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Title: Ocean to ocean on horseback; being the story of a tour in the saddle from the Atlantic to the Pacific; with especial reference to the early history and development of cities and towns along the route; and regions traversed beyond the Mississippi ..
Year: 1896 (1890s)
Authors: Glazier, Willard W., 1841-1905
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Publisher: Philadelphia, Hubbard publishing company
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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aced back to one Supreme Deity. This Supreme Deity and all the gods resemble menand differ only in the fact that they are immortal. In form they are the same as men, having everyorgan and limb that belongs to humanity. They havemany wives, and are as numerous as the sands uponthe sea-shore. Among the gods, Jesus Christ holds the first place,and is the express image of the Supreme Father. A general assembly of the gods, presided over bythe Supreme Deity, is the creating power. When this world was created, Adam and Eve weretaken from the family of gods and placed in it. Inthe fall they lost all knowledge of their heavenlyorigin, became possessed of mortal bodies, and onlyregained what they had lost by the quickening of theHoly Spirit and continuous progress in knowledge andpurity. Among other creations of the gods are innumerablespirits which can only attain to the rank of gods bythe rugged road of discipline and trial trod by our firstparents. These spirits are constantly hovering over
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AMONG TllK MORMONS. .\\),\ our earth waiting for fleshy toiieiucMts in which to be-gin the steep ascent. As soon as a chikl is born, one of these sj)irits takespossession of it and is then fairly launclieii ibrth uponits heavenly voyage. Tiiose who do not listen to the teachin<rs of thechurch here will, at death, enter upon a third estateor probationary si)herc, when they will have anotheropj^ortunlty, wIkmi, if they improve it ariiijht, ihey will,with all the faithful, enter upon the fourth estate,which is the estate of the gods. The Holy Spirit is a material substance filling allspace, and can perform all the works of the SupremeDeity. It is omnipresent; in animals it is instinct, inman reason and inspiration, enabling him to pro()hesy,speak with tongues, and perform miracles of healingand many other wonderful things. The Holy Spiritcan be im))arted by the laying on of hands by a priest-hood properly constituted and duly authorized. The two prominent features of Mormonisjn are po

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