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Show Deseret News 4TiJ. t..&t. ;df,L M-. fr· «1u.:.i law'S I thlngs, the by which angels the worlds ! exist, by which "ere &-vnrt t/wl . M4 tct:llUld -are41e!d ·-tn e15tence I &t'. 'How nleased We would be to ! place these" things before the people : of minds'l the Lltter::&i ... Snts 10 Te'C;ard r_·uticubr doctrme Whll'h 1 to one wn&(.uJ I IA.QUN. r.1 rr .... ea 1 t"(i to them. ana wlllch !e'\"('.1l,led to me-n.ame.lf that Adam 13 our l:llher and G15a-L do no klWW, 1 Jo not· mqurre, I eere-ue Ood'i Father Adam this earth, it "as. Our lhlng about it. to make helped i tk· -< Cl""'" ii if they would receive them! : much unbelief i.sts in the OU/JJ • .-: ••9 ... ... _______ created expressly for him, !u'i It ....vas maue ne tlnJ ais companions . . T· myntery l seen, in with 1.5 OIlly to tllose nllo I!.re orant. Father Adam here. and lnen they brought hl6 wlre. :;.3 .. 15 one. ··V'C'T '!7U .\ d!.m e-..lled. 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WHY of evidence (right). the rd Lyman stumbled he does not staunch thus, the at veal'S on this ... that the Orson Pratt after the we re people believe this has also School ... the way to act." Young's death, there of the Brigham enouoh not (Joseph Fielding Smith). Their de- researchr er in his to the statements, as same conclusion arrived at by Professor Rodnev Turn- than that the lI that Brigham Y:)ung identification of Adam with dilemma: that the General Authorities today have chosen to taught t.he Adam-God doctrine now creates ever of distrust of their rebuttals, Doctrines of Salvation, for present-day G,A.s, The Joseph Fielding Smith, Vol, 13-24. Adam, Who Is He?, Mark E. Peterson, pages R. Dyer, pages 125-137. The Fallacy, Alvin Mormon Doctrine, Bruce R McConkie, pages 1,19, deny an following that· additional is a meeting of High Father Adam had many wives ,. our mother, and inhabitants of this earth, and I believe our them, and that she was but behold ye there were Prophet Brigham, som.e he did not believe it. even that did not believe -the se our He _._•.•_._._._.._==========MI President_Brigham Young is an irrefutable fact." *The Fact of one a Beloved Brother Orson Pratt said he could prove by the· scriptures I felt very sorry to hear Professor Orson Pratt it was not correct. I feared least he should apostitize, but I prayed for him say that. that he might e ndur e unto the end, for I knew verily it was possible that great men might fall. me thesis: admit of no other Gonclusion God the Father by thus, that only the mother of the of the the Brethren at speaking to them under the influence remarked was "A careful, detached study of his available found in the offir.ial publications of the Church, will masters to was Eve told ntals*, however, have not dealt with the score of evidence contained inside the walls of the Church Archives; evidence which would lead any I I \as sayings today deny that Brigham Young ever held Adam, stating thnt Brigham was "thoroughly acquanted the Church." Spirit, . she that also, General Authorities these views on with the doctrine of confere;ce, for names and that that supporters of the doctrine to hold back the wave of criticism:' about the turn of the century, the doctrine was "swept under rug." the Priests' in Nauvoo .. 'whi 1 e tha-t is not was conference, a 'very interesting Brigham Yonng said thus, that word, for I remembered saying Amasa told the President meeting '" Provo: of most This believe it. It appears in the Minutes of President Adam and Eve of ·the fi rst man and woman 'of every earth that was ever organized and that Adam and Eve were the natural father and mother of ez e rv s"iri t that comes to th is ,,1 anet, or that receives t abe r'nac l es on this planet, consequently we are brother and sisters, and that was God our Eternal Father. This as Brother Heber remarked, was letting the cat out of the bag, and it came to pass, I believed every at "The doctrine preached by back wherein he savs that Adam is rd, 18, 1868, worship--that we found is Another the Prophets, June President Young a few of this Attended 6th. Oct. is almost completely unheard of in the What happened to it? today, much less taught. Apparently Brigham Young's doctrine regarding Adam was not well recieved among many Church members, some being quite prominent in In an entry leadership. Apostle Orson Pratt was the most outspoken. into the diary of Joseph Lee Robinson (Oct. 6, 1854) is one example The Adam-Cod doctrine Church list l,pages 96-106, 8 |
