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Show GOSPEL OF THE 91) FATHER July 3, 1859 Brigham Young .. I 92 THE GOD the seeds of am vegetables were Oct. 9, 1859 ! to many of you. news Adam, Brig ham Young fully speak what I know and understand concerning myself and others, you might think me to be infringing. I shall therefore omit some things that I would otherwise say to you if the people were pre- not now in know him in his fulness of glory. a capacity Here let I I few ! I there are a We know great many which we do not know. a When people have secured to themselves eternal life, they are where they can understand the true character of world. I spec4 These points have ever been subjects for I ulation with all cl a sse s of believers, and are subject s i of much interest to those who entertain a deep anxiety! I to know how to secure to themselves eternal life. Our: ; bodies are organized from the eternity of matter, from such matter as we breathe, and from such matter as is : found in the vegetable and mineral kingdoms. This is matter organized into a world, with all its appendages, by whom? By the Almighty; and we see it peopled by and women who are made in the image of God. All this vast creation was produced from element in men its i Wi l l i arn, me vegetable and animal life. philosophers of every state to all upon the I class! earth, When you tell me that father Adam wa s made as we make adobies from the earth, you tell me I what I deem an idle tale. beasts of the field were \tVhen you tell me that the produced in that manner, I I you I speaking idle words devoid of meaning. There is no such thing in all the eternities where the Gods dwell. Mankind are here because they are the off spring of parents who were first brought here from another planet, and power was given them to propagate their species, and they were commanded to multiply I and replenish the earth. The offspring of Adam and EV:e are commanded to take the rude elements, and, by the: knowledge God has given, to convert them into every-: thing required for their life, health, adornment, we a lth comfort, and consolation. Have we the knowledge i are I their Father and God, and the object of the creation, fall, and redemption of man after the creation of this John, James, Bartholomew who brought them; but it was it to teem with things that he has revealed concerning himself, but to whether it was It its seas, pared to receive them. Jesus Christ says, IIAnd this is life eternal, that they might know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ I are or us Who brought them here? Being who had power to frame this earth with valleys, mountains, and rivers, and cause some Were I to I seeds of every plant composing the vegetable kingdom; were brought from another world? This would be i matters little to We Shall I say that planted here by the Characters that framed and built this world--that the eternity, by which the Gods were and are, and by which they gain influence and power." JD 7:3 whom thou has sent. II WORSHIP wonderful works of the Great God. hated for teaching people the way of life and salvation--for teaching them principles that pertain to .. WE unorganized state; the mountains, rivers, seas, valleys, plains, and the animal, vegetable, and mineral kingdoms beneath and around us, all speaking forth the I to do this? We have. Who gave us this Our Father who made us; for he is the and to him we lives. He has know. We are knowledge? j only wise God, I owe allegiance; to him we owe our brought us forth and taught us all we not indebted to any other power or our . • . • his Father pertaining to the flesh Let every man and woman worship their God with all •••• their heart. Let them pay their devotions and ! God i great ble s sing s The Being whom we call Father was the Father of the spirit of the Lord Jesus Christ, and he was also for all i I sac- i I Ii 1 I |
