Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints -- Doctrines; Priesthood -- Mormon Church
wisdom, and many other glorious attributes which other materials do not
possess. If several of the atoms of this Spirit should unite themselves
together into the form of a person, then this person of the Holy Spirit
would be subject to the same necessity as the two other persons of
the Godhead, that is, it could not be everywhere present. No finite
number of atoms can be omnipresent; an infinite number of atoms is
requisite to be _everywhere_ in infinite space. Two persons receiving
the gift of the Holy Spirit, do not each receive at the same time the
same identical particles, though they each receive a substance exactly
similar in kind. It would be as impossible for each to receive the same
identical atoms at the same instant, as it would be for two men at the
same time to drink the same identical pint of water. It is these three
all-powerful substances that stand at the head of all legal government.
All governments not established by these three will be ere long
overthrown. They hold the supreme authority and power in heaven, and
in the heaven of heavens, and throughout the wide expanse of universal
nature. All principalities, powers, and kingdoms, whether in heaven or
on earth, must yield to be instructed and controlled by the supreme
power, or they cannot stand.
Second.--_The character and requisite qualifications of the subordinate
officers in the kingdom of God_ are now to be considered. As the
persons of the Father and Son cannot be every where present, it
is therefore impossible for them to attend in _person_ to all the
multiplied affairs of government among intelligent beings; therefore,
God, in establishing a government among such beings, has always called
persons of their own number to officiate in his name. The character
of these persons, previously to their calling and appointment, has
generally been that of honesty and sincerity; otherwise they have not
differed materially from other men.
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