2. Jesus Christ, the God of Israel.--"That Jesus Christ was the same Being who called Abraham from his native country, who led Israel out of the land of Egypt with mighty miracles and wonders, who made known to them His law amid the thunderings of Sinai, who delivered them from their enemies, who chastened them for their disobedience, who inspired their prophets, and whose glory filled Solomon's temple, is evident from all the inspired writings, and in none more so than in the Bible. "His lamentation over Jerusalem evidences that, in His humanity, He had not forgotten His former exalted position: 'O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, thou that killest the prophets, and stonest them which are sent unto thee, how often would I have gathered thy children together ... and ye would not!' (Matt. 23:37). It was this Creator of the world, this mighty Ruler, this Controller of the destinies of the human family, who, in His last moments, cried out in the agony of His soul, 'My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?'" (Mark 15:34.)--From _Compendium of the Doctrines of the Gospel_, by Franklin D. Richards and James A. Little. 3. "Jehovah" a Name Not Uttered by the Jews.--Long prior to the time of Christ, certain schools among the Jews, ever intent on the observance of the letter of the law, though not without disregard of its spirit, had taught that the mere utterance of the name of God was blasphemous, and that the sin of so doing constituted a capital offense. This extreme conception arose from the accepted though uninspired interpretation of Lev. 24:16, "And he that blasphemeth the name of the Lord, he shall surely be put to death, and all the congregation shall certainly stone him: as well the stranger, as he that is born in the land, when he blasphemeth the name of the Lord, shall be put to death." We take the following from Smith's _Comprehensive Dictionary of the Bible_, article "Jehovah": "The true pronunciation of this name, [Yehovah] by which God was known to the Hebrews, has been entirely lost, the Jews themselves scrupulously avoiding every mention of it, and substituting in its stead one or other of the words with whose proper vowel-points it may happen to be written [_Adonai_, Lord, or _Elohim_, God].... According to Jewish tradition it was pronounced but once a year by the high priest on the day of atonement when he entered the Holy of Holies; but on this point there is some doubt." FOOTNOTES: [67] See "God and the Godhead," in the author's "Articles of Faith," lecture ii. [68] Gen. 1:26; and 3:22. [69] P. of G.P., Moses 2:26; and 4:28. [70] P. of G.P., Abraham, chaps. 4 and 5. [71] See page 10; John 1:1; and P. of G.P., Moses 1:32. [72] Heb. 1:1, 2; see also 1 Cor. 8:6. [73] Colos. 1:16, 17. [74] John 1:1-3. [75] B. of M., Helaman 14:12; see also Mosiah 3:8; 4:2: Alma 11:39. [76] B. of M., 3 Nephi 9:15. [77] B. of M., 3 Nephi 15:4, 5. [78] Doc. and Cov. 45:1. [79] Doc. and Cov. 14:9; see also 29:1, 31; 76:24.