Third, it corrected the error of the theologians respecting the oneness of the persons of the Father and the Son. Instead of being one in person as the theologians taught, they are distinct in their persons, as much so as any father and son on earth; and the oneness of the Godhead referred to in the scriptures, must have reference to unity of purpose and of will; the mind of the one being the mind of the other, and so as to the will and other attributes. The announcement of these truths, coupled with that other truth proclaimed by the Son of God, viz.: that none of the sects and churches of Christendom were acknowledged as the church or kingdom of God, furnish the elements for a religious revolution that will affect the very foundations of modern Christian theology. In a moment all the rubbish concerning religion which had accumulated through all the centuries since the gospel and authority to administer its ordinances had been taken from the earth, was grandly swept aside--the living rocks of truth were made bare upon which the Church of Christ was to be founded--a New Dispensation of the gospel was about to be committed to the earth--God had raised up a witness for himself among the children of men. Footnotes 1. Joseph Smith the prophet was born in Sharon, Windsor County, state of Vermont, 23rd of December, 1805. 2. Pearl of Great Price, p. 86. (1888 edition always quoted). 3. See Joseph's reasoning upon this subject, published in his account of the rise of the church, written for Mr. John Wentworth, proprietor of the _Chicago Democrat_ (1842), This article is also found in a pamphlet published by Geo A. Smith, entitled _Answers to Questions,_ p. 37. 4. Hist. of Joseph Smith, Supplement to Millennial Star, Vol xiv. 5. His reasoning set down here is paraphrased from his own account of what he thought. See Hist. of Joseph Smith, Millennial Star, Vol. xiv. 6. The exact date of this occurrence is not known. 7. _Answers to Questions,_ p. 37. CHAPTER XI. A NEW DISPENSATION OF THE GOSPEL.