Show THE DHE LIVING AND TRUE GOD GOD as god the infinite universal kin anthropomorphic being bein ot of the has no more signify me in relli religion fou than a fundamental meral principle has tor for a special V beuce ence it is merely the ultimate point 01 dumport as it were the CAI point of ef religion the foregoing remarks by fuerbach Aft descriptive of the deity which the weds of the great sects of christen dem tom diverse in so eo many particulars wee airee in setting up op as the almighty clyator for or all the world tf to worship aa substance if there clan can bunch uch a thins thing without extension and i without limits filling all space u up p no room everywhere present fee e ta bat t less in volume than abe ae smallest mote mole perceptible to the heebe eye by the aid of the most power tk microscope micco scope A mathematical plot which has aas neither length breadth read th nor thickness and though 1 P as a geometrical beginning gort to wholly imaginary and mas kas A e substantial existence athla t his is not a being it should not b e called a personality it cannot be rm ripped 1 ed by the intellect neither can it awer er to the emotions it is simply an traction action a nonentity a fantasy W can this satisfy th the soul th that at aga is tor for communion with its maker TWI re is no BO heart in it there to is iab mug log in it that corresponds t to huh anh anity ity mau man to be mase made in fl Is a own image can find no affa affi I 1 t with th this phantom nusis 8 is not the delty deity of 9 the bible 1 it ill riot not the god clod of the old testament ent of the new the being there de abbed la is a person he Is davisi invisible bl e to fallen min man but apar approachable and une who can anter into t the T e profound esi eat 1 depths of human emotion ard re li spond to the desires of his creatures thegean they can become onedith one with him and he ha with them because they are his offspring made after his own likeness jesus of nazareth ia ij announced in the new testament ail the espre egress 8 8 image of t his qa fathers a person 1 in him hira dwelt the falness of the godhead bodily ue he was intha in form ot of god 11 ile he who looked booked apont him saw the father IT he a was the of god and was the ame among 09 many brethren go ci was his father and their father his hi 3 god and their god he came iron i the father to earth and left the earth to so to the father he declared wa was in heaven it W was part of the mission ot of the christ to declaim god and bring man kind insop close relationship with him he was god manifest in the flesh 1 I 1 he endeavored to make plain to tits bis disciples that god was their father that chevas he axas their elder brother and ana that by ol ai edi ed lence ence to the fathers laws all moufid gouid be beouf brought ht together in the same kingdom and in family union the personality the fatherly pd iod of god goa was one ot of the most pr features tea tures ot of his teachings teaching a an n H this was waa shown to be the basis of the brotherhood of man cheri there was no b ici dat of an insubstantial immaterial it 1 incorporeal deity beyond the scope of human thought but all the or of the godman god man were to ta manifest toe divine being as a perfect indi of whom man was an imper imperfect fec to oe ne developed finally anally into tibe the complete counterpart of deity god is a spirit so is man thi the inward be b lug ing the sentient immortal le personality is a spiritual entity vi at is the offspring of god it came f him him and as every seed produces s i ts kind man is the image imag e of god god tam body I 1 is of grosser material and clo bloh ab es the spirit completely covering I 1 ts turm form and outline internally nall aej d I 1 internally ster iter nally making a medium for its its COMI coal act ACS with earthly things spirit iab substance it is not matter like the bix ly nor is it subject to the same laws but itis it is not immaterial although di to all the substances which watch are c t agn zant to tile the senses and commonly known as matter it is more refine I 1 than lairmore air more subtle than any element revealed reveal edby by chemistry it is not pv roe prible to the natural eye in a the non aal state of that organ nor cari can altoe it oe gat asbed by human hands but it is tern tas iole to spiritual beleas and hns hits its ail latties laities to spiritual nub muo stances sta uc noes it Ys v rles in kind and degree and V the tie lower t orders ot being and substance stafa e are patterned after bpi spiritual ritual aarif varieties ties gcoy is a spirit aal being the meo mem t of the eten al tal uncreated spirit of intelligence anda f the tae everlasting principles cp s of t truth 1 at h 1 J justice atice and mercy he hd Is astie ate 0 1 ion of good he holds the keys of at lower he controls tha th crea creative ove ea he lives by the immutable lm wi of right kight t ile he manifests them W anis is children according to their caputy cap belty and deop men t at aid d their to cecere receive 1 i mlle the holy ly spirit is lala to I 1 and aid a revealer it ata in n spiritual is 1 as the the does in natural t meigs 9 S I 1 hr 01 it stows flows intelligence ta t t the he 1 human mind it is the light ligh teth evar t y mw maul that cora cometh luto the world it leads xo ft god it restrains trains from evil but bat it forces no man every person cashis own agency or he could pol not be made responsible and accountably it mankind would be influenced by Z thai hat divine spirit they would be led up to 10 the Youn fountain tain of light and truth until he would stand revealed reveal ed to aneo as he la is the father the son and the holy ghost gnp separate distinct bub aub one in p purpose p d dor y they form the wan t 16 ts who are inlet in tel lowsha 4 ru ith dulty worship we father the name of 31 the son under rider U the influence of the choly y ghost they are all tangible and not metaphysical or nullities nullifies ties the true goblo all important in true tree religion ue ile is of infinitely more significance in 11 thain Is a fundamental principle 21 he is its author re veiler and supporter its alpha and omega its life and guide without hanja dimitis Hi mitis t Is nothing not bing With milu it is ia everything thing Relli religions gions made by men may legand their deities to any aay place sere gere erected eted by their originators and anything or dotting may be worshipped wor woo shipped hipped and or ar regarded amply as a principle or alti ultimate mate ol of support sap port in a theory but bat use tie religion emanates fl oni the true got to therefore therel pre atla ant apu rt it Is ia salvation to those who receive and live by it and condemnation dem nation to ico who lespie and reject it man fale feels ionee io no nee ne d of such defty as that de described d by fuerbach and theor iel about py Y modern theologians lie he needs a divine father falber who answers to his whole nature iu its highest aspire tiona cons and dap can be toli touched ched by a sense of his infirmities christ is dear to the believer because ile he imperfect is perfect man and is one fth load bod thus becoming the mediator and leading adlaug humanity up ward white le we he brings htwe deity near to mortal comprehension when latter day saints speak of the divine father as a personage a being with form s substance 1 and tarts they are accused vy by the theologians and their unthinking followers with an teate bip is a terrible wora wor big enough r tz to startle the illiterate and an awful orime it signifies attributing to deity it a human form fern Itil V strange ng that the th e learned gentlemen tho who think to settle this question by one big word never no tice how applicable it Is to themselves yes they believe that jesus christ was goo is god and ever will bv be god they worship him as god and yet he is inthe in the human form and add sit sits at the right hand band ot of the father whose express image he is and with whom he is one isk in all things when they they come to an understanding of the things of gouthey God they will learn that jesus patterned after his father in all his works and became fully like him thereby and that all who follow in his footsteps will eventually arrive at a similar condition beins being developed into the perfect likeness and falness of the father as his exalted sons heirs beirs of god and joint heirs with jests christ this too in their resurrected bodies of of flesh and bones quickened by spirit anti and glorified with celes celestial radiance they will be one with the father as christ is and instead of being mat mathematical e points or immaterial v vacuities tittles they will be like the great gibat creator s spiritual eternal ruling beings and taley they will recognize the royal coyal birthra birthright ht of the redeemer while ake they m minister I 1 niall er as kings and priests unto le the grand head of the universe who will be god over all blessed for ever aver |