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Show 8 Now follow our fathers further back and take those who first came to the island-of Great Britain, were they the same species of beings as those who came to America? Yes,all acknowledge this; this is upon natural principles. Thus you may continue and trace the human family back to AdaJJ1 and Eve, and ask, "Are we of the same species with Adam and Eve?" Yes, every person acknowledges this; this comes within the scope of our understanding. But when we arrive at that point, a veil is dropped, Were it not so, you could and our knowledge is cut off. trace back your history to the Father of our spirits in He is a being of the same species as the eternal world. ourselves; He lives as we do, except the difference that He has been earthly, we are earthly, and He is heavenly. and is of precisely the same species of being that we are. Whether Adam is the personage that we should consider our heavenly Father, or not is considerable of a mystery to a I do not care for one moment how that is; it good many. is no matter whether we are to consider Him our God, or whether His Father, or His Grandfather, for in either case we are of one species--of one family--and Jesus Christ is also of our spe~ies .... 12 If Jesus should veil His glory and appear before you as a man, and witness of himself as being the image of his Father, would you believe that he was really Jesus Christ And if you believed His and that he told you the truth? words, would you not wonder exceedingly to hear that our Father and God is an organized being after the fashion of Such, however, is man's organization in every respect? the case. One of the prophets describes the Father of us all, saying, "I beheld till the thrones were cast down,and the Ancient of days did sit, whose garment was white as snow, and the hair of his head like the pure wool; his throne was like the fiery flame," etc. The prophet further says, "Thousand thousands ministered unto him, and ten thousand times ten thousand stood before him," etc. Again, "and, behold, one like the Son of Man came with the clouds of heaven and came to the Ancient of days,and they brought Now, who is this Ancient of days? him near before him." You may answer this question at your pleasure, I have alBut the Saviour would answer the ready told the people. ques~ion as to the appearance of the Father of us all, by saying, "Look at me, for I am the very express image of my Father." ... "God is our Father, Jesus Christ is our Elder Brother, and we are all brethren, and of one family. " 2 3 |
