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Show ""., r 21 OF THE FATHER ten thousand stood before him; the j udg ment was set, GOSPEL 220 II Who hath appointed Michael your prince, and established his feet, and set him upon high, and given unto him the keys of salvation under the and direction of the Holy One, who is without of days or end of life. " This indicates that Adam is our God I counsel, beginnifg holding the ke It may be s . .# objection or Grandfather in Heaven, and His Grandfather being Great Grandfather in Heaven, and etc. with above the other." This no States department. or the Church can see Our our to end to our more see Unite or to all th than the President of or our God complaints and petitions are usually presented they take them to our Bishop, and if too much for him he counsels with the Stake Presid the doct ent isl. Through faithfulness we may become what he now We understand that this doctrine has been repudiated by the pre sent living oracle s a s merely the doctrine of Brigham Young. We are told that the living oracles l take precedence over all other authority, living or d ead We agree that the living oracles take precedence, pro-] and he in turn to the President of the Church I if and the President of the Church may sub- J' angels are our teachers and custodian of our prayers and petitions, and through the medium of the Holy Ghost, or by person, will doubtless see that those petitions go to the proper department whether it be the Adam-Michael, the God of this world or Adam s Father, the God of many worlds, or Adam s Grandfather, or the God of the Universe, or the Coun-{ cil of the Gods, according to the import and rnacrutudq of the petition. As Adam holds the keys of our sal va tion under the council and direction of a still hig her Our guardian I , light in them" (Isaiah 8). If it is true that the living oracles take pr cedence over all others regardless of their disagree then the saints must ments with the dead prophets ! I . vided they do not conflict with the dead oracles, "To the law and the testimony if they speak not according I state teachers and mit it to his counsellors. no place. to all the affairs of the Universe. ou necessary, to this word it is because there is town, county, to all Church matters, it not be the doctrine of the church now? was proper The President cannot intelligence rine of Joseph Smith and Brigham Young and why shoul one rna petition our Government in the name of the United or the President, and if we have a perfect mail business of the nation, any being His father being We department having jurisdiction of the subject matter, If this is not his kingdom, which and what is his kingdom? If God is an exalted man and once was God-our Father in Heaven, so. States whether it be the city God of? our Not The letters will be sifted and sorted, and sent to the If Adam is not the God of this world, what is he the what '" ing system, the petition will find its only God with whom we have anything to do, as our Bishop is the only one with whom we have just direct dealings. He was once what man now is. to Adam objected that we are told to pray to the name of Jesus, and that this is incompat able with the doctrine of Adam-God. the are, what is the I • Father in the Holy One, just as a Bishop governs in his ward under now W 0 R S HIP differing with Brigham we must disbelieve in this doctrine and adopt the views of the new oracle the council and direction of his president. Brigham Young taught this doctrine and said Adam we WE ent arises of our salvation under the council and direction of the was GOD necessarily change their faith every time there is a change in the presidency to conform to the views of the new president. We must believe in Adam-God so long as Brigham Young lives, but so soon as a Presid and the books were opened." We read in Book of Doctrine and Covenant 78, Sec tion 5 I 16: THE I I one-intelligence one above a noth er without end. And any and all of these Gods have once been as man now I |
