In a sermon dated November 17, 1867, Brigham Young applied both “Jehovah” and “Elohim” (Eloheim)
for one divine person, showing how, during his time, such divine titles were
fluid for all persons of the Godhead:
We have great reason
to be thankful for the blessings we enjoy as individuals and as a people. There
is no other people on the earth, that we have any knowledge of, who are blessed
to the same extent as this people called Latter-day Saints. If we are blessed
more than others, we should be more thankful than others. The blessings and
bounties of the Lord upon us are bestowed according to our faithfulness and
obedience to the requirements made of us. We have seen times in our history as
a people, that if the hand of God had not been immediately over us, we must
have perished. But to secure His blessings the Lord requires the strict
obedience of His people. This is our duty. We obey the Lord, Him who is called
Jehovah, the Great I AM, I am a man of war, Eloheim, etc. We are under many
obligations to obey Him. How shall we know that we obey Him? There is but one
method by which we can know it, and that is by the inspiration of the Spirit of
the Lord witnessing unto our spirit that we are His, that we love Him, and that
He loves us. It is by the spirit of revelation we know this. We have no witness
to ourselves internally, without the spirit of revelation. We have no witness
outwardly only by obedience to the ordinances. (JOD 12:99)
