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Show 177 whole truth, IN THE TO IT BLASPHEMY WOULD BE NOTHING ESTIMATION OF THE SUPERSTITIOUS Being.' 'Yes,' said he, 'aw' thOl1j!h Chr Lst is said to have been the first fruits of them tnat Slept, yet the Savior said he did nothing but what He had seen His Father do, for He AND OYER-RIGHTEOUS of mankind. However, I HAVE TOLD YOU THE TRUTH AS FAR AS I HAYE GONE Jesus, our elder brother, was begotten in the fle s h BY 'I' HE had power to lay down His life and take it up again. Adam though made of dust, was made, as Pres. Young said, of the dust of another planet than this.' I was very much ins tr-ucte d by the conversation and this day's s e r v Lc e s ." .•.. SAME CHARACTER THAT WAS IN THE GAR DEN OF EDEN, and who is our Father in Heaven. Now, letallwho ear these doctrines, pause before they make light WILL of them, or treat them with indifference, for +;HEY PROVE THEIR SALVATiON OR DAMNATION. (Journal of Discourses, Vol. 1, pages 50- 51) ,. John A. mon who recent ("Daily Journal of Abraham H. Cannon," March ro, 1888, Vol.lO, pp.178-l79; original at Brigham Young University) Under the date of June 23,1889, Abraham Cannon r eGeorge Q. Cannon taught that "Jesus Christ is Jehoyah" and that "ADAM IS HIS FATHER ANDOIlR GOD!' Journal of Abraham H. Vol.ll, p. 39) corded that in the Mor- Widtsoe, Apostle Church, denied that Brigham Young taught that Adam was a d i sthe Father of Christ: "Brigham Young's m u c h sermon says that 'Jesus was begotten in the flesh by the same character that was in the Garden of Eden,and ("Daily - was who is our Father in heaven.' Enemies of the Church, or STUPID PEOPLE, reading also that Adam is 'our father and our God,' have heralded far and wide that the Mormons believe that Jesus Christ was begotten of Adam." (m dences and Reconciliations, 3 Vols. in I, page 56) It is easy to show that Apostle Widtsoe's statement is false,for For in many good Mormons in Utah he ld to this view. stance, Hosea Stout, who was a prominent Mormon, r e corded the following in his diary under the date of April 9, 1852: That he came to this world in a photograph from Abraham H. Cannon's jour- na;l: 1'LIr{ 3t4lfg'l:-1r tLc;. .I4jzL-wI '!1.U cJ!;;_' J ' i U_' z; t/u; ;zd f.L?t) CQnIt fu';u.f arr,. - 0>tI f fWl,W , tltu nU?/n"'1 7 r i J 4oz) aM aIb-muv, fum) tk 1- I wzIL; .utulJ ?V£ tfw 4dI,t,te, tkI r C/ Ilw a-vtJ{ "Another meeting this evening. President B. Yo un g taught that ADAM was the FATHER OF JESUS AND THE ONLY GOD TO US. Cannon," , Below is a cussed 4JInc &-VI1.rt dt41 Wk-v (.I, fiidtw 'fIWtJ ,. wnduI Cl vwnJ tk + i tk res urected body &c more hereafter" (On the Mormon Fron Her, The Diary of Hosea Stout, University of Utah Press, ", Ii> V1M/ W64, Vol. 2, p. 435) . . UI. <V/u-a /h4'n: The information given above certainly shows that Brigham Young did teach that Jesus was the son of Adam, and ..........;'O';;"O;';;;;".,.;;:;.iP. ;.,.;:;o"""'''''''';'';;;'''''''''''''''''i!. that it was not just "Enemies of the Church, 0 r stu P i d people" who felt that he taught this doctrine. The most devastating evidence, however, comes from the "Journal of L. John Nuttall." On Wednesday, Feb. 7, 1877, L. John Nuttall recorded in his journal that Brigham Young taught in the Temple that Jesus was the son of Adam: "Wed 7 at Temple. I officiated as Recorder at the font PREST YOUNG was filled with the spirit of God & revelation & said, when we got our washings and anoint ings under the hands of the Prophet Joseph at Nauvoo we had only one .r oo rn to work in he gave the Key words, these things of which I have togkens (sic) and penalties been speaking are what' are termed the myster-ies of god liness but they enable you to understand the expression of Jesus made while in Jerusalem. This is life eternal that they might know thee the only true GOd and Jesus Christ whom thou hast sent was an immortal being when he came on this earth and had begotten ALL THE SPIRIT that was to come to this earth and Eve our com mon Mother who is the mother of all living bore tho s e spirits in the celestial world tlFather ADAM'S OLDEST SON (JESUS THE SA'lIOR) who is the heir of the family is FATHER ADAMS FIRST BE GOTTEN IN" THE SPIRIT WORLD, WHO AC'CORDING TO THE FLESH IS THE ONLY BEGOTTEN as it is written. (In his divinity he having gone back into the spirit world, and come in THE SPIRIT TO MARY AND SHE CON " CEIVED (Journal of L. John Nuttall, Vo1.I, pp.18-21, taken from a typed copy at the Brigham ••• ... ..• "We believe in our God the great Prince of His race, The Archangel Michael, the Ancient of Days, Our own Father, earth's Lord, as is plain, Who'll counsel and fight for his children again. "We believe in HIS SON, Jesus Christ, who, in love To his br-ethr-en and sisters, came do_n ft,gJR above To die to redeem them from death, and to teach To mortals and spirits the Gospel we preach. " (Sacred Hymns and Spiritual Songs for the Church of .Je sus Cnrist of Latter-day _Saints, Liverpool, 1856, p 375, , quoted in "The Position of Adam in Latter-day Scripture and Theology," p.16) as Saint Rodney Turner states that this hymn "was not included in later editions of the hymnal in England. Nor was the writer able to find it in any hymnal pub 1 ish e d by the Church in America. Franklin D. Richards must have ap since he edited the par tic u I a r proved it for publication, 'edition in which it is found." (Ibid ,; p.16) George Q. Cannon, a member of the First Presidency of the Mormon Church, seemed to believe that Adam was His son recorded the following in his the father of Christ. journal: " [George Q. CannoriJ asked me w hat I understood concerning Mary conceiving the Savior; and as I found no answer, he asked what was to prevent FATHER ADAM from visiting and overshadowing the mot her 0 f q said I, 'He must have been a resurrected Jesus. 'Then, •.. Father ... ... .•• .•. ... Young University) The Mormon writer Rodney Turner seems to be will ing to concede that the Nuttall journal probably contains a reliable account of Brigham Young's comments: "There is no legit[t7mate reason to question the general accuracy of this account of Brigham Young's remarks as it appears in the Nuttall journal He acted as private secretary to President John Taylor (1879-1887) and Presi dent Wilford Woodruff (H187-1892) He occasionally act ed as a clerk in the general conf'er-ence s of the C h u r c •..• .... and in taking of formal notes h; was considered 'extremely reliable.' In fact, he was acting as a special secretary to President Young at the time the journal entry in ques tion was made .... "There is one thought expressed in the Nuttall journal |
