Publisher's Synopsis
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1870 edition. Excerpt: ... CHAPTER VI. RELATION Or MEN TO GOD--PBE-EXISTENCE OP SPIBITS--EDUCATION, DEVELOPMENT, AND PERFECTION OF INTELLIGENT BEINGS. 1. Q. What relation do men sustain to God? A. All men are the children of God. Is. lxiv. 8. Eph. iv. 6. Repeat the passages. "But now, O Lord, thou art our Father, we are the clay and thou our potter; and we all are the work of thy hand." "One God and Father of all, who is above all, and in you all." 2. Q. How can God be the Father of all men, when every man has a natural father upon the earth? A. God is the Father of the spirits of all men. Heb. xii. 9. Eccl. xii. 7. Repeat the passages. "We have had fathers of our flesh which corrected us, and we gave them reverence; shall we not much rather be in subjection unto the father of spirits, and live?" "Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was; and the spirit shall return unto God who gave it." 3. Q. Did the spirits of all men exist, then, before they took bodies upon the earth? A. Yes, they existed in the spirit world. Jer. i. 4, 5. John vi. 62. Repeat the passages. "Then the word of the Lord came unto me, saying, Before I formed thee in the belly, I knew thee; and before thou earnest forth out of the womb, I sanctified thee, and I ordained thee a prophet unto the nations." '-What and if ye shall see the Son of Man asoend up where he was before?" 4. Q. For what purpose are the spirits of men sent to take bodies upon the earth? A. That they may be educated, developed, and perfected, that they may enjoy a fullness of knowledge, power, and glory for ever, and thus increase the dominion and glory of God. 5. Q. How many states of existence do intelligent beings, who become Gods, experience? A. Three grand states. 6. Q. What is the first state of existence? A....
