Bathsheba W. Smith on Theosis

Bathsheba W. Smith

Bathsheba W. Smith

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We are called upon by the still small voice, a whispering from our father, to work out our own salvation. Briefly the constructive parts of the plan of salvation are these: What man is, God once was; what God is now, man may become; the glory of God is intelligence. Nothing can be annihilated and no act lost. It is impossible to be saved in ignorance. … let us learn from the handiwork of God by the study of nature, search out her flowers, her moods, her loss. Let us study to improve our thoughts, reach up toward our heavenly father, praying for the inspiration of the Holy Ghost. … let us open the books of life and salvation and study also the great authors, poets, and painters, that our minds may be closed with intelligence and our hearts abound with human feeling.

Women’s Exponent, 1906

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