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Show 7 Their belief reminds me that brother Joseph B. Noble once told a Methodi st priest, after hearing him describe his God, that the god they worship ped was the ''Mormons" Devil-- a being without a body, whereas our God has a body, parts, and passion s. 14 Our former religiou s traditio ns have taught us that our Father in heaven has no taberna cle, that his centre is Yet we read everywh ere and his circumf erence nowhere . that "God came from Teman, and the Holy One from Mount "Before him went the pestilen ce, and burning Paran." "And the ancient of days coals went forth at his feet." did sit, whose garment was white as snow, and the hair of his head like the pure wool." "Hast thou an arm like God? Or can'st thou thunder with a voice like him?" ... "The eyes of the Lord are upon the righteou s and his ears are open to their cry." The idea that the Lord our God is not a persona ge of taberna cle is entirely a mistake n notion. He was once a man. 20 If I am not telling you the truth, please tell me the truth on this subject, and let me know more than I do know. If it is hard for you to believe, if you wish to be Latterday Saints, admit the fact as I state it, because you will never become acquain ted with our Father, never enjoy the blessing s of His Spirit, never be prepared to enter into His presenc e. until you most assured ly believe it; therefore you had better try to believe this great mystery about God .... To bring the truth of this matter close before you, I instance your fathers who made the first permane nt settleThere are a good many in this conment in New England . gregatio n whose fathers landed upon Plymouth Rock in the year 1620. Those fathers began to spread abroad; they had -childre n, those children had children , and their children had children , and here are we their children . I am one of them, and many of this congreg ation belong to that class. Now ask yourselv es this simple question upon natural prinWere not the people who ciples, has the species altered? species with us? Were same the Rock Plymouth at landed they not organize d as we are? Were not their counten ances Did they not convers e, have knowled ge, similar to ours? Were there not mechani cs among them, and did read books? they not understa nd agricul ture, and etc. as we do? Yes, every person admits this. |
