The great architect, manager and superintendent, controller and dictator who guides this work is out of sight to our natural eyes. He lives on another world; he is in another state of existence; he has passed the ordeals we are now passing through; he has received an experience, has suffered and enjoyed, and knows all that we know regarding the toils, sufferings, life and death of this mortality, for he has passed through the whole of it, and has received his crown and exaltation and holds the keys and the power of this Kingdom; he sways his scepter, and does his will among the children of men, among Saints and among sinners, and brings forth results to suit his purpose among kingdoms and nations and empires, that all may redound to his glory and to the perfection of his work. 11:249.

The notion that God was once a man like we are, who has since been exalted, has always struck a sympathetic chord with me. I like the way Brigham expresses it: "He ... knows all that we know regarding ... mortality, for he has passed through the whole of it."

It is interesting to me that this quotation is the only one in Chapter 4 which mentions that distinctive LDS belief, even so, it does so obliquely. That is, you have to read this one carefully to see it there -- don't blink, or you'll miss it.