"For I, the Lord God, created all things, of which I have spoken, spiritually, before they were naturally upon the face of the earth. For I, the Lord God, had not caused it to rain upon the face of the earth. And I, the Lord God, had created all the children of men; and not yet a man to till the ground; for in heaven created I them; and there was not yet flesh upon the earth; neither in the water, neither in the air; but I, the Lord God, spake, and there went up a mist from the earth, and watered the whole face of the ground. And I, the Lord God, formed man from the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul, the first flesh upon the earth, the first man also; nevertheless, all things were before created; but, spiritually, were they created and made according to my word;" _P. of G. P. page_ 6. This account of the creation, plainly sets forth the comprehensive fact, that all temporal organizations, pertaining to this earth, are animated by spiritual pre-existent organizations. The following is a very comprehensive passage on this subject: "When the Most High divided to the nations their inheritance, when he separated the sons of Adam, he set the bounds of the people according to the number of the children of Israel;" _Deut_. 32. 8. This passage certainly refers to a very early period, when the heritage of the nations was given in proportion to the numbers of Israel. It is difficult to conceive how their numbers were then known unless there was a spiritual Israel, of which the temporal is but the counterpart. The sacred writings abound with evidences that Jesus Christ controlled the earth and ministered to man, as an organized spiritual intelligence before he came in the flesh in the meridian of time. The first chapter of John is very pointed on this subject: "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God;" _verse_ 1. "And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us;" _verse_ 14. Bible. _Num_. 16. 22 the God of the spirits of all flesh. _Chap_. 27. 16. _Job_ 12. 10 in whose hand is the soul of every living thing. 38. 3, 7 where wert thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? who hath laid the corner stone thereof when the morning stars sang together? _Eccl_. 12. 7 the spirit shall return to God who gave it. _Jer_. 1. 5 before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee. _John_ 6. 62 if ye shall see the Son of man ascend up where he was before. 9. 2 who did sin, this man or his parents, that he was born blind? 16. 27 and have believed that I came out from God. 28 I came forth from the Father. 30. 17. 5 glorify me with the glory I had with thee before the world was. _Heb_. 1. 6 when he bringeth the First Begotten into the world. 12. 9 shall we not much rather be subject to the Father of our spirits? _Rev_. 12. 7-12 the devil and his angels cast out of heaven. Book of Mormon.