Origin of the 'Reorganized' Church and the Question of SuccessionSmith, Joseph Fielding
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Origin of the 'Reorganized' Church and the Question of Succession
Smith, Joseph Fielding
Latter Day Saint churches -- Government; Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints -- Government
"I shall comment on the very first Hebrew word in the Bible; I
will make a comment on the very first sentence of the history of
creation in the Bible--_Berosheit_. I want to analyze the word.
_Baith_--in, by, through, and everything else. _Rosh_--the head.
_Sheit_--grammatical termination. When the inspired man wrote it,
he did not put the baith there. An old Jew without any authority
added the word; he thought it too bad to begin to talk about the
head! It read first, 'The head one of the Gods brought forth the
Gods.' That is the true meaning of the word--_Baurau_ signifies
to bring forth. If you do not believe it, you do not believe the
learned man of God. Learned men can teach you no more than what I
have told you. _Thus the head God brought forth the Gods in the
grand council_.
"I will transpose and simplify it in the English language. Oh ye
lawyers, ye doctors, and ye priests, who have persecuted me, I want
to let you know that the Holy Ghost knows something as well as you
do. The head God called together the Gods and sat in grand council
to bring forth the world."--(See Era, January, 1909).
In another discourse delivered June 16, 1844 the Prophet said:
"And hath made us kings and priests unto God _and His Father_: to
Him be glory and dominion forever and ever. Amen."--(Rev. 1:6). It
is altogether correct in the translation. Now, you know that of
late some malicious and corrupt men have sprung up and apostatized
from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and they
declare that the Prophet believes in a plurality of Gods; and,
lo and behold! we have discovered a very great secret, they cry,
'The Prophet says there are many Gods, and this proves that he has
fallen.'"
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
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