Brigham Young entertained an extraordinary opinion concerning the Deity. He once announced that Adam was God. An idea publicly proclaimed to the Church implied something more than a mere private opinion, which he, or any one else, was at liberty to hold if he chose. But a statement made by the Mormon "Prophet" meant simply a doctrine which all were bound to believe, because Brigham's word was supposed to be infallible, and speaking to the Saints as a prophet, he was, of course, "inspired." So, in the Tabernacle in Salt Lake City, on April 9, 1852, he made the following remarkable declaration : " Now hear it, o inhabitants of the earth, Jew and Gentile, Saint and sinner ! When our father Adam came into the Garden of Eden, he came into it with a celestial body, and brought Eve, one of his wives, with him. He helped to make and organize this world . He is Michael the Archangel, the Ancient of Days, about whom holy men have written and spoken. He is our Father and our God, and the only God with whom we have to do. Every man upon the earth, professing Christians or non- professing, must hear it, sooner or later. ” Apropos of this sentiment may be mentioned the extraordinary blasphemy uttered by a prominent member of the present Mormon hierarchy, who once declared that “ God is the most egotistical of all existing beings!!