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Show and Apostle Brigham has declared it, and that it is the word 0,( the Lord and our God before we ever took these bodies; and these bodies (Millennial Star, Vol. 16, No. 34, August 26, 1854, p. 534) were Franklin D. Richards, Apostle: If THE LORD GOD has as ever withdrawn from Father Adam spirits; arid then, when he completed that work, he com brought forth tabernacles for those spirits to dwell I came through him, both spirit and body. (Remarks made in. in the Tabernacle, Salt Lake City, Sunday, November 8, 1857. Journal of Discourses, Vol. 6, p. 31) forth the authority here [Genesis 1 28] bestowed upon him, He has not seen fit to make it known He has been labouring diligently to futfill the instructions concerning his dominions, and to bring them under subjection to his will. This will be fully accom plished when every knee shall bow, and every tongue confess that he is the God of the whole earth. . Brigham Young, Mormon Prophet: Though we have it in history that our father Adam was made of the dust of this earth, and that he knew nothing about his God previous to being made here, yet it is not so; and when we learn the truth we shall see and understand that he helped to make this world, and was the chief manager in that operation. He was the person who brought the animals and the seeds from other plan ets to this world, and brought a wife with him and stayed here. You may read and believe what you please as to what is found written in the Bible. Adam was made from the dust of an earth, but not from the dust of this earth. (From a sermon delivered in the Tabernacle, Salt Lake City, April 20, 1856. Published in Journal of Discourses, Vol. 3, p. 319) Brigham Young: ... Some have grumbled because I believe our God to be so near to us as Father Adam. There are many who knowthat doc trine to be true. (A statement made in the Bowery, Wednesday afternoon, October 7, 1857. Published in Journal of Discourses Vol. 5, o. 331) President Heber C. Kimball Brigbam Young: ... 1 We say that Father Adam came here and helped to make Who is he? He is Michael, a great Prince, and it is said the earth. him by Elohim, "Go ye and make an earth." What is the He came and formed the earth great mystery about it? to ... "Well," says one, "Why was Adam called Adam?" He was the first man on the earth, and its framer and maker. He with the help of his brethren brought it into existence. Then he said, "1 want my children who are. in the spirit world to come and live here. I once dwelt upon an earth something like this, in mortal state. I was faithful, I received my crown and exaltation. I have the privilege of extending my work, and to its increase there will be no end. I want my children that were born to me in the spirit world to come here-and take tabernacles of flesh that their spirits may have a house, a tabernacle, or a dwelling place as mine has," and whre is the mystery? How much unbelief exists in the minds of the Latter-day Saints in regard to one particular doc trine which I revealed to them, and which God revealed to me namely that Adam is our Father and God-I do not know, l-do 1iI0t inquire, I care nothing about it. Our Father Adam helped to make this earth, it was created expressly for him, and after he came here he brought one of his wives with him and was called .. Eve because she was the first woman upon the earth. Our father man who stands at the Gate and holds the keys of everlasting life and salvation to all his children who have or who ever will come upon the earth (Remarks by Brigham Young in the New Tabernacle, Salt Lake City, Sunday, June 8, 1873. Deseret Evening News, June 14, 1873. Reprinted in the Deseret News Weekly, June 18, 1873) Adam is the .. I have learned by experience that there is but one God that pertains to this people, and He is the God that pertains to this earth-the first man. menced and Then will the words of the Prophet Brigham, when speaking of Adam be fully realized-"He is our Father and our God, and the only God with whom wehave to do." Having now observed how Adam the first man became a God, we inquire why may not millions of his children receive the same Godlike knowledge and power? (Millennial Star, Vol. 17, No. 13, March 31, 1855,p. 195) formed by him, and through him, and of him, just as much the spirit was; for I will tell you, he commenced and brought That first man sent his own Son to redeem the world, to redeem his brethren; his life was taken, his blood shed, that our sins might be remitted. (Address in the Bowery, Salt Lake City, June 29, 1856. Published in Journal of Dis courses, Vol, 4, p. 1) President Heber C. Kimball: Now, brethren, you have got a spirit in you, and that spirit created and organized-was born and begotten by our Father was 6 The above Quotations make the following. points clear: 1. Brigham Young's teaching that Adam is our God was Brigham maintained this doctrine for more than twenty years after he first-pronounced it. not an isolated incident. 2. Leading Latter-day Saints of the time understood his teaching to mean that .Adam is the God of this earth, and sought to maintain it. 3. The doctrine caused difficulties from the beginning, and 7 |
