among the jews jesus told thorn them the holy ghost should teach them what to say aay luke ali 12 but that special out pouring orthe or tb hoy ho y ghost which he promised as a comforter was at the pentecost Pante cost the holy ghost was given to the baptized believers in christ anterior to his in judea 4 Is not isaiah and E salaa believed by us to be one and the same individual isaiah Is the hebrew form an baalas the greek form of the same name besom 31 writing from american falla idaho asks aske Is the kingdom of god upon the earth sometimes there is a slight alight confusion of terms because different writers writer occasionally have applied the term kingdon to the church of christ but we take lake it that our correspondent refers to that kingdom which shall assume temporal doMI dominion and control among the affairs of men when that kingdom is established upon the earth there will be no doubts douba in the matter among members of tie church the word of be lord to the saints is to be subject to the powers that be until he reigns whose right it Is to reigns reign and subdues all enen aies tiles under his feet when the king comes to exercise temporal control over the nations of this world Is the king dona dom will be upon the earth in the sense that we understand our correspondents pond pon dents entys question |
