Key to the Science of TheologyPratt, Parley P. (Parley Parker)
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Key to the Science of Theology
Pratt, Parley P. (Parley Parker)
Latter Day Saint churches; Latter Day Saint churches -- Doctrines
Next in order, will be the field of prophetic science. The spirit of
prophecy will be poured upon the immortal mind, till, from seeing in
part, and knowing in part, man will be able to gaze upon a boundless
prospective, a future of still increasing glory, knowledge, light,
love, might, majesty, power and dominion, in which the sons of God-the
kings and priests of heaven and earth, and of the heaven of heavens,
and all their retinue of kingdoms and subjects, will find ample room
for boundless increase and improvement, worlds without end. Amen.
CHAPTER XVII.
LAWS OF MARRIAGE AND PROCREATION.
Ye kindred spirits, filled with mutual love,
Pure as the dews descending from above,
All hail! for you the sacred Keys are given,
To make you one on earth, and one in heaven.
Be fruitful then, and let your race extend;
Fill Earth, the stars, and worlds that never end.
The great science of life consists in the knowledge of ourselves, the
laws of our existence, the relations we sustain to each other, to
things and beings around us, to our ancestry, to our posterity, to
time, to eternity, to our heavenly Father, and to the universe.
To understand these laws, and regulate our actions by them, is the
whole duty of intelligences. It should therefore comprise our whole
study.
This science comprises the fountain of wisdom, the well-springs of
life, the boundless ocean of knowledge, the infinitude of light, and
truth, and love. It penetrates the depths, soars to the heights, and
circumscribes the broad expanse of eternity.
Its pursuit leads to exaltation, glory, immortality, and to an
eternity of life, light, purity, and unity of fellowship with kindred
spirits.
To contemplate man in his true light, we must, as it were, forget that
death is in his path; we must look upon him as an eternal, ever living
being, possessing spirit, flesh and bones, with all the mental and
physical organs, and all the affections and sympathies which
characterise him in this world. Or rather, all his natural affections
and sympathies will be purified, exalted, and immeasurably increased.
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