,,picture3 ,,light ,,of ,,the ,,world1  
,hunt        ,,what ,,jesus    ,,taught 
,written for ,the ,deseret ,sunday      
,school ,union    by    ,,osborne ,j4   
,p4 ,,widtsoe    ,author of    ,the     
,restoration of the ,gospel1 ,etc4      
,published by    ,,the ,,deseret        
,,sunday ,,school ,,union    ,,salt     
,,lake ,,city1 ,,utah    #d             
,,foreword    ,no other teacher in the  
history of the world has wielded so     
profound an  influence upon humanity as 
has ,jesus the ,christ4 ,practically the
 whole  world has been ,christianized4  
,his doctrines have entered not only    
into  households but also into          
governments and nations4 ,but the       
,christianity  that prevails generally1 
is the doctrine of ,jesus highly merged 
with  the opinions of men4 ,indeed1 the 
world's ,christianity is often more     
largely man-made than ,christ-made4 ,a  
perfect knowledge of ,jesus cannot  be  
gained1 however1 until men learn more   
about what ,he ,himself taught1  and    

less about what scholars have said about
 ,his doctrine4    ,this little book is 
an attempt modestly to present in       
popular form the  teachings of ,jesus4  
,it is intended for boys and girls of   
high-school  age4 ,it is to be          
understood1 then1 that there is here no 
exhaustive  treatise of the teachings of
 ,jesus2 nor is there conducted a study 
and  investigation of profound          
scholarship4 ,such a work from the      
,mormon  point of view must be deferred1
 if desirable at all4 ,but it is hoped  
that what ,jesus taught--in part at     
least--is here presented simply  and    
plainly and truly1 so that anyone who   
reads may understand4 ,it is  further   
hoped that the writing of these lessons 
has been moved by  the ,holy ,ghost1 so 
that those who read them may learn to   
love the  teachings of ,jesus1 and to   
know and to love ,god1 and ,his ,son1   
,jesus1  whom ,he sent to redeem the    
world4 ,worship ,god3 for the testimony 
of  ,jesus is the spirit of prophecy4   

,o4 ,j4 ,p4 ,w4    ,salt ,lake ,city1   
,december #ab1 #aiag4    #e        ,the 
,illustrations    ,light of the ,world4 
#a4 ,christ and the ,doctors4    #b4    
,nazareth1 ,palestine4    #c4 ,simeon   
,blessing the ,lord4    #d4 ,jesus and  
the ,woman of ,samaria4    #e4 ,jesus   
and ,nicodemus4    #f4 ,christ ,healing 
the ,blind ,man4    #g4 ,the ,sower4    
#h4 ,the ,temptation of ,christ4    #i4 
,market ,scene at ,bethlehem4    #aj4   
,the ,forgiving ,father4    #aa4 ,the   
,consoling ,christ4    #ab4 ,jesus      
,praying4    #ac4 ,the ,river ,jordan1  
,palestine4    #ad4 ,lord1 ,help ,me4   
#ae4 ,raising the ,dead4    #af4 ,the   
,garden of ,gethsemane4    #ag4 ,baptism
 of ,jesus4    #ah4 ,none4    #ai4      
,jesus and the ,fishermen4    #bj4      
,christ's ,charge to ,peter4    #ba4    
,christ ,teaching from a ,boat4    #bb4 
,consider the ,lilies4    #bc4 ,christ  
and the ,rich ,young ,ruler4    #bd4    
,lazarus at the ,rich ,man's ,house4    
#be4 ,the ,sermon on the ,mount4    #bf4

 ,none4    #bg4 ,jesus ,blessing ,little
 ,children4    #bh4 ,jerusalem from the 
,mount of ,olives4    #bi4 ,the ,good   
,samaritan4    #cj4 ,christ in the ,home
 of ,mary and ,martha4    #ca4 ,jesus   
,washing ,peter's ,feet4    #cb4 ,the   
,wise and the ,foolish ,virgins4    #cc4
 ,christ ,driving ,out the              
,money-,changers4    #cd4 ,jesus        
,healing the ,sick4    #ce4 ,christ     
before ,pilate4    #cf4 ,touch ,me ,not4
    #cg4 ,the ,good ,shepherd4    #ch4  
,come ,unto ,me ,all ,ye ,that ,labor4  
#ci4 ,the ,ascension4    #dj4 ,angel    
,moroni4    #f        ,table of         
,contents    ,i    ,his ,father's       
,business    ,testimony of              
,napoleon--,universal worship of        
,jesus--,purpose of this  book--,duties 
of ,jesus at age of twelve--,jesus in   
the temple--,his  ,father's             
business--,what is eternal              
life8--,special mission of ,jesus4      
,,ii    ,what ,it ,means to ,know ,god  
,abraham's determination to serve       

,god--,god ,himself--,god of ,abraham   
and  of ,isaac and of ,jacob--,first    
,commandment--,what does it mean to know
  ,jesus ,christ8--,necessary to        
understand ,god's plan--,divine mission 
of  ,jesus--,what we would do if we had 
learned to know ,god and ,jesus--,the   
condition of eternal life4    ,,iii     
,the ,god of ,israel    ,a very         
important question--,the truth is simple
 and easy--,jesus's  explanation of     
,god--,the testimony of ,paul--,god is  
our ,father--,a real  joy to know the   
true ,god4    ,,iv    ,what ,jesus ,said
 of ,himself    ,jesus's testimony to   
the woman of ,samaria--,the testimony of
 the people  of ,sychar--,jesus taught  
always that ,he is the ,christ--,the    
answer  to ,john--,the confessions at   
the trials of ,jesus--,and on the way to
  ,emmaus--,how shall we find out       
,christ8    ,v    ,the ,special ,witness
 of ,jesus    ,the end of the period of 
preparation--,the testimony at the      
baptism--,john's testimony--,who the    

,comforter is--,the mission of the      
,holy ,ghost--,the ,holy ,ghost in      
,jesus and the apostles--,the ,holy     
,ghost  amongst the ,nephites--,how to  
confer the ,holy ,ghost--,nature of the 
,holy  ,ghost--,importance of the ,holy 
,ghost4    ,,vi    ,before ,there ,was  
,an ,earth    ,a remarkable vision--,the
 pre-existence of ,jesus--,the spirits  
of all men  eternal--,the man born      
blind--,conclusion4    ,,vii    ,the    
,presence of ,evil    ,a review--,the   
problem of evil--,the parable of the    
sower--,the  meaning--,the devil the    
power of evil--,a council of the        
spirits--,jesus  volunteers--,lucifer   
volunteers--,lucifer rebels--,the       
declaration of  ,jesus4    #g    ,,viii 
,why ,evil is in the ,world    ,the     
devil's desperate hope--,the temptation 
of ,jesus--,the  application--,guard    
against suggestions of the devil--,why  
there is  evil--,the trial of man--,a   
state of probation--,the free agency of 
man4    ,,ix    ,the ,crown of ,creation

    ,a wonder-rousing sacrifice--,why   
should ,god be mindful of man8--,the    
parable of the lost sheep--,man's soul  
without price--,man the offspring  of   
,god--,the questions                    
answered--,reverence for                
,god--,reverence for  personal          
honor--,reverence for personal purity4  
,x    ,the ,forgiving ,father    ,the   
parable of the prodigal--,the forgiving 
father--,condemnation of the            
self-righteous--,the publican and the   
,pharisee4    ,,xi    ,sincerity in     
,worship    ,finding and losing one's   
life--,the necessity of harmony--,three 
forms of  temptation--,instruction in   
praying and alms-giving--,the real value
 of  worship--,humility and sincerity4  
,,xii    ,how to ,pray    ,the ,lord's  
prayer--,jesus had found ,god--,the     
prayers of the ,jews--,the  prayer of   
,jesus--,the ,lord's prayer             
analyzed--,teach us to pray4    ,,xiii  
,persistence in ,prayer    ,the ,lord   
will answer--,pray often and            

persistently--,the importunate          
friend--,the unrighteous judge--,an     
urgent desire necessary--,implicit      
trust necessary--,seek first the        
,kingdom of ,god--,labor and confidence 
hand in hand--,the sin of worry--,god   
knows best--,thy will be done4    ,,xiv 
,the ,power of ,faith    ,confidence vs4
 faith--,the incident of the fig        
tree--,forgiveness  accompanies         
prayer--,reason for concrete            
examples--,the  interpretation--,jesus's
 own interpretation--,examples of the   
power of  faith--,the dispensation of   
the fulness of times1 the wonderful     
example4    #h    ,,xv    ,the ,handmaid
 of ,faith    ,the case of ,mr4         
,baldwin--,words added to faith--,the   
principle of  works--,a parable--,the   
works of ,jesus--,the works of          
man--,conclusion4    ,,xvi    ,the      
,meaning of ,repentance    ,the         
irreverence and ruthlessness of         
,pilate--,the necessity of              
repentance--,the barren fig             

tree--,repentance a fundamental         
doctrine--,jesus's exclamation against  
the wicked--,repentance a  universal    
principle--,things of which to          
repent--,the service principle  of the  
,gospel4    ,,xvii    ,baptism by       
,immersion    ,the first principles and 
ordinances--,baptism essential to       
salvation--,humility and obedience the  
psychology of baptism--,the law  of     
obedience in daily life--,the example   
set by ,jesus--,the purpose of          
baptism--,the door of the sheep-fold4   
,,xviii    ,the ,gift of the ,holy      
,ghost    ,what ,jesus told             
,nicodemus--,the laying on of           
hands--,the teaching and  practice of   
,paul--,the practice of the             
apostles--,the teaching and  practice of
 the apostles derived from ,jesus--,what
 is the gift of the  ,holy ,ghost8--,the
 conditions and the source of           
intelligence4    ,,xix    ,the          
,foundation ,stone    ,a few            
questions--,parables by the sea--,the   

meaning of the parables--,the  ,church  
and the ,kingdom--,the testimony of     
,peter--,the testimony of  ,jesus--,its 
significance4    ,,xx    ,the ,test of  
,authority    ,the figure of the        
architect--,the application--,one mark  
not  sufficient--,the submission of     
,jesus--,the submission of the          
apostles--,the second mark--,two orders 
of priesthood4    ,,xxi    ,the ,third  
,mark    ,the horror of darkness--,the  
speech of the ,indian ,chief--,the      
figure  of the architect again--,the    
plan of eternal life--,the necessity of 
plans--,the application--,the principles
 of the ,gospel--,men judged by the     
,gospel--,the three marks4    #i        
,,xxii    ,single ,minded ,loyalty    ,a
 supreme privilege--,the true worth of  
membership--,conditions of              
membership--,single minded loyalty--,no 
man can serve two masters--,a  simple   
application--,a parable in point--,the  
light of the body--,a  summary--,a      
paraphrase4    ,,xxiii    ,riches and   

the ,kingdom of ,god    ,a liberal      
man--,an unnatural doubt--,the case of  
the rich young  ruler--,the difficulty  
of the sacrifice--,the conclusion of    
,jesus--,the  amazement of the          
disciples--,the power of ,god--,a       
promise of worldly  blessings--,the     
object of the world's desire--,the      
parable of the unjust  steward4         
,,xxiv    ,succeeding ,with ,what ,one  
,has    ,the rich man and               
,lazarus--,wanted1 a chance--,the       
parable of the  talents--,a general     
law--,the water boy--,intellectual      
endeavor--,spiritual  growth--,the      
lesson applied4    ,,xxv    ,think      
,right    ,the great commandment--,the  
beatitudes--,a high ideal of life--,the 
great  beatitude--,the pure in          
heart--,things that defile--,vulgarity  
in thought1  word and deed--,plain      
teaching4    ,,xxvi    ,the ,ugliness of
 ,anger    ,the story of ,cain--,the    
occupation of ,abel--,the brothers'     
sacrifices--,the anger of ,cain--,the   

murder of ,abel--,the lesson at         
home--,the power of the mind--,the      
teachings of ,jesus--,jesus an          
example--,the strength of self-control4 
,,xxvii    ,with ,what ,measure ,ye     
,mete    ,the two school girls--,the    
theft--,the suspicion--,the             
discovery--,the  tables turned--,an     
every day occurrence--,the mote and the 
beam--,what  ,jesus said4    ,,xxviii   
,the ,golden ,rule    ,positive         
instruction--,the doctrine of           
reconciliation--,the attitude of  a     
citizen of the ,kingdom--,the doctrine  
of forgiveness--,the parable of  the    
unforgiving servant--,the meaning--,the 
right attitude towards our              
enemies--,the golden rule4    #aj       
,,xxix    ,the ,good ,samaritan    ,the 
law of love--,the reward of brotherly   
love--,questions of the  tempting       
lawyer--,the parable of the good        
,samaritan--,a discussion--,the  real   
neighbor--,the fulness of the           
answer--,the lesson clinched--,the      

command renewed4    ,,xxx    ,no ,one   
,can ,live to ,himself    ,the fable of 
the body and its members--,the time of  
,aesop--,the growth  of society--,a     
football squad--,the teachings of       
,jesus--,the family--,the  family       
sacred--,the state--,the state divinely 
instituted--,the  ,church--,duties of   
membership--,the teachings of our own   
,church4    ,,xxxi    ,he ,that         
,exalteth ,himself    ,the old law and  
the new--,the teaching of ,jesus        
psychological--,a  concrete             
example--,the motive all                
important--,jesus's doctrine of         
rewards--,a parable in point--,a sound  
psychological principle--,a further     
illustration--,peter and the question of
 recompense--,the reward worth          
while--,conclusion4    ,,xxxii    ,extra
 ,service    ,the parable of the        
laborers--,the value of service in the  
world's work--,the value of service in  
the ,church--,the test of               
profitableness--,the application to the 

day's work--,the application to  the    
,church service--,an exclamation against
 mere formal--performance of  duty4     
,,xxxiii    ,a ,prophet in ,his ,own    
,country    ,a perfect man and an       
exemplary leader--,a work full of       
wonder--,a healer  and worker of        
miracles--,the conditions in            
,palestine--,a mission of  love--,the   
centurion's servant--,stilling the      
tempest--,the raising of  ,lazarus--,in 
,his own country4    ,,xxxiv    ,the    
,meaning of ,miracles    ,the           
explanation of the scribes--,the        
universal presence of law--,the  miracle
 of the telephone--,other miracles of   
science--,the power of the              
,priesthood--,the purpose of            
miracles--,the privilege of the sick4   
#aa    ,,xxxv    ,an ,atoning ,sacrifice
    ,an incredible thought--,jesus's    
foreknowledge of ,his death--,the       
necessity of ,jesus's death--,the       
significance of the death of            
,jesus--,worldly views of how ,jesus's  

death can save--,the real  significance 
of the death of ,jesus--,the ,nephite   
explanation--,why ,jesus  submitted to  
,his enemies--,the new testimony of     
,jesus4    ,,xxxvi    ,the ,place       
,called ,paradise    ,a well established
 fact--,the five appearances of the     
risen ,christ--,five  more appearances  
of the ,christ and the ascension--,the  
value of the  testimony--,where had     
,jesus been8--,today in ,paradise--,the 
,gospel to the  dead--,a plain          
explanation--,every knee and every      
tongue4    ,,xxxvii    ,other ,sheep    
,the first commission to the            
twelve--,the leaven of the ,gospel--,the
  ,kingdom of the ,gentiles--,the case  
of ,cornelius--,the preaching of        
,barnabas and ,paul--,other sheep--,a   
puzzling question--,forty days--,in  the
 land of the ,nephites--,the appearance 
of ,jesus to the ,nephites4    ,,xxxviii
    ,our ,advocate ,with ,the ,father   
,the householder and the                
husbandmen--,god the great householder1 

,jesus  the ,son--,the exaltation of    
,jesus--,our advocate with the          
,father--,many  mansions in the         
,father's house--,lord of ,lords and    
,king of ,kings--,jesus  to come        
again--,the nearness of ,jesus4         
,,xxxix    ,the ,living ,christ         
,jesus the living ,christ--,the         
testimony of ,napoleon--,the conviction 
of  an ,english                         
philosopher--,declarations of ,emerson  
and ,webster--,additional               
testimony--,reasons for strong          
testimonies in the ,church--,evidences  
of  testimony in the ,church--,the      
testimony last of all4    ,,xl    ,a    
,religion ,worth ,while    ,the feeding 
of the five thousand--,the meat that    
endures to everlasting  life--,what     
,jesus taught--,the acts of the         
apostles--,the great  apostasy--,the    
restoration of the ,gospel--,a religion 
that satisfies--,a  comprehensive       
religion--,a ,church of authority--,the 
bread of life4    #ab ,,picture3        

,,christ ,,and ,,the ,,doctors1 ,hofmann
    #ac        ,what ,jesus ,taught     
,i    ,,his ,,father',s ,,business      
,sidenote3 ,the testimony of ,napoleon4 
,when the great military hero and world 
conqueror1 ,napoleon ,bonaparte1  lived 
in exile on the island of ,st4 ,helena1 
he declared that ,jesus was  so         
supremely great that it is impossible to
 make comparisons between  ,him and any 
other being in the world4 ,i know men1  
said ,napoleon1 and  ,i tell you that   
,jesus is not a man4 ,everything in ,him
 amazes me4 ,his  spirit outreaches     
mine1 and ,his will confounds me4       
,sidenote3 ,the universal worship of    
,jesus4    ,it is wonderful that a man  
like ,napoleon1 whose natural arms were 
fire  and the sword1 should be so deeply
 impressed by the life and teachings  of
 the lowly ,nazarene4 ,but ,napoleon is 
not alone in his admiration  and love4  
,throughout the nineteen centuries that 
have passed since  the ,master lived    
upon the earth1 men of every clime have 

learned to  know ,him and to worship    
,him4 ,today there are but few peoples  
known  to mankind that do not           
acknowledge ,jesus the ,christ4 ,the    
wonderful  story of ,his life has       
thrilled both the young and the old the 
world  over since first it was told4    
,the wisdom1 the justice1 and the loving
  kindness of all ,his teachings1 have  
inspired the nations to make them       
better4 ,no other man in all the history
 of the world has exerted so  profound  
an influence on the lives of his        
fellowmen1 and on the laws  that govern 
them4    #ad ,sidenote3 ,the purpose of 
this book4    ,now1 you have read in    
other books the story of the life of    
,jesus4 ,you  know when and where ,he   
was born2 how ,god the ,father protected
 ,his ,son2  how he grew to manhood1    
waxing strong in spirit2 how ,he taught1
 and  wrought miracles amongst ,his own 
people2 how they rejected ,him and      
crucified ,him2 and how ,he rose from   
death and returned to ,his ,father  in  

heaven4 ,it is a strangely beautiful    
story4 ,but we do not want to  retell it
 here4 ,it must be our purpose1 in this 
little book1 to tell  as interestingly  
as may be what ,jesus taught4           
,certainly1 it must be  interesting to  
know something of the teachings of the  
,man who has made  so profound an       
impression upon the history of the      
world4 ,we want to  know what the       
life-work of ,jesus means to us and to  
our fellowmen4 ,and  to begin1 we must  
try to find out what ,jesus ,himself    
thought about ,his  mission on the      
earth4    ,sidenote3 ,the new duties of 
,jesus at the age of twelve4    ,when   
,jesus reached the age of twelve years1 
,he entered--according to  ,jewish      
custom--upon a new and important period 
in ,his life4 ,you may be  used to      
thinking of ,jesus as a very wonderful  
boy1 altogether different  from other   
boys4 ,that is not quite true4 ,jesus   
was a perfectly natural  and normal boy4
 ,he liked to run and jump and play the 

games that other  boys played4 ,he had  
to go to school as other ,jewish boys   
did--first  at ,his mother's knee1 then 
at the village synagogue4 ,jesus was    
unlike  other boys in that ,he began    
early to understand something of the    
nature  of ,his mission upon the earth4 
,this made ,him like serious things1 and
  often to think about the teachings of 
#ae ,god2 for it was the aim of  all    
,jewish education to learn about ,god   
and ,his commands1 and how to  keep     
them4 ,now1 when ,jesus became twelve   
years of age1 there came to  ,him many  
new duties4 ,the ,jewish law required   
that ,he should assume all  the         
religious responsibilities that devolved
 naturally upon a faithful  ,jew4       
,amongst other things1 ,jesus must      
hereafter go to the temple three  times 
a year1 to fulfill the demands of the   
law4 ,accordingly1 when  ,joseph and    
,mary set out for ,jerusalem1 to observe
 the ,feast of the  ,passover1 soon     
after their eldest son's twelfth        

birthday1 they took ,him  with them4    
,sidenote3 ,jesus in the temple4    ,it 
is needless here to follow in detail the
 journey of the pilgrims  over the great
 highway1 across the ,plain of ,jezreel 
to ,bethshean1  down the western side of
 the ,jordan ,valley to ,jericho1 and   
then  four thousand feet upward over the
 barren1 robber-infested hills of  the  
wilderness of ,judea to ,jerusalem4     
,jesus seems to have been much          
impressed by the road1 for ,he referred 
to it later in the parable of  the ,good
 ,samaritan4    ,when the celebration of
 the feast of the ,passover was         
accomplished1  ,joseph and ,mary set out
 to return to ,nazareth4 ,they had      
complete  confidence in ,jesus1 so they 
did not look for ,him till they reached 
,bethany4 ,jesus was not there to be    
found4 ,anxious at heart the parents    
returned to ,jerusalem2 and there1 after
 three days1 they found ,him            
discoursing in the temple with ,shammai 
and the learned teachers of the  temple4

 ,the boy's zeal for knowledge had      
caused ,him to remain at the  temple    
even after the feast was over4 ,and all 
that #af heard ,him were  astonished at 
,his understanding and answers4    ,when
 ,mary saw her son in the midst of the  
learned men of ,israel1 she  cried to   
,him1 ,son1 why hast thou thus dealt    
with us8 ,behold1 thy  father and ,i    
have sought thee sorrowing4    ,and ,he 
said unto them4 ,how is it that ye      
sought me8 ,wist ye not that ,i  must be
 about my ,father's business8    ,and   
they understood not the saying which ,he
 spake unto them4    ,sidenote3 ,his    
,father's ,business4    ,it was1 indeed1
 a strange saying to understand4 ,not   
,joseph and ,mary  alone1 but countless 
thousands of people have failed to      
understand  it4 ,do you think you know  
what the boy ,jesus meant8 ,of course1  
to  understand1 one must know what the  
,father's business is4 ,then we can     
understand what ,jesus thought about    
,his mission on the earth4 ,for1  ,jesus

 said many years later when ,he had     
grown to manhood1 ,i came down  from    
heaven1 not to do mine own will1 but the
 will of ,him that sent me4    ,what1   
then1 is the will of ,god8 ,what is ,his
 ,father's business8 ,once1  many       
hundreds of years before ,jesus was     
born1 ,god gave to a man named  ,moses a
 marvelous revelation4 ,moses saw how   
the earth had been formed1  and how     
living things were put upon it4 ,he saw 
how man was shaped in  the image of ,god
 and placed upon the earth to have      
dominion over it4  ,then ,god said to   
,moses1 ,behold1 this is my work and my 
glory--to bring  to pass the immortality
 and eternal life of man4    #ag ,this1 
then1 is the ,father's business2 this is
 ,his will4 ,it is  exactly what ,jesus 
told ,joseph ,smith1 the great ,american
 ,prophet1 in  our own dispensation3    
,and if you keep my commandments and    
endure to  the end1 you shall have      
eternal life1 which gift is the greatest
 of  all the gifts of ,god4 ,and it is  

also exactly what ,jesus taught while   
,he dwelt among men4 ,said ,he1 ,and    
this is the will of ,him that sent  me1 
that every one which seeth the ,son1 and
 believeth on ,him1 may have            
everlasting life3 and ,i will raise him 
up at the last day4    ,sidenote3 ,what 
is eternal life8    ,but perhaps it is  
not quite clear yet what the ,father's  
will is4  ,perhaps you are asking       
yourself1 ,what is eternal life8 ,of    
course1  eternal1 or everlasting life1  
is a condition of being--or of          
living--in  which there is no death4    
,when we gain the gift of eternal life1 
we  shall go on living for ever and     
ever4 ,jesus gave once an excellent     
definition of the conditions of eternal 
life4 ,he had spent considerable  time  
exhorting ,his disciples1 and           
instructing them in things that were    
yet to come4 ,then ,he raised his eyes  
to heaven and prayed2 and in the  course
 of that prayer1 ,he said1 ,this is life
 eternal1 that they might  know ,thee   

the only true ,god1 and ,jesus ,christ1 
whom thou hast sent4    ,sidenote3 ,the 
special mission of ,jesus4    ,now we   
may begin to understand fully what      
,jesus thought about ,his  mission on   
the earth4 ,god did not put men on the  
earth to destroy them4  ,he put them    
here to save them1 if they would be     
saved4 ,it is the glory  of ,god to save
 men1 to bring to pass their salvation  
and everlasting  exaltation4 ,this is   
the ,father's business4 ,but to gain the
 gift of  eternal life men must learn to
 know #ah ,god4 ,here then we discover  
the nature of ,jesus's mission4 ,as     
child and boy and man1 ,jesus devoted   
,his life to learning to know ,god and  
to the teaching of ,his brethren  also  
to know ,him4 ,through the love and     
sacrifice of ,jesus1 we may gain        
eternal life4 ,in the temple1 the boy of
 twelve was about ,his ,father's        
business1 learning and explaining4 ,as a
 man1 ,he fulfilled the will of  ,his   
,father1 making it possible for men to  

know ,god4 ,in ,his death4 ,he          
accomplished the general salvation of   
mankind1 making it possible for  them to
 gain eternal life4    ,it is small     
wonder that ,napoleon revered the ,man  
who thus unselfishly  devoted ,his life 
to the good of ,his fellowmen1 and      
finally laid it down  for their         
salvation4 ,we shall be glad to study   
the teachings of this  ,man4 ,but first1
 we must understand what it means to    
know ,god and ,jesus  ,christ whom ,he  
hath sent4    ,,the ,,references        
,luke #b3db-eb4 ,moses #a3ci4    ,john  
#f3ch-dj4 ,doc4 and ,cov4 #ad3g4        
,john #ag3a-c4    ,,the ,,questions     
#a4 ,what1 in your opinion1 is the value
 of ,napoleon's testimony of ,jesus8    
#b4 ,what does ,napoleon admit in his   
testimony8    #c4 ,what peoples in the  
world today do not acknowledge ,jesus   
the ,christ8    #d4 ,name some points in
 which the world has been affected by   
the  teachings of ,jesus4    #e4        
,outline briefly the story of the life  

of ,jesus4    #f4 ,why should it be more
 important to know the teachings of     
,jesus than  merely to know the story of
 ,his life8    #g4 ,what new            
responsibilities came to ,jesus when ,he
 reached the age of  twelve years8      
#ai #h4 ,why did ,jesus remain at the   
temple in ,jerusalem when the feast  of 
the ,passover was accomplished8    #i4  
,what was the answer that puzzled ,his  
mother8    #aj4 ,why were men placed    
upon the earth8    #aa4 ,what are the   
conditions of eternal life8    #ab4 ,in 
what sense has ,jesus always been about 
,his ,father's business8    #ac4 ,what  
should be our attitude toward the       
,father's business8    #bj ,,picture3   
,,nazareth1 ,,pasestine    #ba          
,,ii    ,,what ,,it ,,means ,,to ,,know 
,,god    ,sidenote3 ,abraham's          
determination to serve ,god4    ,what   
does it mean to know ,god and ,jesus    
,christ whom ,he hath sent8  ,about two 
thousand years before ,jesus was born1  
there lived in a land  called ,ur of the

 ,chaldees1 a young man whose name was  
,abram4 ,abram  seems to have been a    
very intelligent and serious-minded     
person4 ,like  many another good man in 
ancient and modern times1 he strove to  
find  out the true and living ,god4 ,but
 it was very difficult to do so in      
,abram's time1 for most of ,abram's     
people had forsaken the worship of      
,jehovah1 and had turned to the worship 
of idols and graven images4 ,this       
grieved ,abram very much4 ,he determined
 that he would serve the true  ,god2 and
 that if necessary1 he would move away  
from his father's house  to a strange   
place1 in order that he might worship as
 his conscience  demanded4 ,the priests 
who served the strange gods worshipped  
by ,abram's  kindred1 heard of ,abram's 
righteousness1 and his refusal to       
worship the  images of wood and stone   
and metal they had set up4 ,they        
determined1  therefore1 to seize ,abram 
and to sacrifice him on the altar of    
,elkanah4    ,sidenote3 ,god ,himself4  

,but ,abram had found a true friend4 ,it
 was the true and living ,god  ,himself4
 ,he delivered ,abram from the hands of 
the false priests1 and  the ,lord ,god  
said to ,abram1 ,i am the ,lord thy     
,god2 ,i dwell in heaven1  the earth is 
my footstool2 ,i stretch my hand over   
the sea1 and it obeys  my voice2 ,i     
cause the wind and the fire to be my    
chariot2 ,i say #bb  to the mountains1  
,depart hence1 and behold1 they are     
taken away by a  whirlwind1 in an       
instant1 suddenly4    ,sidenote3 ,the   
,god of ,abraham and of ,isaac and of   
,jacob4    ,this was the true and living
 ,god1 the ,god ,almighty1 creator of   
the  heavens and the earth and all that 
lives therein4 ,in the midst of the     
worship of idols and graven images and  
strange gods of many lands1  ,abram had 
learned to know ,god--that is1 he had   
learned to recognize  the true ,god1 the
 living ,god of power4 ,he was not      
confused4 ,he did not  mistake an image 
of stone for the true ,god4             

,afterwards ,abram's name was changed to
 ,abraham4 ,he became the father  of    
,isaac1 and the grandfather of ,jacob4  
,these three men all served the  true   
,god4 ,from them sprang the ,children of
 ,israel1 all of whom learned  also to  
worship the true ,god of heaven and     
earth4 ,that is why ,he is  often spoken
 of as the ,god of ,abraham1 and of     
,isaac1 and of ,jacob4    ,sidenote3    
,the first commandment4    ,in the days 
of ,moses1 ,god gave a commandment in   
these words1 ,thou  shalt have no other 
gods before me4 ,that commandment was   
still in  force at the time of ,jesus1  
and is still in force today4 ,of course1
  there are not many idols or graven    
images held up to worship today2  but   
there are still many different kinds of 
,god worshipped even in the  ,christian 
world4 ,to some1 ,god is merely a       
spirit2 to others1 ,he is  merely an    
influence1 or a power2 to others still1 
there is no real ,god1  but the name is 
used merely to designate the forces of  

nature--and so  on4 ,naturally1 we      
cannot gain eternal life through any    
such conceptions  as these4 ,like       
,abraham we must learn to recognize the 
true and living  ,god4 ,we must not be  
deceived by false #bc doctrine4 ,this is
 life  eternal1 to know--to recognize   
and to worship--the true ,god1 the      
living  ,god--of heaven and earth4      
,we know now the meaning of the first   
part of ,jesus's statement4 ,we know    
what it means to know ,god4 ,but what   
does it mean to know ,jesus ,christ1    
whom ,god sent8    ,sidenote3 ,what does
 it mean to know ,jesus ,christ8    ,two
 young men were sitting at luncheon one 
day in the dining-room of  a students'  
club house4 ,one of them was registered 
in the ,school of  ,divinity of one of  
the oldest and largest universities in  
,america1 and  was studying to become a 
minister4 ,the other was preparing to   
become a  teacher4    ,do you believe   
that ,jesus was really the ,son of ,god1
 and the ,savior of  the world8 asked   

the young teacher4    ,i believe1       
replied the preacher--the would-be      
representative of  ,jesus--deliberately1
 that ,jesus was a great leader1 a great
 teacher1 a  great philosopher--in every
 way a great man4 ,but ,i do not believe
 that  he was really the ,son of ,god1  
nor really the ,redeemer in the usually 
accepted sense4    ,sidenote3 ,it is    
necessary to understand ,god's plan4    
,had this young minister1 who was       
preparing to preach the ,gospel of      
,jesus ,christ1 learned to know ,him8   
,surely not4 ,it is not enough merely   
to recognize the true and living ,god1  
and to distinguish ,him from the  many  
false gods of the world4 ,one must learn
 also to understand ,god's  plan for the
 salvation of mankind1 ,the first man1  
,adam1 was just like  us4 ,he did not   
#bd understand the plan of salvation    
until it was  taught to him4 ,one day1  
when he was offering sacrifice outside  
of the  ,garden of ,eden1 an angel      
appeared to him4 ,the angel told ,adam  

many  things about the ,fall1 and sin1  
and death4 ,these things we shall learn 
more about later4 ,the important thing  
to learn now is this3 ,because of  the  
fall of ,adam and ,eve1 it became       
necessary to send ,someone to the  earth
 to lay down ,his life for the salvation
 of men4    ,sidenote3 ,the divine      
mission of ,jesus4    ,god selected our 
,elder ,brother ,jesus1 to perform this 
noble mission4  ,he came to the         
earth--the ,only ,begotten of the       
,father--and taught  men1 took their    
sins upon ,himself1 and finally allowed 
,his life to be  taken to redeem mankind
 from the effects of the fall in the    
,garden of  ,eden4 ,was ,jesus1 then1   
merely a great leader1 a great teacher1 
a great  philosopher8 ,he was all that1 
to be sure4 ,but ,he was also more than 
that4 ,he was--,he is--the ,only        
,begotten ,son of the ,father1 the      
,savior of  the world4 ,to know ,jesus  
,christ whom ,god hath sent1 is to      
accept the  divine mission of ,jesus1 to

 believe that ,he is really the ,christ4
 ,this  is life eternal1 to know the    
only true ,god1 and ,jesus ,christ whom 
,he  hath sent4    ,sidenote3 ,a third  
step4    ,now we understand1 in part1   
what it means to know ,god and ,jesus   
,christ4  ,but a third step is necessary
 before one can claim complete          
knowledge4  ,if a man should claim to   
know the principles of the telephone1   
then  should try to talk to someone at a
 distance without connecting the  wires 
with the transmitting instrument1 should
 you believe that he  really knew what  
he claimed to know8 ,would you not #be  
rather think1  ,if this man understood  
and recognized the principles of the    
telephone1  he would do what they       
require8    ,sidenote3 ,what we would do
 if we had learned to know ,god and     
,jesus4    ,it is just so in knowing    
,god and ,jesus ,christ1 ,his ,son4 ,if 
we have  really found the true ,god1 and
 sincerely believe in the mission of    
,jesus ,christ1 we will surely do the   

things that ,they command us to do4     
,indeed1 we cannot claim a complete     
knowledge without doing ,god's will4    
,once1 when ,john the ,beloved was      
writing to some members of the ,church1 
he said to them1 ,hereby we do know that
 we know ,him 7,jesus ,christ71 if  we  
keep ,his commandments4 ,he that saith1 
,i know ,him1 and keepeth not  ,his     
commandments1 is a liar1 and the truth  
is not in him4 ,but whoso  keepeth ,his 
word1 in him verily is the love of ,god 
perfected2 hereby  know we that we are  
in ,him4    ,sidenote3 ,the condition of
 eternal life4    ,now we may claim to  
have learned the conditions of eternal  
life4 ,to  know the true ,god is to     
recognize the ,god of ,abraham1 and of  
,isaac1 and  of ,jacob--the ,god of     
,israel1 and not to confuse ,him with   
any one of the  many false gods         
worshipped in the world4 ,to know ,jesus
 ,christ is to  recognize ,him1 and to  
accept ,him and believe in ,him as the  
,savior of  the world4 ,to know ,god and

 ,jesus ,christ1 is to keep the         
commandments  ,they have given to man4  
,it was the whole aim of ,jewish        
education to  learn to know ,god and    
,his commands1 and how to keep them4 ,it
 should  be the aim of all education4   
,only by knowing the true ,god and      
,jesus  ,christ1 can we hope to enter   
the kingdom of ,god4    #bf ,to us1     
there is but one ,god1 the ,father1 of  
whom are all things1  and we in ,him2   
and one ,lord1 ,jesus ,christ1 by whom  
are all things1 and  we by ,him4    ,it 
shall be our pleasure from now on to    
learn what ,jesus ,himself  taught1 that
 we may learn the better to know ,him   
and the ,father1 and  thus gain eternal 
life4    ,,the ,,references    ,abraham 
,chs4 #a1b4 ,moses #e3a-aa4    ,exodus  
#bj3c4 #a ,john #b3c-e4    #a ,cor4     
#h3f4    ,,the ,,questions    #a4 ,what 
was the real problem that confronted    
,abram in his search for  ,god8    #b4  
,why is the true ,god called the ,god of
 ,abraham1 and of ,isaac1 and of        

,jacob8    #c4 ,what is the first of the
 ten commandments8    #d4 ,how does it  
apply in this age8    #e4 ,what does it 
mean to know ,god8    #f4 ,what do men  
of the world often think of ,jesus8     
#g4 ,why was ,jesus necessary in the    
plan of salvation8    #h4 ,what does it 
mean to know ,jesus ,christ8    #i4     
,what does it mean in full to know ,god 
and ,jesus ,christ whom ,he sent8       
#aj4 ,what should be an aim of all true 
education8    #bg    #bh ,,picture3     
,,simeon ,,blessing ,,the ,,lord4    #bi
        ,,iii    ,,the ,,god ,,of       
,,israel4    ,sidenote3 ,a very         
important question4    ,what kind of    
being is ,god1 the ,father1 of whom are 
all things8 ,if you  should be sent into
 the missionary field to preach the     
,gospel1 you  would find this one of the
 most difficult questions you would have
 to  answer4 ,for ,god is somewhat of a 
mysterious being in the opinions of     
most men4 ,very few men have ever       
claimed to have seen ,god1 or to have   

held converse with ,him4 ,and for that  
which seems mysterious1 men like  to    
find hard1 complicated answers4 ,the    
simple truth does not satisfy  them4    
,sidenote3 ,the truth is simple and     
easy4    ,yet1 the simple answer is     
nearly always the right one4 ,a         
missionary  to the ,south ,sea ,islands 
found himself one day trying to explain 
to  the natives the nature of hail4     
,there is neither hail nor snow nor     
sleet on the islands4 ,there are really 
but two seasons--the dry and  the wet4  
,when it is wet it rains4 ,the          
missionary tried by many various        
roundabout ways to make the natives     
understand that hail is frozen          
raindrops4 ,the natives knew nothing    
about frost4 ,they had no previous      
knowledge with which to associate his   
explanation4 ,and1 as you know1 we      
cannot understand anything new unless we
 can tie it up with something  that we  
already know4    ,the missionary became 
desperate4 ,finally1 he thrust his hand 

into a  bowl of rice standing on the    
floor1 lifted a handful1 and allowed it 
to  fall again in a shower to the       
ground4 ,hail1 he said1 is like that4   
,instantly #cj the natives got the      
picture4 ,they saw the raindrops  turned
 white and hard1 and pelting the earth  
in their fall4 ,the simple  explanation 
went home4    ,sidenote3 ,jesus's       
explanation of ,god4    ,now1 ,jesus's  
explanation of what kind of being ,god  
is1 is even more  simple and clear than 
is this illustration of what hail is    
like4 ,but  men have strayed into the   
worshipping of many different kinds of  
,god1  because they have refused to     
accept the simple truth4    ,near the   
close of ,his mortal life on the earth1 
,jesus delivered a very  excellent      
farewell discourse to ,his disciples4   
,it is full of words of  cheer and      
comfort4 ,amongst other things ,jesus   
said3    ,i am the way1 the truth1 and  
the life3 no man cometh unto the        
,father1  but by me4 ,if ye had known   

me1 ye should have known my ,father     
also3 and  from henceforth ye know ,him1
 and have seen ,him4    ,philip saith   
unto ,him1 ,lord shew us the ,father1   
and it sufficeth us4    ,jesus saith    
unto him4 ,have ,i been so long time    
with you1 and yet hast  thou not known  
me1 ,philip8 he that hath seen me hath  
seen the ,father2  and how sayest thou  
then1 ,shew us the ,father8             
,sidenote3 ,the meaning of ,jesus's     
answer4    ,is not this answer very     
simple and very clear8 ,is there any    
good reason  for mistaking this answer8 
,you hear it said very often of a young 
man  that he is the very image of his   
father4 ,if you should some day say to  
a young man1 ,i should like very much to
 see your father1 what should  you think
 the father looked like1 if the young   
man were to answer1 ,he  that has seen  
me has seen my father8 #ca ,could you   
possibly in reason  help thinking that  
the father and the son were alike8      
,we know what manner of man ,jesus was4 

,jesus possessed a body of flesh  and   
bones2 or1 as ,john the ,beloved1 said1 
,the ,word was made flesh  and dwelt    
among us4 ,besides1 ,jesus was so much  
like other men that  ,his own people    
could not see anything different in     
,him4 ,when ,jesus  went into ,his own  
country and taught in the synagogue1 the
 people were  astonished4 ,whence hath  
this man this wisdom1 they asked1 and   
these  mighty words8 ,is not this the   
carpenter's son8 ,is not his mother     
called  ,mary8 and his brethren1 ,james 
and ,joses1 and ,simon1 and ,judas8 ,to 
,his  own people ,jesus was but an      
ordinary man4    ,sidenote3 ,the        
testimony of ,paul4    ,but the         
disciples of ,jesus learned to          
understand what ,jesus meant by  ,his   
teaching about ,god4 ,said ,paul1 ,god1 
who at sundry times and in  divers      
manners spake in time past unto the     
fathers by the prophets1  hath in these 
last days spoken unto us by ,his ,son1  
whom ,he hath  appointed ,heir of all   

things1 by whom also ,he made the       
worlds2 who  being the brightness of    
,his glory1 and the express image of    
,his person1  and upholding all things  
by the word of ,his power1 when ,he had 
by  ,himself purged our sins1 sat down  
on the right hand of the ,majesty on    
high4    ,sidenote3 ,the truth about    
,god4    ,it is not necessary1 then1 to 
go a round-about way to find out the    
nature of ,god4 ,the simple explanation 
is the true one4 ,the ,god of  ,abraham 
and of ,isaac and of ,jacob--the supreme
 ,god of this world--is a  person4 ,he  
possesses a body of flesh and bones4    
,his ,son is so much like  ,him that #cb
 ,he could say in truth1 ,he that hath  
seen me hath seen  the ,father4 ,jesus  
was the express image of ,god's person4 
,sidenote3 ,god is our ,father4         
,jesus's favorite name for ,god was     
,father4 ,this beautiful word means     
many things to us in the teaching of    
,jesus4 ,first1 ,jesus was really the   
,son of ,god1 and could rightfully speak

 of ,him as ,my ,father4 ,but ,jesus    
taught us more than that4 ,not only is  
,jesus the ,son of ,god--the ,only      
,begotten in the flesh--but we are all  
the children of ,god4 ,he is the        
,father of our spirits1 so that we may  
also rightfully pray to ,him as  ,our   
,father who art in heaven4 ,then1 if    
,god is really our ,father1 ,he  must   
have the same kind of feelings for us   
that fathers always have for  their     
children4 ,indeed1 since ,he is ,god1   
,his feelings must be deeper  and truer 
than those of any earthly father4 ,jesus
 put it thus3    ,what man is there of  
you1 whom if his son ask bread1 will he 
give him  a stone8 ,or if he ask a fish1
 will he give him a serpent8 ,if ye     
then1  being evil1 know how to give good
 gifts unto your children1 how much     
more shall your ,father which is in     
heaven give good things to them that    
ask him8    ,sidenote3 ,a real joy to   
know the true ,god4    ,it is a matter  
of comfort and joy to know the true     

,god--to worship a  ,god whom we can    
understand1 whom we may recognize4 ,it  
is no wonder that  people everywhere    
become confused when they try to pray to
 a ,god who is  something yet nothing1  
who is everywhere yet nowhere1 who sits 
on the  top of a topless throne1 and so 
forth4 ,it is no wonder that people are 
looking for the true ,god4    #cc ,we   
know that there is a ,god in heaven1 who
 is infinite and  eternal1 from         
everlasting to everlasting the same     
unchangeable ,god1  the framer of heaven
 and earth1 and all things which are in 
them--that  ,he created man1 male and   
female1 after ,his own image and in ,his
 own  likeness1 created ,he them1 and   
gave unto them commandments that they   
should love and serve ,him1 the only    
living and true ,god1 and that ,he      
should be the only being whom they      
should worship4    ,,the ,,references   
,john #ad3f-i4 ,heb4 #a3a-c4    ,john   
#ab3de4 ,john #a3ad4    ,matt4 #ac3ce4  
,doc4 and ,cov4 #acj3bb4    ,col4 #a3ae4

 ,matt4 #g3i-ab4    ,phil4 #b3f4 ,doc4  
and ,cov4 #bj3ag-ai4    ,,the           
,,questions    #a4 ,how do we learn to  
know things8    #b4 ,why have men       
strayed from the true conception of     
,god8    #c4 ,what kind of being is     
,god8    #d4 ,what did ,jesus say ,god  
is like8    #e4 ,what did ,his disciples
 understand ,jesus to mean8    #f4 ,in  
what sense is ,god the ,father8    #g4  
,how is ,he like other fathers8    #h4  
,why could you not worship any other    
,god than a personal ,god8    #i4 ,what 
did ,jesus teach ,joseph ,smith         
concerning ,god8    #cd ,,picture3      
,,jesus ,,and ,,the ,,woman ,,of        
,,samaria1 ,hofmann    #ce        ,,iv  
,,what ,,jesus ,,said ,,of ,,himself    
,sidenote3 ,jesus's testimony to the    
woman of ,samaria4    ,one day1 early in
 ,his ministry among the ,jews1 ,jesus  
left ,judea1 and  departed again into   
,galilee4 ,and ,he must needs go through
 ,samaria4 ,then  cometh ,he to a city  
of ,samaria1 which is called ,sychar1   

near to the  parcel of ground that      
,jacob gave to his son ,joseph4 ,now    
,jacob's well  was there4 ,jesus        
therefore1 being wearied with ,his      
journey1 sat thus on  the well2 and it  
was about the sixth hour4    ,there     
cometh a woman of ,samaria to draw      
water3 ,jesus saith unto her4  ,give me 
to drink4 4 4 4 ,then saith the woman of
 ,samaria unto ,him1 ,how  is it that   
thou being a ,jew1 askest drink of me1  
which am a woman of  ,samaria8 for the  
,jews have no dealings with the         
,samaritans4    ,jesus answered and said
 unto her1 ,if thou knewest the gift of 
,god1 and  who it is that saith to thee1
 ,give me to drink2 thou wouldst have   
asked  of ,him1 and ,he would have given
 thee living water4 ,the woman saith    
unto ,him1 ,sir1 thou hast nothing to   
draw with1 and the well is deep3  from  
whence then hast thou that living water8
 ,art thou greater than  our father     
,jacob1 which gave us the well1 and     
drank thereof himself1  and his         

children1 and his cattle8 ,jesus        
answered and said unto her1  ,whosoever 
drinketh of this water shall thirst     
again3 but whosoever  drinketh of the   
water that ,i shall give him shall never
 thirst3 but  the water that ,i #cf     
shall give him shall be in him a well of
 water  springing up into everlasting   
life4 4 4 4    ,the woman saith unto    
him1 ,sir1 ,i perceive that thou art a  
prophet4 ,our  fathers worshipped in    
this mountain2 and ye say1 that in      
,jerusalem is  the place where men ought
 to worship4    ,jesus saith unto her1  
,woman1 believe me1 the hour cometh1    
when ye  shall neither in this mountain1
 nor yet at ,jerusalem1 worship the     
,father4 ,ye worship ye know not what3  
we know what we worship3 for  salvation 
is of the ,jews4 ,but the hour cometh1  
and now is1 when the  true worshippers  
shall worship the ,father in spirit and 
in truth3 for  the ,father seeketh such 
to worship ,him4 ,god is a ,spirit3 and 
they that  worship ,him must worship    

,him in spirit and in truth4    ,the    
woman saith unto him1 ,i know that      
,messias cometh1 which is called        
,christ3 when ,he is come4 ,he will tell
 us all things4    ,sidenote3 ,the      
testimony of the people of ,sychar4     
,jesus saith unto her1 ,i that speak    
unto thee am ,he4 ,when she heard  this 
remarkable declaration1 the woman ran   
back to the city of ,sychar  and told   
the people what ,jesus had said to her1 
asking them1 ,can this  be the ,christ8 
,the people of ,sychar went out         
themselves to see ,jesus1  and invited  
,him to stay with them4 ,jesus stayed   
there for two days1 and  many believed  
in ,him because of ,his teachings4 ,and 
when ,he left them  to continue ,his    
journey to ,galilee1 the people said to 
the woman who  had first met ,jesus1    
,now we believe1 not because of thy     
saying3 for we  have heard ,him         
ourselves1 and know that this is indeed 
the ,christ1 the  ,savior of the ,world4
    #cg ,sidenote3 ,jesus taught always 

that ,he is the ,christ4    ,this       
experience of ,jesus with the people of 
,sychar is full of interest  and rich in
 meaning4 ,we might spend much time in  
discussing it4 ,but it  is not necessary
 now to consider more than the fact that
 from the very  beginning of ,his       
ministry1 ,jesus taught that ,he was    
really the ,christ1  the ,savior of the 
world4 ,he was not always so successful 
in getting the  people to recognize     
,him--in getting them to know ,god and  
,jesus ,christ  whom ,he had sent--as   
,he was here at ,sychar4 ,when at one   
time ,he bore  the same testimony in the
 ,temple1 the priests and the people    
took up  stones and would have stoned   
,him to death1 had ,he not miraculously 
walked out of their midst4 ,but always  
,jesus taught of ,himself that ,he  is  
the ,christ4    ,sidenote3 ,the answer  
to ,john4    ,when the messengers of    
,john the ,baptist came to ,him and     
asked1 ,art  thou ,he that should come1 
or do we look for another8 ,jesus       

answered  promptly1 ,go and show ,john  
again those things which ye do hear and 
see3 ,the blind receive their sight1 and
 the lame walk1 the lepers are          
cleansed1 and the deaf hear1 the dead   
are raised up1 and the poor have  the   
gospel preached to them4 ,these things  
were all signs of the coming  of the    
,christ1 and the answer was the same as 
if ,jesus had said1 ,yes1  ,i am ,he    
that should come2 ye need not look for  
another4    ,sidenote3 ,the confessions 
at the trials of ,jesus4    ,it was thus
 plainly and fearlessly that ,jesus1 at 
the end of ,his  earthly life too1      
taught that ,he was the ,redeemer of the
 world4 ,when  ,jesus was haled before  
the high priest4 #ch the high priest    
demanded1  ,art thou the ,christ1 the   
,son of the ,blessed8 ,jesus answered   
boldly1  ,i am3 and ye shall see the    
,son of ,man sitting on the right hand  
of  power1 and coming in the clouds of  
heaven4 ,and to ,pilate's question1     
,art thou the ,king of the ,jews8 ,jesus

 replied1 ,thou sayest4    ,sidenote3   
,and on the way to ,emmaus4    ,these   
answers and explanations are so clear to
 us now that it seems  hardly possible  
the disciples of ,jesus did not also    
understand them4  ,yet it was so2 the   
disciples looked apparently for a       
powerful1 earthly  king4 ,when ,jesus   
was crucified1 they were overwhelmed4   
,for a while  they did not know what to 
make of it4 ,but ,jesus ,himself made   
all  things clear4 ,one day1 after the  
crucifixion1 two of the disciples  were 
journeying toward ,emmaus1 talking about
 the strange things that  had happened4 
,suddenly1 the resurrected ,savior      
joined them4 ,because  these disciples  
had failed to understand the meaning of 
,his mission on  the earth1 ,jesus said 
to them1 ,o fools1 and slow of heart to 
believe  all that the prophets have     
spoken3 ought not ,christ to have       
suffered  these things1 and to enter    
into ,his glory8 ,and beginning at      
,moses and  all the prophets4 ,he       

expounded unto them in all the          
scriptures the  things concerning       
,himself4 ,thus did ,jesus after ,his   
resurrection bear  testimony to ,his    
teaching that ,he is verily the ,christ1
 the ,son of ,god4    ,sidenote3 ,how   
shall we find out ,christ8    ,the      
knowledge that ,jesus is the ,christ1   
is1 as we have already learned1         
necessary to gain eternal life1 the     
greatest of all gifts4 ,but how  shall  
we come into possession of that         
knowledge8 ,shortly before ,his  #ci    
death1 ,jesus taught ,his disciples     
thus3 ,i will pray the ,father1  and ,he
 shall give you another ,comforter1 that
 ,he may abide with you  forever4 ,and a
 little later1 ,when the ,comforter is  
come1 whom ,i will  send you from the   
,father1 even the ,spirit of ,truth1    
which proceedeth  from the ,father1 ,he 
shall testify of me4 ,so1 then1 we may  
gain the  knowledge1 the testimony1 that
 ,jesus is the ,christ1 the ,savior of  
the  world1 through the inspiration of  

the ,comforter1 the ,spirit of ,truth4  
,and to be influenced by the ,spirit of 
,truth1 we must ourselves worship  in   
spirit and in truth4 ,sooner or later   
the testimony must be obtained1  for it 
is decreed that every knee shall bow and
 every tongue confess  that ,jesus is   
the ,christ4    ,,the ,,references      
,john #d3a-db4 ,matt4 #bg3aa4    ,john  
#aj3bd1 #be4 ,luke #bd3be-bg4    ,matt4 
#aa3c-f4 ,john #ad3af4    ,mark #ad3fa1 
#fb4 ,john #ae3bf4    ,,the ,,questions 
#a4 ,what is the meaning of the ,christ8
    #b4 ,what is the significance of    
,christ's ministry at ,sychar8    #c4   
,on what other occasions did ,jesus     
publicly declare ,himself the  ,christ8 
#d4 ,of what particular value is ,his   
testimony to the disciples on the  road 
to ,emmaus8    #e4 ,how is a testimony  
of the ,christ to be obtained8    #dj   
,,picture3 ,,jesus ,,and ,,nicodemus1   
,artist ,unknown    #da        ,v       
,,the ,,special ,,witness ,,of ,,jesus  
,sidenote3 ,the end of the period of    

preparation4    ,it was the day of the  
baptism4 ,jesus had completed the years 
of  preparation for ,his ministry of    
service4 ,we know very little of what   
,he did during the eighteen years from  
the time of ,his first visit to  the    
temple to the time of ,his baptism4 ,the
 historian ,luke tells us that  ,jesus  
went down to ,nazareth with ,his parents
 and was subject to them4  ,and ,jesus  
increased in wisdom and stature1 and in 
favour with ,god and  man4 ,the day of  
the baptism was momentous1 however2 for 
it was the day  on which the special    
witness of ,jesus made special          
recognition of ,him  as the ,christ4    
,sidenote3 ,the testimony at the        
baptism4    ,john the ,baptizer was     
performing the ordinance of baptism in  
the river  ,jordan for all those who    
requested it4 ,thither1 then ,jesus     
went2 for  ,he1 too1 wished to be       
baptized4 ,but when ,jesus approached1  
,john felt  that in ,him was ,one       
greater than he2 just such a ,one as he 

had himself  predicted1 whose           
shoestrings he was unworthy to untie4   
,when1 therefore1  ,jesus asked for     
baptism1 ,john replied1 ,i have need to 
be baptized of  ,thee1 and comest ,thou 
to me8    ,and ,jesus answering said    
unto him1 ,suffer it to be so now2 for  
thus it  becometh us to fulfill all     
righteousness4 ,then he suffered ,him4  
,and ,jesus1 when ,he was baptized1 went
 up straight-way out of the  water3 and1
 lo1 the heavens were opened unto ,him1 
and he 7,john7 saw  the ,spirit of ,god 
#db descending like a dove1 and lighting
 upon ,him4  ,and1 lo1 a voice from     
heaven1 saying1 ,this is my ,son1 in    
whom ,i am well  pleased4    ,sidenote3 
,john's testimony4    ,a little later1  
,john bore testimony to those assembled 
about him1 thus3  ,i saw the ,spirit    
descending from heaven like a dove1 and 
,it abode upon  ,him4 ,and ,i knew ,him 
not3 but ,he that sent me to baptize    
with water1 the  same said unto me1     
,upon whom thou shalt see the ,spirit   

descending1 and  remaining on ,him1 the 
same is ,he which baptizeth with the    
,holy ,ghost4  ,and ,i saw1 and bare    
record that this is the ,son of ,god4   
,sidenote3 ,who the ,comforter is4      
,now1 this ,spirit that ,john saw       
descending like a dove and lighting upon
  ,jesus was the same ,spirit that      
,jesus later promised--as we learned in 
the preceding chapter--and that was to  
testify of ,him4 ,concerning this       
,spirit ,jesus said also just before    
,his crucifixion1 ,i tell you the       
truth2 ,it is expedient for you that ,i 
go away3 for if ,i go not away1  the    
,comforter will not come unto you2 but  
if ,i depart1 ,i will send ,him  unto   
you4    ,who1 then1 is this ,spirit1    
this ,comforter8 ,jesus tells plainly3  
,the  ,comforter1 which is the ,holy    
,ghost1 whom the ,father will send in my
  name4 ,he shall teach you all things1 
and bring all things to your            
remembrance1 whatsoever ,i have said    
unto you4 ,the ,holy ,ghost1 then1  is a

 special witness to ,jesus2 and the     
,holy ,ghost is a member of the         
,godhead in heaven4 ,when ,jesus        
commissioned the apostles after ,his    
resurrection to preach the ,gospel1 ,he 
said to them1 ,go ye therefore1  and    
teach all nations1 baptizing #dc them in
 the name of the ,father1  and of the   
,son1 and of the ,holy ,ghost4 ,it is   
further clear that1 as a  member of the 
,godhead1 the ,holy ,ghost is a member  
separate and distinct  from ,god and the
 ,son2 for at the baptism of the ,son1  
all three were  individually and        
separately present4    ,sidenote3 ,the  
mission of the ,holy ,ghost4    ,the    
duties of the ,holy ,ghost are many4    
,when ,nicodemus came by night  to be   
instructed by ,jesus1 ,jesus assured him
 that1 except a man be  born of water   
and of the ,spirit1 he cannot enter into
 the kingdom of  ,god2 for1 said ,he1   
that which is born of the ,spirit is    
spirit4 ,this  means1 of course1 that   
when one receives the gift of the ,holy 

,ghost1  one enters upon a new spiritual
 life4 ,and in bringing about such a new
  spiritual life1 the ,holy ,ghost      
convinces the sinner of his evil deeds1 
and leads him to the truth1 testifying  
as we have already learned of  the      
,christ4    ,sidenote3 ,the ,holy ,ghost
 in ,jesus and the apostles4    ,jesus1 
himself1 was full of the ,holy ,ghost4  
,after the ascension4 ,his  promise of a
 ,comforter was literally fulfilled to  
the ,apostles4 ,on the  day of          
,pentecost1 they were all filled with   
the ,holy ,ghost1 and began  to speak   
with other tongues1 as the ,spirit gave 
them utterance4    ,sidenote3 ,the ,holy
 ,ghost amongst the ,nephites4    ,on   
the ,american continent1 too1 as you    
must remember1 ,jesus chose  twelve     
apostles4 ,the ,holy ,ghost rested      
mightily upon them1 and the  way in     
which ,jesus conferred the ,holy ,ghost 
on them is interesting4  ,the third     
,nephi records the incident in these    
words3 ,it came to pass  that when      

,jesus had made an end of these sayings1
 #dd ,he touched with  ,his hand the    
disciples whom ,he had chosen1 one by   
one1 even until ,he  had touched them   
all1 and spake unto them as ,he touched 
them4 ,moroni  describes the incident   
more fully3 ,the words of ,christ1 which
 ,he spake  unto ,his disciples1 the    
twelve whom ,he had chosen1 as ,he laid 
,his hands  upon them4 ,and ,he called  
them by name1 saying1 ye shall call on  
the  ,father1 in my name1 in mighty     
prayer2 and after ye have done this1 ye 
shall have power that on him whom ye    
shall lay your hands1 ye shall  give the
 ,holy ,ghost2 and in my name shall ye  
give it1 for thus do mine  apostles4    
,sidenote3 ,how to confer the ,holy     
,ghost4    ,as ,jesus ,himself did1     
then1 amongst the ,nephites1 and as ,he 
instructed  the ,nephite apostles to do1
 so also did the ,jewish apostles4 ,they
  conferred the gift of the ,holy ,ghost
 by the laying on of hands4 ,it  is the 
proper way4 ,when the ,church was       

re-established by the great  ,american1 
,joseph ,smith1 the ordinance of the    
laying on of hands was  restored with   
it4    ,sidenote3 ,nature of the ,holy  
,ghost4    ,now1 you may be wondering1  
what kind of being is the ,holy ,ghost1 
that it may be conferred by the laying  
on of hands8 ,many people have  wondered
 about the same thing4 ,indeed1 even    
learned men have wondered  so much that 
they have become utterly confused4 ,yet1
 here again1 the  truth is very simple4 
,jesus said to ,joseph ,smith1 ,the     
,father has a  body of flesh and bones  
as tangible as man's2 the ,son also2 but
 the  ,holy ,ghost has not a body of    
flesh and bones1 but is a personage of  
,spirit4 ,were it not so1 the ,holy     
,ghost could not dwell in us4    #de    
,sidenote3 ,importance of the ,holy     
,ghost4    ,you can readily see that the
 ,holy ,ghost is a very important       
personage4  ,first1 ,he is a member of  
the ,godhead4 ,then1 through ,his       
influence we  are led from darkness into

 light1 and are thus enabled to         
recognize  the truth4 ,then ,he         
testifies of ,jesus ,christ1 and of ,god
 who sent  ,him4 ,indeed1 so important  
is the testimony of the ,holy ,ghost    
that  ,jesus ,christ ,himself asserted  
that all sins may be forgiven except    
the sin against the ,holy ,ghost4 ,and  
to ,joseph ,smith1 ,jesus said that  the
 blasphemy against the ,holy ,ghost     
consisted in the denying of the         
testimony that ,jesus is the ,christ1   
after having once received that         
testimony1 and thus approving of ,his   
death4 ,the denial of such a  testimony 
would be the denial of the ,holy ,ghost 
also2 for no man can  know that ,jesus  
is the ,christ1 but by the ,holy ,ghost4
    ,,the ,,references    ,matt4        
#c3ac-af4 ,john #c3cd4    ,john         
#a3cb-ce4 ,acts #b3a-d4    ,john #af3g1 
#h1 #ac4 #c ,nephi #ah3cf1 #cg4    ,john
 #ad3bf4 ,moroni #b3a1b4    ,matt4      
#bh3ai4 ,doc4 and ,cov4 #cc3ae4    ,john
 #f3ec4 ,doc4 and ,cov4 #acj3bb4        

,luke #d3a-bj4 ,doc4 and ,cov4 #acb3bg4 
,,the ,,questions    #a4 ,how old was   
,jesus when ,he went to ,john to be     
baptized8    #b4 ,why was ,jesus        
baptized8    #c4 ,how did ,john         
recognize ,jesus as the ,son of ,god8   
#d4 ,who is the ,comforter8    #e4 ,what
 is ,his relation to ,god and to ,jesus8
    #f4 ,what is the mission of the     
,holy ,ghost8    #g4 ,how is the ,holy  
,ghost conferred8    #h4 ,what kind of  
being is the ,holy ,ghost8    #i4 ,why  
is the ,holy ,ghost of special          
importance8    #df ,,picture3 ,,christ  
,,healing ,,the ,,blind ,,man1 ,bida    
#dg        ,,vi    ,,before ,,there     
,,was ,,an ,,earth    ,sidenote3 ,a     
remarkable vision4    ,the brother of   
,jared had cut from ,mount ,shelem      
sixteen small stones1  clear and        
transparent as glass4 ,the barges in    
which his people were to  cross the     
ocean were prepared2 but he had been    
unable to devise a means  of lighting   
them4 ,so1 with childlike faith and     

complete confidence he  called upon the 
,father4    ,i know1 ,o ,lord1 said the 
brother of ,jared1 that ,thou hast all  
power1  and can do whatsoever ,thou wilt
 for the benefit of man2 therefore touch
  these stones1 ,o ,lord1 with ,thy     
finger1 and prepare them that they may  
shine forth in darkness2 and they shall 
shine forth unto us in the  vessels     
which we have prepared1 that we may have
 light when we shall  cross the sea 4 4 
4 4    ,and it came to pass that when   
the brother of ,jared had said these    
words1 behold1 the ,lord stretched forth
 ,his hand and touched the  stones1 one 
by one with ,his finger2 and the veil   
was taken from off  the eyes of the     
brother of ,jared1 and he saw the finger
 of the ,lord2  and it was like the     
finger of a man1 like unto flesh and    
blood2 and  the brother of ,jared fell  
down before the ,lord1 for he was struck
 with  fear4    ,you may easily imagine 
that such a vision would amaze any man4 
,and the  brother of ,jared1 though he  

was a very good and righteous man1 and a
  prophet of ,god1 seems not to have    
suspected before this time that ,god    
and ,jesus ,christ had bodies of flesh  
as material #dh and tangible as  man's4 
,what the brother of ,jared thought ,god
 to be1 we do not know4 ,but  when the  
,lord saw that he had fallen to the     
ground in amazement1 ,he  said1 ,arise1 
why hast thou fallen8    ,and he saith  
unto the ,lord1 ,i saw the finger of the
 ,lord1 and ,i feared  lest ,he should  
smite me2 for ,i knew not that the ,lord
 had flesh and  blood4    ,but much as  
the brother of ,jared was astonished at 
this marvelous  revelation1 there       
remained for him yet greater wonders4   
,the ,lord  commended him for his great 
faith1 which had made it possible for   
him  to see the finger of the ,lord4    
,then the ,lord asked1 ,sawest thou more
  than this8 ,and he answered ,nay2     
,lord1 show ,thyself unto me4           
,behold1 the ,lord showed ,himself unto 
him1 and said4444,behold1 ,i am ,he  who

 was prepared from the foundation of the
 world to redeem my people4  ,behold1 ,i
 am ,jesus ,christ4 ,i am the ,father   
and the ,son4 ,in me shall all  mankind 
have light1 and that eternally1 even    
they who shall believe  on my name2 and 
they shall become my sons and my        
daughters4 ,and never  have ,i shown    
myself unto man whom ,i have created1   
for never has man  believed in me as    
thou hast4 ,seest thou that ye are      
created after mine  own image8 ,yea1    
even all men were created in the        
beginning1 after mine  own image4       
,behold1 this body which ye now behold1 
is the body of my spirit1 and  man have 
,i created after the body of my spirit2 
and even as ,i appear  unto thee to be  
in the spirit1 will ,i appear unto my   
people in the  flesh4    #di ,sidenote3 
,the pre-existence of ,jesus4    ,this  
marvelous vision1 the brother of ,jared 
beheld many hundreds of  years before   
,jesus was born in ,bethlehem4 ,do you  
think you understand  the great truths  

that ,jesus here revealed to the        
,jaredite prophet8  ,first1 it must be  
evident to everyone that ,jesus had     
existence--that  ,he lived and          
worked--before ,he was born in the flesh
 upon the earth4  ,but what kind of     
existence was this pre-existence8 ,it   
was an existence  in the spirit state4  
,and the spirit body of ,jesus is in    
form and shape  just like the mortal    
body2 so that1 when ,jesus helped to    
form man4 ,he  formed him after the     
image of ,his own body4 ,this is the    
second great  truth we learn from the   
remarkable vision4 ,and a third is1 that
 ,jesus  was appointed from the         
foundation of the world to redeem       
mankind4 ,in  the pre-existence ,he     
labored for us2 there ,he was chosen to 
redeem us4  ,his mission upon the earth1
 and the sacrifice of ,his noble life1  
were  but the completion of a plan      
formulated long before ,he was born4    
,sidenote3 ,the spirits of all men      
eternal4    ,now1 you may say1 ,of      

course1 we know that ,jesus lived before
 ,he was  born in the flesh1 and that   
,he had a spirit of the same form and   
shape  as ,his mortal body1 and that ,he
 was chosen in that pre-existent life to
  redeem the world from sin4 ,but it may
 not be so with man4    ,that is one of 
the wonderful things about life4 ,we are
 here passing  through only one small   
stage of it4 ,jesus taught that the     
spirits of  all men are eternal just    
like ,his own4 ,for ,jesus truly        
recognized and  understood ,his own     
pre-existence4 ,said ,he1 once1 as ,he  
prayed1 ,and  now1 ,o ,father1 glorify  
,thou me with #ej ,thine own self with  
the glory  which ,i had with ,thee      
before the world was4 ,and at another   
time ,he  asked1 ,what and if ,ye shall 
see the ,son of man ascend up where ,he 
was before8 ,i came forth from the      
,father1 and am come into the world3    
again1 ,i leave the world1 and go to the
 ,father4 ,thus1 with complete          
assurance ,he spoke of the time that had

 been before2 and with the same         
assurance ,he accepted the teaching that
 man1 too1 existed before he was  born  
in the flesh4    ,sidenote3 ,the man    
born blind4    ,one day1 in the temple1 
,jesus had taught this very doctrine to 
the  ,jews4 ,in answer to one of their  
questions4 ,he had replied1 ,verily1    
verily1 ,i say unto you4 ,before        
,abraham was ,i am4 ,the answer provoked
  the ,jews1 and they took up stones to 
stone ,him4 ,but ,jesus hid ,himself1   
and went out of the temple1 going       
through the midst of them1 and so       
passed by4    ,then follows a remarkable
 little story1 touching the doctrine ,he
 had  just presented in the temple1 and 
here discussed in this chapter4 ,as     
,jesus passed by1 ,he saw a man which   
was blind from his birth4 ,and ,his     
disciples asked ,him1 saying1 ,master1  
who did sin1 this man or his  parents1  
that he was born blind8    ,now1 we must
 remember that in those days people     
believed affliction to  be always a     

punishment for some sin or other4 ,we   
can easily understand  that the parents 
of the man might have sinned2 and       
through their sin1  they might have     
brought blindness upon their son4 ,but  
since he was born  blind1 how could the 
affliction have come as the result of   
his own sin8  ,in only one way4 ,if the 
man had had an existence before he was  
#ea  born in the flesh1 he might there  
have sinned4 ,the ,lord might then have 
punished him for his sin by causing him 
to be born blind4    ,evidently1 the    
disciples understood that there is a    
pre-existent state4  ,but were they     
right8 ,if they were not1 surely ,jesus 
would correct them4  ,listen4 ,jesus    
answered1 ,neither hath this man sinned1
 nor his parents3  but that the works of
 ,god should be made manifest in him4   
,jesus1 then1  did not rebuke them4 ,he1
 too1 accepted the doctrine4 ,at least1 
the  affliction of blindness was not    
because of sin committed in the spirit  
world4 ,and the works of ,god were truly

 made manifest in the miracle  which    
,jesus then performed4    ,sidenote3    
,conclusion4    ,from the teachings of  
,jesus1 in the spirit and in the flesh1 
it is  clear1 then1 that the spirits of 
all men existed in the spirit world     
long before they were born into bodies  
of flesh in this world2 that the  body  
of the spirit is like the mortal body in
 form2 and that ,jesus was  chosen      
before the earth was organized to redeem
 mankind from sin4    ,we have had      
fathers of our flesh which corrected us1
 and we gave them  reverence3 ,shall we 
not much rather be in subjection unto   
the ,father of  ,spirits1 and live8     
,,the ,,references    ,ether #c3d-af4   
,john #ag3bh4    ,john #ag3e4 ,john     
#i3a-g4    ,john #f3fb4 ,heb4 #ab3i4    
#eb ,,the ,,questions    #a4 ,relate the
 story of the vision of the brother of  
,jared8    #b4 ,what was it that enabled
 the brother of ,jared to behold so     
remarkable a vision8    #c4 ,what three 
important points are taught in the      

vision8    #d4 ,how did ,jesus show in  
,his teachings in the flesh that ,he    
believed in  a pre-existence8    #e4    
,what lesson do you derive from the     
story of the healing of the man  born   
blind8    #f4 ,what is the teaching of  
,jesus brought out in this lesson8      
#g4 ,how should this knowledge of a     
spirit existence affect our lives on    
the earth8    #ec    #ed ,,picture3     
,,the ,,sower1 ,millet    #ee           
,,vii    ,,the ,,presence ,,of ,,evil   
,sidenote3 ,a review4    ,let us stop   
now for a moment and think before we    
proceed to the special  subject of this 
chapter4 ,it is clear1 from what we have
 learned1 that  ,jesus had a very       
specific mission to perform on the      
earth4 ,he did not  come merely to      
display miraculous power4 ,he came to   
save mankind--to  teach them to know    
,god and ,his commands1 and to show     
them1 further1  how to keep the         
commands4 ,and the wonderful thing about
 the mission  of ,jesus is that ,he was 

willing to suffer as no other man has   
ever  suffered and finally to lay down  
,his life in order to bring about the   
purpose of ,god4    ,and the great      
purpose of ,god in this world is to     
bring to pass the  immortality and      
eternal life of man4 ,for just as ,jesus
 did not come  merely to show how ,he   
could perform wonders1 so ,god did not  
organize  the earth and put living      
things upon it only to display ,his     
power4  ,he had a far greater and higher
 purpose4 ,that the purpose may be      
accomplished1 man must learn to know    
,god and ,jesus ,christ whom ,he hath   
sent4    ,sidenote3 ,the problem of     
evil4    ,now1 it may seem to you that1 
if ,god were so desirous of saving      
mankind  that ,he was willing to give   
,his only ,begotten ,son to accomplish  
the  desire1 ,he could have made it very
 easy for men to keep ,his commands4    
,indeed1 ,he might have made ,his will  
the only possible thing to do4 ,but  it 
is not so4 ,it is not ever really       

difficult to keep the commands of  ,god 
if one sets his mind to keep them2 but  
there are always so many  other things  
#ef possible to do that one is tempted  
to neglect the  word of ,god4 ,evil is  
always in the way4 ,we wonder why there 
should be  evil in the way1 and how evil
 came to be4 ,men have wondered about   
the  same thing for many ages4 ,it would
 be so much easier to be good if  there 
were no wrong4 ,in this lesson1         
therefore1 we want to learn how  evil   
came into the world2 in the next one1 we
 shall learn why it is  here4           
,sidenote3 ,the parable of the sower4   
,one day1 when a great multitude of     
people had assembled about ,him1  ,jesus
 related the parable of the sower4 ,said
 ,he1 ,a sower went out to  sow his     
seed3 and as he sowed1 some fell by the 
wayside2 and it was  trodden down and   
the fowls of the air devoured it4 ,and  
some fell upon  a rock2 and as soon as  
it was sprung up1 it withered away1     
because it  lacked moisture4 ,and some  

fell among thorns2 and the thorns sprang
 up  with it1 and choked it4 ,and other 
fell on good ground1 and sprang up1  and
 bare fruit an hundredfold4444          
,sidenote3 ,the meaning4    ,now the    
parable is this3 ,the seed is the word  
of ,god4 ,those by the  wayside are they
 that hear2 then cometh the devil1 and  
taketh away the  word out of their      
hearts1 lest they should believe and be 
saved4 ,they  on the rock are they1     
which1 when they hear1 receive the word 
with  joy2 and these have no root1 which
 for a while believe1 and in time of    
temptation fall away4 ,and that which   
fell among thorns are they1 which1  when
 they have heard1 go forth1 and are     
choked with cares and riches  and       
pleasures of this life1 and bring no    
fruit to perfection4 ,but that  on the  
good ground are they1 which in an honest
 and good #eg heart1  having heard the  
word1 keep it1 and bring forth fruit    
with patience4    ,sidenote3 ,the devil 
the power of evil4    ,it is the devil1 

then1 who1 in this world1 is the power  
of evil4  ,directly or indirectly he    
gets between man and the path of duty4  
,although a man may know the way of     
righteousness1 the devil tempts him  to 
neglect it1 or even to depart from it   
and to walk in the way of  evil4 ,but   
who is the devil8 ,whence did he get    
such power8 ,how came he  to be the     
devil8    ,sidenote3 ,a council of the  
spirits4    ,in the pre-existent state1 
of which we learned in the preceding    
lesson1  all the spirits of men lived   
together in a world of spirits4 ,it was 
there that they first heard of the plan 
of salvation--the ,gospel4 ,the  plan   
was explained at a great meeting1 or    
council1 of the spirits4 ,god  ,himself 
presented the plan to them1 and showed  
them how1 in order to  carry out the    
plan1 there would be needed a           
,savior--someone to perform  the very   
mission that ,jesus has actually        
performed for us4 ,then1 when  he had   
fully presented the ,gospel plan1 ,god  

asked1 ,whom shall ,i send8             
,sidenote3 ,jesus ,volunteers4    ,there
 was present at the council a spirit of 
supreme intelligence and  humility4 ,he 
was ,immanuel1 the ,son of ,god4 ,this  
spirit stepped forward  and volunteered 
unselfishly1 ,father1 here am ,i1 send  
me4 ,thy will be  done1 and the glory be
 ,thine forever4    ,sidenote3 ,lucifer 
volunteers4    ,but there was present at
 the assembly a proud and haughty spirit
  named ,lucifer1 the ,light-bringer1 a 
,son of the ,morning4 ,lucifer also     
volunteered1 saying1 ,behold--here am   
,i1 #eh send me1 ,i will be ,thy  son   
and ,i will redeem all mankind1 that one
 soul shall not be lost1 and  surely ,i 
will do it2 wherefore give me ,thine    
honor4    ,one can easily imagine that  
not only ,god1 but the whole multitude  
of  spirits also1 must have been        
astounded at the selfishness and the    
arrogance of ,lucifer4 ,he was willing  
to try to save mankind--to force  their 
salvation1 in fact--but as reward he    

would thrust ,god from ,his  throne1 and
 claim for himself the honor and glory  
of ,god4 ,it was as if  he had said in  
his heart1 ,i will ascend into heaven1  
,i will exalt my  throne above the stars
 of ,god4    ,sidenote3 ,lucifer rebels4
    ,it is no wonder1 then1 that ,god   
said simply1 ,i will send the first4    
,naturally1 ,lucifer became angry1 and  
rebelled against ,god1 carrying  with   
him one-third of the spirits of heaven4 
,but in the war which  followed1        
,lucifer and his host were defeated1 and
 were cast out of  heaven4 ,and he      
became ,satan1 yea1 even the devil1 the 
father of lies1  to deceive and to blind
 men1 and to lead them captive at his   
will1 even  as many as would not hearken
 unto 7,god's7 voice4    ,sidenote3 ,the
 declaration of ,jesus4    ,that is how 
evil came into the world2 and that is   
why ,jesus said once  to the ,jews who  
rejected ,him1 ,if ,god were your       
,father1 ye would  love me3 for ,i      
proceeded forth and am come from ,god3  

neither came ,i  of myself1 but ,he sent
 me4 ,why do ye not understand my       
speech8 even  because ye cannot hear my 
word4 ,ye are of your father the devil1 
and the lusts of your father ye will do4
 ,he was a murderer from the  beginning1
 and abode #ei not in the truth1 because
 there is no truth  in him4 ,when he    
speaketh a lie1 he speaketh of his own3 
for he is a  liar1 and the father of it4
    ,,the ,,references    ,luke #h3d-ae4
 ,isa4 #ad3ab1 #ac4    ,moses #d3a-d4   
,doc4 and ,cov4 #bi3cf-ch4    ,abraham  
#c3bg1 #bh4 ,doc4 and ,cov4 #gf3be-bg4  
,john #h3db-dd4    ,,the ,,questions    
#a4 ,why is one tempted to neglect the  
word of ,god8    #b4 ,what is the lesson
 of the parable of the sower8    #c4    
,who is the sower of evil in the world8 
#d4 ,how did ,satan come to be the      
devil8    #e4 ,what is the devil's      
mission on the earth8    #f4 ,how did   
,jesus characterize the devil8    #fj   
,,picture3 ,,temptation ,,of ,,christ1  
,scheffer    #fa        ,,viii    ,,why 

,,evil ,,is ,,in ,,the ,,world          
,sidenote3 ,the devil's desperate hope4 
,no better illustration of the mission  
of the devil on the earth can be  found 
than the story of the temptation of     
,jesus4 ,you remember1 that1  when      
,jesus was grown to manhood ,he went to 
the river ,jordan and was  baptized by  
,john4 ,then1 we are told1 was ,jesus   
led up of the ,spirit  into the         
wilderness to be tempted of the devil4  
,and when ,he had fasted  forty days and
 forty nights1 ,he was afterward an     
hungered4    ,this was a very important 
and a critical moment in the history of 
the  world4 ,jesus was about to begin   
the splendid ministry which was to      
culminate in ,his death on the cross for
 the redemption of the world4 ,if  ,he  
should succeed in ,his mission1 the     
power of evil would be broken1  and it  
would become possible for man to return 
to the presence of ,god4  ,of course1   
,satan was much disturbed at such a     
thought4 ,he had gained  such power on  

the earth that he had come to be called 
the prince of  this world4 ,it angered  
him to think that he might lose that    
power4  ,in desperation1 he determined  
to try his strength with ,jesus4 ,if he 
could but bring about the downfall of   
the ,son of ,god1 ,god's plan would     
certainly be thwarted1 and ,satan might 
hope utterly to possess the  earth4 ,it 
was a wicked ambition2 but it was in    
fulfillment of his  mission among men4  
,so ,satan set about to tempt even the  
,only ,begotten  of the ,father4        
,sidenote3 ,the temptation of ,jesus4   
,and when the tempter came to ,him      
7,jesus71 he said1 ,if thou be the  ,son
 of ,god1 command that these stones be  
made bread4 ,but ,he 7,jesus7  answered 
and #fb said1 ,it is written1 ,man shall
 not live by bread  alone1 but by every 
word that proceedeth out of the mouth of
 ,god4  ,then the devil taketh ,him up  
into the holy city1 and setteth ,him on 
a  pinnacle of the temple1 and saith    
unto ,him1 ,if ,thou be the ,son of     

,god1  cast ,thyself down3 for it is    
written4 ,he shall give ,his angels     
charge  concerning ,thee3 and in their  
hands they shall bear ,thee up1 lest at 
any time ,thou dash ,thy foot against a 
stone4 ,jesus said unto him1 ,it is     
written again1 ,thou shalt not tempt the
 ,lord thy ,god4 ,again1 the devil      
taketh ,him up into an exceeding high   
mountain1 and sheweth ,him all the      
kingdoms of the world1 and the glory of 
them2 and saith unto ,him1 ,all  these  
things will ,i give ,thee1 if ,thou wilt
 fall down and worship me4  ,then saith 
,jesus unto him1 ,get thee hence1       
,satan3 for it is written4  ,thou shalt 
worship the ,lord thy ,god1 and ,him    
only shalt thou serve4  ,then the devil 
leaveth ,him1 and1 behold1 angels came  
and ministered  unto ,him4    ,sidenote3
 ,the application4    ,this impressive  
story of the strength and ultimate      
victory of innocence  and purity is full
 of significance4 ,in the performing of 
his mission of  evil1 ,satan never stops

 with one kind of temptation alone4 ,he 
attacks  man at every point where       
weakness may lie4 ,first he appealed to 
the  appetites of the flesh4 ,but though
 ,jesus had fasted forty days and  forty
 nights1 and was hungry1 yet ,he        
resisted the evil suggestion of  the    
tempter4 ,then ,satan appealed to the   
love of glory and the praise of  men4   
,but ,jesus was content to wait1 knowing
 that the glory and praise  which would 
come to ,him1 from #fc honest and worthy
 endeavor1 would  be greater and far    
more lasting than that which might come 
from mere  display4 ,finally1 ,satan    
appealed to the love of riches and      
power4 ,but  ,jesus had the will and the
 strength to command him to depart2 for 
the  riches and the power gained through
 evil are necessarily but fleeting1     
whereas the blessings derived through   
the service of ,god endure  forever4    
,thus did ,jesus overcome the great     
temptation1 and show all men  how to    
resist evil4    ,sidenote3 ,guard       

against suggestions of the devil4       
,you may readily understand1 that       
because of ,his own experience1 ,jesus  
appreciated fully the tempting power of 
the devil4 ,in the parable  of the      
sower1 you remember1 ,jesus urges men to
 guard against the  suggestions of the  
devil4 ,it is because of the hearkening 
to those  suggestions that so much of   
the seed fails to bear fruit4 ,and not  
only  do those suggestions withhold men 
from good deeds1 but they inspire  evil 
thoughts and draw men into sin4 ,there  
are in history many examples  of this   
truth2 but there is none more shocking  
than the example of  ,judas ,iscariot1  
who betrayed the ,christ to ,his        
enemies4 ,when ,he  7,jesus7 had dipped 
the sop1 we read in the ,gospel of ,st4 
,john1 ,he  gave it to ,judas ,iscariot1
 the son of ,simon4 ,and after the sop  
7the  devil having now put into the     
heart of ,judas ,iscariot1 ,simon's son1
  to betray ,him7 ,satan entered into   
him4 ,judas had not the strength to     

resist the suggestions of the devil1 and
 thus brought condemnation upon         
himself4    ,sidenote3 ,why there is    
evil4    ,but you are still wondering   
why there is evil in the world4 ,why    
should  even ,jesus1 the ,christ1 be    
subjected to temptation by the devil8   
,let us  consider the source of our love
 and adoration of ,jesus4 ,if ,god had  
made  it no trial #fd or task at all1   
but altogether pleasant1 to redeem      
mankind1 should we experience the       
affection and the worship that we now   
feel for ,jesus8 ,if ,he had not        
suffered2 if ,he had experienced no     
pain2  if ,he had passed through no     
agony of body nor anguish of heart1     
could  we feel indebted to ,him as we do
 now8 ,if ,he had suffered no           
temptation1  if it had never been a     
struggle for ,him to do the right--as it
 was in  ,gethsemane--could we admire   
,his strength1 and profit by ,his       
teaching8  ,in short1 could the atoning 
death of ,jesus be called a sacrifice1  

if  there had been no suffering1 no     
overcoming of temptation and evil8 ,it  
was through overcoming that ,jesus      
proved ,himself worthy to be the ,son   
of ,god4    ,sidenote3 ,the trial of    
man4    ,in just the same way1 evil is  
put before man to tempt him1 that he too
  may show his worthiness or            
unworthiness4 ,we admire the boy who has
 the  ,the trial of courage and the     
will-power to say ,no to the suggestion 
of evil4 ,we recognize in him strength  
of character4 ,we see in him a  pillar  
of strength for the future4 ,we are     
likely to despise the boy  who always   
yields to temptation1 who allows his    
character to be broken  down by evil1   
and who finally becomes a slave to      
,satan4 ,such a boy is a  weakling2 he  
will be of little or of no service to   
the world4    ,sidenote3 ,a state of    
probation4    ,with these facts in mind1
 it is easy to understand the words of  
,jesus  in the ,spirit world4 ,at the   
great council of the spirits--about     

which  we have already learned--,jesus  
said to those around ,him1 ,we will go  
down1 for there is space there1 and we  
will take of these materials1  and we   
will make an earth whereon these        
7spirits7 may #fe dwell2  and we will   
prove them herewith1 to see if they will
 do all things  whatsoever the ,lord    
their ,god shall command them4 ,and in  
our own  dispensation1 ,jesus said to   
the ,prophet1 ,joseph ,smith1 ,it must  
needs  be that the devil should tempt   
the children of men1 or they could not  
be agents unto themselves1 for if they  
never should have bitter1 they  could   
not know the sweet4    ,sidenote3 ,the  
free agency of man4    ,here of course  
lies the secret of the matter4 ,god has 
endowed us with  free agency4 ,he does  
not try to force us to be good1 but we  
may do good  or evil as we ourselves    
please4 ,and as we gain strength to     
overcome  evil1 we grow in character and
 in power1 and become more nearly worthy
  to return to the presence of ,god4 ,it

 was partly because he wanted  to       
destroy the ,god-given free agency of   
man1 that ,lucifer was cast  out of     
heaven4 ,only the person who sturdily   
and persistently resists  temptation    
retains his free agency4 ,he who yields 
to temptation becomes  soon a servant to
 the devil1 and loses the free agency   
with which ,god  endowed him4           
,through overcoming temptation and evil 
,jesus triumphed over the devil  and    
redeemed the world4 ,through overcoming 
temptation and evil1 man1  too1 may     
triumph over the devil1 and have glory  
added upon his head for  ever and ever4 
,wherefore1 men are free according to   
the flesh2 and all  things are given    
unto them which are expedient unto man4 
,and they are  free to choose liberty   
and eternal life1 through the great     
mediation of  all men1 or to choose     
captivity and death1 according to the   
captivity  and power of the devil4      
#ff ,,the ,,references    ,matt4        
#d3a-aa4 ,abraham #c3bd1be4    ,matt4   

#ac3ai4 ,doc4 and ,cov4 #bi3ci4    ,john
 #ac3b-bf1 #bg4 #b ,nephi #b3bg4        
,,the ,,questions    #a4 ,why should the
 devil be concerned after the baptism of
 ,jesus8    #b4 ,discuss the temptation 
of ,jesus4    #c4 ,to what do the       
suggestions of the devil lead8    #d4   
,how did ,jesus prove ,himself worthy to
 be the ,son of ,god8    #e4 ,how may   
man prove himself worthy to be a son of 
,god8    #f4 ,why was man placed upon   
the earth8    #g4 ,what is the meaning  
of free agency8    #h4 ,why is evil upon
 the earth8    #fg    #fh ,,picture3    
,,market ,,scene ,,at ,,bethlehem4      
#fi        ,,ix    ,,the ,,crown ,,of   
,,creation    ,have you ever felt the   
wonder of the poet as he sings1      ,i 
stand all amazed at the love ,jesus     
offers me1    ,confused at the grace    
that so fully ,he proffers me2    ,i    
tremble to know that for me ,he was     
crucified1    ,that for me1 a sinner1   
,he suffered1 ,he bled and died4        
,sidenote3 ,a wonder-rousing sacrifice4 

,it is truly the most wonderfully       
unselfish sacrifice1 and the sincerest  
demonstration of love1 you will find    
anywhere recorded4 ,as ,he  approached  
the day of the awful sacrifice1 ,jesus  
,himself declared to  ,his followers1   
,this is my commandment1 ,that ye love  
one another1 as ,i  have loved you4     
,greater love hath no man than this1    
that a man lay down  his life for his   
friends4 ,and as ,god the ,son          
manifested thus ,his great  love1 so    
also did ,god the ,father4 ,for ,god so 
loved the world1 that ,he  gave ,his    
only ,begotten ,son1 that whosoever     
believeth in ,him should not  perish1   
but have everlasting life4    ,sidenote3
 ,why should ,god be mindful of man8    
,now1 it is only natural that one should
 ask1 as did the great psalmist1  ,what 
is man1 that thou art mindful of him8   
and the son of man that  ,thou visitest 
him8 ,why should there be devised in the
 heavens a  gracious and liberal plan of
 salvation8 ,why1 because of man1 should

 the  hosts of heaven be plunged into   
the horrors of civil war8 ,what is man1 
that the noblest of the spirits of      
heaven should lay down ,his life for    
man's redemption8 ,it is an answer to   
these questions that we want now  to    
find in the teachings of ,jesus4        
,sidenote3 ,the parable of the lost     
sheep4    #gj ,one day when the         
publicans and the sinners drew near to  
,jesus  to hear ,him1 the ,pharisees and
 scribes murmured1 saying1 ,this man    
receiveth sinners1 and eateth with them4
 ,and ,he spake this parable unto  them1
 saying1 ,what man of you1 having an    
hundred sheep1 if he lose one  of them1 
doth not leave the ninety and nine in   
the wilderness1 and go  after that which
 is lost1 until he find it8 ,and when he
 hath found it1  he layeth it on his    
shoulders1 rejoicing4 ,and when he      
cometh home1 he  calleth together his   
friends and neighbours1 saying unto     
them1 ,rejoice  with me2 for ,i have    
found my sheep which was lost4 ,i say   

unto you1 that  likewise joy shall be in
 heaven over one sinner that repenteth1 
more  than over ninety and nine just    
persons1 which need no repentance4      
,sidenote3 ,man's soul without price4   
,jesus could hardly have told a better  
story to show what great value  ,god    
places upon man4 ,it is in perfect      
accord with many other sayings of  ,his1
 some of which you should know1 ,said   
,he1 at one time1 ,what shall  it profit
 a man1 if he shall gain the whole      
world1 and lose his own  soul8 ,or what 
shall a man give in exchange for his    
soul4 ,at another  time ,he said1 ,are  
not two sparrows sold for a farthing8   
and one of  them shall not fall on the  
ground without your ,father4 ,but the   
very  hairs of your head are all        
numbered4 ,fear ye not therefore1 ye are
 of  more value than many sparrows4 ,in 
the teaching of ,jesus1 then1 the  soul 
of man--his true life--is beyond any    
earthly price4 ,indeed1 its  value is   
far beyond the worth of the whole       

material world4    #ga ,and ,jesus did  
not place this high value on the soul of
 any  particular man4 ,to ,him the souls
 of all men are priceless4 ,he is no    
respecter of persons4 ,the ,father      
maketh ,his sun to shine on the evil    
and on the good1 and sendeth rain on the
 just and on the unjust4 ,there  is none
 so humble that he is beyond the reach  
of the love of ,god1 nor  none so       
worldly great that he does not need it4 
,said ,jesus1 ,whosoever  shall offend  
one of these little ones that believe in
 me1 it is better  for him that a       
millstone were hanged about his neck1   
and he were cast  into the sea4         
,sidenote3 ,man1 the offspring of ,god4 
,it is because ,jesus knew and          
recognized the divine possibilities  of 
every man1 great or small1 that ,he thus
 valued him so highly4  ,jesus taught   
always that ,god is the ,father in      
heaven--and that not  figuratively4 ,we 
are indeed the offspring of ,god2 and   
being the  offspring of ,god1 there     

resides in all of us the possibility to 
become  gods4 ,indeed1 in the           
dispensation of the fulness of times1 in
 which we  live1 it has been revealed   
that ,god is ,himself an exalted man2   
that ,he  has ,himself passed through   
such a probationary state as that in    
which  man now lives2 and that it is    
possible for man to become like ,god4   
,jesus1 likewise1 taught this truth to  
those who heard ,him4 ,when the  ,jews  
were about to stone ,him because ,he    
declared ,himself the ,son of  ,god1    
,jesus said1 ,is it not written in your 
law1 ,i said1 ,ye are ,gods8  ,when     
exhorting the people to live righteous  
lives1 ,he urged1 ,be ye  therefore     
perfect1 even as your ,father which is  
in heaven is perfect4  ,and the         
disciples caught the meaning of #gb the 
doctrine2 for1 wrote  ,john1 ,beloved1  
now are we the sons of ,god4            
,sidenote3 ,the questions answered4     
,since1 then1 the soul of man is of such
 divine origin1 and therefore  of such  

surpassing value1 we need seek no       
further for the answer to  our          
questions4 ,the heavenly ,father feels  
the loss of a child even  more keenly   
than does an earthly father4 ,man is a  
son of ,god1 and may  himself become a  
god2 therefore1 ,god is mindful of him4 
,sidenote3 ,reverence for ,god4    ,now1
 since he is the offspring of the       
,almighty ,father1 man owes certain     
duties both to ,god and to himself4 ,in 
the first place1 as a faithful  and     
devoted son1 he should hold the ,father 
in reverence4 ,ye have heard  that it   
hath been said by them of old time1 said
 ,jesus1 ,thou shalt  not forswear      
thyself1 but shalt perform unto the     
,lord thine oaths4  ,but ,i say unto    
you1 ,swear not at all2 neither by      
heaven2 for it is  ,god's throne3 nor by
 the earth2 for it is ,his footstool3   
neither by  ,jerusalem2 for it is the   
city of the great ,king4 ,the ,father of
 us all  is to be held in awe4 ,thou    
shalt not take the name of the ,lord thy

 ,god  in vain2 for the ,lord will not  
hold him guiltless that taketh ,his name
  in vain4    ,sidenote3 ,reverence for 
personal honor4    ,in like manner1 the 
value and dignity of man require that he
 should  hold his own personal honor in 
reverence4 ,his word should be as good  
as  his bond4 ,it should not be         
necessary to bind a bargain with an     
oath4  ,such practice leads easily to   
profanity4 ,jesus said also1 ,neither   
shalt thou swear by thy head1 because   
thou canst not #gc make one hair  white 
or black4 ,but let your communications  
be ,yea1 yea2 ,nay1 nay3 for  whatsoever
 is more than these cometh of evil4     
,sidenote3 ,reverence for personal      
purity4    ,again1 the divine           
possibilities in him1 demand that every 
man should  be willing to make any      
worldly sacrifice rather than defile his
 soul  with evil4 ,as ,jesus put it1    
,the light-of-the body is the eye3 if   
therefore thine eye be single1 thy whole
 body shall be full of light4  ,but if  

thine eye be evil1 thy whole body shall 
be full of darkness4  ,if therefore the 
light that is in thee be darkness1 how  
great is that  darkness6 ,if thine eye  
offend thee1 pluck it out3 it is better 
for  thee to enter into the kingdom of  
,god with one eye1 than having two  eyes
 to be cast into hell fire4    ,thus we 
learn1 that1 in the teachings of ,jesus1
 man is the crown  of creation4 ,he is  
the noblest work of ,god4 ,he has in him
 the  possibilities of ,godhood4 ,he is 
indeed the son of ,god4 ,that is why    
there has been manifested such unstinted
 love for him4 ,and that is why  man    
should cultivate sincere reverence for  
,god1 and reverence for his  own        
personal honor1 and reverence for his   
own personal purity4    ,know ye not    
that ye are the temple of ,god1 and that
 the ,spirit of ,god  dwelleth in you8  
,if any man defile the temple of ,god1  
him shall ,god  destroy2 for the temple 
of ,god is holy1 which temple ye are4   
7,see ,shakespeare's ,apostrophe to ,man

 in ,hamlet47    #gd ,,the ,,references 
,john #c3af4 ,mark #i3db4    ,john      
#ae3ab-ac4 ,matt4 #aj3bi1 #ca4    ,ps4  
#h3d4 ,matt4 #e3cc-cg1 #de1 #dh4        
,luke #ae3b-g4 ,matt4 #f3bb1 #bc4       
,mark #h3cf1 #cg4 ,luke #i3dg4    #a    
,cor4 #c3af1 #ag4    ,,the ,,questions  
#a4 ,what does the parable of the lost  
sheep illustrate8    #b4 ,what value did
 ,jesus place on a man's soul8    #c4   
,what difference did a man's station in 
life make to the love of  ,jesus8    #d4
 ,why did ,jesus place so high a value  
on the soul of man8    #e4 ,what duty   
does man owe ,god8    #f4 ,what duties  
does man owe himself8    #g4 ,how is the
 body of man the temple of ,god8    #ge 
#gf ,,picture3 ,,the ,,forgiving        
,,father1 ,molitor    #gg        ,x     
,,the ,,forgiving ,,father    ,sidenote3
 ,the parable of the prodigal4    ,a    
certain man had two sons3 and the       
younger of them said to his  father1    
,father1 give me the portion of goods   
that falleth to me4 ,and  he divided    

unto them his living4 ,and not many days
 after the younger  son gathered all    
together1 and took his journey into a   
far country1  and there wasted his      
substance with riotous living4 ,and when
 he had  spent all1 there arose a mighty
 famine in that land2 and he began to be
  in want4 ,and he went and joined      
himself to a citizen of that country2   
and he sent him into his fields to feed 
swine4 ,and he would fain have  filled  
his belly with the husks that the swine 
did eat3 and no man  gave unto him4 ,and
 when he came to himself1 he said4 ,how 
many hired  servants of my father's have
 bread enough and to spare1 and ,i      
perish  with hunger6 ,i will arise and  
go to my father1 and will say unto him1 
,father1 ,i have sinned against heaven1 
and before thee1 and am no more  worthy 
to be called thy son3 make me as one of 
thy hired servants4    ,and he arose1   
and came to his father4 ,but when he was
 yet a great way  off1 his father saw   
him1 and had compassion1 and ran1 and   

fell on his  neck1 and kissed him4 ,and 
the son said unto him1 ,father1 ,i have 
sinned  against heaven1 and in thy      
sight1 and am no more worthy to be      
called  thy son4 ,but the father said to
 his servants1 ,bring forth the best    
robe1 and put it on him2 and put a ring 
on his hand1 and shoes on his  feet3 and
 bring hither the fatted calf1 and kill 
it2 and let us eat4  and be merry3 for  
this my son was dead #gh and is alive   
again2 he was  lost and is found4 ,and  
they began to be merry4    ,now his     
elder son was in the field3 and as he   
came and drew nigh  to the house1 he    
heard music and dancing4 ,and he called 
one of the  servants1 and asked what    
these things meant4 ,and he said unto   
him1 ,thy  brother is come3 and thy     
father hath killed the fatted calf1     
because he  hath received him safe and  
sound4 ,and he was angry1 and would not 
go  in3 therefore came his father out1  
and entreated him4    ,and he answering 
said to his father1 ,lo1 these many     

years do ,i serve  thee1 neither        
transgress ,i at any time thy           
commandment and yet thou  never gavest  
me a kid1 that ,i might make merry with 
my friends3 but  as soon as this thy son
 was come1 which hath devoured thy      
living with  harlots1 thou hast killed  
for him the fatted calf4    ,and he said
 unto him4 ,son1 thou art ever with me1 
and all that ,i have  is thine4 ,it was 
meet that we should make merry1 and be  
glad3 for this  thy brother was dead1   
and is alive again2 and was lost1 and is
 found4    ,sidenote3 ,the forgiving    
,father4    ,of this beautiful parable1 
the great ,dickens said very truly1 ,it 
is  the most touching passage in all    
literature4 ,most people think of  it   
and speak of it as the story of the     
prodigal son4 ,it is really1  however1  
the story of the forgiving ,father4     
,jesus wanted the ,jews  to learn to    
know ,god as the ,father of all         
men--great and small--and  therefore    
interested in the welfare of all of     

them4 ,jesus knew only  too well that   
sin held possession of the lives of the 
people of ,his  day4 ,he #gi saw plenty 
of evidence of it4 ,men were living     
corrupt  lives4 ,corruption had defiled 
their minds as well as their bodies4    
,they crowded about the ,master to be   
healed of both mental and physical      
diseases1 that1 in many cases1 had come 
upon them because of their  sins4 ,jesus
 knew1 too1 that no hope was held out to
 the sinner in the  perverted doctrines 
of the rabbis4 ,these doctrines made it 
impossible  for the sinner ever to      
return to the presence of ,god4 ,but    
,jesus  wanted men to think of ,god not 
as a stern1 severe1 and relentless      
being1 but as a loving and forgiving    
,father to all men4 ,so1 when the       
younger son of the parable had          
recognized his sins1 had sorrowfully    
repented of them1 and had returned and  
had confessed them freely1 the  father  
forgave them freely1 and received him   
again joyfully into the  household4 ,of 

course1 the prodigal son1 though        
forgiven1 would never  be able wholly to
 efface from his soul the marks of his  
offenses1 any  more than you would be   
able to remove from a post the hole made
 by a  nail you had driven in4 ,you may 
be sorry and pull out the nail1 but the 
hole remains2 and even though you fill  
the hole with putty1 and cover  all with
 paint1 yet in the post remains the mark
 made by that nail4  ,however1 that the 
,father will fully forgive the penitent 
sinner without  upbraiding is indeed a  
consolation worth knowing4 ,it was      
without doubt  the desire of ,jesus to  
illustrate ,god's intense love even for 
the  sinner and ,his eagerness to       
reclaim him4    ,sidenote3 ,condemnation
 of the self-righteous4    ,now there   
were present1 when ,jesus related the   
parable of the forgiving  father and    
other parables teaching the same        
comforting lesson1 a number  of the     
scribes #hj and ,pharisees4 ,these      
self-righteous men derided  ,him1 and   

found fault with ,him because ,he       
treated sinners as if they too  were men
 with souls4 ,to these self-righteous   
ones1 ,jesus spoke after  this wise3    
,you scribes and ,pharisees1 you justify
 yourselves before  men4 ,you think     
yourselves so righteous that you need no
 repentance4 ,but  ,god knows your      
hearts2 and often that which is highly  
esteemed among  men is abomination      
before the ,lord4 ,the great brotherhood
 of man are  all children of ,god2 when 
one who has sinned repents and returns  
to  ,father's home1 there is more joy   
over his return1 than over ninety and   
nine like you who think they need no    
repentance4 ,to illustrate your  case1  
,i may tell you this parable3           
,sidenote3 ,the publican and the        
,pharisee4    ,two men went up into the 
temple to pray3 the one a ,pharisee1 and
 the  other a publican4 ,the ,pharisee  
stood and prayed thus with himself1     
,god1  ,i thank thee1 that ,i am not as 
other men are1 extortioners1 unjust1    

adulterers1 or even as this publican4 ,i
 fast twice in the week1 ,i give  tithes
 of all that ,i possess4 ,and the       
publican1 standing afar off1  would not 
lift up so much as his eyes to heaven1  
but smote upon his  breast1 saying1 ,god
 be merciful to me a sinner4 ,i tell    
you1 this man  went down to his house   
justified rather than the other3 for    
every one  that exalteth himself shall  
be abased2 and he that humbleth himself 
shall be exalted4    ,fortunately1 then1
 ,god the ,father is ready1 nay1 eager1 
to forgive the  sins of the wrongdoer   
who repents4 ,likewise1 ,he is ready1   
eager1 to  answer the prayer that is    
spoken in sincere humility4 ,but there  
is no  justification for him who thinks 
he has no need #ha of repentance1 or    
who self-righteously exalts himself     
above his fellowmen4 ,said ,jesus  to   
our own great ,prophet1 ,i the ,lord    
cannot look upon sin with the  least    
degree of allowance1 nevertheless1 he   
that repents and does the  commandments 

of the ,lord shall be forgiven4    ,,the
 ,,references    ,luke #ae3aa ff4 ,doc4 
and ,cov4 #a3ca4    ,luke #ah3i-ad4     
,,the ,,questions    #a4 ,retell the    
story of the ,forgiving ,father4    #b4 
,justify ,dickens's statement that this 
is the most touching passage  in        
literature4    #c4 ,what was ,jesus's   
purpose in telling the story8    #d4    
,what views did the ,jews generally hold
 concerning sinners8    #e4 ,what did   
,jesus say about the self-righteous8    
#f4 ,what lesson do you get from the    
prayer of the publican8    #g4 ,what is 
,god's attitude toward sin8    #hb      
,,picture3 ,,the ,,consoling ,,christ1  
,plockhorst    #hc        ,,xi4         
,,sincerity ,,in ,,worship    ,sidenote3
 ,finding and losing one's life4    ,one
 day ,jesus called to ,him the twelve   
disciples whom ,he had chosen to  be    
,his special witnesses and instructed   
them in the business of their  mission4 
,amongst other things1 ,jesus said to   
them1 ,he that findeth his  life1 shall 

lose it2 and he that loseth his life for
 my sake1 shall  find it4    ,perhaps   
you may be surprised to know that this  
little saying has caused  many people to
 wonder4 ,or1 perhaps1 you may wonder   
yourself what ,jesus  meant4 ,why should
 a man who has found his life lose it8  
,indeed1 how can  a man both find and   
lose his life at the same time8 ,and how
 can a man  who has lost his life find  
it8 ,what does it mean to lose one's    
life1  and to find one's life8          
,undoubtedly1 the answer to these       
questions must  be of great importance  
to men4    ,in seeking for that answer1 
we must recall the fundamental purpose  
of  the mission of ,jesus1 and of ,his  
loving sacrifice for the salvation of   
the rest of ,father's children4 ,jesus  
strove to teach men to know ,god1  and1 
through ,his cruel death1 to bring men  
back into the presence of  ,god4 ,all of
 ,jesus's teaching1 therefore1 was based
 upon the fact that  the chief thing in 
a man's life is to recognize his divine 

right as a  son of ,god1 and to come    
into close1 real1 and constant touch    
with the  ,father in heaven4 ,but how   
shall a man come into such close touch  
with  the ,almighty ,being who rules the
 universe8    ,sidenote3 ,the necessity 
of harmony4    #hd ,our lives upon the  
earth are full of illustrations of how  
necessary it is for us to put ourselves 
into perfect harmony with our           
environments when we wish to attain     
certain ends4 ,if we wish to mingle     
with so-called society1 we must conform 
to the artificial standards  of society 
in dress1 and manners1 and speech1 and  
many other things2  otherwise1 we become
 outcasts from society and are despised4
 ,or again1  if we set up an apparatus  
for wireless telegraphy1 we must1       
whether  we like it or not1 make all    
connections close and in proper way1 and
  we must use the right kind of         
materials in both the transmitting and  
the receiving instruments2 otherwise1 we
 can neither send nor receive  messages4

 ,if in the society of men1 and in the  
application of the  principles of       
science1 it is so urgently necessary to 
observe the rules  of society and the   
laws of science1 it is very easy to     
understand  that1 if we would come into 
close and constant touch with ,god1 we  
must  observe also the laws of such     
divine communion4 ,anything at all that 
might come between one and real         
communion with ,god would be disastrous4
  ,indeed1 in the teaching of ,jesus1 it
 would constitute the greatest  sorrow1 
the greatest tragedy in human existence4
 ,since it is life  eternal to know     
,god1 not to know ,him1 not to find     
,him1 is loss eternal4  ,although a man 
may prosper1 then1 in this              
life--although he may find  his life1 as
 it were1 in this world--yet shall he   
lose it eternally1  if he has not found 
,god4 ,if we stop now1 and think this   
out clearly1  we may understand very    
easily what ,jesus meant when ,he said  
to ,his  disciples1 ,he #he that findeth

 his life1 shall lose it2 and he that   
loseth his life for my sake1 shall find 
it4    ,sidenote3 ,three forms of       
temptation4    ,we may now ask          
ourselves1 ,what is likely to come      
between us and close  touch with ,god1  
to prevent us from finding ,god1 and    
thus to prevent us  from gaining life   
eternal8 ,you will recall what we have  
already learned  about the temptation of
 ,jesus4 ,the devil tempted ,jesus first
 through  the physical1 the bodily1     
appetites2 then through the desire1 the 
love  of wordly praise2 and lastly1     
through the love of worldly power and   
riches4 ,it was these very forms of     
temptation that ,jesus feared might     
come between man and ,god4 ,especially  
did ,he fear that the love of the       
praise of men might tempt people and    
bring about their destruction4 ,so1  as 
,he taught one time those who followed  
,him1 ,he explained to them the  right  
attitude in worship4    ,sidenote3      
,instruction in praying and alms-giving4

    ,take heed that ye do not your alms 
before men1 said ,jesus1 to be  seen of 
them2 otherwise ye have no reward of    
your ,father which is in  heaven4       
,therefore1 when thou doest thine alms1 
do not sound a trumpet  before thee1 as 
the hypocrites do in the synagogues and 
in the streets1  that they may have     
glory of men4 ,verily ,i say unto you1  
,they have their  reward4 ,but when thou
 doest alms1 let not thy left hand know 
what thy  right hand doeth3 that thine  
alms may be in secret3 and thy ,father  
which seeth in secret ,himself shall    
reward thee openly4    ,and when thou   
prayest1 said ,jesus further1 thou shalt
 not be as the  hypocrites are3 for they
 love to #hf pray standing in the       
synagogues  and in the corners of the   
streets1 that they may be seen of men4  
,verily  ,i say unto you1 ,they have    
their reward4 ,but thou1 when thou      
prayest1  enter into thy closet1 and    
when thou hast shut thy door1 pray to   
thy  ,father which is in secret2 and thy

 ,father which seeth in secret shall    
reward thee openly4    ,moreover1       
continued ,jesus1 touching the third    
conventional form  of worship1 when ye  
fast1 be not1 as the hypocrites1 of a   
sad  countenance3 for they disfigure    
their faces1 that they may appear unto  
men to fast4 ,verily ,i say unto you1   
,they have their reward4 ,but thou1     
when thou fastest1 anoint thine head1   
and wash thy face2 that thou  appear not
 unto men to fast1 but unto thy ,father 
which is in secret3  and thy ,father    
which seeth in secret1 shall reward thee
 openly4    ,sidenote3 ,the real value  
of worship4    ,now1 it is not necessary
 to think that these sayings of ,jesus  
are to  be taken literally4 ,it is not  
absolutely necessary that1 in order to  
pray in secret1 one should retire to his
 chamber and shut the door1  then pray2 
nor is it absolutely necessary that1 in 
fasting1 one should  anoint one's head  
and wash one's face4 ,jesus used these  
figures merely  to portray a condition  

opposite to that assumed by the         
hypocrites4 ,but  ,jesus wanted to teach
 that the value of worship depends upon 
the motive  that inspires it4 ,if one   
gives alms to be seen of men and to be  
praised  therefore1 one's reward lies   
there in the praise one receives4 ,god  
will  bestow no other favor4 ,likewise1 
those who pray and fast to be praised   
of men1 get their reward in the worldly 
praise they receive4 ,they  have not    
found ,god4 ,they #hg are not in real1  
vital touch with ,him4  ,worldly        
ambitions have come between them and    
,him4 ,in gaining the life  of this     
world they have lost life eternal4 ,they
 have yielded to the  temptation of mere
 ostentation and display4 ,and this     
spirit has entered  unfortunately1 into 
the service of many churches4           
,obviously1 says a  noted student of the
 ,bible1 many of the elaborate forms and
 ceremonies  which have developed in    
connection with the worship of the      
,christian  ,church are contrary to ,his

 7,jesus's7 spirit and teachings4 ,only 
in so  far as they lead the individual  
into closer personal touch with ,god are
  they justifiable or of real value4    
,sidenote3 ,humility and sincerity4     
,what then is the right attitude in     
worship8 ,god ,himself has declared1    
you remember1 that those who worship    
,him must do so in spirit and in  truth4
 ,the motive of worship is of more      
importance than the form4  ,the value of
 worship lies in humility1 in laying    
aside all worldly  ambitions1 in        
approaching close to ,god for the sole  
purpose of  communing with ,him4 ,it is 
better to lose one's worldly life in the
  service of ,god1 than to gain that    
worldly life and fail to find ,god2  for
 he who thus loses the worldly life1    
shall find life eternal4    ,i give unto
 you these sayings1 said ,jesus once to 
,joseph the ,prophet1  that ye may      
understand and know how to worship1 and 
know what you  worship1 that you may    
come unto the ,father in my name1 and in

 due time  receive of ,his fulness2 for 
if you keep my commandments you shall   
receive of ,his fulness1 and be         
glorified in me as ,i am in the ,father2
  therefore1 ,i say unto you1 you shall 
receive grace for grace4    #hh ,,the   
,,references    ,matt4 #aj3ci4 ,matt4   
#f3e1 #f4    ,matt4 #f3a-d4 ,matt4      
#f3af-ah4    ,doc4 and ,cov4 #ic3ai1    
#bj4    ,,the ,,questions    #a4 ,what  
did ,jesus mean by the saying ,he that  
findeth his life shall  lose it8    #b4 
,what is the chief thing in a man's     
life8    #c4 ,show how it is necessary  
to put ourselves in harmony with our    
environments4    #d4 ,what is likely to 
come between us and close communion with
 ,god8    #e4 ,what is right attitude in
 worship8    #f4 ,wherein lies the value
 of worship8    #hi    #ij ,,picture3   
,,jesus ,,praying1 ,liska    #ia        
,,xii    ,,how ,,to ,,pray    ,and it   
came to pass1 that1 as 7,jesus7 was     
praying in a certain place1  when ,he   
ceased1 one of ,his disciples said unto 

,him1 ,lord teach us to  pray1 as ,john 
also taught his disciples4    ,and ,he  
said unto them1 ,when ye pray1 say1     
,sidenote3 ,the ,lord's prayer4    ,our 
,father which art in heaven1 ,hallowed  
be ,thy name4 ,thy kingdom  come4 ,thy  
will be done1 as in heaven1 so in earth4
 ,give us day by day  our daily bread4  
,and forgive us our sins3 for we also   
forgive everyone  that is indebted to   
us4 ,and lead us not into temptation2   
but deliver us  from evil4    ,this is  
the wonderfully simple prayer uttered by
 the ,lord ,himself--a  prayer that has 
guided the faith of ,christians since   
first it was  spoken4 ,you may have     
learned it as the disciple ,matthew has 
recorded  it4 ,matthew's version is just
 a little different from ,luke's1 which 
is  here given4 ,but ,luke's version    
makes two or three points just a little 
clearer1 perhaps1 than does ,matthew's2 
so1 we shall use it for our text  in    
this lesson4    ,sidenote3 ,jesus had   
found ,god4    ,according to ,st4 ,luke1

 ,jesus gave this prayer to ,his        
disciples in  response to the request1  
,lord1 teach us to pray4 ,you have      
observed1  of course1 that ,jesus prayed
 often4 ,he lived in close communion    
with  the ,father in heaven4 ,he        
,himself had found ,god2 and ,he knew   
that ,god  will answer the prayer of the
 righteous4 ,he knew1 too1 that only    
through the prayer of faith can a man   
come close to ,god1 and obtain in  full 
the blessings that #ib belong to him as 
a son of ,god4 ,therefore1  ,jesus      
prayed often1 and as no other man has   
prayed4    ,sidenote3 ,the prayers of   
the ,jews4    ,but if you will study    
carefully the prayers of ,jesus1 and    
compare them  with other prayers        
preserved in the records of the ,jews1  
you will find  ,his prayers quite       
different from those other prayers4 ,the
 prayers used  anciently--and still     
used--in the ,jewish service are very   
beautiful1  noble in their faith and    
devotion4 ,but they were distinctly the 

prayers  of a special people1 inspired  
by the thought that this special people 
was also a chosen1 a select people4 ,the
 type prayer which ,jesus gave1  on the 
other hand1 while individual is yet     
universal in its appeal1 and  in its    
application2 it is concrete and         
practical1 yet it is profoundly         
spiritual4 ,of course1 it was not       
intended by ,jesus that all men should  
repeat this prayer only and no other4   
,he gave it merely as a type1  a model4 
,certainly1 then1 if we wish to know how
 to frame our own  prayers1 it will be  
well to analyze this one4    ,first1    
then1 you will observe that this prayer 
possesses the  characteristics that     
distinguish most of ,jesus's prayers4   
,sidenote3 ,the prayer of ,jesus4    ,it
 is brief4    ,it is direct4    ,it is  
sincere4    ,it is unselfish4    ,it    
expresses a simple1 unshakable          
confidence in the goodness of ,god4     
,jesus addresses ,god as ,father4 ,so   
should man address ,god4 ,man should    

learn to think of ,god as the ,father of
 our spirits1 and go to ,him with  the  
same simple trust and confidence        
manifested by a little child #ic  when  
it runs with outstretched arms to its   
earthly father4 ,jesus felt  and        
manifested that perfect unity between   
father and son4    ,sidenote3 ,the      
,lord's prayer analyzed4    ,hallowed be
 ,thy name4 ,in this phrase1 ,jesus     
taught that we should  recognize the    
sanctity of the name of ,jehovah1 and at
 the same time  that we should show our 
reverence and devotion4 ,this is a      
personal1  individual and profound      
emotion on the part of him who prays    
sincerely4    ,then ,jesus prayed1 ,thy 
kingdom come4 ,perhaps you do not fully 
realize  what this petition means when  
you repeat it in your prayers4 ,what is 
the use of praying for the kingdom of   
,god to come to earth if we do  not help
 in its establishment8 ,when we utter   
this petition1 then1 we  virtually      
promise that we ourselves will do all in

 our power to help4  ,only then can     
,god's will be done1 as in heaven1 so in
 earth4 ,and the  doing of the will of  
,god is1 throughout the teachings of    
,jesus1 the  essential element in the   
establishment of ,god's reign4    ,these
 petitions1 you will notice1 are of     
universal interest4 ,now1 ,jesus  asks  
for that which will meet and satisfy    
personal needs4 ,give us day  by day our
 daily bread4 ,but even here1 the       
petition is an expression  of implicit  
confidence in ,god's power to provide1  
and in ,his unlimited  love1 rather than
 merely a request for some specific     
gift4 ,its meaning  has been interpreted
 in these words3 ,provide for us each   
day that  which ,thou1 in ,thy ,fatherly
 care and wisdom1 seeth is needful for  
us4    ,the fourth petition is also full
 of meaning4 ,forgive us our sins2 for  
we also forgive everyone that is        
indebted to us4 ,jesus emphasized  time 
and again in ,his ministry the necessity
 of forgiving others1 if  we would      

ourselves be #id forgiven4 ,only in a   
spirit of humility and  sincere worship 
can we approach the throne of ,god4     
,the last petition has been often       
misunderstood4 ,lead us not into        
temptation1 but deliver us from evil4   
,certainly the words as they  are here  
recorded do not clearly represent the   
meaning of ,jesus4 ,yet1  perhaps1 even 
in the days of the apostles some people 
had failed to  understand4 ,for ,james  
wrote once1 ,let no man1 who is being   
tempted1  say1 'my temptation is from   
,god1' for ,god is not to be tempted    
,himself  by evil and ,he tempts no man1
 but each man is tempted with evil when 
he is drawn away by his own lusts and   
enticed4 ,the petition in the  ,lord's  
prayer is1 therefore1 a petition for    
strength to overcome4 ,its  meaning is1 
,deliver us from temptations which we   
can not withstand4  ,or1 as our own     
,prophet has phrased it1 ,leave us not  
in temptation1 but  deliver us from     
evil4    ,sidenote3 ,teach us to pray4  

,these general points in the type prayer
 given by ,jesus1 it is well to         
remember4 ,god is not to be reached by  
many words4 ,it is the broken  spirit   
and the contrite heart that call down   
the love of the ,father4  ,neither will 
the hollow1 selfish prayer please the   
,father of us all4  ,but as we pray1    
finding our own words in which to       
express the desires  of our hearts1 let 
us remember the characteristics of the  
prayer that  ,jesus gave4    ,it is     
brief4    ,it is direct4    ,it is      
sincere4    ,it is unselfish4    ,it    
expresses a simple1 unshakable          
confidence in the providence of ,god4   
#ie ,moreover1 ,jesus prayed often4 ,so 
should we all4 ,only then may we  hope  
to live in the presence of ,god4      ,o
 ,thou by whom we come to ,god1    ,the 
,life1 the ,truth1 the ,way6    ,the    
path of prayer ,thyself hath trod2      
,lord1 teach us how to pray4    ,,the   
,,references    ,luke #aa3a-d4    ,,the 
,,questions    #a4 ,repeat the ,lord's  

prayer4    #b4 ,what prompted ,jesus to 
utter this prayer8    #c4 ,what is the  
difference between the ,lord's prayer1  
and the prayers of  the ,jews in        
general8    #d4 ,what are the           
characteristics of ,jesus's prayers8    
#e4 ,analyze the ,lord's prayer4    #f4 
,what do we learn to guide us in our own
 prayers8    #if ,,picture3 ,,river     
,,jordan1 ,,palestine    #ig            
,,xiii    ,,persistence ,,in ,,prayer   
,sidenote3 ,the ,lord will answer4      
,everyone who has prayed devoutly and   
sincerely has undoubtedly  experienced  
at times the keenest kind of            
disappointment because he  has not      
received an immediate answer to his     
prayer1 ,perhaps you have  yourself     
prayed sometimes for something that you 
wanted badly4 ,it was  an insistent1 an 
urgent desire4 ,you felt that you could 
hardly wait  even to utter the prayer4  
,yet1 your prayer has remained          
apparently  unanswered4 ,at such times  
you may have found comfort in this      

beautiful  ,sunday ,school hymn3        
,unanswered yet8 ,tho' when you first   
presented    ,this one petition at the  
,father's throne1    ,it seemed you     
could not wait the time of asking1      
,so urgent was your heart to make it    
known4    ,tho' years have passed since 
then1 do not despair2    ,the ,lord will
 answer you1 sometime1 somewhere4       
,this is a beautiful hope1 a sublime    
faith2 and every one of us should       
cultivate such hope1 such faith4        
,moreover1 everyone of us should        
practice such persistency in prayer as  
is described by the poet in this  hymn4 
,the prayer your lips have pleaded      
,in agony of tears these many years8    
,for very often1 without question1 our  
prayers fail to move the ,father1       
because they are not urged upon ,him1   
nor are they upheld by that  hopeful    
trust which knows no wavering4 ,jesus   
emphasized two points in  this          
connection that we should grapple to our
 hearts4    ,sidenote3 ,pray often and  

persistently4    ,as we have already    
learned1 ,jesus condemned long4 #ih     
repetitious  prayers4 ,he despised also 
the hypocrite1 and the hollow prayer of 
the hypocrite4 ,but ,jesus did not mean 
by such condemnation that we  should not
 appear often before the persistently4  
,father1 and press the  case for which  
we are pleading4 ,on the contrary1 as   
you will readily  see from the following
 parables1 ,jesus emphasized the        
importance of  persistency in prayer4   
,sidenote3 ,the importunate friend4     
,and 7,jesus7 said unto them4 ,which of 
you shall have a friend1 and  shall go  
unto him at midnight1 and say unto him1 
,friend1 lend me three  loaves2 for a   
friend of mine in his journey is come to
 me1 and ,i have  nothing to set before 
him8 ,and he from within shall answer   
and say1  ,trouble me not3 the door is  
now shut1 and my children are with me   
in bed2 ,i cannot rise and give thee4 ,i
 say unto you1 ,though he will  not rise
 and give him1 because he is his friend1

 yet because of his  importunity he will
 rise and give him as many as he        
needeth4    ,sidenote3 ,the unrighteous 
judge4    ,and 7again7 ,he spake a      
parable unto them to this end1 that men 
ought  always to pray1 and not to faint2
 ,saying1 ,there was in a city a judge1 
which feared not ,god1 neither regarded 
man3 and there was a widow in  that     
city3 and she came unto him1 saying1    
,avenge me of mine adversary4  ,and he  
would not for awhile3 but afterward he  
said within himself4  ,though ,i fear   
not ,god1 nor regard man2 yet because   
this widow troubleth  me1 ,i will avenge
 her1 lest by her continual coming she  
weary me4 ,and  the ,lord said1 ,hear   
what the unjust judge saith4 ,and shall 
not ,god  avenge ,his own elect1 which  
cry day and night unto ,him1 though ,he 
bear  #ii long with them8 ,i tell you   
that ,he will avenge them speedily4     
,sidenote3 ,an urgent desire necessary4 
,these parables speak sufficiently for  
themselves4 ,the lesson that  ,jesus    

wanted to impart is clear4 ,it is       
important that we persist in  the prayer
 that we want urgently to be fulfilled4 
,however1 it was not  ,jesus's purpose  
to teach ,his disciples merely to repeat
 constantly an  urgent prayer4 ,merely  
repeating a prayer is really of no more 
worth  than uttering a long prayer full 
of repetitions4 ,jesus taught that      
,father gives ,his best and choicest    
gifts only to those who desire them     
intensely4 ,we keep on praying for those
 things that we truly want1  because the
 desire for them is urgent1 intense and 
insistent2 and we  keep on keeping on4  
,sidenote3 ,implicit trust necessary4   
,but there is a second element that must
 necessarily enter into the  right      
attitude in prayer to ,god4 ,not only   
should our prayers express  our intense 
desires1 and be spoken frequently1 but  
they should be  accompanied by a simple1
 childlike trust and confidence in ,god4
    ,sidenote3 ,seek first the kingdom  
of ,god4    ,take no thought for your   

life1 what ye shall eat1 or what ye     
shall  drink1 taught ,jesus2 ,nor yet   
for your body1 what ye shall put on4    
,is not the life more than meat1 and the
 body than raiment8 ,behold the  fowls  
of the air3 for they sow not1 neither do
 they reap1 nor gather  into barns2 yet 
your heavenly ,father feedeth them4 ,are
 ye not much  better than they8 ,which  
of you by taking thought can add one    
cubit unto  his stature4    ,and why    
take ye thought for raiment8 ,consider  
the lilies of the field1  how they grow2
 they toil not1 #ajj neither do they    
spin3 and yet ,i say  unto you1 ,that   
even ,solomon in all his glory was not  
arrayed like one  of these4 ,wherefore1 
,if ,god so clothe the grass of the     
field1 which  today is1 and tomorrow is 
cast into the oven1 shall ,he not much  
more  clothe you1 ,o ye of little faith8
 4 4 4 4    ,seek ye first the kingdom  
of ,god1 and ,his righteousness2 and all
 these  things shall be added unto you4 
,take therefore no thought for the      

morrow3 for the morrow shall take       
thought for the things of itself4       
,sufficient unto the day is the evil    
thereof4    ,sidenote3 ,labor and       
confidence hand in hand4    ,now1 ,jesus
 did not mean by this splendid teaching 
that we should not  plan for the future2
 nor that we should not be industrious  
and spin  and weave and harvest4 ,his   
illustrations impress the thought that  
we  should not allow ourselves to fret  
over the petty worries and anxieties  of
 life4 ,god knows our needs before we   
utter them4 ,we should rely  implicitly 
then upon ,his providence1 knowing that 
if we serve ,him and  do our best1 ,he  
will care for us as well as for the     
birds of the air  and the lilies of the 
field4    ,sidenote3 ,the sin of worry4 
,undue anxiety may be called almost a   
sin4 ,it preys upon the peace of  mind  
and happiness of untold thousands of men
 and women4 ,the most  learned and      
efficient men in the world have devoted 
much of their time  to the study of     

worry2 but no one of them has found a   
cure for it4 ,many  books have1 however1
 been written advising this or that     
course of life  to overcome the evil1   
and all these books possess value4 ,but 
it is to  be noted that the cause of    
worry in any man is #aja usually        
something  over which man has no        
control4 ,neither worry1 nor any other  
thing that  man may do1 can change the  
nature of things4 ,we are forced        
therefore to  admit that the only cure  
for worry known to man is that presented
 by  ,jesus4 ,his cure consists of a    
childlike faith and trust in the        
goodness  of ,god--a trust so simple and
 strong that anxious care can find no   
place in the mind4 ,it consists of such 
a confidence in the providence  of ,god 
as ,abraham displayed when he was       
commanded to offer his dearly  beloved  
son ,isaac on the altar of sacrifice4   
,abraham wavered not2 he  worried not2  
and ,god provided the sacrifice that was
 meet4 ,of course1  it requires courage1

 patience1 and persistent effort to     
cultivate so  supreme a degree of faith4
 ,yet1 one who has it not can hardly say
 with  truth that he has learned fully  
to know ,god4 ,indeed1 such sublime     
faith  alone marks the truly converted  
and nobly devoted soul2 whereas the     
lack of such faith reveals a lack of    
fulness of trust in ,god--almost a      
disloyalty to ,god4 ,one cannot in this 
world attain to real peace and          
happiness without implicit faith in     
,god4 ,without it1 one can not keep  on 
keeping on in fervent prayer to ,god4   
,sidenote3 ,god knows best4    ,finally1
 it must be remembered that another     
phase of this childlike  trust may      
affect the answer to our prayers4 ,if   
they remain unanswered1  it may be      
because it is best for us so4 ,no other 
man has ever suffered  as did ,jesus in 
,gethsemane4 ,no other man has ever     
prayed as ,jesus did  there4 ,yet1      
recall the spirit of that prayer4 ,o my 
,father1 if it be  possible1 let this   

cup pass from #ajb me3 nevertheless not 
as ,i will  but as ,thou wilt4 ,this is 
the true spirit of faith-inspired       
prayer4    ,sidenote3 ,thy will be done4
    ,such petitions ,jesus would have us
 utter4 ,he would have us pray          
constantly for those things that we     
desire intensely4 ,he would have us     
repose implicit childlike trust in the  
,heavenly ,father4 ,he would have  each 
one of us feel always1 ,nevertheless not
 my will1 but ,thine1 be  done4 ,and in 
this spirit ,he would have us always    
keep on keeping on4    ,,the            
,,references    ,luke #aa3e-h4 ,matt4   
#f3be-cj4    ,luke #ah3a-h4 ,matt4      
#f3cc-cd4    ,,the ,,questions    #a4   
,what should be the feeling of one whose
 prayer is not immediately  answered8   
#b4 ,what is the lesson conveyed in the 
,sunday ,school hymn ,unanswered  ,yet8 
#c4 ,why are our prayers often          
unanswered8    #d4 ,what is the         
difference between long repetitious     
prayers and frequent  prayers8    #e4   

,what is the meaning of the parable of  
the importunate friend8    #f4 ,what is 
the lesson of the parable of the        
unrighteous judge8    #g4 ,why is       
childlike trust and confidence in ,god  
necessary in prayer8    #h4 ,what did   
,jesus mean by teaching ,take no thought
 for your life8    #i4 ,how can anxiety 
or worry be called almost a sin8    #aj4
 ,what lesson do we derive from the     
attitude of ,jesus in the  wonderful    
prayer in ,gethsemane8    #ajc    #ajd  
,,picture3 ,,lord ,,help ,,me4          
,plockhorst    #aje        ,,xiv        
,,the ,,power ,,of ,,faith    ,sidenote3
 ,confidence vs4 ,faith    ,it is1 of   
course1 evident to you now that the two 
essentials of  acceptable prayer are    
implicit reliance on the wisdom and the 
goodness  of ,god1 and the spirit of    
forgiveness4 ,the first is the only     
attitude  that can be rightly assumed   
toward ,god2 and the second is the      
attitude  that we should all assume     
toward our fellowmen4 ,there is         

certainly no  use in praying to ,god if 
we do not trust ,him2 and as certainly1 
,god  will not forgive us and answer our
 prayers1 if we are unwilling to        
forgive our fellowmen and help them4    
,but this attitude of unwavering  trust 
in ,god is really more than merely an   
essential of prayer4 ,it is a  principle
 of power in both the spiritual and the 
temporal life of man4  ,in this lesson  
we shall consider the power of          
faith--the invincible  power of         
childlike confidence4    ,sidenote3 ,the
 incident of the fig tree4    ,it is    
recorded that ,jesus cursed one morning 
a certain fig tree that it  should no   
more bear fruit4 ,the next morning1 as  
,jesus and the disciples  passed by from
 ,bethany to ,jerusalem1 they saw that  
the fig tree was  dried up from the     
roots4 ,and ,peter1 calling to          
remembrance1 saith unto  7,jesus71      
,master1 behold1 the fig tree which     
,thou cursedst is withered  away6       
,and ,jesus answering saith unto them1  

,have faith in ,god4 ,for verily  ,i say
 unto you4 ,that whosoever shall say    
unto this mountain1 ,be thou  removed1  
and be thou cast into the sea2 and shall
 not doubt in his  heart1 but shall     
believe that those things which he saith
 shall come to  pass2 he shall have     
whatsoever he saith4    #ajf ,sidenote3 
,forgiveness accompanies prayer4        
,therefore ,i say unto you1 ,what things
 soever ye desire1 when ye pray1        
believe that ye receive them1 and ye    
shall have them4 ,and when ye  stand    
praying1 forgive1 if ye have aught      
against any3 that your ,father  also    
which is in heaven may forgive you your 
trespasses4 ,but if ye do  not forgive1 
neither will your ,father which is in   
heaven forgive your  trespasses4        
,like the other sayings of ,jesus1 this 
one1 too1 is full of meaning and        
interest4 ,but as with the other        
sayings1 too1 the meaning of this one   
is easy to find4 ,if we try to remember 
what we have learned in the  preceding  

lessons1 we shall be able easily to     
understand this one4    ,sidenote3      
,reason for concrete examples4    ,many 
people have stumbled because of this    
forceful saying of ,jesus4 ,how  can a  
man by the exercise alone of faith      
remove mountains8 ,but such  people have
 failed to understand ,jesus's method of
 teaching4 ,whenever  ,he could1 ,jesus 
emphasized ,his doctrine with concrete  
example4 ,because  ,jesus did not teach 
abstractly1 even little children may    
understand  ,him4 ,and the people whom  
,he taught during ,his earthly life1    
were almost  like little children4 ,he  
had to make everything very clear to    
them4 ,so1  now1 ,he wanted to impress  
them with the unlimited power of faith4 
,he  used1 therefore1 the vigorous and  
startling figure of moving a mountain   
into the sea3 or as ,st4 ,luke has      
worded it1 ,if ye had faith as a grain  
of mustard seed1 ye might say unto this 
sycamine tree 7mulberry tree71  ,be thou
 plucked up by the root1 and be thou    

planted in the sea2 and it  should obey 
you4    #ajg ,sidenote3 ,the            
interpretation4    ,you will remember1  
however1 that nowhere did ,jesus ever   
teach ,his  disciples to pray for       
material things1 except to supply their 
daily  needs4 ,neither did ,he ever     
teach them to ask for things impossible 
or  impracticable for ,god to give4 ,it 
is to be understood1 then1 that ,jesus  
did not intend to encourage men to try  
to move mountains by the mere  exercise 
of faith4 ,he intended a larger1 a      
spiritual meaning4 ,faith  is so        
powerful a principle1 that1 through the 
exercise of it1 one may  remove         
obstacles to sublime spiritual          
blessings1 as difficult to be  moved as 
a mountain4 ,by such a striking figure  
did ,jesus impress upon  ,his disciples 
that nothing is impossible to faith4    
,sidenote3 ,jesus's own interpretation4 
,that this was what ,jesus wanted to    
impart1 is apparent from ,his own       
application of the concrete             

illustration4 ,what things soever ye    
desire1 when ye pray1 believe that ye   
receive them1 and ye shall have  them4  
,or1 as the statement is worded in a    
modern translation1 ,believe  that you  
shall receive all things for which you  
pray and ask and you  shall have them4  
,and this invincible power of faith in  
prayer is  supported by the words of    
,jesus to the ,prophet1 ,joseph ,smith4 
,all  victory and glory is brought to   
pass unto you through your diligence1   
faithfulness1 and prayers of faith4     
,sidenote3 ,examples of the power of    
faith4    ,in the story of the ministry 
of ,jesus1 there are many examples of   
the  necessity of cultivating unlimited 
faith4 ,do you remember what happened   
when ,jesus walked to the boat one      
evening on the sea of ,galilee8 ,most   
of the disciples became afraid when they
 saw ,him1 and cried #ajh out1  ,it is a
 spirit4 ,but when they became assured  
that it was really  ,jesus1 ,peter said1
 ,lord1 if it be ,thou1 bid me come unto

 ,thee on the  water4    ,and 7,jesus7  
said1 ,come4 ,and when ,peter was come  
down out of the ship1  he walked on the 
water1 to go to ,jesus4 ,but when he saw
 the wind  boisterous1 he was afraid2   
and beginning to sink1 he cried1 saying1
  ,lord save me4 ,and immediately ,jesus
 stretched forth ,his hand1 and  caught 
him1 and said unto him1 ,o thou of      
little faith1 wherefore didst  thou     
doubt8    ,at another time1 we are told1
 there came to 7,jesus7 a certain man1  
kneeling down to ,him1 and saying1      
,lord1 have mercy on my son3 for he is  
lunatick and sore vexed3 for ofttimes he
 falleth into the fire1 and oft  into   
the water4 ,and ,i brought him to ,thy  
disciples and they could not  cure him4 
,then ,jesus answered and said1 ,o      
faithless and perverse generation1 how  
long shall ,i be with you8 how long     
shall ,i suffer you8 bring him hither   
to me4 ,and ,jesus rebuked the devil2   
and he departed out of him3 and the     
child was cured from that very hour4    

,then came the disciples to ,jesus apart
 and said4 ,why could not we cast  him  
out8 ,and ,jesus said unto them4        
,because of your unbelief3 for verily   
,i say unto you1 ,if ye have faith as a 
grain of mustard seed1 ye shall  say    
unto this mountain4 ,remove hence to    
yonder place2 and it shall  remove2 and 
nothing shall be impossible unto you4   
,such examples as these might be cited  
indefinitely4 ,these are enough1        
however1 to show how profoundly ,jesus  
impressed upon the minds of ,his        
disciples the necessity of cultivating  
the gift of unfaltering #aji            
faith--faith1 the one great principle of
 power1 without which1 as the  learned  
,paul later said1 it is impossible to   
please ,god4    ,sidenote3 ,the         
dispensation of the fulness of times1   
the wonderful  example4    ,but perhaps 
the greatest wonder that has ever been  
accomplished1 in all  the history of the
 world1 through the invincible power of 
unhesitating  faith1 is that which we   

ourselves experience every day of our   
lives4  ,continuing the doctrine he had 
learned from ,jesus1 ,james1 a servant  
of  ,god and of the ,lord ,jesus        
,christ1 wrote thus to the scattered    
twelve  tribes3 ,if any of you lack     
wisdom1 let him ask of ,god1 that giveth
  to all men liberally1 and upbraideth  
not2 and it shall be given him4  ,but   
let him ask in faith1 nothing wavering4 
,when he was perturbed in  spirit1 not  
knowing whither to go to find ,god1     
,joseph ,smith heard these  words1 and  
pondered them4 ,he had implicit faith in
 ,god4 ,he did not  waver4 ,he prayed   
earnestly4 ,in response to his simple1  
faith-provoked  prayer1 ,god revealed   
,himself to ,joseph ,smith1 and through 
him1  established the ,church of ,christ
 anew4    ,are not the things that have 
been accomplished through faith1        
wonderful8 ,must it not be a joy1 a     
comfort1 to possess the gift of         
unlimited faith8 ,like the apostles of  
old1 we feel to pray1 ,lord1  increase  

our faith4    ,,the ,,references        
,luke #ag3e1 #f4 ,doc4 and ,cov4        
#ajc3cf4    ,mark #aa3ba-bf4 ,matt4     
#ad3bd-ca4    ,matt4 #ba3ba1 #bb4 ,matt4
 #ag3ad-ba4    ,james #a3e1 #f4    #aaj 
,,the ,,questions    #a4 ,what principle
 did ,jesus teach in the incident of the
 fig tree8    #b4 ,what is faith8    #c4
 ,why must forgiveness accompany prayer8
    #d4 ,why did ,jesus use concrete    
examples in ,his teaching8    #e4 ,what 
did ,jesus mean by saying that mountains
 might be removed by  faith8    #f4     
,what did the ,prophet ,joseph ,smith   
teach concerning the power of  faith8   
#g4 ,recite some examples of the power  
of faith4    #h4 ,show how the          
establishing of the dispensation of the 
fulness of  times is one of the most    
wonderful examples of the power of      
faith4    #aaa    #aab ,,picture3       
,,raising ,,the ,,dead1 ,hofmann    #aac
        ,,xv    ,,the ,,handmaid ,,of   
,,faith    ,sidenote3 ,the case of ,mr4 
,baldwin4    ,nearly a hundred years ago

 was built in ,america the first        
locomotive  engine of ,american design4 
,everybody knows nowadays what a        
locomotive  is4 ,nearly every boy and   
girl in the world has seen one2 many    
boys1  particularly1 can tell you how   
the locomotive engine operates2 and more
  than one boy can even operate the     
locomotive himself4 ,but it was not so  
one hundred years ago4 ,the locomotive  
was a rare machine4 ,and all the        
locomotives that people saw then in     
,america had been made in ,england4     
,but in #ahca1 the officers of the      
,germantown and ,norristown ,railway    
commissioned a young mechanical         
engineer1 named ,matthias ,baldwin1 to  
build for them a locomotive engine4 ,the
 ,germantown and ,norristown  ,railway  
operated a horse-power line six miles   
long4    ,the ,cambden and ,amboy       
,railroad ,company had only recently    
imported a  locomotive from ,england4   
,when ,mr4 ,baldwin received his        
commission1  he went immediately to     

,cambden1 where were the parts of the   
,english  engine not yet assembled4     
,there he carefully observed the various
  parts of the machine1 made a few      
measurements and at last crept under    
the ponderous boiler4 ,here he remained 
in absorbed study for nearly  half an   
hour4 ,as he emerged from his retreat1  
his face was glowing with  enthusiasm1  
and he exclaimed ',i can do it4'    #aad
 ,sidenote3 ,words added to faith4      
,so far so good4 ,mr4 ,baldwin was      
inspired by a sublime faith in his      
power to build a locomotive engine4 ,but
 had he stopped there1 he would  never  
have become the builder of the first    
,american locomotive4 ,mr4  ,baldwin set
 determinedly and industriously to work 
to accomplish the  task he had faith he 
could do4 ,he met countless             
difficulties2 his  trials and           
disappointments were many1 and often    
discouraging4 ,but  he kept bravely1    
manfully on4 ,he did much of the work   
with his own  hands1 and personally     

trained the workmen who assisted him4   
,at length1  after six months of        
unremitting industry and painstaking    
labor1 ,old  ,ironsides1 the first      
,american locomotive was completed4     
,matthias  ,baldwin had vindicated his  
enthusiastic exclamation born of faith1 
,i  can do it4    ,now it was the       
observance of the principle that enabled
 ,matthias  ,baldwin to make good1 which
 ,jesus urged upon the multitudes       
assembled  to hear ,him teach during    
,his ministry on the earth4 ,not        
everyone that  saith unto me1 ,lord1    
,lord1 declared ,jesus1 shall enter into
 the  kingdom of heaven2 but he that    
doeth the will of my ,father which is in
  heaven4    ,sidenote3 ,the principle  
of works4    ,this teaching is so simple
 that anyone may understand it4 ,and it 
is  true everywhere in life1 in every   
kind of calling4 ,would you not  think  
,mr4 ,baldwin foolish1 if after         
exclaiming ,i can do it he had  remained
 inactive and had not tried to build    

,old ,ironsides8 ,can you  imagine that 
a carpenter might ever enjoy the fame of
 master-builder  if he never practiced  
the trade he had learned8 ,do you think 
it  would be possible for a sinking ship
 #aae to send out the signal of         
distress1 if the operator on the ship   
did not put into practice the  laws     
governing wireless telegraphy8 ,in other
 words1 knowing how to  build a         
locomotive will never construct one2    
knowing how to build a  house will never
 erect even the smallest structure2     
knowing how to  operate the telegraphic 
instrument will never send a message4   
,it is  only by actually putting into   
operation the principles underlying     
these  activities1 and working in       
obedience to them1 that one can         
accomplish  the desired end4 ,and if    
this is true of material1 earthly       
things1 how  much more ought it to be   
true of spiritual1 heavenly things4     
,without  faith it is impossible to     
please ,god4 ,but faith is of no avail  

without  works4 ,works constitute the   
handmaid of faith1 and one is not       
without  the other in the ,lord4 ,for as
 the body without the spirit is dead1 so
  faith without works is dead also4     
,sidenote3 ,a parable4    ,therefore    
whosoever heareth these sayings of mine1
 and doeth them1  taught ,jesus1 ,i will
 liken him unto a wise man1 which built 
his house  upon a rock3 and the rain    
descended1 and the floods came1 and the 
winds  blew1 and beat upon that house2  
and it fell not3 for it was founded     
upon a rock4 ,and every one that heareth
 these sayings of mine1 and  doeth them 
not1 shall be likened unto a foolish    
man1 which built his  house upon the    
sand3 and the rain descended1 and the   
floods came1 and  the winds blew1 and   
beat upon that house2 and it fell3 and  
great was  the fall of it4    ,sidenote3
 ,the works of ,jesus4    ,jesus        
manifested great power during ,his      
earthly ministry4 ,he healed  the sick2 
,he made the lame to walk and the blind 

to see2 ,he rebuked  evil and cast out  
#aaf devils2 ,he raised the dead to life
 again2 and  ,he spoke with authority as
 no other man has ever spoken1 either   
before  or since ,his time4 ,without    
question every boy and girl would like  
to  be able to do the things that ,jesus
 did4 ,every boy and girl in the        
,church of ,jesus ,christ believes in   
,jesus--knows indeed1 that ,he is the   
,son of ,god1 the ,redeemer of the      
world4 ,why1 then1 should not everyone  
long to emulate ,him4 ,but notice what  
,jesus declared3 ,verily1 verily1  ,i   
say unto you1 ,he that believeth on me1 
the works that ,i do shall  he do also2 
and greater works than these shall he   
do1 because ,i go  unto my ,father4 ,if 
ye love me keep my commandments4 ,he    
that hath my  commandments1 and keepeth 
them1 he it is that loveth me3 and he   
that  loveth me shall be loved of my    
,father1 and ,i will love him1 and will 
manifest myself to him4    ,sidenote3   
,the works of man4    ,it is not        

impossible1 then1 for man to possess the
 power to do the  works that ,jesus did4
 ,indeed1 man may do even greater works 
than those  ,jesus performed4 ,but to   
gain the power so to do1 one must not   
only  believe in ,jesus1 one must also  
keep ,his commandments4 ,in short1 one  
must add works to faith4 ,mere belief   
will save no man1 just as mere          
confidence in one's own ability will    
never build a locomotive4 ,but when  our
 works make practical our faith1 and    
prove it really true and worth  while1  
then we may claim a realization--a      
fulfillment--of all that is  promised   
through our diligence4    #aag          
,sidenote3 ,conclusion4    ,now1 it is  
no more difficult to prepare a mansion  
in the kingdom of  our ,father1 than it 
is to build a locomotive4 ,should not   
every boy and  girl1 after having       
learned ,christ's teaching1 exclaim as  
,baldwin did1  ,i can do it8 ,then go to
 undauntedly and do it4    ,,the        
,,references    ,matt4 #g3ba4 ,james    

#b3bf4    ,matt4 #g3bd-bg4 ,john #ad3ab1
 #ae1 #ba4    ,,the ,,questions    #a4  
,what element of character did ,baldwin 
display in the building of the  first   
,american locomotive8    #b4 ,what      
principle of life and action made it    
possible for him to  accomplish his     
work8    #c4 ,what did he have to add to
 this principle in order to make good8  
#d4 ,why will not everyone who crieth   
,lord1 ,lord1 be admitted into the      
kingdom of heaven8    #e4 ,explain the  
,lord's parable of the wise and the     
foolish man4    #f4 ,under what         
conditions may we be enabled to do works
 as great as  those ,jesus did8    #g4  
,what is the duty of every member of the
 ,church8    #aah ,,picture3 ,,the      
,,garden ,,of ,,gethsemane    #aai      
,,xvi    ,,the ,,meaning ,,of           
,,repentance    ,sidenote3 ,the         
irreverence and ruthlessness of ,pilate4
    ,some time before the close of the  
ministry of ,jesus1 there occurred  at  
,jerusalem two unfortunate incidents1   

both of which served to give  ,jesus an 
opportunity to preach one of the        
fundamental doctrines of the  ,gospel4  
,pilate1 the ,roman governor had        
undertaken to construct some  great     
conduits to supply ,jerusalem with a    
better and a larger supply of  sweet    
water4 ,the venture was apparently both 
difficult and costly2 and  he derived no
 support from the people1 whom he hated1
 and who hated him  and all pagan rule  
in return4    ,one day a serious        
accident happened4 ,connected with      
,pilate's  undertaking1 apparently1 was 
a large tower on the top of ,ophel1     
opposite ,siloam4 ,this tower fell1     
without warning1 and buried in the      
ruins eighteen men who had been working 
on it4 ,of course1 the people  held the 
accident to be the judgment of ,god upon
 the men who had helped  in the         
sacrilegious labor4 ,then ,pilate fell  
short of funds4 ,to defray  the expenses
 of the enterprise1 the irreverent      
,pilate resorted to the  temple1 and    

ruthlessly appropriated a part of the   
treasures of the  temple4 ,these        
treasures amounted to vast sums derived 
from the temple  dues voluntarily paid  
by ,jews all over the world4 ,naturally1
 the people  became enraged1 and rose in
 rebellious demonstration against the   
governor4 ,incited by their priests and 
rabbis1 the mob stormed ,pilate's       
residence1 and demanded that the work on
 the water system be abandoned4  ,they  
railed against him1 the ,roman #abj     
governor1 and hinted at  sedition4      
,pilate became in his turn indignant4   
,he sent a large number  of soldiers1   
dressed in plain clothes and armed only 
with heavy clubs1  who surrounded the   
mob1 and beat them so remorselessly that
 great  numbers of them were killed4    
,the soldiers pressed the mob to the    
very  temple1 then entered the holy     
precincts of the temple itself1 and     
there  slew many of the poor pilgrims   
who were killing their own sacrifices4  
,their blood was mingled with the blood 

of the beasts they were  preparing for  
sacrifice1 and thus1 according to the   
law1 the ,house of  ,god was polluted4  
,the news of this outrage spread        
throughout ,palestine4  ,the country was
 filled with indignation4 ,in ,galilee1 
the feeling was  particularly strong1   
for the men who had been slain were     
,galileans4    ,sidenote3 ,the necessity
 of repentance4    ,jesus was journeying
 at this time in the province of ,perea1
 expounding  ,his teachings to great    
multitudes that followed ,him4 ,when    
news of the  disasters in ,jerusalem    
reached them1 these multitudes were     
stirred by  the wildest kind of         
excitement4 ,they were particularly     
indignant at the  murders in the temple4
 ,as for the eighteen men buried under  
the tower1  and the ,galileans slain in 
the tumult1 the people accepted their   
death1  in characteristic ,jewish       
fashion1 as the judgment of ,god for    
sins  committed4 ,but the pollution of  
the temple could not be overlooked4 ,so 

there grew up a strong feeling for a    
national uprising to avenge the         
unprecedented evil4    ,but ,jesus did  
not approve of their sentiment2 neither 
did ,he believe  that those who had     
suffered in these two calamities were   
especially  sinful4 ,he seized the #aba 
opportunity1 therefore to preach to the 
multitude the necessity of repentance on
 the part of everyone1 and  to correct  
the notion that a calamity of any kind  
is necessarily the  judgment of ,god4   
,there were present at that season1     
writes the  historian ,luke1 some that  
told ,him of the ,galileans1 whose blood
  ,pilate had mingled with their        
sacrifices4 ,and ,jesus answering said  
unto them1 ,suppose ye that these       
,galileans were sinners above all the   
,galileans1 because they suffered such  
things8 ,i tell you1 ,nay3 but1  except 
ye repent1 ye shall all likewise perish4
 ,or those eighteen1 upon  whom the     
tower in ,siloam fell1 and slew them1   
think ye that they were  sinners above  

all men that dwelt in ,jerusalem8 ,i    
tell you1 ,nay3 but1  except ye repent1 
ye shall all likewise perish4           
,sidenote3 ,the barren fig tree4    ,he 
spake also this parable3 a certain man  
had a fig tree planted in  his vineyard2
 and he came and sought fruit thereon1  
and found none4  ,then said he unto the 
dresser of his vineyard1 ,behold1 these 
three  years ,i come seeking fruit on   
this fig tree1 and find none3 cut it    
down3 why cumbereth it the ground8 ,and 
he answering said unto ,him1  ,lord1 let
 it alone this year also1 till ,i shall 
dig about it1 4 4 4 4  and if it bear   
fruit1 well3 and if not1 then after that
 ,thou shalt cut  it down4    ,sidenote3
 ,repentance a fundamental doctrine4    
,as always1 ,jesus presented very       
clearly the doctrine ,he wished the     
people to learn to understand4 ,for     
nearly three years4 ,he had ,himself    
ministered to ,his people4 ,yet1 ,he    
could find no fruits of repentance4  ,in
 the long-suffering of ,god1 the people 

would be spared yet a little  while4    
,but their end was inevitable4 ,unless  
they should #abb repent1  they should   
all perish1 even as did the ,galileans1 
and the eighteen men  buried under the  
tower at ,siloam4 ,and this doctrine of 
repentance was  fundamental in the      
ministry of ,jesus4 ,first1 ,john had   
come1 crying in  the wilderness of      
,judea1 ,repent ye3 for the kingdom of  
heaven is at  hand4 ,then ,jesus        
,himself had gone to ,galilee1 after    
,john had been put  into prison1 and had
 preached1 ,the time is fulfilled1 and  
the kingdom  of ,god is at hand3 repent 
ye1 and believe the gospel4 ,and when   
,he  sent out the twelve apostles two   
and two4 ,he instructed them to preach  
everywhere that men should repent4      
,sidenote3 ,jesus's exclamation against 
the wicked4    ,that the people did not 
observe the word of ,jesus is1 however1 
very  evident from the way in which ,he 
upbraided them1 and pointed out to  them
 that the lot of the wrongdoers who     

repented would in the end be  better    
than that of the selfrighteous who      
repented not4 ,but whereunto  shall ,i  
liken this generation8 exclaimed ,jesus 
one day4 ,it is like  unto children     
sitting in the markets1 and calling unto
 their fellows1  and saying1 ,we have   
piped unto you1 and ye have not danced2 
we have  mourned unto you1 and ye have  
not lamented4 ,for ,john came neither   
eating nor drinking1 and they say1 he   
hath a devil4 ,the ,son of ,man  came   
eating and drinking1 and they say1      
,behold a man gluttonous1 and a         
winebibber1 a friend of publicans and   
sinners4 4 4 4 ,then began ,he to       
upbraid the cities wherein most of ,his 
mighty works were done1 because  they   
repented not4 ,woe unto thee1 ,chorazin6
 woe unto thee1 ,bethsaida6  for if the 
mighty works1 which were done in you1   
had been done in ,tyre  and ,sidon1 they
 would have #abc repented long ago in   
sackcloth and  ashes4 ,but ,i say unto  
you1 ,it shall be more tolerable for    

,tyre and  ,sidon at the day of         
judgment1 than for you4 ,and thou1      
,capernaum1 which  art exalted unto     
heaven1 shalt be brought down to hell3  
for if the  mighty works1 which have    
been done in thee1 had been done in     
,sodom1 it  would have remained until   
this day4 ,but ,i say unto you1 that it 
shall  be more tolerable for the land of
 ,sodom in the day of judgment1 than    
for thee4    ,sidenote3 ,repentance a   
universal principle4    ,it is evident1 
then1 that in the teaching of ,jesus1   
repentance from  evil is absolutely     
necessary if one would enjoy the        
blessings of the  ,lord4 ,this is so    
self-evident a truth that it should not 
be necessary  to state it4 ,in all the  
affairs of life--in business1 in        
politics1 in  the industries1 in        
science1 in art1 in war1 in what        
not--repentance  is a fundamental       
principle of true success4 ,in our daily
 work we are  accustomed to calling our 
wrongdoings mistakes2 but we have to    

correct  those mistakes before we can   
achieve the end for which we are        
working4  ,sometimes the mistakes we    
make are of such a nature that we cannot
  correct them4 ,then we have to begin  
over again1 and have to try to  avoid   
those serious mistakes2 but the memory  
of those mistakes remains  with us      
forever1 and the waste1 or loss1 or     
suffering1 caused by them  can never be 
made right4 ,in the great world war now 
raging1 many costly  mistakes have been 
made4 ,officers and men have often been 
forced to  repent2 and many men1 because
 they have violated their orders1 have  
lost their lives4 ,for them1 repentance 
in this life has been made  impossible4 
,so it will be also with those who      
persist in evil4 ,the  day #abd will    
come when they will be taken away       
suddenly4 ,then the  opportunity to     
repent in this life will be lost4 ,jesus
 would have us  repent here and now1 and
 devote ourselves to works of           
righteousness  that we may gain eternal 

life4    ,sidenote3 ,things of which to 
repent4    ,but of what would ,jesus    
have us repent8 ,the learned apostle1   
,paul1 who1  it seems1 understood       
perfectly the spirit of ,christ's       
teachings1 which  to wrote certain      
instructions to the ,ephesians which    
reveal exactly  what kind of men ,jesus 
would have us be4 ,malice1 dishonesty1  
immorality  in thought or word or       
deed--these things unfit a man for an   
inheritance  in the kingdom of ,god4    
,paul expresses the doctrine1 in part as
 follows3    ,this ,i say therefore1 and
 testify in the ,lord1 that ye          
henceforth walk  not as other ,gentiles 
walk1 in the vanity of their mind1      
having the  understanding darkened1     
being alienated from the life of ,god   
through  the ignorance that is in them1 
because of the blindness of their heart3
  ,who being past feeling1 have given   
themselves over unto lasciviousness1  to
 work all uncleanness with greediness4  
,but ye have not so learned  ,christ2 if

 so be that ye have heard ,him1 and have
 been taught by  ,him1 as the truth is  
in ,jesus3 ,that ye put off concerning  
the former  conversation the old man1   
which is corrupt according to the       
deceitful  lusts2 and be renewed in the 
spirit of your mind2 and that ye put on 
the new man1 which after ,god is created
 in righteousness and true  holiness4   
,wherefore putting away lying1 speak    
every man truth with his  neighbour3 for
 we are members one of another4 ,be ye  
angry1 and sin not2  let not the sun go 
down upon your wrath3 #abe ,neither give
 place to  the devil4 ,let him that     
stole steal no more3 but rather let him 
labour1  working with his hands the     
thing which is good1 that he may have to
  give to him that needeth4 ,let no     
corrupt communication proceed out of    
your mouth1 but that which is good to   
the use of edifying1 that it may        
minister grace unto the hearers4 ,and   
grieve not the ,holy ,spirit of ,god1   
whereby ye are sealed unto the day of   

redemption4 ,let all bitterness1  and   
wrath1 and anger1 and clamour1 and evil 
speaking1 be put away from  you1 with   
all malice2 and be ye kind one to       
another1 tenderhearted1  forgiving one  
another1 even as ,god for ,christ's sake
 hath forgiven you4    ,sidenote3 ,the  
service principle of the ,gospel4       
,this is the true spirit of the ,gospel 
of the ,lord1 ,jesus ,christ4 ,those    
who would hold membership in ,his       
,church1 and receive the blessing of    
,his love and redeeming sacrifice1 must 
have faith in ,him1 then they  must add 
to their faith works4 ,and the first bit
 of work to be done is  to repent of all
 evil--repent after a godly manner1 as  
,paul says1  which will lead to         
salvation4 ,thus repentance becomes the 
second  fundamental principle of the    
,gospel4 ,and by this1 said ,jesus to   
the  great ,american prophet1 ye may    
know if a man repenteth of his sins4    
,behold1 he will confess them and       
forsake them4    ,,the ,,references     

,luke #ac3a-i4 ,mark #f3g1 #h4    ,matt4
 #e3a-b4 ,matt4 #aa3af-bd4    ,mark     
#a3ad1 #ae4 ,eph4 #d3ag-cb4    ,doc4 and
 ,cov4 #eh3dc4    #abf ,,the ,,questions
    #a4 ,how did the ,jews explain      
suffering of any kind1 and calamity8    
#b4 ,what did ,jesus say about the death
 of the men under the tower1 and  of the
 ,galileans8    #c4 ,interpret the      
parable of the barren fig tree4    #d4  
,what did both ,john and ,jesus say to  
the people8    #e4 ,what do we learn    
from ,jesus's exclamation against the   
cities where  ,his greatest works had   
been done8    #f4 ,how is repentance a  
fundamental principle in our daily work8
    #g4 ,of what does ,jesus want people
 to repent8    #h4 ,how is repentance   
the second principle of the ,gospel8    
#i4 ,of what does true repentance       
consist8    #abg    #abh ,,picture3     
,,baptism ,,of ,,jesus1 ,weberg    #abi 
,,xvii    ,,baptism ,,by ,,immersion    
,sidenote3 ,the first principles and    
ordinances4    ,when the ,prophet       

,joseph ,smith was asked to make a      
statement of the  principal doctrines of
 the ,church of ,jesus ,christ of       
,latter-day ,saints1  he prepared what  
we know now as the ,articles of ,faith4 
,the ,articles of  ,faith are very      
plain1 and touch the fundamental tenets 
of the ,church4  ,the third article of  
faith states that we believe that       
through the  atonement of ,christ1 all  
mankind may be saved1 by obedience to   
the laws  and ordinances of the ,gospel2
 and the fourth article declares that1  
we believe that the first principles and
 ordinances of the ,gospel  are3 first1 
faith in the ,lord ,jesus ,christ2      
second1 repentance2 third1  baptism by  
immersion for the remission of sins2    
fourth1 the laying on  of hands for the 
gift of the ,holy ,ghost4 ,those who    
profess faith in  ,jesus must forsake   
the way of evil1 and learn to take      
delight in the  law of the ,lord4 ,this1
 we have learned1 constitutes the       
requirement of  the first two principles

 of the ,gospel4      ,blessed is the   
man that walketh not in the counsel of  
the    ungodly1    ,nor standeth in the 
way of sinners1    ,nor sitteth in the  
seat of the scornful4    ,but his       
delight is in the law of the ,lord2     
,and in ,his law doth he meditate day   
and night4      ,and he shall be like a 
tree planted by the rivers of water1    
,that bringeth forth his fruit in his   
season2    ,his leaf also shall not     
wither2    ,and whatsoever he doeth     
shall prosper4    ,the ungodly are not  
so2    ,but are like the chaff which the
 wind driveth away4      ,therefore the 
ungodly shall not stand in the judgment1
    ,nor sinners in the congregation of 
the righteous4    ,for the ,lord knoweth
 the way of the righteous2    ,but the  
way of the ungodly shall perish4    #acj
 ,sidenote3 ,baptism essential to       
salvation4    ,it is not enough1        
however1 that the man who professes     
faith in ,jesus1  shall merely forsake  
the way of the ungodly4 ,jesus fulfilled

 in ,his  coming the law of carnal      
commandments--a law which ,paul asserts 
was  but a sort of schoolmaster to train
 the people and prepare them for  the   
coming of ,jesus--and established       
through ,his ministry the more  perfect 
law of the ,gospel1 the power of ,god   
unto salvation4 ,and that  law requires 
that those who believe in ,jesus1 and   
repent of their evil  doings1 shall     
further take upon them ,his name in the 
ordinance of  baptism4 ,one night1 there
 came to ,jesus a ,pharisee named       
,nicodemus1  a ruler of the ,jews4      
,rabbi1 said ,nicodemus1 recognizing in 
,jesus a  power greater than his own1   
,we know that ,thou art a teacher come  
from  ,god3 for no man can do these     
miracles that ,thou doest1 except ,god  
be  with him4 ,jesus answered and said  
unto him1 ,verily1 verily1 ,i say unto  
thee1 ,except a man be born again1 he   
cannot see the kingdom of ,god4         
,nicodemus was puzzled2 for he thought1 
of course1 only of a physical  rebirth1 

and could not understand how such a     
remarkable thing could  happen4 ,so he  
asked1 ,how can a man be born when he is
 old8 ,then ,jesus  answered1 ,verily1  
verily1 ,i say unto thee4 ,except a man 
be born of  water and of the ,spirit1 he
 cannot enter the kingdom of ,god4 ,this
  ,jesus said1 of course1 of the        
ordinance of baptism and of the ,holy   
,ghost4 ,not only1 then1 must one       
believe and repent1 but one must also   
be baptized in water in fulfillment of  
the requirement of the law4  ,without   
such a renewal of the spiritual life1 a 
man may not even see  the kingdom of    
,god4    #aca ,sidenote3 ,humility and  
obedience the psychology of baptism4    
,there are some people who pretend not  
to see any value in the ordinance  of   
baptism4 ,how can baptism make one any  
better1 they ask1 or have any  effect on
 one's subsequent life8 ,these people do
 not understand the  true nature of the 
ordinance4 ,there was once a ,syrian    
captain named  ,naaman who became       

afflicted with the loathsome and        
infectious disease  of leprosy4 ,at the 
suggestion of an ,israelitish captive1  
,naaman sought  out the ,prophet ,elisha
 in the land of ,israel1 that the       
affliction might  be rebuked4 ,elisha   
did not even come forth to see ,naaman1 
but sent a  messenger to him with this  
word3 ,go and wash in ,jordan seven     
times1  and thy flesh shall come again  
to thee and thou shalt be clean4 ,then  
,naaman became angry1 because he did not
 understand the principle of  obedience4
 ,why should he wash in ,jordan8 ,were  
not the waters of the  rivers of        
,damascus better than the water of      
,jordan8 ,but his servants  prevailed   
upon him1 saying1 ,if the prophet had   
bid thee do some great  thing1 wouldst  
thou not have done it8 ,how much rather 
then1 when he  saith to thee1 ,wash1 and
 be clean4 ,here was sound reasoning1   
,naaman  listened2 he went down to the  
,jordan and dipped himself seven times2 
he came forth with his flesh as clean as

 that of a little child1 and  was       
healed4 ,what was it that healed        
,naaman8 ,was it the water of ,jordan1  
with curative powers greater than those 
of the rivers of ,damascus8  ,certainly 
not4 ,naaman bowed his haughty and      
powerful will to that of  ,god4 ,he     
humbled himself2 he was humiliated4 ,he 
learned the lesson of  obedience1 which 
is better than sacrifice4 ,and the ,lord
 ,god has chosen  the ordinance of      
baptism as the means whereby men may    
show their  humility1 #acb their        
complete acceptance of the mission of   
,jesus1  their sincere repentance1 and  
whereby further they may become         
initiated  into the ,church of ,jesus   
,christ4 ,here the ,lord makes use of a 
wonderful  psychology1 and baptism      
literally washes away sin4    ,sidenote3
 ,the law of obedience in daily life4   
,moreover1 obedience and humility of the
 kind required by the ordinance  of     
baptism is demanded also in the daily   
walk of life4 ,a young man in  a        

chemical obedience in laboratory        
attempted one day1 by a process  of     
electro-plating1 to put a new covering  
of yellow gold over his  watch case4 ,he
 prepared very carefully the solution of
 gold-leaf in  aqua regia2 he built up  
an excellent voltaic battery2 he made   
all  the connections close and secure2  
and he cleaned carefully the old        
watchcase that the new gold might be    
deposited upon it evenly and  smoothly4 
,then in the evening1 when everything   
was in readiness1 he  suspended the case
 properly in the gold solution1 closed  
the circuit1  and went home1 hoping to  
find his watch case in the morning with 
a  beautiful new coating of yellow gold 
ready to polish4 ,but when he  entered  
the laboratory the next morning1 and    
went to examine his  electro-plating1 he
 found to his horror that his watch case
 was as  black as coal4 ,what had       
happened8 ,everything was as he had left
 it the  evening before4 ,so far as he  
could tell there was no reason why his  

experiment should not have been         
successful4 ,then he resorted to his    
books again4 ,after patient searching1  
in the volumes on his desk1 he  arose a 
wiser and a more careful man4 ,he had   
overlooked one requirement  of the law4 
,in the process of electro-plating1 he  
remembered now1 the  gold is deposited  
in its usual yellow form only when the  
gold solution  is warm4 ,when the       
electric current is #acc passed through 
a cold  solution1 the gold is deposited 
in an unusual black form4 ,the young    
chemist had learned that obedience is   
better than sacrifice4    ,sidenote3    
,the example set by ,jesus4    ,as      
always1 ,jesus ,himself practiced the   
doctrine that ,he presented to  ,his    
people4 ,jesus was baptized4 ,moreover1 
in ,his own baptism1 ,jesus  taught both
 the necessity and the proper mode of   
baptism4 ,john was  baptizing in the    
river ,jordan4 ,apparently1 he selected 
places where  the water was deep2 for1  
later in the ministry of ,jesus we read1

 that1  ,john was baptizing in ,aenon1  
near to ,salim1 because there was much  
water there4 ,when ,he was ready to     
begin ,his ministry1 ,jesus went to     
,john to be baptized4 ,but ,john forbade
 ,him1 saying1 ,i have need to  be      
baptized of ,thee1 and comest ,thou to  
me8 ,and ,jesus answering said  unto    
him1 suffer it to be so now3 for thus it
 becometh us to fulfill  all            
righteousness4 ,then he suffered ,him4  
,and ,jesus1 when ,he was  baptized1    
went up straightway out of the water4   
,from this record1 it  is clear that    
,jesus recognized the ordinance of      
baptism as essential  to salvation1 and 
therefore set the example ,himself4     
,then ,jesus was  baptized correctly2   
,he went down into the water2 ,he was   
immersed2  ,he came up out of the water4
 ,for it is now an accepted fact that   
,john baptized by immersion4 ,in        
,stanley's ,eastern ,church occurs the  
following passage1 which ,dr4 ,geikie   
considers of such authority that  he    

quotes it in his excellent ,life and    
,words of ,christ3 ,the mode of  ,john's
 baptism has been and still is much     
discussed1 but the practice  of the     
,eastern ,church1 and the very meaning  
of the word1 leave no  sufficient       
grounds for questioning that the        
original form of baptism  was complete  
immersion in the deep baptismal #acd    
water4 ,this form of  baptism it was    
certainly that the apostles themselves  
practiced1 else  there could be no      
meaning to the favorite figure of ,paul1
 ,know ye not1  that so many of us as   
were baptized into ,jesus ,christ were  
baptized  into ,his death8 ,therefore we
 are buried with ,him by baptism into   
death3  that like as ,christ was raised 
up from the dead by the glory of the    
,father1 even so we should walk in      
newness of life4 ,for if we have been   
planted together in the likeness of ,his
 death1 we shall be also in the         
likeness of ,his resurrection4          
,sidenote3 ,the purpose of baptism4     

,do you ask what is the purpose of      
baptism8 ,as has been already  suggested
 baptism serves to wash away sin1 and to
 initiate the  repentant believer into  
the ,church of ,christ4 ,john's baptism 
was for  the remission of sins4 ,peter1 
the chief apostle1 called to the people 
on the day of ,pentecost1 ,repent1 and  
be baptized every one of you in  the    
name of ,jesus ,christ for the remission
 of sins4 ,and it follows  that since   
baptism is for remission of sins1 those 
who have not reached  the age of sinning
 have no need of baptism4 ,there has    
grown up in  the world a vicious habit  
of baptizing infants and little         
children4  ,such a practice is wrong4   
,jesus ,himself said of little children1
 ,of  such is the kingdom of heaven4    
,infants and little children have not   
learned to know the difference between  
good and evil4 ,they cannot sin4        
,baptism should not be administered to  
them till they reach the age of         
discretion4 ,little children need no    

repentance1 wrote the ,nephite  prophet1
 neither baptism4 ,behold1 baptism is   
unto repentance to the  fulfilling the  
commandments unto the remission of sins4
    #ace ,sidenote3 ,the door of the    
sheepfold4    ,this then did ,jesus     
teach3 ,baptism is essential2 it is     
correctly  performed by complete        
immersion in water2 it is for the       
remission of  sins2 it should be        
administered only to those who have     
reached the  age of accountability2 only
 by obedience to the law can one enter  
the  kingdom of ,god4 ,verily1 verily1  
,i say unto you1 ,he that entereth  not 
by the door into the sheepfold1 but     
climbeth up some other way1  the same is
 a thief and a robber4 4 4 4 ,i am the  
door3 by ,me if any  man enter in1 he   
shall be saved1 and shall go in and out1
 and find  pasture4 ,only through       
,jesus1 you see1 can one enter the      
sheepfold1 and  become a member of it4  
,and the way to enter by ,jesus was thus
 stated in  ,his final commission to the

 eleven apostles1 just before ,he       
ascended to  heaven4 ,go ye therefore1  
and teach all nations1 baptizing them in
 the  name of the ,father1 and of the   
,son1 and of the ,holy ,ghost4 ,he that 
believeth and is baptized shall be      
saved2 but he that believeth not  shall 
be dammed4    ,,the ,,references        
,psalm #a4 ,acts #b3ch4    ,john #c3a-e4
 ,moroni #h3h-ad4    #b ,kings #e3a-ad4 
,john #aj3a-ah4    ,matt4 #c3ac-af4     
,matt4 #bh3ai-bj4    ,rom4 #f3c-e4 ,mark
 #af3ae1 #af4    #acf ,,the ,,questions 
#a4 ,what are the first principles and  
ordinances of the ,gospel8    #b4 ,show 
that baptism is required by the teaching
 of ,jesus4    #c4 ,by what process does
 baptism wash away sin8    #d4 ,how does
 the law of obedience operate in the    
daily affairs of life8    #e4 ,how did  
,jesus show in ,his own acts that       
baptism is essential to  salvation8     
#f4 ,what is the proper mode of baptism8
    #g4 ,what is the purpose of baptism8
    #h4 ,to whom should baptism be      

administered8    #i4 ,summarize the     
teachings of ,jesus concerning baptism4 
#aj4 ,what is the teaching of our own   
,church concerning baptism8    #acg     
,,xviii    ,,the ,,gift ,,of ,,the      
,,holy ,,ghost    ,sidenote3 ,what      
,jesus told ,nicodemus4    ,jesus said  
to ,nicodemus1 ,except a man be born of 
water and of the  spirit1 he cannot     
enter into the kingdom of ,god4 ,we have
 just learned  what it means to be born 
of water4 ,when a man has gained the    
gift of  faith and believes sincerely in
 the saving mission of ,jesus ,christ2  
when he has added to his faith works1   
and has learned to walk in the  way of  
the righteous--then he must be baptized 
by immersion in order  to fulfill all   
righteousness4 ,as we have learned1 such
 a man is then  born of water3 for1 by  
obeying the law1 he has laid aside his  
sins1  and comes forth out of the water 
spiritually a new man1 reborn4 ,there   
are some people in the world who hold   
that when a man has done all  this1 he  

has fulfilled all the requirements1 and 
may therefore hope to  gain admittance  
into the kingdom of ,god without        
observing any further  ceremony4 ,but   
,jesus said1 ,except a man be born of   
water and of the  spirit4 ,evidently1   
then1 to enter the kingdom of ,god1 one 
must be born  not only of water1 but    
also of the spirit4 ,and to be born of  
the spirit  means to be born of the     
,holy ,ghost4 ,but1 by what means may   
one be born  of the spirit8             
,sidenote3 ,the laying on of hands4     
,this question is a very important one1 
since a man may not hope to  enter the  
kingdom of ,god if he has not been      
born--or quickened--by  the spirit4 ,in 
the preceding lesson1 it was stated that
 the ,prophet1  ,joseph ,smith1 once    
stated the principal doctrines of the   
,church of  ,jesus #ach ,christ of      
,latter-day ,saints in a sort of creed1 
known as  the ,articles of ,faith2 and  
that the fourth article1 in enumerating 
the  first principles and ordinances of 

the ,gospel1 names the ordinance of  the
 laying on of hands for the gift of the 
,holy ,ghost as the fourth  essential   
step in becoming a member of the ,church
 of ,christ4 ,according  to this        
statement1 then1 one may be born1 or    
quickened1 of the  spirit--after having 
been baptized--through the ordinance of 
the laying  on of hands4 ,but was this  
the teaching of the primitive church and
 of  the ,lord ,jesus ,himself8         
,sidenote3 ,the teaching and practice of
 ,paul4    ,anxious that the saints to  
whom he ministered should grow in the   
knowledge of ,god1 and should not stand 
still merely rehearsing the  first and  
practice principles of the ,gospel1 the 
,apostle ,paul wrote  to the ,hebrews as
 follows3 ,therefore leaving the        
principles of the  doctrine of ,christ1 
let us go on unto perfection2 not laying
 again  the foundation of repentance    
from dead works1 and of faith toward    
,god1 of the doctrine of baptisms1 and  
of laying on of hands4 ,it is  very     

interesting to note that ,paul lists    
here as one of the first  four          
principles the ordinance of the laying  
on of hands4 ,but what use  did ,paul   
make of the ordinance8 ,it happened once
 that ,paul1 in his  missionary travels1
 came1 to the city of ,ephesus1 and     
found there  certain disciples who had  
been baptized1 apparently1 by the       
followers  of ,john the ,baptist4 ,paul 
asked of these disciples1 ,have ye      
received  the ,holy ,ghost since ye     
believed8 ,and they said unto him4 ,we  
have  not so much as heard whether there
 be any ,holy ,ghost4 ,and he said  unto
 them1 ,unto what then were ye baptized8
 ,and they said1 #aci ,unto  ,john's    
baptism4 ,then said ,paul1 ,john verily 
baptized with the baptism  of           
repentance1 saying unto the people1 that
 they should believe on  ,him which     
should come after him1 that is1 on      
,christ ,jesus4 ,when they  heard this  
they were baptized in the name of the   
,lord ,jesus4 ,and when  ,paul had laid 

his hands upon them1 the ,holy ,ghost   
came on them2 and  they spake with      
tongues and prophesied4 ,this use1 then1
 did ,paul make  of the ordinance of the
 laying on of hands3 ,upon those who had
 been  baptized unto ,jesus1 ,paul laid 
his hands1 and he confirmed them1 and   
the ,holy ,ghost then came upon them1   
endowing them with spiritual gifts4     
,moreover1 this practice was not limited
 to the missionary labors of  ,paul     
alone2 all the apostles likewise        
confirmed those who had been  baptized  
and conferred thus the gift of the ,holy
 ,ghost upon them4    ,sidenote3 ,the   
practice of the apostles4               
,furthermore1 it was understood that    
only such men as possessed the          
necessary delegated authority from ,god 
might presume to confer the  gift of the
 ,holy ,ghost by the laying on of hands4
 ,it is recorded in  the history of the 
doings of the apostles that ,philip1 a  
deacon1 went  down to ,samaria and      
preached the ,gospel to the ,samaritans4

 ,many of the  ,samaritans believed1 and
 were baptized by ,philip1 among them a 
certain  man named ,simon1 which        
beforetime in the same city used        
sorcery1 and  bewitched the people of   
,samaria1 giving out that himself was   
some great  one4 ,but ,philip1          
apparently did not hold the necessary   
authority to  confer the gift of the    
,holy ,ghost1 and he was too wise and   
righteous a  man to attempt to do what  
he had no right to do4 ,so1 when the    
apostles  which were at ,jerusalem heard
 #adj that ,samaria had received the    
word  of ,god1 they sent unto them      
,peter and ,john3 who1 when they were   
come  down1 prayed for them1 that they  
might receive the ,holy ,ghost3 4 4 4  4
 then laid they their hands on them1 and
 they received the ,holy  ,ghost4       
,naturally1 ,simon the sorcerer was very
 much interested in this  wonderful     
ceremony4 ,such power he had never seen 
manifested before4 ,he  longed himself  
to possess such authority4 ,therefore1  

he offered money  to the apostles1      
saying1 ,give me also this power1 that  
on whomsoever ,i  lay hands1 he may     
receive the ,holy ,ghost4 ,but ,peter   
said unto him4 ,thy  money perish with  
thee1 because thou hast thought that the
 gift of ,god  may be purchased with    
money4 ,the lesson here is perfect4 ,the
 authority  to lay on hands for the gift
 of the ,holy ,ghost may not be merely  
assumed--not even by a man of such      
enduring faith as ,philip's--neither    
may it be purchased with wordly goods4  
,sidenote3 ,the teaching and practice of
 the apostles derived from  ,jesus4     
,of course1 the apostles did nothing but
 what they had seen their ,master  do1  
or had been instructed by ,him to do4   
,in this they were wholly  like ,him2   
for ,he also declared1 ,the ,son can do 
nothing of ,himself1  but what ,he seeth
 the ,father do3 for what things soever 
,he doeth1  these also doeth the ,son   
likewise4 ,there can be no question1    
then1  that ,jesus taught that the gift 

of the ,holy ,ghost should be conferred 
by the laying on of hands by men holding
 the proper authority4 ,jesus  ,himself 
practiced laying on of hands to confer  
blessings1 to heal the  sick1 to ordain1
 to authorize1 and for other purposes4  
,and ,he taught  very distinctly that   
,god would not recognize any usurped    
authority4  ,ye #ada have not chosen me1
 said ,jesus to the apostles1 but ,i    
have  chosen you and ordained you1 that 
ye should go and bring forth fruit1  and
 that your fruit should remain3 that    
whatsoever ye shall ask of the  ,father 
in my name1 ,he may give you4           
,sidenote3 ,what is the gift of the     
,holy ,ghost8    ,but what is the gift  
of the ,holy ,ghost which is conferred  
upon the  repentant and baptized        
believer by the laying on of hands8 ,to 
,his  apostles ,jesus made this promise1
 ,i will pray the ,father1 and ,he      
shall give you another ,comforter1 that 
,he may abide with you forever2  even   
the spirit of truth2 whom the world     

cannot receive1 because it  seeth ,him  
not1 neither knoweth ,him3 but ye know  
,him2 for ,he dwelleth  with you1 and   
shall be in you4 ,again1 ,jesus said to 
them1 further  explaining ,his promise1 
,the ,comforter1 which is the ,holy     
,ghost1 whom  the ,father will send in  
my name4 ,he shall teach you all things1
 and  bring all things to your          
remembrance1 whatsoever ,i have said    
unto you4  ,and still continuing ,his   
instructions to these beloved disciples1
  ,jesus said again1 ,howbeit1 when ,he1
 the ,spirit of truth1 is come1 ,he     
will guide you into all truth3 for ,he  
shall not speak of ,himself2 but        
whatsoever ,he shall hear1 that shall   
,he speak3 and ,he will show you  things
 to come4 ,now1 we have already learned 
what the ,holy ,ghost is4  ,the ,holy   
,ghost is the third member of the       
,godhead1 and is a personage  of spirit4
 ,but it appears that the special gift  
derived1 through  obedience1 from the   
,holy ,ghost is the gift of mental and  

spiritual  insight--the gift of         
intelligence4 ,the ,comforter1 said     
,jesus1 is the  ,spirit of truth2 it    
shall teach all things1 and bring to    
remembrance  #adb whatsoever has been   
heard2 it shall guide into all truth1   
and  speak only such things as it shall 
itself hear2 it shall show things  yet  
to come4 ,to receive the gift of the    
,holy ,ghost1 is then to receive  the   
gift of light1 and truth1 and           
intelligence4 ,of this gift of the      
,holy ,ghost1 the great ,joseph ,smith  
has said many important things4  ,among 
others we find recorded this3 ,the first
 ,comforter or ,holy ,ghost  has no     
other effect than pure intelligence4 ,it
 is 4 4 4 powerful in  expanding the    
mind1 enlightening the understanding1   
and storing the  intellect with present 
knowledge4 ,in another place1 is        
recorded the  following3 ,we believe    
that the holy men of old spoke as they  
were  moved by the ,holy ,ghost1 and    
that holy men in these days speak by the

  same principle2 we believe in its     
being a comforter and a witness  bearer1
 that it brings things past to our      
remembrance1 leads us into  all truth1  
and shows us of things to come2 we      
believe that 'no man can  know that     
,jesus is the ,christ1 but by the ,holy 
,ghost4'    ,sidenote3 ,the conditions  
and the source of intelligence4    ,in  
studying about faith1 and repentance1   
and baptism1 we learned that  the same  
principles operate in the daily affairs 
of life1 and underlie  all material     
success4 ,so it is also with the source 
of principle of  the gift of the ,holy  
,ghost4 ,the young chemist who tried to 
cover his  watchcase with gold1 learned 
to understand the spirit of truth1 and  
gained greater intelligence1 when he    
obeyed fully the requirements  going    
before4 ,and as he learned further the  
principle of obedience1 he  grew        
steadily in scientific intelligence4 ,so
 it is then with us4 ,we are  required  
to exercise faith in ,god1 and in ,his  

,son1 ,jesus ,christ2 we are  required  
to repent #adc of our sins1 and to learn
 to live righteously3  we are required  
to be baptized by complete immersion in 
water for  the remission of sins2 and   
then we are required to submit ourselves
  to the ordinance of the laying on of  
hands for the gift of the ,holy  ,ghost4
 ,when we have done all this we have    
fulfilled the requirements  of the law4 
,then our minds will be opened1 and our 
understandings  quickened2 for then the 
,holy ,ghost can act upon us to give us 
light and  intelligence4 ,this is being 
born of the ,spirit2 and therefore      
should  everyone obey the commandment of
 the ,lord1 ,repent and be baptized1    
every one of you1 for a remission of    
yours sins2 yea1 be baptized even  by   
water1 and then ,cometh the baptism of  
fire and of the ,holy ,ghost4    ,,the  
,,references    ,john #c3e4 ,john       
#ad3af1 #ag1 #bf4    ,heb4 #f3a1 #b4    
,john #af3ac1ad4    ,acts #ai3a-g4      
,hist4 of the ,church1 vol4 #c1 page    

#chj4    ,acts #h3e-bd4 ,hist4 of the   
,church1 vol4 #e1 page #bf4    ,john    
#ae3af4 ,doc4 and ,cov4 #cc3aa4    ,,the
 ,,questions    #a4 ,what twofold       
requirement is contained in the teaching
 of ,jesus to  ,nicodemus8    #b4 ,how  
may one be born of the ,spirit8    #c4  
,what was the teaching and practice of  
,paul concerning the laying on  of      
hands8    #d4 ,what was the practice of 
the apostles in the matter of laying on 
hands8    #e4 ,whence did the apostles  
derive their knowledge of the ordinance 
of  laying on hands8    #f4 ,what is the
 gift of the ,holy ,ghost8    #g4 ,what 
parallel may be found in the work of the
 world8    #h4 ,what is the source of   
intelligence8    #add ,,picture3 ,,jesus
 ,,and ,,the ,,fishermen1 ,zimmermann   
#ade        ,,xix    ,,the ,,foundation 
,,stone    ,sidenote3 ,a ,resume4    ,it
 is only natural that you should want to
 pause now1 and review some  of the     
teachings that have been considered in  
these pages4 ,jesus  came to the earth  

to attend to ,his ,father's business4   
,that business  consisted of learning1  
,himself1 to know ,god the ,father1 of  
teaching  all other men to know ,him1   
and of bringing about the salvation of  
the  children of ,god4 ,to accomplish   
,his wonderful mission1 ,jesus taught   
clearly what men should know about the  
,father and about ,himself and  about   
the ,holy ,ghost2 what men should know  
about the pre-existent life1  and why   
they are now upon the earth2 and how    
they should worship ,god1  cultivate    
childlike faith in ,him1 and do the     
things that success in  worship         
requires4 ,all these teachings1 as we   
have seen1 and all the  requirements1   
too1 are in perfect harmony with natural
 law4 ,to succeed  in any kind of       
endeavor one must follow just such steps
 as are outlined  by ,jesus for         
attaining success in the struggle for   
exaltation4 ,and1  certainly1 we cannot 
rightfully hope to drift into the       
success of  eternal life1 any more than 

we can hope to drift into the presidency
 of  the ,united ,states of ,america4   
,successful achievement is the crown of 
persistent effort4    ,sidenote3 ,a few 
questions4    ,now1 as it is natural    
that you should want to pause at this   
point and  review these teachings1 so it
 is natural that you should ask         
yourselves  such questions as these3    
,did ,jesus intend that ,his disciples  
should  associate themselves in an      
organized community8 ,did ,he have in   
mind  the #adf organizing of a ,church8 
,did ,he organize a ,church8 ,how did   
,he  expect those who accepted ,his     
teachings to retain their devotion1 and 
to grow in their knowledge of ,god and  
,his requirements of the faithful8  ,if 
,he did establish a ,church1 how shall  
we recognize it8 ,in this lesson  we    
shall discover what ,jesus taught in    
answer to these questions4    ,sidenote3
 ,parables by the sea4    ,one day      
,jesus went out of the house1 and sat by
 the sea side4 ,and  great multitudes   

were gathered unto ,him1 so that ,he    
went into a ship1  and sat2 and the     
whole multitude stood on the shore4     
,teaching the multitude in parables1    
,jesus said1 ,the kingdom of heaven  is 
likened unto a man which sowed good seed
 in his field3 but while men  slept1 his
 enemy came and sowed tares among the   
wheat1 and went his  way4 ,but when the 
blade was sprung up1 and brought forth  
fruit1 then  appeared the tares also4   
,so the servants of the householder came
 and  said unto him4 ,sir1 didst not    
thou sow good seed in thy field8 from   
whence then hath it tares8 ,he said unto
 them1 ,an enemy hath done this4  ,the  
servants said unto him4 ,wilt thou then 
that we go and gather them  up8 ,but he 
said1 ,nay2 lest while ye gather up the 
tares1 ye root up  also the wheat with  
them4 ,let both grow together until the 
harvest3 and  in the time of harvest ,i 
will say to the reapers1 ,gather ye     
together  first the tares1 and bind them
 in bundles to burn them3 but gather the

  wheat into my barn4    ,then ,jesus   
sent the multitude away1 and went into  
the house3 and ,his  disciples came unto
 ,him1 saying1 ,declare unto us the     
parable of the  tares of the field4     
#adg ,he answered and said unto them1   
,he that soweth the good seed is  the   
,son of ,man3 the field is the world2   
the good seed are the children  of the  
kingdom2 but the tares are the children 
of the wicked one2 the  enemy that sowed
 them is the devil2 the harvest is the  
end of the  world2 and the reapers are  
the angels4    ,as therefore the tares  
are gathered and burned in the fire2 so 
shall  it be in the end of this world4  
,the ,son of ,man shall send forth ,his 
angels1 and they shall gather out of    
,his kingdom all things that  offend1   
and them which do iniquity2 and shall   
cast them into a furnace  of fire3 there
 shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth4
 ,then shall the  righteous shine forth 
as the sun in the kingdom of their      
,father4 ,who  hath ears to hear1 let   

him hear4    ,sidenote3 ,the meaning of 
the parables4    ,thus clearly did      
,jesus ,himself see the condition of the
 world1 and  thus plainly did ,he teach 
it to ,his disciples4 ,now1 for the     
purpose  of this study1 certain points  
appear4 ,first1 it is very evident that 
,jesus had in mind a distinct community 
life for those who followed  ,him4 ,the 
kingdom of heaven1 sometimes called the 
kingdom of ,god1 is  the organization in
 which dwells the righteous4 ,of course1
 all kinds  of people gain access at    
times into the kingdom4 ,in another     
parable1  ,jesus likens the kingdom to a
 net cast into the sea1 which gathered  
of every kind of fish4 ,when the net was
 drawn ashore1 the fishermen  placed the
 good fish in vessels1 but the bad they 
cast away4 ,again1  you see1 the intent 
is that the followers of ,jesus1 or the 
righteous1  are the children of the     
kingdom1 and that the unrighteous have  
no  place therein4 ,the righteous in    
#adh their community--the believing     

community--shall shine forth as the sun4
 ,they constitute the kingdom of  their 
,father4    ,sidenote3 ,the church and  
the kingdom4    ,you may object that    
this kingdom does not mean the organized
 ,church1  but the glorious kingdom     
embracing the whole world1 over which   
,jesus is  to reign as ,king4 ,perhaps  
you are right2 but it makes no          
difference to  the argument4 ,for1 in   
the first place1 that kingdom must be   
organized4  ,we are sure1 then1 that    
,jesus had in mind the assembling and   
organizing  of ,his people4 ,but1 in the
 second place1 that larger kingdom can  
never  be accomplished without a smaller
 one from which it may grow4 ,while  the
 faithful number but a handful1 they1   
too1 must be organized and  provision   
must be made for common worship1        
fellowship1 and service4  ,this smaller 
institution--included in the larger--is 
the ,church4 ,the  wheat and the tares  
are even now growing side by side in the
 ,church of  ,christ--in the kingdom of 

,god--and will continue to do so until  
the day  of the great harvest4          
,sidenote3 ,the testimony of ,peter4    
,but there is recorded stronger evidence
 even than this that the  disciples of  
,jesus are to be organized in a ,church 
community4 ,when  ,jesus asked testimony
 of ,his disciples1 ,whom do men say    
that ,i the  ,son of ,man am8 the       
disciples answered1 you remember1 ,some 
say that  ,thou art ,john the ,baptist3 
some ,elias2 and others ,jeremias1 or   
one of  the prophets4 ,then1 when ,jesus
 put the question to them1 ,whom say ye 
that ,i am8 ,simon ,peter declared1     
,thou art the ,christ1 the ,son of the  
living ,god4    #adi ,sidenote3 ,the    
testimony of ,jesus4    ,this           
declaration is wonderful in its         
simplicity and unfaltering faith4  ,but 
the answer of ,jesus to it is even of   
greater significance3 ,blessed  art     
thou1 ,simon ,bar-jona3 for flesh and   
blood hath not revealed it unto  thee1  
but ,my ,father which is in heaven 4 4 4

 4 and upon this rock ,i  will build my 
,church2 and the gates of hell shall not
 prevail against  it4    ,sidenote3 ,its
 significance4    ,here1 then1 is found 
the final answer to our questions4      
,jesus appointed  and ordained twelve   
apostles1 ,he called other seventy1     
because it  was significance4 ,his      
purpose to organize ,his ,church4 ,the  
disciples  appointed and ordained       
elders1 and priests1 and teachers1 and  
deacons1  and other officers1 because   
they1 too1 were building up the ,church 
of ,christ4 ,moreover1 these words of   
,jesus point the test of the true       
,church4 ,not every ,church assembly    
that cries1 ,lo1 here is ,christ1 is    
necessarily the authorized ,church4     
,that only can be the true ,church      
which is founded on the rock of         
revelation4 ,an organized ,church there 
must be--without the worship of the     
disciples would dwindle away4 ,but  the 
foundation stone of that ,church must be
 revelation2 for where there  is no     

revelation the people perish4    ,,the  
,,references    ,matt4 #ac3bd-cj4 ,matt4
 #ac3dg-di4    ,matt4 #ac3cf-dc4 ,prov4 
#bi3ah4    #aej ,,the ,,questions    #a4
 ,review the foregoing lessons4    #b4  
,what questions are aroused by what     
,jesus has taught to his people8    #c4 
,explain the parable of the tares4      
#d4 ,how does it answer the question1   
,did ,jesus intend to organize ,his     
disciples8    #e4 ,what is the          
difference between the kingdom of ,god  
and the ,church of  ,christ8    #f4     
,what is the principal evidence that    
,jesus intended to organize a  ,church8 
#g4 ,what is the first test of the      
,church of ,jesus ,christ8    #aea      
#aeb ,,picture3 ,,christ',s ,,charge    
,,to ,,peter1 ,raphael    #aec          
,,xx    ,,the ,,test ,,of ,,authority   
,sidenote3 ,the figure of the architect4
    ,we have just learned that ,jesus   
built ,his church upon the principle  of
 revelation4 ,it is the foundation      
stone4 ,and it is only reasonable  and  

natural that it should be so4 ,you know 
very well that when an  architect is    
directing the construction of a large   
building like a  state capitol1         
employing hundreds of men1 he has to be 
constantly on  the watch to keep things 
going right4 ,if he goes away1 or       
neglects his  duty1 some foreman or     
other misinterprets the plans1 or       
misunderstands  the specifications2 or  
some unscrupulous contractor or other   
tries to  enlarge his own profits by    
using inferior materials and thus       
corrupts  the structure4 ,how necessary 
it is then that the architect shall     
watch  over his building1 by day and by 
night1 until it is finished according   
to specifications4    ,sidenote3 ,the   
application4    ,now1 if men can so     
easily misinterpret1 or misunderstand1  
the concrete  instructions of their     
fellowmen1 or if some men are so evil   
that  they will try to corrupt the      
materials of an earthly structure1 it   
requires no argument to prove that men  

may easily misunderstand or             
misinterpret--quite innocently1 too--the
 word of ,god1 if left to  themselves4  
,and there may even be men so wicked    
that they would  maliciously corrupt the
 word for their own evil ends4 ,it is   
even more  necessary1 therefore1 that   
,the ,architect of eternal life--the    
,savior  of mankind--shall be in        
constant communion with ,his workmen1   
than it  is that the architect #aed of  
an earthly structure shall personally   
superintend1 its erection4 ,no man can  
be absolutely sure of the  meaning of   
the teachings of ,jesus without the     
spirit of inspiration1  or revelation   
from ,him4 ,that is why the people drift
 away and perish  when there is no      
vision4 ,that is why ,jesus founded ,his
 church upon the  rock of revelation4   
,that is why we may rest assured that   
the ,church of  ,christ will always     
teach the necessity of continual        
revelation--the  necessity of keeping   
constantly in touch with the ,divine    

,architect4    ,sidenote3 ,one mark not 
sufficient4    ,but it would be strange1
 indeed1 if there were but one mark by  
which we  might recognize the ,church of
 ,christ4 ,an apostate ,church might    
claim to  believe in revelation1 and    
might even teach the necessity of it4   
,yet1  it would of course never receive 
revelation2 for ,god would not speak to 
such a ,church4 ,still1 because it      
teaches the necessity of revelation     
people might be deceived1 and be led to 
become members of an apostate  ,church4 
,for what other mark should we look1    
then1 when trying to  determine which is
 the ,church of ,christ8    ,sidenote3  
,the submission of ,jesus4    ,jesus has
 made the matter very plain in ,his life
 and teachings4 ,one  of the remarkable 
things about ,jesus was ,his utter      
humility1 and ,his  complete submission 
subjection to authority4 ,although ,he  
was greater  than the civil law1 yet ,he
 submitted always to the requirements of
 that  law4 ,nay1 more1 ,in ,his own    

labors4 ,he recognized always the       
authority  of a ,superior ,power under  
whose direction ,he worked4 ,when we    
think  of ,jesus as a member of the     
,godhead1 endowed with omnipotence1 does
  it not seem strange to hear ,him say1 
,i am not come of #aee myself1  but ,he 
that sent me is true2 my doctrine is not
 mine1 but ,his that  sent me2 the ,son 
can do nothing of ,himself1 but what ,he
 seeth the  ,father do3 for what things 
soever ,he doeth1 these also doeth the  
,son  likewise8 ,yet1 these sayings     
express the reverence of ,jesus for     
authority4 ,it must be plain to everyone
 who reads the life of ,jesus  that ,he 
recognized the fact that ,he held no    
authority of ,himself1 that  ,he was not
 self-appointed2 but that ,his          
influence1 ,his power1 ,his very        
,messiahship were conferred upon ,him by
 the ,father4    ,sidenote3 ,the        
submission of the apostles4    ,this    
same recognition of the necessity of    
authority1 ,jesus impressed  upon ,his  

disciples4 ,ye have not chosen me1 he   
declared one day to  them1 but ,i have  
chosen you1 and ordained you4 ,and we   
learn that  ,jesus did call and ordain  
apostles and seventies2 and that it was 
the  custom in the early ,christian     
,church to ordain by laying on hands    
other officers1 such as1 high priests1  
elders1 priests1 teachers1 and  deacons1
 and bishops4 ,indeed1 it must be clear 
to everyone1 that only  by such special 
call and ordination could the apostles  
rightfully go  into the world to do the 
works that ,jesus did4 ,when the        
disciples of  ,john the ,baptist        
wondered that ,jesus should surpass     
their master1  do you recall what ,john 
answered them8 ,said he1 ,a man can     
receive  7or take unto himself7 nothing 
except it be given him from heaven4     
,that is the point4 ,no man can assume  
to act as a servant of ,god1 in         
official position1 unless ,he is called 
of ,god4 ,hence1 ,jesus said to ,his    
apostles1 when ,he had finished ,his own

 lifework1 ,as my ,father hath  sent me1
 even so send ,i you4    #aef ,sidenote3
 ,the second mark4    ,from these       
teachings of ,jesus1 we learn1 then1 the
 second mark of the  ,church of ,christ4
 ,not only will that ,church believe in 
the necessity of  continual revelation  
and actually receive it1 but it will    
recognize the  necessity of specially   
delegated divine authority to officiate 
in the  name of ,god1 and will provide  
in its ,church organization for all the 
officers belonging to the priesthood of 
,god4    ,sidenote3 ,two orders of      
priesthood4    ,the ,scriptures are full
 of evidences that there are two        
divisions of  divine priesthood--the    
,order of ,aaron1 and the ,order of     
,melchizedek4  ,jesus ,himself1 was a   
high priest after the order of          
,melchizedek4  ,without these orders of 
,priesthood1 man can not legally        
officiate in  the things of ,god1 any   
more than superintendents1 formen and   
workmen  can rightfully proceed to erect

 a state capitol without official       
authorization from the commission in    
charge4    ,do you know any ,church that
 holds these two orders of priesthood in
 its  organization8 ,does this ,church  
recognize the fact that a man must be   
called and appointed of ,god to act in  
,his name8 ,are the authority and  power
 of the priesthood manifest in its      
operations8 ,does this ,church  also    
believe in and receive continual        
revelation from ,god8 ,if so1 it  is    
possibly the ,church of ,christ4 ,a     
third mark remains4 ,that we shall      
consider in the next lesson4    ,,the   
,,references    ,john #g3bh1 #bi4 ,john 
#ae3af4    ,john #i3d4 ,john #c3bg4     
,john #e3ai4 ,john #bj3ba4    #aeg ,,the
 ,,questions    #a4 ,what would probably
 happen if the architect in charge of   
the  construction of a large building   
should go away for a long time8    #b4  
,what would happen if ,god should cease 
to speak to ,his people8    #c4 ,what   
was the attitude of ,jesus toward       

authority8    #d4 ,whence did ,he derive
 ,his authority8    #e4 ,what did ,he   
impress upon ,his disciples concerning  
authority8    #f4 ,what did ,john the   
,baptist say about authority8    #g4    
,how many orders of divine priesthood   
are there8    #h4 ,what then1 is the    
second mark of the true ,church8    #aeh
 ,,picture3 ,,jesus ,,teaching ,,from ,a
 ,,boat1 ,hofmann    #aei        ,,xxi  
,,the ,,third ,,mark    ,sidenote3 ,the 
horror of darkness4    ,have you ever   
stopped to think how terrible it would  
be if we had no  ,guide to show us the  
way of eternal life8 ,do you think you  
can imagine  the bitter disappointment  
of those who have sought a guide and    
have  failed to find it8 ,we may now    
pass over lightly some of the more      
serious questions of life2 we may even  
at times reject the teachings  of our   
instructors as unnecessary4 ,but there  
is a fixed fact which all  the world has
 come to recognize--one that sooner or  
later confronts  every individual4 ,it  

is that the greatest thing in life after
 all is  the knowledge of ,god and the  
satisfaction of having found the way of 
eternal life4 ,the disappointment that  
follows the failure to find that  way is
 expressed in words of beauty and       
childlike simplicity by an  ,indian4 ,in
 #ahcb a chief of the ,flatheads1 with  
some of his associates  sought the      
wigwams of the white man in quest of the
 ,way of life4 ,this  is what the chief 
of the ,flatheads said when he turned to
 go back to  his people3    ,sidenote3  
,the speech of an ,indian chief4    ,i  
came to you over a trail of many moons1 
from the setting sun4 ,you  were the    
friends of my fathers1 who have all gone
 the long way1 ,i came  with an ,indian 
an eye partly open for my people1 who   
sit in darkness4  ,i go back with both  
eyes closed4 ,how can ,i go back blind  
to my blind  people8 ,i made my way to  
you1 with strong arms1 through my       
enemies1  and strange lands1 that ,i    
might carry back much to them4 ,i go    

back  with both arms broken and #afj    
empty4 ,two fathers came with us4 ,they 
were the braves of many winters and     
wars4 ,we leave them asleep here  by    
your great water and wigwams4 ,they were
 tired with many moons 7of  journeying7 
and their moccasins were worn out 7on   
the trail74    ,my people sent me to get
 the ',white ,man's ,book of ,heaven4'  
,you took  me to where you allow your   
women to dance as we do not ours1 and   
the  book was not there4 ,you took me to
 where they worship the ,great ,spirit  
with candles1 and the book was not      
there4 ,you showed me images of the     
great spirits and pictures of the good  
land beyond1 but the book was  not among
 them to show us the way4 ,i am going   
back the long1 sad trail  to my people1 
in the dark land4 ,you make my feet     
heavy with gifts and  my moccasins will 
grow old in carrying them1 yet the book 
is not among  them4 ,when ,i tell my    
poor1 blind people after one more snow1 
in the big  council1 that ,i did not    

bring the book1 no word will be spoken  
by our  old men1 or by our young braves4
 ,one by one they will rise up and go   
out in silence4 ,my people will die in  
darkness1 and they will go a long  path 
to other hunting grounds4 ,no white man 
will go with them1 and no  ,white ,man's
 ,book to make the way plain4 ,i have no
 more words4    ,it will be difficult to
 find in modern literature words more   
pathetic  than these4 ,yet1 how vividly 
and impressively they describe the      
condition that exists in the ,christian 
world4 ,the ,indian came out of  a land 
of darkness to seek ,light1 and finds   
only a world of darkness4  ,he seeks a  
guide1 a book that shall point the way  
to heaven2 he finds  grossness1 and a   
worship of the #afa flesh-pots of       
,egypt4 ,he must  of necessity enter    
alone upon the long journey to the happy
 hunting  grounds4 ,it will be his great
 adventure4    ,sidenote3 ,the figure of
 the architect again4    ,and so it     
should be with all of us1 were it not   

for the fact that to  us ,god has       
revealed the ,book of ,heaven4 ,in the  
preceding lesson we  used the figure of 
the architect superintending the        
erection of a large  building4 ,let us  
continue that figure briefly4           
,naturally1 the architect  cannot be in 
every part of the building at the same  
time4 ,while he is  directing workmen in
 the basement1 men laying up the wall of
 the second  story must get along       
without him4 ,but how shall they know1  
in the  architect's absence1 that they  
are doing the work right8    ,the answer
 is not hard to find4 ,the foremen and  
the workmen have  access to plans and   
specifications4 ,the plans are minute1  
and the  specifications in detail4 ,the 
workmen may then see for themselves how 
the building is to be erected4 ,if only 
they read right1 and interpret          
correctly1 they may go ahead            
indefinitely4 ,it is because they are   
prone  to misinterpret1 and sometimes   
tempted to defraud the owners1 that the 

architect has to make his regular rounds
 and watch carefully4    ,sidenote3 ,the
 plan of eternal life4    ,it is just so
 with those who are building life       
eternal4 ,the ,indian  chief was right4 
,he was looking for the plans and       
specifications of  eternal life1        
furnished by the ,great ,architect4 ,the
 ,indian chief did  not find them4 ,he  
did not enquire at the right wigwam4    
,the plans and  specifications of       
eternal life constitute the ,gospel of  
the ,lord ,jesus  ,christ4 ,the presence
 and the practice of that ,gospel--in   
fulness and in  simplicity--in the #afb 
,church of ,christ1 form the third mark 
of its  divine authority4    ,sidenote3 
,the necessity of plans4    ,why are    
plans and specifications necessary8     
,ordinary plans and  specifications     
accomplish three very important things4 
,first1 they  direct what is to be done 
and how it is to be done4 ,secondly1    
they  furnish a basis of judgment       
whereby to determine whether or not the 

work of the contractors fulfills the    
terms of agreement4 ,thirdly1 they      
furnish a standard of judgment whereby  
to determine whether or not the         
materials used1 the proportions mixed1  
the measurements taken1 and  all else1  
are of the quality and fulness required 
by the builder1 and  agreed to by the   
contractor4    ,sidenote3 ,the          
application4    ,so also1 the teachings 
of the ,gospel of the ,lord ,jesus      
,christ are  necessary to man for very  
important reasons4 ,it is through the   
,gospel1  that we learn of ,god and ,his
 work--to bring to pass the immortality 
and  eternal life of man4 ,it is through
 the ,gospel that we learn of ,christ's 
wonderful atoning sacrifice4 ,it is     
through the ,gospel that we learn to    
know what is man's duty to ,god1 and    
man's duty to man4 ,the ,gospel1 too1   
then directs men what to do and how to  
do it4 ,it furnishes a basis of         
judgment whereby to determine whether a 
man's actions are good or bad4  ,it     

furnishes a standard of judgment whereby
 to determine the true and  exact       
quality of the structure of eternal life
 which he has built up4    ,sidenote3   
,the principles of the ,gospel4    ,it  
is not the purpose of this lesson to    
review all the principles of  the       
,gospel4 ,faith1 repentance1 baptism by 
immersion1 by one holding  authority    
from ,god1 the #afc conferring of the   
,holy ,ghost by the  laying on of hands 
of men holding authority1 are           
fundamental principles  and initiatory  
rites4 ,all the teachings contained in  
this little book1  and many more        
besides1 belong to the ,gospel of       
,jesus4 ,the true ,church  of ,christ   
must hold strictly to all that ,jesus   
taught4 ,after that ,john  was put in   
prison1 ,jesus came into ,galilee1      
preaching the ,gospel of the  kingdom of
 ,god4    ,sidenote3 ,men judged by the 
,gospel4    ,of the ,gospel--the plan of
 eternal life--the ,great ,architect was
  jealous4 ,he that rejecteth me1       

asserted ,jesus1 and receiveth not  my  
words1 hath ,one that judgeth him3 the  
word that ,i have spoken1 the  same     
shall judge him in the last day1 ,and   
the end can not come till  all have     
heard the plans and specifications of   
eternal life4 ,said ,jesus  again1 ,this
 ,gospel of the kingdom shall be        
preached in all the world  for a witness
 unto all nations2 and then shall the   
end come4    ,sidenote3 ,the three      
marks4    ,like the chieftain of the    
,flatheads1 others1 too1 may come over a
 trail  of many moons1 from the setting 
sun4 ,they may come from a land of      
darkness1 in search of ,light4 ,they may
 need the ,book of ,heaven to make  the 
way of eternal life plain4 ,surely1 the 
scroll may be found in only  one        
place--,the ,church of ,jesus ,christ4  
,it is founded upon the rock of         
revelation2 it is ribbed by the quorums 
of the priesthood of ,aaron and  of     
,melchizedek2 and it is clothed in the  
teachings of ,jesus--the ,gospel  of the

 ,son of ,god4    ,these are the three  
never-failing marks of the ,church of   
,christ4    #afd ,,the ,,references     
,mark #a3ad1 #ae4 ,john #ab3dh-ej4      
,matt4 #bd3ad4    ,,the ,,questions     
#a4 ,what is the significance of the    
speech of the ,flathead chief8    #b4   
,why does an architect prepare plans and
 specifications for a  proposed         
building8    #c4 ,how is the ,gospel    
like such plans and specifications8     
#d4 ,what is the ,gospel8    #e4 ,how   
did ,jesus show ,his great concern for  
the ,gospel8    #f4 ,what are the three 
never-failing marks of the ,church of   
,christ8    #afe    #aff ,,picture3     
,,consider ,,the ,,lilies1 ,lejenno     
#afg        ,,xxii    ,,single ,,minded 
,,loyalty    ,sidenote3 ,a supreme      
privilege4    ,it is indeed a privilege 
beyond measure to belong to a ,church   
founded  upon divine revelation1        
presided over by the ,lord ,jesus       
,himself and  conducted by a divinely   
appointed priesthood1 and regulated by  

the  ,gospel of ,jesus ,christ--the     
divine plan of salvation4 ,not many     
people  appreciate fully what a         
priceless blessing is within their      
reach4  ,they clamor and struggle1      
sometimes1 for membership in some secret
  brotherhood or other1 which will avail
 them nothing when they shall  pass into
 that other world2 and they             
neglect--nay1 ignore--membership  in the
 open brotherhood of ,jesus the ,christ1
 which might be made to  profit them    
much upon the earth1 and which would    
give them hereafter  free access into   
the larger kingdom of ,god4 ,is not the 
vision of man  imperfect8    ,sidenote3 
,the true worth of membership4          
,jesus1 however1 recognized the true    
worth of membership in the kingdom  of  
heaven4 ,the kingdom of heaven is like  
unto treasure hid in a  field1 ,he      
declared2 the which when a man hath     
found1 he hideth1  and for joy thereof  
goeth and selleth all that he hath1 and 
buyeth  that field4 ,again1 the kingdom 

of heaven is like unto a merchant man1  
seeking goodly pearls3 who when he had  
found one pearl of great price1  went   
and sold all that he had1 and bought it4
    ,these are pretty parables1 but what
 do they mean8 ,why1 simply1 that  a man
 who has found the ,church of ,christ   
should be willing1 if                   
necessary--indeed1 he #afh will be      
willing1 if necessary--to give up  every
 material possession in order to attain 
membership therein4 ,it is  a blessing1 
of course1 to possess sufficient of this
 world's goods2 but  it is far better to
 have secure one's place in the kingdom 
of ,god4    ,sidenote3 ,conditions of   
membership4    ,this lesson ,jesus      
taught always4 ,to gain entrance into   
the kingdom1 one  must forsake all      
personal1 unworthy ambitions4 ,the time 
is fulfilled1  ,jesus cried on ,his     
preaching tours1 and the kingdom of ,god
 is at hand3  repent ye1 and believe the
 gospel4 ,and when the disciples of     
,jesus  would stop the parents from     

bringing their children to the ,master1 
,jesus said1 ,suffer the little children
 to come unto me1 and forbid  them not3 
for of such is the kingdom of ,god4     
,verily ,i say unto you1  ,whosoever    
shall not receive the kingdom of ,god as
 a little child1 he  shall not enter    
therein4 ,this all teaches that to      
secure the coveted  membership1 we must 
not only renounce all the evils of our  
past1 but we  must put ourselves in the 
attitude of little children1 eager to   
receive  the divine word of ,god1 and to
 help in its establishment upon the     
earth4    ,sidenote3 ,single-minded     
loyalty4    ,now1 it needs no long      
explanation to show that those who have 
succeeded  in placing themselves in the 
attitude of little children1 are also   
in an attitude of single-minded loyalty 
to ,god4 ,jesus insisted that  men must 
be loyal to ,god1 and that1 too1 with   
singleness of purpose  and singleness of
 thought4 ,you have learned in your     
daily lives which  associates you can   

trust and which you cannot trust4 ,you  
know very  well that if a boy's thoughts
 are always good1 he is not very likely 
to become guilty #afi of any seriously  
wrong act4 ,you know that if a  girl's  
motives are good1 she is not likely to  
become guilty of evil4  ,jesus knew     
these truths1 too4 ,he was anxious1     
therefore1 that the minds  of men should
 become filled with thoughts of         
,god--that the dominating  motive in    
their minds should be to serve ,god4    
,for ,he knew very well  that a man     
dominated by the motive of ,godly       
service would be arrayed  against sin2  
whereas1 one not so dominated might     
easily be overcome by  the wily         
suggestions of the tempter4             
,sidenote3 ,no man can serve two        
masters4    ,lay not up for yourselves  
treasures upon earth1 where moth and    
rust  doth corrupt1 and where thieves   
break through and steal2 but lay up  for
 yourselves treasures in heaven1 where  
neither moth nor rust doth  corrupt1 and

 where thieves do not break through nor 
steal3 for where  your treasure is there
 will your heart be also4    ,when we   
learn that1 in the ,jewish belief1 the  
heart was the seat of  thought and      
intelligence1 then this saying of the   
,teacher becomes  plain indeed4 ,it is  
impossible for anyone to have two chief 
centers of  interest4 ,if a man devote  
his thought and intelligence to the     
laying up  of wealth1 he will of course 
neglect his duty to ,god4 ,for1 said    
,jesus1  ,no man can serve two masters3 
for either he will hate the one1 and    
love the other1 or he will hold to the  
one1 and despise the other4 ,ye  cannot 
serve ,god and ,mammon4    ,sidenote3 ,a
 simple application4    ,everyone knows 
how true this saying is4 ,let us apply  
it to some of  our own likes4 ,all boys 
and most girls like baseball4 ,every boy
 and  every girl should like #agj to    
keep the ,sabbath holy4 ,now1 if a boy  
begins to yield to the temptation to    
play baseball on ,sunday1 it is not     

long1 ordinarily1 before his surrender  
is complete1 and the playing  of        
baseball on ,sunday becomes for him a   
regular practice4 ,what has  then       
happened to his attendance at the       
,sunday ,school and the sacrament       
service8 ,the boy is scarcely if ever   
seen there4 ,do you ask why8 ,this  boy 
started by trying to serve both ,god and
 ,mammon4 ,but the things of  ,god are  
displeasing to ,mammon2 and the things  
of ,mammon are displeasing  to ,god4    
,oil and water1 you know1 will not mix4 
,as the boy grew in his  love for       
baseball on the ,sabbath1 he grew also  
in his hatred for the  duties he owed to
 his ,god4 ,as he held tenaciously to   
his baseball on  the ,sabbath1 he       
despised the service of the great ,king4
 ,truly1 one  cannot have two chief     
centers of interest4 ,ye cannot serve   
,god and  ,mammon4    ,sidenote3 ,a     
parable in point4    ,and the folly of  
the worship of ,mammon is so clear1 that
 it is  surprising that men will ever   

fall into error4 ,jesus illustrated this
  truth with an excellent parable4 ,the 
ground of a certain rich man  brought   
forth plentifully3 and he thought within
 himself saying1 ,what  shall ,i do1    
because ,i have no room where to bestow 
my fruits8 ,and he  said1 ,this will ,i 
do3 ,i will pull down my barns1 and     
build greater2  and there will ,i bestow
 all my fruits and my goods4 ,and ,i    
will say to  my soul1 ,soul1 thou hast  
much goods laid up for many years2 take 
thine  ease1 eat1 drink1 and be merry4  
,but ,god said unto him4 ,thou fool1    
this  night thy soul shall be required  
of thee3 then whose shall those things  
#aga be1 which thou hast provided8 ,so  
is he that layeth up treasure  for      
himself1 and is not rich toward ,god4   
,sidenote3 ,the light of the body4      
,again1 ,jesus said when speaking of    
laying up treasure in heaven1  and      
serving ,god and ,mammon1 ,the light of 
the body is the eye3 if  therefore thine
 eye be single1 thy whole body shall be 

full of light4  ,but if thine eye be    
evil1 thy whole body shall be full of   
darkness4  ,if therefore the light that 
is in thee be darkness1 how great is    
that  darkness6 ,in the ,old ,testament1
 the evil eye stands for avarice and    
greed1 the good eye for generosity4 ,is 
there anyone1 then1 who does not  see   
that if a man fosters thoughts of       
selfishness and greed1 he blinds        
himself1 to all the better and higher   
things1 and gropes in darkness4         
,sidenote3 ,a summary4    ,in this way1 
then1 ,jesus taught that men should     
serve ,god with  single-minded loyalty4 
,in ,his sayings and parables1 ,he      
presents four  reasons3 7#a7 ,the life  
of man is in the hands of ,god4 ,he gave
 it and  ,he will take it away4 ,no one 
is sure how long he may be privileged to
  enjoy worldly pleasures4 ,but the life
 of the spirit is everlasting4  ,its    
joys shall never end4 7#b7 ,worldly     
goods and pleasures are  perishable and 
fleeting4 ,we may lose them when we     

think we have them  most securely4 ,the 
things of the spirit are eternal4 ,they 
can not be  taken from us1 so long as we
 worship in spirit and in truth4 7#c7   
,it is  impossible for man to hold two  
equally important and equally cherished 
objects of interest4 ,one of the two    
will inevitably be neglected4 7#d7  ,if 
a man's motives are selfish and worldly1
 his soul becomes darkened  to truth1   
and to spiritual things4    #agb        
,sidenote3 ,a paraphrase4    ,for these 
excellent and sufficient reasons1 man   
should cultivate an  attitude of        
single-minded loyalty to ,god4 ,instead 
of toiling and  sweating for things of  
passing value only1 man should strive   
for the  things of permanent joy and    
satisfaction4 ,jesus's message1 as has  
been  aptly said1 may be paraphrased    
thus3    ,look up4 ,get a goal before   
you that is worth while4 ,let the one   
passion of your life be loyalty to ,god4
 ,then your joys will be  wholesome and 
permanent1 and you shall walk in the    

light1 not in  darkness4    ,,the       
,,references    ,matt4 #ac3dd-df4 ,matt4
 #f3ac-ba4    ,mark #a3ac1 #ad4 ,matt4  
#f3bd4    ,mark #aj3ac-af4 ,luke        
#ab3ac-ae4    ,matt4 #f3bb-bc4    ,,the 
,,questions    #a4 ,how does man show   
himself short-sighted when considering  
the things  of ,god8    #b4 ,what is the
 significance of the parable of the     
treasure and the  pearl of great price8 
#c4 ,what do we learn from ,jesus's     
attitude toward little children8    #d4 
,name and discuss the first two reasons 
given by ,jesus why we should  cultivate
 single-minded loyalty to ,god4    #e4  
,name and discuss the second two reasons
 why we should cultivate  single-minded 
loyalty to ,god4    #f4 ,name as many   
instances as you can in which we might  
practice  single-minded loyalty in our  
own lives4    #agc    #agd ,,picture3   
,,christ ,,and ,,the ,,rich ,,young     
,,ruler1 ,hofmann    #age        ,,xxiii
    ,,riches ,,and ,,the ,,kingdom ,,of 
,,god    ,sidenote3 ,a liberal man4     

,when ,matthias ,baldwin1 who built the 
first ,american locomotive1 had  made   
good and had accumulated a fortune1 he  
was wont to distribute  liberal gifts   
freely among those who had been less    
prosperous than he4  ,so generous1      
indeed1 was he that when he had not the 
cash by him he  would give personal     
notes instead4 ,nobody hesitates to sign
 promises  to pay in the future in order
 to get capital for business1 he would  
say4 ,are we to trust the ,lord to take 
care of our affairs1 and not ,his  own8 
,sometimes1 it is said1 this practice   
would get ,mr4 ,baldwin into  small     
difficulties2 but on the other hand it  
often helped him when he  needed        
business notes for himself4 ,said one   
bank president to another1  once1 ,you  
refuse to help him because he does not  
know what to do with  his money4 ,we    
will stand by him because he is         
determined to do good  with his money4  
,his collaterals are ,god's promises4   
,and that bank  president was right4    

,sidenote3 ,an unnatural doubt4    ,now1
 the teachings of the previous lesson   
may have aroused some  questions in your
 minds as to whether or not there will  
be found a  place in the kingdom of     
heaven for the rich man--for him who has
  devoted much time apparently to the   
service of mammon4 ,perhaps you  have   
heard from some one that it is easier   
for a camel to go through  the eye of a 
needle1 than for a rich man to enter    
into the kingdom of  ,god2 and you have 
therefore concluded that heaven is for  
only the  poor4 ,there are some people  
who hold #agf so narrow a notion4 ,in   
this  lesson1 however1 we shall learn   
how riches should be used2 and that     
poverty is no larger guarantee of       
salvation than are riches4    ,sidenote3
 ,the case of the rich young ruler4     
,one day1 not long after ,jesus had     
blessed the little children brought  to 
,him1 there came to ,him a rich young   
ruler1 who said1 ,good ,master1  what   
good thing shall ,i do1 that ,i may have

 eternal life8    ,and ,he said unto    
him1 ,why callest thou me good8 there is
 none good  but ,one1 that is1 ,god3 but
 if thou wilt enter into life1 keep the 
commandments4    ,he saith unto ,him1   
,which8    ,jesus said1 ,thou shalt do  
no murder4 ,thou shalt not commit       
adultery1  ,thou shalt not steal1 ,thou 
shalt not bear false witness4 ,honour   
thy  father and thy mother3 and1 ,thou  
shalt love thy neighbour as thyself4    
,the young man saith unto ,him1 ,all    
these things have ,i kept from my  youth
 up3 what lack ,i yet8    ,jesus said   
unto him1 ,if thou wilt be perfect1 go  
and sell that thou  hast1 and give to   
the poor1 and thou shalt have treasure  
in heaven3 and  come and follow me4     
,but when the young man heard that      
saying1 he went away sorrowful3 for  he 
had great possessions4    ,sidenote3    
,the difficulty of sacrifice4    ,this  
simple little story reveals to us the   
truth4 ,the rich young ruler  was       
essentially a good young man4 ,from his 

youth up he had striven  to observe the 
law of ,moses4 ,he had committed no     
gross offense2 he  was guilty of no     
heinous sin2 as he understood the law1  
he loved his  neighbor as himself4 ,but 
the more perfect law of the ,gospel1    
which  ,jesus taught1 called for        
sacrifice4 ,the things the young man had
 done  had been easy4 ,he had #agg      
refrained from evil1 because he loved   
not  evil4 ,but when he was bidden to   
part with his wealth1 and to give it to 
others more needy than he1 the center of
 his affection was touched4 ,for  he    
loved his riches4 ,it was not the       
riches1 then1 that stood between  him   
and eternal life4 ,it was the love of   
those riches4 ,the thing he  loved he   
could with difficulty give up4          
,sidenote3 ,the conclusion of ,jesus4   
,therefore did ,jesus say to ,his       
disciples1 ,verily ,i say unto you4     
,that a rich man shall hardly 7with     
difficulty7 enter into the kingdom  of  
heaven4 ,and again ,i say unto you1 ,it 

is easier for a camel to go  through the
 eye of a needle1 than for a rich man to
 enter into the  kingdom of ,god4       
,sidenote3 ,the amazement of the        
disciples4    ,naturally1 such a        
statement puzzled the disciples just as 
it has  puzzled men from that time to   
this4 ,so the disciples asked1 ,who then
  can be saved8 ,but ,jesus answered    
only1 ,with men this is impossible2  but
 with ,god all things are possible4     
,sidenote3 ,the power of ,god4    ,while
 this answer may seem evasive1 yet one  
can readily see in it the  possibility  
implied4 ,of course1 with ,god all      
things are possible4  ,he can touch the 
heart of man so that it shall not be    
centered on  wealth--so that the chief  
affection of man shall not be1          
,midas-like1  the love of gold4 ,riches 
in themselves are of no value2 but      
riches as  a means of service may be    
righteously desired4 ,and the ,lord     
,jesus has  ,himself promised the       
blessings of the earth to those who     

honestly seek  ,him4    ,sidenote3 ,a   
promise of worldly blessings4    ,seek  
not ye what ye shall eat1 or what ye    
shall drink1 urged ,jesus1  ,neither be 
ye of doubtful mind4 #agh ,for all these
 things do the  nations of the world    
seek after3 and your ,father knoweth    
that ye have  need of these things4 ,but
 rather seek ye the kingdom of ,god2 and
 all  these things shall be added unto  
you4    ,sidenote3 ,the object of the   
world's desire4    ,riches1 then1 should
 be righteously acquired2 and the       
acquiring of them  should be made       
secondary to the learning to know ,god  
and ,jesus ,christ  whom ,he hath sent4 
,it is natural that every boy and girl  
should plan  for the future1 and that   
the plans should include the            
accumulation1 if  possible1 of some of  
this world's goods4 ,but ,jesus would   
not have those  who know him to be like 
the nations of the world4 ,they seek    
after the  riches of the world merely   
for the sake of the riches themselves4  

,they  love money--and ,paul said1 you  
know1 that1 the love of money is the    
root of all evil4 ,the disciples of     
,jesus will never serve mammon2 they    
will make mammon serve them1 and use    
riches for good4 ,money itself will  not
 be the object of their love1 but the   
service that money can be made  to      
render4 ,jesus taught this lesson in a  
parable often misunderstood4            
,sidenote3 ,the parable of the unjust   
steward4    ,there was a certain rich   
man1 which had a steward2 and the same  
was  accused unto him that he had wasted
 his goods1 and he called him1 and  said
 unto him1 ,how is it that ,i hear this 
of thee8 give an account of  thy        
stewardship2 for thou mayest be no      
longer steward4 ,then the steward  said 
within himself4 ,what shall ,i do8 for  
my lord taketh away from  me the        
stewardship4 ,i cannot dig2 to beg ,i am
 ashamed4 ,i am resolved  what to do1   
that1 when ,i am put out of the         
stewardship1 they may #agi  receive me  

into their houses4 ,so he called every  
one of his lord's  debtors unto him1 and
 said unto the first1 ,how much owest   
thou unto my  lord8 ,and he said1 ,an   
hundred measures of oil4 ,and he said   
unto him4  ,take thy bill1 and sit down 
quickly1 and write fifty4 ,then said he 
to  another4 ,and how much owest thou8  
,and he said1 ,an hundred measures of   
wheat4 ,and he said unto him4 ,take thy 
bill1 and write four score4 ,and  the   
lord commended the unjust steward1      
because he had done wisely3  for the    
children of this world are in their     
generation wiser than the  children of  
light4 ,and ,i say unto you4 ,make to   
yourselves friends of  the mammon of    
unrighteousness2 that1 when ye fail1    
they may receive you  into everlasting  
habitations4    ,now1 ,jesus did not    
approve of the actions of the steward4  
,they were  decidedly dishonest1 and    
,jesus calls him an unjust steward4 ,but
 from  the conduct of this steward1     
,jesus draws a profitable lesson4 ,the  

steward was a man of the world4 ,the    
children of the world are wise in  their
 generation4 ,when1 therefore1 the      
steward was in trouble1 he made  the    
mammon of unrighteousness his servant1  
and secured for himself a  comfortable  
living when he should be put out of the 
stewardship4 ,a  somewhat similar use   
should the children of light make of    
such wealth  as they are appointed      
stewards over4 ,they should look after  
the poor1  care for the needy1 shed     
comfort and cheer1 and make for         
themselves  friends by means of their   
wealth4 ,first must come obedience to   
the  commandments of ,god1 and a        
diligent seeking after ,him4 ,then      
worldly  goods must be made to serve in 
helping to prepare a habitation in the  
eternal home4    #ahj ,paul1 again1 who 
seemed always clearly to comprehend the 
teachings of the ,master1 put it thus3  
,charge them that are rich in  this     
world1 that they be not high minded nor 
trust in uncertain riches1  but in the  

living ,god1 who giveth us richly all   
things to enjoy2 that  they do good1    
that they be rich in good works1 ready  
to distribute1  willing to communicate2 
laying up in store for themselves a good
  foundation against the time to come1  
that they may lay hold on eternal  life4
    ,in the teaching of ,jesus1 then1   
riches are not a bar to eternal life4   
,the terms of salvation are the same to 
the rich and the poor alike4 ,it  is not
 poverty that saves a man1 but humility 
of spirit and obedience4  ,so it is not 
riches that condemn a man2 but love of  
riches1 and  disobedience4 ,many there  
are who1 like the rich young ruler1 turn
 and  go their way because they have    
great possessions4 ,many others there   
are who1 like ,matthias ,baldwin1       
exclaim1 ,i feel more thankful for the  
disposition to give largely than for the
 ability to give largely2 for ,i  know  
that immense wealth can be acquired a   
great deal easier than the  heart to use
 it well4 ,my money without a new heart 

would have been a  curse to me4    ,,the
 ,,references    ,matt4 #ai3af-bb4 ,luke
 #ab3bi-ca4    ,luke #ah3bb4 #a ,tim4   
#f3aj1 #ag-ai4    ,luke #af3a-aj4       
#aha ,,the ,,questions    #a4 ,what     
disposition did ,matthias ,baldwin      
develop with the accumulation  of       
riches8    #b4 ,why do some people think
 that heaven is not for the rich man8   
#c4 ,why could not the rich young ruler 
follow ,jesus8    #d4 ,what did ,jesus  
mean by the statement concerning the    
rich man and the  camel8    #e4 ,what   
use should be made of riches8    #f4    
,what is the root of all evil8    #g4   
,what lesson did ,jesus teach in the    
parable of the ,unjust ,steward8    #h4 
,why have the poor no greater assurance 
of salvation than have the  rich8    #i4
 ,which is the great gift1 wealth or the
 disposition to give8    #ahb ,,picture3
 ,,lazarus ,,at ,,the ,,rich ,,man',s   
,,house1 ,dore    #ahc        ,,xxiv    
,,succeeding ,,with ,,what ,,one ,,has  
,sidenote3 ,the rich man and ,lazarus4  

,in the parable of the ,rich ,man and   
,lazarus1 ,lazarus lies sick and  hungry
 at the door of the ,rich ,man who only 
the crumbs that fall from  the rich     
man's table4 ,the ,rich ,man failed to  
recognize his opportunity2  and when    
these two passed beyond1 ,lazarus was   
taken into the bosom  of ,abraham1 while
 the ,rich ,man was consigned to the    
torments of  everlasting punishment4    
,sidenote3 ,wanted3 a chance4    ,the   
story of the ,rich ,man and ,lazarus    
must cause each one of us to  reflect1  
that1 undoubtedly1 he has himself many  
opportunities lying  unnoticed at his   
door4 ,indeed1 while nearly every boy is
 prone to say  when he sees a successful
 man1 ,if only ,i had his chance1 the   
fact  remains that he probably had as   
good a chance as the successful man but 
failed to make the most of it4 ,jesus   
understood well the weakness in  men    
that makes for failure1 both temporal   
and spiritual1 and as was his  wont     
illustrated his point by means of a     

significant parable4    ,sidenote3 ,the 
parable of the talents4    ,the kingdom 
of heaven is as a man travelling into a 
far country1 who  called his own        
servants1 and delivered unto them his   
goods4 ,and unto  one he gave five      
talents1 to another two1 and to another 
one2 to every  man according to his     
several ability2 and straightway took   
his journey4  ,then he that had received
 the five talents went and traded with  
the  same1 and made them other five #ahd
 talents4 ,and likewise he that had     
received two1 he also gained other two4 
,but he that had received one  went and 
digged in the earth1 and hid his lord's 
money4    ,after a long time the lord of
 those servants cometh1 and reckoneth   
with them4 ,and so he that had received 
five talents came and brought  other    
five talents1 saying1 ,lord1 thou       
deliveredst unto me five  talents3      
behold1 ,i have gained beside them five 
talents more4 ,his  lord said unto him1 
,well done1 thou good and faithful      

servant3 thou  has been faithful over a 
few things1 ,i will make thee ruler over
 many  things3 enter thou into the joy  
of thy lord4 ,he also that had received 
two talents came and said1 ,lord1 thou  
deliveredst unto me two talents3        
behold1 ,i have gained two other talents
 beside them4 ,his lord said unto  him1 
,well done1 good and faithful servant2  
thou hast been faithful over  a few     
things1 ,i will make thee ruler over    
many things3 enter thou into  the joy of
 thy lord4    ,then he which had        
received the one talent came and said1  
,lord1 ,i knew  thee that thou art an   
hard man1 reaping where thou hast not   
sown1 and  gathering where thou hast not
 strawed3 and ,i was afraid1 and went   
and  hid my talent in the earth3 lo1    
here thou hast that is thine4 ,his  lord
 answered and said unto him1 ,thou      
wicked and slothful servant1  thou      
knewest that ,i reap where ,i sowed not1
 and gather where ,i have  not strawed3 
thou oughtest therefore to have put my  

money to the  exchangers1 and then at my
 coming ,i should have received mine own
 with  usury4 ,take therefore the talent
 from him1 and give it unto him which   
hath ten talents4 ,for unto everyone    
that hath shall be given1 and he  shall 
have abundance3 but from #ahe him that  
hath not shall be taken  away even that 
which he hath4 ,and cast ye the         
unprofitable servant into  outer        
darkness3 there shall be weeping and    
gnashing of teeth4    ,sidenote3 ,a     
general law4    ,in this parable1 ,jesus
 has stated a far-reaching law of truth4
 ,it  applies to every boy and to every 
girl1 to every man and to every  woman4 
,and it operates in every field of      
endeavor--in the temporal  world1 in the
 mental world1 in the spiritual world4  
,perhaps everyone  knows someone else   
who is waiting for an opportunity4      
,perhaps1 you  yourselves1 like the     
snail in ,hans ,christian ,andersen's   
tale of ,the  ,snail and the ,rose      
,bush1 think that you have a great deal 

in you1  and say to yourselves as did   
the snail1 ,wait till my time comes1 ,i 
shall do a great deal more than to yield
 roses1 or to bear nuts1 or  to give    
milk as cows do4 ,but in thinking so and
 saying so you forget  the eternal truth
 taught by ,jesus in the parable of the 
talents4 ,the  big opportunity can come 
only if every day1 like the rose bush1  
you  make the most of that day's chance1
 and contribute the roses and the       
fragrance of your life to the world4    
,sidenote3 ,the water boy4    ,let us   
consider a concrete case4 ,not so very  
long ago1 there was  employed in one of 
the great ,american steel works1 a young
 boy to carry  water4 ,you all know what
 that means4 ,and it must be admitted   
that  there is but small opportunity in 
the humble calling of water-carrier4    
,his master had entrusted the boy with a
 single talent4 ,but as the  master went
 the rounds of inspection1 he observed  
that the water boy  was always on the   
job4 ,no matter how early the master    

came1 the boy  was there #ahf before    
him2 no matter how late the master      
stayed1 the  boy stayed later than he4  
,he worked1 he observed1 he studied2 he 
was  making his talent grow4 ,by and by1
 a vacancy occurred higher up4 ,the     
master did not hesitate4 ,he called to  
him the water boy1 and gave to  him the 
work of greater responsibility4 ,that   
was but the beginning4  ,today the water
 boy is one of the most highly honored  
and trusted men  in the great steel     
industry of ,america4 ,no place1 you    
see1 is so humble  but that it has its  
own opportunity for service4 ,and that  
opportunity  improved1 there lie always 
greater chances ahead4 ,that opportunity
  neglected1 failure only can follow4   
,one can become ruler of many things    
only if one has proved oneself faithful 
in few4    ,sidenote3 ,intellectual     
endeavor4    ,examples might be         
multiplied to prove the truth of the law
 taught by  ,jesus4 ,when boys and girls
 go to school1 it is those who make the 

most  of that opportunity that grow in  
intelligence and power4 ,they progress  
steadily until they become leaders of   
men4 ,knowledge is added to  knowledge1 
until they master the field in which    
they are working4 ,on  the other hand1  
those who neglect the opportunity       
afforded by school  attendance1 become  
relatively more and more ignorant4 ,the 
world forges  ahead in knowledge and    
wisdom4 ,their industrious associates go
 forward  by strides4 ,but they1        
themselves1 lag ever farther and farther
 behind4  ,verily1 to him who hath is   
given1 until he possesses in abundance2 
whereas from him who hath not1 is taken 
even that he had4    ,sidenote3         
,spiritual growth4    ,but it was not to
 temporal and mental things only that   
,jesus meant to  apply the law          
illustrated in the #ahg parable of the  
talents4 ,perhaps  ,his chief purpose   
was to apply it to the spiritual life4  
,there1 as in  the physical life1 one   
must serve1 and do one's utmost1 in     

whatever  calling ,god may have placed  
one4 ,according to one's courage and    
faithfulness will one's reward be4 ,and 
that reward1 you must note1  does not   
consist of a commission in money4 ,it   
consists of a larger  responsibility1 a 
larger opportunity to serve1 a place of 
greater honor  in the kingdom of ,god4  
,such a reward--whether in the physical 
or in the  spiritual life--is after all 
the only reward worth while4            
,sidenote3 ,the lesson applied4    ,let 
us grapple to our souls1 then1 the      
lesson of this parable4 ,the  lasting   
reward of effort of any kind is not the 
material gain derived  therefrom1 but   
the effect upon one's character--ability
 developed to  do bigger and nobler     
things2 the confidence inspired to carry
 larger  trusts4 ,so1 two of the        
servants of the lord developed in       
efficiency  and ability to do4 ,the     
other feared4 ,he feared failure--he    
dared not  attempt--he dreaded to       
venture4 ,his ability1 such as it was1  

became  paralyzed4 ,as a result he      
inspired no confidence--nay1 he lost the
  confidence his lord had reposed in    
him4 ,moreover1 through his failure  to 
make use of his little opportunity1 the 
slothful servant lost  confidence in    
himself1 and thereby squandered his     
native power to  achieve1 however small 
it may have been4    ,god requires of   
all of us that we shall serve ,him      
diligently4 ,and  service of ,godly kind
 means that we give ourselves wholly to 
the ,lord1  all that we have and all    
that we are4 ,time1 and means1 and life1
  are ,his1 #ahh and every word1 every  
thought1 every act1 should be  prompted 
by loyalty to ,god and ,his kingdom4    
,then are we profitable  servants2 and  
then are we multiplying the talents ,god
 has entrusted to  our care4 ,thou shalt
 not idle away thy time1 said ,jesus in 
our own  dispensation1 neither shalt    
thou bury thy talent that it may not be 
known4    ,,the ,,references    ,matt4  
#be3ad-cj4 ,doc4 and ,cov4 #fj3ac4      

,,the ,,questions    #a4 ,what is meant 
by a chance8    #b4 ,how much smaller   
opportunity had the servant with one    
talent than  the servant with five8     
#c4 ,what does the story of the         
water-boy illustrate8    #d4 ,how does  
the parable of the talents apply to the 
school life of boys  and girls8    #e4  
,how does the parable apply to one's    
spiritual life8    #f4 ,what is man's   
duty to ,god8    #ahi    #aij ,,picture3
 ,,the ,,sermon ,,on ,,the ,,mount1     
,hofmann    #aia        ,,xxv    ,,think
 ,,right    ,sidenote3 ,the great       
commandment4    ,once when a lawyer     
asked ,him temptingly which is the great
 commandment  in the law1 ,jesus        
answered unhesitatingly1 ,thou shalt    
love the ,lord  thy ,god with all thy   
heart1 and with all thy soul1 and with  
all thy  mind4 ,this is the first and   
great commandment4 ,and the second is   
like unto it4 ,thou shalt love thy      
neighbour as thyself4 ,on these two     
commandments hang all the law and the   

prophets4 ,divinely inspired1  ,jesus   
returned a very wise answer4 ,the       
tempter was unable to catch ,him4  ,and 
now we all understand that answer is in 
very truth the sum of the  law and the  
prophets4 ,for if a man truly loves     
,god1 and also loves his  neighbor as   
himself1 there is no offense he will--or
 can--commit4 ,all  sin consists of evil
 done to oneself1 or to one's neighbor1 
or to one's  ,god4 ,true love such as   
,jesus defined makes sin impossible4    
,sidenote3 ,the beatitudes4    ,at      
another time1 when a great multitude    
followed ,him from almost every  part of
 the ,holy ,land1 ,jesus went up into a 
mountain and preached to  the disciples 
that assembled near ,him4 ,it was at    
this time that ,he  uttered the         
wonderful sayings commonly known as the 
,beatitudes4 ,in  these rich and        
beautiful sayings1 ,jesus describes the 
moral character  that ,he requires in   
those who are to constitute ,his        
kingdom4 ,in other  words1 everyone who 

would belong in full faith and          
fellowship to the  kingdom of ,god must 
possess the qualities here named4       
#aib ,blessed are the poor in spirit3   
for theirs is the kingdom of  heaven4   
,blessed are they that mourn3 for they  
shall be comforted4    ,blessed are the 
meek3 for they shall inherit the earth4 
,blessed are they which do hunger and   
thirst after righteousness3 for  they   
shall be filled4    ,blessed are the    
merciful3 for they shall obtain mercy4  
,blessed are the pure in heart3 for they
 shall see ,god4    ,blessed are the    
peacemakers3 for they shall be called   
the children of  ,god4    ,blessed are  
they which are persecuted for           
righteousness' sake3 for  theirs is the 
kingdom of heaven4    ,blessed are ye1  
when men shall revile you1 and persecute
 you1 and  shall say all manner of evil 
against you falsely1 for my sake4       
,rejoice  and be exceeding glad3 for    
great is your reward in heaven3 for so  
persecuted they the prophets which were 

before you4    ,sidenote3 ,a high ideal 
of life4    ,here1 indeed1 is an ideal  
toward which to train one's life4 ,to be
  poor in spirit1 to mourn over         
imperfection1 to be meek1 to hunger and 
thirst after righteousness1 to be       
merciful1 to be pure in heart1 to  make 
peace amongst the quarrelsome1 to be    
strong in persecution for               
righteousness' sake1 to rejoice when men
 do us evil wrongfully1 for  ,jesus's   
sake--these are goals worth while4      
,every man should keep the  beatitudes  
in mind1 and should try so to order his 
life that he may not  fail to obtain    
#aic any one of the promises associated 
with a good1  moral life4    ,sidenote3 
,the great beatitude4    ,yet1 as one   
reads the beatitudes1 one wonders what  
the great ,master  would answer if      
someone should ask ,him--as did the     
lawyer about the  commandments--which is
 the great beatitude4 ,as you read them 
over1  do you feel that any one is      
greater than the rest8 ,do you feel that

  the attaining of a certain one of them
 would comprehend the rest8 ,of  course1
 we may not assume to say what ,jesus   
would answer4 ,but let  us think the    
beatitudes over ourselves and try to    
pick out one very  important one2 one   
that expresses a moral quality the      
attainment of  which will at least help 
in the attainment of all the rest2 one  
that  expresses a moral quality more    
often trampled under foot than any      
other2 one that expresses a moral       
quality the neglect of which leads      
always to iniquity4    ,sidenote3 ,the  
pure in heart4    ,have you found it8   
,the sixth saying reads thus3 ,blessed  
are the pure  in heart3 for they shall  
see ,god4 ,here is a condition with a   
promise  indeed6 ,to see ,god6 ,to      
associate with ,him6 ,and what must one 
be to see  ,god8 ,one must be pure in   
heart4 ,when we remember that in the    
,jewish  belief the heart was the seat  
of thought and intelligence1 then we    
understand this saying better4 ,to be   

pure in heart is to be pure in  thought1
 to be pure in mind4 ,to be pure in     
heart is to entertain no  evil thought1 
to hold no impure desire4 ,to be pure in
 heart is to weed  out of the mind every
 evil or sinful suggestion1 and to plant
 instead  thoughts of righteousness4    
,the wise man of old appreciated the    
full  value #aid of purity of heart4    
,said he1 ,as a man thinketh in his     
heart so is he4 ,and to the ,prophet    
,joseph ,smith ,jesus said1 ,let  virtue
 garnish thy thoughts unceasingly1 then 
shall thy confidence wax  strong in the 
presence of ,god1 and the doctrine of   
the ,priesthood shall  distill upon thy 
soul as the dews from heaven4 ,may we   
not hope1 then1  since ,god is a ,god of
 purity1 that we have found here the    
great1 the  comprehensive beatitude8 ,if
 one is truly pure in heart1 one can not
 but  possess the other moral virtues   
also4    ,sidenote3 ,things that defile4
    ,jesus was very forceful in ,his    
teaching of the necessity of purity of  

heart4 ,at one time1 ,he called the     
people to ,him and taught them thus3    
,hearken unto me every one of you1 and  
understand4 ,there is nothing  from     
without a man1 that entering into him1  
can defile him3 ,but the  things which  
come out of him1 those are they that    
defile the man4 ,if  any man have ears  
to hear1 let him hear4    ,and when ,he 
was entered into the house from the     
people4 ,his disciples  asked ,him      
concerning the parable4 ,and ,he saith  
unto them4 ,are ye so  without          
understanding also8 ,do ye not perceive1
 that whatsoever thing  from without    
entereth into the man1 it cannot defile 
him2 because it  entereth not into his  
heart1 4 4 4 4 ,and ,he said1 ,that     
which cometh out  of the man1 that      
defileth the man4 ,for from within1 out 
of the heart of  men1 proceed evil      
thoughts1 adulteries1 fornications1     
murders1 thefts1  covetousness1         
wickedness1 deceit1 lasciviousness1 an  
evil eye 7greed71  blasphemy1 pride1    

foolishness3 all #aie these evil things 
come from  within1 and defile the man4  
,sidenote3 ,vulgarity in thought1 word  
and deed4    ,it is very apparent1 then1
 that vulgar stories of the kind that   
boys often tell each other on street    
corners1 are begotten of an  impure     
mind4 ,the telling of vulgar1 or smutty 
jokes1 the reading  of lascivious       
literature1 the taking delight in       
obscene pictures and  suggestive plays1 
the practising of secret abuses--all    
these are born  of an evil mind4        
,surely1 it must be plain to every boy  
and girl that  those who indulge such   
thoughts and practices of evil are not  
pure in  heart4 ,they shall not see     
,god4    ,sidenote3 ,the good tree and  
the corrupt4    ,teaching again on the  
same subject1 ,jesus said at another    
time1 ,a good  tree bringeth not forth  
corrupt fruit2 neither doth a corrupt   
tree  bring forth good fruit4 ,for every
 tree is known by his own fruit3 for  of
 thorns men do not gather figs1 nor of a

 bramble bush gather they  grapes4 ,a   
good man out of the good treasure of his
 heart1 bringeth  forth that which is   
good1 and an evil man out of the evil   
treasure of  his heart1 bringeth forth  
that which is evil3 for of the abundance
 of  the heart his mouth speaketh4      
,sidenote3 ,plain teaching4    ,has ever
 any man taught more plainly8 ,the      
kingdom of ,god is to be made  up of men
 and women rich in moral virtues4 ,and  
the chief of those  virtues is purity of
 heart4 ,the vulgar1 the profane1 the   
lascivious1  and all those who foster   
evil thoughts will find no place near   
,god4  ,only the pure in heart shall see
 ,him4 ,remember1 then1 the great       
commandment4 ,remember the great #aif   
beatitude4 ,remember that as a man      
thinketh in heart so is he4 ,therefore1 
think right4    ,,the ,,references      
,matt4 #bb3cd-dj4 ,doc4 and ,cov4       
#aba3de4    ,matt4 #e3a-ac4 ,mark       
#g3ad-bd4    ,prov4 #bc3g4 ,luke        
#f3dc-de4    ,,the ,,questions    #a4   

,what is the great commandment in the   
law8    #b4 ,show that the answer of    
,jesus does really cover the law and the
  prophets4    #c4 ,what are the        
beatitudes8    #d4 ,what kind of people 
do they describe8    #e4 ,which is the  
great beatitude8    #f4 ,show how this  
beatitude may possibly cover all the    
rest4    #g4 ,what did ,jesus teach of  
things that defile8    #h4 ,how may a   
tree be known8    #i4 ,apply these      
teachings to your own lives4    #aj4    
,explain the saying1 ,as a man thinketh 
in his heart so is he4    #aig          
,,xxvi    ,,the ,,ugliness ,,of ,,anger 
,sidenote3 ,the story of ,cain4         
,there is no more pitifully tragic story
 in all the world than that  of ,cain1  
the fratricide4 ,cain was the first son 
of ,adam and ,eve of  whom the          
,scriptures make specific mention4 ,cain
 was a tiller of the  soil4 ,the riches 
of the earth were his1 and the fulness  
thereof4 ,with  joyful heart1 he might  
have plowed and tilled and garnered1    

and1 at  the last1 ended a well-spent   
life in ease and comfort2 with praise   
and  thanksgiving1 he might have        
worshipped ,god1 acknowledging gifts    
already  bestowed1 and receiving daily  
more as he pursued his honest toil2 with
  contented mind1 he might have mingled 
with his brothers and sisters1  and     
given unstintingly of his prosperous    
help in the establishing  of man's      
dominion on earth4 ,but ,cain was of a  
jealous and envious  disposition4 ,his  
mind was darkened with thoughts of      
avarice and greed  and hatred of others 
who prospered in the new world4         
,sidenote3 ,the occupation of ,abel4    
,cain had a brother named ,abel4 ,he was
 the second son of ,adam and ,eve       
mentioned by name in the ,scriptures4   
,abel was a shepherd1 a tender of       
flocks4 ,abel prospered1 too1 in his    
occupation4 ,true1 ,abel was not  so    
independent of his fellows as was his   
brother ,cain1 the tiller of  the soil4 
,abel's calling produced him only meat  

to eat and wool to  wear4 ,he grew no   
fruits1 nor grains1 nor vegetables1 nor 
other foods  in variety produced by the 
soil4 ,but ,abel was happy and          
contented4 ,he  was unselfish4 ,he loved
 his brothers and sisters1 #aih and     
rejoiced  in their successes4 ,he loved 
,god4 ,and as he tended his flocks1     
,abel  worshipped ,god who had placed   
his father and mother1 and their        
children1 upon the earth to subdue it4  
,sidenote3 ,the brothers' sacrifices4   
,one day ,cain and ,abel carried        
sacrifices to offer to the ,lord4 ,cain 
brought grudgingly of the fruits of the 
field4 ,abel brought of the  firstlings 
of his flock and the fat thereof without
 thought of  withholding anything from  
the ,lord4 ,when the sacrifices were    
presented1  the ,lord had respect unto  
,abel and to his offering3 but unto     
,cain  and to his offering ,he had not  
respect4 ,now1 this difference was not  
because ,abel's offering was better or  
more desirable than ,cain's4  ,the ,lord

 pays not respect to worldly things4    
,the widow's mite is as  acceptable to  
,him as the rich man's millions1 if     
offered in the spirit  of truth4 ,for it
 is the spirit in which a sacrifice is  
made that  counts with the ,lord4 ,and  
,cain did not come in the spirit of     
love1 and  thanksgiving1 and worship4   
,he gave grudgingly4 ,perhaps1 even1 he 
did  not give of the best of his crops4 
,therefore the ,lord did not accept  his
 offering4    ,sidenote3 ,the anger of  
,cain4    ,then1 when he saw that his   
own offering was rejected1 while ,abel's
  was accepted1 ,cain became filled with
 anger1 and his countenance  fell4 ,the 
,lord in ,his mercy spoke to ,cain1 and 
declared to him one  of the great       
fundamental truths of life4 ,why art    
thou wroth8 asked  the ,lord1 and why is
 thy countenance fallen8 ,if thou doest 
well thou  shalt be accepted4 ,and if   
thou doest not well1 sin lieth at the   
door1  and ,satan desireth to have thee2
 and except thou shalt hearken unto my  

#aii commandments1 ,i will deliver thee 
up1 and it shall be unto thee  according
 to his desire4 ,but the anger and the  
envy of ,cain were not  appeased4       
,sidenote3 ,the murder of ,abel4    ,not
 long thereafter1 ,cain and ,abel were  
together in the field4 ,cain  had       
brooded over the incident of the        
offerings4 ,his anger had waxed  hot1   
till it was ready to burst into furious 
flame4 ,satan had gained  possession of 
his mind1 had filled him with envy1 and 
had inspired him  to hate his brother4  
,so1 as he talked with his brother in   
the field1  ,cain suddenly arose in     
ungovernable rage and struck his brother
 down  and killed him4 ,it was a day of 
horror in man's history4 ,it was a day  
of blackness and blood4 ,cain was a     
brother-murderer--a fratricide4 ,and  it
 had come about because he had yielded  
to anger and envy and hate4  ,satan had 
gained possession utterly of his soul4  
,therefore1 ,cain was  cursed by the    
,lord and cast out from ,his presence4  

,in the story of ,cain  is illustrated  
wonderfully the truth of the saying of  
the ,wise ,man of  ,israel3 ,wrath is   
cruel1 and anger is outrageous2 but who 
is able to  stand before envy8          
,sidenote3 ,the lesson at home4    ,the 
story of ,cain is a story of long ago4  
,but we all know many  instances of the 
ugliness of anger in our own day4 ,in   
every prison  house in the world are    
confined men who have committed crime in
 fits of  anger4 ,an angry man stirreth 
up strife1 and a furious man aboundeth  
in  transgression1 said the ,man of     
,wisdom4 ,when a man is angry1 he loses 
control of the good that is in him4 ,he 
returns to the state of the  beast4 ,he 
speaks words of which afterward he is   
ashamed4 ,he does things  for which     
afterward he sorrows4 ,anger is an #bjj 
infernal poison1  administered by the   
father of lies himself1 which courses   
through the  blood1 makes the heart     
pound1 and creates delirium in the mind4
 ,there  are many ugly sights in the    

world2 but there is perhaps none uglier1
  more repulsive1 than a man furiously  
angry4 ,therefore is it said1 ,make  no 
friendship with an angry man and with a 
furious man thou shalt not  go3 lest    
thou learn his ways1 and get a snare to 
thy soul4    ,sidenote3 ,the power of   
the mind4    ,everyone knows how        
unpleasant is the company of a          
quarrelsome boy1 or  of a quarrelsome   
girl4 ,the best of sport and the        
choicest of company  can be spoiled by  
one angry countenance4 ,the truth taught
 in the  preceding lesson may here be   
emphasized4 ,as a man thinketh in his   
heart so is he4 ,according to your      
habits of thought1 you are agreeable  or
 disagreeable4 ,according to your habits
 of thought1 you find quarrel  in a     
straw1 or peace and serenity in turmoil4
 ,according to your habits  of thought  
you may become a strife-breeder or a    
peacemaker4 ,a wrathful  man stirreth up
 strife3 but he that is slow to anger   
appeaseth anger4  ,and since it rests   

with yourself1 is it not deplorable that
 you should  follow in the footsteps of 
,cain8      ,the human will1 that force 
unseen1    ,the offspring of a deathless
 ,soul1    ,can hew a way to any goal1  
,though walls of granite intervene4     
,as a boy wills to be pleasant and      
cheerful1 or to be disagreeable and     
quarrelsome1 so then will he be4 ,we    
know now that we may all be masters  of 
ourselves1 and hewers of our own fates4 
#bja ,all these things ,jesus taught    
plainly4 ,said ,he1 ,ye have heard  it  
said by them of old time1 ,thou shalt   
not kill2 and whosoever shall  kill     
shall be in danger of the judgment3 but 
,i say unto you1 ,that  whosoever is    
angry with his brother without cause    
shall be in danger of  the judgment3 and
 whosoever shall say to his brother1    
,raca1 shall be in  danger of the       
council3 but whosoever shall say1 ,thou 
fool1 shall be in  danger of hell fire4 
,therefore if thou bring thy gift to the
 altar1 and then rememberest  that thy  

brother hath aught against thee2 leave  
then thy gift before  the altar1 and go 
thy way2 first be reconciled to thy     
brother1 and then  come and offer thy   
gift4    ,agree with thine adversary    
quickly1 whiles thou art in the way with
  him2 lest at any time the adversary   
deliver thee to the judge1 and the      
judge deliver thee to the officer1 and  
thou be cast into prison4 ,verily  ,i   
say unto thee1 ,thou shalt by no means  
come out thence till thou hast  paid the
 uttermost farthing4    ,sidenote3      
,jesus an example4    ,there is in      
history no finer example of serene calm 
and self-control  than that manifested  
in the earth life of the ,savior of the 
world4  ,when ,james and ,john1 the     
,sons of ,thunder1 asked permission to  
call  down fire from heaven upon the    
,samaritan village that had refused to  
entertain ,jesus1 the ,lord rebuked     
them1 saying1 ,ye know not what  manner 
of spirit ye are of4 ,for the ,son of   
,man is not come to destroy  men's      

lives1 but to save them4 ,and when      
during the days of trial and  suffering1
 men insulted ,him and did ,him physical
 injury1 ,jesus went  like a lamb to the
 slaughter4    #bjb ,sidenote3 ,the     
strength of self-control4    ,all       
examples and precepts1 then1 admonish us
 to acquire self-control1  to be slow to
 anger1 to banish hatred1 and to eschew 
envy4 ,for the  wrath of man worketh not
 the righteousness of ,god2 and he that 
is  slow to anger is better than the    
mighty2 and he that ruleth his spirit   
than he that taketh a city4    ,,the    
,,references    ,moses #e3af-da4 ,matt4 
#e3ba-bf4    ,prov4 #bg3d4 ,luke        
#i3ea-ef4    ,prov4 #bi3bb4 ,james      
#a3bj4    ,prov4 #bb3bd4 ,prov4 #af3cb4 
,prov4 #ae3ah4    ,angry ,words1 ,oh    
,let ,them ,never1 ,s4 ,s4 ,song ,book4 
,,the ,,questions    #a4 ,what caused   
the downfall of ,cain8    #b4 ,what     
effect does anger have upon the mind8   
#c4 ,why does not anger work for        
righteousness8    #d4 ,what do you think

 of a quarrelsome boy with a grouch8    
#e4 ,what did ,jesus teach about anger8 
#f4 ,how does self-control make for     
strength8    #bjc    #bjd ,,picture3    
,,jesus ,,blessing ,,little ,,children1 
,plockhorst    #bje        ,,xxvii      
,,with ,,what ,,measure ,,ye ,,mete     
,sidenote3 ,the two school girls4       
,two little girls came home from school 
one day carrying on a very  lively      
discussion4 ,their animation1 and their 
complete absorption in  the subject were
 very inspiring to see4 ,one could not  
help but thrill  at the manifestation of
 buoyant1 interested1 and healthful     
youth4 ,but  when they came into the    
house1 and their mother overheard the   
nature  of their conversation1 she was  
woefully disappointed4 ,these girls were
  not discussing the problems raised by 
their lessons2 neither were they        
rejoicing at the prospect of the coming 
girls' hike to the canyon4 ,in  fact1   
the subject of their animated discussion
 was neither uplifting  nor             

invigorating4 ,on the contrary1 it was  
disgusting--so thought  their mother2   
and she was sorry to hear her girls     
indulge in such  conversation4 ,for the 
girls were gossiping2 nay--they were    
slandering4    ,sidenote3 ,the theft4   
,it appears that someone had lost some  
money that day at school4 ,the  loser   
declared1 however1 that she had not     
merely lost the money4 ,it  had been    
stolen6 ,the principal had called the   
pupils together1 and  had stated the    
case plainly to them4 ,he had said that 
if anyone had  actually stolen the      
money1 it would be much better for the  
thief to  confess than to be discovered1
 or even successfully to conceal the    
dishonest act4 ,such a thing would leave
 a scar upon one's character for  life4 
,but no one confessed4 ,the lost coin   
was not found4    #bjf ,sidenote3 ,the  
suspicion4    ,our two little friends1  
however1 had observed that ,mary ,jones1
 who sat  not far away1 acted very      
suspiciously when the principal came    

into the  room4 ,she turned quite pale1 
and looked afraid4 ,when the principal  
appealed to the offender to make a clean
 breast of his guilt1 ,mary  had hung   
her head4 ,was it not proof positive    
that ,mary had stolen the  money2 or    
that1 at least1 she knew where it was8  
,at recess1 and after  school was out1  
the girls had talked it over4 ,they had 
confided their  suspicions to a few     
intimate friends2 these in turn had     
confided in  other intimate friends2    
soon the whole school was in possession 
of what  was assumed to be a fact1 that 
,mary ,jones had stolen the money1 but  
that she would not confess4 ,the two    
little girls who first suspected  ,mary 
had grown firmly to believe their       
suspicions1 and assured their  mother   
that they knew that ,mary was the thief4
    ,sidenote3 ,the discovery4    ,the  
developments of the next few days1      
however1 proved to these little  girls  
how much truth there really is in the   
little bit of doggerel  verse their     

mother had taught them4      ,there is  
so much that is bad in the best of us1  
,and so much that is good in the worst  
of us1    ,that it doesn't behoove any  
of us    ,to talk about the rest of us4 
,poor ,mary ,jones suffered keenly for  
three days4 ,both the boys and the      
girls shunned her as if she were a      
leper4 ,the girls huddled together  and 
whispered when she passed4 ,once a rude1
 unfeeling boy called after  her1 ,why  
don't you 'fess up1 ,mary8 ,but ,mary   
had really nothing to  'fess up1 and on 
the third day #bjg the truth came to    
light4 ,out in  the hallway1 the janitor
 noticed something shining in a little  
crack  between the boards of the floor4 
,it was in the afternoon1 and the  light
 coming through the transom of the west 
door fell just then upon  the spot4 ,the
 janitor stooped to see what the shining
 object was4 ,it  was money6 ,he pried  
it out with his pocket knife4 ,it was of
 the same  denomination as that which   
had been reported stolen4 ,immediately1 

the  janitor returned it to the teacher 
with a full explanation4    ,sidenote3  
,the tables turned4    ,it is strange   
how things turn and turn about4 ,when   
the money was  returned to the girl who 
had lost it1 with the janitor's story1  
she  remembered that she had been       
skipping there in the hallway1 and that 
she had thought she had heard something 
strike the floor2 but since  she had    
seen nothing she had forgotten it4 ,the 
girls who had suspected  ,mary and had  
shunned her1 now flocked about her and  
assured her that  they had never        
believed her guilty4 ,the two who had   
started the slander  stood shame-facedly
 apart4 ,the school turned on them1 and 
for many days  they were avoided1 and   
were shut out of the school games1 as   
,mary had  been4 ,they were             
mischief-makers1 said the pupils4 ,it   
was only after  ,mary herself had       
pleaded for them1 that a complete       
reconciliation was  effected1 and the   
school society moved harmoniously       

forward as before4    ,sidenote3 ,an    
everyday occurrence4    ,you think that 
this is a story8 ,yes1 it is a story2   
but it is a true  story4 ,and the       
sorrowful thing about it is that just   
such unkind and  unfounded judgments as 
that formed by the little school girls  
are  passed every day upon #bjh innocent
 men and women4 ,you yourselves pass    
judgment1 without any evidence on which 
to base that judgment4 ,you  condemn    
your playmates for this or for that4    
,you find fault with what  your parents 
do1 not knowing the many problems they  
have to solve4 ,you  criticize the      
bishop of your ward1 or the president of
 your stake1 or  even the president of  
the ,church1 without knowledge of a     
single item  of the vast amount of      
information which he has and which      
compelled him  to do as he did4 ,it may 
be that some of your associates have    
faults4  ,those faults stand out        
glaringly enlarged to you4 ,you are     
offended by  them4 ,you are prompted to 

criticize1 or to try to correct the     
defects4  ,but you forget that you may  
have faults as glaringly apparent to    
your  associates as theirs are to you4  
,you do not stop to think that the      
little girls who suspected ,mary ,jones 
were also guilty of a grievous  offense 
in judging and condemning without cause4
 ,you forget what  the ,lord ,jesus     
taught1 ,why beholdest thou the mote    
that is in thy  brother's eye1 but      
considerest not the beam that is in     
thine own eye8  ,or how wilt thou say to
 thy brother4 ,let me pluck out the mote
 out of  thine eye2 and1 behold1 a beam 
is in thine own eye4 ,thou hypocrite1   
first cast out the beam out of thine own
 eye2 and then shalt thou see  clearly  
to cast out the mote out of thy         
brother's eye4    ,sidenote3 ,the mote  
and the beam4    ,is it not simple and  
common sense8 ,how can a man see clearly
 to  correct the faults of others1 when 
his vision is distorted by his own      
faults8 ,have you ever set a stick into 

a pool of clear water8 ,have  you       
noticed how the stick has been distorted
 in size and shape8 ,the  light #bji    
waves passing from water to air1 or from
 air to water1 are  refracted1 bent1 so 
that you do not get a correct image of  
the object  immersed4 ,just so is it    
when we1 who are immersed in our own    
faults  and weaknesses1 attempt to pluck
 the mote from a brother's eye4 ,our    
vision is defective2 the image is       
distorted2 we are ourselves in worse    
condition than our brother4             
,sidenote3 ,what ,jesus said4    ,jesus 
set ,himself strongly against such      
unkind judgment as that passed  by the  
two little school girls1 and as that we 
are tempted every day to  ,jesus pass   
upon our neighbors4 ,judge not1 ,he     
taught1 that ye be not  judged4 ,for    
with what judgment ye judge1 ye shall be
 judged3 and with  what measure ye mete1
 it shall be measured to you again4     
,here is sound philosophy1 of which few 
men stop to think4 ,it is easy  to pass 

judgment on others4 ,it is easy to think
 that one is the center  of the universe
 and that all things else revolve about 
that center4 ,it  is easy to think that 
one's own opinion is always right1 and  
that the  opinions of others are wrong4 
,but one should not forget that others  
also hold opinions4 ,it is almost       
certain that one will be judged as  one 
judges2 and that one will have measured 
to one as one measures to  others4      
,now1 what ,jesus points out is that the
 spirit of fault-finding and  criticism 
is to be condemned4 ,one cannot correct 
the faults of others  until one has     
corrected one's own faults4 ,one cannot 
even get a good  hold on one's self1 and
 find the right estimate of one's self1 
until  one learns to see only good in   
others1 and to #baj struggle with one's 
self to overcome faults4 ,moreover1     
fault-finding and criticism1 like       
anger1 hate1 and envy1 destroy one's    
peace of mind4 ,one who judges and      
condemns cannot possibly maintain mental

 and spiritual health4 ,harsh  judgment 
is far more hurtful to the man who      
exercises it than to the  man whom he   
judges4      ,judge not6--thou canst not
 tell how soon the look of    bitter    
scorn    ,may rest on thee1 though pure 
thy heart as dewdrops    in the morn4   
,thou dost not know what freak of fate  
may place    upon thy brow    ,a cloud  
of shame to kill the joy that rests upon
 it now4    ,judge not6    ,,the        
,,references    ,matt4 #g3a-e4    ,,the 
,,questions    #a4 ,what was wrong in   
the action of the two little school     
girls8    #b4 ,why is it wrong to find  
fault1 and to criticize8    #c4 ,what   
did ,jesus say about the mote and the   
beam8    #d4 ,explain ,jesus's saying1  
,judge not that ye be not judged4    #e4
 ,show that it is the spirit of fault   
finding that is sinful1 rather  than the
 act4    #f4 ,who is most injured3 the  
man who criticizes or the man who is    
criticized8    #baa    #bab ,,picture3  
,,jerusalem ,,from ,,the ,,mount ,,of   

,,olives1 ,from a ,photograph    #bac   
,,xxviii    ,,the ,,golden ,,rule       
,sidenote3 ,positive instruction4       
,jesus was not content to teach merely  
,judge not1 that ye be not  judged4 ,in 
a way1 that is only negative teaching4  
,it exhorts men to  withhold judgment1  
but does not exhort to positive action4 
,but the  nature of the teaching of     
,jesus is generally constructive4 ,his  
don'ts  are always directed against     
prevailing evil1 and are almost         
immediately  followed up with           
constructive directions as to what to   
do4 ,so now ,he  continues1 first cast  
out the beam out of thine own eye2 and  
further1  from place to place4 ,he      
instructs men how they shall deal with  
their  fellowmen4 ,one's duty is not    
fully done when one merely withholds    
judgment2 there remains yet to be done  
some positive act of good--a  kind word1
 a charitable deed1 an effort at        
reconciliation with one of  ill-will if 
such a one there be4    ,sidenote3 ,the 

doctrine of reconciliation4    ,in the  
matter of friendly association1         
good-will1 and forgiveness1  ,jesus     
spoke very definitely4 ,if thy brother  
shall trespass against  thee1 said ,he1 
go and tell him his fault between thee  
and him alone3  if he shall hear thee1  
thou hast gained thy brother4 ,but if he
 will not  hear thee1 then take with    
thee one or two more1 that in the mouth 
of  two or three witnesses every word   
may be established4 ,and if he shall    
neglect to hear them1 tell it unto the  
church3 but if he neglect to  hear the  
church1 let him be unto thee as an      
heathen man and a publican4    #bad     
,sidenote3 ,the attitude of a citizen of
 the kingdom4    ,long suffering1 slow  
to anger1 not vengeful1 and without     
condemnation1  should the citizen of the
 kingdom be4 ,how many of us follow the 
course  here outlined1 when an associate
 trespasses against us8 ,how many  of us
 go to him first and talk it over8 ,if  
the matter is not settled  then1 how    

many of us try again1 and take two or   
three friends along to  help arbitrate  
the difficulty8 ,and if still a         
reconciliation is not  effected1 how    
many of us appeal in a spirit of love to
 the church--the  court of last appeal  
in matters spiritual8 ,unfortunately1   
most of us  are prone to cast off the   
brother who has done us wrong without   
looking  into the causes that prompted  
him to act as he did4 ,if we take steps 
to settle the difficulty1 it is too     
often not through the mediation  of     
friends or the spiritual influence of   
the ,church1 but through the  cold      
procedure of the civil court4 ,and worst
 of all1 we yield not  infrequently to  
the temptation to talk4 ,we gossip2 we  
slander2 we start  scandal2 we wrong    
much more than we have been wronged4    
,jesus would not  have it so4 ,agree    
with thine adversary quickly4           
,sidenote3 ,the doctrine of forgiveness4
    ,sometimes it happens that a brother
 offends more than once4 ,how many      

times shall he then be forgiven8 ,this  
question troubled ,peter4 ,he of  came  
therefore to ,jesus and asked1 ,lord1   
how oft shall my brother sin  against   
me1 and ,i forgive him8 till seven      
times8    ,jesus saith unto him1 ,i say 
not unto thee4 ,until seven times3 but  
until seventy times seven4 ,of course1  
,jesus did not mean that one  should    
forgive an offender exactly             
seventy-seven times1 no more1 no  less4 
,he #bae meant that there is no limit to
 the number of times that  we should    
exercise the gift of forgiveness2 but   
that we should forgive  freely and      
cheerfully as often as the offender     
repents4 ,then1 in order  that there    
might be no question as to the meaning  
of ,his teaching1  ,jesus told the      
parable of the unforgiving servant4     
,sidenote3 ,the parable of the          
unforgiving servant4    ,therefore is   
the kingdom of heaven likened unto a    
certain king1 which  would take account 
of his servants4 ,and when he had begun 

to reckon1  one was brought unto him    
which owed him ten thousand talents 7or 
about  #aj1jjj1jjj74 ,but forasmuch as  
he had not to pay1 his lord commanded   
him to be sold1 and his wife1 and       
children1 and all that he had1 and      
payment be made4 ,the servant therefore 
fell down1 and worshipped him1  saying1 
,lord1 have patience with me1 and ,i    
will pay thee all4 ,then the  lord of   
that servant was moved with compassion1 
and loosed him1 and  forgave him the    
debt4    ,but the same servant went out1
 and found one of his fellowservants1   
who owed him an hundred pence 7or about 
#bj73 and he laid hands on him1  and    
took him by the throat1 saying1 ,pay me 
what thou owest4 ,and his  fellowservant
 fell down at his feet1 and besought    
him1 saying1 ,have  patience with me1   
and ,i will pay thee all4 ,and he would 
not3 but went  and cast him into prison1
 till he should pay the debt4    ,so    
when his fellowservants saw what was    
done1 they were very sorry1  and came   

and told unto their lord all that was   
done4 ,then his lord1  after that he had
 called him1 said unto him1 ,o thou     
wicked servant1 ,i  forgave thee all    
that debt1 because thou desiredst me3   
shouldst not  thou also have had        
compassion on thy #baf fellowservant1   
even as ,i  had pity on thee8 ,and his  
lord was wroth1 and delivered him to the
  tormentors1 till he should pay all    
that was due unto him4    ,so likewise  
shall my heavenly ,father do also unto  
you1 if ye from your  hearts forgive not
 every one his brother their trespasses4
    ,sidenote3 ,the ,meaning4    ,about 
the meaning of this dramatic story there
 can be no question4  ,our indebtedness 
to ,god the heavenly ,father is         
incalculable2 our  dependence upon ,him 
is infinite4 ,god recognizes our        
helplessness1 and  our inability to pay1
 and ,he forgives us our shortcomings1  
even as  we pray1 ,forgive us our debts4
 ,the indebtedness of our fellowmen  to 
us is slight in comparison2 their       

dependence upon us is nil4 ,yet1  we are
 likely to render harsh judgment against
 them1 and to withhold  forgiveness from
 our hearts1 even though we utter in    
prayer the words1  as we forgive our    
debtors4 ,but if we deal harshly with   
our fellowmen  who owe us so little1 can
 we expect ,god1 whom we owe so much1 to
 deal  gently with us8 ,if we want the  
,great ,creditor to forgive us our large
  indebtedness1 should not we--small    
creditors that we are--forgive  without 
the asking1 and from our hearts1 the    
little debts of our  fellowmen8         
,sidenote3 ,the right attitude toward   
our enemies4    ,such was the teaching  
of ,jesus concerning our association    
with  our friends and fellowservants4   
,but ,jesus's teaching of love and      
reconciliation did not stop there4 ,it  
is our duty--since we all want  ,god to 
bless and favor us--to love even our    
enemies1 and those whom  we are by      
nature prompted to hate4 ,for1 said     
,jesus1 ,ye have heard  that it hath    

been said1 ,thou shalt love thy #bag    
neighbour1 and hate  thine enemy4 ,but  
,i say unto you1 ,love your enemies1    
bless them that  curse you1 do good to  
them that hate you1 and pray for them   
which  despitefully use you1 and        
persecute you2 that ye may be the       
children of  your ,father which is in   
heaven2 for ,he maketh ,his sun to rise 
on the  evil and on the good1 and       
sendeth rain on the just and on the     
unjust4  ,for if ye love them which love
 you1 what reward have ye8 do not even  
the publicans the same8 ,and if ye      
salute your brethren only1 what do  ye  
more than others8 do not even the       
publicans so8 ,be ye therefore  perfect1
 even as your ,father which is in heaven
 is perfect4    ,sidenote3 ,the ,golden 
,rule4    ,so1 then1 it appears that the
 practicing of the ,golden ,rule makes a
  large stride toward perfection4 ,we   
should do good to all1 forgive all1     
love all4 ,then can we come in strength 
before the ,lord and plead for  patience

 and forgiveness4      ,he prayeth best1
 who loveth best    ,all things both    
great and small2    ,for the dear ,god  
who loveth us1    ,he made and loveth   
all4    ,jesus put it thus3 ,therefore  
all things whatsoever ye would that men 
should do to you1 do ye even so to them3
 for this is the law and the  prophets4 
,,the ,,references    ,matt4 #ah3ae-ag4 
,matt4 #e3dc-dh4    ,matt4 #ah3ba-ce4   
,matt4 #g3ab4    #bah ,,the ,,questions 
#a4 ,why could not ,jesus be content to 
teach merely don't8    #b4 ,of what does
 the doctrine of reconciliation consist8
    #c4 ,what is the proper attitude of 
a citizen of the kingdom toward his     
fellow-citizens8    #d4 ,how often      
should one forgive an offender8    #e4  
,how does the parable of the unforgiving
 servant show why we should  forgive our
 fellowmen8    #f4 ,what should be the  
attitude of a citizen of the kingdom    
toward his  enemies8    #g4 ,what is the
 meaning of tolerance8    #h4 ,show how 
the ,golden ,rule may be made to enrich 

your own lives and  make them happier4  
#bai    #bbj ,,picture3 ,,the ,,good    
,,samaritan1 ,van ,diepenbeek    #bba   
,,xxix    ,,the ,,good ,,samaritan      
,sidenote3 ,the law of love4    ,there  
is1 perhaps1 no principle of conduct    
that ,jesus emphasized  more in ,his    
teachings than the law of brotherly     
love4 ,as we have  already learned1 the 
first great commandment requires that we
 love  ,god2 and the second requires    
that we love our neighbor as ourselves4 
,it is not enough1 then1 that we        
withhold judgment and condemnation2  nor
 that we do unto others--even unto our  
enemies--as we would have  others do    
unto us4 ,we must forget self2 bury     
self1 as it were2 and  cultivate for    
others a real affection--such an        
affection as ,god has  for us1 for ,god 
is love4 ,the reward of such a ,god-like
 love of our  fellowmen is beautifully  
expressed in a poem--oft but never too  
often  quoted--written by the ,english  
poet ,leigh ,hunt4    ,sidenote3 ,the   

reward of brotherly love4      ,abou    
,ben ,adhem 7may his tribe increase7    
,awoke one night from a deep dream of   
peace1    ,and saw1 within the moonlight
 in his room1    ,making it rich1 and   
like a lily in bloom1    ,an angel      
writing in a book of gold3--            
,exceeding peace had made ,ben ,adhem   
bold1    ,and to the presence in the    
room he said1    ',what writest         
thou8'--the vision rais'd its head1     
,and with a look made of all sweet      
accord1    ,answered1 ,the names of     
those who love the    ,lord4'    ',and  
is mine one8' said ,abou4 ',nay1 not    
so1'    ,replied the angel4 ,abou spoke 
more low1    ,but cheery still2 and     
said1 ',i pray thee then4    ,write me  
as one that loves his fellow-men4'      
,the angel wrote and vanish'd4 ,the next
 night    ,it came again with a great   
wakening light1    ,and show'd the names
 whom love of ,god had    bless'd       
,and lo6 ,ben ,adhem's name led all the 
rest4    #bbb ,sidenote3 ,questions of  

the tempting lawyer4    ,there came a   
lawyer to ,jesus one day and asked ,him 
what to do to  inherit eternal life4    
,jesus1 knowing that the lawyer came    
only to make  trial of ,him1 answered1  
,what is written in the law8 how readest
 thou8  ,the lawyer--who knew well the  
law--was forced then to reply1 ,thou    
shalt love the ,lord thy ,god with all  
thy heart1 and with all thy soul1  and  
with all thy strength1 and with all thy 
mind3 and thy neighbour as  thyself4    
,thou hast answered right1 said ,jesus3 
this do and thou shalt live4    ,but the
 lawyer was not satisfied2 and desiring 
further to justify  himself1 he asked1  
,and who is my neighbour8    ,sidenote3 
,the parable of the good ,samaritan4    
,and ,jesus answering said1 ,a certain  
man went down from ,jerusalem to        
,jericho1 and fell among thieves1 which 
stripped him of all his raiment1  and   
wounded him1 and departed1 leaving him  
half dead4 ,and by chance  there came   
down a certain priest that way3 and when

 he saw him he  passed by on the other  
side4 ,and likewise a ,levite1 when he  
was at the  place1 came and looked on   
him1 and passed by on the other side4   
,but  a certain ,samaritan1 as he       
journeyed1 came where he was3 and when  
he  saw him1 he had compassion on him1  
and went to him1 and bound up his       
wounds1 pouring in oil and wine1 and set
 him on his own beast1 and  brought him 
to an inn1 and took care of him4 ,and on
 the morrow when he  departed1 he took  
out two pence1 and gave them to the     
host1 and said  unto him1 ,take care of 
him2 and whatsoever thou spendest more1 
when ,i  come again1 ,i will repay thee4
    #bbc ,which now of these three      
thinkest thou1 asked ,jesus1 was        
neighbour unto him that fell among the  
thieves8    ,the lawyer answered1 ,he   
that shewed mercy on him4    ,then said 
,jesus unto him4 ,go1 and do thou       
likewise4    ,sidenote3 ,a discussion4  
,the priest1 who was the specially      
appointed servant of ,god among his     

people1 and the ,levite1 who was closely
 associated with the priest  in his     
ecclesiastical duties1 ought to have had
 compassion upon the  unfortunate       
traveller4 ,it is to be assumed that he 
was a ,jew4 ,he was  therefore of the   
chosen people4 ,he might lay claim to   
the services of  the priest and the     
,levite who officiated in the temple of 
his ,god4  ,moreover1 these men above   
all others should have known the passage
  quoted by the lawyer in answer to     
,jesus's question1 ,what is written in  
the law8--a passage repeated by every   
,jew in each morning and evening        
prayer4 ,but these men had seen only the
 letter of the law2 they had  never felt
 the spirit of it4 ,at the most1 the    
love of neighbor meant  only the ,jewish
 interpretation of the passage1 ,thou   
shalt not avenge1  nor bear any grudge  
against the children of thy people1 but 
thou shalt  love thy neighbour as       
thyself4 ,of the broad interpretation   
placed by  ,jesus on the meaning of the 

word neighbor1 these men of the temple  
service knew nothing4    ,sidenote3 ,the
 real neighbor4    ,the ,samaritan      
however who was an outcast in the eyes  
of the ,jew1 for  whom ,god ,himself    
could hold no love2 an apostate and a   
degenerate  from the rich blood of      
,israel as unclean in #bbd the opinion  
of the  orthodox ,jew as the loathsome  
leper--the ,samaritan felt the thrill of
  the spirit of the great commandment   
,thou shalt love thy neighour as        
thyself4 ,he manifested that divine     
love--and that to one from whom  he was 
an alien--which ,jesus enjoined when ,he
 said1 ,be ye therefore  perfect1 even  
as your ,father in heaven is perfect4   
,sidenote3 ,the fulness of the answer4  
,jesus could not have answered the      
lawyer more completely2 neither could   
,he have silenced more quickly the man  
who came to make trial of ,him4  ,the   
story of tender love and sympathy was of
 such compelling nature  that the lawyer
 himself was forced to admit that the   

good ,samaritan was  the real neighbor4 
,and that conclusion forced upon the    
lawyer the plain  answer to his         
question1 ,who is my neighbor ,why1 he  
is my neighbor  whom it is within my    
power to help1 no matter what may be his
 creed1 or  his nationality1 or his     
color4 ,there was no room here for the  
splitting  of hairs4 ,the lawyer was    
used to the refined arguments of the    
learned  rabbis as to the meaning of the
 word neighbor4 ,here it was plainly set
  forth in a simple little story4 ,there
 was no more to say4    ,sidenote3 ,the 
lesson clinched4    ,but as ,he         
concluded his story1 and received the   
lawyer's answer1 ,jesus  drove home the 
lesson4 ,go1 said ,he1 and do thou      
likewise4 ,it was as  if ,he had        
reverted to the opening question1       
,master1 what shall ,i do  to inherit   
eternal life8 ,if you would inherit     
eternal life love your  neighbor as     
yourself2 consider him your neighbor    
whom you can help2  hold no class       

distinction2 despise no man for his     
creed or his color2  but hold yourself  
always in #bbe readiness to do good1 to 
serve1 and  to help those who need your 
help4 ,remember the ,good ,samaritan4   
,do not  pass by on the other side1 but 
show your love in deeds of love4 ,then  
shall you inherit eternal life4         
,sidenote3 ,the command renewed4    ,the
 ,savior's law of love is a principle of
 divine beauty4 ,and so  important is it
 in the ,gospel plan of salvation1 that 
it has been  specially renewed in our   
own dispensation4 ,said ,jesus to       
,joseph ,smith1  ,thou shalt love the   
,lord thy ,god with all thy heart1 with 
all thy  might1 mind1 and strength2 and 
in the name of ,jesus ,christ thou shalt
  serve ,him4    ,thou shalt love thy   
neighbour as thyself4    ,every man     
7shall seek7 the interest of his        
neighbor and 7do7 all  things with an   
eye single to the glory of ,god4        
,,the ,,references    ,luke #aj3be-cg4  
,doc4 and ,cov4 #ei3e1 #f4    ,lev4     

#ai3ah4 ,doc4 and ,cov4 #hb3ai4    ,,the
 ,,questions    #a4 ,what more must men 
do besides withholding judgment and     
observing the  golden rule8    #b4      
,explain the lesson of ,abou ,ben       
,adhem4    #c4 ,what did the lawyer seek
 of ,jesus8    #d4 ,what conclusion was 
forced1 upon the lawyer by the story of 
the ,good  ,samaritan8    #e4 ,how was  
this story a complete answer8    #f4    
,why did it silence further questioning8
    #g4 ,what does ,jesus's admonition1 
,go1 and do thou likewise1 imply8    #h4
 ,how do these commandments affect us in
 the dispensation of the  fulness of    
times8    #bbf ,,picture3 ,,christ ,,in 
,,the ,,home ,,of ,,mary ,,and ,,martha1
 ,hofmann    #bbg        ,,xxx4    ,,no 
,,one ,,can ,,live ,,to ,,himself4      
,sidenote3 ,the fable of the body and   
its members4    ,in the ancient book of 
wisdom ascribed to ,aesop1 there may be 
found the  following fable with its     
moral3 ,the ,members of the ,body once  
rebelled  against him4 ,they said he led

 an idle1 lazy life at their expense4   
,the  ,hands declared that they would   
not again lift a crust even to keep him 
from starving1 the ,mouth that it would 
not take a bit more food1 the  ,legs    
that they would carry him about no      
longer1 and so on with the  others4     
,the ,body quietly allowed them to      
follow their own courses1 well  knowing 
that they would all soon come to their  
senses1 as indeed they  did1 when1 for  
want of the blood and nourishment       
supplied from the  stomach1 they found  
themselves fast becoming mere skin and  
bone4    ,no one can live to himself4   
,sidenote3 ,the time of ,aesop4         
,aesop lived in the long ago4 ,tradition
 declares that he was born five  hundred
 and fifty years before the time of     
,jesus4 ,but already in that  remote age
 men had learned to appreciate the value
 of organizing  themselves into         
communities and churches and            
governments4 ,already1 men  had         
discovered that to live to oneself was  

to fight alone a losing  fight against  
all the forces of the world4            
,sidenote3 ,the growth of society4      
,from the time that ,adam and ,eve were 
driven out of the ,garden of ,eden1  and
 their children began to settle two and 
two in the land to till it  and to      
cultivate it1 man has understood the    
advantages of friendly  association4    
,first it was the family4 ,the family   
has always been1 #bbh  and is still the 
actual basis of society4 ,the members of
 the family  clung together1 and each   
one worked for the interest of the      
whole4  ,then1 when the families        
increased they became associated in     
clans and  tribes4 ,then1 with the      
increase of population1 came the        
organization of  communities1 religious 
association1 governments4 ,for          
protection1 for  worship1 for education1
 for commerce and trade1 for            
civilization1 men  have banded          
themselves together1 and have worked for
 larger units1 of  which the individuals

 were but members4 ,only by such banding
 together  can a community become       
socially efficient4    ,sidenote3 ,a    
football squad4    ,now1 we may easily  
understand what this means if we apply  
the principle  to the organization of a 
football squad4 ,there are eleven men1  
you  know1 in the team4 ,one of them is 
the captain4 ,when the squad is  in     
action1 playing hard against an opposing
 team1 no single man can  hope alone to 
win the game4 ,the strength of the squad
 depends upon its  team work4 ,while    
each individual must put forth the best 
that is in  him1 whether in bucking the 
line or in playing the open field1 that 
best must be so directed as to add to   
the sum total of the strength  and      
efficiency of the united eleven4 ,no    
member of that team may live  or play to
 himself4 ,and the orders of the captain
 must be obeyed4  ,some player in the   
line may think the orders poor--wholly  
wrong in  fact--yet he must obey those  
orders4 ,if he does not1 he will go down

  to ruin himself1 and he may possibly  
drag his team with him to shame  and    
disaster4 ,for1 as is clearly evident1  
when he neglects to follow  the command 
of the captain1 he stands alone2 the    
other ten obey  orders4 #bbi ,alone he  
can accomplish nothing4 ,nor is that the
 worst2  by disobeying orders1 he may   
spoil the premeditated play and lose the
  game4 ,the football man is required to
 learn1 therefore1 that he is only  a   
member of a body2 that he must act with 
the body2 that if he attempts  to act in
 opposition to the body calamity is sure
 to follow2 that  success can come only 
through concerted effort4 ,the football 
squad is  an organization of society for
 efficiency4    ,sidenote3 ,the         
teachings of ,jesus4    ,as it is with  
the football squad so it is with society
 in the large4  ,men and women are      
organized into communities and          
associations of  various kinds for      
greater efficiency1 and are subject to  
the laws  governing organized society4  

,now1 since ,jesus was not primarily a  
social reformer1 nor a social teacher1  
we should not be surprised if ,he  had  
little to say about man's duties to     
organized society4 ,yet since ,he       
touches in ,his teachings nearly all    
phases of temporal and spiritual  life1 
we might expect that somewhere ,he has  
something to say about the  larger      
aspects of society4 ,and we do really   
find it so4 ,the three chief  social    
institutions in the world are the       
family1 the state1 and the  church4     
,about man's duties to each one of these
 ,jesus has something  significant to   
say4 ,let us consider briefly the most  
important sayings  of ,jesus concerning 
these three fundamental institutions4   
,sidenote3 ,the family4    ,in the      
teaching of ,jesus1 marriage is         
presented as a divinely appointed       
sacrament1 and the family as a sacred   
institution ,one day the ,pharisees     
came to ,jesus to test ,him1 and asked1 
,is it lawful for man to put  away his  

wife8 ,and #bcj ,he answered and said   
unto them1 ,what did  ,moses command    
you8 ,and they said1 ,moses suffered to 
write a bill of  divorcement1 and to put
 her away4    ,and ,jesus answered and  
said unto them1 ,for the hardness of    
your heart  he wrote you this precept4  
,but from the beginning of the creation 
,god  made them male and female4 ,for   
this cause shall a man leave his father 
and mother and cleave to his wife3 and  
they twain shall be one flesh2  so then 
they are no more twain but one flesh4   
,what therefore ,god hath  joined       
together let no man put asunder4        
,sidenote3 ,the family sacred4    ,thus 
emphatically did ,jesus teach that the  
marriage relation was  ordained of ,god4
 ,and in doing so ,he declared also that
 the family is  a sacred institution and
 its claims should never be put aside4  
,the  crying shame of the world today is
 the common practice of divorce4 ,boys  
and girls who become acquainted with the
 teachings of ,jesus1 should  grow up   

with a horror of the divorce court4     
,they should learn to look  upon        
marriage as one of the highest          
privileges accorded to them by  the     
heavenly ,father4 ,and boys and girls in
 the ,church of ,jesus ,christ  of      
,latter-day ,saints should rejoice in   
the thought1 that1 when the  proper time
 comes1 they may go into the ,house of  
the ,lord and have  there performed the 
divine sacrament of marriage for time   
and for all  eternity4 ,for the ,lord   
has said in this generation1 ,whoso     
forbiddeth  to marry is not ordained of 
,god1 for marriage is ordained of ,god  
unto  man4    ,sidenote3 ,the state4    
,jesus was equally emphatic in ,his     
teachings of man's duty to the          
state--to organized civil government4   
,certain of the ,pharisees #bca  and of 
the ,herodians were sent one day to try 
to catch ,jesus in his  words4 ,and when
 they were come they say unto ,him1     
,master1 we know  that ,thou art true1  
and carest for no man3 for ,thou        

regardest not the  person of men1 but   
teachest the way of ,god in truth3 ,is  
it lawful to  give tribute to ,caesar1  
or not8 ,shall we give1 or shall we not 
give8  ,but ,he1 knowing their          
hypocrisy1 said unto them4 ,why tempt ye
 me8 bring  me a penny1 that ,i may see 
it4 ,and they brought it4 ,and ,he saith
 unto  them1 ,whose is this image and   
superscription8 ,and they said unto     
,him1  ,caesar's4 ,and ,jesus answering 
said unto them4 ,render to ,caesar the  
things that are ,caesar's1 and to ,god  
the things that are ,god's4 ,and  they  
marvelled at ,him4    ,sidenote3 ,the   
state divinely instituted4    ,they had 
good cause1 indeed1 to marvel at ,him2  
for1 not only had ,he  quieted them with
 a sufficient answer1 but ,he had also  
declared a  fundamental principle of the
 state4 ,a government cannot exist      
without  revenue to maintain its        
organization and to enforce the laws    
enacted  for the protection and the     
welfare of its citizens4 ,caesar was    

doing  much for ,palestine4 ,it was not 
only right1 therefore1 but just that    
the ,jews should pay taxes to ,rome4    
,and so it is in our own day4 ,we       
believe1 asserted ,joseph ,smith1 that  
governments were instituted of  ,god for
 the benefit of man4 ,it becomes        
therefore the duty of every  honest     
citizen to do his utmost to uphold the  
righteous laws of the  government1 and  
to help in the maintaining of peace and 
order4 ,and  it is not only right1 but  
just1 that we should pay the taxes      
imposed  by the government4 ,we all     
enjoy the benefits derived from civil   
organization--protection1 liberty1 #bcb 
illumination1 trade1 good  roads1 and   
all4 ,the man who tries1 then1 to evade 
the taxes and the  responsibilities of  
the government is dishonest4            
,sidenote3 ,the ,church4    ,but in     
declaring that it is right to render to 
,caesar the things that  are ,caesar's1 
,jesus also taught that man owes        
likewise certain duties  to his ,the    

,church1 religious organization4        
,render1 said ,he1 to ,god the  things  
that are ,god's4 ,in line with this     
thought we are instructed by  another   
experience of the ,lord's4 ,when ,jesus 
and ,his disciples came  one day in     
their journeyings to ,capernaum1 they   
that received tribute  money came to    
,peter1 and said1 ,doth not your ,master
 pay tribute 7the  temple tax78 ,he     
saith ,yes1 ,and when ,he was come into 
the house ,jesus  prevented             
7anticipated7 him1 saying1 ,what        
thinkest thou1 ,simon1 of whom  do the  
kings of the earth take custom or       
tribute8 of their own children  or of   
strangers8 ,peter saith unto ,him1 ,of  
strangers4 ,jesus saith unto  him1 ,then
 are the children free4                 
,notwithstanding1 lest we should offend 
them1 go thou to the sea1 and cast an   
hook1 and take up the fish that  first  
cometh up2 and when thou hast opened his
 mouth1 thou shalt find a  piece of     
money3 that take1 and give unto them for

 me and thee4    ,these gatherers of    
tribute money1 were1 it appears1 those  
who collected  the taxes for the support
 and maintenance of the temple at       
,jerusalem4  ,jesus was ,himself the son
 of ,god4 ,he was the ,master of the    
temple4 ,he  might have been free from  
the tax4 ,but ,jesus recognized the fact
 that  the principle was right2         
therefore1 ,he paid the tax4 ,and in    
doing so1  ,he taught the lesson #bcc   
that it is right and just for every     
citizen  in the kingdom of ,god to pay  
the taxes imposed for the maintenance of
  the kingdom4 ,as with the state1 so   
with the kingdom of ,god1 he who  tries 
to evade the temple tax is dishonest4   
,behold1 declared ,jesus  to the great  
modern ,prophet1 now it is called today 
7until the coming  of the ,son of man71 
and verily it is a day of sacrifice1 and
 a day for  the tithing of my people1   
for he that is tithed shall not burn at 
,his  coming4    ,sidenote3 ,the        
teachings of our own ,church4    ,the   

children of the ,latter-day ,saints have
 much for which to be  thankful4 ,here  
we are reared in the sanctity of the    
home1 in love and  in the fear of ,god4 
,our family relations are established to
 continue  throughout the eternities4   
,here we are taught to yield honor and  
obedience to established government1 and
 to deserve the benefits  provided by   
it4 ,here we are taught to revere the   
priesthood of ,god1  to pay ungrudgingly
 our tithes and our offerings1 and to do
 our best  from day to day in the       
upbuilding of righteousness4 ,and this  
we do that  we may live and profit and  
prosper together2 for no one can live to
  himself alone4    ,,the ,,references  
,mark #ab3ac-ag4 ,doc4 and ,cov4 #di3ae4
    ,matt4 #ag3bd-bg4 ,doc4 and ,cov4   
#acd3a4    ,doc4 and ,cov4 #fd3bc4      
#bcd ,,the ,,questions    #a4 ,what is  
the meaning of ,aesop's fable8    #b4   
,explain by means of the football squad 
how man can not live to  himself4    #c4
 ,what did ,jesus teach concerning man's

 duty to the family8    #d4 ,what are a 
man's obligations to the state in which 
he lives8    #e4 ,what does a man owe to
 the church to which he belongs8    #f4 
,why should the children of the         
,latter-day ,saints be grateful above   
all other children8    #bce    #bcf     
,,picture3 ,,jesus ,,washing ,,peter',s 
,,feet1 ,brown    #bcg        ,,xxxi    
,,he ,,that ,,exalteth ,,himself        
,sidenote3 ,the old law and the new4    
,everyone who has compared the teachings
 of the law of ,moses with  those of    
,jesus must have been impressed with the
 essential difference  between those    
teaching's4 ,the old law always         
emphasized the actual1 or  material1    
elements of life1 and provided          
punishment for deeds actually           
committed4 ,thus the law of ,moses      
exhorted1 ,thou shalt not kill1 thou    
shalt not steal1 thou shalt not do this 
or that4 ,and if one violated  this     
material law1 he became liable to the   
penalty--but only if he  actually       

committed a deed in violation of law4   
,jesus1 on the other  hand1 went back of
 the act to the state of mind that      
prompted the act4  ,in other words1 the 
essential thing in the philosophy of    
,jesus was not  the act itself1 but the 
motive back of it4 ,instead of ,thou    
shalt not  kill1 ,jesus said1 ,whosoever
 is angry with his brother shall be in  
danger of the judgment4 ,jesus did not  
say4 ,thou shalt not commit acts  of    
immorality1 but1 ,he that entertains an 
impure thought is already  guilty of the
 immoral act4    ,sidenote3 ,the        
teaching of ,jesus psychological4       
,jesus was not a psychologist in the    
modern sense1 yet this teaching of      
,jesus is psychologically true4 ,our    
acts are but the fruits of thoughts     
that have found lodgment1 care1 and     
nourishment in our minds4 ,our  minds1  
indeed1 are but gardens4 ,seed-thoughts 
are blown into them by  this wind and by
 that4 ,involuntarily as well as        
voluntarily suggestions  come into the  

mind4 ,now1 if the seed-thoughts that   
are waited into the  mind-garden are    
good1 and are carefully tended and      
nurtured1 the garden  #bch will bear    
good fruit--the acts performed will be  
charitable and  clean4 ,but if the      
seed-thoughts that find lodgment in the 
mind are  noxious1 and if these noxious 
seeds--these destructive weeds of the   
mind--be tended and nurtured1 then the  
acts resulting therefrom will           
necessarily be evil4    ,sidenote3 ,a   
concrete example4    ,let us turn from  
this abstract discussion to the concrete
 example4 ,do  you know why a good boy1 
who has been taught all his life to keep
 his  body clean from the loathsome     
poison of tobacco1 sometimes takes to   
smoking cigarettes in spite of his      
teaching8 ,the reason is perfectly      
clear4 ,the boy has been tempted4 ,a    
noxious seed-thought has found  lodgment
 in the boy's mind4 ,now1 had the boy   
been really strong1 had  he gone to like
 a good gardener1 hoe in hand1 and      

cleaned out the  weeds1 the noxious     
plants could never have bloomed nor     
borne fruit4 ,but  because the boy      
entertained the evil thought1 gave it   
nourishment and  tended it1 it grew and 
spread until the good seed and fruitage 
of his  conscience were crowded out of  
the mind4 ,one thought1 then1 remained  
in power2 and on that thought the boy   
acted4 ,he became a smoker of           
cigarettes4    ,sidenote3 ,the motive   
all important4    ,such examples as this
 might be multiplied without limit4 ,if 
you will  examine your own acts1 you    
will find that every act of yours is the
  result of a preconceived thought1     
entertained and fed4 ,is it not clear1  
then1 that the teaching of ,jesus is far
 better than the teaching of  the ,old  
,law8 ,it is more important to train the
 mind and to guard the  motives1 than   
merely to guard one's acts4 ,if one's   
#bci motives are  pure1 wholesome1 and  
sound1 one's acts cannot but be so also4
    ,sidenote3 ,jesus's doctrine of     

rewards4    ,now1 just as ,jesus        
differed in ,his teaching of the        
ultimate basis of  the moral life from  
the teaching of the ,old ,law1 so ,he   
differed from  the ,old ,law in ,his    
teachings about rewards4 ,amongst the   
,jews of the  time of ,jesus1 the fear  
of punishment or the hope of immediate  
good  fortune constituted the primary   
motive of a good life4 ,in other words1 
rewards--more or less material and      
immediate--were in the ,old ,law the    
inspiration to action4 ,jesus would do  
away with such an attitude toward       
charitable living4 ,he would have people
 do good for the good's sake2  ,he would
 have people live right for the sake of 
right living1 ,he would  have people    
work righteousness for the sake of      
righteousness4 ,and ,he  emphasized and 
drove home the thought that if any one  
worked merely  to increase his own honor
 and to exalt himself in the eyes of    
men1 he  should fail1 and should be     
humiliated in the attempt4    ,sidenote3

 ,a parable in point4    ,it came to    
pass1 says the ,new ,testament          
narrative1 as 7,jesus7 went  into the   
house of one of the chief ,pharisees to 
eat bread on the  sabbath day1 that they
 watched ,him4 4 4 4 ,and ,he put forth 
a parable  to those which were bidden1  
when ,he marked how they chose out the  
chief  rooms2 saying unto them4 ,when   
thou art bidden of any man to a wedding1
  sit not down in the highest room2 lest
 a more honourable man than thou  be    
bidden of him2 and he that bade thee and
 him come and say to thee4  ,give this  
man place2 and thou begin with shame to 
take the lowest room4  ,but when thou   
#bdj art bidden1 go and sit down in the 
lowest room2  that when he that bade    
thee cometh1 he may say unto thee1      
,friend1 go up  higher3 then thou shalt 
have worship in the presence of them    
that sit  at meat with thee4    ,for    
whosoever exalteth himself shall be     
abased2 and he that humbleth  himself   
shall be exalted4    ,sidenote3 ,a sound

 psychological principle4    ,here again
 ,jesus announces a sound1 psychological
 principle4 ,men who  crowd and push    
themselves forward always arouse the ill
 will and  antagonism of their          
fellowmen2 whereas those who are humble 
and meek  stir the admiration of their  
fellowmen and are advanced by them4 ,all
  our acts should be inspired1 not by   
the desire for honor or for worldly     
reward1 but by the desire to work       
righteousness4    ,sidenote3 ,a further 
illustration4    ,this principle ,jesus 
illustrated further by a direct address 
to the  ,pharisee who had invited ,him4 
,when thou makest a dinner or a supper2 
call not thy friends1 nor thy brethren1 
neither thy kinsmen1 nor thy  rich      
neighbours2 lest they also bid thee     
again1 and a recompense be  made thee4  
,but when thou makest a feast1 call the 
poor1 the maimed1 the  lame1 the blind3 
and thou shalt be blessed2 for they     
cannot recompense  thee3 for thou shalt 
be recompensed at the resurrection of   

the just4    ,sidenote3 ,peter and the  
question of recompense4    ,the question
 of recompense has disturbed many       
people2 unfortunately1  it is still     
uppermost in the minds of some4 ,it was 
undoubtedly the  question of recompense 
that troubled ,peter when he said to    
,jesus1 ,lo1  we have left all1 and have
 followed ,thee4 ,we may imagine that   
the rest  of his thought ran somewhat   
like this3 ,what shall be #bda our      
reward8  ,jesus very promptly answered1 
,verily ,i say unto you1 ,there is no   
man  that hath left house1 or parents1  
or brethren1 or wife1 or children1  for 
the kingdom of ,god's sake1 who shall   
not receive manifold more in  this      
present time1 and in the world to come  
life everlasting4    ,but many that are 
first shall be last2 and the last first4
    ,sidenote3 ,the reward worth while4 
,jesus did not discourage entirely1     
then1 the idea of rewards4 ,but ,he     
emphasized the necessity of the pure and
 upright motive1 and service  for the   

sake of service4 ,then1 those who serve 
shall receive a  reward--not material1  
perhaps1 but spiritual--which shall fill
 their  lives here1 and assure life     
everlasting hereafter4 ,what does it    
matter1  after all1 if one lose one's   
worldly possessions but gain contentment
  of soul and an assurance of eternal   
exaltation8 ,there are men who are      
possessed of untold material wealth who 
would give all to gain the  simple      
testimony of ,jesus possessed by the    
simplest and humblest member  in the    
,church of ,christ4 ,indeed1 true       
contentment--which is the chief  reward 
of a well-spent life--can come only as  
the result of service  unselfishly      
rendered4 ,neither wealth nor poverty   
can bring about the  worth-while1       
spiritual reward of an act prompted by a
 worthy motive4  ,and without question1 
many that are first1 in this world1     
shall be last  in the day of judgment4  
,sidenote3 ,conclusion4    ,this we     
have1 then1 to let sink deep into our   

hearts3 ,jesus would have  us guard the 
motives of our acts2 ,he would have us  
understand that our  acts are but the   
outward fruits of our inner #bdb        
thoughts2 with our  motives pure1 ,he   
would have us perform good deeds without
 thought of  reward2 ,he would have us  
do good where no recompense can be had2 
,he  would have us remain meek and      
humble in thought1 in word1 and in deed1
  innocent of any selfish act4 ,then    
will ,he recompense us with a reward1   
indeed3 satisfaction1 contentment1      
spiritual light1 the goods of this      
world as we shall need them1 and life   
everlasting1 the greatest gift of  ,god4
      ,everyone who exalts himself shall
 be humbled1    ,and he who humbles     
himself shall be exalted4    ,,the      
,,references    ,luke #ad3a1 #g-ad4     
,luke #ah3bh-cj4    ,mark #aj3ca4       
,,the ,,questions    #a4 ,what is the   
difference between the ,old ,law and the
 ,new in the  teaching about acts and   
motives8    #b4 ,show that the teaching 

of ,jesus is psychologically correct4   
#c4 ,illustrate the process of the      
action growing from the thought by  some
 instance other than that of the        
cigarette smoker4    #d4 ,what was the  
attitude of ,jesus toward the doctrine  
of material  rewards8    #e4 ,how does  
the question of motive affect this      
doctrine8    #f4 ,discuss the parable of
 the ,wedding ,feast4    #g4 ,why is it 
well to do good where there can be no   
hope of recompense8    #h4 ,explain the 
answer of ,jesus to ,peter4    #i4 ,what
 is the nature of the reward worth      
while8    #aj4 ,how shall we gain the   
reward worth while8    #bdc    #bdd     
,,picture3 ,,the ,,wise ,,and ,,the     
,,foolish ,,virgins1 ,wainwright    #bde
        ,,xxxii    ,,extra ,,service    
,teaching further the nature of service1
 and what kind of service is  pleasing  
to ,god1 ,jesus told ,his disciples the 
parable of the laborers  in the         
vineyard4    ,sidenote3 ,the parable of 
the laborers4    ,the kingdom of heaven 

is like unto a man that is an           
householder1 which  went out early in   
the morning to hire labourers into his  
vineyard4 ,and  when he had agreed with 
the labourers for a penny a day1 he sent
 them  into his vineyard4 ,and he went  
out about the third hour1 and saw others
  standing idle in the market place1 and
 said unto them3 ,go ye also into  the  
vineyard1 and whatsoever is right ,i    
will give you4 ,and they went  their    
way4 ,again he went out about the sixth 
and ninth hour1 and did  likewise4 ,and 
about the eleventh hour he went out1 and
 found others  standing idle1 and saith 
unto them1 ,why stand you here all the  
day  idle8 ,they say unto him1 ,because 
no man hath hired us4 ,he saith unto    
them4 ,go ye also into the vineyard3 and
 whatsoever is right1 that shall  ye    
receive4    ,so when even was come1 the 
lord of the vineyard saith unto his     
steward4 ,call the labourers1 and give  
them their hire1 beginning from  the    
last unto the first4 ,and when they came

 that were hired about the  eleventh    
hour1 they received every man a penny4  
,but when the first  came1 they supposed
 that they should have received more2   
and they  likewise received every man a 
penny4 ,and when they had received it1  
they murmured against the goodman of the
 house1 saying4 ,these last have        
wrought but one hour1 and thou hast #bdf
 made them equal unto us1  which have   
borne the burden and heat of the day4   
,but he answered one of them1 and said1 
,friend1 ,i do thee no wrong3  didst not
 thou agree with me for a penny8 ,take  
that thine is1 and go  thy way3 ,i will 
give unto this last1 even as unto thee4 
,is it not  lawful for me to do what ,i 
will with mine own8 ,is thine eye evil1 
because ,i am good8 ,so the last shall  
be first1 and the first last3 for  many 
be called but few chosen4    ,sidenote3 
,the value of service in the world's    
work4    ,in the world's work1 there are
 many today who become offended for  the
 same reason that the laborers1 who had 

borne the burden and the  heat of the   
day1 became offended4 ,but that is      
because they do not  understand the     
principle of service and wages4 ,in     
every industrial or  commercial         
institution rewards in the way of salary
 or promotion are  made dependent1 not  
upon the length of service1 but upon the
 quality of  service and the spirit put 
into the service4 ,in a certain         
mercantile  institution1 for example--an
 institution with which you are perhaps 
all acquainted--there was employed not  
many years ago a young man of  unusual  
ambition and energy4 ,there were then in
 the department in which  he was placed1
 men who had been in the employ of the  
institution for  fifteen or twenty      
years4 ,this young man gave value       
received in return  for the compensation
 he was given4 ,he put quality into his 
service2 he  put spirit into his        
service2 he threw himself into his work 
body and  soul4 ,before long1 he was    
made head of the department4 ,those who 

had  served for many years were         
offended1 and murmured against the      
manager4  ,but the reward came1 as      
rewards worth while must #bdg always    
come1 for  quality and spirit of        
service4 ,the young man has continued to
 give to  the institution the best that 
it was in him to give2 he has continued1
  too1 to advance2 today he stands next 
to the superintendent1 with the  outlook
 that ere long1 when the superintendent 
retires1 he may become  himself the     
superintendent4 ,in the meantime1 men of
 long years of  service are still in the
 same positions that they held when this
 young  man entered the employ of the   
institution4 ,promotion and reward are  
based on merit4    ,sidenote3 ,the value
 of service in the ,church4    ,if we   
turn now to the spiritual life1 we shall
 find that the same  principle obtains4 
,length of membership1 or service1 in   
the ,church  does not assure exaltation4
 ,indeed1 there are many men in the     
,church  who have belonged to it from   

childhood to a ripe old age1 who may    
nevertheless receive a very meager      
compensation4 ,theirs has been a  life  
of membership only4 ,they have rendered 
little or no service2 and  such service 
as they have rendered has been of       
inferior quality and  questionable      
spirit4 ,in reward1 they will receive   
whatsoever is right4  ,on the other     
hand1 men who have had the privilege of 
belonging to the  ,church in this life  
for only a short time may receive as    
large a reward  as the others1 or even a
 larger reward than theirs4 ,for again1 
these  members of few years1 have in    
those few years rendered service of a   
quality far superior to that of those of
 long years of membership4 ,in  the     
spiritual life or in the temporal life  
it is true that one may hope  to get in 
return only as much as one gives4 ,it is
 a law of physics  that action and      
reaction are equal and opposite4 ,an    
adaptation of that  law may be applied  
here4 #bdh ,when we enter into service1 

temporal or  spiritual1 our lord will   
give us whatsoever is right4            
,sidenote3 ,the test of profitableness4 
,a question like this may now arise in  
your minds3 ,how shall we know  whether 
or not our service is sufficient and    
adequate8 ,another parable  of the      
,lord's will help us find the answer to 
the question4 ,which of  you1 having a  
servant plowing or feeding cattle1 will 
say unto him by  and by1 when he is come
 from the field1 ,go and sit down to    
meat8 ,and  will not rather say unto    
him4 ,make ready wherewith ,i may sup1  
and gird  thyself1 and serve me1 till ,i
 have eaten and drunken2 and afterward  
thou shalt eat and drink8 ,doth he thank
 that servant because he did the  things
 that were commanded him8 ,i trow       
7believe7 not4 ,so likewise ye1  when ye
 shall have done all those things which 
are commanded you1 say1  ,we are        
unprofitable servants3 we have done that
 which was our duty to  do4             
,sidenote3 ,the application to the day's

 work4    ,in any position in life1     
there are certain duties which we are   
required  to do4 ,the cash-boy in the   
department store1 the elevator boy1 the 
clerk behind the counter1 the           
stenographer in the manager's office1   
the bookkeeper1 the what not1 has each  
one a specified kind of work  to do4    
,but if each one does only that which he
 is required to do1 no  more1 he is in a
 sense an unprofitable servant4 ,he can 
lay claim to  no special consideration1 
no special reward4 ,but if one of them  
does  more than merely what is required 
of him2 if he comes early and stays     
late2 if he plans and toils to make the 
business more attractive1 more          
efficient2 if he promotes business1 then
 is he indeed a profitable  servant4    
,when we enter into #bdi the employ of  
others1 it is our duty  to do faithfully
 all that is required of us2 it is our  
privilege to  give extra service1 to    
make ourselves thoroughly useful and    
wholly  efficient1 to merit special     

consideration4    ,sidenote3 ,the       
application to ,church service4    ,so  
is it also in the ,church of ,jesus     
,christ4 ,there are many things  we are 
required as members to do4 ,it is our   
duty--and a duty full of  pleasure it   
should be--to attend the regular        
services of the ,church1 to  partake of 
the sacrament of the ,lord's ,supper1 to
 magnify one's calling  in the          
priesthood1 to give offerings cheerfully
 to help the poor1 to  pay tithing1 and 
so forth4 ,but if we do these things    
only1 the duties  required by virtue of 
membership1 we do only the things       
commanded us to  do4 ,we may count      
ourselves unprofitable servants4 ,to    
become profitable  servants1 we should  
look after the thousand and one other   
opportunities  that lie about us4 ,it is
 our privilege to perform extra service4
    ,sidenote3 ,an ,exclamation against 
mere formal performance of duty4    ,one
 day when ,jesus was apparently wrought 
up by the hypocrisy of the  scribes and 

the ,pharisees1 ,he exclaimed against   
them thus3 ,woe unto  you1 scribes and  
,pharisees1 hypocrites6 for ye pay tithe
 of mint and  anise and cummin1 and have
 omitted the weightier matters of the   
law1  judgment1 mercy and faith3 these  
ought ye to have done1 and not to  leave
 the other undone4    ,sidenote3 ,a     
privilege to give extra service4    ,it 
is right that we should pay our tithes  
and offerings1 and attend  to the duties
 of our membership4 ,these ought we to  
do4 ,but in doing  them we ought not to 
leave undone other things that may      
possibly be  of even greater weight in  
#bej the estimation of ,god4 ,reward    
cannot  come merely because of length of
 service1 but must come because of the  
quality and the spirit of the service4  
,and to become truly profitable         
servants1 we must seize every           
opportunity for extra service4    ,,the 
,,references    ,matt4 #bj3a-af4 ,luke  
#ag3g-aa4    ,matt4 #bc3bc4    ,,the    
,,questions    #a4 ,on what terms were  

the laborers of the parable employed in 
the  vineyard8    #b4 ,how can you      
justify the paying of the same wage to  
the laborers who  were employed at the  
eleventh hour as to those who worked all
 day8    #c4 ,what is the application of
 the lesson of this parable to man's    
daily  work8    #d4 ,what is its        
application to ,church service8    #e4  
,how shall we know when our service is  
sufficient and adequate8    #f4 ,why did
 ,jesus condemn the scribes and the     
,pharisees8    #g4 ,show that extra     
service is a privilege4    #bea    #beb 
,,picture3 ,,christ ,,driving ,,out     
,,the ,,money ,,changers1 ,hofmann      
#bec        ,,xxxiii    ,a ,,prophet    
,,in ,,his ,,own ,,country    ,sidenote3
 ,a perfect man and an exemplary leader4
    ,in all the history of the world    
there has never been another man like   
,jesus1 nor another mission like that   
which ,he performed4 ,we have  heard so 
much of the meekness and humility of    
,jesus1 of ,his suffering  all things   

and resenting nothing1 of ,his going    
like a lamb to the  slaughter1 that many
 people have formed a picture of ,jesus 
that is  wholly unworthy of ,him4 ,some 
of you1 even1 may possibly think of     
,jesus as a weak sort of man who takes  
all kinds of abuse4 ,but such a         
conception of ,jesus considers only one 
of the virtues in the man1 and  does not
 consider the whole man4 ,jesus was just
 such a man as every boy  and girl      
delights to see4 ,in body ,he was       
strong1 robust1 physically  perfect1    
with a wholesomeness of body quite      
unequalled by any other  man4 ,no trial 
or hardship deterred ,him from pushing  
forward to the  goal on which ,he had   
fixed ,his mind4 ,no danger daunted     
,him4 ,for ,his  spirit was as wholesome
 and as perfect as was ,his body4 ,when 
,he was  aroused by righteous           
indignation4 ,his fearlessness knew no  
bounds4  ,picture ,him1 for example1    
alone and unafraid1 with a scourge in   
,his  hand1 driving the money changers  

and the petty merchants out of ,his     
,father's house6 ,in body and in spirit1
 ,jesus was perfect--of the purest      
athletic type4 ,but ,jesus was also a   
perfect leader4 ,hence1 ,he had         
,himself in perfect control4 ,while ,he 
suffered pain as #bed do other  men2    
while ,he experienced the thrill of     
affection and love as do other  men2    
while ,he could become angry1 and       
possessed the passions that other  men  
do--yet ,he had so subdued the mortal in
 ,him to the divine1 that the  baser    
nature never once gained power over the 
,son of ,god4 ,in this ,he  set us an   
example of how we should live4 ,it was  
because of ,his perfect  self-control   
that ,he appeared always as the meek and
 lowly ,nazarene4 ,it  is not difficult 
to understand that such a man aroused   
the wonder and  admiration of the people
 to whom ,he ministered4 ,such a man we 
ourselves  delight to worship4          
,sidenote3 ,a work full of wonder4      
,the daily work of ,jesus aroused as    

much wonder as did the physical and     
spiritual characteristics4 ,his enemies 
even were constrained to admit  that no 
other man ever spoke with such power and
 authority as did  ,jesus4 ,and         
certainly1 no other man has ever        
displayed such divine power  as did     
,jesus4 ,throughout ,judea1 ,samaria and
 ,galilee1 ,jesus demonstrated  ,his    
marvelous power and authority in healing
 the sick1 in restoring the  halt and   
the maimed1 in quieting the storm1 and  
even in raising the  dead4 ,it was1     
indeed1 a marvelous work and a wonder4  
,it reads almost  like a fairy tale4    
,and yet these things ,jesus1 the ,son  
of ,god1 actually  did4 ,in this lesson1
 we shall consider briefly some of the  
statements  of the strange miracles     
,jesus performed4    ,sidenote3 ,a      
healer and worker of miracles4    ,while
 laboring in ,galilee1 ,jesus performed 
an untold number of  miracles4 ,mark    
tells us how the fame of ,jesus as a    
miracle worker had  spread abroad1 #bee 

and how the afflicted flocked to ,him4  
,one day1  when the offended ,pharisees 
and ,herodians were taking counsel      
against  ,him1 ,jesus withdrew ,himself 
with ,his disciples to the sea3 and a   
great multitude from ,galilee followed  
,him1 and from ,judea1 and from         
,jerusalem1 and from ,idumaea1 and from 
beyond ,jordan2 and they about  ,tyre   
and ,sidon1 a great multitude1 when they
 had heard what great  things ,he did1  
came unto ,him4 ,and ,he spake to ,his  
disciples1 that a  small ship should    
wait on ,him because of the multitude1  
lest they  should throng ,him4 ,for ,he 
had healed many2 insomuch that they     
pressed  upon ,him for to touch ,him1 as
 many as had plagues4 ,and unclean      
spirits1  when they saw ,him1 fell down 
before ,him1 and cried1 saying1 ,thou   
art  the ,son of ,god4 ,and ,he straitly
 charged them that they should not make 
,him known4    ,sidenote3 ,the          
conditions in ,palestine4    ,with a    
little exercise of the imagination1 you 

can easily visualize the  remarkable    
scene described thus vividly by ,st4    
,mark4 ,but in order to  understand how 
such a condition could be possible it   
becomes necessary  to know something    
about ,galilee in the time of ,jesus4   
,historians agree  in telling us that   
ever since the days of ,alexander the   
,great1 all the  vice and the wickedness
 of both the ,east and the ,west had    
literally  poured into ,palestine4 ,the 
land of the chosen people had become    
corrupt1 as had the chosen people       
themselves4 ,their bodies had become    
afflicted and their minds diseased      
through habits of wrong living and      
wrong thinking4 ,beggars were as common 
as the turns in the roadway2 and  nearly
 every beggar was distorted by some #bef
 terrible and loathsome  disease4 ,the  
insane1 and those possessed of evil     
spirits1 were almost  without number4   
,their condition1 too1 was pitiable4 ,in
 all the land  that was blessed by ,god 
to become the home of ,his own people1  

there was  no one to help the           
unfortunates4 ,instead of a land flowing
 with milk  and honey1 it had become a  
land poisoned with vice and corruption4 
,sidenote3 ,a mission of love4    ,it   
was into such a land1 and amongst such a
 people1 that the physically  and       
spiritually perfect ,jesus came to      
minister4 ,devoted to a mission  of     
love4 ,jesus turned the strength of ,his
 own perfection and the power  of ,his  
divine authority to the healing of the  
sick and afflicted1 to  the assuaging of
 the sufferings of the poor1 and to the 
saving of  the ignorant4 ,it was a      
manifestation of divine power and       
compassion1  without thought of reward  
or honor1 for ,he always charged those  
to whom  ,he ministered1 ,see that thou 
tell no man4    ,we have neither time   
nor space to consider the miracles of   
,jesus in  detail4 ,let us read only    
three4 ,the first exhibits the power of 
,jesus  over physical illness2 the      
second1 ,his power over nature and the  

elements2 the third4 ,his power over    
death itself4    ,sidenote3 ,the        
centurion's servant4    ,when ,jesus was
 entered into ,capernaum1 there came    
unto ,him a  centurion1 beseeching ,him1
 and saying4 ,lord1 my servant lieth at 
home  sick of the palsy1 grievously     
tormented4 ,and ,jesus saith unto him1  
,i  will come and heal him4 ,the        
centurion answered and said1 ,lord1 ,i  
am not  worthy that ,thou shouldst come 
under my roof3 but speak the word only1 
and my servant shall be #beg healed4    
,for ,i am a man under authority1       
having soldiers under me3 and ,i say to 
this man1 ,go1 and he goeth2  and to    
another1 ,come1 and he cometh2 and to my
 servant1 ,do this1 and  he doeth it4   
,when ,jesus heard it1 ,he marvelled1   
and said to them that  followed4 ,verily
 ,i say unto you1 ,i have not found so  
great faith1 no1  not in ,israel4444    
,and ,jesus said unto the centurion1 ,go
 thy way2 and as  thou hast believed1 so
 be it done unto thee4 ,and his servant 

was healed  in the selfsame hour4       
,sidenote3 ,stilling the tempest4       
,when the even was come4 ,he saith unto 
them4 ,let us pass over unto the  other 
side4 ,and when they had sent away the  
multitude1 they took ,him  even as ,he  
was in the ship3 and there were also    
with ,him other little  ships4 ,and     
there arose a great storm of wind1 and  
the waves beat into  the ship1 so that  
it was now full4 ,and ,he was in the    
hinder part of the  ship1 asleep on a   
pillow3 and they awake ,him1 and say    
unto ,him1 ,master1  carest ,thou not   
that we perish8 ,and ,he arose1 and     
rebuked the wind1  and said unto the    
sea4 ,peace be still4 ,and the wind     
ceased1 and there  was a great calm4    
,and ,he said unto them1 ,why are ye so 
fearful8 how is  it that ye have no     
faith8 ,and they feared exceedingly1 and
 said one to  another4 ,what manner of  
man is this1 that even the wind and the 
sea  obey ,him8    ,sidenote3 ,the      
raising of ,lazarus4    ,then said      

,jesus unto them plainly1 ,lazarus is   
dead2 and ,i am glad  for your sakes    
that ,i was not there1 to the intent ye 
may believe2  nevertheless let us go    
unto him4 4 4 4 ,then when ,jesus came1 
,he found  that he had lain in the grave
 four days already4 4 4 4 ,then when    
,mary  was #beh come where ,jesus was1  
and saw ,him1 she fell down at his feet1
  saying unto ,him1 ,lord1 if ,thou     
hadst been here1 my brother had not     
died4 ,when ,jesus therefore saw her    
weeping1 and the ,jews also weeping     
which came with her1 ,he groaned in the 
spirit1 and was troubled1 and  said1    
,where have ye laid him8 ,they said unto
 ,him1 ,lord1 come and see4  ,jesus     
wept4 ,then said the ,jews1 ,behold how 
,he loved him6 ,and some of  them said1 
,could not this man1 which opened the   
eyes of the blind1 have  caused that    
even this man should not have died8     
,jesus therefore again  groaning in     
,himself cometh to the grave4 ,it was a 
cave1 and a stone lay  upon it4 ,jesus  

said4 ,take ye away the stone4 ,martha1 
the sister of him  that was dead1 saith 
unto ,him1 ,lord1 by this time he       
stinketh3 for he  hath been dead four   
days4 ,jesus saith unto her4 ,said ,i   
not unto thee1  that1 if thou wouldst   
believe1 thou shouldst see the glory of 
,god8  ,then they took away the stone   
from the place where the dead was laid4 
,and ,jesus lifted up ,his eyes1 and    
said4 ,father1 ,i thank ,thee that ,thou
  hast heard me4 ,and ,i knew that ,thou
 hearest me always3 but because of  the 
people which stand by ,i said it1 that  
they may believe that ,thou  hast sent  
me4 ,and when ,he thus had spoken1 ,he  
cried with a loud voice1  ,lazarus1 come
 forth4 ,and he that was dead came      
forth1 bound hand and  foot with        
graveclothes3 and his face was bound    
about with a napkin4  ,jesus saith unto 
them4 ,loose him1 and let him go4       
,more marvelous power than that recorded
 in these three instances cannot  be    
imagined4 ,our admiration is wrought up 

to the highest point2 and in            
imagination #bei we see the strong1     
pure1 healthy and wholesome ,man1       
giving freely of ,his strength and      
life-force to those who come to ,him1   
ministering to them1 and saving them    
from their own evil lives and  evil     
habits of thought4 ,we wonder that there
 could be anyone who would  reject such 
a ,leader4    ,sidenote3 ,in ,his own   
country4    ,and yet1 when ,he left the 
seashore and returned to ,nazareth and  
,his  own country1 ,jesus was rejected  
by ,his own4 ,when the sabbath day was  
come1 ,he began to teach in the         
synagogue3 and many hearing ,him were   
astonished1 saying1 ,from whence hath   
this man these things8 and what  wisdom 
is this which is given unto ,him1 that  
even such mighty works are  wrought by  
,his hands8 ,is not this the carpenter1 
the son of ,mary1 the  brother of ,james
 and ,joses1 and of ,juda1 and ,simon8  
,and are not ,his  sisters here with us8
 ,and they were offended at ,him4       

,but ,jesus said unto them1 ,a ,prophet 
is not without honour1 but in his  own  
country1 and among his own kin1 and in  
his own house4 ,and ,he could  there do 
no mighty work1 save that ,he laid ,his 
hands upon a few sick  folk1 and healed 
them4 ,and ,he marvelled because of     
their unbelief4    ,,the ,,references   
,mark #c3g-ab ,matt4 #h3e-aj1 #ac4      
,mark #d3cc-da4 ,john #aa3a-dd4    ,mark
 #f3a-f4    #bfj ,,the ,,questions      
#a4 ,what kind of man was ,jesus        
physically8    #b4 ,what kind of man was
 ,jesus spiritually8    #c4 ,what       
quality made ,jesus a great leader8     
#d4 ,what was the condition of          
,galilee--and all ,palestine--at the    
time of  ,jesus8    #e4 ,how did ,jesus 
manifest ,his divine power8    #f4      
,describe some miracles wrought by      
,jesus4    #g4 ,why is it surprising    
that all ,palestine did not believe in  
,him1 and  accept ,him8    #h4 ,what    
principle did ,jesus teach concerning a 
prophet in his own  country8    #i4 ,why

 could ,jesus do no mighty work in ,his 
own country8    #bfa    #bfb ,,picture3 
,,jesus ,,healing ,,the ,,sick1         
,schoenherr    #bfc        ,,xxxiv      
,,the ,,meaning ,,of ,,miracles         
,after reading of the wonderful miracles
 that ,jesus performed in  ,galilee1 one
 begins to wonder what a miracle really 
is4 ,one begins to  wonder by what power
 a miracle is performed4 ,the miracles  
of ,jesus are  in the main so unusual1  
so extraordinary1 so apparently in      
violation of  all known laws of nature1 
that one begins almost to wonder how    
,jesus  could upset the laws of nature4 
,sidenote3 ,the explanation of the      
scribes4    ,apparently1 ,jesus's       
marvelous miracle-working power puzzled 
the people  of ,his own generation4     
,they knew little of the laws of nature1
 of  course4 ,they had been taught to   
believe in the possibility of miracles4 
,but they were loath to grant any degree
 of divine power to ,jesus4  ,hence1 on 
one occasion1 the scribes which came    

down from ,jerusalem  said1 ,he hath    
,beelzebub1 and by the prince of the    
devils casteth he out  devils4 ,of      
course1 such a suggestion was absurd4   
,jesus ,himself said  to ,his disciples1
 ,how can ,satan cast out ,satan8 ,and  
if a kingdom be  divided against itself1
 that kingdom cannot stand4 ,and if a   
house be  divided against itself1 that  
house cannot stand4 ,and if ,satan rise 
up  against himself1 and be divided1 he 
cannot stand1 but hath an end4 ,to  this
 argument1 there is1 of course1 no      
answer4 ,it proves conclusively1  that  
,jesus did not perform miracles through 
the power of ,beelzebub4  ,what a       
miracle is1 by what power it is         
performed and why miracles are          
permitted1 are questions that we shall  
consider in this lesson4    #bfd        
,sidenote3 ,the universal presence of   
law4    ,let us consider first1 then1   
what a miracle really is4 ,as a matter  
of  fact1 a miracle is never an act     
accomplished in violation of law4 ,you  

must understand that the universe is    
ruled by law4 ,everything that  happens1
 happens through the operation of law4  
,if we live wisely--eat  right and think
 right--then it follows by the law of   
nature that we  shall have strong1      
wholesome bodies like the ,christ's1 and
 clear1  active minds like ,his4 ,but if
 we violate the rules of right living1  
then come certain laws of retribution1  
and we are made to pay the  penalty of  
our wrongdoing ,and so it is throughout 
the universe ,the  heavenly bodies are  
directed and governed by law2 ,god's    
creatures  everywhere are subject to    
law2 the earth on which we dwell1 with  
the  strange and marvelous and mighty   
phenomena which we here daily observe1  
is a product of law4 ,would it not be   
inconsistent1 then1 to think that       
,jesus--who is ,himself the ,god of     
law--should work in violation of law8   
,his own words in refutation of the     
statement of the scribes that ,he was   
in league with ,beelzebub1 is a         

sufficient answer to such a supposition4
  ,if a house be divided against itself1
 that house cannot stand4 ,we  must     
conclude1 therefore1 that a miracle1 no 
matter how unnatural it  may seem1 is   
accomplished through the operation of   
some law of the  universe4 ,yet1 how can
 this be true1 when some miracles that  
are well  authenticated seem to be so   
utterly in violation of the laws of     
nature  known to us8    ,sidenote3 ,the 
miracle of the telephone4    ,there was 
a time--and that not so very long       
ago--when it was thought  impossible    
that a man should ever be able to speak 
clearly and  distinctly to a friend a   
#bfe hundred miles away1 and hear in    
return1  as clearly and as distinctly1  
the voice of his friend4 ,certain men1  
however1 who were prying into the       
secrets of nature discovered  some      
things about sound4 ,they learned that  
sound travels through  some medium1 like
 the air1 by means of waves--waves of   
alternate  condensation and rarefaction 

of the air1 for example4 ,then these men
  studied the human ear1 and they       
learned that as these sound waves       
struck the ear1 the drum of the ear was 
made to vibrate back and forth  as a    
condensed part of the air or a rarefied 
part of the air struck  it4 ,the men    
became interested2 further study        
revealed the fact that  almost any disk1
 like the drum of the ear1 could be made
 to vibrate to  sound waves4 ,it was    
found that these sound waves could be   
transmitted  through string1 or wire4   
,it was discovered that a small current 
of  electricity flowing through a wire  
aided in the conducting of the  sound   
wave4 ,little by little science         
progressed1 until by and by  there      
appeared a telephone4 ,it was crude1 and
 it reproduced the human  voice with a  
terrible roar4 ,but the men of science  
worked at it2 they  perfected first one 
part of it1 then another1 as they       
learned better  to understand the laws  
governing the reproduction of sound4    

,finally  came the perfect telephone4   
,today it is possible to telephone--not 
a  hundred miles merely--but from ,new  
,york to ,san ,francisco1 clear across  
a continent1 a distance of several      
thousand miles4 ,such an achievement1   
if it had been shown suddenly1 would    
have been considered a miracle4  ,it    
would have been in violation of all the 
known laws of nature4 ,but  now we know 
that this #bff miracle has been         
accomplished through  the harnessing of 
natural laws not known to our           
forefathers4 ,the  achievement is the   
result of neither violation of law1 nor 
co-operation  with ,beelzebub4          
,sidenote3 ,other miracles of science4  
,the story of the achievements of       
science is full of wonders like that  of
 the telephone4 ,any one of them1 if it 
had been revealed suddenly1  would have 
seemed as unusual1 as extraordinary1    
certainly in violation  of natural law1 
as the turning of water into wine1 or as
 any of the  miracles of healing        

performed by ,jesus4 ,think of the      
achievement of  the telegraph which     
covers with a network of wires every    
land area in  the world2 think of the   
huge cable slung undersea tying together
 the  nations2 think of the             
,marconigraph making it possible to send
 messages  the world over without the   
medium of wires2 think of the ,x-ray and
 the  wonderful photography made        
possible by it2 think of the innumerable
  achievements of modern medicine1      
relieving pain1 effecting cures  of ills
 that were once thought incurable1      
correcting deformities1  restoring sight
 and hearing1 almost giving new life to 
the dead4 ,these  and countless other   
wonders of modern life should teach us  
what a  miracle is4 ,man performs every 
day wonders that may almost be called   
miracles only--since he possesses very  
limited power--it takes him a  long time
 to get his results4 ,jesus1 acting with
 divine power1 called  into play the    
laws of life1 and accomplished in a     

moment what it would  take the man of   
science an indefinite period to do4 ,in 
other words1  just as the wonderful     
achievements of science have been made  
possible  through the discovering and   
the harnessing of the laws of the #bfg  
universe1 so a miracle such as ,jesus   
performed is made possible through  the 
rapid assembly and harnessing of the    
natural laws that govern the  case in   
hand4    ,sidenote3 ,the power of the   
,priesthood4    ,but by what power did  
,jesus marshal the laws of nature1 and  
direct them  to ,his own desires8 ,by   
the power of the priesthood of ,god4 ,no
 man can  hope to perform miracles who  
does not possess the authority of that  
priesthood4 ,jesus ,himself was the ,son
 of ,god1 and held the authority  of    
,his own priesthood4 ,and any man upon  
whom ,jesus has conferred that          
priesthood may go forth likewise1 and   
heal the sick and do other mighty  works
 in ,his name4 ,men holding the         
priesthood of the ,son of ,god need     

only to go out in the strength of their 
manhood1 in the cleanness and  purity of
 their lives1 and in the fearlessness of
 their convictions4  ,in the name of the
 ,father1 and of the ,son1 and of the   
,holy ,ghost1 and  in the power of their
 priesthood1 they1 too1 may command the 
higher1  yet unknown laws of the        
universe1 and effect cures and          
restorations  as marvelous as those     
recorded in the ministry of ,jesus and  
the first  apostles4 ,i came unto my    
own1 said ,jesus to the ,prophet of the 
dispensation of the ,fulness of ,times1 
and my own received me not2 but  unto as
 many as received me1 gave ,i power to  
do many miracles1 and to  become the    
sons of ,god1 and even unto them that   
believed on my name  gave ,i power to   
obtain eternal life4    ,sidenote3 ,the 
purpose of miracles4    ,for what       
purpose are miracles wrought8 ,in all   
generations there have  been people who 
have sought signs1 by which they might  
be converted4  ,but miracles are not    

given for the #bfh purpose of converting
 the  unbelieving4 ,the scribes and the 
,pharisees came to ,jesus1 saying1      
,master1 we would have a sign from      
,thee4 ,but ,he answered and said  unto 
them1 ,an evil and adulterous generation
 seeketh after a sign4  ,what then is   
the purpose of miracles8 ,miracles come 
as the result of  faith2 they do not    
come to create faith4 ,in ,his own      
country1 ,jesus even  could perform no  
mighty work because the people had not  
faith in ,him4  ,miracles are a kind of 
reward of faith1 and serve to strengthen
 faith  already born4 ,it shall come to 
pass1 said ,jesus in modern times1  that
 he that hath faith in me to be healed1 
and is not appointed unto  death1 shall 
be healed2 he who hath faith to see     
shall see2 he who hath  faith to hear   
shall hear2 the lame who hath faith to  
leap shall leap4  ,all these good things
 come by faith to increase our faith4   
,sidenote3 ,the privilege of the sick4  
,so1 in the providence of ,god1 it is   

given to the authority of the           
priesthood1 through faith1 to do mighty 
works--to command forces of  nature not 
yet understood by man1 and thereby to   
perform miracles1 for  the increasing of
 faith and the perfecting of the saints4
 ,said ,james  the apostle1 ,is any sick
 among you8 let him call for the elders 
of  the church2 and let them pray over  
him1 anointing him with oil in the  name
 of the ,lord3 and the prayer of faith  
shall save the sick1 and the  ,lord     
shall raise him up2 and if he have      
committed sins1 they shall be  forgiven 
him4    #bfi    ,,the ,,references      
,mark #c3bb-bf4 ,matt4 #ab3ch1 #ci4     
,doc4 and ,cov4 #de3h4 ,doc4 and ,cov4  
#db3dh-eb4    ,james #e3ad1 #ae4        
,,the ,,questions    #a4 ,what questions
 are aroused by the reading of the      
miracles performed  by ,jesus8    #b4   
,how did the scribes explain ,jesus's   
miracle-working power8    #c4 ,what was 
the answer of ,jesus8    #d4 ,how can it
 be shown that the universe is ruled by 

law8    #e4 ,explain the miracle of the 
telephone8    #f4 ,what other miraculous
 achievements have been made by science8
    #g4 ,how does a miracle differ from 
one of these achievements of science8   
#h4 ,show that it is no more difficult  
to believe in one of the miracles  than 
in one of the achievements of science4  
#i4 ,by what power are miracles         
performed8    #aj4 ,what is the purpose 
of miracles8    #aa4 ,what privilege    
does everyone of us enjoy when he is    
sick8    #bgj ,,picture3 ,,christ       
,,before ,,pilate1 ,hofmann    #bga     
,,xxxv    ,,an ,,atoning ,,sacrifice    
,sidenote3 ,an incredible thought4      
,as ,he went about ,his ,father's       
business teaching the means of eternal  
life1 ,jesus presented many principles  
that it was difficult for ,his          
followers to understand1 but you may    
readily imagine that ,he presented  no  
other thought so hard for them to       
comprehend as the thought that  ,he must
 lay down ,his own life4 ,to ,his       

disciples1 ,jesus was the ,mighty  ,king
 come to establish ,his reign on earth4 
,they thought that ,he would  establish 
an earthly kingdom2 that ,he would      
overthrow the dominion of  ,rome in     
,palestine2 that ,he would restore the  
independence of the ,jewish  nation4 ,it
 did not occur to them that ,his was    
more largely a spiritual  kingdom1 than 
a material kingdom4 ,the thought that   
,he should lose ,his  life seemed       
impossible to them2 indeed1 it was      
abhorrent to them4 ,many  of them did   
not learn to understand ,jesus's sayings
 about ,his death  until after ,he was  
actually laid away in the tomb4         
,sidenote3 ,jesus's foreknowledge of    
,his death4    ,but the knowledge of    
,his approaching and inevitable death1  
seems  to have been always present with 
,jesus ,himself4 ,very early in ,his    
ministry1 ,jesus foreshadowed the coming
 end4 ,the days will come1 ,he  declared
 to those assembling about ,him1 when   
the bridegroom shall be  taken away from

 them1 and then shall they fast in those
 days4 ,somewhat  later4 ,he spoke of   
,his death as a baptism1 and asserted   
that it  would become a kind of test to 
determine1 who was for him and who was  
against ,him4 ,i am come to send fire on
 the earth1 declared ,he2 and  what #bgb
 will ,i if it be already kindled8 ,but 
,i have a baptism to be  baptized with2 
and how am ,i straitened till it be     
accomplished6 ,suppose  ye that ,i am   
come to give peace on earth8 ,i tell you
 ,nay2 but rather  division2 for from   
henceforth there shall be five in one   
house divided1  three against two1 and  
two against three4 ,the father shall be 
divided  against the son1 and the son   
against the father2 the mother against  
the daughter1 and the daughter against  
the mother2 the mother-in-law  against  
her daughter-in-law1 and the            
daughter-in-law against her             
mother-in-law4 ,the division in the     
family would be caused1 of course1      
because some members would accept       

,jesus1 whereas others would reject     
,him2 some would find in ,his sinless   
death reason for worship1 whereas       
others would find in ,his sufferings    
sufficient reason for rejection4        
,after ,peter's confession1 ,thou art   
the ,christ1 the ,son of the living     
,god1 at ,caesarea ,phillipi1 ,jesus    
began more definitely to proclaim a     
violent death4 ,immediately1 ,he began  
to teach them1 that the ,son of  man    
must suffer many things1 and be rejected
 of the elders1 and of the  chief       
priests1 and scribes1 and be killed1 and
 after three days rise  again4 ,and ,he 
spake that saying openly1 we read4 ,and 
,peter took ,him  and began to rebuke   
,him4 ,or1 as ,matthew expresses it1    
,peter rebuked  ,him1 saying1 ,be it far
 from ,thee1 ,lord3 this shall not be   
unto ,thee4  ,it is evident then that   
even though ,peter was inspired to know 
that  ,jesus was the ,christ1 he had not
 yet received an understanding of  the  
fact that ,jesus must suffer death at   

the hands of ,his enemies in  order to  
fulfill ,his great mission to the earth4
 ,and if ,peter did not  understand this
 truth1 you may easily believe1 that the
 thought of it  #bgc was intolerable to 
the rest of the disciples4 ,they could  
not  conceive of their divine leader's  
failing to establish the kingdom of     
,god as an earthly dominion4 ,then      
further to impress upon ,his disciples  
the fact that ,his death was required by
 the law of sacrifice1 ,he told  them   
that they must themselves not expect to 
profit in a worldly or  political way   
through their association with ,him2 but
 rather must they  expect to suffer     
persecution and to sacrifice themselves4
 ,for sacrifice  and service are        
demanded in the kingdom of ,god4        
,whosoever will come  after me1 said    
,jesus to the awe-stricken disciples1   
let him deny  himself1 and take up his  
cross1 and follow me4 ,for whosoever    
will save  his life shall lose it2 but  
whosoever shall lose his life for my    

sake  and the gospel's1 the same shall  
save it4    ,sidenote3 ,the significance
 of the death of ,jesus4    ,it is not  
necessary here to quote further in      
detail the sayings of  ,jesus which     
indicate that ,he foreknew the violent  
death which ,he was  destined to suffer4
 ,he assured ,james and ,john1 when they
 sought places  of honor and power in   
,his ,kingdom1 that they were not able  
to drink  the cup that ,he had to drink1
 or to be baptized with the baptism with
  which ,he was to be baptized4 ,and at 
the last supper1 when ,he instituted    
the ordinance we call now the sacrament4
 ,he said of the broken bread1  ,take1  
eat2 this is my body2 and of the cup1   
,drink ye all of it2 for  this is my    
blood of the new testament1 which is    
shed for many for the  remission of     
sins4 ,from these statements1 it is     
apparent that certain  facts were       
clearly understood by ,jesus1 and that  
,he endeavored as  clearly to teach them
 to ,his disciples4 ,these points are   

four1 and you  should try to remember   
them4 ,first1 ,jesus foreknew and #bgd  
proclaimed  that the hatred of ,his     
enemies--the scribes and the ,pharisees 
and the  rulers in general--would       
finally bring about ,his death4 ,then1  
,he knew  equally well1 and asserted    
with the same assurance1 that ,his death
  was divinely appointed4 ,again1 ,he   
assured ,his disciples that if they     
would gain places of honor in ,his      
kingdom1 they too must be prepared  to  
practice self-denial1 to humble         
themselves and render service1 and      
even1 if necessary1 to lay down their   
own lives for the ,gospel's sake4       
,finally1 ,jesus announced that1 through
 ,his death1 mankind would be  redeemed 
from sin1 and that ,his death was       
therefore not a defeat but a  glorious  
victory4    ,sidenote3 ,worldly views of
 how ,jesus's death can save4    ,these 
teachings are certainly inspiring and   
hopeful4 ,the last one is  particularly 
consoling4 ,but1 of course1 it is only  

natural to ask1  ,from what does the    
death of ,christ actually deliver us8   
,how can ,his  death deliver us from    
sin8 ,these questions have been asked by
 men ever  since the crucifixion4 ,it is
 almost amusing what strange notions    
people  have held--and do still hold--in
 answer to these questions4 ,thus1 some 
people believe that the death of ,jesus 
represented the price paid to  ,satan to
 prevail upon him to release man from   
his power4 ,others believe  that when   
,jesus gave ,his life for many1 it was  
to protect them1 or  deliver them1 from 
the fear of death4 ,still others hold   
that through  ,his death ,jesus broke   
the bonds that held ,his disciples to   
the belief  and understanding that      
,god's kingdom1 was an earthly and      
temporal  kingdom1 and that the         
salvation which ,jesus taught was       
earthly4 ,of  course1 no one of these   
theories--nor any one of several others 
not  here mentioned--satisfies the      
conditions of the sacrifice made by     

,jesus4 ,it does not really reveal from 
what #bge ,his death rescues us1  nor   
how it is possible for ,his death to    
rescue us at all4    ,sidenote3 ,the    
real significance of the death of       
,jesus4    ,it is strange that there    
should be so much confusion about the   
nature  and purpose of ,jesus's atoning 
sacrifice4 ,it is well known that       
through  the sin of ,adam1 death came   
into the world4 ,that death was not only
  physical but spiritual2 for man was   
driven out from the presence of  ,god4  
,adam broke a divine law4 ,necessarily1 
punishment1 came to him4  ,now1 in      
accordance with the law of justice1     
,adam and his children could  be        
redeemed from death1 and restored to the
 presence of ,god1 only by  satisfying  
in some way the broken law4 ,how could  
that be done8 ,we have  learned1 you    
remember1 that there was a council in   
heaven before the  earth was formed4    
,there the whole plan of salvation was  
revealed4 ,jesus  was appointed to      

become the ,christ4 ,his mission was to 
teach men to  know ,god1 that they might
 be prepared to return to ,him1 and     
through  ,his own death to satisfy the  
demands of justice and thus to break the
  bands of physical death4 ,this may1   
perhaps1 be a little difficult to       
understand1 but it is certainly what    
,jesus taught2 for the learned ,paul    
wrote1 ,if in this life only we have    
hope in ,christ1 we are of all  men most
 miserable4 ,but now is ,christ risen   
from the dead1 and become  the first    
fruits of them that slept4 ,for since by
 man came death1 by  man came also the  
resurrection of the dead4 ,for as in    
,adam all die1  even so in ,christ shall
 all be made alive4 ,but every man in   
his own  order3 ,christ the first       
fruits2 afterward they that are         
,christ's at  ,his coming4 ,this1 too1  
is the testimony of ,john the ,baptizer1
 who  exclaimed when he saw ,jesus      
approaching from the distance1 ,behold  
#bgf the ,lamb of ,god1 which taketh    

away the sin of the world2 and  also of 
,john the ,beloved1 who wrote in his    
,book of ,revelation1 ,all  that dwell  
upon the earth shall worship ,him1 whose
 names are not  written in the book of  
life of the ,lamb slain from the        
foundation of  the world4    ,sidenote3 
,the ,nephite explanation4    ,to the   
,nephites1 the nature and purpose of the
 atoning sacrifice was  made            
particularly plain4 ,we read thus3 ,now1
 behold1 if ,adam had not  transgressed1
 he would not have fallen2 but he would 
have remained  in the garden of ,eden4  
,and all things which were created1 must
 have  remained in the same state which 
they were after they were created2 and  
they must have remained forever and had 
no end4 ,and they would have  had no    
children2 wherefore1 they would have    
remained in a state of  innocence2      
having no joy1 for they knew no misery2 
doing no good1 for  they knew no sin4   
,but behold1 all things have been done  
in the wisdom  of ,him who knoweth all  

things4 ,adam fell that men might be2   
and men are  that they might have joy4  
,and the ,messiah cometh in the fulness 
of time1 that ,he may redeem the        
children of men from the fall4 ,and     
because that they are redeemed from  the
 fall1 they have become free forever1   
knowing good from evil2 to act  for     
themselves1 and not to be acted upon1   
save it be by the punishment  of the law
 at the great and last day1 according to
 the commandments  which ,god hath      
given4    ,sidenote3 ,why ,jesus        
submitted to ,his enemies4    ,it was1  
then1 in fulfillment of the divine plan 
that ,jesus allowed  ,himself to be     
taken prisoner in the garden of         
,gethsemane2 that ,he  endured trial    
before ,his enemies2 and that ,he       
suffered untold agony on  the cross4    
,with ,his death1 #bgg the world itself 
became canvulsed4 ,the  heavens became  
shrouded in darkness2 and the earth was 
torn1 and shaken  and distressed4 ,but  
at that awful moment1 the bands of death

 were  broken2 the original sin was     
expiated2 and the way was opened whereby
  man might return to his ,maker4       
,sidenote3 ,the new testimony of ,jesus4
    ,behold1 said ,jesus to our own     
,prophet1 ,i1 ,god1 have suffered these 
things for all1 that they might not     
suffer if they would repent1  but if    
they would not repent1 they must suffer 
even as ,i1 which  suffering caused     
myself1 even ,god1 the greatest of all1 
to tremble  because of pain1 and to     
bleed at every pore1 and to suffer both 
body and spirit3 and would that ,i might
 not drink the bitter cup  and          
shrink--,nevertheless1 glory be to the  
,father1 and ,i partook and  finished my
 preparations unto the children of men4 
,truly1 ,greater love hath no man than  
this1 that a man lay down his  life for 
his friends4    ,,the ,,references      
,mark #b3bj4 #a ,cor4 #ae3ai-bc4        
,luke #ab3di-ec4 ,john #a3bi4    ,mark  
#h3ca-ce4 ,rev4 #ac3h4    ,mark         
#aj3ch-da4 #b ,nephi #b3bb-bf4    ,matt4

 #af3bh4 ,doc4 and ,cov4 #ai3af-ai4     
#bgh ,,the ,,questions    #a4 ,why could
 not the disciples think that ,jesus    
would be killed8    #b4 ,show how ,jesus
 foreknew ,his death4    #c4 ,how was   
,jesus's death necessary to satisfy the 
law of sacrifice8    #d4 ,what was the  
real significance of the death of       
,jesus8    #e4 ,from what does the death
 of ,jesus save the world8    #f4 ,how  
does the death of ,jesus save8    #g4   
,discuss the explanation given in #bnd  
,nephi4    #h4 ,explain the attitude of 
,jesus in the garden of ,gethsemane and 
after4    #i4 ,how did ,jesus describe  
,his sufferings to the ,prophet ,joseph 
,smith8    #aj4 ,what do we owe to      
,jesus8    #bgi    #bhj ,,picture3      
,,touch ,,me ,,not1 ,plockhorst    #bha 
,,xxxvi    ,,the ,,place ,,called       
,,paradise    ,sidenote3 ,a             
well-established fact4    ,of all the   
many well-attested incidents in the life
 of ,jesus1 there  is none more firmly  
established than the fact that ,jesus   

rose from  death to a newness of life4  
,his resurrection was an actual uprising
  of the physical body which ,he had    
laid down1 and a renewal of all the     
life forces4 ,jesus had plainly foretold
 that ,he would rise from the  tomb on  
the third day after ,his death2 but such
 a performance was so  foreign to the   
experience of ,his disciples1 that they 
failed to grasp  the full significance  
of ,his sayings4 ,you can appreciate    
yourselves how  difficult it would be   
for you1 even with your present         
knowledge1 to get  the full meaning of  
such a saying as this3 ,destroy this    
temple1 and in  three days ,i will raise
 it up4 ,but it is never safe to        
question a fact  merely because we have 
not experienced it ourselves4 ,we walk  
by faith1  and by faith is accomplished 
all the world's work4 ,our faith in the 
resurrection of ,jesus is doubly assured
 by our faith in the testimonies  of    
those who knew ,him and saw ,him4       
,sidenote3 ,the first five appearances  

of the risen ,christ4    ,ten separate  
and distinct appearances of the risen   
,redeemer are  recorded in the ,new     
,testament4 ,first1 on the morning of   
the  resurrection1 ,he appeared to ,mary
 ,magdalene1 who had come early in the  
morning with ,mary1 the mother of       
,jesus1 ,salome and ,joanna to anoint   
the body of ,jesus with spices4 ,when   
,mary recognized ,him1 she said to  ,him
 in ,hebrew1 #bhb ,rabboni4 ,jesus      
answered1 ,touch me not1 for ,i  am not 
yet ascended to my ,father3 but go to my
 brethren1 and say unto  them1 ,i ascend
 unto my ,father1 and your ,father2 and 
to my ,god and your  ,god4 ,soon        
thereafter1 ,jesus appeared to the other
 three women and  called to them1 ,all  
hail4 ,and they came and took hold of   
,his feet1  and worshipped ,him4 ,then1 
in the afternoon of the resurrection    
day1  ,jesus appeared to ,cleopas and   
another of the disciples as they were   
journeying to ,emmaus1 and interpreted  
to them the scriptures concerning       

,himself4 ,the fourth appearance of the 
risen ,christ was to ,peter2 but  when  
or where we do not know4 ,at the fifth  
appearance1 ,jesus appeared  suddenly to
 ten of ,his disciples1 and said1 ,peace
 be unto you4 ,but  they were terrified 
and affrighted and supposed that they   
had seen a  spirit4 ,and ,he said unto  
them1 ,why are ye troubled8 and why do  
thoughts  arise in your hearts8 ,behold 
my hands and my feet1 that it is ,i     
myself2  handle me1 and see2 for a      
spirit hath not flesh and bones as ye   
see  me have4 ,and when ,he had thus    
spoken4 ,he shewed them ,his hands and  
,his feet4 ,and while they yet believed 
not for joy1 and wondered1 ,he  said    
unto them4 ,have ye here any meat8 ,and 
they gave ,him a piece of a  broiled    
fish1 and of a honeycomb4 ,and ,he took 
it1 and did eat before  them4           
,sidenote3 ,five more appearances of the
 ,christ and the ascension4    ,when    
,jesus appeared thus suddenly and       
partook of the broiled fish1  ,thomas   

was not present4 ,eight days later1 when
 the disciples were  again behind closed
 doors1 ,jesus stood again suddenly     
amongst them  and said1 ,peace be unto  
you4 ,this time ,thomas was present4    
,jesus  said to him1 ,reach hither thy  
finger1 and #bhc behold my hands2  and  
reach hither thy hand1 and thrust it    
into my side3 and be not  faithless1 but
 believing4 ,when next ,jesus appeared1 
there were only  seven of the apostles  
present4 ,they were at the sea of       
,tiberias1 and  had gone fishing4 ,jesus
 appeared before them1 and directed them
 where  to cast their nets4 ,then the   
apostles recognized ,him4 ,it was at    
this  appearance that ,jesus charged    
,peter as the leader of ,his apostles to
  feed ,his sheep4 ,at the next         
appearance1 ,jesus showed ,himself to   
the  eleven apostles and probably more  
than five hundred brethren1 who  had    
assembled on a mount in ,galilee        
appointed by ,jesus4 ,here ,jesus       
commissioned ,his apostles to preach the

 ,gospel to all the nations1  baptizing 
them in the name of the ,father and of  
the ,son and of the ,holy  ,ghost4 ,the 
ninth appearance was to ,james1 the     
,lord's brother4 ,of this  we know only 
the recorded fact4 ,at the last         
appearance1 ,jesus came to  the eleven  
apostles somewhere in ,jerusalem4 ,after
 ,he had instructed  them at some       
length1 ,he led them out of ,jerusalem  
toward ,bethany4 ,then1  ,he lifted up  
,his hands and blessed them4 ,and it    
came to pass1 while ,he  blessed them1  
,he was parted from them1 and carried up
 into heaven4    ,sidenote3 ,the value  
of the testimonies4    ,these           
testimonies1 you see1 are of such a     
nature that they cannot be  doubted4    
,altogether more than five hundred      
persons saw ,jesus after ,his           
resurrection4 ,and ,his appearance in   
many instances was accompanied by  such 
evidence that there can be no doubt that
 the resurrected body  of ,jesus was an 
actual body of flesh and bones1 as      

material and as  tangible as was the    
body before death4 #bhd ,and with this  
material  body ,jesus ascended into     
heaven before the adoring eyes of ,his  
devoted  followers4    ,sidenote3 ,where
 had ,jesus been8    ,but there remains 
a statement made by ,jesus during the   
first recorded  appearance after ,his   
resurrection1 which needs to be         
explained4 ,when  ,mary ,magdalene would
 have touched ,him1 you recall1 ,jesus  
prevented her1  saying1 ,touch me not2  
for ,i am not yet ascended to my        
,father4 ,now1  the common belief of the
 world is1 that1 at death1 the spirit of
 the  righteous departed ascends        
immediately to heaven1 into the kingdom 
of  ,god4 ,jesus had been nearly three  
days dead2 still1 at ,his resurrection4 
,he had not yet been in the presence of 
,his ,father4 ,where had ,he been8      
,what had ,he been doing8 ,do the       
scriptures give us any information in   
answer to these questions8    ,sidenote3
 ,today in ,paradise4    ,evidently1    

,jesus had been in a place called       
,paradise4 ,when ,jesus was  put to     
death1 two thieves were crucified with  
,him4 ,and one of the  malefactors which
 were hanged railed on ,him1 it is      
recorded1 saying1  ,if thou be ,christ1 
save thyself and us4 ,but the other     
answering  rebuked him1 saying1 ,dost   
not thou fear ,god1 seeing thou art in  
the  same condemnation8 ,and we indeed  
justly2 for we receive the due reward   
of our deeds3 but this man hath done    
nothing amiss4 ,and he said unto        
,jesus1 ,lord1 remember me when ,thou   
comest into ,thy kingdom4 ,and ,jesus   
said unto him1 ,verily ,i say unto thee4
 ,today shalt thou be with me in        
paradise4 ,can there be any doubt that  
,jesus went at ,his death to the  place 
called ,paradise and abode there8 ,but  
where is ,paradise1 or what  kind of    
place is ,paradise8    #bhe ,sidenote3  
,the ,gospel to the dead4    ,where     
,paradise is we may not be able to      
determine2 but what kind of  place it   

is1 it should not be difficult to       
discover4 ,teaching at  ,jerusalem one  
day1 ,jesus said1 ,verily1 verily1 ,i   
say unto you1 ,the  hour is coming1 and 
now is1 when the dead shall hear the    
voice of the  ,son of ,god3 and they    
that hear shall live4 ,but how could the
 dead hear  the voice of the ,son of    
,god1 unless ,he should minister also in
 the  place of the dead8 ,this          
undoubtedly is what ,jesus meant2 this1 
too1  must be what ,he meant when ,he   
said to the malefactor1 ,today shalt    
thou  be with me in ,paradise4 ,and this
 is what the apostles learned to know   
to be the meaning of these sayings of   
,jesus4 ,peter1 writing to the          
scattered churches1 declared the truth  
in these words3 ,for ,christ also  hath 
once suffered for sins1 the just for the
 unjust1 that ,he might  bring us to    
,god1 being put to death in the flesh1  
but quickened by the  ,spirit3 by which 
also ,he went and preached to the       
spirits in prison2  which sometime were 

disobedient1 when once the long         
suffering of ,god  waited in the days of
 ,noah1 while the ark was a preparing1  
wherein few1  that is1 eight souls1 were
 saved by water4 ,and again1 in the same
  epistle1 ,peter said1 ,for1 for this  
reason was the ,gospel preached  also to
 them that are dead1 that they might be 
judged according to men  in the flesh1  
but live according to ,god in the       
spirit4 ,this makes it  clear to us1    
then1 that ,jesus's promise to the      
malefactor1 meant that  ,jesus would    
meet him that day in the abode of       
spirits4 ,for thither  did ,jesus go    
that the dead also might hear ,his      
voice4 ,his mission to  the living was  
accomplished2 ,he had yet to minister to
 the dead4 ,only  #bhf when that        
ministry was finished could ,he return  
to ,his ,father and  report ,his labor  
accomplished4 ,we may not know where    
,paradise is2 but  we know that the     
place called ,paradise is the abode of  
the spirits of  those who have lived in 

the flesh and have not yet been         
resurrected4    ,sidenote3 ,a plain     
explanation4    ,as usual1 modern       
revelation makes plain to us things that
 are somewhat  obscure in the ,jewish   
,scriptures4 ,the great ,nephite prophet
 and  philosopher1 ,alma1 writing under 
the direction of an angel and the       
inspiration of ,jesus ,christ1 explains 
very clearly the state of the  spirit   
during the time between death and the   
resurrection4 ,says he1  ,now there must
 needs be a space betwixt the time of   
death1 and the  time of the             
resurrection4 ,and now ,i would inquire 
what becometh of the  souls of men from 
this time of death1 to the time         
appointed for the  resurrection8 ,now   
concerning the state of the soul between
 death and  the resurrection4 ,behold1  
it has been made known unto me1 by an   
angel1  that the spirits of all men1 as 
soon as they are departed from this     
mortal body2 yea1 the spirits of all    
men1 whether they be good or evil1  are 

taken home to that ,god who gave them   
life4 ,and then shall it come  to pass  
that the spirits of those who are       
righteous1 are received into  a state of
 happiness1 which is called ',paradise'2
 a state of rest2 a  state of peace1    
where they shall rest from all their    
troubles and from  all care1 and sorrow1
 etc4 ,and then shall it come to pass1  
that the  spirits of the wicked1 yea1   
who are evil2 for behold1 they have no  
part  nor portion of the ,spirit of the 
,lord2 for behold1 they chose evil      
works rather than good2 therefore the   
spirit of the devil did #bhg  enter into
 them1 and take possession of their     
house2 and these shall be  cast out into
 outer darkness2 there shall be weeping1
 and wailing1 and  gnashing of teeth2   
and this because of their own iniquity2 
being led  captive by the will of the   
devil4 ,now this is the state of the    
souls of  the wicked2 yea1 in darkness1 
and a state of awful1 fearful1 looking  
for the fiery indignation of the wrath  

of ,god upon them2 thus they  remain in 
this state1 as well as the righteous in 
paradise1 until the  time of their      
resurrection4    ,sidenote3 ,every knee 
and every tongue4    ,not only in ,his  
life1 but in the spirit ministry and in 
,his  resurrection1 ,jesus taught truths
 of vital importance to man in his      
search after ,god and eternal life4     
,resurrection is an actual uprising  of 
a tangible physical body4 ,in the       
resurrection we shall be as ,jesus  was4
 ,and the privileges of the divine plan 
of salvation are extended to  the dead  
as well as to the living4 ,that is why  
we perform the saving  ordinances for   
the dead in the ,house of the ,lord4 ,at
 the name of ,jesus  every knee should  
bow1 of things in heaven1 and things in 
earth1 and  things under earth2 and     
every tongue should confess that ,jesus 
,christ  is ,lord1 to the glory of ,god 
the ,father4    ,,the ,,references      
,matt4 #bh3a-bj4 #a ,cor4 #ae3e-g4      
,mark #af3a-bj4 ,john #e3be4    ,luke   

#bc3ef-bd3ec4 #a ,peter #c3ah-bj4       
,john #bj3a-ba3be4 #a ,peter #d3f4      
,philip #b3i-aa4 ,alma #dj3f-ad4    #bhh
 ,,the ,,questions    #a4 ,what was the 
nature of ,christ's resurrection8    #b4
 ,what evidence can you adduce to prove 
that ,jesus was actually  resurrected8  
#c4 ,how can you prove that the         
resurrected body of ,jesus was a        
tangible  body of flesh and bones8      
#d4 ,where was the ,spirit of ,jesus    
while ,his body lay in the tomb8    #e4 
,what kind of place is paradise8    #f4 
,what ,gospel privileges are extended to
 the dead8    #g4 ,what does the        
resurrection of ,jesus mean to us8      
#bhi    #bij ,,picture3 ,,the ,,good    
,,shepherd1 ,plockhorst    #bia         
,,xxxvii    ,,other ,,sheep             
,sidenote3 ,the first commission to the 
twelve4    ,when ,jesus called the      
twelve apostles and sent them out to    
preach  ,his word1 ,he gave them these  
instructions1 ,go not in the way of the 
,gentiles1 and into any city of the     

,samaritans enter ye not3 but go  rather
 to the lost sheep of the house of      
,israel4 ,and as ye go preach1  saying1 
,the kingdom of heaven is at hand4      
,evidently1 then1 the  apostles were not
 to trouble to deliver the glad message 
of the ,gospel  to any who were not     
purely of the house of ,israel4 ,they   
were to heal  the sick1 cleanse the     
lepers1 raise the dead1 cast out devils2
 but  none of these good works were they
 to do amongst the ,gentiles1 nor in    
the land of the ,samaritans4 ,it seemed 
almost that ,jesus did not want  those  
not of ,israel to enjoy the privileges  
and blessings of ,his great  redemption4
    ,sidenote3 ,the leaven of the       
,gospel4    ,but such an intention was  
only apparent2 it was not real4 ,all    
men1 of  whatever race or color1 are the
 children of ,god2 and the great atoning
  sacrifice was made for the ,gentiles  
as well as for the ,jews4 ,said ,jesus  
once in a parable1 ,the kingdom of      
heaven is like unto leaven1 which  a    

woman took1 and hid in three measures of
 meal1 till the whole was  leavened4    
,the whole world is to be leavened with 
the ,gospel of ,jesus  ,christ2 indeed1 
the ,savior's last charge to ,his       
apostles was that they  should go into  
all the world1 and preach the word of   
,god4 ,only when the  ,gospel has been  
heard by every nation1 tongue1 and      
people1 will the end  come4    #bib     
,sidenote3 ,the kingdom to the          
,gentiles4    ,the apostles were slow1  
however1 to understand this truth1      
though  ,jesus taught it to them        
plainly4 ,it was right1 of course1 that 
they  should minister first to the      
children of ,israel4 ,israel constituted
  the chosen people4 ,from them1 and    
through them1 had come to the world  the
 knowledge of the one great ,god--the   
,god of ,abraham1 of ,isaac1  and of    
,jacob4 ,from them1 too1 had come now   
the ,messiah1 by whom was  to be wrought
 the salvation of the world4 ,what the  
apostles did not  appreciate1 however1  

was that the ,jews would prove          
themselves unworthy  of their ,savior4  
,yet1 ,jesus taught this1 too2 and in   
teaching this  truth1 ,he declared      
further that the ,gospel would be given 
to others4  ,to the woman of ,samaria1  
,jesus declared1 ,woman1 believe me1 the
 hour  cometh1 when ye shall neither in 
this mountain1 nor yet at ,jerusalem1   
worship the ,father4 ,ye worship ye know
 not what3 we know what we  worship3 for
 salvation is of the ,jews4 ,but the    
hour cometh1 and now  is1 when the true 
worshippers shall worship the ,father in
 spirit and  in truth3 for the ,father  
seeketh such to worship ,him4 ,no       
longer1  after the ministry of ,jesus1  
should ,jerusalem be the center of      
divine  worship4 ,the world over1 men   
should learn to worship ,god in spirit  
and  in truth4 ,not only so2 but ,jesus 
asserted also that because of the       
unbelief of the ,jews1 the privileges of
 ,his ,church should be taken away  from
 them and given to others4 ,did ye never

 read in the scriptures1  ,jesus asked  
of the ,jews1 ,the stone which the      
builders rejected1 the  same has become 
the head of the corner3 this is the     
,lord's doing1  and it is marvelous in  
our eyes8 #bic ,therefore say ,i unto   
you1 ,the  kingdom of ,god shall be     
taken from you1 and given to a nation   
bringing  forth the fruits thereof4     
,and1 indeed1 such a transfer of        
privilege  and responsibility was almost
 necessary to fulfill the ancient       
prophecy1 ,behold my servant1 whom ,i   
have chosen2 my beloved1 in whom  my    
soul is well pleased3 ,i will put my    
spirit upon ,him1 and ,he shall  shew   
judgment to the ,gentiles4 4 4 4 ,and in
 ,his name shall the ,gentiles  trust4  
,sidenote3 ,the case of ,cornelius4     
,when the apostles were left to         
themselves1 however1 they continued     
still to minister only to the ,jews4 ,it
 required a special revelation  from    
heaven1 to arouse them to the fact that 
the ,gospel was for  the ,gentiles also4

 ,there lived in ,caesarea a ,roman     
centurion named  ,cornelius4 ,cornelius 
was a devout and ,god-fearing man1      
though a  ,gentile1 and prayed much that
 he might learn what to do to gain      
eternal  life4 ,one day an angel        
appeared to him1 and instructed him to  
send  messengers to ,joppa for one      
,simon1 surnamed ,peter1 who should tell
  ,cornelius what to do4 ,cornelius sent
 two of his men immediately to  seek out
 ,peter4 ,meanwhile1 ,peter1 at ,joppa1 
went up upon the housetop  to pray about
 the sixth hour3 and he became very     
hungry1 and would  have eaten3 but while
 they made ready1 he fell into a trance1
 and saw  heaven opened1 and a certain  
vessel descending unto him1 as it had   
been  a great sheet knit at the four    
corners1 and let down to the earth3     
wherein were all manner of four-footed  
beasts of the earth1 and wild  beasts1  
and creeping things1 and fowls of the   
air4 ,and there came a  voice to him4   
,rise1 ,peter1 kill and eat4 ,but ,peter

 said1 ,not so1 ,lord2  for ,i have #bid
 never eaten anything that is common or 
unclean4 ,and  the voice spake unto him 
again the second time1 ,what ,god hath  
cleansed1  that call not thou common4   
,this vision appeared to ,peter three   
times2  and while he was pondering on   
the meaning of it the messengers of     
,cornelius arrived4 ,peter hurried to   
,caesarea to minister to ,cornelius2    
and when he saw that ,god had blessed   
,cornelius1 ,peter understood the       
meaning of the vision4 ,of a truth1 said
 he1 ,i perceive that ,god is  no       
respecter of persons3 but in every      
nation he that feareth ,him1 and        
worketh righteousness1 is accepted with 
,him4    ,sidenote3 ,the preaching of   
,barnabas and ,paul4    ,thenceforth1   
the apostles preached to the ,gentiles  
as well as to  the ,jews4 ,paul and     
,barnabas told the truth fearlessly to  
the ,jews  themselves4 ,it was necessary
 that the word of ,god should first have
  been spoken to you3 but seeing ye put 

it from you1 and judge yourselves       
unworthy of everlasting life1 lo1 we    
turn to the ,gentiles4 ,for so hath  the
 ,lord commanded us1 saying1 ,i have set
 thee to be a light of the  ,gentiles1  
that thou shouldst be for salvation unto
 the ends of the  earth4 ,and when the  
,gentiles heard this they were glad1 and
 glorified  the word of the ,lord3 and  
as many as were ordained to eternal life
 were  saved4    ,sidenote3 ,other      
sheep4    ,thus was the word of ,god    
carried to the ,gentiles4 ,but ,jesus   
did not  ,himself minister to them      
during his earth-life4 ,while yet       
ministering  to those who followed ,him 
in the ,holy ,land1 however1 ,jesus     
uttered a  strange declaration4 ,he     
said1 ,i am the good shepherd1 and know 
my  sheep1 and am known of mine4 ,as the
 ,father knoweth #bie me1 even so  know 
,i the ,father3 and ,i lay down my life 
for the sheep4 ,and other  sheep ,i     
have1 which are not of this fold3 them  
also ,i must bring1  and they shall hear

 my voice2 and there shall be one fold1 
and one  shepherd4    ,sidenote3 ,a     
puzzling question4    ,from the time    
that ,jesus made this statement until   
the restoration of  the ,gospel in the  
,dispensation of the ,fulness of ,times1
 it has never  been fully understood by 
men4 ,that ,jesus is the ,good ,shepherd
 is clear  enough4 ,he has earned the   
undisputed right to that title by the   
devoted  sacrifice ,he made for ,his    
sheep4 ,but what did ,he mean by other  
sheep  not of the fold of ,palestine1   
who must also hear ,his voice1 that     
there  might be one fold1 as there was  
one shepherd8 ,where else did ,jesus    
personally minister besides the ,holy   
,land and ,paradise8 ,these questions   
have puzzled many2 and because of       
failure to find any other adequate      
answer1 the other sheep have been       
usually interpreted to mean1 the        
,gentiles4 ,but how the ,gospel came to 
the ,gentiles has been pointed out4     
,they could not have been the other     

sheep1 who were to hear the voice  of   
,jesus4 ,who1 then1 were the other      
sheep4    ,sidenote3 ,forty days4       
,you will remember that after ,his      
resurrection ,jesus appeared at ten     
different times to ,his disciples in    
,palestine4 ,it seems1 however1 that    
between the resurrection and the        
ascension there elapsed a period of     
about forty days4 ,what did ,jesus do   
during those forty days8 ,of course1  we
 cannot hope to be able ever to account 
for all those days1 nor  would it help  
us much perhaps to do so4 #bif ,but it  
was during that  interesting but        
shrouded period of forty days that      
,jesus visited the  other sheep4        
,sidenote3 ,in the land of the          
,nephites4    ,far over the waters1 in  
another and then unknown land1 lived the
  ,nephites4 ,they had been taught to   
look forward to the coming of the       
,lord4 ,when ,he was born a babe in     
,bethlehem1 the star of promise shone   
brilliantly in the land of the          

,nephites4 ,for three days there was    
light1 and no darkness at all4 ,again1  
after thirty-three years1 the  land of  
the ,nephites became shrouded in        
darkness when the ,lord was  crucified4 
,the earth was shaken and torn asunder4 
,cities were sunk into  the sea1 and    
places that had been sea were made dry  
land4 ,mountains  were levelled and     
valleys were upheaved4 ,and countless   
numbers of the  wicked were destroyed4  
,when the terrible convulsions and the  
darkness  had passed1 there was a       
multitude of the people of ,nephi       
assembled near  the temple in the land  
,bountiful4 ,suddenly1 a voice spoke to 
them out  of heaven4 ,it was the voice  
of ,god declaring1 ,behold my beloved   
,son1  in whom ,i am well pleased1 in   
whom ,i have glorified my name3 hear ye 
,him4 ,the people cast their eyes       
upward2 and lo6 they saw a man clothed  
in a white robe descending out of       
heaven4    ,sidenote3 ,the appearance of
 ,jesus to the ,nephites4    ,it was    

,jesus4 ,he came and stood in the midst 
of ,his people1 the  ,nephites2 and ,he 
showed them the prints in ,his hands and
 in ,his feet1  and the wound in ,his   
side4 ,then ,he proceeded to teach them 
as ,he had  taught ,his disciples in    
,palestine1 and to choose twelve        
apostles1 and  to organize ,his church1 
so that the people might enjoy the      
privileges  of the priesthood and of a  
#big holy worship4 ,jesus appeared to   
these people more than once2 and on one 
occasion1 ,he said1 ,ye are my          
disciples2 and ye are a light unto this 
people1 who are a remnant of  the house 
of ,joseph4 ,and behold1 this is the    
land of your inheritance2  and the      
,father hath given it unto you4 ,and not
 at any time hath the  ,father given me 
commandment that ,i should tell it unto 
your brethren at  ,jerusalem2 ,neither  
at any time hath the ,father given me   
commandment1  that ,i should tell unto  
them concerning the other tribes of the 
house  of ,israel1 whom the ,father hath

 led away out of the land4 ,this much   
did  the ,father command me1 that ,i    
should tell unto them4 ,that other sheep
  ,i have1 which are not of this fold2  
them also ,i must bring1 and they  shall
 hear my voice2 and there shall be one  
fold1 and one shepherd4 ,and  now       
because of stiffneckedness and unbelief1
 they understood not my  word3 therefore
 ,i was commanded to say no more of the 
,father concerning  this thing unto     
them4 ,but1 verily1 ,i say unto you1    
that the ,father  hath commanded me1 and
 ,i tell it unto you1 that ye were      
separated from  among them because of   
their iniquity2 therefore it is because 
of their  iniquity1 that they know not  
of you4 ,and verily1 ,i say unto you    
again1  that the other tribes hath the  
,father separated from them2 and it is  
because of their iniquity1 that they    
know not of them4 ,and verily1 ,i  say  
unto you1 that ye are they of whom ,i   
said1 other sheep ,i have which  are not
 of this fold2 them also ,i must bring1 

and they shall hear my  voice2 and there
 shall be one fold1 and one shepherd4   
,in the unselfish ministry of ,jesus    
,christ there is no one forgotten4  ,all
 the children of ,israel are ministered 
#bih to2 the dead hear the  voice of    
,jesus2 and the ,gentiles have the      
,gospel preached to them4  ,the ,jewish 
,scriptures are united with the ,nephite
 ,scriptures in the  personal ministry  
of ,jesus to ,his other sheep4          
,sidenote3 ,a promise to us4    ,i am in
 your midst1 said ,jesus to the ,prophet
 ,joseph ,smith1 and ,i am  the good    
,shepherd1 and the ,stone of ,israel4   
,he that buildeth upon this  rock shall 
never fall1 and the day cometh that you 
shall hear my voice  and see me1 and    
know that ,i am1 watch1 therefore1 that 
ye may be ready4    ,,the ,,references  
,matt4 #aj3e-g4 ,acts #aj3a-dh4         
,matt4 #ac3bc4 ,acts #ac3dd-di4    ,john
 #d3ba-bc4 ,john #aj3ad-af4    ,matt4   
#ba3da-dd4 #c ,nephi #ae3ab-ba4         
,matt4 #ab3ad-ba4 ,doc4 and ,cov4       

#ej3dd-df4    ,,the ,,questions    #a4  
,what was the nature of the first       
commission to the twelve apostles8      
#b4 ,what is the meaning of the parable 
of the leaven8    #c4 ,what did ,jesus  
teach concerning the kingdom of ,god and
 the ,gentiles8    #d4 ,what do we learn
 from the case of ,cornelius8    #e4    
,what did ,jesus say about other sheep8 
#f4 ,what did the ,nephites know about  
the coming of ,jesus8    #h4 ,what      
promise has ,jesus made to us8    #g4   
,what did ,jesus tell the ,nephites8    
#bii    #cjj ,,picture3 ,,come ,,unto   
,,me ,,all ,,ye ,,that ,,labor1 ,bloch  
#cja        ,,xxxviii    ,,our          
,,advocate ,,with ,,the ,,father        
,sidenote3 ,the house-holder and the    
husbandmen4    ,a parable ,jesus related
 to the chief priests and elders of the 
,jews while ,he was yet with them in the
 flesh3 ,there was a certain            
householder1 which planted a vineyard1  
and hedged it round about1  and digged a
 winepress in it1 and built a tower1 and

 let it out to  husbandmen1 and went    
into a far country3 ,and when the time  
of the fruit  drew near1 he sent his    
servants to the husbandmen1 that they   
might  receive the fruits of it4 ,and   
the husbandmen took his servants1 and   
beat one1 and killed another1 and stoned
 another4 ,again1 he sent other         
servants more than the first3 and they  
did unto them likewise4 ,but1  last of  
all1 he sent unto them his son1 saying1 
,they will reverence my  son4 ,but when 
the husbandmen saw the son1 they said   
among themselves1  ,this is the heir3   
come1 let us kill him1 and let us seize 
on his  inheritance4 ,and they caught   
him1 and cast him out of the vineyard1  
and  slew him4 ,when the lord therefore 
of the vineyard cometh1 what will he  do
 unto those husbandmen8 ,they say unto  
him4 ,he will miserably destroy  those  
wicked men1 and will let out his        
vineyard unto other husbandmen1  which  
shall render him the fruits in their    
seasons4    ,sidenote3 ,god the great   

householder1 ,jesus the ,son4    ,just  
so is it with the kingdom of ,god2 for  
just as the wicked  husbandmen did with 
the servants and with the son of        
householder1 so  did the stiff-necked   
children of ,israel with the prophets1  
and with  the ,son of ,god4 #cjb        
,therefore was the kingdom taken from   
them1 as we  have already learned1 and  
given to the ,gentiles4 ,and therefore  
will  the ,great ,householder miserably 
destroy the wicked who persecute ,his   
servants1 kill ,his prophets1 and reject
 ,his ,only ,begotten ,son4 ,but  the   
righteous will ,he bless1 and all those 
who serve ,him2 and even  though we     
should fall into error1 yet need we not 
despair4 ,for if we  repent1 ,god will  
forgive our sins1 so only we do not as  
did the wicked  husbandmen of the       
vineyard4 ,my little children1 wrote the
 ,beloved  ,john in a letter to the     
saints1 these things write ,i unto you1 
that ye  sin not4 ,and if any man sin1  
we have an advocate with the ,father1   

,jesus  ,christ the righteous3 and ,he  
is the propitiation for our sins3 and   
not  for ours only1 but also for the    
sins of the whole world4    ,sidenote3  
,the exaltation of ,jesus4    ,it is1   
indeed1 a joyful thought that1 even     
though ,jesus was slain by  the         
husbandmen4 ,he was not and ,mark       
assures us that when ,he ascended  into 
heaven1 ,jesus assumed the place of     
honor at the right hand of the  ,father4
 ,so then after the ,lord had spoken    
unto them4 ,he was received  up into    
heaven and sat on the right hand of     
,god4 ,there ,stephen was  privileged to
 see ,him in vision some time later4    
,stephen is described  as a man full of 
faith and power1 who did great wonders  
and miracles  among the people4 ,stephen
 preached fearlessly to the ,jews the   
fact  that ,christ had risen4 ,the ,jews
 became enraged1 and stoned him2 but    
before his death1 ,stephen1 being full  
of the ,holy ,ghost1 looked up          
steadfastly into heaven1 and saw the    

glory of ,god1 #cjc and ,jesus  standing
 on the right hand of ,god1 and said1   
,behold1 ,i see the heavens  opened1 and
 the ,son of ,man standing on the right 
hand of ,god4 ,to ,jesus  had come the  
deserved glory for which ,he had        
wrought4 ,in ,his exaltation  was       
fulfilled literally the sayings ,he had 
taught to ,his disciples1  ,whosoever   
exalteth himself shall be abased2 and he
 that humbleth  himself shall be        
exalted4 ,whosoever would be great among
 you1 let him  be your minister2 and    
whosoever will be chief among you1 let  
him be  your servant3 even as the ,son  
of man came not to be ministered unto1  
but to minister1 and to give ,his life a
 ransom for many4    ,sidenote3 ,our    
advocate with the ,father4    ,now1 it  
is perfectly plain that the great       
mission of ,jesus was not  entirely     
finished during ,his sojourn upon the   
earth4 ,that for which ,he  came was    
accomplished1 it is true4 ,but just as  
we needed a ,savior--one  who would     

unselfishly lay down ,his own sinless   
life for the sins of  others--so we need
 even now1 when that sacrifice has been 
made1 a  mediator1 an advocate1 to      
intercede for us with the ,father4 ,for 
we are  all sinful at the best2         
weaknesses of various kinds beset us1   
and if we  were to be rewarded strictly 
according to our merits1 many of us     
would  get but little in the way of     
blessing4 ,jesus continues then to be   
our  ,redeemer1 pleading our cause      
before the ,father4 ,wherefore ,he is   
able  also to save them to the uttermost
 that come unto ,god by ,him1 seeing ,he
  ever liveth to make intercession for  
them4 ,so did ,paul1 the ,apostle to    
the ,gentiles1 express to the ,hebrews  
his faith in the mediating power  of    
,jesus2 and to the ,romans he wrote1    
,who is ,he that condemneth8 ,it is     
,christ that died1 yea rather1 that is  
#cjd risen again1 who is even  at the   
right hand of ,god1 who also maketh     
intercession for us4 ,jesus  continues1 

then1 ,his great redeeming labor1       
bringing salvation and  exaltation to   
those who accept ,him and diligently    
seek ,him4    ,sidenote3 ,many mansions 
in the ,father's house4    ,and ,he     
prepares a place also for ,his own1 that
 they may be  appropriately received    
when they shall go to their eternal     
reward4 ,one  day when ,jesus was       
talking to the apostles about ,his      
coming sacrifice1  and the apostles were
 sorrowful because they thought that ,he
 intended  to go away1 ,he said to them1
 ,let not your heart be troubled3 ye    
believe in ,god1 believe also in me4 ,in
 my ,father's house are many  mansions3 
if it were not so1 ,i would have told   
you2 ,i go to prepare a  place for you4 
,and if ,i go and prepare a place for   
you1 ,i will come  again1 and receive   
you unto myself3 that where ,i am1 there
 ye may be  also4 ,even as ,he promised 
,his disciples that ,he would prepare a 
place  for them1 so is there a place    
prepared for each one of us4 ,for in    

many  respects the future life will be  
ordered like the present4 ,in this  life
 we are generally able to achieve such  
advancement as we work for4  ,if we     
honestly and conscientiously make the   
most of the opportunities  that lie     
about us2 if we strive to make the most 
of what we have1 never  hiding the      
,god-given talent in the earth--we are  
bound to progress and  to succeed4 ,but 
there are in the world many degrees of  
diligence1 and  therefore many degrees  
of success4 ,so will it be in the       
kingdom of ,god4  ,there1 there are many
 mansions2 and such a one will be       
prepared for us  as will satisfy fully  
the degree of diligence with #cje which 
we have  served4 ,the risen ,christ is  
not only our advocate with the ,father1 
but  also our judge4    ,sidenote3 ,lord
 of lords and ,kings of kings4    ,to   
this judge all power is given4 ,so      
declared ,jesus ,himself when ,he       
appeared after ,his resurrection to the 
apostles and the five hundred  brethren 

who had assembled on a mountain in      
,galilee4 ,jesus came and  spake unto   
them1 saying1 ,all power is given unto  
me in heaven and  in earth4 ,moreover1  
,jesus1 to whom all power is given1 is  
the sole  mediator between man and ,god4
 ,said ,paul to ,timothy1 his own son in
  faith1 ,there is one ,god1 and one    
mediator between ,god and man1 the man  
,jesus2 who gave ,himself a ransom for  
all4 ,and in this exalted position  as  
,lord of lords1 and ,king of kings1     
,jesus shall reign forever4 ,the        
kingdoms of this world are become the   
kingdoms of our ,lord1 and of ,his      
,christ2 and ,he shall reign forever and
 ever4    ,sidenote3 ,jesus to come     
again4    ,you see1 then1 what a        
wonderful hope is prepared for those who
 serve  ,jesus4 ,this earth is to come  
to an end4 ,it is to be purified and    
sanctified2 then there will appear a new
 earth as an abode for the  blessed4    
,but before that time shall come ,jesus1
 ,himself1 is to come  again to minister

 to ,his people upon the earth4 ,when   
the apostles stood  gazing up into      
heaven1 whither ,jesus had ascended1    
there appeared  before them suddenly two
 men in white apparel4 ,these men said1 
,ye men  of ,galilee1 why stand ye      
gazing up into heaven8 ,this same       
,jesus1 which  is taken up from you into
 heaven1 shall so come in like manner as
 ye  have seen ,him go into heaven4     
,this truth ,jesus ,himself declared in 
#cjf the trial before the high priest4  
,when the perjured witnesses  testified 
against ,him1 ,jesus made no reply4     
,then1 the high priest  asked ,him1 and 
said unto ,him1 ,art thou the ,christ1  
the ,son of the  ,blessed8 ,and ,jesus  
said1 ,i am3 and ye shall see the ,son  
of ,man sitting  on the right hand of   
power1 and coming in the clouds of      
heaven4 ,when  this wonderful occurrence
 shall take place1 no one knows2 it has 
never  been revealed1 but is known to   
the ,father alone4 ,but it appears that 
it  is to take place at a time when the 

earth is troubled1 and the end is  not  
far off4 ,immediately after the         
tribulation of those days shall the  sun
 be darkened1 and the moon shall not    
give her light1 and the stars  shall    
fall from heaven1 and the powers of the 
heavens shall be shaken3  and then shall
 appear the sign of the ,son of man in  
heaven3 and then  shall all the tribes  
of the earth mourn1 and they shall see  
the ,son of  man coming in the clouds of
 heaven with power and great glory4 ,if 
we  are to be worthy of the ministry of 
,jesus when ,he shall come again1 we    
must learn to know ,him1 and to live    
according to ,his teachings2 for ,he    
has declared that ,he will be ashamed at
 ,his coming of those who are  ashamed  
of ,him4 ,whosoever therefore shall be  
ashamed of me and of my  words in this  
adulterous and sinful generation2 of him
 also shall the  ,son of man be ashamed1
 when ,he cometh in the glory of ,his   
,father with  the holy angels4          
,sidenote3 ,the nearness of ,jesus4     

,even in ,his coming ,he will be our    
advocate and our judge4 ,how close  then
 ,jesus stands to us4 ,he came into the 
world to enlighten the world1  that they
 might learn to know ,god and ,jesus    
,christ #cjg whom ,god sent2  ,he laid  
down ,his life as a voluntary sacrifice 
to redeem the world from  the original  
sin2 now ,he sits at the right hand of  
,god the ,father and  intercedes for    
those who believe in ,him2 and ere long 
,he shall come  again in clouds of      
glory1 again to minister to men1 that   
they may have  the better chance to gain
 eternal life4 ,the love and anxious    
sympathy  of ,jesus know no bounds4     
,listen to ,him who is the advocate with
 the ,father1 who is pleading  your     
cause before ,him1 saying1 ,father1     
behold the sufferings and death  of ,him
 who did no sin1 in whom ,thou wast well
 pleased2 behold the  blood of the ,son 
which was shed--the blood of ,him whom  
,thou gavest  that ,thyself might be    
glorified2 wherefore1 ,father1 spare    

these my  brethren that believe in my   
name1 that they may come unto me and    
have  everlasting life4    ,,the        
,,references    ,matt4 #ba3cc-da4 #a    
,tim4 #b3e1 #f4    #a ,john #b3a4b4     
,rev4 #aa3ae4    ,mark #af3ai4 ,john    
#ad3a-c4    ,acts #g3ef4 ,acts #a3aa4   
,heb4 #g3be4 ,mark #ad3fb4    ,rev4     
#h3cd4 ,matt4 #bd3bi1cj4    ,mark       
#bh3ah4 ,mark #h3ch4    ,doc4 and ,cov4 
#de3c-e4    #cjh ,,the ,,questions      
#a4 ,interpret the parable of the       
householder and the wicked husbandmen4  
#b4 ,what is the position of ,jesus in  
heaven8    #c4 ,in what sense is ,jesus 
our advocate with the ,father8    #d4   
,what did ,jesus mean by many mansions  
in ,his ,father's house8    #e4 ,what   
power is given to ,jesus8    #f4 ,how do
 we know that ,jesus is to come again8  
#g4 ,what is to happen when ,jesus comes
 again8    #h4 ,in what way may we sense
 the nearness of ,jesus8    #cji    #caj
 ,,picture3 ,,the ,,ascension1 ,biermann
    #caa        ,,xxxix    ,,the        

,,living ,,christ    ,sidenote3 ,jesus  
the living ,christ4    ,from what we    
have learned in the preceding lesson1 it
 is plain that  ,jesus1 the son of ,mary
 of ,nazareth1 is in truth the ,living  
,christ4  ,jesus was from before the    
beginning of this world1 and will       
continue in  power and glory throughout 
the endless eternities4 ,in the great   
council  in heaven1 ,he volunteered to  
become the ,christ and to save the      
children  of ,god without force4 ,he    
fulfilled ,his noble but agony-filled   
mission  without faltering4 ,he gave up 
,his life with a prayer on ,his lips for
  those who brutally persecuted ,him and
 killed ,him4 ,he was approved of  the  
,father1 and exalted to sit on the right
 hand of the throne of  power4 ,he is   
worshipped by untold millions1 to whom  
,he has brought  consolation1 hope1 and 
love4 ,and it is not only on the        
so-called common  people of the earth   
that ,jesus has made so wonderful an    
impression that  ,he is worshipped as   

the very ,son of ,god1 but also over the
 greatest  intellects in the world has  
,he wielded so powerful an influence    
that they bow in admiring adoration4    
,poets1 artists1 philosophers1          
scientists1 and statesmen alike         
acknowledge ,jesus1 the ,living ,christ 
and ,advocate with the ,father4         
,sidenote3 ,the testimony of ,napoleon4 
,as we learned at the beginning of this 
book1 ,napoleon avowed his  admiration  
of ,jesus1 while living an exile on the 
island of ,st4 ,helena4  ,napoleon's    
further testimony is interesting4       
,superficial minds see a  resemblance1  
said #cab ,napoleon1 between ,christ and
 the founders  of empires and the gods  
of other religions4 ,that resemblance   
does not  exist4 ,there is between      
,christianity and other religions the   
distance  of infinity4 ,everything in   
,christ astonishes me4 ,here ,i see     
nothing  human4 ,the nearer ,i approach 
everything is above me4 ,alexander1     
,caesar1  ,charlemagne and myself       

founded empires4 ,but on what did we    
rest the  creations of our genius8 ,upon
 force4 ,jesus ,christ alone founded    
,his  empire upon love1 and at this hour
 millions of men would die for ,him4    
,christ proved that ,he was the ,son of 
the ,eternal4    ,sidenote3 ,the        
conviction of an ,english philosopher4  
,other great men1 too1 have been as     
profoundly impressed by the divinity  of
 ,jesus as was ,napoleon4 ,the great    
,english philosopher1 ,john ,locke1     
expressed his convictions in these      
words3 ,before our ,savior's time1  the 
doctrine of a future state1 though it   
were not wholly hid1 yet it  was not    
clearly known in the world8 ,he brought 
life and immortality to  light4 ,and    
that not only in the clear revelation of
 it and in instances  shown of men      
raised from the dead2 but ,he has given 
an unquestionable  assurance and pledge 
of it1 in ,his own resurrection and     
ascension  into heaven4 ,how has this   
one truth changed the nature of things8 

,the philosophers1 indeed show the      
beauty of nature1 but leaving her       
unendowed1 very few are willing to      
espouse her4 ,it has another relish  and
 efficiency to persuade men that if they
 live well here1 they shall  be happy   
hereafter4 ,upon this foundation1 and   
upon this only1 morality  stands firm2  
and this is the gospel ,jesus ,christ   
has delivered to us4    #cac ,sidenote3 
,declarations of ,emerson and ,webster4 
,two notable ,americans may be here     
cited also to show the influence of  the
 work of ,jesus upon men of great       
intellect4 ,ralph ,waldo ,emerson1      
philosopher and poet1 wrote1 ,jesus is  
the most perfect of all men that  have  
yet appeared4 ,the unique impressions of
 ,jesus upon mankind are not  so much   
written as ploughed into the history of 
this world4 ,he saw with  open eye the  
mystery of the soul4 ,alone in all      
history1 ,he estimated  the greatness of
 man4 ,and ,daniel ,webster declared in 
his argument in  the ,girard ,will      

,case1 ,i believe ,jesus ,christ to be  
the ,son of ,god4 ,the  miracles which  
,he wrought establish in my mind ,his   
personal authority  and render it proper
 for me to believe what ,he asserts4    
,sidenote3 ,additional testimony4       
,testimonies of this kind might be added
 upon without limit4 ,of course1  there 
may be found also many men who reject   
the testimony of ,jesus4  ,but the      
interesting fact about the influence of 
,jesus is that the  farther we become   
removed from the time of ,his           
earth-ministry1 the more  strongly is   
,his influence felt1 and the closer does
 the world really  come to ,him4 ,in    
spite of the war that ,satan has waged  
in the world  against ,him1 ,jesus is   
dearer to men today than ,he has ever   
been before4  ,even the great world war 
now raging is turning the hearts of men 
to  ,jesus2 and many more men of        
learning and leadership are expressing  
their faith in the teachings of ,jesus  
the ,christ4 ,it is to be hoped  that   

all men will soon come to the conviction
 of the great ,german  philosopher1     
,kant3 ,in the life and the divine      
doctrine of ,christ1  example and       
precept conspire to call men to the     
regular discharge of  every moral duty  
for its own #cad sake4 ,christ is the   
founder of  the first true ,church2 that
 is1 that ,church which exhibits the    
moral  kingdom of ,god upon earth4      
,sidenote3 ,reasons for strong          
testimonies in the ,church4    ,now1 if 
the men of the world can get such       
testimonies and can feel so  strongly   
that ,jesus is indeed the ,son of ,god1 
surely the children of  the ,latter-day 
,saints ought easily to learn to know   
this sublime truth4  ,jesus came to     
earth1 as ,he ,himself declared1 when   
,he was twelve years  old1 to attend to 
,his ,father's business4 ,that business1
 we learned1  is to bring to pass the   
immortality and eternal life of man4    
,and we  have learned also that it is   
life eternal to know ,god and ,jesus    

,christ  whom ,he sent4 ,jesus devoted  
,his life to expounding the principles  
of eternal life4 ,he showed in ,his own 
person what kind of being ,god  is4 ,he 
explained ,his own relationship to ,god 
the ,father4 ,he revealed  the nature   
and the office of the ,holy ,ghost4 ,he 
taught the essential  principles of the 
,gospel1 which ,paul called the power of
 ,god unto  salvation4 ,he emphasized   
the necessity of divine authority in    
order  to act officially in the things  
of ,god4 ,he explained by parable and   
by teaching the duties that man owes to 
,god4 ,he made perfectly clear1  too1   
the duties that man owes to his         
fellowmen4 ,he established by ,his      
wonderful life and work ,his own        
divinity as the ,son of ,god4 ,he       
overcame  death1 the barrier between    
,god and man1 by laying down ,his own   
life4  ,he proved the actuality of the  
resurrection and the life after death   
by arising ,himself from the tomb4 ,he  
continues as the ,living ,christ1       

interceding with the ,father for us4    
,all this the children of the           
,latter-day ,saints have had taught to  
them as clearly as it has been  #cae    
taught to the children of the world4 ,in
 addition1 the children  of the         
,latter-day ,saints have membership in  
the true ,church of ,jesus  ,christ4    
,the ,holy ,priesthood is here          
established4 ,the ,gospel in its        
fulness has been restored4 ,the ,church 
believes in continual revelation1  and  
is favored with the living word of ,god4
 ,these are the marks of the  ,church of
 ,christ4 ,the inspiration of the ,holy 
,ghost ought1 therefore1  to cause the  
testimony of ,jesus to burn brightly in 
the bosom of  every ,latterday ,saint4  
,to us also ,jesus has revealed the     
means of  salvation1 by ,his teaching1  
by ,his personal example and influence1 
by  ,his death and resurrection4 ,and to
 us ,he has delivered the keys of the   
,dispensation of the ,fulness of ,times4
    ,sidenote3 ,evidences of testimony  

in the ,church4    ,the members of the  
,church of ,jesus ,christ of ,latter-day
 ,saints do know  that ,jesus is the    
,christ1 the ,son of the living ,god4   
,they recognize  the fact that the      
object of ,christ's life-work was to    
reveal ,god1  to teach men to know ,god 
as their ,father1 to persuade them to   
live  lives of righteousness1 and to    
redeem them from the sin of the garden  
of ,eden4 ,and as intellectual1 men of  
the world have avowed their  conviction 
that ,jesus is the ,christ1 so also have
 the leaders of  ,mormon thought and    
life4 ,almost every meeting held in the 
,church  is a meeting of declaration of 
faith in ,jesus4 ,the monthly testimony 
meetings1 particularly1 are filled with 
assurances of faith in ,him4  ,the      
,presidency of the ,church1 the twelve  
apostles1 and all the members  of the   
quorums of general authority1 devote    
their lives as special  witnesses of    
,jesus to the testifying to ,his divine 
,sonship4 ,and of all  the testimonies  

of ,jesus as the true and living        
,christ1 #caf the ever  present and ever
 active advocate with the ,father1 there
 is no other  so strong and effective as
 that of the ,prophet1 ,joseph ,smith1  
and his  associate ,sidney ,rigdon4     
,sidenote3 ,the testimony last of all4  
,we1 ,joseph ,smith1 ,jr41 and ,sidney  
,rigdon1 being in the ,spirit on the    
sixteenth of ,february1 in the year of  
our ,lord1 one thousand eight  hundred  
and thirty-two4 ,by the power of the    
,spirit our eyes were opened  and our   
understandings were enlightened1 so as  
to see and understand  the things of    
,god--,even those things which were from
 the beginning  before the world was1   
which were ordained of the ,father1     
through ,his  ,only ,begotten ,son1 who 
was in the bosom of the ,father1 even   
from the  beginning1 of whom we bear    
record1 and the record which we bear is 
the  fullness of the gospel of ,jesus   
,christ1 who is the ,son1 whom we saw   
and  with whom we conversed in the      

heavenly vision4    ,for while we were  
doing the work of translation1 which the
 ,lord had  appointed unto us1 we came  
to the twenty-ninth verse of the fifth  
chapter of ,john1 which was given unto  
us as follows4 ,speaking of the         
resurrection of the dead1 concerning    
those who shall hear the voice  of the  
,son of ,man1 and shall come forth2     
,they who have done good in  the        
resurrection of the just1 and they who  
have done evil in the  resurrection of  
the unjust4 ,now this caused us to      
marvel1 for it was  given unto us of the
 ,spirit2 and while we meditated upon   
these things1  the ,lord touched the    
eyes of our understandings and they were
 opened1  and the glory of the ,lord    
shone round about2 and we beheld the    
glory  of the ,son1 on the right hand of
 the ,father1 and received of #cag ,his 
fullness2 and saw the holy angels1 and  
they who are sanctified before  ,his    
throne1 worshipping ,god1 and the ,lamb1
 who worship ,him for ever and  ever4   

,and now1 after the many testimonies    
which have been given of ,him1  this is 
the testimony last of all1 which we give
 of ,him1 that ,he lives2  for we saw   
,him1 even on the right hand of ,god1   
and we heard the voice  bearing record  
that ,he is the ,only ,begotten of the  
,father--,that by ,him  and through     
,him1 and of ,him the worlds are and    
were created1 and the  inhabitants      
thereof are begotten sons and daughters 
unto ,god4    ,to us1 then1 removed     
nearly two thousand years from the time 
of the  birth of ,jesus1 comes with a   
new significance the chorus of the      
angels4  ,fear not3 for1 behold1 ,i     
bring you good tidings of great joy1    
which  shall be to all people4 ,for unto
 you is born this day in the city of    
,david a ,savior1 which is ,christ the  
,lord 4 4 4 4 ,glory to ,god in the     
highest1 and on earth peace1 good will  
toward men4    ,,the ,,references       
,doc4 and ,cov4 #gf3aa-bd4 ,luke #b3aj1 
#aa1 #ad4    ,,the ,,questions    #a4   

,in what sense is ,jesus the ,living    
,christ8    #b4 ,to what does ,napoleon 
testify8    #c4 ,upon what is ,john     
,locke's conviction based8    #d4 ,what 
did ,emerson and ,webster say of ,jesus8
    #e4 ,what truth does ,kant derive   
from the life of ,jesus8    #f4 ,why    
should the ,latter-day ,saints have     
exceptional testimonies of  ,jesus8     
#g4 ,how can you show that the          
,latter-day ,saints do have             
exceptionally  strong testimonies of    
,jesus8    #h4 ,what is the powerful    
,testimony last of all8    #i4 ,what do 
the teachings of ,jesus mean to us8     
#aj4 ,explain what it means to know ,god
 and ,jesus ,christ4    #cah ,,picture3 
,,angel ,,moroni    #cai        ,,xl    
,a ,,religion ,,worth ,,while           
,sidenote3 ,the feeding of the five     
thousand4    ,in a desert place in      
,galilee1 ,jesus performed one of the   
most  impressive and awe inspiring      
miracles recorded in ,his whole career4 
,a multitude of the five of             

approximately five thousand people had  
gathered to hear ,him teach4 ,all the   
day ,he had instructed them1 and        
explained to them the law of the ,gospel
 of salvation4 ,then the evening  drew  
near4 ,the people were tired and hungry2
 but there was no adequate  supply of   
food available4 ,the apostles would have
 had ,jesus send the  multitude away4   
,but ,he asked how much bread was to be 
found amongst  them4 ,the apostles      
reported five loaves and two fishes4    
,jesus took the  five loaves and the two
 fishes1 looked up to heaven1 and       
blessed1 and  brake the loaves1 and gave
 them to ,his disciples to set before   
them2  and the two fishes divided ,he   
among them all4 ,and they did eat and   
were filled4 ,and they took up twelve   
baskets full of the fragments1  and of  
the fishes4 ,and they that did eat of   
the loaves were about five  thousand    
men4    ,sidenote3 ,the meat that       
endures unto everlasting life4    ,this 
wonder-rousing miracle ,jesus performed 

just before ,he left ,galilee  forever1 
and while ,his popularity was at its    
height4 ,one can easily  imagine how the
 people marvelled at what ,jesus had    
done4 ,and yet1 a  miracle of feeding1  
more wonderful even than this1 has      
,jesus performed  in turning the hearts 
of men toward ,him4 ,it is really not so
 very  strange that this ,man1 who could
 change water into wine1 and open the   
eyes of the blind1 and cast out devils1 
and still the #cbj tempest1  and raise  
the dead to life again1 should be able  
also to multiply  five loaves and two   
fishes so as to feed a multitude of men4
 ,he who  is endowed with infinite power
 might easily be able thus to collect   
the elements and to increase the        
quantity of available food4 ,this was  a
 miracle of the physical world1 calling 
into action some natural law  with which
 we are not yet acquainted4 ,but in ,his
 ministry and death and  resurrection1  
,jesus has performed a spiritual miracle
 more wonderful  even than this4 ,jesus 

,himself considered the spiritual       
conversion much  more significant than  
the physical achievement4 ,john records 
the fact  that the people sought ,jesus 
again after this great miracle2 and when
  they found ,him1 ,he said to them1    
,verily1 verily1 ,i say unto you1 ,ye   
seek me1 not because ye saw the         
miracles1 but because ye did eat of the 
loaves1 and were filled4 ,labour not for
 the meat which perisheth1 but  for that
 meat which endureth unto everlasting   
life1 which the ,son of  ,man shall give
 unto you3 for ,him hath ,god the       
,father sealed4 4 4 4 ,i am  the bread  
of life3 he that cometh to me shall     
never hunger2 and he that  believeth on 
me shall never thirst4 ,it may be said  
now that the whole  world has heard of  
,jesus1 and that most of it has learned 
to look to  ,him as its ,savior4 ,new   
life and spiritual light has ,jesus     
given to the  world4 ,but while the     
world has learned to recognize ,jesus1  
the teachers  of the world have         

perverted ,his doctrine so much that the
 people hardly  know which way to turn4 
,they hunger still1 and they thirst for 
the  true teachings of ,jesus2 they are 
looking still for the true ,church of   
,christ1 with a religion worth while4   
#cba ,sidenote3 ,what ,jesus taught4    
,the history of the growth and spread of
 ,christianity in the world reads       
almost like fiction4 ,jesus ,himself    
established ,his ,church upon the       
earth4 ,we have learned that ,he called 
and ordained twelve apostles1 and       
others whom ,he called seventy4 ,he     
taught the fundamental principles  of   
the ,gospel--faith1 repentance1 baptism1
 the laying on of hands for  the gift of
 the ,holy ,ghost1 and the many duties  
that devolve upon  faithful ,church     
membership4 ,jesus revealed in ,his own 
person the  personality of ,god the     
,father1 and taught clearly the true    
relationship  existing between the      
,father and ,his children4 ,jesus taught
 plainly1  too1 the duties that men owe 

both to the heavenly ,father and to     
their  fellowmen4 ,in short1 ,jesus     
revealed and taught to ,his apostles1   
and  to the peoples of the ,holy ,land1 
all the principles of the ,gospel       
necessary for a life of righteousness   
upon the earth4 ,and when ,he  ascended 
to heaven1 ,he left with the apostles   
the authority of the ,holy  ,priesthood1
 an organized church1 and the ,gospel1  
the plan of salvation4  ,the ,church of 
the apostles possessed the three        
essential marks of the  true ,church of 
,christ4    ,sidenote3 ,the acts of the 
apostles4    ,after the departure of    
,jesus1 the apostles began strenuous    
missionary  labors4 ,on the day of      
,pentecost the ,holy ,ghost came upon   
them1 and  through their testimony of   
,christ risen1 many who heard them      
believed  and were baptized4 ,from that 
day forth1 the apostles traveled and    
preached and baptized and confirmed4    
,many miracles1 too1 did these  apostles
 perform1 in literal fulfillment of the 

promise of ,jesus  that they should be  
#cbb able to do the works that ,he had  
done4 ,and  everywhere in their         
missionary travels1 the apostles        
organized branches  of the ,church--or  
,churches as they were called4 ,to carry
 on the work  of the churches the       
apostles ordained high priests1         
seventies1 elders1  bishops1 priests1   
teachers1 deacons1--the regular officers
 of the  priesthood--and left these     
officers in charge of the local ministry
  while they themselves continued their 
larger service4 ,but it must not  be    
imagined that the apostles met with no  
opposition4 ,on the contrary1  wherever 
they went1 the apostles found enemies1  
and were maligned and  persecuted4      
,often they were haled before           
magistrates and governors1 and  not     
infrequently they were imprisoned4 ,but 
they persisted in preaching1  and in    
bearing their profound testimonies4     
,finally most of the apostles  were done
 to death by their enemies4 ,peter1 it  

is said1 was crucified  at ,rome4 ,james
 was beheaded4 ,john was banished to the
 isle of ,patmos4  ,andrew was bound to 
a cross and thus slain4 ,philip was     
crucified4  ,bartholomew was flayed     
alive4 ,thomas was pierced by a lance1  
,matthew  was killed with a battleax4   
,james1 the ,less1 was beaten to death4 
,thaddeus was shot to death with arrows4
 ,simon was crucified4 ,mark  was       
dragged to death in the streets of      
,alexandria4 ,paul was beheaded  by     
order of ,nero4 ,barnabas was stoned to 
death by the ,jews4 ,thus  the apostles 
and the chief leaders of the apostolic  
church were all  tortured to death--save
 one--and sealed their testimonies with 
their  life's blood4 ,the various       
churches scattered here and there in the
 land  were left with only their local  
leaders4    #cbc ,sidenote3 ,the great  
apostasy4    ,after the passing of the  
apostles1 troubles arose among the local
  churches1 and it was not long before a
 complete apostasy had taken  place4    

,strangely enough1 while the apostles   
organized all the local  churches in    
full1 they did not perpetuate the quorum
 of apostles4  ,dissension therefore    
arose among the churches themselves as  
to  which one was the chief and leader  
of all4 ,then1 after some years  of     
unpopularity and persecution1 the       
,christian church was suddenly  raised  
to favor by an edict of ,constantine the
 ,great4 ,to satisfy now  the desires of
 the heathens1 many pagan customs were  
taken into the  ,christian service4 ,the
 doctrines of the church were corrupted2
 the  ordinances and ceremonies were    
perverted2 the church organization was  
distorted4 ,in a relatively short time1 
the accepted ,christian church  of the  
world was no longer like the church that
 ,jesus ,himself had  instituted4 ,it   
lacked all three marks of the true      
church4 ,it denied  continual           
revelation4 ,it had lost the authority  
of the priesthood4 ,it  preached a      
corrupted ,gospel4    ,sidenote3 ,the   

restoration of the ,gospel4    ,after   
many years of spiritual darkness and of 
strife1 the ,lord again  revealed ,his  
will to man4 ,a boy was chosen to become
 an inspired  prophet1 an authorized    
leader1 and a divinely instructed       
teacher4 ,to  ,joseph ,smith appeared   
the risen ,redeemer as ,he had appeared 
nearly two  thousand years before to the
 apostles at ,jerusalem4 ,to ,joseph    
,smith  were revealed anew all the      
sublime teachings that ,jesus had       
presented  during ,his own ministry upon
 the earth4 ,upon ,joseph ,smith was    
conferred  the ,holy ,priesthood1 with  
all its keys #cbd and authorities1 and  
through him was established anew the    
,church of ,jesus ,christ4 ,it is       
founded upon the doctrine of revelation2
 it is fortified and directed  by the   
complete organization of the priesthood 
of ,god2 it is guided by  what ,jesus   
,himself taught--by the ,gospel in its  
fulness1 omitting not a  single detail  
that ,jesus made a part of the          

,god-shaped plan4 ,to us is  given the  
religion worth while1 the bread of life4
    ,sidenote3 ,a religion that         
satisfies4    ,and the restored ,gospel 
of ,jesus ,christ--commonly called      
,mormonism--is  destined to conquer the 
world1 for it meets and satisfies all   
the  needs of human kind4 ,in the first 
place1 ,mormonism is the ,gospel of     
,jesus ,christ4 ,it is the perfect      
presentation of what ,jesus taught4 ,we 
have learned in the preceding lessons   
many of the truths that ,he gave  to    
,his followers4 ,the world has          
considered these truths1 too1 but has   
not comprehended them4 ,this truth1     
however1 nearly the whole world  has    
learned to accept3 ,jesus is the        
,christ1 the bread of life4 ,his        
teachings are true4 ,any religion that  
would aspire to conquer the world  must1
 then1 be based at least upon what      
,jesus taught4 ,but ,mormonism is  that 
very truth itself1 restored with power  
and authority1 and favored  with the    

living presence of the bread of ,god 4 4
 4 4 which 4 4 4 4  giveth life unto the
 world4    ,sidenote3 ,a comprehensive  
religion4    ,then1 ,mormonism is       
comprehensive2 it accepts and includes  
all truth1  no matter whence the        
knowledge of that truth may come4 ,it   
renews the  teachings of ,jesus         
concerning right living and right       
thinking4 ,it #cbe  emphasizes the      
necessity of acquiring a full knowledge 
of truth--the  necessity of reading and 
studying1 and of gaining intellectual   
power4  ,it outlines what ,jesus taught 
of man's duties in life--his duties     
toward ,god3 his duties toward his      
fellowmen2 his duties to himself4 ,it   
prescribes anew man's obligations and   
responsibilities in the family1  in the 
state1 and in the ,church4 ,in short1   
,mormonism meets every need  in physical
 life1 in mental life1 in economic life1
 in social life1 in  spiritual life4    
,you have heard people speak of a       
one-day religion--of  a religion        

remembered on ,sunday and forgotten on  
the other six days  of the week4        
,mormonism is not such a religion1 for  
the doctrine of  ,jesus is not such a   
doctrine4 ,mormonism--or what ,jesus    
taught--is a  practical religion that   
enters into the work of every day--into 
every  calling and profession no matter 
how humble or exalted that calling or   
profession may be4 ,it teaches that     
every day should be a ,christ-like  day4
 ,it teaches that we should partake     
freely every day of the bread  and water
 of life everlasting1 and take less     
thought of the loaves  and fishes that  
fill but satisfy not4 ,mormonism is both
 a system of  religion and a system of  
ethics2 for so are the teachings of     
,jesus4 ,the  whole man must be saved4  
,mormonism--or what ,jesus taught--holds
 forth  such ideals and such standards  
of life--physical and spiritual--that   
the noble1 unselfish aim of ,jesus may  
be accomplished4 ,only a religion  thus 
enwarped and enwoofed in what ,jesus    

,himself has taught1 can hope  to       
conquer the world4    ,sidenote3 ,a     
,church of authority4    ,it is the duty
 of everyone to learn to know ,god1 and 
,his ,son1 ,jesus  ,christ4 ,to teach   
men to know #cbf ,god was in part the   
mission of  ,jesus to this earth4 ,but  
such knowledge will not come through the
 mere  satisfying of the bodily         
appetites4 ,that religion is not worth  
while  which feeds only loaves and      
fishes4 ,the hunger which must be       
satisfied  is the hunger of the spirit4 
,that religion only is worth while which
  guides and directs in temporal life1  
and affords complete satisfaction  and  
contentment in the intellectual and     
spiritual life4 ,mormonism does  this2  
for it is what ,jesus taught4 ,in no    
other church than the ,church  of ,jesus
 ,christ of ,latter-day ,saints may one 
find today the uncorrupted  teachings of
 ,jesus and the authority of ,his       
priesthood4 ,mormonism is  distinctly1  
then1 the religion worth while4         

,sidenote3 ,the bread of life4    ,the  
stone which the builders rejected has   
become the ,christ1 the ,savior  of the 
world4 ,he is the ,keystone1 of our     
salvation4 ,he is our ,master1  our     
,teacher1 our ,friend4 ,he has restored 
,his ,gospel to us with all its         
blessings and privileges4 ,him will we  
follow1 and ,his commandments will  we  
keep2 for it was ,he ,himself who said1 
,i am the bread of life3 he  that cometh
 to me shall never hunger1 and he that  
believeth on me shall  never thirst4    
#cbg    ,,the ,,references    ,mark     
#f3cj-dd4 ,john #f3bb-ce4    ,,the      
,,questions    #a4 ,what is the bread   
that endures unto everlasting life8     
#b4 ,what did ,jesus leave with the     
apostles8    #c4 ,how did the apostles  
carry on the work of ,jesus8    #d4     
,what happened to the ,church after the 
apostles had passed away8    #e4 ,how   
was the ,gospel of ,jesus ,christ       
restored to the earth8    #f4 ,why will 
,mormonism ultimately conquer the world8

    #g4 ,in what sense is ,mormonism a  
comprehensive religion8    #h4 ,show    
that ,mormonism is what ,jesus taught4  
#cbh ,let us hear the conclusion of the 
whole matter3 ,fear ,god1 and  keep his 
commandments3 for this is the whole duty
 of man4--,eccl4 #ab3ac4    #cbi        
,,index    ,a    ,abel1 occupation1     
#aig2 offering accepted1 #aih2 slain by 
,cain1 #aii4    ,abou ,ben ,adhem1 #bba4
    ,abram1 ,abraham1 #ba2 strove to    
find ,god1 #ba2 seized by idolatrous    
priests1 #ba2 ,god delivered and spoke  
to him1 #ba2 learns to know ,god2       
father of ,isaac and grandfather of     
,jacob who served ,god2 from them       
sprang the ,children of ,israel1 #bb2   
wavered not1 #aja4    ,adam was like us1
 #bc2 taught by an angel1 #bd4          
,aesop1 fable of1 #bbg4    ,alms should 
be given in secret1 #he4    ,anger1     
fruits of1 #aii-bjj4    ,apostasy1 #cbc4
    ,apostles sent to preach1 #bia2 slow
 to understand that the ,gospel was  for
 all mankind1 #bib2 their acts1 #cba2   

their deaths1 #cbb2    ,architect1      
figure of1 illustrating ,church of      
,christ1 #aec-d2 #afa2 plans  and       
specifications of1 #afa2 necessary1     
#afb4    ,articles of ,faith1 #abi4     
,ascension1 #bhc4    ,atonement of      
,jesus not understood by ,his disciples1
 #bga2 necessary1  #bgb2 theories       
regarding1 #bgd2 true theory1 #bge2     
,nephite explanation of1  #bgf4         
,authority1 divine1 test of true        
,church1 #aec2 ,jesus bowed to ,his     
,father's2 must be conferred1 cannot be 
assumed1 #aee4    ,b    ,baldwin1       
,matthias1 an illustration of faith1    
#aac-e2 a liberal man1 #age4    ,baptism
 of ,jesus1 #da2 essential2 taught by   
,jesus to ,nicodemus2 a  rebirth1 #acj2 
necessity for it2 case of ,naaman2 proof
 of obedience and  humility1 #aca-b2    
illustrated by chemical experiment1     
#acb2 ,jesus taught  baptism and its    
proper mode2 immersion1 #acc2 purpose   
of2 should follow  repentance2 baptism  
of infants wrong1 #acd2 summary of      

,jesus's teachings  regarding1 #ace2    
baptism of the ,spirit1 #acg4           
,beatitudes2 high ideal of life1 #aib2  
great beatitude1 #aic4 #cah  ,beelzebub1
 ,jesus's miracles attributed to1 #bfc4 
,book of heaven1 #afc4    ,bread of     
,life1 #cbf4    ,brother of ,jared cut  
sixteen small stones2 asked ,god to     
touch them and  make them shine2 saw the
 finger of the ,lord2 struck with fear1 
#de2 the  ,lord commends him for his    
faith2 sees the ,lord who was in the    
form of a  man2 saw the body of ,god's  
spirit1 #dh4    ,c    ,cain1 story of1  
#aig2 offering not accepted2 angry1     
#aih2 controlled by  ,satan1 slew ,abel1
 #aii4    ,centurion's servant healed1  
#bef-g4    ,church organization         
necessary1 #ade-f2 shown by parable of  
wheat and  tares1 #adf-g2 meaning of the
 parable1 #adg2 ,church and ,kingdom of 
,god1  #adh2 ,church to be built on rock
 of revelation1 #adh-i2 ,church         
officers1  #adi2 ,jesus architect of    
,his ,church1 #aed2 one test of true    

,church is  principle of revelation1    
#aed2 another is divine authority1 #aef2
 two  priesthoods1 #aef2 architect's    
plans and specifications1 #afa2 a third 
test is presence and practice of the    
,gospel1 #afa2 the three marks1  #afc2  
membership in the ,church a supreme     
privilege1 #afg2 conditions of          
membership1 #afh2 what it teaches1 #bcc2
 established anew through the  ,prophet 
,joseph ,smith1 #cbc-d2 ,church of      
authority1 #cbf4    ,comforter promised1
 #ci2 is the ,spirit of truth1 #ci1 #db2
 is the ,holy  ,ghost1 a member of the  
,godhead1 #db2 came to disciples on day 
of  ,pentecost1 #dc4    ,commandment1   
great1 #aia4    ,communities must exist1
 #bbh2 must be organized1 #bbh-i4       
,cornelius1 case of1 #bic4    ,d        
,darkness covers the earth1 #afj4       
,dead1 gospel preached to1 #bhe4        
,defile1 things that1 #aid4    ,devil1  
power of evil2 who is he8 ,lucifer the  
,lightbringer2 volunteered  to be a     
,savior1 #eg2 his plan rejected2 he     

rebelled and became ,satan1  the father 
of lies2 a murderer from the beginning1 
#eh2 tempts ,jesus1  #fa-b2 entered into
 ,judas ,iscariot1 #fc2 necessary that  
the devil should  tempt men1 #fe4       
#cbi ,dickens1 comment on parable of the
 prodigal son1 #gh4    ,disciples       
learned about ,god1 #ca2 overwhelmed    
when ,jesus was crucified1  #ch2        
received ,holy ,ghost on day of         
,pentecost1 #dc2 knew they were sons of 
,god1 #gb2 why they could not cast out a
 devil1 #ajh2 regarded ,jesus as        
earthly ,king2 could not understand     
atonement1 #bga2 told by ,him of his    
coming death1 #bga-b4    ,divorce1      
,jesus's teachings on1 #bcj4    ,duty to
 the state1 #bca2 the ,church1 #bcb4    
,e    ,emerson on ,christ1 #cac4        
,enemies1 right attitude toward1 #baf4  
,eternal life1 greatest gift1 #ag2 what 
is eternal life1 #ag2 defined  again1   
#bc2 again1 #bd2 conditions of1 #be4    
,eternal loss is to fail to find ,god1  
#hd4    ,evil always present1 #ef2 how  

evil came into the world1 #ef2 #eh2     
devil is  power of evil1 #eg2 why evil  
is in the world1 #fc-e4    ,f    ,faith1
 power of2 fig tree withered by faith2  
mountains may be removed  by faith1     
#aje-f2 interpretation of this saying2  
victory comes by faith1  #ajg2 ,jesus   
walking on the water1 #ajg-h2 ,peter    
failed for lack of faith1  #ajh2        
impossible to please ,god without faith1
 #aji2 ,matthias ,baldwin1 an           
illustration1 #aac-e4    ,fall of ,adam 
made savior necessary1 #bd4    ,family  
basis of society4 #bbg-h2 sacred1 #bbi4 
,fast1 how to1 #hf4    ,faults in       
others1 #bjh-i4    ,fault-finding wrong1
 #bji-aj4    ,feast1 call the poor to1  
#bdj4    ,finding and losing one's life1
 ,jesus's strange saying1 #hc4          
,forgiveness should accompany prayer2   
unless we forgive ,god will not  forgive
 us1 #ajf2 law of1 #bad-ae2 must forgive
 to be forgiven1 #baf-ag4    ,free      
agency of man1 #fe4    ,fundamental     
principles1 #cba4    ,g    ,girls1 two1 

story of1 #bje-g4 ,god1 work and glory  
of1 to bring to pass  the immortality   
and eternal life of man1 #af2 what it   
means to know ,him  and ,jesus ,christ1 
#ba2 ,god speaks to #ccj ,abraham1 #ba2 
worshiped by  ,children of ,israel1 #bb2
 first commandment forbids idolatry1    
#bb2 false  conceptions of ,god1 #bb2   
what it means to know ,god1 #bc2 what   
kind of a  being is ,god8 #bi2 ,jesus's 
explanation1 he that hath seen me hath  
seen  the ,father1 #cj2 ,god is a       
person1 #ca2 called ,father by ,jesus1  
#ca2  mankind are ,his children and ,he 
loves them1 #cb2 to know ,god gives joy 
and comfort1 #cb2 what ,saints know of  
,god1 #cc2 ,god is a spirit1 #cf2 ,his  
love for the world1 #fi2 notes the      
sparrow1 #gj2 no respecter of persons1  
#ga2 an exalted man1 #ga2 reason for    
,his love for man1 #gc2 willing to      
forgive1 #hj4    ,gospel1 possession of1
 test of true ,church1 #afa2 through it 
we learn of  ,god1 and our duty1 #afb2  
fundamental principles of it1 #afb-c2   

men judged  by it1 #afc2 was for the    
,gentiles1 #bib4    ,h    ,hail used as 
illustration1 #bi4    ,harmony with our 
environment1 #hd4    ,holy ,ghost1      
member of the ,godhead1 the ,comforter  
and a special witness1  #db2 duties are 
many1 #dc2 rested on the twelve in      
,america1 #dc2 conferred  by laying on  
of hands1 #abi-ach-dj2 baptism of       
necessary1 #acg-i2 what is  the gift of 
the ,holy ,ghost8 #ada-b2 conditions on 
which it is obtained1  #adb-c4    ,house
 divided1 cannot stand1 #bfc4           
,humility taught by ,jesus1 #afh2       
necessary1 #bci-dj4    ,i    ,indian's  
speech1 #aei4    ,impurity1 causes of1  
#aid4    ,j    ,jerusalem1 place to     
worship1 #cf4    ,jesus1 almost         
universally acknowledged1 #ac2 no other 
man has exerted so  profound an         
influence1 #ac2 twelve years old1 #ad-e2
 a normal boy1 #ad2  attended school1   
#ad2 was serious1 #ad2 duties1 #ae2 goes
 with parents  to ,jerusalem1 #ae2      
route1 #ae2 missed by parents1 #ae2     

found in temple  with doctors1 #ae2 zeal
 for knowledge1 #ae2 astonishes ,his    
hearers1 #af2  reproved by ,his mother  
,he says1 ,i must be about my ,father's 
business1  #af2 strange #cca saying not 
understood1 #af2 came to do ,his        
,father's  will1 not ,his own1 #af2 ,his
 ,father's business explained1 #ag2     
defines  eternal life1 #ag2 nature of   
,his mission1 #ag2 a preacher's view of 
,him1  #bc2 had not learned to know     
,him1 #bc2 our ,elder ,brother1 #bd2    
chosen to  be the ,savior1 #bd2 assumed 
the sins of mankind1 #bd2 gave ,his life
 to  redeem them1 #bd2 was more than a  
great leader1 teacher and philosopher1  
#bd2 was the ,only ,begotten of the     
,father1 #bd2 to know ,him1 is to accept
  ,his mission1 #bd2 like the ,father1  
#cj2 called ,the ,word1 #ca2 like       
ordinary men1 #ca2 people astonished who
 knew ,his family1 #ca2 image  of ,his  
,father's person1 #ca2 called ,god      
,father1 #cb2 goes to ,sychar  in       
,samaria1 #ce2 talks with ,samaritan    

woman1 #ce2 able to give living  water1 
#ce2 declares ,himself the ,christ      
#cf-g2 answers messengers of ,john  the 
,baptist1 #cg2 tells the high priest ,he
 is the ,christ1 #ch2 tells  ,pilate ,he
 is ,king of the ,jews1 #ch2 after being
 crucified ,he appears  to disciples on 
the way to ,emmaus1 #ch2 will send the  
,comforter1 #ci2  subject to ,his       
parents1 #da2 increased in wisdom and   
stature1 #da2  baptized by ,john the    
,baptizer1 to fulfill all righteousness1
 #da2  full of the ,holy ,ghost1 #dc2   
showed the body of ,his spirit to       
brother  of ,jared1 #dh2 ,his           
pre-existence1 #di-ej2 chosen to be the 
,savior1 #eh2  fasted #dj days1 #fa2    
tempted by the devil1 and resists1      
#fa-b2 triumphed  by overcoming evil1   
#fe2 commands us to love one another1   
#fi2 combatted  sin1 #gi2 pictured ,god 
as a forgiving ,father1 #gi2 derided by 
scribes and  ,pharisees2 rebuked them1  
#hj2 strange saying about finding and   
losing  one's life1 #hc2 tells how to   

give alms1 pray and fast1 #he-f2 gives  
the  ,lord's prayer1 #ia2 analyzed      
#ia-d2 door to the sheep fold1 #ace2    
taught  baptism and its proper mode1    
#acc2 taught persistency in prayer1 #ii2
  and to pray for the things of the     
,kingdom1 #ii-ajj2 and resignation1     
#ajb2 cursed the fig tree2 taught that  
faith would remove mountains1  #aje2    
,his meaning1 #ajf-ag2 we should pray   
believing2 walked on water2  saved      
,peter from sinking2 #ccb cast out a    
devil2 why the disciples  could not cast
 it out1 #ajh2 wrought miracles1 #aae2  
promised same power  on condition1 #aaf2
 comments on those killed when tower    
fell1 and those  killed in temple by    
,pilate1 #aba2 taught repentance1       
#aba-d2 bowed to  ,his ,father's        
authority1 #aed-e2 called little        
children to ,him1 #afh2  teachings about
 riches1 #age-h2 all should improve     
their talents1 #ahe2  what defiles1     
#aid2 forbade anger1 #bja2 judge not1   
#bji2 with the lawyer1  #bbb2 marriage1 

#bbi-cj2 new law1 #bcg2 a perfect man in
 every way1 #bec-d2  divine power and   
marvelous works2 unnumbered miracles1   
#bed-e2 environed  by wickedness and    
poverty1 #bee2 ,his a mission of love2  
three miracles1  #bef-h2 not honored in 
,nazereth2 ,his own home1 #bei2 scribes 
attribute  ,his miracles to ,beelzebub2 
,he refutes them1 #bfc2 foretold ,his   
own  death1 #bga-c2 came to cause       
division in families1 #bgb2 significance
 of  ,his death1 #bgc-e2 institutes     
sacrament1 #bgc2 why ,he submitted to   
,his  enemies1 #bgf2 new testimony      
concerning ,him1 #bgg2 ,his resurrection
 and  many appearances after it1 #bha-c2
 evidence1 #bhc2 had been in ,paradise1 
#bhd2 preaching to the spirits in       
prison1 #bhe2 sends apostles to preach1 
#bia2 visited ,nephites1 #bif-g2        
exalted1 seen by ,stephen on right hand 
of  ,god1 #cjb-c2 mission not finished  
on earth1 #cjc2 our advocate in heaven  
with the ,father1 #cjc2 is ,king of     
,kings and ,lord of ,lords2 will come   

again1 #cje2 is the ,living ,christ2    
worshiped by untold millions1 #caa2     
influence grows stronger with lapse of  
time1 #cac2 what ,he has done1 #cad4    
,john the ,baptist sends messengers to  
,jesus1 #cg2 baptizes ,jesus1 #da2 saw  
,spirit of ,god like a dove rest on     
,jesus #da-b2 bore his testimony1 #db4  
,jones1 ,mary1 story of victim of       
slander1 #bjf-g4    ,joseph goes with   
,mary and ,jesus to ,jerusalem1 #ae2    
route #ae2 ,joseph  and ,mary start to  
return1 #ae2 miss ,jesus1 #ae2 find ,him
 in temple with  doctors1 #ae2 ,mary    
reproves ,him1 #af2 ,his reply1 ,i must 
be about my  ,father's business1 #af2   
parents did not understand ,him1 #af4   
#ccc ,judas ,iscariot1 ,satan entered   
into him1 #fc4    ,judge not1 #bji-bac4 
,k    ,knowledge of ,christ1 how gained1
 #ci4    ,knowing ,god and ,jesus       
,christ1 #ag1 #bb1 #bd1 #be2 how to know
 ,god1 #be2  should be aim of all       
education1 #be4    ,l    ,latter-day    
,saints have strong testimonies1 #cad-e2

 they have the ,holy  ,priesthood and   
fulness of the ,gospel2 they know that  
,jesus is the  ,christ and the object of
 ,his life-work1 #cae4    ,law and      
,gospel compared1 #bcg4    ,lawyer and  
,jesus1 #bbb4    ,lazarus raised1 #beg4 
,lilies of the field1 #ii-ajj4          
,living alone impracticable1 #bbg4      
,living water given by ,jesus1 #ce4     
,locke1 ,john1 on the ,savior1 #cab4    
,lord's prayer1 #ia4    ,love1 law of1  
#bba-b-e4    ,loyalty taught by ,jesus1 
#afh-i2 #aga2 four reasons why men      
should be  loyal to ,him4 #aga-b4    ,m 
,man1 what is he8 #fi2 ,god values man1 
#gj2 divine possibilities of2  offspring
 of ,god1 #ga2 may become a god2 owes   
duties to ,god and himself1  #gb2 must  
make sacrifices2 man the crown of       
creation2 should reverence  ,god2 is the
 temple of ,god1 #gc4    ,mammon1 cannot
 serve ,god and1 #afi2 what is serving  
,mammon1 #agj4    ,marconigraph1 #bff4  
,marriage a sacrament1 #bbi2 should be  
solemnized in a temple1 #bcj4           

,mansions1 many1 or degrees of glory in 
heaven1 #cjd-e4    ,miracles1 many1     
performed by ,jesus1 #bed-e2 attributed 
to ,beelzebub  by scribes1 #bfc2 what a 
miracle is1 #bfd2 telephone1 #bfe2      
miracles of  science1 #bff2 power of the
 priesthood2 purpose of miracles1 #bfg2 
they  come by faith2 privilege of sick  
to be healed1 #bfh2 feeding of #ejjj    
people2 spiritual food more wonderful1  
#cai-bj4    ,moses1 revelation to1 #af4 
,n    ,naaman healed of leprosy1 #aca4  
#ccd ,napoleon's ,testimony of ,christ1 
#ac2 revered ,him1 #ah2 further         
testimony1 #caa4    ,neighbor1 who is   
my8 #bbc4    ,nicodemus comes to ,jesus1
 what ,jesus told him1 #dc2 taught      
baptism by  ,jesus1 #acj4    ,o         
,opinions of great men on ,christ1      
#cab-c4    ,opportunity should be       
improved1 #ahc-e-f4    ,p    ,palestine1
 condition of1 in ,jesus's time1 #bee-f4
    ,parable of the sower1 #ef2 the lost
 sheep1 #gj2 the prodigal son or the    
forgiving father1 #gg-h2 the ,pharisee  

and the publican1 #hj2 borrowing  three 
loaves2 the judge and the widow1 #ih2   
the house built on a  rock1 #aae2 barren
 fig tree1 #aba2 wheat and tares1       
#adf-g2 treasure  hid in a field2 pearl 
of great price1 #afg2 earthly treasures1
 #agj2  light of the body1 #aga2 unjust 
steward1 #agh-i2 rich man and ,lazarus1 
#ahc2 the talents1 #ahc-d2 unforgiving  
servant1 #bae2 good ,samaritan1  #bbb2  
humility1 #bci-dj2 laborers in the      
vineyard1 #bde-f2 leaven1 #bia2         
householder and husbandmen1 #cjj4       
,paradise1 ,jesus in1 #bhd2 what it is1 
#bhf-g2 ,paul says ,jesus was image  of 
,his ,father1 #ca4    ,paul and         
,barnabas traveled and preached to the  
,gentiles1 #bid4    ,peter's vision1    
#bic2 taught him ,gospel1 was for       
,gentiles1 #bid4    ,pilate constructs  
conduit2 tower falls killing #ah men2   
seizes temple  treasures2 attacked by   
mob1 #aai2 killed many in the temple2   
excitement1  #abj4    ,political duty1  
#bca4    ,praise1 love of1 #he4         

,pray1 how to1 #hf2 #id4    ,prayer1    
should be persistent2 hymns quoted1     
#ig-h2 urgent desire and  implicit trust
 necessary in1 #ii2 things of ,god's    
,kingdom should be  prayed for1 #ii-ajj2
 ,god's will be done1 #aja-b2 implicit  
reliance in ,god  and spirit of         
forgiveness essential in prayer1 #aje-f2
 prayer of faith  efficacious1 #ajg2    
wisdom obtained by prayer1 #aji4        
,pre-existent state2 pre-existence of   
,jesus and mankind1 #di-ej2 proved  in  
man blind from birth1 #ej-a2 gospel     
taught there2 council of the  spirits2  
,savior called for2 #cce ,jesus and     
,lucifer volunteer1 #eg2  ,lucifer's    
plan rejected2 he rebelled and became   
,satan1 the father of  lies1 #eh4       
,psalm1 #a1 quoted1 #abi4    ,pure in   
heart1 to see and associate with ,god1  
#aic4    ,r    ,rabbis did not teach    
forgiveness of sin1 #gi4                
,reconciliation1 law of1 #bac4          
,religion that satisfies1 #cbd2         
comprehensive1 #cbe4    ,repentance     

taught by ,jesus1 #aba-b2 ,he upbraided 
certain cities for not  repenting2      
universal principle1 #abc2 things to be 
repented of1 #abd-e4    ,rewards1       
,jesus's doctrine of1 #bci-da2 promised1
 #bda2 spiritual1 #bda-b4    ,rich man1 
entering ,kingdom of ,heaven1 easier to 
pass through eye of  needle1 #age-g2 and
 ,lazarus1 #ahc4    ,riches1 ,jesus's   
teaching about1 #age-h2 should be       
righteously acquired1  #agh2 how used2  
not riches but love of them is evil1    
#ahj4    ,rich young ruler and ,jesus2  
unwilling to give up riches1 #agf-g4    
,restoration of the ,gospel and         
,priesthood to the ,prophet ,joseph     
,smith1  #cbc4    ,s    ,sabbath should 
be kept1 #agj4    ,sacrament instituted1
 #bgc4    ,sacrifice required1 #agf4    
,samaritan1 good1 #bbb-d2 lesson of1    
#bbd-e4    ,second coming of ,christ    
foretold1 #cje4    ,self control shown  
by ,jesus1 #bja2 strength of1 #bjb4     
,service1 what it means4 #ahg2 service  
pleasing to god1 #bde2 compensation     

for1 #bdf2 value of in the ,church4     
#bdg2 rewarded justly1 #bdg-h2 always   
secular duties to perform1 #bdh2 some in
 the ,church2 formal performance  wrong2
 extra service a privilege1 #bdi2       
quality and kind of service  determines 
reward1 #bei4    ,sheep1 other1 meaning 
,nephites1 #bid-e2 ,jesus visited them1 
#bif-g4    ,sheepfold1 ,jesus is door   
to1 #ace4    ,slander1 sin of1 #bje-g4  
,smith1 ,prophet ,joseph1 prepared      
,articles of ,faith1 #abi2 ,gospel and  
,priesthood restored to1 #cbc4          
,sparrow1 ,god notes it1 #gj4    ,spirit
 of ,truth the ,comforter1 #ci2 like a  
dove rested on ,jesus1 #db4    ,spirits 
in prison1 ,gospel preached to1 #bhe4   
#ccf ,stolen money1 story of1 #bje-g4   
,suspicion caused by slander1 #bjf4     
,swearing forbidden1 #gb4    ,sychar1   
,jesus goes to1 #ce2 people of believe1 
#cf4    ,t    ,talents should be        
improved1 #ahd-e-f-h4    ,telephone used
 as illustration1 #bd-e2 miracle of1    
#bfe4    ,tempest stilled1 #beg4        

,testimony of ,joseph ,smith and ,sidney
 ,rigdon1 #caf-ag4    ,theft1 story of1 
#bje-g4    ,theories of salvation       
through ,jesus's death1 #bgd2 true      
theory1 #bge4    ,tithes and offerings  
should be paid1 #bdi4    ,tobacco1 why a
 boy uses it1 #bch4    ,treasures in    
heaven1 not on earth1 #afi4    ,tree    
known by its fruit1 #aie4               
,trespasses1 how dealt with1 #bac-d4    
,v    ,vulgarity condemned1 #aie4    ,w 
,water carrier1 #ahe-f4    ,webster on  
,christ1 #cac4    ,word1 ,jesus called  
the1 #ca3 made flesh1 #ca4    ,worry    
almost a sin2 no cure for it1 found by  
men1 #ajj2 ,jesus's cure1  #aja4        
,worship1 right attitude in2 how to     
worship2 what and why we worship1 #hg4  
,x    ,x-ray1 #bff4