[Footnote F: The student will also find an elaborate discussion on the subject in the writer's "Mormon Doctrine of Deity," chapter iv. And also in his "Introduction to the History of the Church," Vol. I, pp. 81-89.] Jesus, then, is separate and distinct from God, the Father; but is nevertheless not only divine, but Deity, equally so with the Father; for God so declares it, through his revelation to the world; but he is united with the Father in moral union of mind and will, and purpose. LESSON IX. (Scripture Reading Exercise.) UNITY AND DISTINCTIVENESS OF THE PERSONAGES OF THE GODHEAD (Continued). ANALYSIS. IV. The Distinctiveness of the Holy Ghost. V. The Divinity of the Holy Ghost. VI. Unity and Distinction. REFERENCES. All the scriptures cited in the body of the lesson. _SPECIAL TEXT: "Whoso believeth in me, believeth in the Father also, and unto him will the Father bear record of me; for he will visit him with fire, and with the Holy Ghost. And thus will the Father bear record of me, and the Holy Ghost will bear record unto him of the Father and me: for the Father and I and the Holy Ghost are one." (III Nephi xi:35, 36.)_ DISCUSSION. _1. The Separate and Individual Existence of the Holy Ghost:_ The proofs which set off the Father and Son as separate and distinct personalities, which present them to us as two separate individuals, also presents the Holy Ghost as a separate and distinct personality. For whether we contemplate these divine personages when the three are represented together, as at the baptism of the Christ,[A] in the vision of St. Stephen,[B] in the baptismal formula,[C] or in the apostolic benediction,[D] they are always presented in a manner that implies distinctiveness as persons, however closely united in purpose. [Footnote A: Matt. iii:16, 17.] [Footnote B: Acts vii:54-56.] [Footnote C: Matt. xxviii:19.] [Footnote D: II Cor. xiii:12, 14.] Jesus clearly ascribes to the Holy Ghost a distinct personality. He represents the Holy Ghost as proceeding from the Father;[A] as sent forth in the name of the Son;[B] as abiding;[C] as teaching and as bearing witness;[D] as reproving the world of sin, and of righteousness and of judgment;[E] as guiding into all truth, and revealing the things of God to men.[F] [Footnote A: St. John xvi:26.] [Footnote B: St. John xiv:26.] [Footnote C: St. John xiv:16.] [Footnote D: St. John xiv:26 and xv:26, 27.] [Footnote E: St. John xvi:8.] [Footnote F: Ibid, verses 13-15.]