origin of all the native "races."—Language of the Book of Mormon compared with the language of the ancient Americans.—Survival of the Egyptian and the Hebrew.—Testimony of investigators

281‑307 LECTURE XVI, ARTICLE 9. Revelation, past, present, and future.

What is revelation?—Revelation and inspiration.—God's means of communication.—Ancient revelators.—Christ, a Revelator.—Doctrine of continual revelation.—Well-established, scriptural, and reasonable.—Alleged scriptural objections met and answered.—Modern revelation.—Without revelation there can be no true Church.—Revelation yet awaited

308‑325 LECTURE XVII, ARTICLE 10. The Dispersion of Israel.

Israel.—Brief History of the nation.—Dispersion fore-told.—Biblical prophecies.—Book of Mormon predictions.—Fulfillment of these dire prophecies.—Fate of the kingdom of Israel.—Scattering of Judah.—The lost Tribes

326‑340 LECTURE XVIII, ARTICLE 10. The Gathering of Israel.

Predictions of the gathering.—Prophecies in Bible and Book of Mormon.—Modern revelation concerning the gathering.—Extent and purpose of the gathering.—Israel a chosen people.—All nations blessed through Israel.—Restoration of the Ten Tribes.—Zion to be first established.—Gathering now in progress

341‑355 LECTURE XIX, ARTICLE 10. Zion.

Two gathering places designated.—Jerusalem and the New Jerusalem.—Meaning of "Zion."—The Zion of Enoch.—The Lord's definition of "Zion."—Modern revelation concerning Zion.—Establishment delayed.—Center-place in Missouri.—The founding of Zion in the last days

356‑366 LECTURE XX, ARTICLE 10. Christ's Reign on Earth.

Christ's first and second advents compared.—Predictions of His second coming.—Signs described.—Modern revelation on the matter.—Precise time not known.—Christ's reign.—The Kingdom of God.—The Kingdom of Heaven.—Kingdom and Churh.—Millennium.—Satan's power to be curtailed

367‑383 LECTURE XXI, ARTICLE 10. Regeneration and Resurrection.

The earth under the curse.—Regeneration of the earth.—The earth during and after the Millennium.—Absence of evidence from science.—Resurrection of the body.—Predictions.—Two general resurrections, first and final.—Resurrection of the just.—And that of the unjust.—Christ's resurrection and that immediately following.—Resurrection at Christ's second coming.—The heathen in the first resurrection.—Resurrection after Millennium

384‑405 LECTURE XXII, ARTICLE 11. Religious Liberty and Toleration.

What is worship?—Freedom in worship an inalienable right.—Religious intolerance sinful.—Toleration does not imply acceptance.—Man's accountability.—Results of his acts.—Degrees of glory provided.—The Celestial glory.—The Terrestrial.—The Telestial.—Gradation within the Kingdoms.—The Sons of Perdition

406‑423 LECTURE XXIII, ARTICLE 12. Submission to Secular Authority.

Scriptural recognition of secular powers.—Examples set by Christ and His apostles.—Apostolic teachings.—Modern revelation regarding duty to laws of the land.—People of God are of necessity law abiding.—Teachings of the Church to-day

424‑440 LECTURE XXIV, ARTICLE 13. Practical Religion.

Religion has to do with daily life.—Comprehensiveness of our faith.—Benevolence enjoined.—Free-will offerings.—Fast-offerings.—Tithing.—Consecration and stewardship.—The United Order.—Social order within the Church.—Marriage.—Celestial marriage.—Unlawful association of the sexes.—The sanctity of the body

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THE ARTICLES OF FAITH

OF THE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER-DAY SAINTS.

1. We believe in God, the Eternal Father, and in His Son, Jesus Christ, and in the Holy Ghost.

2. We believe that men will be punished for their own sins, and not for Adam's transgression.

3. We believe that through the atonement of Christ, all mankind may be saved, by obedience to the laws and ordinances of the Gospel.

4. We believe that the first principles and ordinances of the Gospel are:—(1) Faith in the Lord Jesus Christ; (2) Repentance; (3) Baptism by immersion for the remission of sins; (4) Laying on of Hands for the Gift of the Holy Ghost.

5. We believe that a man must be called of God, by prophecy, and by the laying on of hands, by those who are in authority, to preach the Gospel and administer in the ordinances thereof.

6. We believe in the same organization that existed in the Primitive Church, viz.: apostles, prophets, pastors, teachers, evangelists, etc.

7. We believe in