Elias: An Epic of the AgesWhitney, Orson F. (Orson Ferguson)
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Elias: An Epic of the Ages
Whitney, Orson F. (Orson Ferguson)
Latter Day Saint churches -- Poetry; Latter Day Saints -- Poetry
10--732. **The Woman Wonderful.** The Church of Christ, represented
by a Woman (Revelation 12), and referred to in other places as the
Bride, the Lamb's Wife.
11--736. **Glory's Symboling.** Sun, moon and stars, symbolizing
celestial, terrestrial, and telestial glories. (D. and C. 76:96-98.)
12--742. **Vicegerent.** The Comforter, concerning whom Jesus said,
"It is needful that I go, or He will not come unto you." In other
words, the greater Light had to depart, before the lesser could shine
in its fulness.
13--743. **The Unembodied One.** Says Joseph the Seer: "The Father
has a body of flesh and bones, as tangible as man's; the Son also;
but the Holy Ghost is a personage of spirit." (D. and C. 130:22.)
14--748. **After and Ere.** God and Christ, the Father and the Son,
by the power of the Holy Ghost created all things, and by that power
will raise all from the dead.
15--756. **Prophet Still Pleading.** The Spirit of Prophecy, typified
by John the Baptist, preaching in the wilderness.
16--774. **Those Fluent Stars.** The Twelve Apostles, oracles of God
and crown of the Church of Christ. (Rev. 12:1.)
17--781. **Save Haply One.** John the Beloved. (John 21:20-23; D.
and C. 7 and 77.)
18--789. **Leading the Lost.** It is believed that John the Revelator
will lead the Lost Tribes from "The Land of the North." (D. and C.
77:14; Rev. 10:8-11.)
19--806. **The Man-Child.** The Man-Child of the Apocalypse (Rev.
12:5) represents the Priesthood--divine authority--which was taken
from the Earth, with the fulness of the Gospel, after the passing of
the Apostles.
20--815. **Japheth Sways.** Gentile domination over Israel,
particularly in those nations where the Jews have been and are still
oppressed.
21--820. **Antaeus-Like.** Antaeus was a fabled giant, vanquished by
Hercules. Each time that Hercules threw him the giant gained fresh
strength from coming in contact with the ground.
22--822. **Conquering His Dust-Adoring Conqueror.** The modern Jew is
said to hold the purse-strings of the world.
23--831. **That Gentile Hosts Might See.** Saul of Tarsus, afterwards
Paul the Apostle, persecuted the Church of Christ before his
conversion (Acts 9:1-19). Thus was typified the spiritual blindness
of Israel, which caused the Gospel to be carried to the Gentiles.
Paul, the principal agent for their illumination, declares:
"Blindness in part is happened to Israel, until the fulness of the
Gentiles be come in." (Rom. 11:25.)
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