and ,renah ,holmes         ,,mormon     
,,doctrine1  ,,plain ,,and ,,simple1    
--,,or--   ,leaves from the ,tree of    
,life4   ,by ,,chas4 ,w4 ,,penrose4     
,,published ,,by ,,the ,,juvenile       
,,instructor ,,office1 ,salt ,lake      
,city1 ,utah4 #ahhh4    ,,introduction4 
,there is no subject of popular comment 
on which there is so little general     
information as that called ,mormonism4  
,this little work is designed to        
explain1 in a simple way1 leading       
features of ,mormon doctrine4 ,the terms
 ,mormon and ,mormonism are not strictly
 correct as usually applied4 ,they are  
inappropriately derived from the ,book  
of ,mormon1 which is a work containing  
the history of the former inhabitants of
 the ,american continent1 written at    
different times by various persons and  
finally compiled by a prophet named     
,mormon and inscribed upon metallic     
plates1 which were hidden in the earth  
to come forth in the latter days1 for   
the enlightenment of mankind in relation

 to the origin of the ,indian tribes of 
this land1 and as a testimony that      
,jesus of ,nazareth1 who was crucified  
by the ,jews1 is indeed the ,messiah1   
the ,son of the living ,god4  ,this     
record1 giving an account of the        
dealings of the ,almighty with the      
people it describes1 and whose origin   
and travels1 wars and industries1       
customs and religion1 progress and decay
 it graphically relates1 was taken from 
its hiding place by ,joseph ,smith in   
obedience to the revelation and         
commandment of ,god and was translated  
into the ,english language through a    
heavenly gift bestowed upon that favored
 man4 ,those who believe in the divinity
 of the book are commonly called        
,mormons1 and the doctrines which they  
hold are known as ,mormonism4 ,but it is
 as inconsistent to call people         
,mormons1 who believe in the writings of
 ,mormon1 as it would be to call them   
,isaiahs1 or ,jeremiahs1 or ,peters or  
,pauls1 because they believe in the     

scriptures written by those inspired    
men4  ,the ,church which has been       
organized under direction from the same 
heavenly ,power that revealed the ,book 
of ,mormon1 is entitled the ,church of  
,jesus ,christ of ,latter-day ,saints4  
,its members1 then1 should not be called
 ,mormons1 but ,latter-day ,saints4 ,the
 members of the church established by   
,jesus and ,his apostles1 as will be    
seen by reference to the ,new           
,testament1 were called ,saints4 ,the   
term ,christians was applied to them in 
derision1 and was first used at         
,antioch4 ,the members of the restored  
,church of ,christ are called           
,latter-day ,saints to distinguish them 
from their brethren and sisters of      
former times4 ,but as ,christians came  
to be the common appellation of the     
former-day saints1 so ,mormons has come 
to be the title generally bestowed upon 
the ,latter-day ,saints1 and is used    
herein only in that sense4  ,in the     
twelve leaves which are plucked from the

 tree of life and herewith sent forth   
for the healing of the nations from the 
effects of error and false doctrine1    
will be found a sweet and sovereign balm
 for spiritual disorders4 ,and by       
receiving them1 a desire will be created
 for further gatherings of the same     
foliage4 ,they will serve to open the   
eyes of those who have been in spiritual
 darkness and are yet anxious for the   
light1 and as a preparation for the     
attainment of that vital power which    
makes all things new1 and quickens and  
animates earthly beings with celestial  
life and light4  ,we ask for the        
principles here presented1 the careful  
consideration of thoughtful minds1 and  
confidently invite comparison with those
 utterances of the ,jewish prophets and 
apostles which are contained in the     
,bible4 ,references to those scriptures 
will be found at the end of this work1  
arranged to correspond with each chapter
 or leaf4  ,the young people among the  
,latter-day ,saints will obtain1 by a   

perusal of this little book1 an         
understanding of the fundamental        
principles of the system which has cost 
the blood of martyred ,prophets and     
,apostles to establish4 ,and it will be 
found useful in the missionary field1 as
 a sower of those seeds of truth which1 
if widely scattered1 will surely fall   
upon some good ground and bring forth   
fruit for the service of the ,master4   
,we invoke upon this little work the    
,spirit of the most high ,god1 to whose 
cause it is dedicated1 that wherever it 
may go light may spring forth to the joy
 of those who desire the truth1 and that
 by its means many people may be        
directed into the way which leads to the
 tree of life1 enjoy its luscious fruit 
and gain the gift of endless lives      
wherein redeemed man is exalted and the 
eternal ,god is glorified4              
,c4 ,w4 ,p4    ,,contents4  ,,first     
,,leaf4  ,value of ,truth--,only ,one   
,true ,religion--,faith the ,first      
,principle--,faith a ,principle of      

,power--,how ,faith ,comes--,no ,man can
 ,find out ,god--,diety must ,manifest  
,himself--,god the ,father of the       
,race--,personality of ,god--,the ,great
 ,lawgiver ,governs ,himself by ,law    
,,second ,,leaf4  ,true ,repentance the 
,consequence of ,faith--,original ,sin  
and ,actual ,sin--,the ,work of         
,redemption--,universal ,redemption from
 ,original ,sin--,conditions of         
,salvation from ,actual ,sin--,baptism1 
its ,object1 ,mode and ,effect--,a ,new 
,creature in ,christ ,jesus  ,,third    
,,leaf4  ,the ,holy ,ghost1 its ,nature1
 ,office and ,power--,conferred through 
the ,laying ,on of ,hands--,gifts and   
,fruits of the ,holy ,spirit--,how      
,obtained--,their ,object and           
,design--,effects of its                
,withdrawal--,infinite ,riches of its   
,full ,inspiration  ,,fourth ,,leaf4    
,divine ,authority--,without it all     
,gospel ,administrations ,vain--,it     
,cannot be ,acquired--,the ,priesthood1 
its ,antiquity1 ,power and              

,blessings--,the ,priesthood of         
,melchisedek--,the ,aaronic             
,priesthood--,priestcraft--,the         
,authority of ,god must ,come from      
,god--,ordination--,value of the        
,priesthood4  ,,fifth ,,leaf4  ,the     
,church of ,christ--,its                
,unity--,christ's ,church under ,his    
,personal ,supervision--,rules of       
,admission--,no ,others                 
,available--,apostleship the ,chief     
,authority--,other ,authorities and     
,ministers--,necessity of ,these--,the  
,church ,progressive--,it ,casts ,off   
,evil-,doers--,brotherhood of its       
,members--,mission of the ,church4      
,,sixth ,,leaf4  ,apostasy from the     
,primitive ,church--,when it            
,commenced--,the ,apostles ,predicted   
it--,the ,apostasy ,universal--,the     
,woman ,clothed ,with the ,sun1 and the 
,scarlet-,clothed ,harlot-,what they    
,represent--,the ,reformation--,spread  
of ,truth but ,lack of                  
,authority--,multiplication of          

,sects--,no ,voice from ,heaven4        
,,seventh ,,leaf4  ,restoration of the  
,gospel--,ministration of an            
,angel--,divine ,knowledge and ,divine  
,authority--,keys of ,former            
,dispensations ,revealed--,rebuilding of
 the ,church of ,christ--,the ,signs    
,following--,coming of                  
,elijah--,dispensation of the ,fullness 
of ,times--,triumph of the ,truth4      
,,eighth ,,leaf4  ,apparent ,doom of the
 ,majority of ,mankind--,no ,salvation  
but by ,jesus ,christ--,is the ,state of
 ,man ,fixed at ,death8--,the ,common   
,belief ,incorrect--,preaching to the   
,dead--,the ,spirit ,without the ,body  
,sentient--,nature of ,paradise--,all   
,people to ,hear the ,gospel ,either in 
this ,life or the ,next4  ,,ninth       
,,leaf4  ,decrees of ,god ,fixed in the 
,spiritual as in the ,natural           
,universe--,ordinances ,essential--,the 
,living may be ,baptized for the        
,dead--,the ,principle of ,proxy--,the  
,place for the ,administration of       

,vicarious ,ordinances--,revelation of  
,elijah1 the ,prophet--,connection ,with
 the ,spirit ,world--,true ,order of    
,communication--,blessed ,results of    
,work ,done for the ,dead4  ,,tenth     
,,leaf4  ,universality of               
,death--,results of the ,transgression  
of ,law--,dissolution of the ,body not  
the ,end of ,existence--,what is        
,resurrection8--,the ,spiritual ,body of
 ,jesus--,all to be ,raised from the    
,dead--,the ,order of the               
,resurrection--,necessity of an         
,immortal ,body--,ignorance of the ,laws
 of ,nature--,matter                    
,indestructible--,possibilities of      
,creative ,energy--,life and            
,immortality ,brought to ,light4        
,,eleventh ,,leaf4  ,man or ,woman      
,alone ,imperfect--,marriage ,ordained  
of ,god--,sanctity of ,proper ,sexual   
,relations--,matrimony a ,part of       
,religion--,the ,first ,pair            
,immortal--,marriage for                
,eternity--,keys of ,celestial          

,marriage--,condition of ,those who     
,marry ,only for ,time--,man the ,head  
of the ,woman--,plurality of            
,wives--,continuation of the ,righteous 
,forever--,eternal ,family              
,organizations--,everlasting ,increase  
and ,dominion4  ,,twelfth ,,leaf4       
,christ's ,work ,continued ,after ,his  
,death--,the ,perfect ,science of ,human
 ,redemption--,what was ,lost in the    
,fall--,what is to be ,regained in the  
,restoration--,justice ,tempered with   
,mercy--,loss ,sustained by the         
,disobedient--,doom of the ,sons of     
,perdition--,the ,celestial1            
,terrestrial and ,telestial             
,glories--,redemption and ,glorification
 of the ,earth--,salvation of the ,whole
 ,race--,the ,finished ,work of         
,christ--,universal ,dominion of the    
,father4  ,,the ,,latter-,,day          
,,kingdom1 a ,poem4  ,,appendix4        
,scriptural ,references to all the      
subjects treated upon in the body of the
 work4    ,,mormon ,,doctrine1  ,,or    

,,leaves ,,from ,,the ,,tree ,,of       
,,life4    ,,first ,,leaf4  ,value of   
,truth--,only ,one ,true                
,religion--,faith the ,first            
,principle--,faith a ,principle of      
,power--,how ,faith ,comes--,no ,man    
,can ,find out ,god--,deity ,must       
,manifest ,himself--,god the ,father of 
the ,race--,personality of ,god--,the   
,great ,lawgiver ,governs ,himself by   
,law4  ,there is nothing more valuable  
than truth4 ,religious truth1 or that   
which relates to ,god1 our duty to ,him1
 ,his laws and purposes1 and the means  
by which we may now come to ,him and    
eventually be exalted in ,his presence1 
is really priceless4 ,to obtain a       
knowledge of religious truth1 both young
 and old should be willing to make every
 exertion and to offer any sacrifice4   
,there are many systems of religion in  
the world1 but only one can be correct1 
for the simple reason that there is but 
one ,god for the inhabitants of the     
earth to worship and obey4 ,if there    

were many true ,gods to whom mankind    
owed reverence there might be several   
true religions4 ,god is the author or   
revealer of true religion4 ,men may     
invent and arrange methods of worship1  
imagine and think out doctrines1 and    
formulate and enforce creeds2 but they  
are of no value as a means of salvation4
 ,god must be approached and served in  
the way which ,he ordains1 or the       
worship and service will not be         
accepted4  ,the first principle of true 
religion is faith4 ,this is the         
beginning of righteousness4 ,it is the  
very root of the tree of life1 and its  
sap runs through all the branches4      
,without faith it is impossible to      
please ,god4 ,and ,whosoever cometh to  
,god must believe that ,he is4 ,faith1  
in its simplest sense1 is the assent of 
the mind1 and its assurance of the      
existence of things unseen by the       
natural eye4 ,this is belief4 ,in       
another sense1 faith is a motive power1 
a principle of action4 ,examination into

 the secret springs that prompt us in   
the common affairs of life will show    
that faith moves us to exertion and     
incites us to perseverance4 ,it is the  
assurance we feel of the existence or   
attainment of things unperceived by the 
senses1 which urges us onward and       
inspires us with energy4 ,in a higher   
sense1 faith is a spiritual force4 ,it  
reaches up to the heavenly spheres4 ,it 
lays hold upon eternal things4 ,it acts 
upon the grosser elements1 and moves    
spiritual essences and immortal         
intelligences4  ,it is in its fullness  
all powerful4 ,by its exercise ,god made
 the worlds1 bringing order out of      
chaos1 light out of darkness and visible
 things out of the invisible1 all moved 
by that spiritual energy called faith4  
,by its power ,christ stilled the winds 
and walked upon the waves1 healed the   
sick and raised the dead4 ,elijah1 by   
faith closed the heavens1 that they     
rained not1 and overcame the might of   
death1 passing with his body into the   

mansions on high4 ,by faith1 ,job beheld
 the coming of the ,redeemer1 and ,paul 
ascended to the third heaven4 ,and by   
faith men and women can overcome the    
influences of earth and time1 and rise  
to communion with angelic beings1 and   
even with ,god1 the highest and holiest 
of all4  ,man must have faith in ,god in
 order to become exalted into ,his      
presence4 ,no man knows of himself how  
to reach that position1 nor how to      
obtain salvation from sin and its       
effects1 among which are sorrow and     
pain1 and death as the ultimate4 ,to    
learn anything in relation to these     
important matters he must be taught of  
,god1 and faith is therefore absolutely 
necessary in the outset of any attempt  
to learn of ,him4  ,this faith comes by 
hearing1 or in other words is developed 
by testimony4 ,through the testimony of 
men divinely appointed to speak in the  
name of the ,lord1 faith is awakened in 
the human heart4 ,it is a principle     
existing in every soul1 but in the      

condition of fallen humanity is         
measurably dormant1 until quickened by a
 divine influence4 ,the word spoken by  
inspired men1 accompanied by the        
influence of the spirit of truth1       
arouses faith in the soul of man1 and by
 its force he is led to call upon the   
,lord1 and by its light to see his way  
to repentance and obedience4  ,no man by
 his own researches can find out ,god4  
,he may1 by reason and reflection1 by   
observing and pondering upon the wonders
 of creation1 by studying his own       
internal and external nature1 come to   
the sure conclusion that there is a     
,god1 and to a very small extent make an
 estimate of ,his character4 ,but       
without the ,almighty manifests ,himself
 in some manner1 finite man can never   
obtain a knowledge of infinite ,deity4  
,the speculations of human beings       
concerning ,god are many and various1   
and a vast number of their conclusions  
inconsistent and vain4 ,human learning1 
no matter how extensive1 and human      

research1 no matter how profound1 are of
 necessity inadequate alone to the      
acquisition of a knowledge of divine    
things4 ,hence an unlettered person     
enlightened direct from ,god1 will know 
more of ,deity than the most erudite    
collegian who has not received this     
divine illumination4  ,some conception  
of ,god is necessary to proper faith in 
,him4 ,on this account ,he has1 at      
different periods of the world's        
history1 manifested ,himself to chosen  
persons1 whom ,he has deputed to bear   
witness of ,his existence and attributes
 to others1 and declare ,his will and   
commandments4 ,the history of some of   
these manifestations and revelations    
given in olden times is recorded in the 
,bible4 ,those that have been vouchsafed
 to man in the latter times are embodied
 in what is popularly known as          
,mormonism1 but which should be called  
the ,everlasting ,gospel1 renewed on    
earth4  ,by these we learn that ,god is 
the ,father of the human race4 ,as every

 seed in nature bears its own kind1 it  
is reasonable to conclude that man bears
 some semblance to the ,being from whom 
he sprang4 ,and this idea is confirmed  
by the divine declaration that ,god made
 man in ,his own image4 ,our ,father in 
,heaven1 is then1 a personal ,being4 ,he
 is a ,spirit4 ,but ,he is also         
enclothed in a tabernacle4 ,in other    
words1 ,he is an immortal ,spirit       
dwelling in an immortal tabernacle4     
,every faculty and power to be found in 
mortal man exists in the fullness of its
 perfection in the person of ,deity4    
,those glorious qualities which make so 
wide a distinction between man and the  
lower animals are undeveloped           
photographs1 or rather1 embryotic       
duplicates of the perfected attributes  
of the ,eternal ,father4  ,being an     
individual1 ,god1 in ,his personality1  
cannot be omnipresent4 ,but by the ,holy
 ,spirit1 which proceeds from ,his      
presence and permeates all things       
throughout the immensity of space1 ,he  

can see1 and know1 and influence all    
things4 ,yet the ,being who has power   
over all ,his creations proceeds by law1
 and while giving laws to all ,his      
creations is ,himself governed by law   
and never violates the eternal          
principles of truth1 justice and mercy4 
,the laws of nature are the laws of     
,god1 and ,he is consistent with them   
and those higher laws which pertain to  
the spiritual spheres4  ,the ,fatherhood
 of ,god is a glorious truth that must  
at some time be impressed upon every one
 of our race4 ,it involves the          
brotherhood of man4 ,it is full of      
ennobling and elevating suggestions1 and
 prompts those who are impressed with   
its majesty to deeds worthy of so       
exalted an origin2 leads to humility and
 obedience1 and influences all the sons 
and daughters of the ,eternal ,father to
 mutual help1 forbearance1 charity and  
affection1 as brothers and sisters of a 
family1 whose destiny is connected with 
the glory1 and dominion1 and matchless  

power of the ,almighty framer and       
governor of the universe4    ,,second   
,,leaf4  ,true ,repentance the          
,consequence of ,faith--,original ,sin  
and ,actual ,sin--,the ,work of         
,redemption--,universal ,redemption from
 ,original ,sin--,conditions of         
,salvation from ,actual sin--,baptism1  
its ,object1 ,mode and ,effect--,a ,new 
,creature in ,christ ,jesus4  ,faith in 
,god once quickened in the human heart1 
conscience is awakened and the mind is  
self-convicted of sin4 ,repentance      
follows as the consequence4 ,this       
includes sorrow for the past and        
determination for the future4 ,this     
first of these without the second is not
 genuine repentance4 ,it is barren and  
fruitless1 and is therefore unacceptable
 to ,god4 ,resolutions of future        
rectitude are naturally accompanied by  
grief for past wrong-doing1 but regret  
may exist without reform1 and such is   
not saving repentance1 the virtue of    
which is in turning from evil and       

cleaving to good4 ,tears1               
self-reproaches1 lamentations1          
self-abasement in language or in gesture
 do not constitute repentance1 no matter
 how loudly they may be indulged in or  
how conspicuous they may appear1 but it 
is evidenced by forsaking things one    
knows to be wrong and practising that   
which one is satisfied is right4        
,humility is one of its chief           
characteristics and this prompts        
obedience4  ,as repentance follows      
faith1 so baptism succeeds repentance4  
,for the wish to work righteousness in  
future implies a desire for forgiveness 
of past guilt1 and baptism is ordained  
for the remission of sins4 ,this opens  
the broad questions of sin and          
redemption and the doctrine of the      
atonement4  ,there are two general      
divisions of sin1 viz41 original and    
actual4 ,original sin is that which was 
committed by the parents of the race1   
the consequences of which pass upon all 
of their posterity4 ,actual sin is that 

committed by each individual and for    
which he is personally responsible4     
,adam and ,eve broke the divine law     
given to them in the garden1 the penalty
 for which was death1 natural and       
spiritual2 the first being the          
separation of the spirit and the body1  
and the second1 banishment from the     
presence of ,god4 ,the taint descended  
to their offspring4 ,death is the common
 lot1 and a vail is drawn between man   
and his ,maker4 ,thus mankind are prone 
to do evil1 and the consequence is that 
all have sinned and come short of the   
glory of ,god4 ,the wages of sin is     
death4  ,redemption is rescue from the  
results of the fall4 ,this can only be  
achieved by the raising of the race from
 the dead and restoring them to the     
presence of ,god4 ,to effect this1      
,christ came4 ,doing no sin1 ,he gave   
,himself as a ransom for those who      
sinned4 ,he upon whom death had no claim
 gave ,himself to death that he might   
satisfy eternal justice and give mercy  

room to act4 ,death came by ,adam1 life 
comes by ,christ4 ,through one act death
 entered the world1 through one act life
 will come to all that death has        
grasped4 ,as in ,adam all die1 even so  
in ,christ shall all be made alive4     
,good and bad1 believer and unbeliever1 
male and female1 young and old will be  
raised from the dead and brought into   
the presence of the ,eternal ,father4   
,this is the work of ,jesus of          
,nazareth1 who shed ,his blood in this  
great atonement to redeem all mankind   
from the fall4  ,but this was only part 
of ,his work4 ,he died not only to atone
 for original sin but for actual sin1   
and to become the mediator between ,god 
and man4 ,without the shedding of blood 
there is no remission of sin2 this is   
the law4 ,his blood was shed for the    
sins of the whole world4 ,for original  
sin unconditionally1 for actual sin     
conditionally4 ,mankind had no part in  
the commission of the original sin1 they
 perform nothing in the redemption      

therefrom4 ,its effects came through no 
acts of theirs2 those effects will be   
removed without anything they may do4   
,no conditions are required as          
preliminaries to redemption from        
original sin2 it was committed by ,adam1
 it was atoned for by ,jesus ,christ4   
,but as each person is guilty of his own
 sins1 so he must comply with the       
conditions which will entitle him to the
 full benefits of ,christ's atonement   
for his own sins4 ,among these          
conditions are faith1 repentance and    
baptism4  ,saving faith must necessarily
 include the ,son as well as the ,father
 in its objects1 because salvation comes
 from the ,father through the ,son1 and 
as ,christ died for all1 there is no    
other name but ,his given under heaven  
whereby man can be saved4 ,repentance1  
as we have shown1 includes humility1    
which leads to obedience1 and baptism   
follows1 in which is given to the       
repentant believer that remission of    
sins1 obtained through the shedding of  

,christ's blood in the place of the     
blood of the sinner4  ,baptism as a part
 of the gospel is the complete immersion
 in water of a repentant believer1 by a 
man having authority to act in the name 
of the ,father and of the ,son and of   
the ,holy ,ghost4 ,all this is essential
 to its validity4 ,the candidate must   
believe and repent4 ,the administrator  
must have divine authority4 ,the        
ordinance must be performed correctly4  
,there is but one baptism1 as there is  
but one ,lord and one faith4 ,any other 
kind of baptism is spurious and of no   
effect4  ,the believing1 repentant      
sinner1 after making covenant with ,god 
to forsake evil and keep ,his           
commandments1 is taken down into the    
water by the duly authorized and        
ordained representative of the ,lord    
,jesus1 and1 being dead to his old sins 
by repentance1 is buried from his old   
life by immersion in the watery grave2  
and then1 raised up again to newness of 
life1 is born of the water1 and stands  

on earth a new creature in ,christ      
,jesus4 ,he is clean before ,god4 ,he is
 as pure from guilt as a new-born babe4 
,though his sins were as scarlet1 he is 
now washed whiter than wool1 and is     
prepared for the next step on the       
straight and narrow path which leads to 
life eternal4 ,happy indeed is he4 ,joy 
unspeakable fills his heart4 ,peace     
indescribable dwells in his bosom4      
,purity shines in all his nature4 ,he   
has entered by the door1 into the sheep 
fold1 and is one of the flock of        
,christ4 ,the load of his past misdeeds 
is rolled from his shoulders and he is  
free4 ,the liberty of the gospel is his4
 ,henceforth he should be the servant   
only of the ,king of ,kings1 and a      
soldier of the cross4  ,but he has a    
warfare to fight which will require all 
his strength1 resolution and fortitude4 
,for he has come out from the world and 
the world will hate and persecute him1  
and malign him1 and try to despitefully 
use him4 ,the flesh of his own being    

will be in conflict with his spiritual  
nature now brought into actual life4    
,and ,satan1 the great adversary of the 
children of light1 with his hosts of    
emissaries will take special pains to   
tempt and try to allure him from the    
path of salvation4 ,but ,god will be on 
his side1 and if he holds true to his   
baptismal covenants he will come off    
more than conqueror over all1 and obtain
 the full and complete benefits of the  
atonement wrought out by the spotless   
and merciful ,savior1 who henceforth is 
his loved and loving ,lord4    ,,third  
,,leaf4  ,the ,holy ,ghost1 its ,nature1
 ,office and ,power--,conferred ,through
 the ,laying on of ,hands--,gifts and   
,fruits of the ,holy ,spirit--,how      
,obtained--,their ,object and           
,design--,effects of ,its               
,withdrawal--,infinite ,riches of ,its  
,full ,inspiration4  ,the repentant1    
baptized believer arises from the tomb  
of water cleansed from sin and washed   
pure of iniquity4 ,he is spiritually    

resurrected4 ,his old life is gone4 ,he 
is born again4 ,this is a type of the   
bodily resurrection to come4 ,he is now 
prepared to receive the ,holy ,ghost1   
which dwelleth not in unclean           
tabernacles4  ,this is an endowment from
 on high4 ,it is the ,comforter which   
fills the absent place of the personal  
,christ4 ,it is a manifester of truth4  
,it bears witness of the ,father and the
 ,son4 ,it is the light of eternity4 ,it
 reveals things present and past1 and   
unfolds events that are to come4 ,it is 
the true scripture-maker4 ,by it the    
prophets wrote the word of the ,lord4   
,it proceeds from the presence of ,god4 
,it is the communicating element between
 man and his ,maker4 ,it is the source  
from which flow the spiritual gifts of  
the gospel4 ,without it no one can say  
from knowledge that ,jesus is the ,lord4
 ,without it1 the things pertaining to  
immortal spheres cannot be comprehended 
by mortals4 ,without it1 no one can see 
the way which leads to eternal life4    

,without it1 none can enter the kingdom 
of ,god4  ,there is a set mode by which 
this great gift is conferred upon       
mankind4 ,god's house is a house of     
order4 ,his laws are set in the         
spiritual as in the physical universe1  
and there is no confusion in any of ,his
 works4 ,the ways of men are not ,his   
ways1 and ,he does not bend them to suit
 men's diversified notions4 ,to obtain  
the gift of the ,holy ,ghost1 the       
necessary conditions must be complied   
with4 ,these we have already explained4 
,the method by which it is conferred is1
 the laying on of hands by men who have 
themselves received it and have been    
called of ,god and ordained to          
administer it4  ,true faith1 genuine    
repentance1 correct baptism1 properly   
administered1 are as surely to be       
followed by the outpouring of the ,holy 
,ghost1 through the laying on of hands1 
authoritatively administered1 as the    
harvest is to come from seed sown in    
good soil and ripened by the rains and  

sunshine of heaven1 or as the results of
 a chemical experiment are to be        
achieved when the needful elements are  
correctly compounded4  ,the effects of  
this gift upon the recipient are not    
generally of a startling character4     
,they are not necessarily physical4 ,the
 chief office of the ,holy ,ghost is to 
enlighten the internal man or woman4 ,it
 administers to the spirit4 ,it brings  
peace1 comfort and joy to the soul4 ,it 
gives assurance of divine acceptance2   
and it establishes inward strength to   
resist sin and evil and lay hold upon   
all that is good4 ,but it does not      
convulse the system4 ,it produces no    
contortions of the countenance4 ,it will
 not throw people to the earth as if    
they were dead4 ,neither will it cause  
them to yell1 shout1 jump around in     
paroxysms or act in an unseemly manner4 
,its internal fruits are faith1         
knowledge1 wisdom1 joy1 peace1 patience1
 temperance1 long suffering1 brotherly  
kindness and charity4 ,its external     

gifts are manifested in prophecies1     
visions1 discernments1 healings1        
miracles1 power over evil spirits1      
speaking in various tongues1            
interpretation of tongues1 etc4  ,these 
several gifts are distributed according 
to the will of ,god among the various   
recipients of the ,holy ,ghost4 ,one    
person may receive several of them4     
,some may not obtain any of those gifts 
which are manifested outwardly4 ,neither
 are the latter always the most to be   
desired4 ,prophecy is better than       
tongues as a gift1 though the latter is 
more showy1 and wisdom and faith are    
better than either4 ,divine knowledge   
with divine wisdom in its use is a gift 
of priceless worth1 bringing joy beyond 
expression to its possessor1 and        
conferring untold blessings upon others4
  ,these various gifts of the ,spirit   
are obtainable through the prayer of    
faith4 ,ask and it shall be given you is
 the promise to the ,saints4 ,and they  
are called ,saints who have obeyed the  

laws and ordinances we have explained1  
and received the gift of the ,holy      
,ghost4 ,but their desires must be pure 
in order to obtain the blessings for    
which they ask4 ,these are not given as 
signs to be consumed on any one's lust4 
,neither are they bestowed as wonders to
 create astonishment or feed the love of
 the marvelous4 ,they are designed for  
the comfort and confirmation of the     
faith of the true and obedient believer1
 and as tokens of the love of an        
indulgent ,father1 and they must be used
 in wisdom1 or they will be withdrawn   
and work injury instead of benefit4     
,the ceremony of the bestowal of the    
,holy ,ghost is called confirmation4 ,as
 baptism is the birth of water1 so      
confirmation is the birth or baptism of 
the ,spirit4 ,both are necessary to     
entrance into the kingdom of ,god1      
whether that is viewed in the light of  
the ,church on earth or the glorious    
dominion of the ,father in heaven4 ,only
 they who are led by this ,spirit are   

truly the sons of ,god4  ,as it is      
bestowed through obedience1 so it may be
 withdrawn through disobedience4 ,the   
condition of those who lose this gift   
after having enjoyed it is truly        
lamentable4 ,the light that was within  
them becomes darkness1 and their last   
state is worse than their first4 ,their 
spiritual tastes become dead or         
vitiated1 light seems to them darkness1 
and that which was once their greatest  
delight becomes the object of their     
deepest aversion4 ,they then become a   
prey to influences of evil2 hatred and  
malice spring up in their hearts towards
 the children of light2 and the         
culmination of their career1 if         
persisted in and reclamation does not   
come1 is the shedding of innocent blood1
 for which there is no forgiveness4     
,the possessor of the ,holy ,ghost is   
infinitely rich2 those who receive it   
and lose it are of all men the poorest4 
,but there are various degrees of its   
possession4 ,many who obtain it walk but

 measurably in its light4 ,but there are
 a few who live by its whisperings1 and 
approach by its mediumship into close   
communion with heavenly beings of the   
highest order4 ,to them its light grows 
brighter every day4 ,for them are joys1 
anticipations and glorious hopes that   
thrill no other bosoms1 sweet           
experiences that earthly pleasures      
cannot bring1 and a spiritual growth    
towards the stature of ,christ ,jesus   
that eternity only will fully unfold to 
general view4    ,,fourth ,,leaf4       
,divine ,authority--,without it all     
,gospel ,administrations ,vain--,it     
,cannot be ,acquired--,the ,priesthood1 
its ,antiquity1 ,power and              
,blessings--,the ,priesthood of         
,melchisedek--,the ,aaronic             
,priesthood--,priestcraft--,the         
,authority of ,god ,must ,come ,from    
,god--,ordination--,value of the        
,priesthood4  ,the ordinances of the    
gospel1 being of divine origin1 require 
divine authority in their               

administration4 ,baptism at the hands of
 one not appointed to attend to it is   
void4 ,it is therefore without value and
 without effect4 ,if any unauthorized   
person were to lay hands upon a baptized
 believer1 even if the correct form of  
the ordinance were observed1 the ,holy  
,ghost would not flow to the subject4   
,no matter how good the intentions of   
either party might be1 the lack of      
authority would vitiate the whole       
transaction4 ,no company1 firm1 society1
 court or government would acknowledge  
or become responsible for the acts of   
any but its duly appointed and properly 
accredited agents4 ,why then should the 
,great ,king endorse the doings of men  
who take upon themselves duties not     
required of them1 or bestow1 through    
their unauthorized performance1         
blessings that belong only to the       
administrations of ,his chosen          
ambassadors8  ,it is strange that       
intelligent persons who clearly perceive
 the necessity of valid authority in    

human affairs1 should imagine that it is
 not necessary in divine affairs2 that  
while no earthly potentate would be     
expected to pay the slightest attention 
to proceedings of any pretended         
representative of a nation or ruler1 the
 ,eternal ,monarch of the universe must 
needs honor the acts of any individual  
of a devotional cast of mind1 who       
chooses to perform ceremonies and       
ordinances in ,his great name4  ,a man  
may have such faith in ,god as to obtain
 choice blessings1 behold visions1      
receive heavenly gifts1 and lay hold    
upon extraordinary spiritual powers1 and
 yet have no right to administer any    
ordinance in the name of the ,lord4 ,man
 cannot acquire this authority2 it must 
be conferred upon him in the appointed  
way4  ,in every age when the ,almighty  
has had a church or organized body of   
true worshipers on earth1 ,he has sent  
among them men who were authorized by   
,him to act in ,his name4 ,of such were 
,noah1 ,melchisedec1 ,abraham1 ,moses1  

,elijah1 ,peter1 ,james and ,john1 and  
many others4 ,they were not only endowed
 with the ,holy ,ghost1 but were also   
appointed and set apart to administer   
needful rites in ,god's stead4 ,what    
they sealed on earth by this authority  
was sealed in heaven1 and what they     
loosed on earth was loosed in heaven4   
,in other words1 what they performed1 as
 directed of ,god1 was accepted by ,him 
and was of the same force as though     
attended to by ,him in person4 ,any     
authority less than this is the same as 
no authority4  ,this delegated power    
from ,god to man is called the          
,priesthood4 ,sometimes this term is    
used in reference to the men who hold   
this authority4 ,properly speaking1     
however1 it relates to the office rather
 than the person4 ,melchisedec was a    
great high priest1 and the authority he 
held was eternal in its nature2 without 
beginning of days or end of life4 ,it   
did not depend upon lineage either of   
father or mother1 and it is written that

 he who holds it in faithfulness abideth
 a priest continually2 that is1 he      
retains it in this world1 and also in   
the world to come4 ,aaron received a    
,priesthood which was of another order1 
and that ran in a family line1          
descending from father to son1 and was  
subordinate to the higher ,priesthood   
after the order of ,melchisedec4  ,john 
the ,baptist held and administered the  
,aaronic or lesser ,priesthood1 but     
,jesus received and acted in the        
,melchisedec or higher ,priesthood4 ,so 
,john could baptize the repentant for   
the remission of sins1 but could not    
confer the ,holy ,ghost as ,jesus did4  
,in like manner1 ,philip1 acting in the 
lesser ,priesthood1 could baptize the   
people of ,samaria1 but had to send for 
,peter or some other apostle acting in  
the higher ,priesthood1 to come down and
 lay hands upon them1 that they might   
receive the ,holy ,ghost4  ,jesus did   
not take this authority upon ,himself   
although he was the ,son of ,god4 ,he   

glorified not ,himself to be made an    
,high ,priest1 but ,his ,father called  
,him1 saying1 ,thou art a ,priest       
forever1 after the order of             
,melchisedec4 ,moses and ,elijah held   
similar authority in their day and      
retained it when they left the sphere of
 mortality4 ,and they came and          
administered in that ,priesthood to     
,jesus on the ,mount of                 
,transfiguration4 ,as the ,father called
 ,him1 so called ,he the apostles1 and  
so1 under divine direction1 they called 
and ordained others4  ,thus the         
,priesthood in both orders or branches  
was continued in the early ,christian   
,church1 until through transgression1 it
 was taken from among men1 and in its   
place a spurious priesthood1 destitute  
of divine authority1 divine inspiration 
and divine power1 was set up by         
ambitious and designing men4 ,this is   
priestcraft1 the base counterfeit of the
 true and heavenly coin4  ,when the     
,priesthood is once lost it cannot be   

regained merely by the hopes1 wishes or 
acts of men4 ,no matter how strong a    
desire any one may have to benefit his  
fellow man1 he must not attempt to      
administer to him any ordinance or      
ceremony of the gospel unless called of 
,god so to do4 ,and this call does not  
come to men merely in the heart or the  
imagination4 ,a great many enthusiastic 
persons have felt themselves called to  
the ministry4 ,but this over-anxiety    
does not give them the ,priesthood1 any 
more than strong wishes of a politician 
for the post of minister to ,berlin1    
clothe him with authority to represent  
this government in the ,german empire4  
,the ,priesthood is given by ordination4
 ,when there is no man living in the    
flesh1 who holds this authority1 its    
restoration can only be effected by the 
administration of heavenly beings who   
formerly held it on the earth4 ,they can
 return when so permitted and           
instructed1 as ,moses and ,elias did on 
the mount4 ,but when the link is        

restored1 they never step over the line 
of the two spheres for this purpose     
again1 while there remains one man on   
the earth holding the legitimate        
authority4 ,for ,god's house is a house 
of order1 and the rights and powers of  
,his ,priesthood cannot be invaded with 
impunity either by mortal men or the    
heavenly hosts4  ,under divine          
inspiration and certain rules and       
provisions1 those who hold this         
,priesthood may ordain others by the    
laying on of hands4 ,thus1 while mankind
 are worthy of its administrations and  
accompanying blessings1 it may be       
perpetuated in the earth1 a medium of   
communication between ,god and man1 a   
guide for the feet of erring mortals to 
the straight and narrow path that       
leadeth unto life4 ,without it1 the     
inhabitants of the earth wander in      
spiritual darkness1 and those who       
presume to step forward as their        
teachers1 are blind leaders of the      
blind1 and all their ministrations in   

the name of ,him who never sent them are
 vain1 worthless and without force or   
virtue in time or eternity4    ,,fifth  
,,leaf4  ,the ,church of ,christ--,its  
,unity--,christ's ,church under ,his    
,personal ,supervision--,rules of       
,admission--,no ,others                 
,available--,apostleship the ,chief     
,authority--,other ,authorities and     
,ministers--,necessity of ,these--,the  
,church ,progressive--,it ,casts off    
,evil-,doers--,brotherhood of ,its      
,members--,mission of the ,church4  ,the
 ,church of ,christ is an organized     
body1 consisting of those who believe in
 ,him and have shown their faith by     
obedience to the initiatory ordinances  
of ,his gospel4 ,it may contain many    
branches1 but they will all be connected
 with the main body1 and will all have  
the same characteristics2 that is they  
will hold the same doctrines and be     
animated by the same spirit4 ,no matter 
how many sections of the ,church there  
may be1 or how widely they may be       

separated geographically1 they will be  
governed by the same rule of discipline1
 and be under the direction of the same 
head4  ,the ,church of ,christ must be  
established under ,his own supervision1 
and according to ,his commandments4 ,a  
society of persons professing to believe
 in ,him1 but organized without any     
communication from ,him1 is not and     
cannot be ,his ,church1 whatever its    
members may call it1 or however sincere 
they may be in their intentions4 ,some  
suppose that every one who believes that
 ,jesus is the ,christ is1 by virtue of 
that faith1 a member of ,his ,church4   
,this is a palpable error4 ,as well     
might it be assumed that all who believe
 that the ,order of ,masonry is a       
correct form of brotherhood1 are by that
 belief made members of the ,order4     
,all societies have some established    
regulations for the admission of        
members4 ,the ,church of ,christ is no  
exception to the rule4 ,but the         
initiatory rites in ,his ,church are    

prescribed by ,him1 and no one has the  
right to change them or substitute      
others in their place4 ,they are uniform
 for all people1 of both sexes1 of every
 race and of every grade of society4    
,the churches established by men have   
various modes of receiving members and  
of conducting church government4 ,this  
is one proof that they are the churches 
of men1 and not of ,jesus ,christ4  ,we 
have already explained the first        
principles of the gospel which must be  
received and obeyed in order to obtain a
 standing in ,christ's ,church4 ,those  
who have believed1 repented1 been       
baptized by one having authority for the
 remission of sins1 and have been       
confirmed by the laying on of hands for 
the gift of the ,holy ,ghost1 are thus  
made members of the ,church of ,christ4 
,and this is the only way of admission4 
,all who have not complied with these   
rules are outside of the ,church and can
 get in by no other door than this      
appointed entrance4 ,christ will not    

accept the devices and ordinances and   
ceremonies ordained of men4 ,they are   
not ,his1 and are of no force or effect 
so far as the kingdom of heaven is      
concerned1 either in this world or in   
the world to come4  ,christ is the head 
of the ,church1 as man is the head of   
the woman4 ,but as the woman has also a 
head to her own personality1 so has the 
,church4 ,the apostleship is the        
principal governing authority thereof4  
,when ,christ ascended on high1 the     
earthly headship devolved upon ,his     
apostles1 of whom ,peter1 ,james and    
,john were the chief4 ,there were also  
the seventy appointed by the ,savior as 
,his traveling ministers1 and ,he gave  
other officers to the ,church1 such as  
evangelists1 pastors1 elders1 bishops1  
teachers1 deacons1 etc4 ,all these were 
under the direction of the apostles1 who
 were inspired1 and instructed1 and led 
by ,jesus1 even after ,his ascension1   
and were filled with the ,holy ,ghost1  
which bears record of the ,father and   

the ,son4  ,a church which has not      
inspired apostles nor prophets1 cannot  
be the ,church of ,christ1 for these are
 essential to its full constitution4    
,all the officers we have named are     
necessary1 in their various positions1  
to the complete organization of the body
 of ,christ4  ,through these appointed  
servants of ,god1 the members of the    
,church are instructed in their duties1 
led along in the path of truth1         
admonished of their faults1 rebuked for 
their transgressions1 brought to the    
unity of the faith1 corrected of their  
errors1 and when they become evil-doers1
 and reformation is not probable1       
disfellowshipped from communion or      
excommunicated from the ,church4  ,the  
,church of ,christ is progressive4 ,that
 is1 it advances in the knowledge of the
 truth4 ,as fast as its members are     
prepared for additional light1 through  
the practice of principles already      
revealed1 new manifestations are given1 
for the growth of all who will receive  

the truths unfolded towards the fullness
 of the stature of ,christ ,jesus4 ,old 
truths are not discarded1 but new truths
 are added1 and clearer light is thrown 
upon what was previously known4 ,thus   
the ,church advances and prepares its   
communicants for a higher sphere when   
they pass away from the plane of mortal 
existence4  ,but while it casts off no  
truth1 it eliminates from itself1 by    
natural process1 everything obnoxious to
 its health and vitality4 ,corrupt and  
wicked persons occasionally find their  
way into its sanctuary2 some1 after     
being washed from their impurities1 turn
 again to their filthiness1 and others  
become rebellious and discordant4 ,these
 incongruous elements are gradually     
separated from the body4 ,for the       
,church is a living thing1 and casts off
 that which does not assimilate or which
 is inimical to its growth1 harmony and 
progress4  ,the members of the ,church  
are all united by a fraternal bond4     
,they are all brethren and sisters1 no  

matter what their condition in life1 no 
matter of what nationality4 ,indeed     
nationality is swallowed up in          
fraternity4 ,they are no longer ,jew or 
,gentile1 ,english1 ,german1 ,danish or 
,american1 they are all one in ,christ  
,jesus4 ,they are no more ,catholics or 
,protestants1 ,dissenters or            
,episcopalians1 but are baptized by one 
spirit into one body1 and in all        
essential principles have one faith1 and
 are joined together in the same mind   
and the same judgment4  ,the ,church of 
,christ in this and every other age1 is 
connected with the ,church of previous  
ages4 ,that portion behind the vail     
works in harmony with the new ,church in
 the flesh1 and its members1 whether in 
the body or out of the body1 move to the
 common end3 the establishment of the   
kingdom of heaven upon the earth1 the   
spread of the principles of the true    
,church1 until every knee shall bow1 and
 every tongue confess that ,jesus is the
 ,lord1 to the glory of ,god the        

,father4  ,then the ,church will have   
filled its mission--to preach the       
gospel1 administer in its ordinances1   
unite the ,saints1 manifest the things  
of ,god1 establish righteousness1 bring 
together the heavens and the earth and  
make straight the path for the ,lord    
,jesus4 ,and the vail of the covering   
will be taken away2 the ,church of the  
,firstborn will be one in all things    
beneath and above2 evil will be swept   
from the earth2 and truth1 peace1       
harmony and praise will glorify this    
planet and its inhabitants1 who will    
know ,god1 from the least even unto the 
greatest4    ,,sixth ,,leaf4  ,apostasy 
from the ,primitive ,church--,when it   
,commenced--,the ,apostles ,predicted   
it--,the ,apostasy ,universal--,the     
,woman ,clothed ,with the ,sun1 and the 
,scarlet-,clothed ,harlot--,what ,they  
,represent--,the ,reformation--,spread  
of ,truth but ,lack of                  
,authority--,multiplication of          
,sects--,no ,voice ,from ,heaven4       

,comparison of the various sects of     
modern ,christendom with the ,church of 
,christ as established by ,jesus and    
,his apostles1 which was briefly        
described in the preceding chapter1 will
 show that there has been a wide and    
remarkable departure from the faith once
 delivered to the saints4 ,it is        
contrary both to scripture and sound    
reason to think that ,christ would set  
up two or more discordant religious     
systems to distract mankind and cause   
strife and contention4 ,god is not the  
author of confusion4 ,there is but one  
straight and narrow path that leadeth   
unto life4 ,the mind of ,god is one2 the
 minds of men are various4 ,the fact    
then that there are various opposing    
religions in the world is conclusive    
evidenced that men have been engaged in 
their invention4 ,it is also clear that 
they have established very imperfect    
imitations of the true ,church of       
,christ4  ,the departure from the order1
 doctrine1 ordinances and spirit of     

primitive ,christianity commenced at a  
very early period4 ,contentions began to
 creep in among the early saints1 and   
they soon commenced to array themselves 
in factions1 some being of ,paul1 others
 of ,apollos1 others of ,cephas1 etc4   
,and the inspired leaders of the ,church
 foresaw the great apostasy which would 
take place1 as may be seen from their   
epistles4  ,paul declared that the day  
of the ,lord's second advent would not  
dawn until a falling away should occur4 
,he described the condition of apostate 
,christendom1 when the people would not 
endure sound doctrine1 but would heap to
 themselves teachers1 having itching    
ears2 when doctrines of devils should be
 taught instead of the pure gospel2 when
 they would have a form of godliness1   
but deny the power thereof2 and ,peter  
declared that false teachers would arise
 in the place of the duly authorized    
servants of ,god1 and bring in damnable 
heresies2 who through covetousness would
 make merchandise of the souls of men2  

and by whom the way of truth would be   
evil spoken of4 ,this mystery of        
iniquity had already begun to work even 
in their day1 and rapidly increased     
after their departure4  ,the combined   
powers of the world1 the flesh and the  
devil1 made such inroads upon the       
,church of ,christ1 that1 by the time   
when ,john1 the beloved disciple1 was   
banished to the isle of ,patmos1 where  
he received the great vision known as   
the ,book of ,revelation1 only seven    
branches of the ,church were worthy of  
divine mention1 and some of them had    
become so corrupt that terrible         
denunciations were hurled against them1 
and they were threatened with complete  
rejection4  ,in that same vision the    
inspired apostle beheld the utter and   
universal apostasy of the ,church and   
the spread of spurious ,christianity    
until all nations were made drunk with  
the wine of the wrath of the fornication
 of ,babylon1 the mother of harlots and 
abominations4 ,instead of the chaste    

,church of ,christ1 clothed with the    
sun1 the moon under her feet and the    
crown of twelve stars upon her head1 the
 scarlet-clothed impostor1 sitting upon 
the beast1 grasping a golden cup full of
 filthiness for the whole world to      
drink4 ,regal pomp and state power1     
instead of the solar glory of the       
,melchisedec and the lunar rays of the  
,aaronic ,priesthoods1 with the stellar 
crown of apostleship shining at the     
head6 ,mystery instead of light6        
,painted gaudiness instead of modest    
purity6 ,names of blasphemy instead of  
that one sacred name at which every knee
 should bow6  ,when the lights that     
,christ kindled on earth to lead mankind
 in the only true way were put out by   
the hands of murderous men1 darkness    
overspread the world1 and gross darkness
 covered the people4 ,errors multiplied4
 ,heresies sprang up like rank weeds4   
,the ,spirit of ,christ gradually       
withdrew4 ,and when what was left of the
 form of ,christianity became allied to 

the softened paganism of the ,romish    
empire1 the angels looked down from afar
 upon another triumph of the arch       
adversary1 who rules as prince of this  
world1 and reigns in the hearts of the  
children of disobedience4  ,the ,papal  
church1 seated upon the ,romish ,state1 
was fitly prefigured by the woman upon  
the beast4 ,the ,church of ,christ was  
gone1 without even a shadow of its      
presence to be seen upon the earth4 ,all
 nations were blinded and intoxicated by
 the mystery and abominations1 the      
heresies and perversions1 the pomps and 
vanities of this spurious ecclesiastical
 system1 with its popes and cardinals in
 the place of apostles and prophets1 its
 priestcraft in the place of the        
,priesthood1 and its force1 bloodshed1  
cruelty and lust in the place of the    
love1 liberty1 peace and charity of the 
departed ,church of the ,redeemer4      
,after a time came the reformation4     
,protestants against the tyranny1       
falsehood and gross villainies of this  

blasphemous hierarchy sounded aloud the 
story of her abominations and shook all 
,christendom with the force of their    
eloquence4 ,anathematized and           
excommunicated from the mother church1  
they established new churches1          
discarding many errors but retaining as 
many more4 ,still further reformations  
were inaugurated1 originating more      
churches1 and thus sects produced sects1
 and as religious liberty increased so  
religious systems multiplied1 until the 
term ,christianity covered an           
incongruous mass of discordant elements1
 representing all shades of human       
opinion1 without a single authoritative 
voice deputed of heaven to harmonize and
 bring them into order4  ,for1 though   
immense good accrued to the world       
through the exposure of error and the   
unfolding of truth1 which were the      
consequence of the reformation and its  
successive developments1 and though many
 excellent mea spent their lives and    
suffered cruel deaths for principles of 

righteousness1 yet there was no direct  
communication established between them  
and the heavens1 and that authority by  
which the apostles administered for and 
in behalf of the ,father1 the ,son and  
the ,holy ,ghost was still unrestored to
 man4 ,there was no inspired prophet1 no
 gifted seer1 no appointed revelator    
through whom the will of ,god could be  
made known4 ,therefore1 the ordinances  
of the gospel could not be administered 
acceptably to ,god1 and all such        
ceremonies as were established among the
 various sects were of necessity void   
and without virtue in heaven4  ,so the  
world rolled on1 and men framed         
religions1 all containing some truth as 
well as some errors1 and many persons   
who would have done well in advocating  
what they believed to be right1 in their
 own names1 undertook to assume the name
 of the ,trinity1 and to officiate as   
though authorized by ,jesus ,christ1    
while they openly admitted that there   
had been no communication from on high  

for centuries1 and maintained that the  
days of revelation were gone forever4   
,and thus the effects of ,mystery1      
,babylon1 the ,mother of abominations1  
were felt directly or indirectly        
throughout all the nations professing to
 be ,christian1 and millions upon       
millions of mistaken souls passed behind
 the vail without receiving the         
principles and ordinances of salvation1 
and the living and the dead were left in
 the spiritual darkness of centuries of 
apostasy to wait until the dawning of   
the great and last dispensation1 the    
times of restitution1 when the crowning 
act of ,god's mercy to man should be    
performed1 and the ushering in of the   
millennial day should bring again to the
 world1 with increasing glory1 the      
gospel1 the ,priesthood1 the blessings  
and the powers of all former ages1 for  
the salvation of the human race and the 
permanent establishment of the ,church  
and kingdom of ,god1 no more to be      
thrown down forever4    ,,seventh       

,,leaf4  ,restoration of the            
,gospel--,ministration of an            
,angel--,divine ,knowledge and ,divine  
,authority--,keys of ,former            
,dispensations ,revealed--,rebuilding of
 the ,church of ,christ--,the ,signs    
,following--,coming of                  
,elijah--,dispensation of the ,fullness 
of ,times--,triumph of the ,truth4      
,having shown the universal apostasy    
from the ,church established by ,christ 
and ,his ,apostles1 we now turn with    
pleasure from the dark picture of error1
 strife1 confusion and priestcraft1     
painted in sombre hues during a long    
succession of centuries1 to a more      
cheering and truly delightful subject4  
,the same inspired apostles who foretold
 the general departure from the way of  
truth1 also predicted the restoration of
 the gospel1 the ushering in of a later 
and final dispensation1 and the ultimate
 triumph of ,god's kingdom upon the     
whole face of the earth4 ,after seeing  
the dominion of the mother of           

abominations extending to all the       
kingdoms of the world1 ,john1 the       
beloved1 beheld her entire destruction4 
,this was preceded in the vision by the 
coming of an angel from heaven with the 
everlasting gospel for every nation1    
kindred1 tongue and people1 and the cry 
from heaven1 ,come out of her1 my       
people1 that ye be not partakers of her 
sins and that ye receive not of her     
plagues4  ,we are able to state1 with   
the most positive assurance1 that the   
angel with the gospel has come1 and that
 the voice from heaven has been uttered 
as a warning to all nations2 that the   
gospel will be preached and the warning 
will be sounded1 by divine authority1 to
 every tribe1 and nation1 and tongue4   
,joseph ,smith was the chosen instrument
 in the hands of ,god to receive the    
glad message and direct its promulgation
 to all the world4 ,angels do not travel
 and preach to mankind in person2 when  
they bring tidings from on high they    
deliver the heavenly mandates to a      

chosen man who1 in turn1 makes them     
known to his fellows4  ,but though the  
ministry of angels is not general1 all  
people may know thereof of a surety by  
obedience to the commandments revealed1 
which is followed by a divine witness of
 their truth and of the fact of the     
manifestation4 ,thus1 while ,joseph     
,smith was selected to receive direct   
divine communications1 every one who in 
faith obeys them1 obtains a satisfactory
 testimony that the message is true and 
that the messenger was authorized to    
declare it4  ,but receiving the gospel1 
whether by angelic ministrations or     
otherwise1 is one thing1 and obtaining  
authority to preach it and administer   
its ordinances is another4 ,knowledge1  
light and revelation may be enjoyed1 and
 yet the favored recipient of these     
blessings may be without any authority  
to perform any official act in the name 
of the ,lord4 ,joseph ,smith not only   
received the ministrations of the angel 
bearing the everlasting gospel1 but also

 obtained the right to officiate in all 
its ordinances1 rites1 ceremonies and   
endowments4 ,he did not receive this    
authority from man4 ,as we have already 
shown1 it had departed from the earth   
centuries before4 ,no amount of learning
 would bring it4 ,no college1 prelate1  
potentate or priest could confer it4    
,all the wealth of the world could not  
purchase it4 ,it does not come by the   
will of man4  ,how did ,joseph ,smith   
gain it8 ,holy men of old1 who held the 
keys of this power in former            
dispensations1 came to earth as         
ministering spirits and ordained him to 
the same offices which they held in     
mortality4 ,first came ,john the        
,baptist1 who was beheaded for the      
truth's sake1 bearing the keys of the   
,aaronic or lesser ,priesthood1 and     
ordained ,joseph ,smith and ,oliver     
,cowdery to the authority thereof1 with 
the right to preach the gospel of       
repentance and administer baptism for   
the remission of sins4 ,but as ,john did

 not hold the power when on earth to    
confer the ,holy ,ghost1 he did not     
presume to bestow it upon others4 ,next 
came ,peter1 ,james and ,john with the  
keys of the ,apostleship1 of the holy   
,melchisedek ,priesthood and of the     
dispensation of the fullness of times1  
which they conferred upon ,joseph and   
,oliver1 giving them authority to ordain
 others to this ministry and to confirm 
baptized believers by the laying on of  
hands for the gift of the ,holy ,ghost4 
,the lesser ,priesthood holds the power 
of the ministration of angels and       
authority to administer in temporal     
things4 ,the greater ,priesthood holds  
the power of communion with the ,highest
 and of attending to all things1        
spiritual and temporal2 for the         
salvation and exaltation of man till he 
reaches the actual presence of the      
,eternal ,god1 and shines forth in the  
fullness of the attributes of his       
,almighty ,father4  ,thus power was     
restored to rebuild the ,church of      

,christ1 to preach the true gospel2 to  
baptize penitent believers for the      
remission of sins2 to bestow upon them  
the ,holy ,ghost1 bearing witness of the
 ,father and the ,son and of acceptance 
with them2 to appoint and ordain all the
 various ministers necessary for the    
publishing of the truth to all nations1 
the work of the ministry1 the perfecting
 of the ,saints and the edifying and    
government of the body of ,christ4  ,so 
the ,church was set up in these latter  
times4 ,humble believers received the   
word with gladness1 and obeying it1     
obtained from ,god the witness of its   
truth4 ,the signs promised to believers 
followed them4 ,they spoke in other     
tongues1 prophesied1 saw visions1       
dreamed divine dreams and enjoyed all   
the gifts of the ,church as did the     
saints of old4 ,the sick were healed by 
the laying on of hands1 devils were cast
 out1 the deaf heard1 the eyes of the   
blind were opened1 the lame leaped for  
joy1 the tongue of the dumb was loosed1 

the heavens were opened to human view1  
and the ,holy ,ghost1 as on the day of  
pentecost1 rested down in power upon the
 ,saints of the new dispensation4  ,then
 they knew for themselves4 ,doubt had   
fled1 the darkness was dispersed1 ,satan
 trembled1 priestcraft raged1 and while 
the tidings of the restored gospel      
caused joy in heaven and praise on      
earth1 the powers of evil in and out of 
the flesh conspired to fight the truth1 
make war upon believers and persecute   
the servants of ,god unto death4 ,but   
the ,lord strengthened the hands of ,his
 people and poured out light and        
knowledge from on high4 ,the hidden     
things of ages were brought forth4      
,revelation after revelation was        
multiplied to the ,church4  ,then came  
,elijah the ,prophet1 bearing the keys  
of the turning of the hearts of the     
fathers to the children and of the      
children to the fathers1 that the link  
of the broken chain of the ,priesthood  
through the ages might be welded        

together1 and the spirit world be known 
to men in the flesh4 ,next came ,moses1 
the man of ,god with the keys of the    
gathering of ,israel1 that the remnants 
might be brought in from their long     
dispersion and inherit the lands        
promised to their forefathers4 ,and     
,raphael and ,gabriel and other holy    
messengers also appeared1 each in their 
order1 bearing the keys of their        
respective ministries when living as men
 upon the earth1 that all the powers    
needful for the establishment of the    
great and last dispensation of the      
fullness of times might be centered upon
 the head of the man chosen to open it  
to the world1 and that he might bestow  
them upon others called and chosen by   
the spirit of revelation4  ,glory to    
,god in the highest6 ,the straight and  
narrow way is opened4 ,the silence of   
ages is broken4 ,jehovah speaks from out
 the bosom of eternity4 ,angels again   
come down from the abodes of bliss4     
,communication is restored between man  

and his ,maker4 ,the ,holy ,ghost again 
comforts1 reveals and bears witness4    
,the sacred gifts are once more enjoyed4
 ,all earth shall hear the glad tidings4
 ,every soul shall be warned4 ,and      
though ,joseph1 the chosen seer1 and    
many of his brethren have become martyrs
 for the truth's sake1 and the bosom of 
mother earth is stained red with the    
blood of the persecuted ,saints1 the    
,church re-established1 the ,priesthood 
restored1 the truths now revealed shall 
never1 be taken from earth again1 but   
they shall spread and increase and      
prevail and triumph1 until darkness and 
evil1 and sin and ,satan shall give way1
 and this planet1 ransomed and redeemed 
shall be crowned with the glory and     
presence of its rightful ,king1 ,jesus  
the anointed1 the sinless ,son of the   
omnipotent ,god4    ,,eighth ,,leaf4    
,apparent ,doom of the ,majority of     
,mankind--,no ,salvation but by ,jesus  
,christ--,is the ,state of ,man ,fixed  
at ,death8--,the ,common ,belief        

,incorrect--,preaching to the           
,dead--,the ,spirit ,without the ,body  
,sentient--,nature of ,paradise--,all   
,people to ,hear the ,gospel ,either in 
this ,life or the ,next4  ,one of the   
great difficulties in the way of        
inquiring minds1 desirous of            
understanding gospel truth1 is the      
apparent doom of the great bulk of the  
human family to perdition4 ,the         
declaration is plainly and positively   
made in the scriptures that there is no 
other name given under heaven whereby   
man can be saved1 but the name of       
,christ ,jesus4 ,it is also proclaimed  
that except a man be born of water and  
of the ,spirit1 he cannot enter into the
 kingdom of ,god4  ,many millions of the
 earth's inhabitants have passed away   
without hearing the name of ,jesus1 or  
having any opportunity of the privilege 
of the second birth4 ,and the query     
arises1 must all these souls be lost in 
consequence8 ,and if so can the ,god of 
the ,bible be just8 ,further2 the       

question comes up1 ,if the world has    
been in error so long1 and the ,church  
of ,latter-day ,saints is the only true 
,church of ,christ1 what has become of  
the generations of professing           
,christians1 who lived and died in the  
centuries between the loss of the gospel
 and the ,priesthood and their          
restoration in the present age8  ,the   
difficulty arises through lack of a     
correct understanding of the plan of    
salvation1 and through the erroneous    
doctrines of unauthorized teachers4     
,orthodox ,christianity affirms that the
 future state of man is fixed at death2 
that the departing spirit goes either to
 an eternal heaven or an everlasting    
hell2 and that there is no possibility  
of change1 but1 to use a familiar       
saying1 as the tree falls1 so it lies4  
,the light of modern revelation rolls   
back the darkness of ages and unfolds   
the glorious plan of human redemption in
 its fullness1 and the illuminated soul 
perceives the triumph of justice in     

union with mercy1 through the extension 
of gospel privileges beyond the narrow  
sphere of this mortal life4  ,why should
 the opportunity to learn and the power 
to obey the truths of the gospel be     
confined to dwellers in the flesh8 ,is  
it to be supposed that when the immortal
 spirit leaves its domicile of clay its 
powers of preception1 of reason1 of     
reception or rejection of truth or      
error1 of submission or rebellion to the
 decrees of heaven1 are buried with the 
decaying body8 ,the idea is contrary to 
all the hopes of the life to come       
kindled in the heart by the promises of 
the gospel4 ,it is also antiscriptural4 
,there is nothing in holy writ which    
establishes any such absurdity4 ,paul   
declares that all men shall be judged by
 the gospel which he preached4 ,if this 
is true and ,god is just1 must not all  
men hear that gospel and have the       
opportunity of receiving or rejecting   
it8 ,and if this privilege has not been 
granted to them while in the body1 must 

it not be afforded them when out of the 
body8  ,peter states that the ,lord     
shall judge the quick and the dead1 and 
explains that ,for this cause 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 ,he    
mentions this in connection with his    
history of the mission and works of     
,jesus1 who1 he tells us1 was put to    
death in the flesh1 but quickened by the
 spirit3 by which also ,he went and     
preached unto the spirits in prison4    
,this accounts for the whereabouts of   
the ,savior during the interval between 
his death on the cross and ,his         
resurrection from the sepulchre in the  
rock4 ,at ,his appearance to ,mary in   
the garden1 after ,he had risen1 ,he    
said1 ,i am not yet ascended to my      
father4 ,during the three days of ,his  
body's sleep in the tomb ,he was        
continuing the work the ,father had     
given ,him to do4 ,he was preaching     

deliverance to the captives1 and the    
opening of the prison to them that were 
bound4  ,that these spirits in prison   
had been in the flesh1 ,peter makes     
clear by stating that they were         
disobedient 99 99 in the days of ,noah1 
while the ark was a preparing4 ,the     
gospel was thus preached also to the    
dead1 that they might have the same     
opportunities and be judged by the same 
gospel as the living4  ,the exercise of 
faith is an operation of the spirit of  
man1 and so is repentance4 ,these lead  
to obedience and obedience to acceptance
 with ,god4 ,the body without the spirit
 is dead and can neither believe1 repent
 nor obey1 but the spirit without the   
body is active1 sentient and capable of 
exercising all of its powers that are   
adapted to a spiritual sphere4 ,it is   
only through the medium of the body1    
however1 that the spirit can handle1    
experience and fully control or be      
subjected to corporeal things4 ,that    
part of the gospel which pertains to    

earthly ordinances and observances is1  
therefore1 unapproachable to the        
disembodied4 ,but they can learn and    
submit to all its spiritual laws and    
influences and live according to ,god in
 the spirit4 ,they can hear the gospel1 
for ,christ preached it to many of them2
 they can obey1 for ,he not only        
proclaimed liberty to them but ,he led  
captivity captive1 and they must        
therefore have repented and become      
acceptable to ,god4 ,as one of the early
 fathers of the ,church said of the     
slain ,redeemer1 ,he went into hades    
alone1 but he came forth with a         
multitude4  ,the ,jews of ,christ's day 
believed that there were two divisions  
of the spirit world--,paradise and      
,tartarus4 ,the good went to the former1
 the bad to the latter4 ,jesus promised 
the repentant thief on the cross3       
,to-day shalt thou be with me in        
,paradise4 ,this is not the abode of the
 ,eternal ,father but of departed       
spirits1 where they wait until the      

resurrection4 ,a place of instruction   
and preparation1 of peace and rest1 of  
joy and serenity1 of progress toward    
perfection4 ,and into this abode of the 
just1 ,christ led from ,tartarus the    
spirits purified and chastened through  
their captivity1 who were disobedient in
 the flesh in the days of ,noah1 but had
 suffered for their rebellion1 and in   
the spirit had gladly received the      
gospel through ,his ministrations4  ,and
 thus1 in the due time of the ,lord all 
who have dwelt upon the earth in any    
age1 ,jew1 ,gentile1 heathen1           
,christian1 may hear the glad tidings of
 the everlasting gospel preached by     
those appointed and authorized1 and have
 an opportunity of repentance1          
improvement and reconciliation4 ,but the
 ordinances which belong to the sphere  
of mortality cannot be received in a    
spiritual estate2 they belong to the    
flesh and must be attended to in the    
flesh4 ,consideration of the means      
provided by ,infinite ,goodness through 

which the benefits of those essential   
ordinances can be obtained by believing1
 repentant1 disembodied persons1 must be
 left till the unfolding of another     
leaf4    ,,ninth ,,leaf4  ,decrees of   
,god ,fixed in the ,spiritual as in the 
,natural ,universe--,ordinances         
,essential--,the ,living may be         
,baptized for the ,dead--,the ,principle
 of ,proxy--,the ,place for the         
,administration of ,vicarious           
,ordinances--,revelation of ,elijah1 the
 ,prophet--,connection with the ,spirit 
,world--,true ,order of                 
,communication--,blessed ,results of    
,work ,done for the ,dead4  ,the divine 
fiat has gone forth that ,except a man  
be born of water and of the ,spirit1 he 
cannot enter into the kingdom of ,god4  
,this is a fixed law4 ,the same         
certainty that is exhibited in the      
government of the material universe     
obtains in the spiritual domain1 and is 
as much a necessity in one as in the    
other4 ,as man cannot change the        

revolutions of the planets nor alter the
 principles that underlie all motion and
 regulate all matter1 so he cannot turn 
aside the decrees of ,jehovah1 nor      
modify1 in the least degree1 any rule or
 commandment pertaining to the          
everlasting gospel4 ,neither will ,he   
who reigns in the unseen world1 as well 
as in the sphere perceived by the       
senses1 swerve from ,his established    
laws in the former any more than in the 
latter4  ,baptism1 or the birth of water
 in the form and mode already described1
 is an essential ordinance4 ,there are  
others equally necessary in their time  
and place in the divine plan of human   
redemption4 ,they must be rightly       
received and administered1 or the       
blessings that spring from them1 as     
their natural fruit1 cannot be enjoyed4 
,as aliens cannot be admitted to the    
rights and privileges of citizenship in 
an earthly government1 without complying
 with the naturalization laws in such   
case made and provided1 so aliens from  

the heavenly kingdom cannot be received 
into its dominion1 nor be adopted into  
the family of the ,eternal ,king1       
without obeying the laws set as the     
conditions of admission4  ,these laws   
and ordinances will be made known to the
 inhabitants of this planet1 either in  
the flesh or in the disembodied         
condition4 ,they will have the          
opportunity of receiving or rejecting   
them on the agency given to man1 that a 
just judgment may be rendered in the    
great day of accounts4 ,but ordinances1 
such as baptism1 the laying on of hands 
for confirmation1 ordination1 marriage1 
etc41 belong to the corporeal sphere4   
,they are set for the state of          
probation4  ,water is an earthly        
element1 or compound of elements1 and   
the blessings ordained to flow from the 
death1 burial and new birth1 typified by
 authorized baptism therein1 cannot be  
secured in any other way4 ,millions of  
earth's sons and daughters have passed  
out of the body without obeying the law 

of baptism4 ,many of them will gladly   
accept the word and law of the ,lord    
when it is proclaimed to them in the    
spirit world4 ,but they cannot there    
attend to ordinances that belong to the 
sphere which they have left4 ,can       
nothing be done in their case8 ,must    
they forever be shut out of the kingdom 
of heaven8 ,both justice and mercy join 
in answering yes to the first and no to 
the last question4 ,what1 then1 is the  
way of their deliverance8  ,the living  
may be baptized for the dead4 ,other    
essential ordinances may be attended to 
vicariously4 ,this glorious truth1 hid  
from human knowledge for centuries1 has 
been made known in this greatest of all 
divine dispensations4 ,it is indeed     
light in the midst of darkness4 ,it     
shines in the depths of the shrouded    
past1 illuminates the mystic future1 and
 reveals the infinite love of ,god and  
,his tender mercy over all ,his works4  
,it explains the meaning of scripture   
texts long considered difficult and     

obscure4 ,it links by loving ties the   
living with their dead4 ,it shows why   
the fathers without us cannot be made   
perfect4 ,it opens the way of redemption
 for the hosts of departed heathens4 ,it
 brings together in one all who are in  
,christ1 even though parted by the vail 
that is drawn between the physical and  
spiritual spheres4 ,it gives men and    
women the power to become ,saviors on   
,mount ,zion1 ,jesus being the great    
,captain in the army of redeemers4  ,in 
,god's house all things are done in     
order4 ,there is a right way and a      
proper place for the administration of  
ordinances for the dead4 ,the living    
relatives of those who have departed    
without an opportunity of obeying the   
earthly requirements of the plan of     
salvation1 if they have themselves been 
born of the water and of the spirit1    
stand in the name and place of the      
departed and receive the ordinances to  
be placed to the credit of the dead4    
,either sex represents its own4 ,men are

 not baptized for women1 nor women for  
men4 ,the first-born son in each family 
has rights of priority connected with   
this vicarious work if he has proven    
himself worthy4 ,the ordinances must be 
administered by those having authority1 
being set apart for the work1 and must  
be duly witnessed and properly recorded4
 ,the books on earth must tally with the
 records in heaven4  ,the place for     
these administrations is in a temple    
built to the ,most ,high ,god1 after the
 pattern revealed4 ,the baptismal font1 
like the brazen sea in the temple of    
,solomon1 is placed in the basement1    
under the place where the living are    
wont to assemble1 typifying the place   
for the dead1 all things spiritual      
having their correspondence with things 
natural4 ,that which is done on earth1  
according to the divine instructions1 is
 acknowledged in heaven1 and is of force
 and effect in the world to come4       
,herein is manifested the power of the  
,holy ,priesthood1 loosing or binding on

 earth1 and it is loosed or bound in    
heaven1 all according to the            
commandments and revelation of the ,most
 ,high through ,jesus the anointed4     
,this principle of proxy runs like a    
thread of gold throughout the entire    
robe of salvation4 ,christ is the proxy 
of blood for the whole race of sinners4 
,the ,spotless ,one died in the place of
 the impure4 ,he is the offering for the
 deadly sin of ,adam4 ,he is the        
propitiation for the evil deeds of a    
world4 ,the lamb on the smoking altar1  
the scapegoat turned into the           
wilderness1 the sprinkling of atonement1
 all the sacrifices of the old covenant1
 as well as the infinite one of the new1
 are based on the doctrine of vicarious 
action and the divine acceptance of     
authorized substitutes4  ,the           
manifestation of this truth in the last 
dispensation came from the ,prophet     
,elijah in the temple built to the      
,almighty by the ,latter-day ,saints in 
,kirtland1 ,ohio4 ,on the third of      

,april1 #ahcf1 he who was caught up to  
heaven without death1 appeared to       
,joseph ,smith and ,oliver ,cowdery1 and
 committed the keys of the power to turn
 the heart of the fathers to the        
children1 and the heart of the children 
to their fathers1 that the earth might  
be saved from a curse4 ,the living are  
thus authorized1 under prescribed       
conditions1 to act for the dead1 and the
 fathers in the spirit world look to the
 children in the flesh to perform for   
them the works which they were unable to
 attend to while in the body4  ,here is 
the peculiar blessing upon the heads of 
the ,saints in the grand1 culminating   
and completing dispensation of the      
fullness of times4 ,to labor for the    
redemption of their progenitors until   
every lost link in the line of their    
ancestry1 back to the ,abrahamic stock  
from which they originally sprang1 shall
 be taken up and welded into the perfect
 family chain4 ,herein is seen one of   
the blessings attending the perpetuation

 of a man's name in the earth2 to die   
leaving no seed being considered in     
olden times1 among the people of ,god1  
one of the greatest of calamities4      
,indeed the glory and dominion1 and joy 
and rapture of the future state will be 
found to have intimate relation to the  
family condition1 and the promise to    
,abraham of a numerous posterity was not
 merely of earthly portent1 but reached 
into the exaltation and beatitudes of   
eternal existence4  ,this glorious      
doctrine bears the key to the sphere    
within the vail4 ,it regulates the      
communion of the living with the dead4  
,it saves those who receive it from     
improper and deceptive spirit           
communications4 ,tidings to the living  
from their friends who have passed away 
do not come in disorder and confusion1  
nor by the will of men or women1 whether
 corrupt or pure4 ,order is maintained  
in all the works and ways of ,god4      
,knowledge that is needful concerning   
the spiritual sphere will come through  

an appointed channel and in the         
appointed place4 ,the temple where the  
ordinances can be administered for the  
dead1 is the place to hear from the     
dead4 ,the ,priesthood in the flesh1    
when it is necessary1 will receive      
communications from the ,priesthood     
behind the vail4 ,most holy             
conversations on all things pertaining  
to the redemption of the race1 belong in
 the places prepared in the temples4    
,the ,saints in the flesh are required  
to use all due diligence in obtaining   
their genealogies by the means at       
command1 and a spirit has moved upon men
 in the world to collect and perfect and
 publish the records of their ancestors1
 by which1 thousands upon thousands of  
acceptable names have been obtained1 and
 the work of vicarious baptism already  
done is immense4 ,but that which remains
 to be accomplished is so vast1 that no 
mind1 unless illuminated by the light of
 ,god1 can see how it can ever be       
performed and perfected4 ,yet it will be

 done1 and blessed are they who aid in  
the heavenly labor6 ,with what joy will 
they be greeted by the spirits of their 
progenitors when they meet them in      
,paradise6 ,what honor will crown their 
brows in the day of reward and          
compensation6 ,they will stand among the
 saviors1 and shine among their kindred 
who are redeemed1 like glorious suns in 
the heavenly constellations6  ,this     
divine plan of vicarious action1 is one 
of the broadest1 brightest and loveliest
 leaves in the blessed tree of life4 ,it
 bears a healing balm for millions upon 
millions of earth's sons and daughters  
who have passed away without hearing the
 only name whereby man can be saved1 or 
who1 having heard1 were never taught the
 way of salvation as ordained through   
,jesus ,christ4 ,it is redolent of the  
love and mercy of the ,eternal ,father1 
and bears the sweet perfume of charity  
and gratitude of the children reaching  
out after the fathers1 of the fathers   
blest in the works of the children1 and 

of kindred affection enlarged1 cemented 
and perpetuated for ever and ever4 ,it  
parts the vail between the physical and 
the spiritual1 it softens the heart1 and
 brings the living and the dead nearer  
to ,god1 and it sanctifies the soul to  
obedience1 worship and devotion1 filling
 it with reverence and adoration of ,him
 who has devised this broad and         
universal plan for the redemption of the
 human race4    ,,tenth ,,leaf4         
,universality of ,death--,results of the
 ,transgression of ,law--,dissolution of
 the ,body not the ,end of              
,existence--,what is                    
,resurrection8--,the ,spiritual ,body of
 ,jesus--,all to be ,raised from the    
,dead--,the ,order of the               
,resurrection--,necessity of an         
,immortal ,body--,ignorance of the ,laws
 of ,nature--,matter                    
,indestructible--,possibilities of      
,creative ,energy--,life and            
,immortality ,brought to ,light4  ,death
 is the common heritage4 ,it is a legacy

 to all the children1 left by our first 
progenitor4 ,it is the result of        
transgression1 the penalty of violated  
law4 ,the immortal pair who dwelt in    
,eden fell into mortality through sin4  
,immortality is the power of continued  
existence4 ,but all things are governed 
by law4 ,sin is law-breaking4 ,to live  
for ever requires perpetual obedience to
 the laws of everlasting life4 ,that    
which is governed by law is preserved by
 law4 ,by the same rule reversed1 the   
reverse obtains4 ,therefore1 that which 
is immortal and obeys not the laws of   
immortality1 will become mortal4 ,if    
obedience insures preservation1         
disobedience involves destruction4 ,law 
reigns in the highest as well as in the 
lower spheres of being4 ,eternal life   
involves eternal compliance with the    
laws of existence4  ,all seeds produce  
their own kind4 ,mortal beings beget    
mortality4 ,when the parents of our race
 became mortal through breaking the law 
of their immortal condition1 they       

brought death to their offspring as well
 as to themselves4 ,in ,adam all die4   
,the curse of death smites the whole    
family4 ,it is appointed unto man once  
to die4 ,no ingenuity he can exercise or
 precautions he can adopt will avert the
 impending doom4 ,the decree has been   
proclaimed1 ,thou shalt surely die1 and 
it is irrevocable4 ,the taint that came 
from the tree of death whose fruit was  
forbidden1 descends to all generations1 
and every variety of form and feature1  
and color and stature1 and tendency and 
peculiarity1 have the one common        
characteristic1 the certainty of death4 
,but is the dissolution of the body the 
end of existence8 ,not at all4 ,we have 
seen that the part of man that comes    
from heaven lives on when that which    
comes from the earth returns to the     
earth4 ,yet this is not sufficient4 ,the
 query arises1 ,shall this body1 made   
mortal through transgression1 remain for
 ever under the penalty of the broken   
law1 or are there some means of         

expiation for the sin1 and restoration  
from the doom1 its consequence8 ,are all
 the associations formed in the flesh   
and pertaining to this mortal state1 to 
perish with the decayed body and be     
scattered like the dust to which it is  
resolved8 ,are the fond relations of    
husband and wife1 and parent and child  
to be dissolved forever8 ,is this       
exquisitely1 fearfully and wonderfully  
formed mechanism1 with the experiences  
of its temporal existence1 to be        
obliterated and lose its identity in the
 material universe8  ,the answer comes  
down from the remotest ages1 like sweet 
and sacred music whose tones swell and  
increase as the chorus is joined by the 
voices of the prophets and saints of    
each succeeding dispensation1 until the 
grand harmony thrills every respondent  
soul4 ,the burden of the song is in the 
words of the poetic ,isaiah3 ,thy dead  
men shall live1 together with my dead   
body shall they arise4 ,awake and sing1 
ye that dwell in dust3 for thy dew is as

 the dew of herbs1 and the earth shall  
cast out the dead4 ,and the ringing     
tones of ,job the ancient are heard as a
 solo whose melody reaches unto heaven3 
,i know that my ,redeemer liveth1 and   
that he shall stand at the latter day   
upon the earth2 and though after my skin
 worms destroy this body1 yet in my     
flesh shall ,i see ,god6  ,the faith of 
all people who have communed with ,god  
or have been inspired by the ,holy      
,ghost1 has been that they should be    
resurrected from the dead4 ,they not    
only had the assurance of spirit life   
beyond the grave1 but of the            
revivification of the material body4    
,the signification of the word resurrect
 is to stand up again4 ,that which was  
laid down was to be raised up4 ,the     
release of the immortal spirit from the 
mortal body would not answer to this4   
,it was this mortal that was to put on  
immortality1 this corruptible that was  
to put on incorruption4  ,to make this  
matter certain1 ,jesus1 who expiated the

 primal sin1 after being offered on the 
cross as the great sacrifice1 gave up   
the ghost4 ,his lifeless body was taken 
down1 embalmed and buried in a new tomb 
hewed out of the rock4 ,it was guarded  
by ,roman soldiers4 ,on the third day   
from the interment that body came forth 
alive from the grave4 ,the same ,jesus  
who was crucified appeared again among  
,his disciples1 and proved that the same
 body interred was brought forth again1 
by exhibiting the wounds made by the    
nails and the spear1 by permitting them 
to touch ,him1 by eating and conversing 
with them1 and by repeated visits4      
,this was not a mere manifestation of   
the immortality of the soul1 but a      
demonstration of the resurrection of the
 body4 ,yet that body was transformed4  
,the corruptible blood was purged from  
the veins1 and incorruptible spiritual  
fluid occupied its place4 ,it was buried
 a natural body1 it was resurrected a   
spiritual body4 ,here then1 was a       
pattern of that which is to come4 ,this 

was the first fruits of them that slept1
 a glorious sample of the great harvest 
of the summer of redemption4  ,now the  
sacrifice of the ,savior had as one of  
its chief objects the restoration of    
mankind to the condition lost by the    
fall4 ,as in ,adam all die1 even so in  
,christ shall all be made alive4 ,death 
came to the race through one man's sin2 
life comes to the race through one man's
 atonement for that sin4 ,the remedy is 
as broad as the disease4 ,the plan is   
perfect4 ,this is why ,christ is called 
,the resurrection and the life4 ,by     
virtue of ,his triumph over sin and ,his
 voluntary submission to death1 which   
had no valid claim upon ,him1 being     
sinless1 ,he obtained the keys of       
redemption for all the sleeping dust of 
the ,adamic family4 ,so ,he made no idle
 boast or mystic figure of speech when  
he declared1 ,the hour is coming1 in    
which all that are in the graves shall  
hear ,his voice1 and shall come forth2  
they that have done good1 unto the      

resurrection of life2 and they that have
 done evil1 unto the resurrection of    
damnation4  ,the raising of the dead1   
though universal1 is not simultaneous4  
,when ,christ1 who is our life1 shall   
appear1 ,he will first redeem those that
 are in ,him4 ,having put on ,christ and
 received of ,his spirit1 they will come
 forth at ,his call to meet ,him4 ,they 
who have part in the first resurrection 
are those who have died in the ,lord and
 are blessed and holy4 ,their bodies    
will be fashioned like unto ,his        
glorious body4 ,having been planted in  
the likeness of ,his death they will be 
also in the likeness of ,his            
resurrection4 ,that is1 they will be    
quickened by the celestial glory and be 
placed in a condition to receive a      
fullness thereof1 and inherit all things
 as joint heirs with ,christ4  ,the     
wicked dead remain unquickened for a    
thousand years4 ,they reap the fruits of
 their evil seeds sown in lives of      
transgression4 ,they drink the dregs of 

a bitter cup4 ,some are beaten with many
 stripes1 others with but a few4        
,justice metes out to them their dues4  
,and when they come forth to stand up in
 their bodies1 they will not be         
quickened by the celestial glory1 but by
 that for which they are fitted by their
 respective conditions consequent upon  
their earthly acts1 and they will occupy
 positions accordingly4 ,but all will be
 redeemed in due season from the grave  
and stand the scrutiny of the           
,all-,seeing ,eye and the judgment of   
unswerving ,justice1 which will         
determine their eternal future4  ,in    
this age of general doubt1 when human   
reason is exalted above divine          
testimony1 and the voice of faith is    
drowned by the clamors of pretended     
science1 the possibility and use of a   
resuscitation of the body are scouted   
and denied4 ,but all things are possible
 to them that believe1 and the divinely 
illuminated mind can perceive not only  
the use1 but the necessity of the       

resurrection4  ,the being that was      
placed in ,eden and endowed with power  
to wield dominion over all created      
things1 was a living soul1 a sentient   
spirit in an immortal body1 a man       
fashioned in the image of ,god4 ,he fell
 from that condition and paid the       
penalty of death4 ,christ's atonement1  
as we have seen restores him to his     
original condition4 ,but this he cannot 
have without his body again made        
immortal4 ,by the workings of the grand 
scheme of human exaltation1 he and his  
posterity1 with the benefits of the     
lessons of experience1 will be restored 
to the immortality and pleasures of the 
primeval paradise1 and placed on the    
path of eternal progress4  ,and1 mark   
this1 a body framed out of the grosser  
elements is essential to the perfect    
happiness and power of the refined      
spiritual organism which possesses it as
 a tabernacle4 ,the principle of        
affinities and of the attraction and    
communion of similars proclaim this     

truth4 ,spirit ministers to spirit4     
,things of a like nature cohere4 ,the   
higher or spiritual element reaches     
upward to the loftiest things2 the lower
 or fleshy element reaches downward1 and
 the twain1 inseparably combined and    
governed by the laws of right and truth1
 draw pleasure and delight from the     
heights and depth of the boundless      
universe and the ever-extending spheres 
of eternal intelligence4 ,a disembodied 
spirit is imperfect1 and requires       
clothing with its denser parts4 ,without
 them1 its affinities would lie in but  
one direction1 and its joy and progress 
would be limited4  ,the family condition
 too is formed in the embodied state4   
,death separates the husband and wife1  
the parents and children4 ,the          
resurrection1 in its highest conditions1
 reunites them and restores all that was
 lost in the grave4 ,who can picture the
 bliss1 the glory1 the power1 the might1
 the dominion and majesty that shall    
grow out of the redemption from the dead

 of the righteous man and his household1
 dwelling in perfect harmony and peace  
with all the powers of their being1     
spiritual and physical1 purified1       
quickened1 intensified and enlarged to a
 fullness1 with all eternity before them
 for the exercise thereof in accordance 
with the designs of the ,great ,greater8
 ,it is beyond the skill of man to      
depict it1 and no mortal mind can       
comprehend it without special divine    
illumination4  ,and who shall define the
 impossible1 or draw the bounds of the  
powers of the ,creator8 ,the secret of  
ordinary life is hidden from the        
scrutiny of the most profound scientist4
 ,he knows not the mystery of the vital 
principle that quickens even the lowest 
form of animated nature4 ,his own powers
 of mind and motion are incomprehensible
 to him4 ,their origin and cause are    
beyond his ken1 and he cannot solve the 
problem any better than the ignorant    
,hottentot or the untutored ,indian4    
,the reproduction of plants from their  

seeds1 the evolving of life out of the  
midst of their death1 is a wonder       
unexplained4 ,and shall we say that it  
is impossible for the ,power that       
regulates the universe to reanimate a   
defunct body8  ,it must be remembered   
that nothing in nature is annihilated4  
,no particle of matter is destroyed by  
any process4 ,what is called death is   
but a change of form4 ,all matter is not
 visible to the human eye4 ,a body may  
exist1 but so transformed as to be      
imperceptible to the natural vision4    
,the forces that regulate the universe  
are occult1 and though some of the laws 
that govern them are known1 there are   
others that have not been discovered1   
and it is the height of presumption for 
those who have obtained a smattering of 
information concerning these things--and
 who has obtained more8--to declare that
 impossible which they know nothing of1 
or to limit the power of that creative  
or quickening energy1 whose nature1     
capabilities and qualities they cannot  

comprehend in the smallest degree4  ,if 
one dead body has been raised to life1  
unnumbered millions may also be revived4
 ,that one we have in the person of     
,jesus of ,nazareth1 and ,he is the     
forerunner of all the race4 ,let the    
sons and daughters of men rejoice and   
give thanks to ,him who has wrought out 
this great redemption4 ,death is        
conquered4 ,the grave has no terrors4   
,life and immortality are brought to    
light4 ,eternity with all its prospects 
and capabilities is open to the view4   
,and through the power of the           
resurrection vested in ,christ ,jesus1  
the whole globe shall deliver up its    
dead1 and the great progenitor of our   
race1 ,adam1 the ,ancient of ,days1     
shall stand forth at the head of his    
posterity all quickened and animated by 
the spirit of life2 and while ,jesus the
 ,son is hailed as the mighty ,redeemer1
 ,god the ,eternal ,father shall be     
honored and worshiped for ever as the   
,author of our being1 from whom springs 

all life1 light1 power and glory        
throughout the vast domains of universal
 space6    ,,eleventh ,,leaf4  ,man or  
,woman ,alone ,imperfect--,marriage     
,ordained of ,god--,sanctity of ,proper 
,sexual ,relations--,matrimony a ,part  
of ,religion--,the ,first ,pair         
,immortal--,marriage for                
,eternity--,keys of ,celestial          
,marriage--,condition of ,those who     
,marry ,only for ,time--,man the ,head  
of the ,woman--,plurality of            
,wires--,continuation of the ,righteous 
,forever--,eternal ,family              
,organizations--,everlasting ,increase  
and ,dominion4  ,no man or woman1       
separate and single1 can attain the     
fullness of celestial glory4 ,perfection
 of being1 happiness1 exaltation or     
dominion1 is unattainable by either sex 
alone4 ,the nature1 desires1            
capabilities and manifest design of both
 male and female humanity proclaim this1
 and the voice of ,deity has endorsed   
and sanctified the utterance of nature4 

,woman was made for man4 ,marriage is   
ordained of ,god4 ,in its correct form  
it is under the divine direction4 ,the  
,father of the race has the right to a  
voice in the sexual unions of ,his      
children4 ,those relations are fraught  
with so much consequence1 relating to   
time and eternity1 that the ,supreme    
,ruler should regulate them for the     
benefit of the parties1 the welfare of  
society and the good of posterity in    
this world1 as well as for eternal      
results in the life to come4  ,the male 
and female elements of humanity seek    
union1 of their own volition4 ,the      
natural attraction that prompts this is 
right and proper4 ,but if there were no 
rules and restrictions for the          
government of these tendencies and the  
actions resultant1 confusion would      
ensue1 and the effects would be sorrow1 
ruin and destruction4 ,matrimony        
therefore becomes a part of religion4   
,it is a divine institution1 and hence  
should be divinely directed4 ,the first 

marriage on record was solemnized by    
,deity4 ,it was ,god who said1 ,it is   
not good that the man should be alone4  
,it was ,god who brought ,eve and gave  
her to ,adam4 ,it was ,god who commanded
 the twain made one flesh to increase   
and multiply4  ,marriage1 properly      
contracted1 is therefore holy and pure1 
and its relations1 unabused1 are sacred 
and chaste4 ,the notion that celibacy is
 purer than matrimony1 that either man  
or woman is holier in the sight of      
heaven because of nonintercourse with   
the other sex1 is a gross error1        
unwarranted by reason or revelation4    
,there is no attribute of the mind or   
function of the body that is in itself1 
or in its legitimate exercise1 impure or
 degrading4 ,it is only the wrong use of
 any of our powers that is sinful4  ,the
 first marriage recorded in scripture   
was the union of immortals4 ,the curse  
of death had not been pronounced when   
the ceremony was solemnized4 ,there was 
no sin then1 and therefore there was no 

death4 ,the man and woman became ,,one  
as eternal beings1 and dominion was     
given to them over all earthly things1  
together4 ,death and the rule of man    
over the woman came as the consequences 
of transgression4 ,the penalty was paid1
 the redemption was wrought out1 and    
through the atonement those two persons 
are restored to their pristine          
condition4  ,in the resurrection1 then1 
,adam and ,eve come together as at the  
first in the garden1 and there is no    
more separation for them4 ,they are     
rejoined1 not as ghostly beings without 
the feelings and powers of tangible     
personality1 but as the man and the     
woman made one eternally1 with power to 
increase and multiply and have dominion1
 with all eternity before them for the  
exercise of every power with which the  
,creator endowed them1 spiritual1 mental
 and physical1 standing at the head of  
the race1 perfected by experience and   
obedience to eternal law1 and ready to  
act in the harmony with celestial       

intelligencies1 and preside over their  
own posterity forever4  ,here is a      
sample marriage4 ,it was not for time   
alone1 but for eternity4 ,death         
intervened1 but only as an incident4    
,the bond that bound them in matrimony  
was not sundered4 ,the seal set upon    
them was of heavenly stamp4 ,its virtue 
reached within the vail4 ,its force     
extended into the world to come4 ,there 
was no end to it4 ,god had a hand in it 
and it was ,his seal and sanction that  
made it valid and everlasting4 ,all     
other marriages solemnized on similar   
principles and under the same authority 
will be of the same virtue and effect4  
,ordinances performed by those divinely 
appointed are as though attended to by  
,deity in person4 ,whoso receiveth you  
receiveth me1 saith the ,lord4 ,what    
they bind on earth shall be bound in    
heaven4 ,herein is the authority of the 
holy ,priesthood1 and herein is the     
sealing power for the ,saints of ,god1  
by which they may enter into the holy   

order of celestial marriage that lasts  
while eternity endures4 ,the ,,keys of  
this power are only held by one man at a
 time on the earth1 being vested in the 
president of the whole ,church of ,god  
in the flesh4 ,but while he holds the   
keys1 others may officiate therein under
 his direction and authority4  ,unions  
formed by men and women1 of their own   
arrangement without any divine sanction 
or divine ceremony1 are only temporary  
in their nature4 ,they end when the     
parties or either of them die4 ,god does
 not acknowledge that which ,he has not 
appointed4 ,neither the vows of the man 
and woman1 nor the ceremony performed by
 a person unauthorized by the ,almighty 
are recognized in heaven1 but only      
pertain to earth and time4 ,the claim of
 parents thus united1 over their        
offspring1 is but of the earth1 earthy1 
and does not extend into the spheres    
beyond4 ,death dissolves both these     
marital and parental ties1 and each     
family particle becomes disintegrated4  

,no power but that of ,deity can bring  
them again together1 and as ,god        
proceeds by law1 and the law fixed for  
these relations have not been complied  
with1 the separation continues while    
endless ages roll4 ,in the resurrection 
they neither marry1 nor are given in    
marriage1 but1 if in a saved condition1 
are as the angels1 and they are         
ministering spirits or servants unto    
those who obtain the crown of eternal   
lives1 a far more and exceeding and     
eternal weight of glory1 than that which
 rests upon any of the angels4 ,men and 
women may be saved in a separate and    
single state1 but they cannot be exalted
 into the fullness of celestial glory   
without union in celestial marriage1    
because that is a state of perfection   
and comprehends the gift of perpetual   
increase1 in which there are endless    
dominion and the exercise of all the    
powers of immortal manhood and womanhood
 united as one in the everlasting       
covenant4  ,in the divine economy1 as in

 nature1 the man is the head of the     
woman1 and it is written that he is the 
savior of the body4 ,but the man is not 
without the woman any more than the     
woman is without the man1 in the ,lord4 
,adam was first formed1 then ,eve4 ,in  
the resurrection they stand side by side
 and hold dominion together4 ,every man 
who overcomes all things and is thereby 
entitled to inherit all things1 receives
 power to bring up his wife to join him 
in the possession and enjoyment thereof4
  ,in the case of a man marrying a wife 
in the everlasting covenant who dies    
while he continues in the flesh and     
marries another by the same divine law1 
each wife will come forth in her order  
and enter with him into his glory4 ,is  
there any reason why this should not be 
so8 ,is not each of these wives entitled
 to her position in eternity1 by virtue 
of the sealing power which made her part
 of the man8 ,why should one enter into 
the exaltation of the celestial world1  
and the other be relegated to singleness

 and servitude8 ,they all become one in 
the patriarchal order of family         
government4 ,and if this be the case in 
heaven1 why should not similar          
conditions so far as possible exist on  
earth8 ,is earth holier than heaven8 ,if
 a man receives from the ,lord more     
wives than one under the sealing        
ordinances of celestial marriage1 where 
is the moral wrong8 ,they belong to no  
other man1 but are his by mutual consent
 of all the interested parties1 and they
 live together in the marriage state1   
one as much as the other4  ,in this     
position there are occasions for the    
exercise of patience1 forbearance1      
charity1 self-sacrifice and the exercise
 of all the virtues to a far greater    
degree than in any other4 ,in this      
plural family relation1 an experience   
can be gained that no other condition in
 life affords1 and the parties who so   
live and keep the law will be1 in the   
very nature of things1 prepared for a   
wider sphere of dominion1 and power1 and

 dignity1 and might in the eternal      
world1 than those who have only         
experienced the monogamic condition4    
,they will1 therefore1 if they endure   
unto the end1 go forward into the       
highest degree of exaltation1 while     
their posterity will multiply in an     
ever-increasing ratio1 until worlds will
 be filled by their generations and they
 will ascend to the majesty and splendor
 of the ,gods on high4  ,herein is our  
,eternal ,father glorified and ,his     
dominions extended4 ,by the continuation
 of the seeds of the righteous forever1 
the multiplication of ,his sons and     
daughters creates the needs for worlds  
and systems1 to be brought forth        
according to eternal laws1 to occupy    
their position in the universe as       
dwelling places for spirits1 and        
embodied mortals1 and perfected souls1  
in the various grades on the path of    
progress towards the perfection of the  
celestial order2 as orbs of light and   
splendor1 or globes of trial1 punishment

 or correction1 each in its allotted    
sphere in the galaxy of suns and stars  
and planets1 and in the vast and        
wondrous plans of the ,mighty           
,architect1 the ,eternal ,parent of     
organized intelligencies4  ,in obedience
 to ,his laws1 there is present peace   
and future joy4 ,they who are in harmony
 with ,him are in affinity with the     
source of all pleasure and power4 ,his  
commandments are found in the laws of   
continuing life1 which regulate as      
permanent things2 and they who reject   
,him and ,his counsels shut the gate    
against their own happiness and         
advancement4 ,but1 for them who receive 
,his gospel and conform to all its      
ordinances and teachings1 the door is   
open to the highest courts in the       
heavenly mansions1 and while they are   
helped through the ordeals of mortal    
life1 they gain the keys to all the     
glories of that existence in which the  
family relation is perfected and        
perpetuated1 and every power of the     

whole being1 refined1 intensified and   
developed1 finds exercise1 in its true  
sphere1 to the complete and unalloyed   
bliss of each one in the endless family 
circle1 and the glory of ,him who is the
 ,patriarch and ,ruler of all4          
,,twelfth ,,leaf4  ,christ's ,work      
,continued ,after ,his ,death--,the     
,perfect ,science of ,human             
,redemption--,what was ,lost in the     
,fall--,what is to be ,regained in the  
,restoration--,justice ,tempered with   
,mercy--,loss ,sustained by the         
,disobedient--,doom of the ,sons of     
,perdition--,the ,celestial1            
,terrestrial and ,telestial             
,glories--,redemption and ,glorification
 of the ,earth--,salvation of the ,whole
 ,race--,the ,finished ,work of         
,christ--,universal ,dominion of the    
,father4  ,the mission of ,christ was to
 save that which was lost4 ,it was not  
completed when ,he hung upon the cross4 
,his dying exclamation1 ,it is finished6
 referred to ,his sufferings for sin1   

the ordeals of mortality1 ,his labors in
 the flesh4 ,as we have seen1 ,he       
continued ,his work of salvation when   
out of the body1 by preaching to the    
dead4 ,after ,his resurrection ,he met1 
on several occasions1 with ,his         
disciples1 and instructed them in the   
plan of redemption and sent them to all 
nations1 that the work ,he had commenced
 on earth might be continued4 ,he       
ministered to other nations1 uttered    
,his voice to other sheep which were not
 of the fold in ,palestine1 that the    
lost tribes of ,israel and all who could
 not be reached by ,his ,jewish         
,apostles might hear the glad tidings of
 salvation4 ,this1 however1 not fully   
revealed in the ,bible1 is made clear in
 the ,book of ,mormon4 ,after ,his      
ascension1 to fulfill ,his own promise1 
,he went to prepare a place for ,his    
faithful disciples1 that when they left 
the earth they might be able to abide   
with ,him4  ,but all this was only a    
small part of the perfect scheme of     

redemption4 ,that which was lost in     
,adam is to be regained in ,christ4     
,through the commission of crime1 death 
came into the world4 ,satan gained      
dominion4 ,the earth trembled under the 
curse4 ,eden bloomed no more upon its   
face4 ,the tree of life was removed4    
,thorns and briers and noxious weeds    
came up in the place of the flowers and 
fruits of paradise4 ,deity was hidden   
from the sight of man4 ,sorrow and pain 
and toil and travail became the heritage
 of mortals4 ,enmity arose between man  
and beast4 ,venom entered the serpent's 
fangs1 and rage the hearts of brute and 
fowl and aqueous creature4 ,strife dwelt
 in the very elements and death brooded 
over the face of the smitten globe4     
,what1 then1 was lost8 ,the immortality 
of man2 the blessed tree of life2       
communion with ,jehovah2 the            
companionship of angels2 the purity of  
paradise2 man's dominion over inferior  
creatures2 freedom from satanic         
influence2 exemption from toil and pain2

 earth's affinity with perfected realms 
on high4  ,until all this has been      
restored1 ,christ's work must continue4 
,the earth must be cleansed from its    
corruptions4 ,the elements must melt    
with fervent heat1 and be purified from 
evil4 ,satan and his hosts must be      
banished and bound4 ,eden must blossom  
again as at first4 ,the lion and the    
lamb must lie down together4 ,the fig   
tree and the myrtle must flourish where 
the rank weeds grow4 ,the whole race of 
,adam must be raised from the dead4 ,the
 vail between earth and heaven must be  
removed4 ,the knowledge and glory of    
,god must cover the earth as the waters 
cover the deep1 and the spirit of life  
and peace and light and joy must be     
poured out upon all flesh1 until the    
whole creation vibrates with pleasure   
and responds with praise4  ,the ushering
 in of the great millennial day1 a      
glimpse of which has been seen by all   
the holy prophets since the world began1
 with the sweet rest of earth and its   

inhabitants1 is not1 however1 the       
completion of ,christ's glorious work4  
,his kingdom must not only be           
established from pole to pole and from  
shore to shore1 but ,his saving power   
must penetrate to every lost soul of our
 race in1 the regions of the damned4  ,a
 just judgment will be meted out to all4
 ,they who reject the gospel must suffer
 the penalty4 ,those who are found      
worthy of many stripes must receive     
their portion4 ,the wicked will be      
turned into hell1 with all the nations  
that forget ,god4 ,each condemned person
 will pay the uttermost farthing for his
 sins4 ,justice1 tempered1 not warped or
 thwarted1 by mercy1 will mete out to   
all their right deserts1 every man      
according to ,his works4 ,the punishment
 is always existent1 therefore it is    
eternal punishment4 ,but each one who   
suffers1 receives only his just portion 
thereof4 ,shall the murderer and the    
,sabbath-breaker1 the adulterer and the 
thief1 the drunkard and the profane1 all

 merit the same doom8 ,would human      
courts proclaim such judgment8 ,shall   
man have more equity than ,god8 ,when   
stern justice has claimed its own and   
filled its purpose1 shall there be no   
place for sweet mercy8  ,while there is 
one soul of this race1 willing and able 
to accept and obey the laws of          
redemption1 no matter where or in what  
condition it may be found1 ,christ's    
work will be incomplete until that being
 is brought up from death and hell1 and 
placed in a position of progress1 upward
 and onward1 in such glory as is        
possible for its enjoyment and the      
service of the great ,god4  ,the        
punishment inflicted will be adequate to
 the wrongs performed4 ,in one sense the
 sinner will always suffer its effects4 
,when the debt is paid and justice is   
satisfied2 when obedience is learned    
through the lessons of sad experience2  
when the grateful and subdued soul comes
 forth from the everlasting punishment1 
thoroughly willing to comply with the   

laws once rejected2 there will be an    
abiding sense of loss4 ,the fullness of 
celestial glory in the presence and     
society of ,god and the ,lamb are beyond
 the reach of that saved but not        
perfected soul1 forever4 ,the power of  
increase1 wherein is dominion and       
exaltation1 and crowns of immeasurable  
glory1 is not for the class of beings   
who have been thrust down to hell and   
endured the wrath of ,god for the period
 allotted by eternal judgment4  ,but    
,jesus1 the anointed1 with ,his army of 
saviors bearing the ,priesthood after   
the order of ,melchisedec1 will seek and
 save that which is lost until          
everything salvable is redeemed4 ,only  
those beings who have learned the law1  
received of the light of truth1 tasted  
the sweets of the divine spirit1 basked 
in the sunbeams of the heavenly glory1  
made covenant to serve the ,king of     
kings and received power to advance to  
the pinnacle1 of exaltation1 and then   
have turned away from the right1 chosen 

evil rather than good1 driven away the  
power and promptings of the ,spirit of  
light and truth1 sought to become a law 
unto themselves1 imbrued their hands in 
the blood of innocence or1 drinking in  
of the influence of that evil one1      
consented to and endorsed the slaying of
 the world's ,redeemer1 thus sinning    
against the ,holy ,ghost and becoming   
servants of ,satan and sons of          
perdition1 will be in their nature and  
status unredeemable1 and therefore will 
remain filthy still and thus be unfit   
for a kingdom of any degree of glory4   
,those will go away with the devil and  
his angels into the outer darkness1     
beyond the spheres where flows the river
 of salvation and where blooms the tree 
of life4 ,for them alone of ,adam's race
 there is no repentance1 for them alone 
is the second death1 for them alone is  
the blackness of darkness forever4      
,when the work of ,christ and ,his      
associate kings and priests unto ,god is
 finished1 the saints of all the ages   

will be crowned with glory and receive  
their reward4 ,they will be made rulers 
over many things4 ,in the order of      
eternity1 they will stand in the        
heavenly family organization1 and all   
things will be theirs4 ,of their        
increase there will be no end4 ,they    
will hold the key to all heights and    
depths4 ,they will have power over all  
the elements1 spiritual and corporeal4  
,the incorruptible and fadeless riches  
will be theirs4 ,they will mingle with  
the highest4 ,they will gaze upon the   
face of the ,eternal ,god and dwell in  
the presence of the sinless ,son4 ,pain 
and sorrow1 and trial and death will    
henceforth be only known in memory1 to  
form the contrast needful to make their 
joy complete4 ,eternity with its        
boundless opportunities and unutterable 
bliss and intelligence and majesty will 
be before them without a barrier in the 
way1 secure for them as to the ,almighty
 ,father himself4 ,this is the celestial
 glory4  ,those who were not numbered   

with the ,saints of ,god in the flesh1  
but who received the gospel in the      
spirit2 the good and honorable who were 
led astray by the designing2 the class  
not fitted for the crowning glory of the
 celestial world nor worthy of the doom 
of the wicked1 will also receive their  
portion4 ,they will not attain to the   
gifts of increase and dominion and the  
fullness of the highest1 but will enter 
into their rest1 which shall be         
glorious4 ,and though they reach not to 
the ,father's fullness1 they will       
receive the visits of the ,son and of   
,his associates in the celestial world1 
and enjoy rich blessings unspeakable in 
their greatness and perpetuity4 ,they   
inherit the terrestrial glory4  ,those  
who were cast down to the depths for    
their sins1 who rejected the gospel of  
,jesus1 who persecuted the saints1 who  
reveled in iniquity1 who committed all  
manner of transgressions except the     
unpardonable crime1 will also come forth
 in the ,lord's time1 through the blood 

of the ,lamb and the ministry of ,his   
disciples and their own repentance and  
willing acceptance of divine law1 and   
enter into the various degrees of glory 
and power and progress and light1       
according to their different capacities 
and adaptabilities4 ,they cannot go up  
into the society of the ,father nor     
receive of the presence of the ,son1 but
 will have ministrations of messengers  
from the terrestrial world1 and have joy
 beyond all expectation and the         
conception of uninspired mortal minds4  
,they will all bow the knee to ,christ  
and serve ,god the ,father1 and have an 
eternity of usefulness and happiness in 
harmony with the higher powers4 ,they   
receive the telestial glory4  ,thus the 
inhabitants of earth1 with the few      
exceptions that are beyond the power of 
redemption1 will eventually be saved4   
,and the globe on which they passed     
their probation1 having kept the law of 
its being1 will come into remembrance   
before its ,maker4 ,it will die like its

 products4 ,but it will be quickened    
again and resurrected in the celestial  
glory4 ,it has been born of the water1  
it will also be born of the ,spirit4    
,purified by fire from all the          
corruptions that once defiled it1       
developed into its perfections as one of
 the family of worlds fitted for the    
,creator's presence1 all its latent     
light awakened into scintillating       
action1 it will move up into its place  
among the orbs governed by celestial    
time1 and shining like a sea of glass   
mingled with fire1 every tint and color 
of the heavenly bow radiating from its  
surface1 the ransomed of the ,lord will 
dwell upon it2 the highest beings of the
 ancient orbs will visit it2 the garden 
of ,god will again adorn it2 the        
heavenly government will prevail in     
every part2 ,jesus will reign as its    
,king2 the river of life will flow out  
from the regal throne2 the tree of life1
 whose leaves were for the healing of   
the nations1 will flourish upon the     

banks of the heavenly stream1 and its   
golden fruit will be free for the       
white-robed throng1 that they may eat   
and live forever4 ,this perfected earth 
and its saved inhabitants will then be  
presented to the ,eternal ,father as the
 finished work of ,christ1 and all      
things will be subject unto the ,great  
,patriarch1 ,architect1 ,creator1       
,ruler1 the ,almighty1 to whom be       
obedience and reverence and praise in   
all the countless worlds that shine as  
jewels in ,his universal crown6    ,,the
 ,,latter-,,day ,,kingdom4    ,how shall
 ,i sing thy beauty1 pow'r and light1   
,o glorious kingdom of the latter days6 
,i see thy loveliness1 ,i feel thy      
might1     ,but find no utterance to    
speak thy praise6    ,i search in vain  
the records of the past1     ,which     
paint dead kingdoms in their short-lived
 pride1   ,they cannot picture thee1    
whose pow'r shall last     ,while heav'n
 and truth and ,deity abide4    ,and    
shall the little powers that be to-day1 

,be likened for a moment to thy majesty8
   ,as well declare pale vesta's        
twinkling ray     ,unfolds the splendor 
of eternity4    ,in hist'ry only        
,egypt's greatness lives--     ,lost are
 its treasures1 all its wisdom hid1     
,except the scraps the crumbling mummy  
gives1     ,the sculptured sphynx and   
tow'ring pyramid4    ,assyria6 ,thy     
sceptre lies in dust4     ,thy bow is   
broken and thy pomp has fled4           
,perished thy fruits of conquest1 blood 
and lust1     ,with all the warriors    
that ,tiglath led6    ,where are the    
palaces of ,babylon1     ,the hanging   
gardens and the golden tow'rs8   ,with  
the ,chaldeans' starlight wisdom gone1  
,walls1 gates and glory1 images and     
flow'rs6    ,and couldst not thou1      
,greece1 avert thy fate1     ,with      
oracles and wealth and victory8         
,couldst not thy world-wide reign       
perpetuate1     ,with all thy gods and  
deep philosophy8    ,the soul that moved
 thee in thy conquering march1     ,that

 spoke in poesy and art and grace1   ,is
 disembodied2 and the mouldering arch   
,and chiseled fragment mark thy burial  
place4    ,and thou1 ,o ,rome6 proud    
mistress of the world6     ,thine       
armored legions spread no terror now4   
,they bring no blood-bought spoils of   
gems impearled1     ,to deck thy bosom  
and thy haughty brow4    ,thy           
,coliseum's vast and vacant walls1      
,rot as an emblem of thy great decay1   
,and on the ear its mournful echo falls1
     ,a dismal knell of thy departed    
sway6    ,o6 all ye living governments  
and states6     ,gaze on the relics of  
far mightier powers6   ,the hand that   
shattered them1 uplifted waits     ,the 
bell that ends your few remaining hours6
    ,in the high chambers of the ,west1 
,i see     ,an infant kingdom struggling
 to the birth4   ,and the prophetic     
spirit says to me1     ,in manhood this 
shall govern all the earth4    ,o ,zion6
 built by ,saints of latter days4       
,bring forth the promised kingdom to the

 world6   ,upon the mountain tops the   
ensign raise1     ,and spread its       
shining folds to all the world6         
,gathered from ev'ry clime and tongue   
and race1     ,under the banner1        
righteous men shall stand1   ,and the   
all-conquering ,christ shall show ,his  
face1     ,and give dominion to that    
faithful band4    ,armored in truth and 
,god's authority1     ,dauntless and    
terrible1 yet full of love1   ,the ,king
 shall lead them unto victory1     ,and 
bring a van-guard from the ranks above4 
,no weapon formed against them shall    
prevail1     ,no cunning plan shall     
prove their overthrow2   ,the prince of 
all earth's kingdoms they assail1       
,and drive his forces to the shades     
below4    ,the spirit that gives wisdom 
to the wise1     ,prom ,council1        
,congress1 ,parliament1 shall flee--    
,shall rest on those whom all mankind   
despise1     ,and leave the world to    
human policy4    ,left1 in a day of     
storms1 each bark of state1     ,rotten 

and rudderless1 whirled madly on        
,against each other on the sea of fate1 
,with awful crash to depths of death go 
down4    ,but see the ship no storm can 
overwhelm1     ,saving the remnants of  
the wrecks below6   ,the ,priesthood 's 
written on her shining helm1     ,god's 
,kingdom is inscribed upon her bow4     
,god's ,kingdom6 seen in vision by the  
seers6     ,god's ,kingdom6 ,clothed in 
justice truth and light6   ,theme of the
 prophet and the bard appears1     ,to  
save the nations from chaotic night4    
,a perfect government for all the earth4
     ,not a republic nor a monarchy1    
,and yet from both all principles of    
worth     ,are blended in this great    
,theocracy4    ,wielding almighty power 
in ev'ry land1     ,the willing people  
bend to its supreme decrees1   ,and     
mutual int'rest1 like a golden band1    
,binds in one social compact men of all 
degrees4    ,appointed by the great     
,jehovah's voice1     ,by intellect and 
virtue qualified1   ,and a free people's

 universal choice1     ,the leading     
spirits govern and preside4    ,no      
longer bound beneath the cruel weight   
,of idle vampires1 draining their life's
 blood1   ,the joyful nations yield the 
pow'r of state1     ,to legislators for 
their country's good4    ,earth's       
treasures1 hiding 'neath the deep sea   
waves1     ,bound in the rock1 or       
shining on the strand1   ,or glittering 
in subterraneous caves1     ,come       
sparkling forth at industry's command4  
,new sciences and arts diffuse new      
light1     ,knowledge of future and of  
past events1   ,wisdom to comprehend the
 secret might1     ,and subtle forces of
 the elements4    ,in wondrous          
implements1 mechanic skill     ,gives   
unto labor swift and easy wings1        
,making each sterile spot with life to  
thrill1     ,while water from the       
thirsty desert springs4    ,thought1    
freed from human trammels1 brings to    
light     ,its glorious conceptions     
without fear1   ,and mouldy ,precedent1 

struck dead with fright1     ,reposes on
 an unregretted bier4    ,the laws which
 life and health perpetuate1     ,by    
inspiration's sacred voice are taught1  
,and every passion made subordinate1    
,to principles with lasting pleasure    
fraught4    ,jesus1 the ,sinless1 fills 
the regal throne1     ,to ,him all other
 rulers bend the knee2   ,he reigns not 
by ,his right and might alone1     ,but 
loving homage swells ,his majesty4      
,earth linked into the chain of worlds  
on high1     ,among the ransomed planets
 takes its place1   ,and finds itself in
 blest affinity     ,with orbs that     
govern time through boundless space4    
,such is the kingdom now on earth begun1
     ,a branch of the great             
,governmental ,tree1   ,whose roots are 
grounded in the central sun1     ,whose 
boughs bear fruit through all eternity4 
,happy are they who labor in its cause1 
,happy are they who suffer for its sake2
   ,for all who are obedient to its     
laws1     ,of all its joys and honors   

shall partake4    ,,appendix            
,scripture references in proof of the   
doctrines set   forth in the body of    
this work4    ,,first ,,leaf4    ,but   
one ,god to worship--,i4 ,cor4 viii1 #f4
   ,man's ways not accepted of          
,god--,matt4 xv1 #i4   ,only one correct
 way--,john x1 #a4   ,faith the first   
principle--,heb4 xi1 #f4   ,faith a     
principle of power--,heb4 x4   ,how     
faith comes--,rom4 x1 #ad1 #ag4   ,human
 learning inadequate--,i4 ,cor4 ii1     
#e-ad4   ,god the ,father of            
spirits--,heb4 xii1 #i2 ,eccles4 xii1   
#g2 ,john xx1 #ag4   ,man in ,god's     
image--,gen4 i1 #bf2 ,i4 ,cor4 xi1 #g4  
,,second ,,leaf4    ,death by ,adam1    
life by ,christ--,rom4 x1 #ab-ba   ,all1
 good and bad1 to be raised from the    
dead--,i4 ,cor4 xv1 #bb2        ,john v1
 #bh1 #bi2 ,daniel xii1 #b4   ,christ   
died for original sin--,john i1 #bi2    
,rom4 v1 #ah1 #ai2 ,i4        ,cor4 xv4 
#ba1 #bb4   ,christ died for our actual 
sins--,rom4 iv1 #be3 v1 #h2 viii1 #cb2  

,i4 ,cor4 xv4 #c2 ,galatians i1 #d2     
,ephesians1 i1 #g3 ,collossians1        
i1 #ad2 ,heb4 ii1 #i2 ix1 #bh2 ,i4      
,peter ii1 #bd2 iii1 #ah2        ,i4    
,john ii1 #b4   ,faith repentance and   
baptism fundamental principles--,heb4   
vi1 #a1 #b2 ,matthew xxviii1 #ai1 #bj2  
,true repentance--,,ii4 ,cor4 viii1 #aj1
 #aa4   ,baptism is immersion--,rom4 vi1
 #d2 ,acts viii1 #ch1 #ci2 ,mark i1 #d4 
,but one baptism--,ephesians iv1 #e4    
,but one door into the fold--,john x4   
#a1 #b4    ,,third ,,leaf4    ,gift of  
the ,holy ,ghost by laying on of        
hands--,acts viii1        #ad-ai2 xix1  
#f2 ,,ii4 ,timothy i1 #f3 ,deut4 xxxiv4 
#i4   ,office of the ,holy ,ghost--,john
 xiv1 #bf2 xvi1 #ac4   ,fruits of the   
,spirit-,gal4 v1 #bb1 #bc4   ,birth of  
the ,spirit essential--,john iii1 #c-e4 
,,fourth ,,leaf4    ,no man to take the 
,priesthood upon himself--,heb4 v1 #a-d4
   ,what is sealed on earth by authority
 is sealed in heaven--        ,matt4    
xviii1 #ah2 xvi #ai4   ,the ,melchisedek

 ,priesthood eternal--,heb4 v1 #e4      
,the ,aaronic or ,levitical ,priesthood 
another order1 ,heb4 vii1        #aa1   
#ba4   ,jesus did not assume the        
,priesthood--,heb4 v1 #e4   ,god called 
,jesus to the ,priesthood--,jeb4 v1 #aj2
 ,psalms cx1 #d4   ,moses and ,elias    
administered to ,jesus--,matt4 xvii1    
#a-e2        ,mark ix1 #b-g1 ,luke ix1  
#cj-ce4   ,jesus ordained apostles to   
the same authority--,john xx1           
#ba-bc2 xvii1 #bb2 xv1 #af4   ,the      
,apostles ordained others--,acts i1     
#bc-bf2 vi1 #f2 xiii1        #a-c2 xiv1 
#bc2 xv1 #bb2 ,i4 ,timothy iv1 #acd2    
,titus i1 #e4    ,,fifth ,,leaf4        
,christ the head of the                 
,church--,ephesians v1 #bc3 i1 #bb4     
,apostleship first authority in the     
,church--,i4 ,cor4 xii4 #bh2            
,ephesians ii1 #bj4   ,peter1 ,james1   
and ,john chief ,apostles--,galatians   
ii1 #i4   ,seventies called and sent    
forth--x1 #a4   ,officers of the        
,church--,i4 ,cor4 xii1 #bh3 ,eph4 iv1  

#aa2 ,i4        ,timothy iii1 #a-ac2 v1 
#a4   ,apostles and ,prophets to        
continue--,eph4 iv1 #ac4   ,progress of 
the ,church towards perfection--,eph4   
iv1 #ab-af2        v1 #bg4   ,church    
casts out evil doers--,,ii ,thess4 iii1 
#f-ad2 ,rom4 xvi1        #ag2 ,i4 ,cor4 
v1 #d-aa2 ,,ii4 ,cor vi1 #ad-ag2 ,matt4 
xviii1 #ag4   ,members of the ,church   
all one2 no nationality--,i1 ,cor4 xii1 
#ac2        ,galatians iii1 #bh2 ,rom4  
x1 #ab2 ,ephesians ii1 #ai-bb4   ,church
 of the present connected with the      
past--,heb4 xii1        #bb1 #bc4       
,,sixth ,,leaf    ,god not the author of
 confusion--,i4 ,cor4 xiii1 #cc4        
,contention among the early ,saints--,i4
 ,cor4 i1 #aa4   ,great apostasy        
foretold--,,ii4 ,thess4 ii1 #b1 #c2 ,i4 
,tim4 iv1 #a2 ,,ii4        ,tim4 iii1   
#a-g2 ,,ii4 ,peter ii1 #a-c2            
,revelations xiv1 #h4   ,the iniquity   
commenced in the first century--,,ii4   
,thess4 ii1 #g2        ,rev4 ii1 #c4    
,christ's pure ,church symbolized--,rev4

 xii1 #a-e4   ,the apostate church      
contrasted--,rev4 xvii1 #a-f4           
,darkness covered the earth--,isaiah lx1
 #b4   ,spirit of the deep sleep poured 
out--,isaiah xxix1 #i1 #aj4   ,the world
 worshipping ,god only with their       
mouth--,isaiah        xxix1 #ac4        
,,seventh ,,leaf4    ,restoration of the
 gospel by an angel--,rev4 xiv1 #f1 #g4 
,knowledge to follow obedience--,john   
vii1 #ag4   ,john the ,baptist could not
 confer the ,holy ,ghost--,matt4 iii1   
#aa2 ,acts xix1 #b-d4   ,powers of the  
,aaronic ,priesthood--,doctrine and     
,covenants        ,section cvii1 #bj4   
,powers of the ,melchisedek             
,priesthood--,doc4 and ,cov4 ,sec4      
cvii1 #ah1 #ai2 ,heb4 v1 ix4   ,signs to
 follow believers--,mark xvi1 #ag1 #ah2 
,i4 ,cor4 xii1 #g-aa4   ,dispensation of
 the fullness of times--,eph4 i1 #i1    
#aj4    ,,eighth ,,leaf4    ,no         
salvation but by ,jesus ,christ--,acts4 
iv1 #ab4   ,birth of water and of spirit
 essential--,john iii1 #e4   ,all to be 

judged by the gospel--,rom4 ii1 #af4    
,gospel preached to the dead--,i4 ,peter
 iv1 #f4   ,christ preached to the      
spirits in prison--,i4 ,peter iii1      
#ah-bj   ,preaching to captives         
foretold--,isaiah lxi1 #a3 xlii1 #f1 #g4
   ,jesus led captivity captive--,eph4  
iv1 #h4   ,jesus did not go to heaven   
when ,he died--,john xx1 #ag2           
,luke xxiii1 #dc4   ,living and dead to 
hear the gospel--,rom4 x1 #ad2 ,isaiah  
xxiv1        #ba1 #bb4    ,,ninth       
,,leaf4    ,baptism for the dead--,i4   
,cor4 xv1 #bi4   ,the fathers without us
 not perfect--,heb4 xi1 #ci1 #dj4       
,saviors on ,mount ,zion--,obadiah i1   
#ba4   ,order of baptism for the        
dead--,doc4 and ,cov4 ,sections cxxvii1 
cxviii4   ,elijah the ,prophet to       
come--,malachi iv1 #e4   ,christ the    
proxy of blood for all--,heb4 ix1 #ab1  
#ad1 #bb2 x1 #aj2        ,i4 ,tim4 ii1  
#f4   ,knowledge about the dead to some 
from ,god--,isaiah viii1        #ai1    
#bj4    ,,tenth ,,leaf4    ,sin the     

transgression of law--,i4 ,john iii1    
#ad4   ,death the wages of sin--,rom4   
vi1 #bc4   ,all men to die--,heb4 ix1   
#bg2 ,eccles4 iii1 #bj4   ,death        
inherited from ,adam--,rom4 v1 #ab4     
,life after death--,,ii4 ,cor4 vi2      
,eccles4 xii1 #g4   ,resurrection of the
 body--,job xix1 #be-bg2 ,isaiah xxvi1  
#ai2        ,luke xxiv1 #bf-db2 ,i4     
,cor4 xv1 #ce-ed2 ,phil4 iii1 #bj1 #ba4 
,first resurrection--,rev4 xx1 #d-f4    
,three glories-,i4 ,cor4 xv1 #ae4   ,a  
body necessary for full                 
happiness--,ezekiel xxxvii1 #b2 ,doc4   
and ,cov4 ,sec4 xciii1 #bc1 #bd4   ,the 
,ancient of ,days--,daniel vii1 #i-ad4  
,,eleventh ,,leaf4    ,woman made for   
man--,i4 ,cor4 xi1 #i4   ,marriage      
ordained of ,god--,gen4 ii1 #bb-bd2 i1  
#bh4   ,marriage honorable--,heb4 xiii1 
#d4   ,man the head of the woman--,eph4 
v1 #bc2 ,i4 ,cor4 xi1 #c4   ,man not    
without the woman in the ,lord--,i4     
,cor4 xi1 #aa4   ,unmarried persons as  
the angels--,matt4 xxii1 #cj4   ,saints 

to judge angels--,i4 ,cor4 vi1 #c4      
,angels to be ministering               
,spirits--,heb4 i1 #ad4   ,god gave     
,david wives--,judges viii1 #cj4        
,jacob's four wives--,gen4 xxx1 #a-bf   
,abraham and his wives--,gen4 xviii1    
#af-ai2 xvi1 #a-c2 xxv1        #a-f     
,abraham and ,jacob in the kingdom of   
heaven--,matt4 viii1        #aa1 #ab2   
,luke xiii1 #bh4   ,celestial           
marriage--,doc4 and ,cov4 ,sec4 cxxxii4 
,,twelfth ,,leaf4    ,christ came to    
save that which was lost--,matt4 xviii1 
#aa4   ,christ ministered to ,his       
disciples after ,his resurrection--,acts
        i1 #c-h2 ,i4 ,cor4 xv1 #e-h4    
,other sheep besides the fold at        
,jerusalem--,john x1 #af4   ,christ     
prepared a place for ,his               
disciples--,john xiv1 #b1 #c4   ,earth  
to be cleansed from corruption--,isaiah 
xxiv1 #a-f2 ,malachi        iv1 #a-c2   
,,ii4 ,peter iii1 #aj-ab4   ,satan to be
 bound--,rev4 xx1 #a-c4                 
,restoration--,isaiah xi1 #f-i2 lxv1    

#ag-be4   ,all to be judged according to
 their works--,rev4 xx1 #ab-ae2         
,matt4 xvi4 #bg4   ,some beaten with    
few1 some with many stripes--,luke xii1 
#dg-dh4   ,pay the uttermost            
farthing--,matt4 v1 #bf4   ,the         
unpardonable sin--,mark iii1 #bh1 #bi2  
i4 ,john v1 #af4   ,the second          
death--,rev4 xxi4 #h2 xix1 #bj4         
,remain filthy still--,rev4 xxii1 #aa4  
,the future of mankind--,doc4 and ,cov4 
,section lxxvi4   ,every knee shall     
bow--,philippians ii1 #aj4   ,earth to  
be made new--,,ii4 ,peter iii1 #ac2     
,rev4 xxi4 #a4   ,sea of glass mingled  
with first--,rev4 xv4 #b4   ,the        
righteous to inherit all things--,rev4  
xxi1 #g4   ,the river of life--,rev4    
xxii1 #a2 ,ezekiel xlvii1 #a4   ,leaves 
of the the tree of life--,rev4 xxii1 #b4
   ,all things become subject to        
,god--,i4 ,cor4 xv4 #bd-bh4