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Show r 'l!l 190 189 FATHER THE OF GOSPEL among the most I is manifested in the works of man. if a offspring, should these We descend from have to succeed in s be like Him. we He is pure I as men that we as into His presence. a more and discourrl e everythiJ9 attribues I But we have certain ideas of His character, an others may have their ideas, and may be correct to a certain extent, just as the Gospel is believed in, in land I I in every by various peoples. You will find truth in every form of worship. among every people I more Of Thi truth. . embraced the unto us, and in greater and a Being that we have created f our unto part good and true. t imaginations; we worship a Being who has reus--a Being who has communicated to us His character and His attributes, and revealed in people having a God to suit themselves. I bel Ieve it has been remarked by a noted infidel--but it is an old idea--that every people form in their own minds an idea of the kind of God they want to worship. They clothe him with the attributes and perfections which they admire and think worthy of worship. The Indian has his idea of God; the Hindoo has his; and all the various nations of the earth have their different ideas of God, each one adopting the God that agrees with it I standard. There is, no doubt, something correct in this. We worship that which we admire, and Even with our liqht] that is admirable pertains to God. and intelligence we may not comprehend all the of God, and certainly we cannot comprehend His great , more We do not worship God. i by Elder Penrose from this stand, in which he alluded to the doctrine that some taught concerning nes s wa s advance they receive vealed Himself to every say I I greater fulne s s, until we shall comprehend Him as well as it is possible for mortal man to comprehend will even short time ago, to Himself shall come delivered I i who communicates His mind and will to His children. correspondin1 we purify ourselves, a I rn i nq l e And if we seek for it we believe that He will reveal If we have this hope within us, I remember listening, the whole world and over Gospel of the Son of God. This is the great d i s ti nct ion between us and other peoples. We believe in a God an carrying them out. may be counted worthy to seek to And I suppose that is the prerogative of thosewho have This is the belief of the Latter-day Saints; and, hav ing this belief, we should have with it a desire that, when we shall see our Father, to travel something that he could course, glorious aspirations which prompt him to attempt these wonderful works man were ignorant people. with the lowest human species, he would find some remnants of truth; something that would be admirable; this great Father who formed the earth, and who gover the universe. Therefore, it is natural that man, being His I have found it You will find it among the Pagans. mighty works that we see on every hand as we travel throughout the earth are inherited from our eternal Father. They come to us by descent, or to use anothe phrase, they are hereditary. The doctrine of heredity II WORSHIP WE GOD THE us the greatness of His Godlike character. 1 It wa necessary in the very outset of this work that there should be a revelation of this character. Up to that for generations had been ignorant of the as many now be character of God. It was believed time I men I lieve a I spiritual being in I I a But the first revelation that was given in nacle. day j un Being diffused through space-without an entity or without a taber that He was answer to the prayer of the boy I our Joseph Smith, and seemingly the most nece s sary one that coul be given to lay the foundation of faith in the human , , mind, was I the appearance of God the Father, and His I Son Jesus Christ. I have heard that there are some among us who con tend that Jesus is the Father, and that there is but on misrepresenting and misinterpreting the words Father I of divine revelation contained in the Bible, the Book 0 Mormon, and the Book of Doctrine and Covenants. I fallacy and a false doctrine. There were twq jun. --God personages appeared unto Joseph Smith This is a : I |
