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Show darkness, made, that he would reduce his posterity to sin, misery, be that the ,of might the they to devil, and power wickedness, wretchedness, one. receive not could this without for they prepared, for an exaltation, of Eden was reckon that I all natural organiza t i.on , first made things were "What was the spiritual preparatory to the of all this; .cou l d not spirits be These Indians that roam upol) the plains, use Yes, as far as they could. and upon the mountains, are comparatively happy in their degraded condition, They can lay upon because they do not know the comforts of civilized life. the ground, pull up sage brush to form a temporary shield against the cold" We would and. get plenty of lizards and crickets, to eat, and they are happy. eat--some to want a comfortable house to live in and something comfortable We would thing that is sui ted to our nature, ability" taste, and appetite. as are So our.spirits happy as not be happy and satisfied short of that. not be could house a without you they know how to be. Were you now to live the is which tabernacle without a be ne i ther could the happy?" happy spirit spirit. When the spirit enters the body it .is pure and good; and if the body would be subj ect to, the spirit, it wou l d always be taught to. But the spirit is interwoven with the do the will of the father in heaven. the to it is flesh and, blood; body; consequently Satan has power subjected I reckon the Father has been through all this. over both. happy; house of the . Do you.recollect what I told the brethren who, came across the plains this season, when they were perplexed by their oxens and were calling upon He could God to give you grace to.perform the labor which lay before you not sympathize with you 'or know the nature of your trials if he had not the passed through the same himself. He knew just as much about crossing connected with and the trials plains The for the it as any of inquiry will arise, among those who account given by Moses, as to Adam. are us. strenuous and tenacious "Did not Adam die?" Yes, he died. "Does not the Bible say he died?" I ,do not know died; or nor where Moses care" but I died, though I think it would be hard to find where he have no doubt Moses died and Adam also; And all the days that Adam lived were 930 Gen. 5:5: 5: Moses the servant of the Lord died there in 24: Deut. he died. and years ; And he buried him in a the land of Moab, according to the word of·the Lord. over against Beth-peor; but no man knoweth of in of the land Moab, Valley [Reporters note: his 'sepulchre to this day.] just as you land I have .to die, and, be laid away in that, however, Moses did not see fit to tell us. • the bowels of Mother Earth; Adam planted the Garden of Eden,and he with his wife Eve partook of the fruit of this ear th, until their systems were charged with the nature of If earth, and then they could beget bodies, for their spiritual children. the spirit does not en.ter into the embryo man that is forming in the womb of the woman, the result will be false conception. -11- A living intelligent. |
