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Show 2 It would seem from these statements only expressed feelings that the story havo that even to been Moses, mistra.nslated, but it whole not was the truth, tha.t of the Brigham Young creation may in when it VIas places origionally given instead it but not was more or less ";'; s ymbo Ld ca L, Apostle Parley man as P. Pratt felt that contained In Genesis was of Israel by the. Lord because to recievo be more a were worthy with a goes, as s t o i-k to des0crate the God sent them of prophecy made s cor y the Biven to creation of tho and c h L'Ld.re n unwillingness He felt tha t the people , truth rather than hug it to Parley in the P. Pratt I s views Scriptures boncerning seem the until to last wo u Ld their bos.som, sturk story for them to believe a light'. more of story of .their· unworthiness krrow.Le dge of the tru t h prone therefore, a the thy parallol· days which· I'o L'l ows r "because they rccieved not send them the love of the t ru th, God shall delusion t ha t they should believe a lie. " 2nd hoss. 2:10-11 s t r-ong , The If following is Parley P. Pratt!" statement upon this subject: In after- years, when Paradise was lost by sin, when man was driven from the face of his heavenly Fathor, to toil, and'-cl:ro.op,and die; Wheh heaven was veiled from vlow;" and with few excc p t Lons , man was no longer counted worthy to retain the knowledge of is heavonly origin; then 'darkness veiled the past and future f r-om tho heathen mind; man nei then" knew himself from whence he came" nor whi ther he W:1S bound. At Le ng t h a. I,1oses came, who knew his God, and would fain have led m ma.nkind t o know Him too, and see rum face to face. But they could not recievG His heavenly laws, or.abido His presonce., Thus tho holy man (i.e. Moscs) was forced' again to view tho pas t Ln mystery, and in the »e g l nn l ng of his history, assign to man an earthly , Man, moulded 'from origin. the earth as a brick! manufacturod from.n r-Lb J Thus, par-on t s till would fain conce a I f r om buddi ng manhood the A Woman, ever-flowinG born mysteries ri vor, by of procreation or r-e I.a ting aome the source childish tale of life's of' new life, engo ndo r-e d -Ln the hollow trunk of so me o Ld tree, apr-Lng i ng w L th s po n tarie o us growth, like from mushrooms, out tho heaps of r-ub o i s h. 0 man l When wil t thou cease to be a II -a child in knowledge. Parley P. Pra tt Key to Th0010sY p. L9- SO or |
