was not left without intelligence or understanding, to wander in darkness and spend an existence in ignorance and doubt (on the great and important point which effected his happiness), as to the real fact by whom he was created, or unto whom he was amenable for his conduct. God conversed with him face to face. In His presence he was permitted to stand, and from His own mouth he was permitted to receive instruction. He heard His voice, walked before Him, and gazed upon His glory, while intelligence burst upon his understanding, and enabled him to give names to the vast assemblage of his Maker's works.

55 Let us here observe, that after any portion of the human family are made acquainted with the important fact that there is a God, who has created and does uphold all things, the extent of their knowledge respecting His character and glory will depend upon their diligence and faithfulness in seeking after Him, until, like Enoch, the brother of Jared, and Moses, they shall obtain faith in God, and power with Him to behold Him face to face.

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Page 9 And it came to pass that Moses called upon God, saying, Tell me, I pray thee, why these things are so, and by what thou madest them? And behold, the glory of God was upon Moses, so that Moses stood in the presence of God, and He talked with Moses face to face; and the Lord God said unto Moses, For mine own purpose have I made these things.-The words of God to Moses.

Page 22 But I, Abraham, and Lot, my brother's son, prayed unto the Lord, and the Lord appeared unto me, and said unto me, Arise, and take Lot with thee, for I have purposed to take thee away out of Haran, and to make of thee a minister to bear my name in a strange land.

Now, after the Lord had withdrawn from speaking to me, and withdrawn His face from me, I said in mine heart, thy servant has sought thee earnestly, now I have found thee.

And the Lord appeared unto me in answer to my prayers, and said unto me, unto thy seed will I give this land. And I, Abraham, arose from the place of the altar which I had built unto the Lord, and removed from thence unto a mounfain on the east of Bethel.-Book of Abraham.

Page 25 And there stood one among them that was like unto God, and he said unto those who were with him, we will go down, for there is space there, and we will take of

these materials, and we will make an earth whereon these may dwell.

And then the Lord said, Let us go down; and they went down at the beginning, and they organized and formed (that is, the Gods) the heavens and the earth.

And the Gods took counsel among themselves and said, Let us go down and form man in our image, after our likeness and we will give them dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth. So the Gods went down to organize man in their own image, in the image of the Gods to form they him, male and female, to form they them; and the Gods said, we will bless them.-Ibid.

GOD A PERSONAL BEING.

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Exod. xix. 18 And He gave unto Moses, when He had made an end of communing with him upon mount Sinai, two tables of testimony tables of stone, written with the finger of God.

Exod. xxiv. 10 And they saw the God of Israel: and there was under His feet as it were a paved work of a sapphire stone, and as it were the body of heaven in his clearness.

11 And upon the nobles of the children of Israel He laid not His hand: also they saw God, and did eat and drink. Job xxxvii. 10 By the breath of God frost is given: and the breadth of the waters is straitened.

Gen. viii. 15 And God spake unto Noah.

Num. xxv. 16 And the Lord spake unto Moses.

Isa. xxx. 27 Behold the name of the Lord cometh from far, burning with His anger, and the burden thereof is heavy: His lips are full of indignation, and His tongue as a devouring fire:

28 And His breath, as an overflowing stream.

lix. 1 Behold, the Lord's arm is not shortened, that it cannot save; neither His ear heavy, that it cannot hear.

2 Kings xix. 16 Lord, bow down thine ear, and hear: open, Lord, thine eyes, and see: and hear the words of Sennacherib, which hath sent him to reproach the living God.

Jer. xxi. 5 And I myself will fight against you with an outstretched hand and with a strong arm, even in anger, and in fury, and in great wrath.

iv. 19 My bowels, my bowels! I am pained at my very heart: my heart maketh a noise in me.

Ezek. i. 27 And I saw as the colour of amber, as the appearance of fire round about within it, from the appearance of His loins even upward, and from the appearance of His loins even downward, I saw as it were the appearance of fire, and it had brightness round about.

Gen. vi. 6 And it repented the Lord that He had made man on the earth, and it grieved Him at His heart.

xxxi. 22 And it shall come to pass, while my glory passeth by, that I will put thee in a clift of the rock, and will cover thee with my hand while I pass by:

23 And I will take away mine hand, and thou shalt see my back parts: but my face shall not be seen.

Jer. i. 9 Then the Lord put forth His hand, and touched my mouth. And the Lord said unto me, Behold I have put my words in thy mouth.

Gen. i. 25 Let us make man in our image.-27 So God created man in His own image.-viii. 21 The Lord said in His heart. iv. 14 From thy face shall I be hid.—vi. 6 And it grieved Him at His heart.-xix. 13 Before the face of the Lord. vi. 8 The eyes of the Lord.-Exod. xv. 6 Thy right hand, O Lord.-8 And with the blast of thy nostrils.. 16 By the greatness of thine arm.-17 Which thy hands have established.-vi. 6 I will redeem you with a stretched out arm.-xxxiii. 11 And the Lord spake to Moses face to face. Num. vi. 25 The Lord make His face shine upon thee.-xii. 8 With Him will I speak mouth to mouth.Deut. v. 15 The Lord's mighty hand and stretched out arm. -xi. 12 The eyes of the Lord God are on it.-xxiii. 23 That which is gone out of thy lips.-xxxi. 17 I will hide my face from them.-xxxiv. 5, 6 The Lord buried Moses.-2 Sam. xxii. 16 The breath of His nostrils.-2 Chron. xvi. 9 The eyes of the Lord run to and fro.-Job i. 11 Put forth thine hand now.-iv. 11 By the breath of His nostrils.-xiii. 8 Will ye accept His person.-xxxix. 20 The glory of His nostrils are terrible.-xli. 20 Out of His nostrils goeth smoke.-Psalm ii. 5 Then shall He speak.xiii. 1 How long wilt thou hide thy face.-xviii. 8 There went up a smoke out of His nostrils.-xxxiv. 15 The eyes of the Lord are upon the righteous.-16 The face of the

Lord is against them.-xv. 3 But thy right hand and thine arm, and thy countenance.-li. 9 Hide thy face.-lxxxix. 13 Thou hast a mighty arm, and strong is thy right hand.-xcviii. 1 His right hand and His holy arm.-cxxxix. 16 Thine eyes did see my substance.-Prov. xv. 3 The eyes of the Lord.-Isa. xl. 10 He shall gather His lambs with His arms. -12 Who hath measured the waters in the hollow of His hands.—Isa. xlviii. 13 Mine hand hath laid the foundations of the earth my right hand hath spanned the heavens.—lv. 11 My word which goeth out of my mouth. -li. 5 Mine arms shall judge them.-lii. 10 The Lord hath made bare His holy arm.-liii. 1 To whom the arm of the Lord is revealed.-lxv. 5 These are a smoke in my nose.Ezek. xxxiv. 1 The word of the Lord.-xxxviii. 18 My fury shall come up in my face.-xliii. 7 The place of the soles of my feet.-Nah. ii. 1 Before thy face.-Zech. xiv. 4 And His feet shall stand upon the Mount of Olives.-Matt. ii. 6 Iniquity was not found in his lips.-Mal. xviii. 10 The face of my Father.-Luke i. 76 The face of the Lord.—Heb. i. 10 The heavens are the work of thine hands.-ii. 7 The works of thine hands.-Rev. i. 14 His head and His hair like wool, and His eyes like fire.

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Page 3 And it came to pass that I turned and went upon the mount; and as I stood upon the mount, I beheld the heavens open, and I was clothed upon with glory, and I saw the Lord: He stood before my face, and He talked with me, even as a man talks one with another, face to face; and He said unto me, Look, and I will shew unto you the world for the space of many generations.-Prophecy of Enoch.

Page 5 Wherefore, I can stretch forth my hands and hold all the creations which I have made; and my eye can pierce them also; and among all the workmanship of my hand there has not been so great wickedness as among your brethren. Wherefore, for this shall the heavens weep, yea, and all the workmanship of my hands.—Ibid.

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February 6, 1840.-I believe that God is eternal; that He had no beginning, and can have no end. Eternity means that which is without beginning or end. I believe that the soul is eternal, it had no beginning, it can have no end.

April 2, 1843.-The Father has a body of flesh and bones

as tangible as man's; the Son also: but the Holy Ghost has not a body of flesh and bones, but is a personage of spirit; were it not so, the Holy Ghost could not dwell in us.

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GOD OMNIPRESENT BY HIS SPIRIT.

Psalm cxxxix. 7 Whither shall I go from thy Spirit? or whither shall I flee from thy presence?

8 If I ascend up into heaven, thou art there; if I make my bed in hell, behold, thou art there.

9 If I take the wings of the morning, and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea;

10 Even there shall thy hand lead me, and thy right hand shall hold me.

11 If I say, Surely the darkness shall cover me; even the night shall be light about me.

12 Yea, the darkness hideth not from thee: but the night shineth as the day; the darkness and the light are both alike to thee.

Gen. i. 2 And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.

2 Chron. xvi. 9 For the eyes of the Lord run to and fro throughout the whole earth, to shew Himself strong in behalf of them whose heart is perfect toward Him.

Job xxvi. 13 By His Spirit He hath garnished the heavens; His hand hath formed the crooked serpent.

Jer. xxiii. 23 Am I a God at hand, saith the Lord, and not a God afar off?

24 Can any hide himself in secret places that I shall not see him? saith the Lord. Do not I fill heaven and earth? saith the Lord.

2 Cor. iii. 17 Now the Lord is that Spirit; and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty.

Isa. xxxii. 15 Until the Spirit be poured upon us from on high, and the wilderness be a fruitful field, and the fruitful field be counted for a forest.

Eph. iv. 6 One God and Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in you all.

Job xxxiii. 4 The Spirit of God hath made me.-Psal. lxv. 6 His strength setteth fast the mountains.-cl. 1 The firma