The following is taken from:
George A. Poulter and Howard Bushnell, "Mormon Elders," The
Fresno Morning Republican, November 16, 1897, 6:
Objections are made to the
teaching that there are more Gods than one. Again we are on defensive with
Truth at our back. Hear the words of the Psalmist, proving that there are at
least two Gods: "Thou lovest righteousness and hatest wickedness,
therefore God, thy God, hath anointed Thee with the oil of gladness above thy
fellows"--Ps. 45, 7. "When He shall appear we shall be like
Him"—I John iii. Will He not be a God? John the Revelator furnishes
evidence in Rev. 14c., that when Jesus comes there will be 144,000 Gods; (7c.)
1200 to be chosen from each of the twelve tribes of Israel. Read again in the
82d Psalm: "God standeth in the congregation of the mighty; He judgeth
among the Gods." In this passage the number of Gods among whom God judgeth
is indefinite, and the words "congregation of the mighty" implies
that they might be quite numerous.
