Mary Haskin Parker Richards records Orson Pratt teaching spirit birth and Jesus as firstborn spirit child.

Date
Mar 19, 1848
Type
Personal Journal / Diary
Source
Orson Pratt
LDS
Hearsay
Scribed Paraphrase
Reference

Mary Haskin Parker Richards, Journal, March 19, 1848, MS 1837, Church History Library

Scribe/Publisher
Mary Haskin Parker Richards
People
Mary Haskin Parker Richards, Wilford Woodruff, Orson Pratt
Audience
N/A
Transcription

at 12 oclock I went to meeting at the Stand where we were addrest by Bro O Pratt upon the Plurality of Gods he proved from Scripture that we are the Sons & Daughters of God (and that Jesus Christ was our Elder Brother’ who through his birth right has become our Saviour and our God and as a Child grows up and be comes like his father. so we grow up like our Heavenly Father and pertake of all his Attributes’ and in time shall become just like him Even Gods. He said that God himself was once Man like unto us. who was ameanable to a higher Power for his conduct. And had a Father &C &C

the question said he will naturally arrise in your mind’ where did the first God come from’ and how he was Created. The Christian world in geen general’ admit that he existed from all Eternity and there is only 2 ways

he must either have existed from all Eternity, or otherwise have had a creation, and how could he have been Created as there was no living being. Or Spirit in Existence. This would naturaly be soposed to be impossible I will tell you what my Cogitations are’ but do not wish to consider that I teach it as doctring or beleve it as such.

he then gave us a view of what the World must have been E’er the Earth, and &C &C was formed said the matter then Existed out of which all things were made that now exist. and he sposed that there was a kind of Intelligent Matter; that had the Power of self Movement, and as Intelegence cleaveth to Intellgence' so one particle of intellegent Matter cleaveth to another' and at last a combination of this Matter' formed an Intelegent Spirit &C &C Bro Woodruff said he beleved what Bro Pratt had said was true. and that he had been well pleased with his remarks &C &C after which a Hymn was sung. and he dismissed the meeting.

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