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
"Paul says there are Gods many, and Lords many * * * But to us
there is but one God--that is, _pertaining_ to us; and he is in all
and through all. But if Joseph Smith says there are Gods many and
Lords many, they cry: 'Away with him! Crucify him, crucify him!'
Mankind verily say that the Scriptures are with them. Search the
Scriptures, for they testify of things that these apostates would
gravely pronounce blasphemy. Paul, if Joseph Smith is a blasphemer,
you are. I say there are Gods many, and Lords many, but to us
only one; and we are to be in subjection to that one, and no man
can limit the bounds or the eternal existence of eternal time. *
* * Some say I do not interpret the Scriptures the same as they
do. they say it means the heathens' gods. Paul says there are
Gods many, and Lords many; and that makes a plurality of Gods, in
spite of the whims of all men. * * You know, and I testify, that
Paul had no allusion to the heathen gods. I have it from God, and
get over it if you can. I have a witness of the Holy Ghost, and
a testimony that Paul had no allusion to the heathen gods in the
text. I will show from the Hebrew Bible that I am correct, and the
first word shows a plurality of Gods; and I want the apostates
and learned men to come here and prove to the contrary, if they
can. An unlearned boy must give you a little Hebrew. _Berosheit
Baurau Eloheim ait aushamayeen vehau auraits_, rendered by King
James' translators, 'In the beginning God created the heavens and
the earth. I want to analyze the word _Berosheit. Rosh_, the head;
_sheit_, a grammatical termination. The _Baith_ was not originally
put there when the inspired man wrote it, but it has been since
added by an old Jew. Baurau signifies to bring forth; _Eloheim_ is
from the word _Eloi_, God in the singular number; and by adding the
word _heim_, it renders it Gods. It read first--'In the beginning
the head of the Gods brought forth the Gods,' or, as others have
translated it--'The head of the Gods called the Gods together.'
* * * * * * *
"The head God organized the heavens and the earth. I defy all the
learning in the world to refute me. 'In the beginning the head of
the Gods organized the heavens and the earth.' * * If we pursue
the Hebrew text further, it reads--'_Berosheit baurau Eloheim
ait Aushamayeen vehau auraits_,' 'The head one of the Gods said,
'Let us make man in our own image.' I once asked a learned Jew
'If the Hebrew language compells us to render all words ending in
heim in the plural, why not render the first Eloheim plural? He
replied--'That is the rule, with few exceptions; but in this case
it would ruin the Bible.' He acknowledged I was right. I came here
to investigate these things precisely as I believe them. Hear and
judge for yourselves: and if you go away satisfied, well and good.
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