Gospel of the Father, by Fred C. Collier

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120 THE GOD WE WORSHIP down and tabernacle in the flesh. After mature reflec tion, he will express to Eve how much he loves her, and how much he desires to carry out the gram for the benefit of their little ones j out of the fruit. in order to , garden, Adam I partake of the forbidden (Brigham) will then taste of it, and share destiny. the meaning of that remarkable passage in the Book Mormon-- "Adam fell, that men might be." In other words, if Adam had stopped in the garden, and Eve ha been driven out, the chances of family increase have been very unsatisfactory--men would never have I Of j would! been born; and in this strain argues the American prophet Nephi: "Now, behold, if Adam had not transgressed, he would not have fallen, but he would have remained in the garden of Eden. And all things which were create must have remained in the same state which they after they were created; and they must have remained for ever, and had no end. And they would have had no children; wherefore they would have remained in a state of innocence, having no joy, for they knew no ( misery; doing no good, for they knew no sin." The lucidity of this pas sage is not very remarkable, J werel I I but the deduction to be made from it in connection with the peopling of worlds, is that when on to the new world which he has yet to wife eats the forbidden fruit, he will do Brigham getsl make, and his! so also--this previously arranged, and as a curse falls upon him, upon her, and upon everything around them, in is all the course of a thousand years the "cursed" character of their food will tell upon their systems I and they then, how- They will had a have lengthened opportunity of preparing ever, and of seeing their numerous earthly tabernacle s will go down into their graves. , 1 I first stage of its formation, but they continue to make 1 improvements, and in course of time succeed in beaut They take with them the seeds! i on new world, together wah the seeds of grasses and of flowers, The first Adam did taste of it; hense Eve's 114 FATHER which enj oy Eve s society and be dri ven must .a l so THE of trees of every kind, from the celestialized world they dwell, and plant them in the soil of the in the celestial The conclusion reached will be that Adam (Brigham) OF ifying and adorning it. original pro­ world, who were anxiously waiting for earthly taber­ nacles. GOSPEL I 1 ! t : l and of everything that grows which is pleasing to the eye, agreeable to the smell, etc. They control the waters, and direct them where to flow; they place in the rivers and. in the fish of every kind. seas of the air, beasts of the field, and all ures which it--these which are necessary to make a The supposition now I Fowls things and crea1- world and furnish brought from the celestialized world Brigham dwells. are I! I up01 ! I is, that the task of this new- world-making comes to an end, and those who were : engaged in the labour are fully satisfied with it, and pronounce it "all very "good." Then Brigham says to his favourite wife: "Let us go down" and inhabit this new home;" and they do so. And in this way some future Moses will call them Adam and Eve. For a time the noble pair will get along very I well and comfortably; but the" old serpent," or a key as some may have it, will creep along and insinuate kindly mischief to Eve, and with the sweetness of her sex she w ill innocently partake of some forbidden and be expelled from their garden of Eden. Adam ham) up to this time will have done nothing to offend I or to incur anyone s displeasure, and he very will be troubled about Eve s unpleasant position. The penalty of Eve IS transgres sion will entail her expulsion from the garden and as a consequence there would be a separation, for Adam (Brigham) will comprehend it at I a glance, will see that it will never do for "man to be ! alone;" that the object in creating, the new world would j i ! I mon-l I fruHf (Brigl I I naturallr I 1 thus be frustrated; that, if Eve leaves, there will be of any terrestrial bodies no being made for his: possibility myriads of spirits that will then be waiting to come .