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Holy Ghost
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John A. Widtsoe
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TRUE EHITH
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Historical Sketch of the Lectures on

on Faith ....... .... 3
Lecture First ...... ~ ..... 7
Lecture Second ...^

...._. 13
Lecture Third .....__ 33
Lecture Fourth ........ 41
Lecture Fifth ............................................................................ 48
Added References on
References on the Godhead and the Holy Ghost
Holy Ghost...
.... 53
Lecture Sixth ....... ........... 57
Lecture Seventh .._...._......... 61
by Orson Pratt
Faith, by
True Faith, .... 70
Shem was
was Melchizedek ......_ 93
The Faith of Melchizedek .......... 93
Bibliography from Melchizedek

Bibliography ....... ^ 94
Excerpts on the Godhead

Added Excerpts ...............
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40, 47, 53-56, 60
47, 53-56, 60, 69
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HISTORICAL SKETCH OF THE

ON FAITH
LECTURES ON
By Dr.
By A, Widtsoe
Dr, John A.
"In
"In a given December 27,
a revelation given 1832, the Lord com-
27, 1832, com-
manded the establishment of a School of the Prophets for

Prophets
the instruction of the Saints. (See (See Section 88:127,
88:127, 136-141;
136-141;
90:7.) The school was
also 90:7.) was organized
organized at Kirtland, Ohio, in
Kirtland, Ohio,
February, 1833, and was
February, was continued until April. April. In this
school the Elders of the Church "had ''had many
many glorious seasons
glorious
refreshing and great joy
of refreshing great joy and satisfaction beamed in the
countenances of the School of the Prophets, Prophets, and the Saints, Saints,
on account of the things things revealed and our progress of the
our progress
knowledge
knowledge of God." (History of the Church,
God." (History Church, Vol. I, I, pp. 322
and 334.)
334.)
"So
*'So well was was the work done in the School at Indepen- Indepen-
dence that the Lord made especial especial mention of it, one of
it, in one
the revelations given given at about this this time."

time.'' (Read
(Read Section
97 :3-6).
97:3-6).
"The expulsion
"The expulsion of the Saints from Missouri in the fall fall
1833, and the consequent
of 1833, consequent labors, prevent the
appeared to prevent
labors, appeared
continuation of the school in Kirtland during during the winter of
1833-34. In November,
November, 1834, however, preparations
1834, however, preparations were were
made for the reopening
reopening of the school. The Prophet
Prophet wrote
wrote:
"
.
" 'It now being
*It now being the last of the month, and the Elders
beginning to come
beginning in, it
come in, was necessary
it was necessary to make preparations
preparations
for the school for the Elders, Elders, wherein they might be more
they might more
perfectly
perfectly instructed in the great things
great things of God, during the
God, during
coming A
coming winter. A building building for a printing
printing office was was nearly
nearly
finished, and the lower story
Hnished, story of this building
building was was set apart
apart
for that purpose, school,) when it
(the school,)
purpose, (the completed. So
was completed.
it was
the Lord opened
opened the way way according
according to our faith and works,
"
and blessed be His name,' name,' " (History
(History of the Church, Church, Vol.
2, 169-70).
2, pp. 169-70).
"On December 1,
"On 1, Prophet further said: 'Our
1834, the Prophet
1834, 'Our
school for the Elders was now well attended,
was now attended, and with the
lectures on on theology,
theology, which were regularly delivered, ab-
regularly delivered,
sorbed for the time being being everything temporal na-
everything else of aa temporal na-
ture. The classes, mostly Elders,
being mostly
classes, being gave the most studi-
Elders, gave
:
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OF THE LECTURES
HISTORICAL SKETCH OF LECTURES ON FAITH ON
ous attention to the all-important

ous all-important object qualifyino- them-
object of qualifying
messengers of jesus
selves as messengers Jesus Christ,
Christ, to be ready
ready to do His
will in
will carrying glad
in carrying tidings to all
glad tidings all that would open
open their ears,
ears,
"
hearts.' " (History of the Church, Vol.
eyes
eyes and hearts/ (History Church, 2,
2, pp. 175-6).
175-6).
During February,
During February, 1835,
1835, the school was
was closed for the
season.
season . .
.... .
"It
"It was during
was during season of the school of the Prophets,
the season Prophets,
held at Kirtland,
Kirtland, Ohio, during the winter of 1834-35,
Ohio, during 1834-35, that a
series of lectures on
series on theology was prepared,
theology was prepared, which were were
subsequently
subsequently revised and printed
printed in
in the Doctrine and Cove-
nants, under the title,
nants, title, Lectures on on Faith. The Prophet Prophet
makes this clear in his autobiography
autobiography: 'During
:
'During the month
was engaged
January, II was
of January, engaged in theschool Elders, and
the school of the Elders,
preparing the lectures on
in preparing
in on theology publication in the
theology for publication
Book of Doctrine and Covenants,
Covenants, which the committee Hp- ap-
pointed
pointed last September
September were
were now
now compiling.' (History
compilingf (History of the
Church, Vol. 2, p. 18O.)
2, p. 180.) same effect is
Evidence to the same is found
in the Messenger
Messenger and Advocate,
Advocate, a monthly
monthly paper
paper published
published
Kirtland, Ohio. The reference reads as
in Kirtland, as follows:
follows
"
''
'The following are
'The following are two short lectures which were
w^hich were
Theological class,
delivered before a Theological class, in
in this place
place last winter.
These lectures are are being compiled and arranged
being compiled arranged with other
documents of instruction and regulation regulation for the Church,
"Doctrine and Covenants of the Church of the Lat-
entitled "Doctrine
Saints," etc. It
ter-day Saints,"
ter-day It may well, for the information of
may be well,
churches abroad,
abroad, to say,
say, that this book will contain the
important revelations on doctrine and church government.
important on government,
now will, we
extant, and will,
now extant, give them a perfect
trust, give
we trust, perfect under-
standing of the doctrine believed
standing l)elieved byby this society.
society. Such aa
work has longlong been called for, for, and if
rf we
we are
are prospered
prospered a
few weeks, soon shall have

weeks, soon ready for distribu-
this volume ready
have this
A its contents will be given
full detail of its
tion. A full given hereafter.
Tn giving
"'In
''
following lectures we
giving the following we thought
have thought
best to insert the catechism, that the reader may may fully
fully
understand the manner
manner in which this science is taught. It
is taught. It
was
was found that by annexing a catechism to the lectures as
by annexing
they were
they presented, the class made greater
were presented, progress than
greater progress
otherwise; and in consequence
otherwise; consequence of the additional scripture
scripture
it was in " (Messenger
proofs,
proofs, it was preserved
preserved in compiling."
compiling.' (Messenger and
Advocate, May,
Advocate, May, 1835, IZZ.)
p. 122.)
1835, p.
"The rank of the Lectures on
''The on Faith or their value in
:
SKETCH OF
HISTORICAL SKETCH THE LECTURES
OF THE ON FAITH
LECTURES ON FAITH 5
5
comparison with the

comparison revelations found in the Doctrine and
Covenants maymay be understood from the following
following statement
taken from the authorized History Church 'These
History of the Church: : 'These
on faith here referred to,
lectures on were afterwards prepared
to, were prepared
by the Prophet,
by published in the Doctrine and Cove-
Prophet, and published
nants under the title "Lectures on
title ''Lectures on Faith." They are seven in
Faith." They
number,
number, and occupyoccupy the hrst
first pages in the
seventy-five pages
seventy-five
current editions of the Doctrine and Covenants. They They are
regarded as of equal
not to be regarded authority in matters of doc-
equal authority
trine with the revelations of God in the Doctrine and Cove-
nants, but as stated by
nants, by Elder _Iohn Smith, who when the
John Smith,
Book of Doctrine and Covenants was submitted to the
was
quorums of Priesthood for acceptance,

several quorums (August 17,
acceptance, (August 17,
speaking
1835) speaking
1835) in behalf of the Kirtland High
High Council,
Council, bore
record 'that
'that the revelations in said book were were true,
true, and that
the lectures were judiciously written and compiled,
were judiciously compiled, and
were profitable doctrine.'
profitable doctrine/ The distinction which Elder John John
Smith here makes should be observed as marking marking the difference
between the Lectures on on Faith and the revelations of God in the
Doctrine and Covenants."

Covenants." (History Church, Vol.
(History of the Church,
2, p.
2, 176, footnotes.)
p. 176, footnotes.)
"In summer and autumn of 1833,
'Tn the summer 1833, a somewhat similar
was conducted at Independence,
school was County,
Jackson County,
Independence, _Iackson
Missouri. Elder Parley was the teacher,
Parley P. Pratt who was gives
teacher, gives
the following
following account of this school:
school
"
*'
Tn
'In the latter summer and in the autumn,
part of summer
latter part autumn, II
my
devoted almost my entire time in ministering among the
ministering among
churches; holding
churches; holding meetings; visiting the sick;
meetings; visiting comforting
sick; comforting
the afflicted.
afflicted, and giving A
giving counsel. A school of Elders was was
over which II was
organized, over
also organized, was called to preside.
preside. This
class, to the number of about sixty,
class, sixty, met for instruction
once a week. The place
once meeting was
place of meeting open air,
was in the open air, under
some tall
some tall trees in a retired place
place in the wilderness,
wilderness, where we we
prayed, preached
prayed, preached and prophesied,
prophesied, and exercised ourselves
gifts of the Holy
in the gifts Spirit. Here great
Holy Spirit. great blessings were
blessings were
poured out, and many
poured out, great and marvelous things
many great things were
were
manifested and taught.

taught. The Lord gave gave meme great
great wisdom and
enabled meme to teach and edifyedify the Elders, and comfort and
Elders,
encourage
encourage them in their preparations for the great
preparations great work
which lay
lay before us. II was
was also much edified and strength-
strength-
ened. To attend this school II had to travel on foot, and
on foot,
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HISTORICAL SKETCH LECTURES ON FAITH ON
sometimes with bare feet at that,
that, about six miles.
miles. This II
did once week, besides visiting
a week,
once a preaching in five
visiting and preaching five or
"
six branches a week!
week.' (Autobiography
(Autobiography
'''
of P. P. Pratt,
99-IOO.)
pp. 99-100.)
(Note The above is
(Note: : is copied I. A. Manual
copied from the M. I.
for the year
year1906-1907, Subject:
1906-1907, Subject: Modern Revelation, pp.
Revelation,
32-34.)
32-34.)
The Lectures on
on printed in the
Faith have not been printed
current editions of the Doctrine and Covenants,
Covenants, because
they are not revelations to the Church.
they
The preceding paragraphs will be instructive and en-
preceding paragraphs
lightening
lightening to all,
all, as it give the information as to h0W
it will give how
and when these Lectures on on Faith were brought forth,
were brought forth, as
well as their authenticity.
authenticity. printing of
The occasion for the printing
these Lectures onon Faith at this time is is because of a demand
for the wonderful information that they they contain. ~Surely,
~ Surely,
printing of these Lectures will be the means

the printing means of an an in-
crease of faith among
among all
all who read them.
— :
ON FAITH
LECTURES ON
LECTURE FIRST
LECTURE
On the Doctrine of of Jesus Christ of Latter-

of the Church of Latter-
day Saints, originally
day Saints, originally delivered before
before a
a Class of
of the Elders, in
Elders,
Kirtland,
Kirtland, Ohio.
Ohio,
being the first

1. Faith being
1. first principle religion, and
principle in revealed religion,
the foundation of all necessarily claims the first
righteousness, necessarily
all righteousness, first
place
place in a course of lectures which are designed
designed to unfold to the
understanding
understanding the doctrine of Jesus
Jesus Christ.
2. In presenting
2. subject of faith,
presenting the subject faith, wewe shall observe the
order-
following order
following
3. First,
3. itself —
First, faith itself--what
what itit is.
is.
4. Secondly,
4. Secondly, the object
object on
on which it And,
it rests. And,
5. Thirdly,
5. effects which flow from it.
Thirdly, the effects it.
6. Agreeable to this
6. Agreeable this order wewe have firstfirst to show what faith
is.
is.
7.
7. The author of the epistle Hebrews, in
epistle to the Hebrews, in the eleventh
chapter
chapter of that epistle
epistle and first
first verse, gives
verse, gives the following defini-
following defini-
tion of the word faithfaith:
8.
8. "N"Now
ow faith is (assurance) of things
is the substance (assurance) hoped
things hoped
for, things not seen."
for, the evidence of things seen.*'
9. From this
9. we learn that faith
this we faith is
is the assurance which men men
have of the existence of things
things which they
they have not seen,
seen, and the
principle
principle of action in all
all intelligent beings.
intelligent beings.
10.
10. If men were
If men duly to consider themselves,
were duly themselves, and turn
their thoughts
thoughts and reflections
reflections to the operations of their own
operations own
minds, they
minds, they would readily
readily discover that it
it is
is faith,
faith, and faith only,
only,
which is moving cause of all
is the moving all action in them; that without
it
it both mind and body body would be in aa state of inactivity,inactivity, and all all
their exertions would cease, physical and mental.
cease, both physical
11.
11. Were this class
class to go
go back and reflect history of
upon the history
reflect upon
their lives,
lives, from the period
period of their first recollection, and ask
first recollection,
themselves what principle
principle excited them to action, action, or what gave gave
them energy
energy and activity in all
activity in all their lawful avocations, callings,
avocations, callings,
and pursuits,
pursuits, what would be the answer?
answer ? Would it
it not be that itit
was the assurance which they
was they had of the existence of things things
they had not seen as yet?
which they yet ? Was it hope which you
it not the hope you
had, in consequence
had, consequence of your belief in the existence of unseen
your belief
i.
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LECTURES ON FAITH
things, which stimulated you

things, you to action and exertion in in order to
obtain them? Are you you not dependent your
dependent on your faith, or
on faith, or belief,
beHef,
for the acquisition
acquisition of all all knowledge, wisdom, and intelligence?
knowledge, wisdom, intelligence?
Would you you exert yourselves
yourselves to obtain wisdom and intelligence, intelligence,
unless you
you did believe that you
you could obtain them?
them ? Would you you
have ever sown,sown, if
if you
you had not believed that you
you would reap?
reap?
Would you you have ever planted, planted, if you had not believed that you
if you you
would gather?
gather? Would you you have ever asked, unless you
ever asked, you had
believed that you you would receive? Would you
receive ? Would you have ever sought,sought,
unless you
you had believed that you
you would have found? Or, would
Or,
you
you have ever
ever knocked,
knocked, unle^
unle you
you had believed that it would
it
have b been opened unto
een opened you yin a word,
unt o you? In word, is anything that
is there anything
ff ydu
you 'would
wou have
iave dDTie; eitKer
,ei physical
er physical or
or mental,
mental, if you had not
if you
previously
previously believed? Are not all
all your
your exertions of every kind,
every kind,
dependent
dependent on
on your
your faith?
faith ? may
Or, may
Or, we
we not ask,
ask, what have you,
you,
or what do you possess, which you have not obtained by reason
you possess, you by
of your
your faith? Your food, your ijaiment,
food, your your lodgings,
raiment, your lodgings, are
they not all
they by reason
all by reason of your your faith? Reflect, and ask yourselves
faith ? Reflect, yourselves
if these things
if things are not so. Turn your
your thoughts
thoughts on
on your own
your own
minds,
minds, and see if
if faith is
is not the moving
moving cause
cause of all
all action
in yourselves; and,
in yourselves; and, if moving cause
if the .moving cause in you,
you, iswit n^t |n
isît not in all
all
°
_
other igtelligent
[therînt beings??
elligent beings \
/
12. A
12. And
nd as faith is is the movin
rnoving cause of all tem -
all action in tem-
poral concerns,
or so it is in spiritual; f or tthee Saviour has said,
said,
and that truly,
truly, that "He
"He that believeth and is
is bapized,
bapized, shall be
saved."
saved.*' Mark xvi. 16.
16.
13. As we
13. we receive byby faith all blessings that we
temporal blessings
all temporal we
receive, so we
do receive, we in like manner
manner receive by
by faith all
all spiritual
spiritual
blessings that we
blessings we do receive. But faith is only the principle
is not only principle
of action, power also,
action, but of power also, in all beings, whether
intelligent beings,
all intelligent
in heaven or on earth.
earth. Thus says epistle to the
says the author of the epistle
Hebrews,
Hebrews, xi.
xi. 3
3-
"Through faith we
14. 'Through
14. we understand that the worlds were were
framed by by the word of GodGod; so; that things

things which are seen were
not made of things
things which do appear."
appear.*'
15. By this we
15. By we understand that the principle power
principle of power
which existed in bosom of God,
in the bosom God, byby which the worlds were
were
framed,
framed, was
was faith;
faith and
; that
that it
it is
is by
by reason
reason of this
this principle of
principle
power existing
power existing in the Deity, all things exist;
Deity, that all created things exist so that ;
all things
all things in heaven, earth, or under the earth exist by
heaven, on earth, by reason
reason
of faith as it Him.
it existed in HIM.
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LECTURES FAITH 9
16.
16. Had
it not been for the principle
it faith the worlds
principle of faith
would never have been framed neither would man man have been
formed of the dust. It is the principle
It is by which _lehovah
principle by works,
Jehovah works,
and through
through which he exercises power
power over all
all temporal
temporal as well
as eternal things. principle or attribute-for
things. Take this principle attribute it is
for it —
an
is an
—
from the Deity, and
attribute--from
attribute Deity, he would cease to exist.
exist.
17. Who cannot see,

17. Who if God framed the worlds by
see, that if by
faith, is by
it is
faith, that it by faith that he exercises power
power over
over them,
them, and
that faith is power? And if
principle of power?
is the principle if the principle pow-
principle of pow-
er, it
er, it must be^be__ so in man as well as in the Deity?
in man Deity? This is is the
testimony of all
testimony writers, and the lesson which they
all the sacred writers, they
have been endeavouring
endeavouring to teach to man.
man.
18.
18.The Saviour says (Matthew xvii.
says (Matthew xvii. 19, 20), in explaining
19, 20), explaining
reason
the reason why
why the disciples
disciples could not cast out the devil, that it
devil, it
was because of their unbelief-"For

was unbelief —verily II say
^'Tor verily say unto you"you"
(said
(said he),
he), "if
*'if ye
ye have faith as a
a grain
grain of mustard seed,
seed, ye
ye shall
this mountain.
say unto this
say mountain, Remove hence to yonder place,' and it
yonder place,' it
shall remove and nothing

shall remove; ;nothing shall be impossible
impossible unto you."
you."
19.
19. Moroni, while abridging
Moroni, compiling the record of his
abridging and compiling
fathers,
fathers, has given following account of faith as the princi-
given us the following princi-
ple of power.
ple power. He says, 597, that it
page 597,
says, page it was Alma
was the faith of .flma
and Amulek which caused the walls of the prison prison to be rent, rent, as
recorded on the 278th page; page it ; was the faith of Nephi
it was Nephi and Lehi
which caused a change change to be wrought wrought uponupon the hearts of the
Lamanites,
Lamanites, when they
they were
were immersed with the Holy 'Spirit and
Holy "Spirit
with tire, seen on
fire, as seen on the 443rd page; page and that it
; was by
it was by faith
the mountain Zerin was was removed when the brother of _Iared Jared
spake
spake in the name
name of the Lord. See also 599th page.
page. _
20. In addition to this we we are told in Hebrews xi. xi. 32, 33,
33,
34, 35, that Gideon,
34, 35, Gideon, Barak, Samson, jephthah,
Barak, Samson, David, Samuel,
Jephthah, David, Samuel,
and the prophets, through faith subdued Kingdoms,
prophets, through Kingdoms, wrought wrought
righteousness,
righteousness, obtained promises, stopped
promises, stopped the mouths of lions,
lions,
quenched
quenched the violence of Ere, escaped
fire, escaped the edge
edge of the sword
sword; out
;
of weakness were were made strong, waxed

strong, valiant in iight, turned
fight,
flight the armies of the aliens,

to flight aliens, and that women women received
their dead raised to life

their again, &c.,
life again, &c., &c.
21. Also Joshua,
Joshua, in the sight sight of all Israel, bade the sun
all Israel, sun and
moon
moon to stand still, still, and it was done. Joshua
it was _loshua x
xc : 12.
12.
We
22. We here understand,
understand, that the sacred writers say say that allall
these things were done by
things were by faith.
faith. It
It was
was by
by faith that the worlds
were framed. God spake, spake, chaos heard,heard, and worlds came came into
! !
10 LECTURES ON FAITH
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order by by reason of the faith faith there was Him. So with man
was in HIM. man
also; he spake
also ;spake by by faith in the name name of God, and the sun sun stood
still, the
still, moon obeyed,
the moon obeyed, mountains removed, prisons fell, lions'
prisons fell, Hons'
mouths were were closed,
closed, the human heart lost its enmity,
its enmity, fire
fire its
its
violence,
violence, armies their
their power,
power, the sword its
its terror,
terror, and death its
its
dominion;
dominion and
; all this
all this by faith which was
by reason of the faith was in him.
23. Had it
23. it not been for the faith faith which was was inin men,
men, theythey
might
might have spoken
spoken to the sun,
sun, the moon,
moon, the mountains, prisons,
mountains, prisons,
the human heart, fire, armies,
heart, fire, sword, or to death in vain!
armies, the sword, vain
24. Faith,
Faith, then,
then, is is the first
first great governing principle which
great governing principle
^\j has power, dominion,
power, dominion, and authority authority over all things; by
all things; by itit
they exist,
yC they by it
exist, by it they
they are upheld,
upheld, byby it they
it they are changed,
changed, or
or by
by
it
it they remain, agreeable
they remain, agreeable to the will will of God. Without it it there is is
no power,
power, and with out power
power there could be no creation nor
nor
existence!
existence
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS ON THE FOREGOING
ON THE FOREGOING PRINCIPLES
PRINCIPLES
What is theology? It
is theology? It is is that revealed science which treats
being and attributes of God,
of the being God, his his relations
relations to us, the dis- dis-
pensations
pensations of his providence,
providence, his will
will with respect
respect to our
our actions,
and his purposes
purposes with respect respect to our our end. Buck'sBuck's Theological
Theological
Dictionary, page
Dictionary, page 582.
What is is the first
first principle
principle in in this science ? Faith.
this revealed science?
Lecture i. 1.
i. 1.
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Why is
~
faith theefirst
is faith principle in this revealed science?
the first principle '
Because it is the foundation of all

it is all righteousness.
righteousness.
Hebrews xi. xi. 6: "Without
"Without faith it is
it is impossible
impossible to please God."
please God.*'
]ohn iii.
l1 John iii. 77: **Little
: "Little children,
children, let let no man deceive you;
no man you he that
; that
doeth righteousness,
righteousness, is is righteous,
righteous, even even as he (God)(God) isis righteous."
righteous.*'
Lecture i. i. l.
1.
arrangement should be followed in presenting

What arrangement presenting the
subject of faith? First,
subject First, it it should be shown what faith is. is. Lec--
Lec-
i. 3.
ture i. Secondly,
3. Secondly, the object upon
object upon which it
it rests. Lecture i.
i. 4.
4.
And, thirdly,
thirdly, the effects
eflfects which How
flow from it.
it. Lecture i.
i. 5.
5.
What is faith?? It
is faith is the assurance of things
It is hoped for,
things hoped for, the
evidence of thingsthings not seen (Hebrews (Hebrews xi. xi. 1) is, it
1) ; that is,
; it isis the
assurance we we have of the existence of unseen things. And being

unseen things. being
the assurance which we we have of the existence of unseen things,
unseen things,
principle of action in
must be the principle in all
all intelligent beings. Hebrews
intelligent beings.
"Through faith
xi. 3: "Through
xi. faith wewe understand the worlds were were framed
by the word of God."
by God." Lecture i. 8, 9.
i. 8, 9.
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How do you prove that faith is

you prove principle of action in
is the principle in
all
all intelligent beings ? First, by
intelligent beings? First, by duly considering
duly considering the operations
operations
of my
my own mind; and,
own mind; and, secondly,
secondly, byby the direct declaration of
Scripture. Hebrews xi.
Scripture. "By faith Noah,
xi. 7: ''By being warned of
Noah, being
things not seen as yet,
things yet, moved with fear, prepared an
fear, prepared an ark to the
saving
saving of his
his house,
house, by
by the which he condemned the world, and
world,
became heir of the righteousness
righteousness which is by faith."
is by faith/* Hebrews
xi. **By faith Abraham,
xi. 8: "By Abraham, when he was was called to gogo into a a place
place
which he should afterwards receive for an inheritance, obeyed,
an inheritance, obeyed,
and he went out not knowing
knowing whither he went."
went.'' Hebrews xi. 9:
xi.
"By
''By faith
faith he sojourned
sojourned in
in the land of promise,
promise, as in
in a
a strange
strange
dwelling in tabernacles with Isaac and Jacob,
country, dwelling
country, Jacob, the heirs
with him of the same promise." Hebrews xi.
same promise." xi. 27: By By faith
Moses ''forsook
"forsook Egypt, fearing the wrath of the king,
Egypt, not fearing king, for he
endured as seeing
seeing him who is invisible." Lecture i.
is invisible." 10, 11.
i. 10,
Is not faith the principle

Is principle of action in
in spiritual things as well
spiritual things
as in temporal?
temporal ? It is.
It is. .
How do you
How prove it?
you prove it? Hebrews xi. "Without faith it
xi. 6: "Without it is
is
impossible
impossible to please
please God."
God." Mark xvi. 16: "He
"He that believeth
and is baptized shall
is baptized saved." Romans iv.
shall be saved." iv. 16: "Therefore
"Therefore it it
is of faith that it
is might be by
it might grace; to the end the promise
by grace; promise
might
might be sure
sure to all
all the seed;
seed ; not to that only
only which is
is of the
law, but to that also which is
law, Abraham, who is
is of the faith of Abraham, is
the father of us all." all." Lecture i. i. 12,
12, 13.
13.
Is' faith
Is faith anything
anything else principle of action? It
else beside the principle It is.
is.
What is is it?
it? ItIt is power also.
principle of power
is the principle also. Lecture i. i. 13.
13.
How do you prove it?
you prove First, it
it? First, is the principle
it is principle of powerpower
Deity as well as in man.
in the Deity
in man. Hebrews xi. xi. 3: "Through faith
3 "Through
:
we
we understand that the worlds were framed by by the word of God,
so that things
things which are seen were were not made of things things which
appear." Lecture i.
do appear." i. 14, 15, 16.
14, 15, Secondly,
16. Secondly, it
it is
is the principle
principle
of power
power in man man also.
also. Book of Mormon, page page 278. Alma and
Amulek are delivered from prison. page 443. Nephi
Ibid. page
prison. Ibid, Nephi and
Lamanites, are immersed with the Spirit.
Lehi, with the Lamanites,
Lehi, Spirit. Ibid.
Ibid,
page
page 599. The mountain Zerin,
Zerin, by
by the faith
faith of the brother of
Jared,
Jared, is
is removed. joshua
Joshua x. 12: "Then
"Then spake Joshua
spake Joshua to the
Lord in the day day when the Lord delivered up up the Amorites be-
fore the children of Israel, Israel, and he said, said, in sight of Israel,
in the sight Israel,
'Sun, stand thou still
'Sun, still upon Gibeon, and thou moon
upon Gibeon, moon in in the valley
valley
"
Ajalon.' " joshua
of Ajalon.' Joshua x. 13: "And "And the sun stood still, still, and the
moon stayed,
moon until the people
stayed, until avenged themselves of their
people had avenged
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enemies. Is
enemies Is not this
this written in in the book of Jasher?
jasher? So the sun
still in
stood still in the midst of heaven, and hasted
heaven, not to go go down
about a wiiole
whole day." Matth£wxviU£.
day." Matthew xvii. 12 '_ "Then
"Then camecame the disciples
disciples"
to Iesus ^^^^^'
apart, and ^^'^' '^^y
^"^ said,
( Matthew
AT •'û"^ 'Why cou'd
could not we we cast him out out?'P'
"
; xvii.
XVII. 20: "And"And _lesus
Jesus said unto them, them, Because of your your
unbelief;
unbelief; for verily verily II say
say unto you,you, if ye have faith as a
if ye a grain
grain
of mustard seed,
ot seed, ye shall say
say unto this mountain,
ye shall mountain, 'Remove
'Remove hence
to yonder
yonder place,'
place,' and it it shall
shall remove
remove; and,
; and nothing
nothing shallshall be im-
V^ssible
possible unto you." you." Hebrews xi. xi. ?>2
32 and the following verses:
And
nd what shallshall II say
following
more ? for the time would fail
say more? me to tell
fail me tell
of Gideon, and of Barak,
ot Gideon,
Barak, and of Samson,Samson, and of Jephthah jephthah, of
David also,
Uavid also, and Samuel,
Samuel, and of the prophets,prophets, who throughthrough faith
subdued kingdoms,
kingdoms, wroughtwrought righteousness,
righteousness, obtained promises, promises,
stopped
stopped the mouths of lions, lions, quenched
quenched the violence of fire, fire es-
caped the edge
caped edge of the sword sword; out of weakness were
; were made strong,strong
waxed valient in fight, fight, turned to fight the
fight armies of the aliens,aliens,'
Women received their dead raised to life
were tortured,
were
again,
life again, and others
tortured, not accepting deliverance, that
accepting deliverance, they
they might obtain
might
a better resurrection."
resurrection." Lecture i 16, 17, 18,
16, 17,
i
18, 19,
19, 20, 2i; 22.
20, 21,
How would you you define faith in in its
its most unlimited sense?
lt
It is First great
IS the hrst great governing
governing principle
principle which has power, power, domin-
ion, and authority
ion,
authority over
over all
all
things. Lecture i.i. 24.
things.
How do you convey to the understanding more
you convey
.
faith isis the first

understanding more clearly clearly that
taith first great
great governing
governing principle
principle which has power
power,
dominion,
dominion, and authority
authority overover all things?
all things? By it
By they
it they exist,
exist, byby itit
they
they are upheld,
upheld, by by itit they
they are
are changed,
changed, or by by it
agreeable they
it they remain,
remain,
agreeable to the will of God God; and without it
; it there is is no power
rio power,
and without power power there could be no no creation nor nor existence!
Lecture i. i. 24.
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SECOND
LECTURE SECOND
Having shown in our previous
1. Having
1. previous lecture "faithfaith itself-
*' itself
what it it is," we shall
is," we proceed to show,
shall proceed secondly, the object
show, secondly, object onon
which it it rests.
2. We here observe that God is

2. is the only supreme governor
only supreme governor
independent being
and independent being in whom all all fullness and perfection
perfection
dwell; who is
dwell ; is omnipotent, omniscient; without
omnipresent and omniscient
omnipotent, omnipresent ;
beginning
beginning of days
days or end of life;
life ; and that in him every
in good
every good
gift and every
gift good principle
every good dwell and that he is
principle dwell; ; is the Father of
lights; in him the principle
lights ; independently, and
principle of faith dwells independently,
he is
is the object
object in whom the faith of all
all other rational and ac-
beings center for life
countable beings life and salvation.
3. In order to present
3. this part
present this subject in
part of the subject in a clear and
conspicuous
conspicuous point light, it
point of light, it is
is necessary
necessary to go go back and show
the evidences which mankind have had, had, and the foundation on on
which these evidences are, were, based since the creation,
are, or were, creation, to
believe in in the existence of a a God.
4.
4. WeWe do not mean
mean those evidences which are manifested
by the works of creation which we
by we daily
daily behold with our our natural
natural
eyes.
eyes. We
We are sensible that, that, after a revelation of jesus Christ, the
Jesus Christ,
works of creation, throughout
creation, throughout their vast forms and varieties,
varieties,
his eternal power Godhead. Romans i. 20:
i.
clearly
clearly exhibit power and
"For
"For the invisible thingsthings of him from the creation of the world
are clearly being understood by
seen, being
clearly seen, things that are made,
by the things made,
even his eternal power
even power and Godhead ;" ;" but we
we mean
mean those evi-
dences by by which the first
first thoughts
thoughts were
were suggested
suggested to the minds
men that there was
of men was a God who created all all things.
things.
5. We
5. `W'e shall now proceed
shall now proceed to examine the situation of man man
his Erst
at his first creation. Moses,
Moses, the historian,
historian, has given
given us the follow-
ing account of him in the first
ing chapter of the book of Genesis,
first chapter Genesis,
beginning
beginning with the 20th closing with the 30th. We
verse, and closing
verse, We
copy from the new
copy new translation:
6.
6. "And
''And I, God, said unto mine Only
I, God, Begotten, which was
Only Begotten,
with meme from the beginning,
beginning, 'Let
'Let us make man in our
man our image,
image,
after our
our likeness ;';' and it was so.
it was
,
7. "And I,
7. "And said, 'Let
God, said,
I, God, 'Let them have dominion over over the
fishes
fishes of the sea,sea, and over over the fowl of the air, air, and overover the
cattle, over all
cattle, and over all the earth,
earth, and over every every creeping thing that
creeping thing
upon
creepeth upon
creepeth the earth.'
earth.'
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"And
8.
8. man in mine own
I, God, created man
"And I, image, in the
own image,
image of mine Only
image Only Begotten I
I him
Begotten created him; male and female ;
created II them. And I, God, blessed them,

I, God, them, and said unto them,
fruitful, and multiply,
'Be fruitful,
'Be multiply, and replenish the earth,
replenish earth, and subdue it; it
and have dominion over over the fishfish of the sea,sea, and over the fowl
of the air,
air, and over everyevery living thing that moveth upon
living thing upon the
earth_'
earth/
9. "And I,
9. "And God, said unto man,
I, God, 'Behold, II have given
man, 'Behold, you
given you
every
every herb bearing
bearing seed,
seed, which is
is upon
upon the face of all
all the earth,
earth,
every tree in the which shall
and every fruit of a tree yielding
shall be the fruit yielding
""
seed ; to you
; you it
it shall
shall be for meat.'
meat/
10. Again, Genesis ii.
10. Again, ii. 15, 16, 17,
15, 16, 17, 19, "And I,
19, 20: "And I, the Lord
God, took the man,

God, man, and put put him into the garden garden of Eden,Exlen, to
dress itit and to keep
keep it.
it. And I,
I, the Lord God,
God, commanded the
man saying,
man saying, 'Of
*Of every garden thou mayest
every tree of the garden mayest freely eat;
freely eat
knowledge of good
but of the tree of the knowledge good and evilevil thou shalt not
eat of it;
it nevertheless thou mayest
; mayest choose for thyself, thyself, for itit is
is
given
given unto thee;
thee ; but remember that I
I forbid it,
it, for in the day
day
thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die.'
shalt surely die.'
11. "And out of the ground

11. "And ground I, God, formed every
I, the Lord God, every
beast of the field,
field, and every
every fowl of the air, and commanded
air,
they should come

that they Adam, to see what he would call
come unto Adam, call
them. * * * *
* ^ And whatsoever Adam called every every living
living creature,
creature,
that should be the namename thereof. And Adam gave names to all
gave names all
cattle,
cattle, and to the fowl of the air,
air, and to every
every beast of the field."
field.'*
12.
12.From the foregoing
foregoing wewe learn man's situation at his
man's situation
first creation,
firstcreation, the knowledge
knowledge with which he was
was endowed, and
endowed,
high and exalted station in which he was
the high was placed--lord
placed lord or —
governor
governor of all
all things
things bn
on earth,
earth, and at the same
same time enjoying
enjoying
communion and intercourse with his his Maker,
Maker, without a vail
vail to
separate
separate between. We We
shall
shall next proceed
proceed to examine the account
his fall,
given of his
given his being
fall, and of his being driven out of the garden
garden of
Eden, and from the presence
E^len, presence of the Lord.
13.
Moses proceeds-"
13.
—
proceeds " And they" (Adam and Eve)
they" (Adam Eve) "heard
"heard
the voice of the Lord God,
God, as they
they were
were walking
walking in
in the garden,
garden,
in day; and Adam and his wife went to hide them-
in the cool of the day ;
selves from the presence

presence of the Lord God amongstamongst the trees of
the garden.
garden. And I, T, the Lord God, Adam, and said
God, called unto Adam,
him, *Where
unto him, 'Where goest
goest thou P'
?' And he said,
said, 'I
'I heard thy,
thy voice
garden,
in the garden, and I
I was
was afraid,
afraid, because I
I beheld that II was
was
naked,
naked, and I
I hid myse1f.'
myself.'
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"And I,
14. "And
14. God, said
I, the Lord God, Adam, 'Who
said unto Adam, 'Who told thee
naked ? Hast thou eaten of the tree whereof II com-
thou wast naked? com-
manded thee that thou shouldst not eat? If so, -so, thou shouldst
surelv ?' And the man

die ?*
surely die man said,
said, *The woman whom thou gavest
'The woman gavest
me, and commandedst that she should remain with me, gave
me, me
gave me
tree, and II did eat.'
of the fruit of the tree, eat.'
"And I,
15.
"And
15. God, said unto the woman,
I, the Lord God, woman, 'What is
'What is
this thing which thou hast done
this thing ?' woman said,
done?* And the woman said, 'The
'The
serpent beguiled
serpent me, and II did eat.'
beguiled me, eat.'
"
16. And again,
16. woman, " *I
again, the Lord said unto the woman, 'I will
will
greatly multiply thy
greatly multiply thy sorrow, and thy
thy conception.
conception. In sorrow thou
shalt bring forth children; and thy
shalt bring thy desire shall thy hus-
shall be to thy
band,
band, and he shall
shall rule
rule over thee.
thee.
17. "And unto Adam,
17. "And Adam, I, I, the Lord God, said, 'Because
God, said, 'Because thou
hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the
thy wife,
fruit of the tree of which I
fruit I commanded thee, saying. Thou shalt
thee, saying,
not eat of it!it cursed shall
! ground for thy
shall be the ground sake in sorrow
thy sake; ; sorrow
thou shalt eat of it it all
all the days
days of thythy life.
life. Thorns also,
also, and
thistles shall
thistles shall it bring forth to thee,
it bring thee, and thou shalt eat the herb
of the field. By the sweat of thy
field. By shalt thou eat bread, i^ptil
thy face shalt qntil
thou shalt return unto the ground —
ground--for for thou shalt surely die-
surely die
for out of it taken for dust thou wast,
it wast thou taken: : wast, and unto dust
"
shalt return.' " This was
shalt thou return.' immediately followed by
was immediately by the
fulfillment of what we
fulfillment previously
we previously said— Man
said--Man was driven or sent
was
out of Eden.
18.
18. Two important
important items are shown from the former quota- quota-
tions.
tions. First, man
First, after created, he was
was created,
man was was not left
left without in-
telligence understanding, to wander in darkness and spend
telligence or understanding, spend
an existence inin ignorance
ignorance and doubt (on (on the great
great and important
important
point which effected his
point his happiness)
happiness) as to the real fact by whom
fact by
was created,
he was created, or unto whom he was was amenable for his his conduct.
^God conversed with him face to face.
*God face. In his presence
presence he was
was
5t^permitted stand, and from his own
*permitted to stand, own mouth he was was permitted
permitted
to receive instruction. He heard his his voice,
voice, walked before him
and gazed upon
gazed upon his glory,
glory, while upon his under-»
intelligence burst upon
intelligence under-
standing,
standing, and enabled him to give-
give names to the vast assemblage
assemblage
of his Maker's
Maker's works.
19. we have seen,
Secondly, we
19. Secondly, seen, that though man did trans-
though man
gressj
gress, his
his transgression
transgression did not deprive
deprive him of the previous
previous
knowledge with which he was
knowledge relative to the existence
was endowed relative
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glory of his Creator;

and glory Creator; for no sooner
sooner did he hear his
his voice
sought to hide himself from his
than he sought his presence.
presence.
Having shown,
20. Having then, in
shown, then, in the first instance, that God
first instance,
began
began to converse with man
man immediately
immediately after ''breathed into
he "breathed
his nostrils the breath life," and that he did not cease to mani-
of life,"
fest himself to him,
fest even after his fall,
him, even we shall next proceed
fall, we proceed
show, that though
to show, though he was
was cast out from the garden Eden,
garden of Eden,
his knowledge
his knowledge of the existence of God was lost, neither did
was not lost,
God cease to manifest his will will unto him.
We
21. VVe next proceed present the account of the direct
proceed to present
man received after he was
revelation which man was cast out of Eden,
Eden,
copy from the new
and further copy new translation-
translation
22. After Adam had been driven out of the garden, garden, he
"began till the earth,
''began to till earth, and to have dominion overover all
all the beasts
of the field,
field, and to eat hishis bread by
by the sweat of his brow,
brow, as II
the Lord had commanded him." him." And he called upon name of
upon the name
Lord, and so did Eve,
the Lord, wife, also. "An they
Eve, his wife, "An they heard the
voice of the Lord,Lord, from the way way toward the garden
garden of Eden,
Eden,
speaking
speaking unto them,
them, and they
they saw
saw him not,
not, for they
they were shut
out from his presence;
presence and he gave
;
gave unto them commandments
that they worship the Lord their God,
they should worship God, and should offer
firstlings of their flocks for an
the firstlings offering unto the Lord. And
an offering
Adam waswas obedient unto the commandments of the Lord.
23.
2Z. "And after many
"And many days angel of the Lord appeared
days an angel appeared
unto Adam, saying,
Adam, 'Why dost thou offer sacrifices unto the
saying, 'V/hy
Lord
Lord?'P' And Adam said unto him, him, 'I'I know not; save the Lord
not; save
commanded me.' me.'
24. "And
24. "And then the angel
angel spake,
spake, saying 'This thing
saying 'This thing is a
is a
similitude of the sacrifice of the Only
Only Begotten
Begotten of the Father,
Father,
is full
who is full of grace
grace and truth. And thou shalt do all all that thou
name of the Son,
doest in the name Son, and thou shalt repent
repent and call upon
call upon
God in name of the Son for evermore.'
in the name evermore.' And in in that day
day the
Holy Ghost fell
Holy fell upon
upon Adam, which beareth record of the Father
and the Son."
Son."
25. This last
last quotation, summary, shows this important
quotation, or summary, important
fact, that
fact, though
though our first
first parents were driven out of the garden
parents were garden
of Eden,
Eden, and were
were even separated from the presence
even separated presence of God by
by
vail, they
a vail, still retained a knowledge
they still knowledge of his existence,
existence, and that
sufficiently move them to call
sufficiently to move upon him. And further,
call upon further, that
no sooner
no was the plan
sooner was plan of redemption revealed to man,
redemption man, and he
;
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began to call
began call upon Holy Spirit
upon God, than the Holy Spirit was given,
given, bearing
bearing
record of the Father and Son.
26. Moses also gives account, in the fourth of Genesis,
us an account,
gives us Genesis,
transgression of Cain,
of the transgression Cain, and the righteousness
righteousness of Abel,
Abel, and
of the revelations of God to them. He says, says, "In process of
*'In process
time, brought of the

time, Cain brought fruit of the ground
ground an offering unto
offering
the Lord. And Abel also brought firstlings of his flock,
brought of the firstlings flock,
and of the fatfat thereof. And the Lord had respectrespect unto Abel,
Abel,
offering he had
offering; but unto Cain and to his offering
and to his offering;
Now Satan knew this,
respect. Now
not respect. this, and it pleased him. And
it pleased
was very
Cain was wroth, and his
very wroth, countenance fell.
fell. And the Lord
Cain, 'Why
said unto Cain,
said 'Why art thou wroth? Why is Why
is thy
thy countenance
accepted. And if
well, thou shalt be accepted.
fallen? If thou doest well, if thou
well, sin lieth

doest not well, door, and Satan desireth to have
lieth at the door,
thee;
thee and ;except
except thou shalt
shalt hearken unto my commandments, II
my commandments,
up, and it
will deliver thee up,
will it shall according to his
shall be unto thee according
desire.'
desire.'
27. "And
27. field, and Cain talked with
''And Cain went into the field,
Abel, his brother. And it
Abel, it came pass that while they
came to pass were in
they were in
the field, Cain rose up
field, against Abel,
up against brother, and slew him.
Abel, his brother,
And Cain gloried
gloried in that,
that, which he had done, saying,
done, am free;
saying, 'I'I am free
surely
surely the my
flocks of my brother falleth
falleth unto my
my hands.'
hands.'
"But the Lord said unto Cain,
28. "But 'Where is
Cain, 'Where Abel, thy
is Abel, thy
brother P' And he said,
brother?' 'I know not. Am
said, 'I Am I my
I brother's keeper ?'
my brother's keeper?'
And the Lord said, 'What hast thou done? the voice of thy
said, 'What thy
brother's
brother's blood cries unto me me from the ground.
ground. And now, now, thou
shalt be cursed from the earth which hath openedopened her mouth
to receive thy
thy brother's
brother's blood from thy
thy hand. When thou tillest
tillest
the ground,
ground, it yield unto thee her strength.
it shall not henceforth yield strength.
A fugitive
A in the earth.'
vagabond shalt thou be in
fugitive and a vagabond earth.'
29. "And Cain said unto the Lord,
29. "And Lord, 'Satan
'Satan tempted
tempted meme be-
cause of my my brother's
brother's flocks. And II was
was wroth also;
also; for his
offering
offering thou didst accept
accept and not mine; my
mine; my punishment is
punishment is
greater
greater than II can bear. Behold thou hast driven me
me out this
day from the face of the Lord,
day Lord, and from thy thy face shall
shall II be
hid; and II shall
hid ; shall be a fugitive vagabond in the earth
fugitive and a vagabond earth; and
;
it shall
it come to pass
shall come pass that he that findeth me me will slay me because
slay me
of mine iniquities,
iniquities, for these things
things are not hid from the Lord.'
Lord.'
And the Lord said unto him, him, 'Whosoever
'Whosoever slayeth
slayeth thee, vengeance
thee, vengeance
shall be taken on him sevenfold.'
shall sevenfold.' And II the Lord set a a mark
upon Cain, lest
upon Cain, lest any
any finding
finding him should kill
kill him."
him."
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Ca?) j
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T
30.vTbp- ore oi
he foreg-Qing^
object of the uotations iif^ tn sh
quotations f;hnw to
to
this class tne
this class] way by
t e way were first
by which mankind were first made acquainted
acquainted
"with
wi thee existence of a God
God; that it
; was by
it was by a manifestation of
continued, after man's
man, and that God continued,
God to man, man's transgression,
transgression,
to manifest himself to him and to his his posterity;
posterity and,and, notwith-
;
standing they
standing they were separated
separated from his immediate presence
presence
they could not see his face,
that they face, they hear his voice,
continued to gllearbhis
they corginue___d_"t_o voic^
31. Adam, thus being
being made acquainted God, communi-
acquainted with God,
cated the knowledge posterity; and it
knowledge which he had unto his posterity was
it was
;
through
through this means that the thought
this means was first
thought was suggested to their
first suggested their
was which
mindgsgthat-there_,yyas,_a Godkwhich
mindj. that there a God^-
sttt
laid
laid the foundation for the
exercise of their faith,
faith, through they could obtain a know-
through which they
ledge his character and also of his glory.
ledge of his glory.
32. Not only

32. was there a manifestation made unto Adam
only was
of the existence of a a God; but Moses informs us, us, as before
quoted, that God condescended to talk
quoted, with Cain after his great
great
transgression in slaying
transgression brother, and that Cain knew that
slaying his brother,
it was
it was the Lord that was was talking
talking with him,him, so that when he was was
driven out from the presence
presence of his
his brethren,
brethren, he carried with him
knowledge of the existence of a
the knowledge a God; and, through this
and, through
means, doubtless,
means, doubtless, his posterity acquainted with the fact
posterity became acquainted
that such a Being existed.
a Being
33. From this
33. we can see that the whole human family
this we family in
the eafly
eatly age
age of their existence,
existence, in
in all
all their different branches,
branches,
knowledge disseminated among
had this knowledge them so that the exis-
among them; ;
tence of God became an object

an object of faith in the early age of the
early age
world. And the evidences which these men men had of the existence
was the
God, was
of a God, testimony of their fathers in
th e testimony in the first
first instance.
'
3
34. The
. Tlie reason w why we have
y we ave been
een thus
us particular
pa 1C1.13I' on 's
on tthis
part
part of our
our subject,
subject, is
is that this
this class
class may
may see by
by what means
means it
it
was that God became an

was object of faith among
an object among men
men after the
fall ; and what it
fall; it was that stirred up the faith of multitudes to
stirred up
feel — knowledge of his
him to search after a knowledge
feel after him-to his character,
character,
perfections
perfections and attributes,
attributes, until
until they
they became extensively ac-
extensively
quainted
quainted with him,
him, and not only
only commune
commune with him and behold
his glory,
his partakers of his
glory, but be partakers his power
power and stand in his presence.
presence.
35. Let this
35. class mark particularly,
this class particularly, that the testimony
testimony
which these men
men had of the existence of a God,
God, was the testimony
testimony
of man
man; for previous
;previous to the time that any Adam's posterity
any of Adam's posterity
a manifestation of God to themselves,
had obtained a themselves, Adam, their
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common father,
common father, had testified
testified unto them of the existence of God,
God,
and of hishis eternal power
power and Godhead.
36. For instance,
36. Abel, before he received the assurance
instance, Abel,
from heaven that his offerings
offerings were acceptable
acceptable unto God,God, had
received the important
important information of his father that such aa
Being
Being did exist,
exist, who had created and who did uphold
uphold all
all things.
things.
Neither can
can there be a doubt existing
existing on on the mind of anyany person,
person,
that Adam was the first first who did communicate the knowledge
knowledge of
the existence of a God to his posterity
posterity; and that the whole faith
;
of the world,
world, from that time down to the present, is in
present, is in a certain
degree dependent
degree dependent on
on the knowledge
knowledge first
first communicated to them
by
by their common
common progenitor; and it
progenitor; it has been handed down to
the day generation in which we
day and generation we live, we shall
live, as we shall show from
the face of the sacred records.
Z7 First, Adam was
37. First,
, was 130 years
years old when Seth was was born.
bom.
Genesis v. 3.3. And the days
days of Adam,
Adam, after he had begotten Seth,
begotten Seth,
years, making
were 800 years, making him 930 years
years old when he died. Genesis
V. 4, 5.
v. 4, was 105 when Enos was
5. Seth was bom (verse
was born was
(verse 6) ; Enos was
;
90 when Cainan was born (verse

(verse 9) ; Cainan was
; was 70 when Maha-
laleel was born (verse
laleel was was 65 when Jared
12) ; Mahalaleel was
(verse 12) ; was
Jared was
born (verse
(verse 15) ; Jared
Jared
; was
was 162 when Enoch was
was born (verse
(verse
18);
18) ; was 65 when Methuselah was
Enoch was was born (verse
(verse 21);
21) ;
Methuselah was was 187 when Lamech was bom (verse
was born (verse 25) ;
;
Lamech was was 182 when Noah was bom (verse

was born (verse 28).
28). _
38. From this

38. it
account Lamech, the 9th
appears that Lamech,
it appears
from Adam, and the father of Noah, was 56 years

Noah, was years old when
Adam died
died; Methuselah, 243, Enoch, 308;
Methuselah,
; 243, Enoch, 308 jared, 470 Mahala-
Jared, 470;
; ;
535; Cainan,
leel, 535
leel, Cainan, 605;
; Enos, 695;
605 Enos,;
Seth, 800.
695 and Seth,
;
39. So that Lamech the father of

39. Noah,
Noah, Methuselah, Enoch,
Methuselah, Enoch,
Jared, Mahalaleel,
Jared, Mahalaleel, Cainan, Enos, Seth,
Cainan, Enos, Adam, were
Seth, and Adam, were all
all
living
living at the same
same time,
time, and beyond
beyond all
all controversy,
controversy, were
were all
all
preachers
preachers of righteousness.
righteousness.
40. Moses further informs us that Seth lived after he begat
40. begat
Enos, years, making
Enos, 807 years, making
807 him 912 years
years old at his death. Genesis
V. 7,
v. 8. And Enos lived after he begat
7, 8. Cainan, 815 years,
begat Cainan, making
years, making
years old when he died (verses
him 905 years (verses 10, 11). And Cainan
10, 11).
lived after he begat Mahalaleel, 840 years,
begat Mahalaleel, making him 910 years
years, making years
old at hishis death (verses
(verses 13, 14).
13, 14). And Mahalaleel lived after
he begat ]ared, 830 years,
begat Jared, making 895 years
years, making years old when he died
(verses 16,
(verses 17). And Jared
16, 17). Jared lived after he begat Enoch, 800
begat Enoch,
years, making
years, making him 962 years
years old at his death (verses 19,
(verses 20).
19, 20).
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And Enoch walked

walked with God after he begat
begat Methuselah 300 years,
years,
making
making him 365 years
years old when he was translated (verses 22.
(verses
23).* And Methuselah lived after he begat
23).* Lamech, 782 years,
begat Lamech, years,
making
years old when he died (verses
(verses 26,
26, 27).
27) Lamech .
Noah, 595 years,

Noah,
lived after he begat
begat years, making years old
when he died (verses
(verses 30, 31).
30, 31).
4L Agreeable
41. Agreeable to this account, Adam died in the 930th year
this account, year
of the world; Enoch was was translated in the 987th,* 987th,* Seth died
in the 1042nd
in 1042nd;; Enos in the 1140th; 1140th; Cainan in the 1235th 1235th;; Ma-
halaleel in the 1290th;
halaleel 1290th; jared
Jared in the 1422nd;
1422nd; Lamech in the
1651st;
1651st; and Methuselah in the it
1656th, being
1656th, it being the same
same year in
year
which the Hood came.
flood Came.
42. So that Noah was was 84 years years old when Enos died, died, 176
when Cainan died, died, 234 when Mahalaleel died,
died, 366 when _Iared
Jared
died,
died, 595 when Lamech died,
died, and 600 when Methuselah died.
We
43. We can see from this this that Enos, Cainan,
Enos, Cainan, Mahalaleel,
Mahalaleel,
Lamech, and Noah,
Methuselah, Lamech,
Jared, Methuselah,
Jared, Noah, all all lived onon the earth at
the same time; time; and that Enos, Cainan, Mahalaleel,
Enos, Cainan, Mahalaleel, jared,
Jared,
Methuselah,
Methuselah, and Lamech,
Lamech, were
were all
all acquainted
acquainted with both Adam
and Noah.
44. From the foregoing
foregoing it it is easily to be seen,
is easily only how
seen, not only
knowledge of God came
the knowledge came into the world, world, but upon upon what prin-prin-
ciple
ciple it
it was
was preserved;
preserved ;that from the time it
it was
was first
first communi-
cated, it
cated, it was
was retained in the minds of righteous righteous men, men, who taught
taught
only their own
not only own posterity
posterity but the world; world so that there was
; was no no
need of a new new revelation to man, man, after Adam's Adam's creation to
Noah, to give
Noah, give them the firstfirst idea or notion of the existence of a
God
God; ;and not only
only of a God, but the true and living
God, living God.
Having traced the chronology
45. Having
45. chronology of the world from Adam
Noah, we
to Noah, we will now trace it
will now it f
from Abraham.. Noah was
rom Noah to Abraham._Noah was
502 years
years old when Shem was
was born;
born; 98 years
years afterwards the
Hood being the 600th year
came, being
flood came, year of Noah'sNoah's age. age. And Moses
informs us that Noah lived lived after the flood 350 years, making
years, making
him 950 years
years old when he died. Genesis ix. ix. 28, 29.
46. Shem was was 100 years years old when Arphaxad Arphaxad was was born.
Genesis xi. 10.
xi. Arphaxad was
10. Arphaxad was 35 when Salah was
was born (xi. 12)
(xi. 12) ::
Salah was 30 when Eber was was born (xi. 14) ; Eber was
(xi. 14) ; was 34 when
Peleg
Peleg was
was born,
born, in
in whose days
days the earth was divided (xi 16) ;
(xi ;
Peleg
Peleg was
was 30 when Reu was
was born (xi. 18) ;
(xi. 18) Reu
; was
was 32 when
According to the Old Testament.

*According For Enoch's age, see Covenants
Enoch's age,
and Commandments, section 107.
Commandments, 49.
107. 49.
Serug was born (xi.

Serug was 20) ; Serug
(xi. 20) ; was 30 when Nahor was
Serug was was bom
(xi. 22) ; Nahor was

(xi. ; was 29 when Terah was (xi. 24) ; Terah
was born (xi. ;
was 70 when Haran and Abraham were were born (xi. 26).
(xi. 26).
47. There is
47. some difficulty
is some difficulty in
in the account given by Moses
given by
of Abraham's
Abraham's birth. Some have supposed
supposed that Abraham was not
was
was 130 years

until Terah was
born until years old. This conclusion is
is drawn
from a variety scriptures, which are not to our
variety of scriptures, our purpose
purpose at
present
present to quote.
quote. Neither is
is it
it a matter of any
any consequence
consequence to
us whether Abraham was was born when Terah was was 70 years
years old,
old, or
130. But in order that there may may no any mind

upon any
no doubt exist upon
in relation to the object
in object lying
lying immediately before us,
immediately us, in pre-
pre-
senting the Present
senting chronology we
present chronology we will date the birth of Abraham
at the latest is, when Terah was

period, that is,
latest period, years old. It
was 130 years It
appears from this
appears this account that from the flood to the birth of
Abraham,
Abraham, was was 352 years.
years.
48. Moses informs us that Shem lived after he begat begat Ar-
phaxad, 500 years
phaxad, (xi. 11) ; this
years (xi. this added to 100 years,
; years, which waswas
age when Arphaxad

his age Arphaxad was born, makes him 600 years
was born, years old when
Arphaxad lived,
he died. Arphaxad lived, after he begat Salah,
begat Salah, 403 years (xi.
years (xi.
13);
13) ; this
this added to 35 years,
years, which was
was his age
age when Salah
was born, makes him 438 years
was born, years old when he died. Salah lived
after he begat Eber, 403 years
begat Eber, (xi. 15) ; this added to 30 years,
years (xi. ;
years,
which was his age age when Eber was born, makes him 433 years
was born, years
old when he died. Eber lived after he begat Peleg,
begat Peleg, 430 years
years
(xi. 17) ; this
(xi. 17) ;this added to 34 years,
years, which was his age
was age when Peleg
Peleg
was bom,
was born, makes him 464 years years old. Peleg lived after he begat
old. Peleg begat
Reu, 209 years
Reu, years (xi.
(xi. 19) ;; this added to 30 years,
years, which was
was his
age
age when Reu was
was bom
born makes him 239 years
years old when he died.
Reu lived after he begat Serug 207 years
begat Serug (xi. 21) ; this
years (xi. ; this added to
32 years,
years, which waswas his age age when SerugSerug was born, makes him
was born,
239 years
years old when he died. died. Serug
Serug lived after he begat Nahor,
begat Nahor,
200 years
years (xi.
(xi. 23)
23) ;; this added to 30 years,
years, which was
was his age
age
when Nahor was was born,
born, makes him 230 years years old when he died.
Nahor lived after he begat Terah, 119 years
begat Terah, (xi. 25) ; this
years (xi. ; this added
to 29 years,
years, which was was his his age
age when Terah was bom, makes
was born,
him 148 years
years when he died. Terah was was 130 years
years old when Abra-
ham was
was bom,
born, and is
is supposed
supposed to have lived years after his
75 years
birth, making
birth, making him 205 years old when he died.
years
49. Agreeable
Agreeable to this last Peleg died in the 1996th
account, Peleg
last account,
year
year of the world, Nahor in the 1997th,
world, 1997th, and Noah in the 2006th.
So that Peleg, in whose days
Peleg, in days the earth was
was divided,
divided, and Nahor,
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Noah the for-

Abraham, both died before Noah-the
grandfather of Abraham,
the grandfather —
mer being
mer being 239 years latter 148; and who cannot
old, and the latter
years old,
but see that they
they must have had a long
long and intimate acquaintance
acquaintance
with Noah?
50.
50. Rue died in in the 2026th year
year of the world, Serug in the
world, Serug
2049th, Terah in
2049th, in the 2083rd,
2083rd, Arphaxad 2096th, Salah in
Arphaxad in the 2096th,
2126th, Shem in
the 2126th, in the 2158th,
2158th, Abraham in ia the 2183rd,
2183rd, and
Eber inin the 2187th,
2187 th, which was
was four years
years after Abraham's
Abraham's death.
And Eber was was the fourth from Noah.
51. Nahor,
51. Nahor, Abraham's
Abraham's brother, was 58 years
brother, was years old when Noah
died,
died, Terah 128, 187, Reu 219,
Serug 187,
128, Serug 219, Eber 283, Salah 313,
Arphaxad
Arphaxad 344,344, and Shem 448.
52.
52. It appears from this account,
It appears Nahor, brother of
account, that Nahor,
Abraham,
Abraham, Terah, Nahor, Serug, Reu, Peleg, Eber,
Terah, Nahor, Serug, Reu, Peleg, Salah, Ar-
Eber, Salah,
Shem,
phaxad, Shem,
phaxad, and Noah,
Noah, all
all lived on
on the earth at the same
time; and that Abraham was
time; was 18 years
years old when Reu died, died, 41
when Serug
Serug and his brother Nahor died, died, 75 when Terah died, died,
Arphaxad died,
88 when Arphaxad died, 118 when Salah died,died, 150 when Shem
died, and that Eber lived four years
died, Abraham's death.
years after Abraham's
And that Shem,
Shem, Arphaxad,
Arphaxad, Salah,
Salah, Eber, Serug, Terah,
Reu, Serug,
Eber, Reu,
and Nahor, Abraham, lived at the
Abraham, and Abraham,
Nahor, the brother of Abraham,
same
same time. And that Nahor, Abraham, Terah,
Nahor, brother of Abraham, Terah, Serug,
Serug,
Reu, Eber, Salah, Arphaxad,
Reu, Eber, Salah, Arphaxad, and Shem,
Shem, were
were all
all acquainted
acquainted
with both Noah and Abraham.
We
53. We
53. have now chronology of the world
now traced the chronology
agreeable to the account given

agreeable given in our Bible, from Adam
present Bible,
our present
Abraham, and have clearly
to Abraham, determined, beyond
clearly determined, power of
beyond the power
controversy,
controversy, that there was
was no
no difficulty in
difficulty preserving
preserving the know-
ledge of God
ledge in the world from the creation of Adam, and the
manifestation made to his immediate descendents, descendents, as set forth
in the former part part of this
this lecture;
lecture ; so that the students in in this
this
class need not have any
class any doubt resting
resting on their minds on
on this
subject,
subject, for they easily see that it
can easily
they can it is impossible for it
is impossible it to be
otherwise, but that the knowledge

otherwise, knowledge of the existence of a God
a
must have continued from father to son, son, as a matter of tradition
at least;
least; for we we cannot suppose
suppose that a knowledge of this im-
a knowledge
portant
portant fact could have existed in
in the mind any of the before-
of any
individuals, without
mentioned individuals, their having
having made it
it known to
their posterity.
their posterity.
54. We
54. We have now now shown how it was that the first
it was first thought
thought
ever existed in in the mind of any any individual that there was was such
;
ON FAITH
a Being
Being as a God, God, who had created and did uphold uphold all all things:
things:
it was
that it was byby reason of the manifestation which he first first made to
our Adam, when he stood in
our father Adam, in his Presence,
presence, and conversed
with him face to face, face, at the time of his creation.
55. Let us here observe, observe, that after any portion of the
any portion
human family acquainted with the important
family are made acquainted important fact that
there is God, who has created and does uphold
is a God, uphold all things, the
all things,
extent of theirtheir knowledge respecting his character and glory
knowledge respecting glory
will depend upon
will depend their diligence
upon their diligence and faithfulness in in seeking
seeking
after him, until, like
him, until, Enoch, the brother of jared,
like Enoch, Jared, and Moses, Moses,
they shall
they shall obtain faith in God, power with him to behold
God, and power
him face to face. face.
56. We
56. We have now now clearly
clearly set forth how it is, and how it
it is, it
was,
was, that God became an
an object
object of faith
faith for rational beings;
beings;
and also, upon what foundation the testimony
also, upon testimony was was based which
excited the inquiry diligent search of the ancient saints to
inquiry and diligent
seek after and obtain a knowledge
knowledge of the glory glory of God;God and we
; we
have seen that it was human testimony,
it was testimony, and human testimony testimony
only, that excited this inquiry,
only, inquiry, in the first instance, in their
first instance,
minds. It was the credence they
It was they gave testimony of their
gave to the testimony
fathers, testimony having
'@§» _testimony
fathers, this havingaroused
aroused their minds to inquire
inquire
after the knowledge
knowledge of God; God; the the inqu_i.;;_y frequently terminated,
inquiry frequently terminated,
indeed__always
indeed terminated when rightly
always terminated rightly pursued,
pursued, in in thewnaost
the most
glorious discc@'ies
gtdrious discoveries a
and "`"""""""`
eternal certalntyT
QUESTIONS
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AND ANSWERS ON THE FOREGOING PRINCIPLES
THE FOREGOING
Is there a beingbeing who has faith in in himself,

himself, independently?
independently?
There is.is.
Who is it? It
is it? It is
is God.
How do you prove that God has faith
you prove faith in
in himself indepen-
indepen-
dently?? Because he is
dently omnipresent, and omniscient;
omnipotent, omnipresent,
is omnipotent, omniscient
beginning of days
without beginning days or life, and in him all
or end of life, all fullness
Ephesians i.
dwells. Ephesians i. 23:
23 "Which
: *'Which is is his body,
body, the fullness of him
that iilleth
filleth all in all.''
all in all." Colossians i. i. 19: "For
'Tor it pleased the Father
it pleased
in him should all

that in
that all fullness dwell."
dwell.*' Lecture ii. ii. 2.
2.
Is he the object
Is object in whom the faith of all all other rational and
accountable beings center, for life
beings center, life and salvation?
salvation ? He is. is.
How do you
How prove it?
you prove it ? Isaiah xlv. 22:22 "Look
: "Look unto me me and be
ye saved,
ye saved, all
all the ends of the earth;
earth ; for I
I am
am God,
God, and there is
is
none else."
none else." Romans xi. xi. 34, 35, 36: "For 'Tor who hath known the
mind of the Lord; Lord; or who hath been his counselor? or who
:
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given to him,
first given
hath first him, and it recompensed unto him
shall be recompensed
it shall
again?
again ? For of him,
him, and through him,
through him, and him, are all
to him, all things,
things,
to whom be glory glory for ever. Amen/'
Amen." Isaiah xl.,
xl., from the 9th
to the 18th verses
verses: : "O Zion, that bringest
"O Zion, bringest good good tidings; (or,
tidings ;
(or,
O
O thou that tellest good tidings
tellest good tidings to Zion)Zion) get get thee up up into the
high
high mountain; O
O jerusalem,
Jerusalem, that bringest good
bringest good tidings; (or,
tidings; (or,
tellest good
O thou that tellest good tidings Jerusalem) lift
tidings to Jerusalem) lift up thy voice
up thy
with strength;
strength lift; lift it up, be not afraid;
it up, afraid say; say unto the citiescities of
Judah, Behold your
]udah, God Behold the Lord your
your God! ! your God will come come
strong hand (or,
with strong against the strong);
(or, against strong) ;and his arm arm shall
rule for him; him; behold,
behold, his his reward is is with him, him, and his work
before him (or, recompense for his work).
(or, recompense work). He shall shall feed his
flock like a shepherd;
flock like shepherd he ; gather his
shall gather lambs with his arms,
carry them in his
and carry bosom, and shall
his bosom, gently lead those that
shall gently
are with young.
young. Who Who hath measured the waters in the hollow of
his hand,
hand, and meted out heaven with the span, comprehended
span, and comprehended
the dust of the earth in a measure, weighed weighed the mountains in
scales, and the hills
scales, hills in a balance?
balance ? Who Who hath directed the Spirit Spirit
of the Lord,
Lord, or, being his counselor,
or, being counselor, hath taught taught him? With
whom took he counsel, counsel, and who instructed him and taught taught him
in the past
past of judgment,
judgment, and taught
taught him knowledge
knowledge and showed
to him the way way of understanding?
understanding? Behold, Behold, the nations are as a
drop
drop of a
a bucket and are counted as the small dust of the balance:
balance
behold,
behold, he taketh up
up the isles
isles as a very
very little
little thing.
thing. And Lebanon
is not sufficient to burn,
is burn, nornor the beast thereof sufficient for a
offering. All nations are before him as nothing,
burnt offering. nothing, and they they
are counted to him less less than nothing,
nothing, and vanity.**vanity." _Ieremiah li.
Jeremiah li.
15, 16: **He"He (the Lord)

(the Lord) hath made the earth by
by his power,
power, he
hath established the world by his wisdom,
by his wisdom, and hath stretched out
the heaven by by his understanding.
understanding. When he uttereth his voice
there is
is aa multitude of waters in in the heavens,
heavens, and he causeth the
vapors
vapors to ascend from the ends of the earth he maketh light-
earth; ; light-
nings
nings with rain,
rain, and bringeth
bringeth forth the wind out of his treasures.
1 Corinthians viii.
1 viii. 6:
6 "But"But to us there is
: is but one God, the Father,
one God, Father,
of whom are all all things,
things, and we we in him;
him and one
; one Lord ]esus Jesus
Christ byby whom are all all things,
things, and we
we by
by him."
him.'* Lecture ii.
ii. 2
How
How did men
men first come to the knowledge
first come knowledge of the existence
of a God,
God, so as to exercise faith in him? In order to answer
answer
this question,
this question, it will be necessary
it will necessary to gogo back and examine
man
man creation ; the
at his creation; in which he was
circumstances in was placed,
placed,
and the knowledge ii. 3,
knowledge which he had of God. Lecture ii. 4, 5,
3, 4, 5, 6,
6,
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7, 8,
7, 8, 9,
9, 10, 11. First, when man
ll. First, man was was created he stood in the
presence
presence of God. Genesis i.
i. 27,
27, 28. From this we we learn that
man,
man, at his creation,
creation, stood in
in the presence
presence of his God, and had
God,
knowledge of his existence. Secondly,
perfect knowledge
most perfect Secondly, God con-
versed with him after his transgression.
transgression. Genesis iii. iii. from the
Sth to the 22nd,

8th 22nd. Lecture ii. ii. 13, 14, 15,
14, 15, 16,16, 17.
17. From this we we
learn that,
that, though
though man
man did transgress,
transgress, he was
was not deprived
deprived
of the previous knowledge which he had of the existence of
previous knowledge
God. Lecture ii. ii. 19. Thirdly, God conversed with man
19. Thirdly, man after
he cast him out of the garden.
garden. Lecture ii. ii. 22, 24, 25.
22, 23, 24, 25. Fourth-
ly, God also conversed with Cain after he had slain Abel. Genesis
ly,
iv.
iv. from the 4th to the 6th. Lecture ii. 26, 27,
ii. 26, 28, 29.
27, 28,
What is is the object
object of the foregoing quotation? It
foregoing quotation? is that it
It is it
may clearly seen how it

may be clearly was that the first
it was first thoughts
thoughts were were
suggested
suggested to the minds of men
men of the existence of God, God, and how
extensively
extensively this
this knowledge
knowledge was spread
spread amongamong the immediate
descendants of Adam. Lecture ii. 31, 32, 33.
ii. 30, 31,
.;,l<
-i^ testimony had the immediate descendents of Adam,
What testimony
proof of the existence of God?
in proof testimony of their father.
God ? The testimony
And after they were made acquainted
they were acquainted with his his existence,
existence, by by the
testimony
testimony of their
their father, they
father, they were dependent
dependent upon upon the exercise
of their ownown faith, knowledge of his character,
faith, for a knowledge character, perfections,
perfections,
and attributes.
attributes. Lecture ii. 25, 26.
24, 25,
23, 24,
ii. 23,
any other of the human family,

Had any Adam, a knowl-
family, besides Adam,
edge
edge of the existence of God,
God, in the first
first instance,
instance, by any other
by any
means than human testimony?
means They
testimony? They had not. For previous to
previous
the time that they power to obtain a
they could have power a manifestation
for themselves,
themselves, the all-important fact had been communicated
all-important fact
to them by their common
by their father; and so
common father; so from father to child
knowledge was
the knowledge extensively as the knowl-
was communicated as extensively
edge of his existence was
edge known for it
was known; it was by
; by this means, in
the first instance, that men
first instance, men had a a knowledge of his existence,
knowledge existence.
Lecture ii. 35, 36.
ii. 35, 36.
How do you
How knowledge of the existence of
you know that the knowledge
God was
was communicated in this
this manner, throughout the different
manner, throughout diflferent
ages of the world? By

ages By the chronology
chronology obtained through the
through
revelations of God.
How
How would you chronology in order to convey
you divide that chronology convey
it
it to the understanding clearly?
understanding clearly? Into two by em-
parts-First, by em-
parts First, —
bracing that period
bracing period of the world from Adam to Noah; and
Abraham; from which period
secondly, from Noah to Abraham;
secondly, period the
,
26 ON FAITH
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knowledge of the existence of God has been so general

knowledge general that it
it
is
is a matter of no manner the idea of his existence
dispute in what manner
no dispute
has been retained in the world.
How many
How righteous men
many noted righteous men lived from Adam to Noah? Noah ?
Nine
Nine; ; which includes Abel,
Abel, who was
was slain by
by his brother.
What are their names? Abel, Seth, Enos,
Abel, Seth, Cainan, Ma-
Enos, Cainan,
Jared, Enoch,
halaleel, _]ared,
halaleel, Methuselah, and Lamech.
Enoch, Methuselah,
How old was
How was Adam when Seth was bom? One hundred
was born?
and thirty years. Genesis v. 3.
thirty years. 3.
How manymany years years did Adam live live after Seth waswas born?
Eight hundred. Genesis v. 4.
Eight 4.
How old was
How was Adam when he died? Nine hundred and
thirty years.
thirty years. Genesis v. 5.
5.
How old was was Seth when Enos was was born? One hundred
and five
five years. Genesis v. 6.
years. 6.
How old was was Enos when Cainan was was born? Ninety
Ninety years.
years.
Genesis v. 9. 9.
How old was was Cainan when Mahalaleel was bom? Seventy
was born? Seventy
years.
years. Genesis v. 12.
12.
How old was
How was Mahalaleel when _Tared was born? Sixty-five
Jared was Sixty-five
years.
15.
How old was _Iared Jared when Enoch was was born? One hundred
and sixty-two
sixty-two years.
18.
How old was
How was Enoch when Methuselah was was bom?
born? Sixty-
Sixty-
five years.
five years. Genesis v. 21.
How old was
How was Methuselah when Lamech was was born? One
hundred and eighty-seven
eighty-seven years.years. Genesis v. 25.
How old was
How was Lamech when Noah was was born? One hundred
and eighty-two
eighty-two years.years. Genesis v. 28. For this this chronology,
chronology, see
Lecture ii. 37.
ii. Z7
How many
How many years, according to this account,
years, according it from
was it
account, was
Adam to Noah?
Noah ? One thousand and fifty-six fifty-six years.
years.
How old was
How was Lamech when Adam died? Lamech, the ninth
died ? Lamech,
from Adam (including Abel), and father of Noah,
(including Abel), was fifty-six
Noah, was fifty-six
years
years old when Adam died.
How old was
How was Methuselah? Two hundred and forty-three forty-three
years.
years.
How old was Enoch ? Three hundred and eight
was Enoch? eight years.
years.
How old was
How Jared? Four hundred and seventy
was jared? seventy years.
years.
How old was
How was Mahalaleel? Five hundred and thirty-five
thirty-five
years.
years.
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How old was

How Cainan ? Six hundred and five
was Cainan? years.
five years.
How old was
How Enos ? Six hundred and ninety-five
was Enos? ninety-five years.
years.
How old was Seth?
How Eight hundred years.
Seth ? Eight years. For this this item of
account, see lecture ii.
the account, ii. 38.
How many
How many of these noted men men werewere cotemporary
cotemporary with
Adam? Nine.
What are their names? names ? Abel, Seth, Enos,
Abel, Seth, Cainan, Mahala-
Enos, Cainan,
leel, Jared,
leel, jared, Enoch,
Enoch, Methuselah and Lamech. Lecture ii. 39.
ii. 39.
How long long did Seth live live after Enos was born? bom? Eight Eight
hundred and seven years. years. Genesis v. 7.
7.
What was Seth's age
was Seth's age when he died? Nine hundred and
twelve years.
years. Genesis v. 8. 8.
How long
How long did Enos live after Cainan was born?
live bom? EightEight
hundred and fifteen years. years. Genesis v. 10.
10.
What was was Enos's
Enos's age age when he died? Nine hundred and
years. Genesis v. IL
five years.
five 11.
How longlong did Cainan live live after Mahalaleel was was bom?
born?
Eight
Eight hundred and forty years.
forty years. Genesis v. 13.
13.
What waswas Cainan's
Cainan's age age when he died died?? Nine hnudred and
ten years. 14.
How long
How long did Mahalaleel live live after Jared
Jared waswas bom?
born? Eight
Eight
hundred and thirty thirty years.
16.
What was was Mahalalee1's
MahalaleeFs age age when he died? Eight hundred
died ? Eight
and ninety-five years. Genesis v. 17.
ninety-five years. 17.
How long
How long did Jared Iared live live after Enoch was bom? Eight
was born? Eight
hundred years. 19.
What was was ]ared's
Jared^s age age when he died? Nine hundred and
sixty-two years.
sixty-two years. Genesis v. 20.
How long
long did Enoch walk with God after Methuselah
was bom? Three hundred years.
was born? years. Genesis v. 22.
What was was Enoch's
Enoch's age age when he was was translated? Three
hundred and sixty-five
sixty-five years.
years. Genesis v. 23.*
*For Enoch's age, see Covenants and Commandments,
Enoch's age, Commandments, Section 107. 107. 49.
How long
How long did Methuselah live
hve after Lamech was
was bom?
born?
Seven hundred and eighty-twoeighty-two years. years. Genesis v. 26.
What waswas Methuselah's
Methuselah's age age when he died? died ? Nine hundred
and sixty-nine years. Genesis v. 27.
sixty-nine years.
How longlong did Lamech live live after Noah was was bom?
born? Five
hundred and ninety-five
ninety-five years.
What was was Lamech's
Lamech's age age when he died? Seven hundred
and seventy-seven
seventy-seven years.years. Genesis v. 31. For the account of the
last
last item see lecture
lecture ii.ii. 40.
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year of the world did Adam die? In the nine

In what year
hundred and thirtieth.
thirtieth.
In what year was Enoch translated P*
year was ?* In the nine hundred
and eighty-seventh.
eighty-seventh.
year did Seth die? In one
In what year one thousand and forty-
forty-
second.
year did Enos die? In the eleven hundred and
In what year
fortieth.
fortieth.
year did Cainan die? In the twelve hundred and
In what year
thirty-fifth.
thirty-fifth.
year did Mahalaleel die? In the twelve hundred
In what year
ninetieth.
and ninetieth.
In what year Jared die? In the fourteen hundred and
year did Jared
twenty-second.
twenty-second.
die ? In the sixteen hundred and
year did Lamech die?
In what year
fifty-Hrst.
fifty-first.
year did Methuselah die? In the sixteen hundred
In what year
ii. 41.
fifty-sixth. For this account see lecture ii.
and fifty-sixth.
How was Noah when Enos died? Eighty-four
old was Eighty-four years.
years.
How old when Cainan died? One hundred and seventy-
seventy-
nine years.
years.
How old when Mahalaleel died?
How died ? Two hundred and thirty-
thirty-
four years.
years.
How old when Jared
Jared died? Three hundred and sixty-six
sixty-six
years.
Y ears.
How old when Lamech died?
How died ? Five hundred and ninety-five
ninety-five
years.
years.
How old when Methuselah died? Six hundred years.
How years. See
last item.
ii. 42, for the last
lecture ii.
How many
How many of those menmen lived in
in the days Noah ? Six.
days of Noah?
What are their names? Enos, Enos, Cainan,
Cainan, Mahalaleel,
Mahalaleel, Jared,
Jared,
Methuselah,
Methuselah, and Lamech. Lecture ii.
ii. 43.
How many
many men were
of those men cotemporary with Adam
were cotemporary
and Noah both? Six.
their names? Enos,
What are their Enos, Cainan,
Cainan, Mahalaleel,
Mahalaleel, Jared,
Jared,
ii. 43.
Methuselah, and Lamech. Lecture ii.
Methuselah,
According
According to the foregoing
foregoing account how was
was the knowledge
knowledge
of the existence of God first suggested to the
first suggested minds of men?
By
By the manifestation made to our Adam, when he was
our father Adam, was
in the presence was in
God, both before and while he was
presence of God, in Eden.
Fxien.
ii. 44.
Lecture ii.
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How
How was knowledge of the existence of God disem-
was the knowledge
inated among
among the inhabitants of the world? By
inhabitants By tradition
from father to son.
son. Lecture ii.
ii. 44.
How
How old was was Noah when Shem was was born?
born ? Five hundred
and two years.
What waswas the term of years years from the birth of Shem to
the flood? Ninety-eight.
Ninety-eight.
What waswas the term of years years that Noah lived after the
flood ? Three hundred and fifty.
Hood? fifty. Genesis ix.ix. 28.
What waswas Noah's
Noah's age age when he died? Nine hundred and
fifty years.
fifty years. Genesis ix. ix. 29. Lecture ii. ii. 45.
What waswas Shem's
Shem's age age when Arphaxad
Arphaxad was was born? Une One
hundred years.
years. Genesis xi.
xi. 10.
10.
What waswas Arphaxad's
Arphaxad's age age when Salah was was born? Thir-
ty-five years.
ty-five years. Genesis xi.
xi. 12.
12.
What was was Salah's
Salah's age age when Eber was was born? ThirtyThirty
years.
years. Genesis xi. 16.
16.
What waswas Eber's
Eber's age age when Peleg Peleg waswas born? Thirty-
Thirty-
four years.
years. Genesis xi.
xi. 14.
14.
What waswas Peleg's age
Peleg's age when Reu was was born? Thirty
Thirty
years.
years. Genesis xi.
xi. 18.
18.
What waswas Reu's
Reu's age age when Serug Serug waswas born? Thirty-two
Thirty-two
years.
years. Genesis xi. xi. 20.
What waswas Serug's
Serug's age age when Nahor was was born? Thirty
Thirty
years.
years. Genesis xi.
xi. 22.
What waswas Nahor's
Nahor's age age when Terah was was born ? Twenty-
? Twenty-
years. Genesis xi.

nine years. 24.
xi. 24.
What waswas Terah's
Terah's age age when Nahor (the (the father of Abra-
ham)
ham) was
was born? Seventy
Seventy years. years. Genesis xi.
xi. 26.
What was Terah's age
was Terah's age when Abraham was
was born? Some
suppose one
suppose one hundred and thirty years, and others seventy.
thirty years, seventy.
Genesis xi.xi. 26. Lecture ii. ii. 46.
What was was the number of years years from the Hood flood to the
birth of Abraham? Supposing Supposing Abraham to have been born
when Terah was was one
one hundred and thirty years
thirty years old, old, it was
it was
three hundred and fifty-two

fifty-two years: years but if
: if he waswas born when
Terah was
was seventy
seventy years
years old,
old, it
it was
was two hundred and ninety-
ninety-
years. Lecture ii.
two years. ii. 47.
How long did Shem live after Arphaxad
How long Arphaxad was was born? Five
hundred years.
years. Genesis xi. 11. xi. 11.
What waswas Shem's
Shem's age age when he died? Six hundred years. years.
Genesis xi.
xi. 11.
11.
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years did Arphaxad

What number of years Arphaxad live after Salah
was
was born? Four hundred and three years.
years. Genesis xi. 13.
13.
was Arphaxad's
What was age when he died? Four hundred
Arphaxad's age
and thirty-three years.
thirty-three years.
What number of years
years did Eber live
live after Peleg was
Peleg was
born? Four hundred and three years.years.
What was Salah's age
was Salah's age when he died? Four hundred
and thirty-three
thirty-three years.
years.
years did Eber live
live after Pele was
Peleg was
born?
born ? Four hundred and thirty years. Genesis xi.
thirty years. 1%.
xi. 1/.
What waswas Eber's age when he died? Four hundred and
Eber's age
sixty-four years.
sixty-four years.
years did Peleg was
Peleg live after Reu was
Two hundred and nine years.
born? Two years. Genesis xi.
xi. 19.
19.
was Peleg's
What was Peleg's age Two hundred and
age when he died? Two
thirty-nine
thirty-nine years.
years.
What number years did Reu live
of years live after Serug was born?
Serug was born ?
Two hundred and seven
seven years.
years. Genesis xi.
xi. 21.
was Reu's
What was age when he died? Two hundred and
Reu's age
thirty-nine years.
thirty-nine years.
years did Serug
What number of years was
Serug live after Nahor was
born? Two hundred years.
Two years. Genesis xi.
xi. 23.
What was
was Serug's
Serug's age Two hundred and
thirty years.
thirty years. _
was
years did Nahor live after Terah was
born? One hundred and nineteen years. xi. 25.
years. Genesis xi.
What was
was Nahor's age when he died? One
Nahor's age Gne hundred and
forty-eight years.
forty-eight years.
What number of years years did Terah live after Abraham
Supposing Terah to have been one
was born? Supposing
was one hundred and
years old when Abraham was
thirty years
thirty was born,
born, he lived seventy-
seventy-
five years
five years;;but if
if Abraham was
was born when Terah was
was seven-
seven-
ty-five years old,

ty-five years old, he lived one
one hundred and thirty-five.
thirty-five.
What was Terah's

was Terah's age Two hundred and
five years.
five years. account, from the birth
xi. 32. For this account,
Genesis xi.
of Arphaxad Terah, see lecture ii.
Arphaxad to the death of Terah, ii. 48.
In what year Peleg die? Agreeable

year of the world did Peleg Agreeable to
chronology, he died in the nineteen hundred
foregoing chronology,
the foregoing
and ninety-sixth year of the world.
ninety-sixth year
year of the world did Nahor die?
In what year In the nine-
teen hundred and ninety-seventh.
ninety-seventh.
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FAITH
LECTURES ON FAITH
LECTURES 31
year of the world did Noah die?

In what year die ? In the two thou-
sand and sixth.
sixth.
year of the world did Reu die?
In what year die ? In the two thou-
sand and twenty~sixth.
twenty-sixth.
year of the world did Serug
In what year Serug die? In the two
thousand and forty-ninth.
forty-ninth.
year of the world did Terah die? In the two
In what year
thousand and eighty-third.
eighty-third.
Arphaxad die? In the two
year of the world did Arphaxad
In what year
thousand and ninety-sixth
ninety-sixth
year of the world did Salah die? In the twenty-
In what year twenty-
one hundred and twenty-sixth.
one twenty-sixth.
year of the world did Abraham die?
In what year die ? In the twenty-
twenty-
one
one hundred and eighty-third.
eighty-third.
year of the world did Eber die? In the twenty-
In what year twenty-
eighty-seventh. For this
one hundred and eighty-seventh. this account of the year year
of the world in men died,
in which those men died, see lecture ii. 49, 50.
ii. 49, 50.
How old was was N Nahor
ahor (Abraham's brother) when Noah
(Abraham's brother)
died? Fifty-eight
Fifty-eight years.
years.
How old was Terah?? One hundred and twenty-eight.
was Terah twenty-eight.
How old was Serug?
How Serug ? One hundred and eighty-seven.
eighty-seven.
How old was was Reu? Two hundred and nineteen.
How old
oFd was Eber? Two hundred and eighty-three. eighty-three.
How old was SalahSalah?? Three hundred and thirteen.
thirteen.
How old was Arphaxad? Three hundred and fory-eight.
was Arphaxad? fory-eight.
How old was
How was Shem? Four hundred and forty-eight. forty-eight.
For the last ii. 51.
last account see lecture ii. 51.
How old was Abraham when Reu died? Eighteen
How Eighteen years,
years,
if he was bom
born when Terah was one hundred and thirty years
thirty years
igdhe
old.
o _
What was
was his age
age when Serug
Serug and Nahor (Abraham's
(Abraham's
brother) died? Forty-one
brother) Forty~one years.
years.
What was his age
was his age when Terah died
died?? Seventy-five
Seventy-five years.
years.
What was his
his age
age when Arphaxad
Arphaxad died?
died ? Eighty-eight.
Eighty-eight.
What was
was his age
age when Salah died? One hundred and
eighteen
eighteen years.
years.
What was
was his age
age when Shem died? One hundred and
fifty years.
fifty years. For this see lecture ii.
this 52.
ii. 52.
How many
How many noted characters lived Abraham ?
from Noah to Abraham?
T
Ten.
en.
What are their names? Shem, Arphaxad,

Shem, Arphaxad, Salah,
Salah, Eber,
Eber,
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Peleg, Reu,
Peleg, Serug, Nahor,
Reu, Serug, Terah, and Nahor,
Nahor, Terah, (Abraham's
Nahor, (Abraham's
ii. 52.
brother). Lecture ii.
brother). 52.
How
How many
many of these were cotemporary with Noah? The
were cotemporary
whole.
How many many with Abraham? Eight. Eight.
What are their names? Nahor (Abraham's (Abraham's brother)
brother) Terah
Terah, I
Serug, Reu,
Serug, Reu, Eber,
Eber, Salah,
Salah, Arphaxad,
Arphaxad, and Shem. Lecture ii. 52.
ii.
How many
How many were cotemporary with both Noah and Abra-
were cotemporary
ham ? Eight.
ham? Eight.
What are their names? names ? Shem, Arphaxad, Salah,
Shem, Arphaxad, Eber, Reu,
Salah, Eber,
Serug,
Serug, Terah,
Terah, and Nahor (Abraham's
(Abraham's brother).
brother). Lecture ii. 52.
ii.
Did anyany of these men
men die before Noah
Noah? ? They
They did.
did.
Who were
Who were they? Peleg, in whose days
they ? Peleg, days the earth was was divid-
Nahor, (Abraham's
ed, and Nahor,
ed, grandfather). Lecture ii.
(Abraham's grandfather). ii. 49.
Did any one of them live

any one live longer Abraham ? There was
longer than Abraham? was
one. Lecture ii. 50.
ii. 50.
Who was he?
Who Eber, the fourth from Noah. Lecture ii.
he ? Eber, ii. 50.
In whose days days was divided?

was the earth divided ? In the days
days of Peleg.
Peleg.
Where have we we the account given
given that the earth was was divided
in the days Peleg? Genesis x. 25.
days of Peleg?
Can you repeat the sentence? ''Unto
you repeat "Unto Eber were were born two
sons: the name
sons : name of one was Peleg,
one was Peleg, for in his days the earth was
days was
divided."
divided."
What testimony
testimony have men, men, in the first instance, that there
first instance,
is a God? Human -testimony,
is H:estimony, and human testimony testimony only. only.
Lecture ii. ii. 56.
56.
What excited the ancient saints to seek diligently diligently after a
knowledge
knowledge of the glory
glory of God,
God, his perfections and attributes?
perfections
The credence they they gave
gave to the testimony of their fathers. Lec-
testimony
ii. 56.
ture ii. 56.
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How do men
How men obtain a knowledge
knowledge of the glory God, his
glory of God,
perfections
perfections and attributes? By
By devoting
devoting themselves to his ser-
vice, through prayer
vice, through prayer and supplication incessantly strengthening
supplication incessantly strengthening
their faith in him, until, like
him, until, Enoch, the brother of Jared,
like Enoch, Jared, and
Moses,
Moses, they they obtain a manifestation of God to themselves.
Lecture ii.ii. 55.
55.
f§§i Is
founded upon human until
mere
knowledge of the existence of God aa matter of mere
-^kl Is the knowledge
tradition,
tradition, upon testimony alone,
testimony alone, persons
persons
receive a manifestation of God to themselves? ItIt is.
is.
How do you
How prove it?
you prove it? From the whole of the first
first and
second lectures.
THIRD
LECTURE THIRD
LECTURE
l. In the second lecture it

1. it was shewn how it was that Ac
it was the
knowledge
knowledge of the existence oi
of God came
carne into the world,
world, and by
by
what means
means the first
first thoughts
thoughts were
were suggested
suggested to the minds oi
of
men that such a Being
men Being did actually exist;
actually exist; and that it
it was
was by
by
knowledge oi
reason of the knowledge existence that there was a founda-
of his existence
tion laid for the exercise of faith
tion iaith in him, only Being
him, as the only Being in
whom faith could center for hfe life and salvation;
saivaticMi; for iaith cmild
ior faith could
not center in a Being
Being of whose existence we
we have no
no idea,
idea, beause
because
is essential to the
first instance is
the idea of his existence in the first
faith in him. Romans x. 14: "How then shall
exercise of faith shall they
they
call
call on they have not believed? and how shall they
on him in whom they they
believe in in him of whom they they have not heardheard?? and how shall shall they
they
hear without a preacher
preacher (or (or one tell
one sent to tell them) P
them) ? So, So, then,
then,
faith comes
faith comes by hearing the word oi
by hearing God." (New
of God." `
Translation).
(New Translation).
2.
2. Let us here observe,
observe, that three things are necessary in _
order that any any rational a.nd

and intelligent being may
intelligent being may exercise faith iaith
in God unto life
in salvation.
life and salvation.
3. actually exists.
First, the idea that he actually
3. ist, exists.
4. g~;
4. Secondly, a correct idea of his character, perfections,
character, periections,
and attributes.
`
5. Thirdly, an actual knowledge that the course of life

5. 'illlyfqa 'ie
` ` ` ` `
`
which he is pursuing is according to his *_ will. For without an

_
acquaintance
acquaintance with these three important facts, the iaith
important facts, faith of ever)*
every
` ` °
rational being
being must be imperfect and unproductive : but with this ; this
understanding
understanding it
it can
can become periect
perfect and iruitiul, abounding
fruitful, abounding
in righteousness,
righteousness, unto the praise glory oi
praise and glor\' of God the Father,
Father,
and the Lord jesus Jesus Christ.
6. Having previously
6. Having acquainted with the way
previously been made acquainted way
the idea of his existence came came into the world, world, as well as the
fact of his existence,
fact existence, wewe shall proceed
proceed to examine his character,character,
perfections, attributes, in order that this class
periections, and attributes, may see,
c':ass may see, not
only
only the grounds
just grounds
just which they
they have for the exercise of iaith
faith in
him for life life and salvation,
salvation, but the reasons
reasons that all world,
all the world,
also,
also, as far as the idea oi of his existence extends,
extends. may m.ay have to
faith in
exercise faith in him,
him, the Father oi of all
all living.
living.
7.
7. As we we have been indebted to a revelation which God
made of himself to his creatures,creatures, in the first first instance,
instance, for the
existence, so in
idea of his existence, in like manner
like manner we
we are indebted to the
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revelations which he has given given to us us for aa correct understand-

ing
ing of his character, perfections,
character, perfections, and attributes; because without
attributes ;
the revelations which he has given given to us, no man

us, no man by searching
by searching
could find out God. Job. ]ob. xi.
xi. 7, 8, 9.
7, 8, 9. 11 Corinthians ii.
ii. 9,
9, 10, 11.
10, 11.
"But
"But as itit is eye hath not seen,
written, eye
is written, heard, neither
nor ear heard,
seen, nor
have entered into the heart of man, man, the things
things which God hath
prepared
prepared for them that love him;
him; but God hath revealed them
unto us byby his Spirit,
his Spirit, for the Spirit
Spirit searcheth all all things,
things, yea,
yea,
the deep things of God. For what man
deep things man knoweth the things
things of a
man, man which is
spirit of man
man, save the spirit is in him ? Even so,
in him? so, the things
things
of God knoweth no man but the Spirit
no man Spirit of God."
God.*'
Having said so much we
8. Having
8. we proceed
proceed to examine the char-
acter which the revelations have given
given of God.
9. Moses gives
9. gives us the following
following account in Exodus, xxxiv.
in Exodus,
"And the Lord passed
6: "And passed by by before him, proclaimed, 'The
him, and proclaimed, 'The
Lord God,
God, the Lord God,
God, merciful and gracious, long-suffering
gracious, long-suffering
"
and abundant in goodness and truth.'
in goodness truth.' " Psalm ciii. 6, 7,
ciii. 6, "The
7, 8: "The
Lord executeth righteousness
righteousness and judgment judgment for all all that are
oppressed. He made known his ways

oppressed. ways unto Moses,Moses, his his acts unto
Israel. The Lord is
the children of Israel. is merciful and gracious,
gracious, slow
mercy." Psalm ciii.
plenteous in mercy."
anger and plenteous
to anger 17, 18: "But
ciii. 17, "But the
mercy of the Lord is
mercy is from everlasting
everlasting to everlasting
everlasting upon upon them
that fear him, righteousness unto children's
him, and his righteousness chi1dren's children,
children, to
such as keep
keep his covenant,
covenant, and to those that remember com-
his com-
mandments to do them." them." Psalm xc. 2:
2 : "Before the mountains
were brought forth, or ever thou hadst formed the earth and
brought forth,
world, even from everlasting
the world, everlasting thou art God."
everlasting to everlasting God."
Hebrews i. i. 10,
10, 11,
11, 12: And thou, Lord,
thou. Lord, in the beginning, hast
beginning,
laid
laid the foundation of the earth;
earth ; and the heavens are the works
of thine hands
hands: they
: they shall perish, but thou remainest;
shall perish, remainest and they
;
they
all
all shall wax old as doth a garment;
shall wax garment and as a
; a vesture shalt thou
fold them up, they shall
up, and they changed; but thou art the same
shall be changed ; same
and thythy years
years shall not fail."
fail." James
James i.
i. 17: "Every good
"Every good gift gift
and every perfect gift
every perfect above, and cometh down from the
is from above,
gift is
Father of lights,
lights, with whom is
is no variableness, neither shadow
no variableness,
turning."
of turning." Malachi iii.
iii. 6: "For
"For I
I am the Lord,
am Lord, II change
change not;
not;
therefore ye ye sons of _]acob
Jacob are not consumed."
consumed."
10. Book of Commandments,
10. Commandments, Sec. 3, 3, v. 2: "For God does
2 "For :
not walk in crooked paths,

paths, neither does he turn to the right
right
hand or the left, vary from that which he has said,
left, or vary said, therefore
his paths
his straight, and his course is
paths are straight, round." Book
one eternal round."
is one
:
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G>mmandments, Sec. 35, v. 1:

of Commandments, 1 : "Listen
''Listen to the voice of the
Lord youryour God,
God, even Alpha and Omega,
even Alpha Omega, the beginning
beginning and
end, whose course is
the end, one eternal round,
is one same yesterday,
round, the same yesterday,
to-day,
to-day, and forever."
forever/'
IL Numbers
11. Numbers xxiii.
xxiii. 19: "God
''God is man that he should
is not a man
lie,
lie, neither man that he should repent."
the son of man repent/' 11 john
John iv.
iv. 8:
"He
"He that loveth not, not, knoweth not God,
God, for God is is love."
love/' Acts X.x.
34, 35:
34, 35 :"Then Peter opened
"Then opened his
his mouth and said,
said, 'Of
'Of a
a truth II
perceive
perceive that God is
is no
no respecter
respecter of persons,
persons, but in every
every nation
he that ffeareth
eareth God and worketh righteousness
righteousness is accepted with
is accepted
""
him.'
him/
12.
foregoing testimonies we we learn the following
following
things respecting
things respecting the character of God
God:
13. First,
13. First, that he waswas God before the world was was created,
created,
same God
and the same that was after it
he was was created.
it was
14. Secondly, that he is

14. Secondly, is merciful and gracious,
gracious, slow to
anger,
anger, abundant in goodness,
goodness, and that he was
was so from everlast-
ing,
ing, and will be to everlasting.
everlasting.
15. Thirdly,
15. Thirdly, that he changes not, neither is
changes not, is there variable-
him but that he is
ness with him; ; is the same
same from everlasting
everlasting to ever-
lasting, being the same yesterday,
lasting, being to-day, and for ever;
yesterday, to-day, ever; and
his course is
that his is one round, without variation.
one eternal round,
16. F
16. ourthly, that he is
Fourthly, is a God of truth and cannot lie. lie.
17. Fifthly, that he is

17. Fifthly, respecter of persons:
no respecter
is no persons but in every
every
:
nation he that fears God and works righteousness

righteousness
'
is
is accepted
accepted
of him.
Sixthly, that
18. Sixthly,
18. he is love.
is love.
19. An
acquaintance with these attributes in
19. An acquaintance in the divine
character,
character, is
is essentially necessary,
essentially necessary, in order that the faith of any
any
rational being
being can
can center in him for life
life and salvation. For if
salvation. if
not, in the lirst
he did not, instance, believe him to be God,
first instance, God, that is,
is,
upholder of all
the Creator and upholder things, he could not center his
all things,
faith in him for life salvation, for fear there should be
life and salvation,
greater than he who would thwart all
greater all his plans,
plans, and he like
like the
gods heathen, would be unable to fulfill
gods of the heathen, fulfill his promises;
promises;
seeing he is
but seeing is God over all, from everlasting
over all, everlasting to everlasting,
everlasting,
the Creator and upholder
upholder of all
all things,
things, nono such fear cancan exist
in the minds of those who put
in put their trust in him,
him, so that in this
this
their' faith can be
respect theirjfaith
respect can without wavering.
wavering.
20. secondly; unless he was
20. But secondly; was merciful and gracious,
gracious,
slow to anger, full of goodness,
long-suffering and full
anger, long-suifering goodness, such is is the
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weakness of human nature, great the frailties and imper-

nature, and so great imper-
men, that unless they
fections of men, they believed that these excellencies
character, the faith necessary
existed in the divine character, necessary to salvation
exist; for doubt would take the place
could not exist; place of faith,
faith, and
those who know their their weakness and liability
liability to sin would be in
constant doubt of salvation if were not for the idea which
it were
if it
they
they have of the excellency
excellency of the God, that he is
character of God, is
long-suffering, and of a forgiving
anger and long-suffering,
slow to anger forgiving disposition,
disposition,
and does forgive iniquity, transgression,
forgive iniquity, transgression, and sin. sin. An idea of
these facts does away doubt, and makes faith exceedingly
away doubt, exceedingly strong.
strong.
21. But it it is
is equally necessary that men
equally as necessary men should have
the idea that he is is a God who changes not, in order to have faith
changes not,
in him, as it
in him, is to have the idea that he is
it is gracious and long-suf-
is gracious long-suf-
unchangeableness in
fering for without the idea of unchangeableness
fering; ; in the character
of the Deity,
Deity, doubt would take the place
place of faith.
faith. But with the
idea that he changes
changes not,
not, faith lays
lays hold upon
upon the excellencies in
in
his character with unshaken confidence, believing he is
confidence, believing same
is the same
yesterday, to-day,
yesterday, to-day, and forever,
forever, and that his course
course is
is one eternal
round.
22. And again,
again, the idea that he is a God of truth and cannot
is a
lie, is
lie, is equally necessary to the exercise of faith in him as the
equally as necessary
unchangeableness. For without the idea that he was
idea of his unchangeableness. was aa
God of truth and could not lie, lie, the confidence necessary
necessary to be
placed in
placed in his word in order to the exercise of faith in him could
having the idea that he is
exist. But having
not exist. man, that he cannot
is not man,
lie,
lie, it
it power
gives power
gives to the minds of men
men to exercise faith in him.
23. But it is also necessary
it is necessary that men men should have an an idea
that he is no respecter
is no persons, for with the idea of all
respecter of persons, all the
other excellencies in his character, and this
character, one
one wanting, men
wanting, men
could not exercise faith in him because if

in him; ; were a
if he were a respecter
respecter
they could not tell
persons, they
of persons, tell what their privileges were, nor
privileges were,
how far theythey were authorized to exercise faith in him, him, or or
whether they
they were
were authorized to do it at all,
it all, but all
all must be
confusion ; but no
; sooner are the minds of men
no sooner men made acquainted
acquainted
with the truth on on this point,
this point, that he is
is no
no respecter
respecter of persons,
persons,
than they
they see that they
they have authority by
authority by faith to lay hold on
lay on
eternal life,
life, the richest bo-on
boon of heaven,
heaven, because God is
is no
no re-
specter persons, and that every
specter of persons, man in every
every man every nation has an an
equal privilege.
equal privilege.
lastly, but not less important
24. And lastly, important to the exercise of
faith in
faith God, is
is the idea that he is love; for with all
is love; all the other
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character, without this one

in his character,
excellencies in
excellencies to influence them,
them,
powerful
they could not have such powerful
they dominion over the minds of
men; but when the idea is
men; planted in the mind that
is planted he is love,
is love,
who cannot see the just men of every

ground that men
just ground nation, kindred,
every nation, kindred,
tongue, have to exercise faith in God so as to obtain eternal
and tongue,
Hfe?
life?
25. From the above
25. of the character of the
description
description
Deity, which is
Deity, is given men, there is
given him in the revelations to men, a
is a
among every
sure foundation for the exercise of faith in him among every
people, kindred, from age
nation, and kindred,
people, nation, age, and from genera-
age to age, genera-
tion to generation.
generation.
26. Let us here observe that the foregoing
26. is the character
foregoing is
which is given of God in
is given Former-day
in his revelations to the Former-day
it is
Saints, and it
Saints, given of him in his
is given
is also the character which is
Latter-day Saints,
revelations to the Latter-day saints of former
Saints, so that the saints
days
days and those of latter
latter days
days are both alike in
in this
this respect the
respect; ;
Latter-day Saints having

Latter-day having as good grounds to exercise faith in
good grounds in
Former-day Saints had,
God as the Former-day had, because the same
'
same character
is given of him to both.
is given
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

QUESTIONS AND ON THE
ANSWERS ON THE FOREGOING PRINCIPLES
What was lecture ? It

was shown in the second lecture? was shown how
It was
the knowledge
knowledge of the existence of God came into the world.
Lecture iii.
iii. 1.
1.
What is among men

is the effect of the idea of his existence among men??
It lays the foundation for the exercise of faith
It lays faith in
in him. Lecture
iii. L
iii. 1.
Is the idea of his existence,
Is existence, in the first
first instance, necessary
instance, necessary
him ? It
in order for the exercise of faith in him? It is.
is. Lecture iii. L
iii. 1.
How do you
How prove it?
you prove By the tenth chapter
it ? By chapter of Romans and
fourteenth verse. Lecture iii. iii. 1.
1. _
Howmany things
How many necessary for us to understand,
things are necessary understand, res-
pecting
pecting the Deity
Deity and our relation to him,
him, in order that we may
we may
exercise faith
faith in him for life iii. 2.
life and salvation? Three. Lecture iii. 2.
What
V/'hat are they? First, that God
they ? First, does actually
actually exist;
exist secondly,
secondly,
;
character, his perfections

correct ideas of his character, attributes ; and
perfections and attributes;
thirdly,
thirdly, course which
that the course we pursue
we pursue is according to his
is according
mind and will.
will. Lecture iii. 3, 4,
iii. 3, 5.
4, 5.
Would the idea of any
any one
one oror two of the above-mentioned
things
things enable a person God ? It
person to exercise faith in God? It would not,
not,
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for without the idea of them all all faith would be imperfectimperfect and
unproductive. Lecture iii.
unproductive. 5.
iii. 5.
Would an an idea of these three things things lay lay a sure foundation
for the exercise of faith in God, so as to obtain life salvation??
life and salvation
It would
It would; for
; by
by the idea of these three things,
things, faith could be-
come perfect and fruitful,
come perfect abounding
fruitful, abounding in righteousness unto the
righteousness
glory of God. Lecture iii.
praise and glory
praise iii. 5.5.
How
How are we we to be made acquaintedacquainted with the before-men-
tioned things respecting the Deity,
things respecting Deity, and respecting
respecting ourselves?
By
By revelation. Lecture iii.
iii. 6.
6.
things be found out by
Could these things by anyany other meansmeans than
by
by revelation?
revelation ? They
They could not.
How
you prove it? By By the scriptures.
scriptures. _Iob Job xi.
xi. 7, 8, 9.
7, 8, 9.
1 Corinthians ii.
1 ii. 9,
9, 10,
10, IL
11. Lecture iii.
iii. 7.
7.
things do we
What things we learn in the revelations of God respectrespect-
ing his character?
ing We
character ? We learn the six following First, that
things First,
following things: :
was God before the world was

he was created, and the same
was created, same God
was after it
that he was was created. Secondly,
it was Secondly, that he is is merciful
gracious, slow to anger,

and gracious, anger, abundant in goodness, goodness, and that he
was everlasting, and will be so to everlasting.
was so from everlasting, everlasting. Thirdly,
Thirdly,
that he changes
changes not,not, neither is is there variableness with him, him, and
that his course
course is one eternal round. Fourthly,
is one Fourthly, that he is is a God
of truth,
truth, and cannot lie.
lie. Fifthly,
Fifthly, that he is
is no
no respecter of
respecter
sixthly, that he is
persons; and sixthly,
persons; love. Lecture iii.
is love. iii. 12,
12, 13, 15,
14, IS,
13, 14,
16, 17, 18.
16, 17, 18.
Where do you gives us this idea
you find the revelations which gives
Deity? In the Bible and Book of Com-
of the character of the Deity?
mandments, and they
mandments, quoted in the third lecture. Lecture
they are quoted
iii.
iii. 9, 10, 11.
9, 10, 11.
What effect
effect would it
it have on any rational being
on any being not to have
an idea that the Lord was God, the Creator and upholder
was God, upholder of all
all
things?
things? It
It would prevent
prevent him from exercising
exercising faith in
in him
life and salvation.
unto life
Why would
Why it prevent him from exercising
it prevent exercising faith in God?
heathen, not knowing
Because he would be as the heathen, knowing but there he
might
might be a being greater
being greater and more
more powerful than he,
powerful he, and thereby
thereby
prevented from filling his Lecture iii. 19.
iii.
be prevented filling promises.
promises. 19.
prevent this doubt? It
Does this idea prevent does; for persons
It does; persons
having
having this idea are enabled thereby
thereby to exercise faith without
this
this doubt. Lecture iii. iii. 19.
19.
Is it
it not also necessary is merciful
necessary to have the idea that God is
;
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and gracious, full of goodness

long-suffering and full
gracious, long-suffering It is.
goodness?? It is. Lecture
iii.
iii. 20.
Why is is it necessary ? Because of the weakness and imper-

it necessary? imper-
fections of human nature, nature, and the greatgreat frailties
frailties of man; for
of man;
such isis the weakness of man, frailties, that he is
man, and such his frailties, is
liable
liable to sin continually,
continually, and ifif God were not long-suffering,
long-suflFering,
full of compassion,
and full compassion, gracious merciful, and of a
gracious and merciful, a forgiv-
forgiv-
ing disposition,
ing disposition, man
man would be cut off from before him,
him, in con-
sequence
sequence of which he would be in continual doubt and could
not exercise faith
faith; for where doubt is,
;
is, there faith has no power
no power;
but by
by man's
man's believing
believing that God is
is full
full of compassion
compassion and for-
giveness, long-suffering
giveness, long-suffering and slow to anger,
anger, he can exercise
faith in him and overcome doubt, so as to be exceedingly
overcome doubt, exceedingly strong.
strong.
iii. 20.
Lecture iii. 20.
Is it
it not equally necessary that man
equally as necessary man should have an an idea
that God changes not, neither is
changes not, is there variableness with him,
him, in
order to exercise faith in in him unto lifelife and salvation? It It is;
is;
because without this, this, he would not know how soon mercy of
soon the mercy
God might
might change long-suffering into rashness,
cruelty, his long-suffering
change into cruelty, rashness,
his love into hatred,
hatred, and in in consequence
consequence of which doubt man man
would be incapable
incapable of exercising
exercising faith in him,
him, but having the
having
idea that he is is unchangeable,
unchangeable, man man can
can have faith in him con-
tinually,
tinually, believing
believing that what he was
was yesterday he is
yesterday to-day, and
is to-day,
will be forever. Lecture iii. iii. 21.
Is it
it not necessary also, for men
necessary also, men to have an an idea that God
is being of truth before they
is a being they cancan have perfect faith in him?
perfect faith
It is;
It is for
; unless men
men have this idea they
they cannot place confidence
place
in his word,
word, and,
and, not being place confidence in his word,
being able to place
they
they could not have faith in him
him; ;but believing that he is
believing is a God
Grod
truth, and that his word cannot fail,
of truth, fail, their faith can in
can rest in
him without doubt Lecture iii. iii. 22.
Could man man exercise faith inin God so as to obtain eternal
life
life unless he believed that God was was no respecter of persons?
no respecter persons?
He could not;not because without this
; this idea he could not certainly
certainly
know that it it was
was his privilege
privilege so to do,
do, and in consequence of
consequence
this
this doubt his faith could not be sufficiently save him.
sufficiently strong to save
strong
Lecture iii.
iii. 23.
Would itit be possible man to exercise faith in God,

possible for a man God, so
as to be saved,
saved, unless he had an
an idea that God was
was love?
love ? He could
not because man
not;; man could not love God unless he had an idea that
;
40 ON FAITH
LECTURES ON
God was love,

love, and if he did not love God he could not have faith
if
`
in him. Lecture iii.

iii. 24.
What is description which

is the description give of
which the sacred writers give
Deity calculated to do? It
the character of the Deity It is
is calculated-
calculated to
lay a foundation for the exercise of faith in him,
lay him, as far as the
knowledge among all
knowledge extends, among all people,
extends, languages, kin-
tongues, languages,
people, tongues,
nations, and that from age
dreds and nations, age, and from generation
age to age, generation
iii. 25.
generation. Lecture iii.
to generation.
Is the character which God has given

Is given of himself uniform?
It is,
It in all
is, in all his revelations, Former-day Saints,
revelations, whether to the Former-day Saints, or
to the Latter-day Saints, so that they
Latter-day Saints, all have the authority
they all authority to
faith in
exercise faith in him,
him, and to expect, by the exercise of their
expect, by
enjoy the same
faith, to enjoy
faith, same blessings. iii. 26.
blessings. Lecture iii.
The Following
Following Excerpt Is Not
Excerpt Is A
A Part of The Lectures On
Faith
Fcrith
beings in the world who understand rightly

There are but a very few beings rightly
the character of God. The great majority of mankind do not comprehend
great majority
anything, either that which is
anything, past, or that which is
is past, come, as it
is to come, respects
it respects
their relationship
their relationship to God. They
They do not know, neither do they
they understand
the nature of that relationship
relationship and consequently they know but little
consequently they little above
beast, or more
the brute beast, more than to eat,eat, drink and sleep. This is
sleep. is all man
all man
knows about God or his existence, unless it

his existence, it is given by
is given by the inspiration
inspiration
of the Almighty.
Almighty.
man learns nothing
If a man nothing more than to eat, eat, drink and sleep,
sleep, and does
not comprehend
comprehend any any of the designs
designs of God,
God, the beast comprehends
comprehends the
same things.
same things. ItIt eats,
eats, drinks, nothing more
sleeps, and knows nothing
drinks, sleeps, God
more about God;
it knows as much as we,

yet it
yet we, unless wewe are
are able to comprehend by by the
Almighty God. If
inspiration of Almighty
inspiration If men comprehend the character
men do not comprehend
God, they
of God, comprehend themselves. II want to go
they do not comprehend go back to the
beginning,
beginning, and so lift
lift your
your minds into a more
more lofty sphere more
lofty sphere and a more
exalted understanding
understanding than what the human mind generally aspires
generally aspires to.
'King Follett"
"King Follett" discourse,
discourse, by by Joseph the Prophet.
Prophet. See The Vision,
Vision, pp.
l5-16.
lS-16.
LECTURE FOURTH
LECTURE FOURTH
1.
1. Having shown, in the third lecture,
Having shown, lecture, that correct ideas
of the character of God are necessary
necessary in
in order to the exercise of
faith him unto life
in whim
faith in salvation; and that
life and salvation; without correct
ideas of his character the minds of men men could not have sufficient
power
power with God to the exercise of necessary to the enjoy-
faith necessary enjoy-
life and that correct ideas of his
ment of eternal life; ; his character lay
lay
foundation, as far as his
a foundation, character is
is concerned,
concerned, for the exer-
cise faith, so as to enjoy
cise of faith, blessing of the
enjoy the fullness of the blessing
gospel Jesus Christ even
gospel of _Iesus glory; we
even that of eternal glory ; now
we shall now
proceed to show the connection there is between correct ideas

proceed is
God, and the exercise of faith in

of the attributes of God, in him unto
life.
eternal life.
Z.
2. Let us here observe, design which the God
observe, that the real design
of heaven had in view in making making the human family acquainted
family acquainted
his attributes,
with his attributes, was,
was, that they, through
they, through the ideas of the
existence of his attributes, might
his attributes, might be enabled to exercise faith
through the exercise of faith in him,
him, and through
in him,
in might
him, might obtain
life ; for without the idea of the existence of the attributes
eternal life ;
belong to God, the minds of men

which belong men could not have power power
to exercise faith in
in him so as to lay
lay hold upon
upon eternal life.
life. The
God of heaven, understanding most perfectly
heaven, understanding perfectly the constitution
nature, and the weakness of men,
of human nature, men, knew what was was
necessary
necessary to be revealed,
revealed, and what ideas must be planted in
planted
their minds in in order that they
they might
might be enabled to exercise faith
in him unto eternal life.life.
3. Having
3. Having said so much,
much, wewe shall proceed to examine the
shall proceed
God, as set forth in his revelations to the human
attributes of God,
family,
family, and to necessary correct ideas of his attributes
show how necessary
are to enable men him for without these ideas
men to exercise faith in him; ;
planted in the minds of men

being planted
being men it power
it would be out of the power
of any
any person
person or persons to exercise faith in God so as to obtain
or persons
life. So that the divine communications made to men
eternal life. men in
first instance were

the first designed to establish in their minds the
were designed
necessary to enable them to exercise faith in God,
ideas necessary God, and
through this
through this means
means partakers of his glory.
to be partakers glory.
4. We given to the
have, in the revelations which he has given
4. We have,
human family, following account of his attributes:
family, the following
5.
5. F
First— Knowledge. "Known unto God are
irst-Knowledge. Acts xv. 18: "Known
:;
FAITH
all
allhis works from the beginning world/* Isaiah xlvi.
beginning of the world," xlvi. 9,
9,
10: "Remember
"Remember the former things
things of old: for I
I am
am God,
God, and
there is
is none else ; am God,
else ; II am God, and there is none like
is none like me, declaring
me, declaring
from the beginning,
the end from beginning, and from ancient time the things things
that are not yet done, saying
yet done, *My counsel shall
saying 'My stand, and II will
shall stand, will
"
all my
'*
do all my pleasure.'
pleasure/
6.
6. Secondly —
Secondly-Faith power. Hebrews xi 3: "Through
Faith or power. "Through
faith we
faith we understand that the worlds were were framed by by the word of
God." Genesis i.
God.'* i. 11: "In
"In the beginning
:
beginning God created the heaven
earth." Isaiah xiv. 24,
and the earth/' "The Lord of hosts hath
24, 27: "The
sworn, saying,
sworn, saying, 'Surely
*
thought, so shall it
Surely as II have thought, come to pass:
it come pass
and as II have purposed
purposed so shall it it stand. For the Lord of Hosts
purposed, and who shall
hath purposed, shall disannul it? it? and his hand is is
"''
out, and who shall
stretched out, shall turn it
it back ?'
back?'
7.
7.Thirdly —
Thirdly-justice. lxxxix. 14: "Justice
^Justice. Psalm Ixxxix. "justice and judg-
judg-
ment are the habitation of thy thy throne."
throne/' Isaiah xlv. 21:21 "Tell
"Tell
:
ye,
ye, and bring
bring them near; yea,
yea, let
let them take counsel together:
together:
who hath declared this this from the ancient time? have not I I the
Lord? and there is no God else beside me;
is no me; a just
just God and a a
Saviour." Zephaniah
Saviour/' Zephaniah iii.
iii. 5.
5. "The
"The just
just Lord is
is in the midst
thereof."
thereof/' Zechariah ix. "Rejoice greatly,
ix. 9: "Rejoice O daughter
greatly, O Zion
daughter of Zion;
shout, O
shout, O daughter Jerusalem ; behold thy
daughter of jerusalem ; King cometh unto
thy King
thee: he isis just having salvation."
just and having salvation."
8. —
Fourthly ^Judgment. Psalm lxxxix.
8. Fourthly-Judgment.
judgment are the habitation of thy
"Justice and
Ixxxix. 14: "Justice
Deuteronomy xxxii-
throne." Deuteronomy
judgment thy throne." xxxii.
"He is
4: "He Rock, his work is
is the Rock, perfect; for all
is perfect; all his ways
ways are
judgment: a God of truth and without iniquity,
judgment: iniquity, just right is
just and right is
he."
he/' Psalm ix.
ix. 7 "But the Lord shall endure for ever. He
7: "But :
judgment." Psalm ix.

prepared his throne for judgment."
hath prepared "The
ix. 16: "The
Lord is
is known by
by the judgment
judgment which he executeth."
executeth."
9.
9. —
Fifthly Mercy. Psalm
Fifthly-Mercy. lxxxix.
Ixxxix. 14:
14 "Mercy and truth
"Mercy
:
shall go
shall go before his face."
face." Exodus xxxiv. 6: "And "And the Lord
passed by
passed by before him,
him, and proclaimed,
proclaimed, 'The
'The Lord, the Lord
Lord,
"
God, merciful and gracious.'

God, " Nehemiah ix. 17:
ix. 17 "But
"But thou art
gracious.' :
a God ready gracious and merciful."

pardon, gracious
ready to pardon, merciful/'
10.
10. And sixthly
sixthly-Truth. —
Truth. Psalm lxxxix. "Mercy and
Ixxxix. 14: "Mercy
truth shall go thy face."
go before thy face." Exodus xxxiv. 6: 6 "Long-suHer-
"Long-suffer-
:
goodness and truth."

ing and abundant in goodness
ing Deuteronomy xxxii.
truth." Deuteronomy
"He is
4: "He is the Rock, his work is
Rock, his perfect;
is perfect; for all his ways
all ways are
judgment: aa God of truth and without iniquity,
judgment : just and right
iniquity, just is
right is
ON FAITH
he." Psalm xxxi. 5:

he." "Into Thine hand II commit my
5 "Into
: my spirit:
spirit thou
:
hast redeemed me, me, O O Lord God of Truth."

Truth."
By a little
ll. By
11. reflection it
little reflection will be seen that the idea of the
it will
existence of these attributes in in the Deity necessary to enable

is necessary
Deity is
any
any rational
rational being
being to exercise faith in
in him
him;; for without the idea
of the existence of these attributesattributes in the Deity
Deity men men could
not exercise faith in in him for life
life and salvation; seeing that with-
salvation seeing
;
out the knowledge

knowledge of all
all things,
things, God would not be able to save
any
any portion
portion of his
his creatures
creatures; ;for it
it is
is by
by reason of the knowledge
knowledge
which he has of all things,
all things, from the beginning
beginning to the end, that
end,
enables him to give
enables understanding to his
give that understanding creatures by which
by
they are made partakers
they partakers of eternal life; life and if
; were not for the
it were
if it
existing in the minds of men
idea existing men that God had all all knowledge
knowledge
impossible for them to exercise faith in him.
it would be impossible
it
12. And it
12. it is less necessary
is not less men should have the idea
necessary that men
of the existence of the attribute power Deity ; for unless
power in the Deity;
God had power over all
power over was able by
things, and was
all things, power to
by his power
control all thereby deliver his creatures who put
things, and thereby
all things, put their
trust in him from the power power of all might seek their
beings that might
all beings
destruction, whether in heaven,

destruction, on earth,
heaven, on or in hell,
earth, or men could
hell, men
not be saved. But with the idea of the existence of this attribute
planted in
planted in the mind, men feel
mind, men feel as though they had nothing
though they nothing to
fear who put their trust in
put their in God, believing that he has power
God, believing power to
save all come to him to the very
all who come very uttermost.
13.
13. ItIt is necessary, in order to the exercise of faith in
is also necessary,
God unto life salvation, that men
life and salvation, men should have the idea of
the existence of the attribute justice
justice in him for without the idea
in him; ;
of the existence of the attribute justice justice in

in the Deity,
Deity, menmen could
not have confidence sufficient to place place themselves under his
direction for they
guidance and direction;
guidance ; they would be filled
filled with fear and
doubt lest
lest the judge
judge of all
all the earth would not do right,right, and thus
doubt, existing
fear or doubt, existing in the mind,
mind, would preclude the possibility
preclude possibility
of the exercise of faith in him for life life and salvation. But when
the idea of the existence of the attribute justice justice in the Deity
Deity is
is
fairly planted in the mind,

fairly planted mind, it it leaves no room for doubt to get
no room get
heart, and the mind is
into the heart, is enabled to cast itself upon the
itself upon
Almighty
Almighty without fear and without doubt,
doubt, and with the most
unshaken confidence,
confidence, believing
believing that the _judge
Judge of all
all the earth
will
will do right.
right.
14. It
14. is also of equal
It is men should have the
importance that men
equal importance
idea of the existence of the attribute judgment
judgment in God, in order
in God,
;
ON FAITH
they may
that they may exercise faithfaith inin him for life salvation; for
life and salvation;
without the idea of the existence of this this attribute in the Deity,Deity,
it
it would be impossible
impossible for men to exercise faith in
men him for life
life
and salvation, seeing that it
salvation, seeing it is through the exercise of this
is through
attribute that the faithful in in Christ _jesusJesus are delivered out of
the hands of those who seek their destruction; destruction; for if if God were
were
come out in
not to come judgment against
in swift judgment against the workers of iniquity
iniquity
powers of darkness,
and the powers darkness, his saints could not be saved; saved for
;
it is
it judgment that the Lord delivers his saints out of the hands
by judgment
is by
of all enemies, and those who reject

all their enemies, gospel of our Lord
reject the gospel
]esus
Jesus Christ. But no
no sooner
sooner is
is the idea of the existence of this
attribute planted
attribute planted in the minds of men,
men, than it
it power to the
gives power
gives
mind for the exercise of faith and confidence in God, and they
in God, they are
enabled by faith to lay
by faith lay hold on
on the promises
promises which are set before
them, and wade through
them, through all
all the tribulations and afflictions to
which they they are subjected
subjected by by reason persecution from
reason of the persecution
those who know not God, God, and obey obey not the gospel gospel of our Lord
Jesus Christ, believing
jesus Christ, believing that in in due time the Lord will come come out
in swift judgment
in judgment against
against their enemies,
enemies, and they they shall
shall be cut off
from before him, him, and that in his own due time he will bear them off
his own off
conquerors, and more
conquerors, more than conquerors,
conquerors, in all
all things.
things.
15. And again,
15. again, it
it is important that men
equally important
is equally men should have
the idea of the existence of the attribute mercy mercy in the Deity,Deity, in
order to exercise faith in him for life life and salvation;
salvation for without
;
the idea of the existence of this attribute in the Deity, Deity, the spirits
spirits
of the saints would faint in the midst of the tribulations,
tribulations, afflic-
afflic-
tions,
tions, and persecutions
persecutions which they have to endure for righteous-
they righteous-
ness'
ness' sake. But when the idea of the existence of this this attribute
is once established in the mind it
is gives life
it gives energy to the
life and energy
spirits of the saints,

spirits mercy of God will be
believing that the mercy
saints, believing
poured
poured out upon
upon them
them. in
in the midst of their afflictions, and that
afflictions,
he will
will compassionate in
compassionate them their sufferings, mercy
sufferings, and that the mercy
of God will
will lay
lay hold of them and secure them in the arms arms of his
love, they will
love, so that they will receive a full
full reward for all all their suffer-
ings.
ings.
16.
16. And lastly,
lastly, but not less important to the exercise of faith
less important
in God, is the idea of the existence of the attribute truth in
God, is him
in him;
for without the idea of the existence of this this attribute the mind
man could have nothing
of man upon which it
nothing upon it could rest with cer-
—all would be confusion and doubt.

tainty-all
tainty But with the idea of
the existence of this attribute in Deity in the mind,
in the Deity all the
mind, all
:
LECTURES ON FAITH
FAITH 45
teachings, instructions,
teachings, blessings, become realities,
promises, and blessings,
instructions, promises, realities,
and the mind is
is enabled to lay
lay hold of them with certainty and
certainty
things, and all
believing that these things,
confidence, believing
confidence, all that the Lord has
said, shall be fulfilled

said, time; and that all
fulfilled in their time; all the cursings,
cursings,
denunciations,
denunciations, and judgments, pronounced
judgments, pronounced uponupon the heads of the
unrighteous,
unrighteous, will also be executed in the due time of the Lord
Lord:
veracity of him,
by reason of the truth and veracity
and, by
and, him, the mind beholds
its deliverance and salvation as being
its certain.
being certain.
17. Let the mind once
17. once reflect sincerely
sincerely and candidly upon
candidly upon
the ideas of the existence of the before-mentioned attributes attributes in
Deity,
the Deity, and it
it will be seen that,
that, as far as his attributes are
concerned,
concerned, there is
is a sure foundation laid
laid for the exercise of
faith in him for life
faith life and salvation. For inasmuch as God
possesses the attribute knowledge,
possesses knowledge, he can make all things known
all things
to his necessary for their

his saints necessary their salvation ; possesses the
salvation; and as he possesses
power, he is
attribute power,
attribute thereby to deliver them from the power
is able thereby power
of all
all enemies;
enemies and seeing,
; seeing, also,
also, that justice
justice is an attribute of the
is an
Deity, he will deal with them upon
Deity, principles of righteousness
upon the principles righteousness
and equity,
equity, and a just just reward will granted unto them for all
will be granted all
their
their afflictions sufferings for the truth's
afflictions and suiierings truth's sake. And as
judgment
judgment is
is an
an attribute of the Deity
Deity also,
also, his
his saints can
can have
the most unshaken confidence that they will, in due time,
they will, time, obtain
perfect deliverance out of the hands of 'their
a perfect enemies, and a
their enemies,
victory over all
complete victory
complete all those who have sought sought their hurt and
destruction. And as mercy mercy is is also an
an attribute of the Deity, Deity, his
can have confidence that it
saints can it will be exercised towards them, them,
through the exercise of that attribute towards them comfort
and through
and consolation will will be administered unto them abundantly, abundantly, amid
all aliflictions and tribulations.
all their afflictions tribulations. And, And, lastly, realizing that
lastly, realizing
truth is an attribute of the Deity,
is an Deity, the mind is rejoice amid
is led to rejoice
all its trials
all its trials and temptations,
temptations, in hope hope of that gloryglory which is is to be
brought
brought at the revelation of Jesus Christ, and in view of that
jesus Christ,
crown which is is to be placed upon the heads of the saints
placed upon saints in the
day
day when the Lord shall distribute rewards unto them,
them, and inin
prospect
prospect of that eternal weight
weight of glory
glory which the Lord has
promised
promised to bestow upon them, when he shall
upon them, bring them in
shall bring in the
midst of his throne to dwell in in his presence eternally.
his presence eternally.
18.
18. In view, then, of the existence of these attributes,
view, then, attributes, the
faith of the saints can
faith can become exceedingly
exceedingly strong, abounding
strong, abounding
in righteousness
in righteousness unto the praise
praise and glory of God, and can
glory can exert
its mighty
its searching after wisdom and understanding,
mighty influence in searching understanding,
;
LECTURES ON FAITH
until itit has obtained a knowledge

knowledge of all things that pertain
all things pertain to
'
life
life and salvation.
19. Such,
19. Such, then, is the foundation which is
then, is through the
laid, through
is laid,
revelation of the attributes of God, God, for the exercise of faith in
him for life salvation and seeing
life and salvation; seeing that these are attributes of
the Deity,
;
they are unchangeable-being

Deity, they —
unchangeable ^being the same yesterday, yesterday,
to-day,
to-day, and for ever—
ever-which gives to the minds of the Latter-day
^which gives Latter-day
Saints the samesame power authority to exercise faith in
power and authority in God
which the Former-day
Former-day Saints had; had so that all
; saints, in this
all the saints, this
respect, have been,
respect, are, and will
been, are, be, alike until the end of time;
will be, time
for God never changes,changes, therefore his attributes and character
remain forever the same. And as it through the revelation of
is through
it is
these that a foundation is is laid

laid for the exercise of faith in God
unto life salvation, the foundation,
life and salvation, therefore, for the exercise
foundation, therefore,
faith was,
of faith is, and ever will be,
was, is, be, the same;
same so that all
; men have
all men
had,
had, and will have,
have, an
an equal privilege.
equal privilege.
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS ON

AND ANSWERS THE FOREGOING
ON THE FOREGOING PRINCIPLES
PRINCIPLES
What was was shown in the third lecture? lecture ? It was shown that
It was
correct ideas of the character of God are necessary necessary in order to
exercise faith in him unto life salvation; and that without
life and salvation;
correct ideas of his character,
character, men
men power to
could not have power
faith in
exercise faith in him unto life salvation, but that correct
life and salvation,
character, as far as his character was
ideas of his character, was concerned in
the exercise of faith in him, him, lay
lay a sure foundation for the exercise
of it.
it. Lecture iv. L
iv. 1.
What object
object had the God of Heaven in revealing revealing his attri-
attri-
men ? That through
butes to men? acquaintance with his attributes
through an acquaintance
might be enabled to exercise faith in him so as to obtain
they might
they
eternal life.
life. Lecture iv. 2.
iv. 2.
Could men men exercise faithfaith in God without an an acquaintance
acquaintance
his attributes,
with his to be enabled to lay
attributes, so as to-be lay hold of eternal life?
life?
They
They could not. Lecture iv.
iv. 2,
2, 3.
3.
What account is attributes of God in his revela-
given of the attributes
is given
Knowledge; secondly,
First, Knowledge;
tions? First, secondly, Faith or or Power; thirdly,
thirdly,
justice; Judgment fifthly,
fourthly, judgment;
Justice ; fourthly. fifthly, Mercy,
; sixthly. Truth.
Mercy, and sixthly,
Lecture iv.
iv. 4, 6, 7,
5, 6,
4, 5, 8, 9 and 10.
7, 8, 10.
Where are the revelations to be found which give this rela-
give this rela-
tion or God ? In the Old and New Testaments,
or the attributes of God? Testaments,
and they quoted in the fourth lecture,
they are quoted lecture, fifth, sixth, seventh,
fifth, sixth, seventh,
eighth, ninth
eighth, nin th and tenth paragraphs.*
paragraphs.'*'
Let the student turn and commit these paragraphs
*Let memory.
paragraphs to memory.
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LECTURES FAITH ON 47
Is the idea of the existence of these attributes in in the Deity

Deity
necessary
necessary in order to enable any
any rational being
being to exercise faith
faith
Hfe and salvation? It
in him unto life It is.
is.
How do you
How you prove
prove itit?? By By the eleventh,
eleventh, twelfth,
twelfth, thirteenth,
thirteenth,
paragraphs in this lecture.*
fourteenth, fifteenth and sixteenth paragraphs
fourteenth,
Does the idea of the existence of these attributes in the
Deity, as far as his attributes are concerned,
Deity, concerned, enable a a rational
being to exercise
being faith in him unto lifelife and salvation? It
It does.
How do you
How it?
prove it?
you prove By the seventeenth and eighteenth
By eighteenth
paragraphs*
paragraphs.*
Have the Latter-day
Latter-day Saints as much authority given them,
authority given them,
through
through the revelation of the attributes of God,
God, to exercise faith
in him as the F Former-day
ormer-day Saints had? had ? TheyThey have.
you prove it? By
By the nineteenth paragraph of
paragraph of
this
this lecture.*
*Let the student turn and commit these paragraphs memory.

The Following Excerpt Is

Following Excerpt A Part of The Lectures On
Is Not A
Faith ._
will go
II will go back tp beginning before the world was,
,the beginning
tp^the was, to show what
being God is.
kind of being is. being was
What sort a being was God in in the beginning?
beginning?
Open your hear, all
your ears and hear, ye ends of the earth,
all ye am going
earth, for II am going to
prove it
prove by the Bible,
you by
it to you Bible, and tell
tell you designs of God in
you the designs in relation
to the human racerace and why
why he interferes with the affairs of man.
man.
God himself
himself was once as we we are now, and is an exalted man,
is an man, and sitssits
enthroned in yonder
yonder heavens? That is is the great
great secret. If the vail were were
rent today, great God who holds this world in its
today, and the great its orbit,
orbit, and who
all worlds and all
upholds all
upholds all things
things by power, was
by his power, was to make himself
himself visible
—
-I say, if
/ say, you were
if you were to see him today, you would see him like a
today, you man in
a man
—
form-like yourselves in all
form like yourselves image, and very
person, image,
all the person, very form as a man; man;
for Adam was was created in the very very fashion, image and likeness of God, and
fashion, image
received instruction from,
receifued from, and walked, talked, and conversed with
walked, talked, itnth him,
him,
as one man communes with another. ** ** ** II wish II was
man talks and communes was in in a
suitable place tell it,
place to tell it, and that I I had the trumpet
trumpet of an archangel, so that
an archangel,
II could tell story in
tell the story manner that persecution
in such a manner persecution would cease
forever. What did Jesus Jesus say? (Mark it, it. Elder Rigdonl)
Rigdon!) The scrip- scrip-
tures inform us that Jesus said, As the Father hath power
Jesus said, power to himself,
himself,
even so hath the Son power-to —
power to do what? Why, Why, what the Father did. did.
The answer is is obvious-in —
obvious in a manner manner to lay lay down his body body and take
it up again.
it up again. Jesus, what are you
Jesus, going to do? To lay
you going lay down my my life
life
my Father did,
as my did, and take it up again.
it up again. Do you you believe it? it? If you do
If you
not believe it, you do not believe the Bible. The scriptures
it, you scriptures say it it and
I defy all
I defy learning and wisdom and all
all the learning powers of earth
all the combined powers
and hell together to refute it.
hell together it. "King Follett"
"King Follett" discourse,
discourse, by Joseph the
by Joseph
Prophet. See The Vision,
Prophet. 17-18.
Vision, pp. 17-18.
LECTURE FIFTH.
1. our former lectures we
1. In our we treated of the being,
being, character,
character,
perfections,
perfections, and attributes,
attributes, of God. What we
we mean
mean by
by perfec-
perfec-
perfections which belong
is, the perfections
tions is, all the attributes of his
belong to all
nature. We
We shall, this lecture,
in this
shall, in lecture, speak Godhead we
speak of the Godhead-we —
mean the Father,
mean Father, Son,Son, and Holy Holy Spirit.
Spirit.
2. There are two personages
2. personages who constitute the great, great,
matchless, governing,
matchless, governing, and supreme
supreme power power over
over all
all things, by
things, by
whom all all things
things werewere created and made, made, that are created and
made, whether visible
made, invisible, whether in
visible or invisible, in heaven,
heaven, on on earth,
earth,
or in earth, under the earth,
in the earth, earth, or throughout the immensity
or throughout immensity of
space.
space. They
They are the Father and the Son —
Son-the the Father being
being a a
personage
personage of spirit, glory,
spirit, glory, and power,
power, possessing
possessing all
all perfection
perfection
fullness, the Son,
and fullness, Son, who was was in in the bosom of the Father, Father, a a
personage
personage of tabernacle, made or fashioned like
tabernacle, like unto man,man, or
being in the form and likeness of man,

being man, or or rather man man was
was formed
after his likeness and in in his imagefhe
image f he is is also the express
express imageimage
and likeness of the personage personage of the Father, possessing all
Father, possessing all the
fullness of the Father, Father, or the same same fullness with the Father; Father;
being begotten of him,
being begotten him, and ordained from before the foundation
of the world to be a propitiation for the sins of all
a propitiation all those who
should believe on on his name,
name, and is is called the Son because of the
flesh, and descended in suffering
fiesh, suffering below that which man man cancan suffer ; ;
or, in other words,

or, words, suffered greater sufferings, and was
greater sufferings, was exposed
exposed
more powerful
to more powerful contradictions than any any man man can can be. But, But,
notwithstanding
notwithstanding all
all this,
this, he kept
kept the law of God,
God, and remained
Without sin,
without thereby that it
showing thereby
sin, showing it is
is in the powerpower of man man to
keep
keep the law and remain also without sin
sin ;"
f and also,
also, that by him
by
judgment might
righteous judgment
a righteous might come upon all
come upon flesh, and that all
all flesh, all who
walk not in the law of God may may justly
justly be condemned by by the
law,
law, and have no
no excuse for their sins.
sins. And he being
being the Only
Only-
Begotten
Begotten of the Father,
Father, full
full of grace
grace and truth,
truth, and having
having over-
come, received a fullness of the glory
come, glory of the Father, Father, possessing
possessing
the same
same mind with the Father, Father, which mind is Holy Spirit,
is the Holy Spirit,
that bears record of the Father and the Son, Son, and these three are
one
one; or,
; or, in other words,
words, these three constitute the great, great, match-
less, governing
less, governing and supreme
supreme power power overover all
all things; by
things ; by whom all all
things were created and made that were

things were created and made, made, and
these three constitute the Godhead, Godhead, and are one; one the Father and
;
;
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49
the Son possessing

possessing the same mind, the same
same mind, same wisdom,
wisdom, glory, power,
glory, power,
—
and fullness-filling
fullness filling all
all in
in all;
all ; the Son being filled
being filled with the
fullness of the mind, glory, and power
mind, glory, power; or, ;or, in words, the
in other words,
spirit, glory,
spirit, glory, and power,
power, of the Father,
Father, possessing
possessirig all
all knowledge
knowledge
glory, and the same
and glory, kingdom, sitting
same kingdom, sitting at the right right hand of
power,
power, in
in the image
express image
express and likeness of the Father, mediator
Father,
man, being
for man, filled with the fullness of the mind of the Father;
being filled Father
in other words,
or, in
or, Spirit of the Father,
words, the Spirit Father, which Spirit Spirit is
is shed
forth upon
upon allall who believe on his name
on his name and keep keep his command-
ments and all
ments; ; all those who keep keep his his commandments shall grow
shall grow
up
up from grace
grace to grace,
grace, and become heirs of the heavenly
heavenly king-
king-
dom, and jointjoint heirs with _jesus
Jesus Christ; possessing the same
Christ possessing
;
same mind,
mind,
being
being transformed into the same
same image
image or likeness,
likeness, even
even the ex-
ex-
image
press image
press of him who nlls
fills all
all in
in all; being
all ; being filled
filled with the full-
full-
ness of his glory,
glory, and become one one in him, him, eveneven as the Father,Father,
Son and Holy Holy Spirit
Spirit are one.
3.
foregoing account of the Godhead, Godhead, which is is
given
given in his revelations,
revelations, the saints have a sure foundation laid
laid
for the exercise of faith unto life Hfe and salvation, through the
salvation, through
atonement and mediation of Jesus jesus Christ; by
Christ ; by whose blood they
they
forgiveness of sins,
have a forgiveness sins, and also a sure reward laid up up for
them in in heaven,
heaven, eveneven that of partaking
partaking of the fullness of the
Father and the Son through through the Spirit. Spirit. As the Son partakes partakes
of the fullness
fullness of the Father through through the Spirit,
Spirit, so the saints are,
are,
by the same
by same Spirit,
Spirit, to be partakers
partakers of the same same fullness,
fullness, to enjoy
enjoy
the same glory; for as the Father and the Son are one,
same glory; so, in
one, so,
like manner, the saints are to be one
like manner, one in thenmthem. ThroughThrough the
love of the Father,
Father, the mediation of ]esus Christ, and the gift
Jesus Christ, gift
of the HolyHoly Spirit, they are to be heirs of God,
Spirit, they God, and joint joint heirs
with Jesus
_jesus Christ. (See (See footnote at end of Lecture 5.) 5.)
AND ANSWERS
QUESTIONS AND ON THE
ANSWERS ON THE FOREGOING
FOREGOING PRINCIPLES
Of what do the foregoing
foregoing lectures treat? Cf Of the being,
being,
perfections, and attributes of the Deity.
perfections, Deity. Lecture v. 1.1.
What are we
VVhat we to understand byby the perfections
perfections of the Deity?
Deity?
The perfections
perfections which belong his attributes.
belong to his
How many
How many personages
personages are there in in the Godhead? Two:
the Father and Son. Lecture v. 1. 1. (See
(See footnote.)
footnote.)
How
How do you prove that there are two personages
you prove personages in
in
the Godhead? By By the Scriptures.
Scriptures. Genesis i.
i. 26. Also lecture
ii.
ii. 6: "As
"As the Lord God said unto the Only
Only Begotten,
Begotten, who was
was
:
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'Let us make man

beginning, 'Let
with him from the beginning, man in our image,
image,
after our likeness'-and
Hkeness' and it — done." Genesis iii.
it was done." iii. 22: "And
*'And
the Lord God said unto the Only
Only Begotten, 'Behold,
Begotten, 'Behold, the man
man is
is
"
become as one of us: :good and evil.'
us to know good evil/ '* john
John xvii.
xvii. 5:
5
"And now,
*'And O
now, O Father, glorify thou me
Father, glorify me with thine own own self
self with
glory which II had with thee before the world was."
the glory was/' Lecture
2.
V. 2.
v.
What is is the Father? He is personage of glory

is a personage glory and of
power.
power. Lecture v. 2.
2.
How do you
How prove that the Father is
you prove personage of glory
is a personage glory
power? Isaiah Ix.
and of power? lx. 19: "The''The sun shall be no no moremore thythy
by
light by day,
light day, neither for brightness
brightness shall
shall the moon
moon give light
give light unto
thee but the Lord shall
thee; ; shall be unto thee an an everlasting
everlasting light, light, and thy thy
God thy glory/' 11 Chronicles xxix. 11:
thy glory." "Thine, O
11 "Thine,
: O Lord,
Lord, is is the
greatness, and the power,

greatness, power, and the glory."glory/' Psalm xxix. 3: "The
3 "The
:
voice of the Lord is is upon waters the God of glory

upon the waters: : glory thunders."
thunders."
Ixxix. 9:
Psalm lxxix. "Help us,
9 "Help
:
us, O O God of our salvation, for the glory
our salvation, glory
thy name."
of thy name." Romans i. i. 23: "And changed
23 "And
: changed the glory glory of the
incorruptible God into an image
incorruptible image made like corruptible man."'
like to corruptible man."
Secondly,
Secondly, of power.
power. 11 Chronicles xxix. 11:
1 1 "Thine,
"Thine,
: O
O Lord,
Lord, is
is
greatness, and the power,
the greatness, power, and glory."
glory." JeremiahJeremiah xxxii. 17 :
"Ah
"Ah ! Lord God,
! God, behold thou hast made the earth and the heavens
by thy great
by thy power, and stretched-out arm
great power, arm; and there is
; is nothing
nothing
thee." Deuteronomy
too hard for thee." Deuteronomy iv.
iv. 37 : "And
"And
: because he loved
thy fathers,
thy fathers, therefore he chose their seed after them,
them, and brought
brought
them out in his sightsight with his mighty power." 2 Samuel xxii. 33
mighty power." 33:
"God
"God is my strength
is my strength and power."
power." _Iob xxvi., commencing
Job xxvi., commencing with
the 7th verse to the end of the chapter: chapter: "He "He stretcheth out
the north over over the emptyempty place, hangeth the earth upon
place, and hangeth upon
nothing.
nothing. He bindeth up
up the waters in
in his thick clouds;
clouds ; and the
cloud is is not rent under them. He holdeth back the face of his
spreadeth his cloud upon
throne, and spreadeth
throne, upon it. it. He hath compassed
compassed
bounds, until the day
the waters with bounds, day and night come to an
night come an end.
The pillars
pillars of heaven tremble,
tremble, and are astonished at his
his reproof.
reproof.
He divideth the sea with his power, power, and by understanding he
by his understanding
through the proud.
smiteth through proud. By By his Spirit
Spirit he hath garnished garnished
the heavens;
heavens; his his hand hath formed the crooked serpent. serpent. Lo,
Lo,
these are parts
parts of his ways
ways! !but how little
little a
a portion
portion is
is heard of
him?? But the thunder of his power
him power who can understand ?"
can understand?"
is the Son?
What is First, he
First, is personage of tabernacle.
a personage
is a
Lecture v. 2.
2.
;
LECTURES ON FAITH
FAITH 51
51
How do you
How prove it?
you prove it ? john :<.iv. 9,
Jolin xiv. 9, 10, :
" J^sus saith unto
10, 1ll1 : "jesus
'Have II been so long
him, 'Have
him, long time with you, you, and yet yet hast thou not
known me, Philip ? He that hath seen me
me, Philip? me hath seen the Father; Father
sayest thou then,
and how sayest then, Show us the Father? Father ? Believest thou
not that II amam in the Father, Father, and the Father in me? me ? The words
that II speak
speak unto you speak not of myself
you II speak myself : but the Father that
:
dwelleth in in me
me he doeth the works. Believe me me that II am am in the
Father and the Father in
"
me/ *' Secondly,
in me.' — and
Secondly,-and being a per-being per-
sonage
sonage of tabernacle,
tabernacle, was
was made or fashioned like
like unto man,
man, or
being in
being in the form and likeness of man.
man. Lecture v. 2.
2. Philip-
Philip-
pians '*Let this mind be in
ii. 2-8: "Let
pians ii. you, which was
in you, was also in Christ Qirist
Jesus;
Jesus ; who,
who, being
being in
in the form of God,
God, thought
thought it
it not robbery
robbery to
equal
be equal with God
God; ; but made himself of no
no reputation, and took
reputation,
upon
upon him the form of a servant,
servant, and was
was made in the likeness
of man,
man, and beingbeing found in
in fashion as a man,
man, he humbled him-
self, and became obedient unto death,
self, death, eveneven the death of the
cross."
cross.'' Hebrews ii. 14, 16:
ii. 14, "Forasmuch
*T'orasmuch then as the children
partakers of flesh
are partakers flesh and blood, blood, he also himself likewise took
part
part of the same. For verily he took not on
verily on him the nature of
angels:
angels: but he took on
on him the seed of Abraham."
Abraham.*' Thirdly, he
Thirdly,
is
is also inin the likeness of the personage personage of the Father. Lecture
2. Hebrews i.
v. 2. i. 1, 2, 3: "God,
1, 2, ''God, who at sundry sundry times and in in
manners, spake
divers manners, spake in in times past past to the fathers, fathers, by by the
prophets, hath in
prophets, in these last last days spoken unto us
days spoken us by Son, whom
by his Son,
appointed heir of all
he hath appointed all things,
things, by by whom also he made the
worlds; who being
worlds ;
being the brightness
brightness of his his glory,
glory, and the express express
image
image of his
his person." Again,
person." Again, Philippians Philippians ii.
ii. 5,
S, 6:
6 : "Let
"Let this mind
be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus
in you, ;who,
Jesus; who, being being in
in the form
of God, thought
thought it it not robbery
robbery to be equal
equal with God."
God."
Was it by the Father and the Son that all
it by all things were
things were
created and made that were
were created and made
made? ? It
It was.
was. Colossians
i.
i. 15, 16, 17
15, 16, "Who is
17:: "Who image of the invisible God,
is the image God, the first
first
born of every creature for by
every creature; ;
by him were
were all
all things
things created that
in heaven and that are in
are in in earth,
earth, visible and invisible,
invisible, whether
they dominions, principalities
they be thrones or dominions, powers all
principalities or powers; things
all things;
were created by
were him
by him and for him; and he is is before all
; things, and
all things,
by him all
by all things consist." Genesis i.
things consist." i. 1 "In the beginning
1 : "In : beginning God
created the heavens and the earth." earth." Hebrews i. i. 2: (God)
(God)
"Hath in
"Hath in these last days
last spoken
days spoken unto us
us by his Son,
by his Son, whom he hath
appointed heir of all
appointed things, by
all things, by whom also he made the worlds." worlds."
possess the fullness of the Father?
Does he possess He does.
" ;
52 ON FAITH
LECTURES ON FAITH
i. 19, ii. 9: "For it

Colossians i. 19, ii. "For pleased the Father that in him
it pleased
should all fullness dwell/'
all fullness "For in him dwelleth all
dwell." "For all the fullness
of the Godhead bodily." Ephesians i.
bodily/' Ephesians 23 "Which
i. 23: "Which is
: is his (Christ's)
(Christ's)
body,
body, the fullness of him that fills
fills all
all in all."
all."
Why was
Why was he called the Son?
Son ? Because of the flesh. flesh. Luke
i. 33:
i. "That holy thing
33 "That
: holy thing which shall be born of thee,
thee, shall
shall be called
the Son of God."
God." Matthew iii. "And Jesus,
16, 17 : "And
iii. 16, :
jesus, when he was
baptized,
baptized, went up
up straightway
straightway out of the water, and lo,
water, lo, the
were opened
heavens were him, and he (]ohn)
opened unto him, (John) saw Spirit of
saw the Spirit
descending like
God descending upon him
lighting upon
like a dove and lighting lo, a voice
him: and lo, :
from heaven saying, 'This is

saying, *This my beloved Son,
is my Son, in whom II am am
"
pleased'
well pleased.'
Was he ordained of the Father, Father, from before the foundation

of the world,
world, to be a propitiation for the sins of all
a propitiation all those who
should believe on his name? He was. 11 Peter i.
on his i. 18, 19,
18, 19, 20:
"Forasmuch
"Forasmuch as ye ye know that ye were not redeemed with cor-
ye were
things, as silver and gold,
ruptible things,
ruptible gold, from your
your vain conversation,
conversation,
received by by tradition from your
your fathers:
fathers but: with the precious
precious
blood of Christ,
Qirist, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot; spot
who verily was foreordained before the foundation of the world,
verily was world,
but was manifested in these last last times for you."
you." Revelations
xiii.
xiii. 8: "And
"And all upon the earth shall worship
all that dwell upon worship him
(the beast), whose names
(the beast), names are not written in in the book of life life of
the Lamb slain slain from the foundation of the world." world." 11 Corin-
ii. 7 : "But
thians ii. : "But wewe speak
speak the wisdom of God in a mystery,
mystery, even
the hidden mystery,
mystery, which God ordained before the world,
world, unto
our glory."
glory."
Do the Father and the Son possess
possess the same mind? They They
do. _lohn
John v. "I
V. 30: "I (Christ) can of my
(Christ) can my own
own self
self do nothing:
nothing:
as II hear, I judge,
hear, I my judgment
judge, and my judgment is just ; because II seek not
is jus-t ;
my
my own will, but the will of the Father who sent me."
own will, John vi.
me." _lohn vi.
"For II (Christ)
38: "For came down from heaven,
(Christ) came heaven, not to do my
my own
own
will, but the will of him that sent me."

will, John x. 30: "I
me." John "I (Christ)
(Christ)
and mymy Father are one."
one."
What is this mind? The Holy
is this Holy Spirit. ]ohn xv. 26: "But
Spirit. John "But
when the Comforter is come, whom II will send unto you
is come, you from
the Father, even the Spirit
Father, even Spirit of truth,
truth, which proceeds from the
proceeds
Father, shall testify
Father, he shall me (Christ)."
testify of me (Christ)." Galatians iv. "And
iv. 6: "And
because ye sons, God hath sent forth the Spirit
ye are sons, Spirit of his Son
hearts."
your hearts."
into your
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THE HOLY GHOST AND THE HOLY SPIRIT 53
Do the Father, Holy Spirit

Son, and Holy
Father, Son, Spirit constitute the God-
They do. Lecture v.
head? They 2.* (See footnote.)
(See footnote.)
Do the behevers
believers in through the gift
Jesus, through
in Christ ]esus, gift of the
Spirit,
Spirit, become one
one with the Father and the Son,
Son, as the Father
and the Son are one? They do. John
one ? They John xvii. 20, 21 : "Neither
xvii. 20, "Neither pray
: pray
I for these (the
I (the apostles) alone,
apostles) alone, but for them also who shall
believe on me through
on me through their word they all
word; that they
; may be one
all may one; as ;
Father, art in
thou, Father,
thou. me, and II in thee,
in me, thee, that they may be one in
they also may
us, may believe that thou hast sent me."
us, that the world may me."
Does the foregoing
foregoing account of the Godhead lay a sure
lay a
foundation
fotmdation for the exercise of faith in him unto life
life and salva-
tion?
tion ? It
It does.
you prove it? By
By paragraph of this
the third paragraph this
1ecture.*
lecture.*
*Let the student commit these paragraphs

memory.
—
(Note:-That
(Nate: That which follows has been added only this compilation
only in this compilation
and, of
and, course, is
of course, part of the Lectures on
is no part on Faith as originally
originally delivered in
Kirtland.) Further light was revealed to the Prophet
light was subsequent to the
Prophet subsequent
giving of
giving of these Lectures,
Lectures, as will be noted by quotations following-
by the quotations following
A. in God the Eternal Father,

believe in
We believe Father, and in
in His Son
Christ, and in the Holy
Jesus Christ, Holy Ghost. Joseph—
Joseph Smith (See
-
(See famous
letter, March 1,
Wentworth letter, 1, 184-2, History of the
Documentary History
1842, Documentary
4- :540)
Church, Vol. 4:540)
Church,
B. The Father has a bodybody of flesh
flesh and bones as tangible
tangible
as man's;
man's; the Son also;
also; but the Holy
Holy Ghost has not a
a body of
body
flesh and bones,
flesh bones, but is personage of Spirit.
is a personage Spirit. Were itit not so,
so,
Holy Ghost could not dwell in us. April

the Holy 2,1843, Doc. and
April 2,184~3,
Cov., Sec.
Cov., Sec. 130:22.
The Holy
Holy Ghost and the Holy Spirit
Spirit
By Pres. Joseph
By F. Smith
Joseph F.
But the gift

gift of the Holy Ghost, which bears record of the
Holy Ghost,
Father and the Son, things of the Father and
Son, which takes of the things
shows them unto man,man, which testifies Christ, and of the
testifies of Jesus Christ,
God, the Father of Jesus Christ,

ever-living God,
ever-living Christ, and which bears
witness of the truth-this Spirit, this intelligence
Spirit, this intelligence is
is not given
given unto
all men until
all men until they
they repent
repent of their
their sins
sins and come
come into a state of
a
54 THE HOLY GHOST AND THE HOLY
THE HOLY GHOST AND THE HOLY SPIRIT
worthiness before the Lord. Then they they receive it by the laying
it by laying
on of the hands of those who are authorized of God to bestow
on
His blessings
blessings uponupon the heads of the children of men. men. The Spirit Spirit
spoken
spoken of in
in that which I
I have read is
is that Spirit
Spirit which will not
cease to strive with the children of men men until they they are
are brought to
brought
the possession
the possession of the greater light and intelligence.
greater light intelligence. Though a
Though
man may
man
may commit all manner of sin and blasphemy,
all manner blasphemy, if if he has
not received the testimony

testimony of the Holy
Holy Ghost he may
may be forgiven
forgiven
by
by repenting
repenting of his humbling
sins, humbling
sins, himself before the Lord, and
Lord,
obeying
obeying in sincerity the
sincerity commandments of God. As it
it is stated
is
*'Every soul who forsaketh his
here: "Every his sins and cometh unto me, me,
and calleth
calleth on my my name,
name, and obeyeth
obeyeth my my voice,
voice, and keepeth
keepeth my my
commandments,
commandments, shall
shall see my
my face and know that I
I am."
am." He shall
shall
be forgiven
forgiven and receive the greater light: he will enter into a
greater light:
solemn covenant with God, compact with the Almighty,
God, into a compact Almighty,
through
through the Only
Only Begotten
Begotten Son,
Son, whereby
whereby he becomes son of
a son
a
God,
God, an
an heir of God,
God, and a
a
joint
joint heir with ]esus
Jesus Christ. Then
if he shall sin against
if against the light knowledge he has received,
light and knowledge received,
light that was
the light was within him shall darkness, and oh,
shall become darkness, oh, how
great will
great will be that darkness! Then, and not till
Then, will this
then, will
till then, this
Spirit
Spirit of Christ that
that lighteth every
lighteth every man
man that cometh into the
world cease to strivestrive with him,him, and he shall shall be left left to his own own
destruction.
destruction.
This is
is in accordance with the the doctrine of Christ,
Christ, as it it is
is
revealed inin the New Testament;
Testament; it is in accordance with the
it is
word of God as it is revealed in the latter-day

it is through the
latter-day through
Prophet
Prophet Joseph
Joseph Smith. God will not condemn any
any man
man to utter
destruction,
destruction, neither shall
shall any
any man
man be thrust down to hell
hell irredeem-
ably, until he has been brought
ably, possession of the greater
brought to the possession greater
light that comes
light comes through repentance and obedience to the laws
through repentance
and commandments of God; God; but if,
if, after he has received light light and
knowledge,
knowledge, he shall
shall sin against
against the light
light and will not repent,
repent,
then, indeed,
then, indeed, he becomes a lost son of perdition.
soul, aa son
lost soul, perdition.
•
o The question is often asked,
question is asked, is any difference between
is there any
Spirit of the Lord and the Holy

the Spirit Holy Ghost? The terms are
frequently
frequently used synonymously.
synonymously. We say the Spirit
often say Spirit of God
when we mean the Holy
we mean Holy Ghost;
Ghost; we
we likewise say
say the Holy Ghost
Holy
when we
we mean Spirit of God. The Holy
mean the Spirit Holy Ghost is
is a personage
personage
Godhead, and is
in the Godhead, that which lighteth
is not that every man
lighteth every man that
comes into the world.
comes It
It is Spirit of God which proceeds
is the Spirit proceeds
through
through Christ to the world,
world, that
that enlightens every
enlightens every man
man that
that comes
comes
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THE GHOST AND

HOLY GHOST
THE HOLY AND THE HOLY
THE HOLY SPIRIT 55
world, and that strives with the children of men,

into the world, men, and
will continue to strive with them,
will until it
them, until brings them to a
it brings a know-
ledge
ledge of the truth and the possession
possession of the greater light and
greater light
testimony of the Holy
testimony Holy Ghost. If, however, he receive that greater
If, however, greater
light,
light, and then sin against
against it,
it, the
the Spirit
Spirit of God will
will cease to strive
strive
with him,
him, and the HolyHoly Ghost willwill wholly depart from him. Then
wholly depart
will he persecute
will truth; then will
persecute the truth; will he seek the blood of the
innocent;
innocent; then will
will he not scruple the commission of any
scruple at any crime;
crime;
except
except so far may fear the penalties
far as he may penalties of the law,
law, in conse-
quence of the crime,
quence upon himself.
crime, upon
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Holy Ghost, following references are
Ghost, the following
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Holy Ghost:
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6:303; 6:410;
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6:629;
12:393;
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12:389; 16:11; 17I706;
17:706; 19:46O; 20239; 20:71;
19:460; 20:39;
26:1149; 282168.
28:168.
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2:430; 32752;
3:752; 32823;
3:823; 32866;
3:866; 32890;
3:890; 32904;
3:904;
32915;
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3:945; 4223; 62768.
4:23; 6:768.
Journals of
of Discourses: 1:24;
1224; 1:50;
1250; 1:90;
1:90; 12240;
1:240; 22231; 32183;
2:231; 3:183
32203;
3:203; 4220;
4:20; 42140;
4:140; 42189;
4:189; 42266;
4:266; 52179;
5:179; 52203;
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6:5
62105; 6295;
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6:95; 6:349; 7:178; 72266;
7:118; 72178; 7:266; 8:102;
8:102; 8244;
8:44
92254; 12:34;
9:254; 122112.
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5:550; 521031;
5:1031; 5:1139;
5:1139; 5:1269;
5:1269; 62176;
6:176
62175; 62482;
6:175; 6:482; 6:792; 6:957;
62957; 62986;
6:986; 72203;
7:203; 72314; 72668;
7:314; 7:668
82625-6;
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9:689; 10:312; 10:564
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13:386; 13:597; 16:1195; 18235;
18:35; 182482;
18:4B2
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56 THE HOLY
HOLY GHOST AND THE
GHOST AND HOLY
THE HOLY SPIRIT
For aa masterful presentation of the Doctrines of t.he Holy

the Holy
presentation
Trinity and the Atonement,
Trinity Atonement, consult the Third,
Third, Fourth and Fifth
Year Books of the Seventy's
Seventy's Course in Theology,
Theology, written byby Pres.
B. H. Roberts,
Roberts, and entitled:
entitled: The Doctrine of Deity, (3rd), The
Deity, (3rd),
(4~th), and Divine lmrnanence
Atonement (4th), Immanence and the Holy Ghost,
Holy Ghost,
(Sth). Also refer to: The Mormon Doctrine of Deity,
(5th). Deity, this
this being
being
the Roberts —
-
Vander Donkt discussion on on the Godhead. These
represent the epitome
represent epitome of instruction on on these important
important subjects.
subjects.
Nothing
Nothing further need be said after-reading
after reading these masterpieces.
masterpieces.
The true God exists both in in space,

in time and in space, and has as much
relation to them as man or any
man any other being.
being. He has extension,
extension, and
form, and dimensions,
form, dimensions, as well as man.
man. He occupies space has a body,
occupies space; ; body,
parts and passions
parts passions; can go from place
can go
; place to place-can —
place can eat, drink, and talk,
eat, drink, talk,
as well as man.
rnan. Man resembles Him in the features and form of His
body, and He does not differ materially
body, size. When He has been seen
materially in size.
among men. He
among men, has been pronounced,
pronounced, even wicked, as one of
by the wicked,
even by
theirown species.
ownspecies. So much did He look like
like man, some supposed
man, that some supposed
Him to be the carpenter's man, He had a Father;
carpenter's son. Like man, was
Father ; and He was
the "express
"express image
image of the person
person of the Father." The two persons
persons
much" alike in form,
were as mucli form, in size,
size, and in
in every respect as fathers
every other respect
and sons are of the human race; indeed, "His off-
the human race are "His
indeed, the off-
spring," made in His likeness and image, not after His moral image,
spring,"
image,/not image,
but after the image
image of His person.
person. /There
/There is thing as moral
no such thing
is no
image.
image. Such an image cannot exist.
an image exist. Morality is
Morality is a property some
property of some
being
being or substance. A
A property being to which
property without a substance or being whicli
it app(.
it apps fs inconceivable.
"^
A
A property figure, shape,
property can never have figure, shape,
imaf
or ima; uy
my kind. Hence, a
Hence, a moral image never had an
image never an existence
except in
except bi'ains of modern idolators.-By
the brains
iii itiQ Kingdom
idolators.— By Orson Pratt. The Kingdom
of God,
God, No. 2,
2, p. 4,
p. 4, Liverpool, October 31, 1848.
Liverpool, 1848.
;
LECTURE SIXTH
LECTURE SIXTH
l. Having
1. preceding lectures of the ideas,
Having treated in the preceding ideas, of
the character, perfections, and attributes of God,
character, perfections, God, wewe next proceed
proceed
to treat of the knowledge knowledge which persons persons must have,have, that the
course of life life which they pursue is
they pursue according to the will of God,
is according God,
in order that they may be enabled to exercise faith in
they may in him unto
life salvation.
life and salvation.
2. This knowledge
2. supplies an
knowledge supplies an important place in revealed
important place
religion;
religion ; for it
it was by reason of it
was by it that the ancients were enabled
to endure as seeing seeing him who is is invisible.

invisible. An actual knowledge
knowledge
to any person, that the course of life
any person, life which he pursues
pursues isis accord-
ing
ing to the will
will of God,
God, is
is essentially necessary
essentially necessary to enable him to
have that confidence in God without which no no person can obtain
person can
eternal life.life. It this that enabled the ancient saints to endure
was this
It was
all their afflictions
all afflictions and persecutions,
persecutions, and to take joyfullyjoyfully the
spoiling
spoiling of their goods, knowing
goods, knowing (not believing merely) that
(not believing merely)
they
they had a more
more enduring substance. Hebrews x. 34.
enduring
3. Having
3. Having the assurance that they they were pursuing
pursuing a course
course
which was was agreeable
agreeable to the will of God, God, they were enabled to take,
they were take,
not only spoiling of their goods,
only the spoiling wasting of their sub-
goods, and the wasting
stance, joyfully, but also to suffer death in its
stance, joyfully, forms
its most horrid forms;
knowing (not merely
knowing (not merely believing) believing) that when this earthly
earthly house of
their tabernacle was
their was dissolved, they
dissolved, they had a building
building of God,
God, a
house not made with hands, hands, eternal in in the heavens. 2 Corin-
thians v. V. 1.l.
4. Such was,
4. always will
was, and always be, the situation of the saints
will be,
of God,
God, that unless theythey have an knowledge that the course
an actual knowledge
they
they are pursuing is
pursuing according
is according to the will of God they
they will grow
will grow
weary
weary in
in their minds,
minds, and faint
faint ;; for such has been,
been, and -always
^jlways
will be, opposition in the hearts df
be, the opposition of unbelievers and those that
know not God against against the purepure and unadulterated religion religion of
heaven (the
(the only thing which insures eternal life),
only thing life), that they
they will
persecute
persecute to the uttermost all
all that worship
worship God according to his
according
revelations,
revelations, receive the truth in
in the love of it,
it, and submit them-
selves to be guided
guided and directed by
by his will;
will ; and drive them to
such extremities that nothingnothing short of an an actual knowledge
knowledge of
their being
being the favorites of heaven,
heaven, and of their having having embraced
the order of things
things which God has established for the redemption redemption
of man,
man, will
will enable them to exercise that confidence in him,
him,
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58 LECTURES ON
LECTURES ON FAITH
FAITH
necessary for them to overcome

necessary overcome the world,world, and obtain that
crown glory which is
crown of glory up for them that fear God.
is laid up
5. For a man
5. man to laylay down his all,all, his character and reputa-
reputa-
tion,
tion, his honor,
honor, and applause,
applause, his good
good name
name among
among men, his
men, his
houses,
houses, his lands,
lands, his brothers and sisters,
sisters, his wife and children,
children,
even his own
and even own life — counting all
life also-counting
also things but filth
all things filth and
excellency of the knowledge

dross for the excellency knowledge of ]esus Jesus Christ-
Christ
requires
requires more
more than mere
mere belief or supposition
supposition that he is doing
is doing
the will of God ; but actual knowledge,

; knowledge, realizing that,
realizing that, when these
sufferings
sufferings are ended,
ended, he will
will enter into eternal rest,
rest, and be a
a
partaker of the glory
partaker glory of God.
6. person does know that he is
6. For unless a person walking accord-
is walking
ing to the will of God,
ing it would be offering
God, it an insult to the
offering an
dignity
dignity of the Creator were
were he to say
say that he would be a
a partaker
partaker
his glory
of his glory when he should be done with the things
things of this life.
life.
But when he has this knowledge, assuredly knows that
knowledge, and most assuredly
he is doing the will of G^,
is doing God, his confidence cancan be equally strong
equally strong
that will be a partaker
that he will glory of God.
partaker of the glory
y7 'Let us observe, that a
us here observe, religion that does not require
a religion require
sacrifice of all
the sacrifice things never has power
all things power sufficient to produce
produce
necessary unto life
the faith necessary life and salvation; for, from the first
salvation; for, first
existence of man, necessary unto the enjoyment
man, the faith necessary enjoyment of life life
and salvation nevernever could be obtained without the sacrifice
sacrifice of all
all
earthly things.
earthly things. It It was through this sacrifice,
was through sacrifice, and this only,
only, that
God has ordained that men men should enjoy life and it
enjoy eternal life; ; is
it is
through
through the medium of the sacrifice
sacrifice of all
all earthly things
earthly things that
men actually know that they
men do actually things that are well
doing the things
are doing
they are
pleasing in the sight
pleasing sight of God. When a man man has offered in sacri-
fice all
fice truth's sake,
all that he has for the truth's withholding his
even withholding
sake, not even
life,
life, and believing
believing before God that he has been called to make
this sacrifice because he seeks to do his will,
this will, he does know,
know, most
assuredly, that God does and will accept
assuredly, accept his sacrifice
sacrifice and offering,
offering,
and that he has not, will not seek his face in
nor will
not, nor in vain. Under
circumstances, then,
these circumstances, then, he can necessary for
can obtain the faith necessary
him to lay life.
lay hold on eternal life.
8. It
8. is in vain for persons
It is fancy to themselves that
persons to fancy
they
they are heirs with those,
those, or can
can be heirs with them,
them, who have
offered their all
all in
in sacrifice,
sacrifice, and by
by this
this means
means obtain faith in
in
God and favor with him so as to obtain eternal life, life, unless they,
they,
in like
in manner, offer unto him the same sacrifice,
like manner, through that
sacrifice, and through
offering obtain the knowledge

offering accepted of him.
they are accepted
knowledge that they
LECTURES ON FAITH
LECTURES FAITH ON S9
59
9.
9. It
It was offering sacrifices that Abel,
was in offering Abel, the first
first martyr,
martyr,
knowledge that he was accepted
obtained knowledge accepted of God. And from
the days righteous Abel to the present
days of righteous time, the knowledge
present time, knowledge that
men have that they
men accepted in the sight
they are accepted sight of God is is obtained
by
by offering
offering sacrifice.
sacrifice. And in the last
last days,
days, before the Lord comes,
comes,
he isis to gather together
gather together his
his saints who have made a
a covenant
with him by by sacrifice.
sacrifice. Psalm 11: 3,
: 3, 4, 5: "Our
4, 5: *'Our God shall come,come,
and shall keep silence:
shall not keep silence a fire
: fire shall
shall devour before him,him, and it it
shall be very
shall very tempestuous
tempestuous round about him. He shall call
call to the
heavens from above, above, and to the earth, may judge
earth, that he may judge his
people.
people. Gather my
my saints together
together unto me;
me; those that have
made a covenant with me me by sacrifice."
by sacrifice.''
10. Those,
10. then, who make the sacrifice,
Those, then, sacrifice, will have the
testimony
testimony that their course is
course pleasing in the sight
is pleasing God and
sight of God; ;
those who have this testimonytestimony willwill have faith to lay lay hold on
on
eternal life,
life, and will be enabled,
enabled, through faith, to endure unto
through faith,
the end,
end, and receive the crown crown that is up for them that love
laid up
is laid
the appearing
appearing of our Lord _Tesus
Jesus Christ. But those who do not
make the sacrifice enjoy this
sacrifice cannot enjoy faith, because men
this faith, men are de-
pendent
pendent upon this sacrifice
upon this sacrifice in order to obtain this faith faith: there-
:
fore, they cannot lay

fore, they ho-ld upon
lay hold upon eternal life,life, because the revela-
tions of God do not guarantee
guarantee unto them the authorityauthority so to do,
do,
and without this this guarantee
guarantee faith
faith could not exist.
exist.
11. we have account,
11. All the saints of whom we all the revela-
account, in all
tions of God which are extant, knowledge which
extant, obtained the knowledge
they had of their acceptance
they acceptance in his sight through the sacrifice
sight through sacrifice
which they
they offered unto him
him; and ;through
through the knowledge thus
knowledge
faith became sufficiently strong
obtained their faith strong upon
lay hold upon
to lay
sufficiently
promise of eternal life,
the promise seeing him who is
life, and to endure as seeing is
invisible and were enabled,
invisible; ; enabled, through faith, to combat the powers
through faith, powers
of darkness, against the wiles Of
darkness, contend against of the adversary, overcome
adversary, overcome
world, and obtain the end of their faith,
the world, even the salvation
faith, even
souls.
of their souls.
12. But those who have not made this sacrifice
12. sacrifice to God do
not know that the course which they
they pursue
pursue is
is pleasing in his
well pleasing
sight ;
sight ;for whatever may
may be their belief or their it is
opinion, it
opinion, is aa
uncertainty in their mind ; and where doubt
matter of doubt and uncertainty ;
and uncertainty
uncertainty are there faith is
faith nor can it
not, nor
is not, it be. For doubt
faith do not exist in the same
and faith same person
person at the same
same time;
time so ;
persons whose minds are under doubts and fears cannot

that persons
confidence; and where unshaken confidence is
have unshaken confidence; is
60 ON FAITH
LECTURES ON
not there faith is weak and where faith is

is weak; ; persons will
is weak the persons will
not be able to contend against
against all
all the opposition, tribulations, and
opposition, tribulations,
they will have to encounter in order to be heirs

afflictions which they
God, and joint
of God, Jesus ; and they
joint heirs with Christ _lesus ; they will grow
will grow
weary
weary in their minds,
minds, and the adversary
adversary will have power
power over
them and destroy
destroy them.
This Lecture is plain, and the facts set forth so self-evident that
is so plain,
it unnecessary to form a catechism upon
is deemed unnecessary
it is upon it : is, there-
it: the student is,
memory.
fore, instructed to commit the whole to memory.
fore,
The Following Excerpt Is

Following Excerpt A Part of The Lectures On
Is Not A
Faith
There have been various species idolatry in different ages of the
species of idolatry
world. The sun,
sun, moon, beasts, crocodiles, frightful
moon, stars, beasts,
stars, crocodiles, serpents, images
frightful serpents, images
of wood, stone, and of brass,
wood, of stone, brass, have been erected into gods,gods, and wor-
wor-
shipped by innumerable multitudes. But the system
shipped system of idolatry,
idolatry, invented
by modern christianity,
by Christianity, far surpasses in absurdity
surpasses in anything that we
absurdity anything we have
ever heard of.
of. One of the celebrated worshippers
worshippers of this
this newly-discovered
newly-discovered
god, in his Physical
god, Theory of Another Life,
Physical Theory Life, says, "A disembodied spirit,
says, "A spirit,
or,
or, we would
we rather say, an unembodied spirit,
say, an spirit, or sheer mind, is
is
NOWHERE.
N OWHERE. Place is
is a relation belonging extension and extension
belonging to extension; ;
is a
is matter but that which is
property of matter;
a property ; wholly abstracted from matter,
is wholly
in speaking
and in speaking of which we we deny it has any
deny that it any property
property in common
in common
can in
therewith, can
therewith, in itself subject to none
itself be subject its conditions;
none of its conditions; and we
we
might
might well say
as a pure
say of a spirit that it
pure spirit it is
is hard,
hard, heavy, red, or that
heavy, or red,
it is
it is a cubic foot in dimensions, say that it
dimensions, as say is here or there.
it is It is
It is
only
only in a popular improper sense that any
popular and improper is made
any such affirmation is
Infinite Spirit,
concerning the Infinite
concerning we speak
Spirit, or that we speak of God as everywhere
everywhere
present.
present. is in
God is in every place in a sense,
every place altogether incomprehensible
sense, altogether incomprehensible
by
by finite minds, inasmuch as his relation to space
finite minds, space and extension isis
iniinitude.
peculiar to infinitude.
peculiar Using the terms as we
Using we use them of ourselves,
ourselves,
God is not
is HERE OR THERE,
HERE OR THERE, any more
any NOW
more than he exists NOW AND AND
THEN." This species
THEN." idolatry, according
species of idolatry, according to the foregoing quotation,
foregoing quotation,
approaches so near to Atheism,

approaches Atheism, that no one can
no one tell the difference. Reader,
can tell Reader,
you see the difference? A
can you A god "without
"without a body!" A god
a body!" A "without
"without
parts!"
parts!" A god
A ''here or there!"
god that cannot be "here A god that isis ''no-
"no-
!"
wherel"
where A god that canont exist "now
A "now and then!"
then!" A god that exists
A
NO TIME. A
in NO
in A god
god that has no no extension-no "parts"—no con-
extension—no "parts"-no
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LECTURE SEVENTH.
SEVENTH.
l. In preceding
1. preceding lessons we we treated of what faith was, and of
object
the object on
on which it
it rested. Agreeable to our
Agreeable our plan,
plan, we now
we now
proceed
proceed to speak
speak of its
its effects.
effects.
2. As
2. we
we have seen in our former lectures that faith was
in our was
principle of action and of power
the principle power in in all
all intelligent beings, both
intelligent beings,
in
in heaven and on earth, it
on earth, will not be expected
it will expected that we we shall,
shall, in
a lecture of this description,
description, attempt
attempt to unfold all
all its
its effects;
effects;
neither is it necessary
is it necessary to our
our purpose
purpose so to do,
do, for it
it would
embrace all all things in heaven and on
things in on earth, encompass all
earth, and encompass all the
creations of God, God, with all all their endless varietiesvarieties; for no
; no world
has yet
yet been framed that was was not framed by faith, neither has
by faith,
there been an an intelligent
intelligent being
being on
on any
any of God's
God's creations who
did not get get there by
by reason of faith as it
it existed in himself or or in
some other being
some ;nor has there been a change
being; nor change or or aa revolution in
any of the creations of God,
any God, but it it has been effected by by faith;
faith;
neither will there be a change change or a revolution,
revolution, unless it
it is
is effected
in the same way, way, in any
any of the vast creations of the Almighty, Almighty,
for it
it is faith that the Deity
by faith
is by Deity works.
3. Let us here offer some
3. explanation in relation to faith,
some explanation faith,
that meaning may
that our meaning may be clearly comprehended. We ask,
clearly comprehended. Weask, then,
then,
what are we we to understand by by a man's working by
man's working by faith?
faith ? We We
—
answer we understand that when a man
answer--we man works by by faith he
works by by mental exertion instead of physical physical force. It It is by
is by
words, instead of exerting

words, exerting his physical powers, with which every
physical powers, every
being works when he works by
being by faith.
faith. God said, "Let there be
said, "Let
light,
light, and there was
was light." joshua spake,
light.'' Joshua spake, and the great lights
great lights
whcih God had created created stood still.
still. Elijah commanded, and the
Elijah
heavens were stayed for the space
were stayed space of three years years and six months,months,
so that it it did not rain:
rain he again
: again commanded and the heavens gave gave
forth rain.
rain. All this was done by by faith.
faith. And the Savior says. says.
"If you
"If you have faith as a grain grain of mustard seed, seed, saysay to this this
mountain, 'Remove,' and it
mountain, 'Remove,' it will remove
remove; or ; say to that sycamine
or say sycamine
tree, 'Be
tree, *Be yeye plucked planted in
up, and planted
plucked up, in the midst of the sea,' sea,' and
it
it shall obey you."
obey you." Faith,
Faith, then,
then, works by
by words
words; ;and with these
its mightiest
its mightiest works have been,
been, and will performed.
be, performed.
be,
4. It
4. surely will not be required
It surely required of us prove that this
us to prove this is
is
principle upon
the principle upon which all eternity has acted and will act;
all eternity act for
;
reflecting mind must know that it

every reflecting
every it is
is by
by reason of this power
power
—
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all the hosts of heaven perform

that all perform their works of wonder, wonder,
majesty,
majesty, and glory.
glory. Angels
Angels move
move from place
place to place by virtue
place by
this power;
of this power; it
it is
is by
by reason of it
it that they are enabled to
they
descend from heaven to earth earth; and
; were
were it
it not for the power
power of
faith they never could be ministering
they never spirits to them who should
ministering spirits
salvation, neither could they
be heirs of salvation, they act as heavenly messen-
heavenly messen-
gers,
gers, for they
they would be destitute of the power
power necessary
necessary to enable
will of God.
them to do the will
5.
5. It is
It is only necessary
only necessary say that the whole visible
for us to say
creation, it
creation, as it now exists,
now exists, is
the effect
is effect of faith. It
It was faith by
was faith by
which it was framed,
it was framed, and itit is by the power
is by faith that it
power of faith it con-
tinues in its
its organized by which the planets
form, and by
organized form, move round
planets move
their orbits and sparkle their glory.
sparkle forth their glory. So, then, faith is
So, then, is truly
truly
the first principle
first principle in the science of theology,
THEOLOGY, and,
and, when under-
stood, leads the mind back to the beginning,
stood, beginning, and carries itit forward
to the end
end; or,
;or, in
in other words,
words, from eternity to eternity.
eternity eternity.
6. As faith,
6. then, is
faith, then, is the principle
principle byby which the heavenly
heavenly
perform
hosts perform their works,
works, and by
by which they enjoy all
they enjoy all their
felicity, we
felicity, expect to find
might expect
we might it set forth in a
find it a revelation from
God as the principle upon which his creatures here below must
principle upon
in order to obtain the felicities
act in felicities enjoyed
enjoyed byby the saints inin the
eternal world; that, when God would undertake to raise up
world and that,
; up
men for the enjoyment
men enjoyment of himself,
himself, he would teach them the
necessity of living
necessity living by faith, and the impossibility
by faith, impossibility there waswas of
eternity without it,
enjoying the blessedness of eternity
their enjoying seeing that
it, seeing
all blessings of eternity

all the blessings eternity are effects of faith.
are the effects faith.
7.
7. Therefore it said, and appropriately
is said,
it is appropriately too, "Without
too, that "Without
it is
faith it please God."
impossible to please
is impossible God.*' If it
it should be asked-asked
Why is
Why it impossible
is it please God without
impossible to please faith?
faith ? The answer
answer
would be — Because without faith

be-Because faith it
it is impossible for men
is impossible men to be
saved ; and as God desires the salvation of men,
saved; men, he must, must, of
course,
course, desire that they
they should have faith;
faith ; and he could not be
pleased unless they had,
pleased they had, or else
else he could be pleased
pleased with their
their
destruction.
8. From this we
8. we learn that the many many exhortations which
have been given by inspired
given by men, to those who had received the
inspired men,
word of the Lord to have faith faith in him,
him, were not mere common-
mere common-
place matters,
place matters, but were
were 'for
'for the best of all
all reasons,
reasons, and that was
was-
because without it was no

it there was salvation,
no salvation, neither in this
this world
in that which is
nor in come. When men begin
is to come. men begin to live by faith
by
begin to draw near
they begin
they God and when faith is
near to God; ; is perfected they
perfected they
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are like him and because he is

like him; ;
they are saved also ; for they
is saved they they ;
will be in the same situation he is

will they have come
in, because they
is in, come to
him and when he appears
him; ; they shall
appears they shall be like him, for they
like him, they will
see him as he is.
is.
9. As all
9. all the visible creation is an effect of faith,
is an faith, so is is salva-
tion also —
also--we we meanmean salvation in in its
its most extensive latitude of
interpretation, whether it
interpretation, it is temporal or
is temporal or spiritual.
spiritual. In order to
have this subject clearly set before the mind,
subject clearly mind, let us ask what
let us
situation must a person
situation person be in in order to be saved? or or what is is
the difference between a a saved man man and one who is is not savedsaved??
We answer, from what we
We answer, we have before seen of the heavenly heavenly
worlds, they
worlds, they must be persons
persons who can work by
by faith
faith and who
able, by
are able, faith, to be ministering
by faith, ministering spiritsspirits to them who shall shall be
heirs of salvation
salvation; and they
; they must have faith to enable them to act
presence of the Lord,
in the presence Lord, otherwise they they cannot be saved.
And what constitutes the real real difference between a a saved personperson
and one not saved
one is —
is-the the difference in the degree
degree of their faith
—
-one's faith has become perfect
one's faith enough to lay
perfect enough lay hold upon upon eternal
life, and the other's
life, other's has not. But to be a a little more particular,
little more particular,
let
let us ask —
ask-WhereWhere shall we we find a prototype
prototype into whose likeness
we may
we assimilated, in order that we
may be assimilated, we maymay be made partakers partakers
of life
life and salvation? or, or, in in other words, where
words, shall we find
we find a
saved being?
being? for if we can
if we can find a saved being, being, we may ascertain
we may
without much difficulty difficulty what all
all others must be in
in order to be
We
saved. We think that it
think_that it will not be a matter of dispute, dispute, that two
beings who are unlike each other cannot both be saved;
beings saved; for
whatever constitutes the salvation of one one will constitute the salva-
tion of everyevery creature which will be saved; saved and if
; we find one
if we one
saved being
being in
in all
all existence,
existence, we
we may
may see what all
all others must be, or
be,
else not be saved. We ask,
else We then, where is
ask, then, is the prototype
prototype? ? or
or where
is
is the saved being? We
being? We conclude, conclude, as to the answer answer of this this
question, there will be no
question, no dispute among those who believe the
dispute among
Bible, that it
Bible, is Christ: all
it is all will agree in
will agree this, that he is
in this, is the
prototype
prototype or standard of salvation;
salvation ; or,
or, in other words,
words, that he is
is
a saved being.
being. And if
if we
we should continue our
our interrogation,
interrogation, and
ask how it that he is
is that
it is is saved? the answer answer would be-because —
be because
he is just and holy
is a just being and if
holy being; ; if he were anything different from
were anything
what he is, is, he would not be saved; saved for his salvation depends
; depends on on
his being precisely what he is
being precisely is and nothing
nothing else else; ; for if
if it
it were
were
possible for him to change,

possible change, in the least degree, so sure he would
least degree,
fail of salvation and lose all
fail all his dominion,
dominion, power, authority and
power, authority
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glory, which constitute salvation;

glory, salvation; for salvation consists in the
glory, authority, power and dominion which Jehovah
glory, authority, majesty, power
majesty, Jehovah
possesses and in
possesses in nothing
nothing else;
else and no
; no being
being can possess it
can possess it but
himself or like him. Thus says

or one like says ]ohn,
John, in
in his first
first epistle,
epistle,
chapter, second and third verses: "Beloved,

third chapter, now are we
'^Beloved, now we
the sons of God, and it it doth not yet appear what we
yet appear we shall be;
but we that, when he shall appear,
we know that, appear, wewe shall be like him, for
like him,
we shall see him as he is.
we is. And every
every man
man that hath this
this hope in
hope
him, purifieth himself, even as he is
him, purilieth himself, is pure."
pure.'' Why purifyWhy
purify them-
is pure
selves as he is pure?? Because if they cannot be like
they do not they
if they like
him.
10. The Lord said unto Moses,
10. Moses, Leviticus xix. 2: *'Speak "Speak
all the congregation
unto all congregation of the children of Israel,
Israel, and say unto
say
"
"
them,
them, 'Ye
*Ye shall
shall be holy
holy: : for I
I the Lord your
your God am
am holy.'
holy.'
And Peter says, says, first epistle, i.
first epistle, i. '*But as he which hath
15, 16: "But
IS,
called you is holy,
you is holy, so be ye holy in all
ye holy manner of conversation;
all manner conversation
"
because it it is
is written, 'Be ye
written, *Be holy; for II am
ye holy; holy.' "
am holy.' And the
says, Matthew v. 48: "Be
Saviour says, "Be yeye therefore perfect, even as
perfect, even
"
your Father which is in heaven is " If any should
your is in is perfect'
perfect.' If any ask,
ask,
why
why all sayings?? the answer
all these sayings answer is is to be found from what is is
before quoted
quoted from ]ohn's epistle,
John's epistle, that when he Lord)
(the Lord)
(the shall
shall
appear, the saints will be like
appear, him and if
like him; ; if they
they are not holy,
holy, as
is holy,
he is holy, and perfect,
perfect, as he is
is perfect, they
perfect, they cannot be like
like him
him;
for no being can enjoy
being can his glory
enjoy his possessing his perfec-
glory without possessing perfec-
tions and holiness,
holiness, nono more
more than they they could reignreign in his king-
king-
dom without his power. power.
11. This clearly
11. propriety of the Saviour's
clearly sets forth the propriety Saviour's
saying,
saying, recorded in _Iohn's testimony,
John's testimony, xiv. 12: "Verily, verily,
*' Verily, verily,
II say you,
say unto you, he that believeth on
on me, the works that I
I do shall
shall
he do also; ; greater works than these shall he do,
also and greater do, because II
my Father."
go unto my
go Father." This taken in connection with some some of
the sayings
sayings inin the Savior's prayer, recorded in
Savior's prayer, in the seventeenth
chapter, gives
chapter, great clearness to his
gives great his expressions.
expressions. He says says in
the 20,
20, 21, 23,
22, 23,
21, 22, and 24th verses: "Neither
^'Neither pray II for
pray
alone, but for them also who shall believe on
these alone, on me through
me through
words that they

their words; ;they all may be one;
all may one as thou,
; Father, art in
thou. Father,
me, and II in
me, they also may
thee, that they
in thee, may be one us that the world
one in us; ;
may
may believe that thou hast sent me. And the glory which thou
glory
me II have given
gavest me
gavest them that they may
given them; ; they may be one,
one, even we
even as we
are one
one: I
: them, and thou in me,
I in them, me, that they may be made per-
they may per-
fect in one
fect in one; and ;that the world may
may know that thou hast sent me,
me,
:;:
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them, as thou has loved me.

and hast loved them, me. Father, II will
Father,
whom thou has given
they also whom
that they given me, me where II
me, be with me
am
am;; that they may
they may behold my
my glory,
glory, which thou hast given
given
me: me before the foundation of the world."
me: for thou lovedst me world."
12. All these sayings
12. together give
put together
sayings put give as clear an account
of the state
state of the glorified
glorified saints as language
language could give —
give-thethe
works that jesus
Jesus had done were to do, and greater
they were
they do, greater works
than those which he had done among among them should they do, and
they do,
that because he went to the Father. He does not say say that they
they
should do these works in time time; but they
;
they should do works,
greater works,
greater
because he went to the Father. He says says in the 24th verse verse:
"F ather, II
'^Father, will that they also, whom thou hast given
they also, me, be with
given me,
me where II am
me ; may behold my
they may
am; that they my glory."
glory.'' These sayings,
sayings,
taken inin connection,
connection, make it it very greater works
plain that the greater
very plain
which those that believed on his name name were
were to do were
were to be done
in eternity,
eternity, where he was
was going
going and where they
they should behold his
glory. He had said,
glory. said, in another partpart of his prayer, that he desired
his prayer,
of his Father that those who believed on him should be one in
him, as he and the Father were
him, were one other. "Neither
one in each other. "Neither pray
pray
II for these (the(the apostles) alone,
apostles) alone, but for them also who shall
shall
believe onon me through their words,
me through words, that they may be one";
all may
they all one''
they who believe on
is, they
that is, on him through
through the apostles' words, as
apostles' words,
well as the apostles themselves, "that
apostles themselves, they all
*'that they may be one,
all may one, as
thou, Father,
thou. Father, are in me
me and I
I in
in thee;
thee
; that they
they also may
may be oneone
us."
in us."
13. What language
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plainer than this? The Saviour
language can be plainer
surely
surely intended to be understood by his disciples,
by disciples, and he spake
he so spake
that they might understand him;
they might him for he declares to his Father,
; Father,
in language,
language, not to be easily mistaken, that he wanted his disciples,
easily mistaken, disciples,
them, to be as himself and the Father,
all of them,
even all Father, for as he and
the 'Father were one
Father were they might
one so they might be one
one with them. And
what isis said in the 22nd verse is more tirml
is calculated to more firmly estab-
lish this belief
lish belief ;- if
; if it anything to establish it.
it needs anything it. I-Ile
He says:
says
"And
"And the glory
glory which thou gavest gavest me,
me, I
I have given
given them,
them, that
may
they may
they be one,
one, even as we
we are one."
one." As much as to say
say that
glory which the Father had given
they have the glory
unless they given him theythey
could not be one one with themthem;; for he says given them the
says he had given
glory that the Father had given
glory given him that they might be one;
they might one or ;
words, to make them one.

in other words,
14.
This fills measure of information
up the measure
fills up
14. on this
information on subject,
this subject,
clearly that the Saviour wished his disciples

and shows most clearly disciples to
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understand that they

they were to be partakers
partakers with him in
in all
all things,
things,
not even his glory
glory excepted.
excepted.
15. It is
15. It is scarcely necessary here to observe what we
scarcely necessary we have
previously noticed,
previously noticed, that the glory which the Father and the Son
glory
have isis because they just and holy
they are just beings; and that if
holy beings; if they
they
were lacking
were
lacking in
in one
one attribute or
or perfection
perfection which they have, the
they have,
glory
glory which they
they have never
never could be them, for it
enjoyed by them,
enjoyed by it
requires
requires them to be precisely
precisely what they
they are in
in order to enjoy
enjoy it;
it
if the Saviour gives

and if gives this glory
glory to any others, he must do it
any others, it in
very way
the very way set forth in in his prayer
prayer to his F Father
ather-by— making
by making
them one withw^th him as he and the Father are one. In so doing doing
he would givegive them the glory glory which the Father has given him
given him;
and when his disciples
disciples are made one
one with the Father and Son. Son,
as the Father and Son are one, propriety of
one, who cannot see the propriety
the Saviour's
—
saying **The works which II do,
Saviour's saying--"The do, shall they
they do;
and greater
greater works than these shall they do,
they do, because I
I go
go to mymy
Father."
Father.'^
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16. These teachings
»
clearly show unto
salvation, and what he proposed
us the nature of salvation, proposed unto the human
family when he proposed
family proposed to savesave them-that —
them that he proposed
proposed to
make them like unto himself,
himself, and he was Father, the
like the Father,
was like
great prototype
great prototype of all
all saved beings;
beings and for
;
any portion of the
any portion
family to be assimilated into their likeness is
human family is to be saved;
saved
and to be unlike them is to be destroyed
is destroyed; and on this hinge
on
; hinge turns
the door of salvation.
17.
17.Who cannot see,
Vho then, that salvation is
see, then, effect of
is the effect
for, as we
faith? for, we have previously observed, all
previously observed, heavenly
all the heavenly
beings
beings work by
by this principle;
principle ; and it
it is
is because they
they are able so
to
to do that they
they are saved,
saved, for nothing
nothing but this could save
save them.
And this
this is
is the lesson which the God of heaven,
heaven, by by the mouth of
his holy
his prophets. has been endeavoring
holy prophets, endeavoring to teach to the world.
Hence we told. that "Witl1out
we are told, faith it
"Without faith it is impossible to please
is impossible please
God"
God"; and
; that salvation is
is of faith,
faith, that it
it might
might be by
by grace,
grace,
to the end the promise might
promise might be sure to all
all the seed. Romans
Israel, who followed after the law of righteous-
16. And that Israel,
iv. 16.
iv. righteous-
ness, has not attained to the law of righteousness.
ness, Wl1erefo1°e?
righteousness. Wherefore?
Because they sought it
they sought it not by faith, but as it
by faith, it were by the works
were by
they stumbled at that stumbling
law; for they
of the law ; stumbling stone. Romans
ix. 32. And jesus
ix. Jesus said unto the man
man brought his son
who brought son to
him, to get
him, get the devil who tormented him cast out: "If
*'If thou
all things
believe, all
canst believe, things are possible to him that believeth."
are possible
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Mark ix.
ix. 23.
23. These with a multitude of other scriptures which
scriptures
might
might be quoted plainly set forth the light
quoted plainly light in which the Saviour,
Saviour,
as well as the Former-day Saints, viewed the
Former-day Saints, plan
plan of salvation.
salvation!
That it
it was a system of faith-it
system faith—it begins with faith, and continues
begins faith,
by faith; and every
by faith ;
blessing which is
every blessing is obtained in relation to it it is
is
the effect
effect of faith,
faith, whether it pertains to this
it pertains this life
life or that which
is
IS to come. To this
this all
all the revelations of God bear witness. If
If
were children of promise,
there were promise, they were the effects of
they were of faith,
faith,
not even the Saviour of the world excepted. "Blessed
excepted. "Blessed is is she that
believed," said Elizabeth to Mary,
believed,"
Mary, when she went to visit her,
her,
"for there shall be a performance
"for performance of those things things which were were
told her from the Lord."Lord." Luke i. i. 45. Nor was was the birth of
John
John the Baptist
Baptist the less
less a matter of faith;
faith for in
; in order that his
father Zacharias might
might believe he waswas struck dumb. And through through
the whole history
history of the scheme of life life and salvation,
salvation, it is a matter
it is
of faith: every man
faith every man received according to his faith—
:
according faith-according as
according
his faith
his was, so were
faith was, were his blessings
blessings and privileges;
privileges and nothing
;nothing
was withheld from him when his faith
was faith was sufficient to receive
it. He could stop
it. stop the mouths of lions, quench the violence of fire
lions, quench
Ere,
escape the edge
escape edge of the sword, wax valiant in fight,
sword, wax fight, and putput to
flight the armies of the aliens; women
flight aliens; women could, could, byby their faith,
faith
receive their dead children to life life again;
again in in a word, there was
a word,
; was
nothing
nothing impossible
impossible with them who had faith. faith. All things
in subjection
things were
were
subjection to the Former-day
Former-day Saints,
Saints, according as their faith
By their faith they
according
was.
By they could obtain heavenly visions, the
heavenly visions,
ministering
ministering of angels,
angels, have knowledge of the spirits of just'men
knowledge spirits just men
made perfect,
perfect, of the general
general assembly
assembly and church of the first
first
born, whose names
born, names are written in heaven,
heaven, of God the judge of all,
judge all,
of Jesus
jesus the Mediator of the new
new covenant,
covenant, and become familiar
with the third heavens,
heavens, see and hear things
things which were
were not only
only
unutterable, but were
unutterable, were unlawful to utter. Peter,Peter, in view of the
power
power of faith, second epistle,
faith, epistle, first
first chapter,
chapter, second and third
verses, says to the Former-day
verses, says Former-day Saints:
Saints "Grace
"Grace and peace
:
peace be
multiplied unto you,
multiplied through the knowledge
you, through knowledge of God,
God, and of Jesus
Jesus
our Lord,
Lord, according
according as his divine power hath given unto us
power given us all
all
things that pertain
things pertain unto life
life and godliness,
godliness, through
through the knowledge
knowledge
of him that
that hath called us to glory and virtue."
glory virtue." In the first
first
epistle, first
epistle, first chapter,
chapter, third,
third, fourth and fifthfifth verses he says:
says:
"Blessed
^Blessed be the God and Father of our our Lord jesus
Jesus Christ,
Christ, which,
which,
according to his abundant
according abtmdant mercy,
mercy, hath begotten
begotten usus again
again unto a
lively hope by
lively hope by the resurrection of jesus
Jesus Christ from the dead,
dead, to
3
68
6g FAITH
LECTURES ON FAITH
incorruptible and undefiled,

an inheritance incorruptible
an undefiled, and that fadeth not
you, who are kept
for you, kept by power of
by the power
away, reserved in heaven
away,
God throughthrough faith unto salvation, salvation, ready ready to be revealed min the
last time."
last time."
apostle's views most
sayings put
18. These sayings
18. together show the apost1e's
put together
clearly so as to admit of no mistake on
the mind of any any indi-
indi-
clearly, godlmess
life and godliness
vidual. He says says that all things that pertain
all things pertain to life
knowledge
knowledge of God and ourour
were given
were given unto them through through the
how were
Saviour Jesus Jesus Christ. And if if the question
question is
is asked,
asked, were
obtain the knowledge

knowledge of God? (for
(for there is great dif-
is a great
they to
they
him— knowledge
ference between believing believing in in God and knowing knowing him-knowledge
implies
implies more more than faith.faith. And notice,
notice, that all
all things that pertain
things pertain
the knowledge
knowledge of God)
God)
to life godliness were
life and godliness were givengiven through
through
given—through faith they they were
were to obtain this
this
the answer is is given-through
having powerpower by by faith to obtain the knowledge knowledge
knowledge; and,
knowledge ; and, having
they could with it obtain all other things
all things which pertain pertain
of God, they it
life and godliness.

to life godliness.
sayings of the apostle, apostle, we we learn that it was by
it was by
19. By
19 By these sayings
that men got the knowledge
knowledge of all
all
knowledge of God
obtaining a knowledge
obtaining men got
pertain to life life and godliness,
godliness, and this
this knowledge
knowledge
things which pertain
things
was the effect
eflfect of faith;
faith ; so that all things which pertain
all things pertain to life life
faith.
efiFects of faith.
godliness are the effects
and godliness
20. From this we we may may extend as
far as any any circumstances
on earth or in heaven, and we
in heaven, we will find it
will hnd it
may require, whether on
may require,
messengers that
testimony of all
the testimony inspired men,
all inspired men, or heavenly
heavenly messengers,
life and godliness
godliness are the effects ot of
all things
all pertain to life
things that pertain
else; allall learning,
learning, wisdom and prudence
prudence fail,
fail,
faith and nothing
faith nothing else;
means of salvation but faith. This
faith, ihis is is
and every thing
every thing else
else as a
could teach the world-
the reason that the fishermen of Galilee
by faith obtained.
obtained this is
And this is
because they sought by
they sought faith,
by faith, and by
things but filth
all things dross—what
filth and dross-what
the reason that Paul counted all
called his gaingain he called his loss; loss yea,yea, and he counted
he formerly
formerly called ;
things but loss for the excellency

all things
all
excellency of the knowledge knowledge of Christ
Philippians iii. iii. 7, 9, and 10.
8, 9, 10. Because to ob-
Jesus the Lord. Philippians
Jesus
7, 8,
by which he could enjoy knowledge of Christ

enjoy the knowledge
tain the faith by
is the
Tesus the Lord,Lord, he had to suffer the loss loss of all
all things. This is
things
jesus and understood
reason that the Former-dayFormer-day Saints knew more, more,
heavenly things
heavenly things than all others beside
all beside,
more, of heaven and
more, of
this information is is the effect of faith-tofaith—to be obtained by by
because this
is the reason that men men, as soon soon as the}the
means. And this is
no other means.
contentions, darkness,
strifes, contentions, darkness, and difli*
ditti-
lose their faith,
lose run into strifes,
faith, run
culties;; for the

culties knowledge which tends to life
knowledge life disappears
disappears with
faith,
faith, but returns when faith returns; for when faith comes
faith returns; comes itit
brings
brings its
its train of attendants with it apostles, —
it-apostles, prophets,
prophets, evan-
evan-
gelists,
gelists, pastors, teachers,
pastors, teachers, wisdom, knowledge,
wisdom,
gifts,
gifts, knowledge, miracles,
miracles,
healings,
healings, tongues, interpretation of tongues,
tongues, interpretation tongues, etc. All these ap- ap-
pear when faith appears
pear appears onon the earth, disappear when it
earth, and disappear it
disappears
disappears from the earth;
earth for these
; are the effects
effects of faith,
faith, and
always have attended,
always attended, and always will, attend it.
always will, it. For where
is,
faith is, there will
will the knowledge
knowledge of God be also,
also, with all
all things
things
which pertain
pertain thereto —
thereto-revelations,
revelations, visions, dreams, as well
visions, and dreams,
as every in order that
thing, in
necessary thing,
every necessary that the possessors
possessors of faith
may
may be perfected,
perfected, and obtain salvation
salvation; ; for God must change,
change,
otherwise faith
faith will prevail
prevail with him. And he who possessespossesses it
it
will, through it,

will, through it, obtain all
all knowledge
necessary knowledge and wisdom,
necessary wisdom,
until he shall
shall know God,
God, and the Lord _Iesus Christ, whom he
Jesus Christ,
sent —
whom to know is
has sent-whom is eternal life.
life. Amen.
page 60)
(Continued from page
ceivable relation TIME OR SPACE
relation to TIME OR SPACE! ! O, blush for modern christi-Christi-
—
anity!-aa pious
anity ! pious namename for Atheism
Atheism! ! Some, perhaps,
Some, perhaps, maymay think that II
have not suliicient
sufficient charity.
charity. But why charity for a
why should II have charity god
a god
that has no "parts" —
"parts"-no space? Let him first
no relation to space? first have charity
charity
for himself. But this impossible; for he is
this would be impossible; is a god "without
"without
passions." He can have no
passions." no charity nor love for himself nor
charity nor any one else.
nor any else.
is
There is no danger of offending
no danger offending him;him; for a a passionless
passionless god is
is not
capable anger. One of the persons

capable of anger. persons of this imaginary god is said to
this imaginary is
have been crucified. But this mistake for it
this must be a sad mistake; ; it would be
impossible crucify a portion

impossible to crucify something that had no
portion of something no "parts."
"parts." The
reason, then,
reason, then, why the people
people have not received any
any word from the
King,
Great King, is
is because they
they have petitioned
petitioned the wrong
wrong god.god. Would you
you
expect her majesty,
expect majesty, the queen England, to answer your
queen of England, petition if
your petition if it
it
were directed to some

were some African prince?prince? Would you expect the
you expect God of
heaven to answer petition that was
answer a petition was addressed to a Hindoo god? god? If, If,
petitions are addressed to the bodiless,

your petitions
then, your
then, passionless god of
bodiless, passionless
modern christianity,
Christianity, you you must not be surprised if the true God does not
surprised if
pay any
pay any attention to them. You need not expect that the True God will
expect
make any reply to petitions
any reply petitions offered to any other being.-By
any being. — By Orson Pratt,
Pratt,
The Kingdom
Kingdom of God, God, No. 2, 2, pp. 3-4, Liverpool, Oct. 31,
3-4, Liverpool, 31, 1848.
TRUE FAITH
BY
ORSON PRATT
THE RESULT
FAITH THE RESULT OF EVIDENCE-JUSTIFICATION —
EVIDENCE JUSTIFICATION BY FAITH
FAITH WITH-
WITH-
WORKS
OUT WORKS — BY FAITH WITH
JUSTIFICATION BY
-
WORKS
WITH WORKS — FAITH
_
FAITH
THE GIFT OF
THE —
GOD MIRACULOUS SIGNS ACCOMPANY TRUE
OF GOD_MIRACULOUS TRUE FAITH
FAITH
IN ALL AGES WHEN —

WHEN THE
THE SIGNS CEASE,
--
AND
CEASE, FAITH AND SALVA-
TION CEASE.
"^1.—
1.-It
It is
is the intention of of the author in this chapter to define
this chapter
and simplify principle, called FAITH.
great principle,
simplify the great This isis not an an
abstract principle,
abstract separate
principle, separate and distinct from mind,
mind, but it
it is
is a
certain condition or state of the mind itself. itself. When the mind be-
Wfhen be-
lieves
lieves or has confidence in any any subject, statement, or propo-
subject, or statement, propo- ^
sition, whether correct or

sition, incorrect, it
or incorrect, is then in possessio-n
it is possession of
faith. To have faith
faith. faith isis simply believe. Faith and belief,
simply to believe. belief, there-
fore,
fore, are synonymous
synonymous terms, expressive of the same
terms, expressive same idea.
idea.
~ 2.—
- 2.-Faith Faith or belief is is the result
result of presented to the
of evidence presented
mind. Without evidence, evidence, the mind cannot have faith in anything. anything.
We believe
believe that a
a stone will fall,
fall, when unsupported,
unsupported, on
on the evi-
evi-
dence of past observation in
of past in relation to the falling heavy bodies.
falling of heavy
We believe that day day and night
night will
will continue on
on the evidence of
experience
past experience
past in regard
regard to the uniformity
uniformity of nature's
nature's laws. We We
believe that that space
space is boundless, and duration endless,
is boundless, endless, on on the evi-
dence, presented
dence, presented by by the mind itself,itself, which at once perceives the
once perceives
absurdity
absurdity of either space
space or
or duration being
being limited. We believe
in all self-evident truths,
all self-evident truths, onon the evidence that. that all
all opposite propo-
opposite propo-
truths are absurd!
sitions to these truths absurd.^ We believe in all great truths
all the great
science, either
of science, either onon the evidences of our own own investigations,
investigations, or or onon
the researches of others. We believe in historical facts facts on on the
evidence of the historian.
historian. Faith in everyevery fact, statement, truth,
fact, statement, truth,
proposition which we
or proposition we have confidence in, in, is, in all
is, in all cases what-
soever, derived from evidence. Therefore,
soever, Therefore, without evidence,evidence, faith
can have no no existence.
—
3.-Faith
3. Faith isis of two kinds, namely _false
kinds, namely true, A
false and true. A false
false faith is is
the result
the result of giving
giving credence to false
false evidence: a
a true faith,
faith, the
result derived from true evidence.
result
—
4-.-The
4. ^The faith of of Cain in offering
offering the the fruits
fruits of the groundground was was
TRUE FAITH
FAITH 71
false, derived from some

false, some evidence, in relation to offerings,
incorrect evidence, offerings,
in relation to the conduct necessary
or in blessing. The
necessary to obtain a blessing.
offering the firstlings
faith of Abel in offering
faith was founded
flock, was
firstlings of his flock,
upon
upon the
the evidence he had from the word of God that such anan
offering would please
offering please Him. The faith
faith of the Egyptisms
Egyptians in the
doctrines of the magicians
magicians was was the result of false evidence, strength-
false evidence, strength-
ened, and as they
ened, supposed, confirmed by
they supposed, numerous miracles
by the numerous
wrought
wrought by their evil hands. The faith of Israel
by their Israel in the doctrines
of Moses was was founded upon evidence, and hence,
upon true evidence, was pleas-
hence, was pleas-
ing
ing in the sight
sight of God. Faith in idols and in the mythologies of
mythologies
heathen, is
the heathen, the result
is the result of aa false traditionary evidence. Faith in
false traditionary
the true God is
the is founded uponupon true evidence. Faith in false doc-
in false
trines,
trines, and in the creeds and articles
articles of religion,
religion, invented by
by
human wisdom,
wisdom, is is the production
production of traditionary evidence,
traditionary evidence, not to
be depended
depended on. Faith in every word of God,
every wordnof God, whether-
whether ancient or or
depended on. Faith in every
depended every word of God, God, whether ancient or or
modern, is
modern, is always
always produced
produced by by evidence that is true, and cal-
is true, cal-
culated to give
give the greatest assurance to the mind.
greatest assurance
—
5.-As
5. As evidence precedes
precedes faith,faith, the latterlatter should be weak or
proportion to the weakness or strength

strong in proportion
strong or strength of the evidence.
Where the evidence is accompanied by
is accompanied by circumstances of aa doubt-
ful nature;
ful nature; or where it it relates which are, in
things whichare,
relates to things some degree,
in some degree,
improbable
improbable in themselves;
themselves; or
or where there is
is an
an opposing
opposing evidence
nearly the same
of nearly same influence or or weight;
weight; or or where there in in only
only
—
evidence-faith
circumstantial evidence faith should be weak. On the other
hand, where the evidences are
hand, direct; where they
are direct; they relate
relate to events
things,
or things, not improbable;
improbable; where they
they are accompanied
accompanied by fa-
by fa-
vourable circumstances of a confirmatory nature;
a confirmatory nature; where no
no evi-
dences, of any
dences, any influence or weight,
weight, are —
opposition faith should
are in opposition--faith
strong.*e The weakness
be strong, m;a1;;;ess,_gr,,st@ngth of faith will,
or strength pfgfaith therefore, in
will, therefore,
all_§;as_5§,
ali cas^s, be in
in proportion
proportion to the weakness or strength of the im-
strength
pressions, produced
pje§sions,~produced_ upon u}5on the
the mind
_rnind_byèvidence. It
by evidence. is often the
It is
case,
case, that the judg ment become
iudgment becomes so_ s so weak and
an becloude d, that t the
evidences,
evidences, however great, great, and clear,clear, and lucid,lucid, and demonstrative,
demonstrative,
produces
produces no
no sensible impression
impression upon upon the mind. Hence, faith
Hence,
does not always
always exist in in impaired
impaired or or vitiated minds with a a strength
strength
proportioned
proportioned to the degree
degree or force of evidence.
—
6.-In
6. our examination into the truth
In our truth or falsehood of many many
subjects,
subjects, we
we are exceedingly
exceedingly liable
liable to be deceived. Man,
Man, through
through
the influence of sophistry,
sophistry, or popularity, surrounding circum-
popularity, or surrounding
tradition.
stances or tradition, or many
many causes, combined, may
combined, may be biased in in
72 TRUE FAITH
FAITH
his partial in
judgment, partial
his judgment, investigations, and swayed
in his investigations, swayed from that
analysis which is
searching analysis
searching requisite in order to dis-
is sometimes requisite dis-
cover the truth or error of the subject, statement, or proposition,
subject, statement, proposition,
under consideration. Even his own uncorrected. by his judg-
senses, uncorrectedby
own senses, judg-
ment,
ment, often lead him astray.
astray. For instance;
instance; a man,
man, looking
looking
through the cabin window of
through of a vessel, perceives another vessel
vessel, perceives
apparently moving. He hastily

apparently moving. hastily concludes that the other vessel is is
really
really in motion,
motion, while his own
own is
is standing
standing still.
still. ln
In this,
this, he is
is
very
very liable
liable to be deceived;
deceived ; for the fact
fact may
may be directly opposite
directly opposite to
the one he so hastily
ihe one assumes; that is,
hastily assumes; own vessel may be
is, his own may
moving, though
moving, imperceptibly to him,
though imperceptibly him, while the one one at the dis-dis-
tance may
may be standing
standing still;
still ; phenomenon may
or the phenomenon may be occasioned,
occasioned,
by the combined motion of both vessels.
by vessels. All the inhabitants of
our globe
our were for many
globe were centuries, deceived in
many centuries, regard to the mo-
in regard mo-
tions of the heavenly bodies. They
heavenly bodies. They believed that the sun, moon,
sun, moon,
planets, and stars,
planets, stars, revolved around the earth daily, until Coper-
daily, until Coper-
nicus undeceived them by by proving
proving thatthat the appearances
appearances were were the
result of the simple
result simple diurnal rotation of the earth.
earth.
— Very many
7.-Very
7.
many have been the deceptions upon the
palmed upon
deceptions palmed
world,
world, under the names
names of science, theories, hypotheses, doctrines,
science, theories, hypotheses, doctrines,
&c. Hundreds of millions in
&c. in all ages have been under the in-
all ages in-
fluence of false faiths, built
false faiths, upon false
built upon false evidences. Among
Among all
all the
antediluvian world in the days days of the flood,
flood, only
only eight persons
eight persons
faith; all
had the true faith; perished with a false
all the rest perished faith. In the
false faith.
cities plains which were
cities of the plains overthrown, Lot and his two
were overthrown,
daughters were the only
daughters only ones, having a true faith.
ones, having faith. Modern Christ-
endom or the nations of great have, for centuries,
Babylon, have,
great Babylon, centuries, been
under the influence of false faiths which will soon lead them to
false faiths
utter destruction.
—
8.-A
8. A false faith in
false faith in regard history, science,
regard to history, many other
science, and many
subjects,
subjects, is
is not so injurious
injurious to individuals and nations, as an
nations, an in-
in-
faith in regard
correct faith regard to the doctrine of salvation. To believe
that a revelation or
that message, sent from Cod,
or message, God, is
is false, is attended
false, is
with the most fearful consequences, involving the present
consequences, involving present and
happiness of the soul.
future happiness soul. likewise, to believe human creeds
So likewise,
articles of religion,
and articles religion, invented by uninspired
by uninspired men, men, to be of
divine origin,
origin, is
is equally dangerous and fatal
equally dangerous fatal in its consequences.
its consequences.
9.—
9.-Faith mgst ge the l3e_a_1;Lt_o_acQc@ or works
j'aith most generally inspires
nerall y inspires heart ta actions
off a
o a nature similar and suitable to the belief. belief. Faith in idolatrous
systems leads to idolatrous works. Faith in false
systems false doctrines leads
to false or or wicked practices.
practices. corrupt man-made
Faith in the corrupt
—
TRUE FAITH
TRUE FAITH 73
systems
systems of modem Christianity
of modern many corrupt,
Christianity leads to many corrupt, abominable,
abominable,
and wicked works. Faith in a message or
a divine message new revelation
or new
will lea
will requirements contained
lea A-te works in accordance with the requirements
therein.
therein. ^3)
10.- Wnen
10. faith, either
en faith^ either true or false^ is
or false, is sufficiently powerful to
sufficiently powerful
' "
'
ad tto acti on, it prodiines effects rhflrnr.tp.risfip nf thp ^nimp

lead
le ause. The
faith
faith of Paul, that Jesus of Nazareth was
Paul, that was an imposter, led him to
an imposter,
persecute his followers with great
persecute great zeal.
zeal. Afterwards his faith that that
Jesus waswas the son
son of God, led him to endure all
of God, all kinds of hardships
hardships
his sake. The faith
for his some led them to really
faith of some really suppose
suppose they
they
were doing
doing God service to kill
kill the Apostles.
Apostles. The faith of others
made them willingwilling to die forfor their testimony concerning Iesus.
testimony concerning Jesus.
Apostles, and the Apostles
The murderers of the Apostles, themselves, both
Apostles themselves,
had faith works; both were
faith and works; sincere; the one
were sincere; having the false
one having false
faith and wicked works;works; the other having
having true faith
faith and righteous
righteous
works.
11.
—Faith alone will not save men:
11.-Faith men neither will
: will faith and works
works
them unless the
ave them^
save
s
^P^^^^^
^^^^ ^^
are of
Q^ the
^^^ 'Uh
right kind.
kind. lndeed
Indeed the
the faith
faith
and works o e greatest portion of mankind will be the very
of tthe greatest portion very
their damnation. True faith
cause of their righteous works are es-
faith and righteous
sential to salvation;
sential salvation; and without both of these, these, nono man was,
man ever was,
ver can be saved.

or,e:^r
or
ti -Unless
12Ûnless the true principles
ished by
tablished
works by
principles of
by sufficient evidence,
of salvation be revealed and es-
evidence, there could be no
by which mankind could obtain salvation;
no true faith
salvation for in
es
faith and
in the system
; system
^
of salvation,
salvation, works follow faith,
faith, and faith
faith follows evidence and
accompanies the revealed truth.
evidence accompanies
evidence truth. For instance, God reveals
instance, Cod
great and sublime truths contained in the Book of Mormon.
the great
sufficient to convince mankind of the
Next, He sends evidence sufficient
Next,
divine authenticity these truths.
of these
authenticity of truths. Thirdly,
Thirdly, this
this evidence pro-
pro-
duces faith
faith in the minds of those who candidly
candidly and carefully
carefully ex-
amine it.
it. Fourthly,
Fourthly, this will lead the honest to do the works
faith will
this faith
required of them in that book. And lastly,
required lastly, through
through the atonement
Christ, these faith and works,
of Christ, together, will surely
works, combined together, surely
save ikem kingdom of ^^d
m in the kingdom God ,
-
1 he evidence which God always
l^Jp^The gives to establish the di-
always gives di-
vinity of His revelations,
vinity is sufficient to
revelations, is produce
produce faith in the heart
every person
of every living, who examines it
person living, it in aa proper manner^
proper manner.
every creature in all
Hence every world, who has come
all the world, come to years
years of
understanding,
understanding, and who has evidence placed
placed within his reach, is
reach, is
condemned if believe it.
if he does not believe it. There are some who say say
74 TRUE FAITH
FAITH
that, if
that, the
if the evidence were sufficient, they would be compelled
sufficient, they compelled to
believe; but this
believe; is not true-the
this is true —
^the evidence maymay be sufficient,
sufficient, and
yet they may
yet they may refuse to examine it;
it ; or the
t hey Ina may^
xamin
examine it with
e it
prejudiced minds,
prejudiced minds, or or they may be care
they may ess in their
careless their exammations,
examinations,
` uw to examine it
7n'~tfie5nm[ayTFefuse it in the manner
manner in which God has
directed; or they
directed; may examine it
they may it with a determination not to em-
brace it, though it

even though
it, even it be true;
true; or they may be partial
they may partial in weigh-
weigh-
ing
ing the evidence for,
for, and apparently against it,
apparently against it, with a
a most
anxious desire and hope hope that they they shall find find it
it false.
false. All these
obstacles, and many
obstacles, many others that might might be named, prevent them
named, prevent
believing that which an honest,
from believing honest, candid, unprejudiced, and
candid, unprejudiced,
prayerful mind would believe. Therefore it
prayerful it is
is not forfor the lack
of evidence that they they disbelieve,
disbelieve, but it
it is
is their own
own evil
evil hearts,
hearts,
and the darkness which they they bring
bring with them in their
their investiga-
investiga-
tion. When God reveals a
tion. truth, as it
a truth, it is
is always accompanied with
always accompanied
sufficient evidence, all
sufficient evidence, people, because of their
all people, agency, can believe
their agency,
disbelieve it,
or disbelieve it, as
they
they choose: and if
if they
they believe it, they
it, they can
also obey
also obey or disobey it,
disobey it, as
they
they choose: and herein is the con-
is con-
demnation of man, man, because they prefer unbelief to faith,
they prefer faith, and dis-
dis-
obedience.
obedience to obedien ce^ J
14. —^When the Apostles
14-.-When were commanded to go
Apostles were go into all the
all the
world and preach
preach the Gospel every creature, they
Gospel to every creature, they were
were informed
that he who believed the Gospel,
that Gosipel, and was baptized, should be
was baptized,
saved, and he who believed not should be damned. To believe
saved,
Gospel, as the Apostles
the Gospel, Apostles preached
preached it, sufficient, but
was not sufficient,
it, was
Jesus added thethe condition of baptism, showing that their

clearly showing
baptism, clearly their
faith must be manifested by
faith by the works,
works, otherwise it
it would be of
no benefit to them. very
Jesus very well understood that the works
never would be performed
necessary to salvation never
necessary performed without faith, faith,
which always them and,
precedes them;
always precedes this faith
and, as this
; was in their power
faith was power
to obtain through
through the evidence offered by by the preaching
preaching of his
Apostles,
Apostles, he determined to damn every
every creature in allall the world
that believe the message
that would not believe message they
they taught.
taught.
15. —
15.-There some who believe
There are some believe that faith alone, unaccompan-
alone, unaccompan-
by works,
ied by is sufficient for justification,
works, is sanctification, and sal-
justification, sanctification, sal-
vation. But what would it it benefit a man, in a
hungry man,
a hungry field, who
a held,
believes that in the house there is spread for him with an
a table spread
is a an
abundance of food, if
food, if he make nono exertion to approach
approach the house
and obtain the blessing? profit would it
blessing? What profit it be to a man
a rich man
who has faith in the words of Jesus,
in the concerning the feeding
Jesus, concerning feeding of
hungry and the clothing
the hungry imless he have works
naked, unless
clothing of the naked,
TRUE FAITH
TRUE
75
^^
corresponding to that faith? What
by believing the words which Christ has
blessing would be obtained
them? It is not The
It fs the person
perTon th^*""''
spoken, unless we
spoken, we do
who merely believes in
of Christ,
Christ, that
that is is justified, the sayings
obeying
obeying them. When
ustffied bm but it"t TsX^ 'T'T
is he who shows
'^^1^^'
'V^' ''^^Ss
his ^îth
faith by
Jesus
Jesu^ spLlVof
speaks of believers,
h.I
'^
by
most generally, to he has^^'
generally, those whose faith fafth 1 has I!''""''
been
^.! reference,
reference.
to lead them to
obedience. It is to this kind ofsufficiently strong
obedience risto^ht'Ltroff^^^^^^
refers in the following
refers believers that that He
he that heareth following passages:
passages "v!^fl
"Verily, ^' verily,
m ^f^'^ê"
I' say
heareth my wofdrST;i-
my words, and believeth 1 on him that
?•"'>'' ^^y ""to
unto you,
you,
everlasting life,
everlasting
he gave his only

gave his
aU
life, and shall
passed from death unto li
passed
only begotten
should not perisi\Tw
shail'ot
life."
e" "For
Snn fl?
begotten Son,
"FoT J
come in?"
not come into '''V''''
God so
u
that. whosoever
"^T'^TI^'''^"
loved ^^^
^"^^^
sent
^^"* me,
condemnation; but '
"^^'
the world,
ôrW,
believeth in
hath
^^^^
«
^'"^ is
that
that
perish, but have vJLlf \" him
î™
is not condemned." everlasting "^^^'"^ life."
on him is
on li?^^^^"He
life. He that
that believeth
condemned." believeth
16.~Jesus here refers to a
class of believers who
prove their faith
po^lhiSTaiJhXThSlL'i^^ "»-« should
«^-i^ fully
be freed from
by their obedience. 1^f-T
Such, and such'"^'^ alone,
f"»y
condemnation ^ru'^^
should become condemnation_should pass from
T**
*'"™ ^^'^
«'«"«'
death unto
should
lead them to obey.

lead
cSenVcod ^r
the children of
Cod by K
^^ having
^^^'"^.^ a faith
^^'^ that
life-
""»« '^f^-
obey. All other believersK.r that would
without hope-wUhout are without
^'^
hope~without everli T/ T*""* justification-
justification-
same as unLlievers
same everlasting
Lri "^ life, ^°^ and will^'" be ^^ damned,
damned, the
unbelievers, because tf they ^'^f'
profess to believe
the Son of
of thejon '^"^^^ °" the ^^^^
GoT&nSTb^jtem"
Cod, but will not
l7.~.lesus says, "lf a man obey them.
on *^^ words
and my love me ""' he will

Father will love
my Fa"the7.Sll Sm ^Z
love him, and we ''•n^"' '^^P keep "^ my words;
^^^ds;
make our abode with
sayings." As a
him.
'
love is
S £ W^"
Wm. He that loveth me
will '''°\™*°
come unto
not
keepeth
him,
^^'"'
not
and
«"d
my
faith. nifes `
works so i his
18.-John says that, "Whosoever
Christ, is born of God." believeth that Jesus is the
It is
which these
these words are contained evident, from the
*^' whole
""^"^^ Epistle «
ttt'none were ^P'^^'^ in
as really
really believing that contained, that to be
^«
believing th^t Jesirwas
fested it by
Jesus was the r^"! ""T those
tt Christ, *? considered
keeping
his only who mani-
"Hereby
Hereby we
we do know commandments; for he* .^"'^*'^'"
further says,
that we know Z^
that we
him, if
-f' T ««y«'
ments.
mandments,
He that saith,
mandments, is
saith, I
is a liar,
liar Ind
I know 1^^ and
kôw him,
and the truth •
we
'
1 keepeth
^ T
keep
^^^? his
^^ command-
keepeth not his
his com-
tr^tJ, is
his not in him. But
his word,
word, in
that we
that
in him 4rily 1
we are in
verily is the love of
fte j^ê of°GGod7 ^^ whoso
^Tt'^''
perfected:
keepeth
^^^^^^^
in him."
him." And aVaT he
again, hi
P!?^*^*^^: hereby know
hereby
righteousness
righteousness is 'mr^'' ^r'V'
is born of him."
him"
says, "Every one that
'^^' doeth
ôeth
is not
ness is "Whosoever doeth
^""^^ not
God."
of God."
"He tS
«He that U.rwtT^''^'"
keepeth his commandments
righteous-
°°* righteous-
in him,
in him, and he in dwelleth
in him."
and knoweth God."
him" "Every
"Eve' ^n^
one that loveth
isT"^ t?"^r
born
^^^"«*h •
God." "He
"He
ne that f knowethI' not of
wflf not,
tha? loveth not,
"''^'^ ''"^ °f God,
God,
Cod; for
God; for
76 TRUE
TRUE FAITH
God isis love."

love." "He
"He that
that dwelleth in love,
love, dwelleth in God, God, and
God inin him. Herein is our love made perfect,
is our perfect, that we
we may
may have
boldness in the day judgment; because,
day of judgment; because, as he is, we in
is, so are we in
this world. There is
this no fear in love,
is no love, but perfect
perfect love casteth out
fear; because fear
fear; fear hath torment. He that that feareth is is not made
perfect
perfect in love.
love. We love him,
him, because he first
first loved us."
us." "This
"This
is the love of God,
is God, that
that we
we keep
keep his commandments;
commandments; and his com-
his com-
mandments are not grievous."
grievous."
19.—
19.-F From
rom all
all these passages
passages it it is perceive that salva-
easy to perceive
is easy
tion depends upon our
depends upon loving God; and that loving
our loving loving God is is the
keeping
keeping of His commandments
commandments; ; and the keeping
keeping of His command-
ments is only sure evidence of our
is the only our really believing that Jesus
really believing
is
is the Christ. Let no
no
persons, therefore,
persons, therefore, flatter
flatter or deceive them-
or
selves with the idea that theythey believe from their heart, heart, that Jesus
Christ, or that they
is the Christ,
is they are born bom of God,God, or that they they have
passed
passed from death unto life,
life, or
or that they
they love Cod,
God, unless they
they
that they
are certain that they have kept
kept His commandments and sayings.
sayings.
deceiving themselves with a
Millions are deceiving a false faith and with a
false hope
false hope —
-
deluding themselves with the notion that

deluding that they
they are
God, when they
born of God, they have not attended even even to the first com-
first com-
mandments in relation to their adoption.
their adoption. All such will meet with
a bitter
a bitter disappointment.
disappointment.
20. — The first
20.-The effect of true faith is
first effect is a sincere, true, and thorough
sincere, true, thorough
repentance
repentance of all
all sins;
sins; the second effect is an
effect is an immersion in water,
in water,
for the remission of sins;
sins; the third is
is the reception
reception of the ordi-
ordi-
nance of the laying on
nance on of the hands for the baptism
baptism of the Holy
laying of for of Holy
the first
Ghost: these are the first commandments in the Gospel.
Gospel. No manman
has a saving faith without attending
a saving these three requirements.
attending to these requirements.
No person can be a believer in
person can Christ, in the scriptural
in Christ, scriptural sense of
that term, complying, in the strictest
term, without complying, manner, with these
strictest manner,
commandments; without receiving it will
these, it
receiving these, will be in vain for
him to pray forgiveness of sins,
pray for a forgiveness baptism of the
sins, or for the baptism
Spirit,
Spirit, oror for salvation: and if flatters himself that he loves
if he flatters
God, or that he can obtain eternal life

God, obeying these
life without obeying
first commandments,
first commandments, he is woefully deceived. Indeed these are
is woefully are the
introductory principles,
introductory principles, and the only principles by
only principles by which men
men and
women
women can can be born into the kingdom of Christ,
kingdom Christ, and become his
sons and daughters.
daughters. After attending these, there are other
attending to these,
commandments for for them to obey;
obey; but if
if they undertake to obey
they obey
the others first, they will find their endeavors unacceptable
first, they unacceptable in
the sight
sight of God. For instance,
instance, God requires
requires His sons
sons and daugh-
daugh-
TRUE FAITH
TRUE FAITH 77
11
ters to keep the Sabbath day

keep day holy;
holy; but nono man
man can keep the
can keep
Sabbath holy
holy until he has attended to the first
first three command-
after which he can
Gospel, after
ments of the Gospel, keep the Sabbath accord-
can keep
ing to the mind of God,
ing God, but not before. There are many many com-
com-
mandments which none none but those who are are born of God can can keep.
keep.
And for a manman to undertake to keep
keep them before attending
attending to the
first three,
first three, would be like
like a child's
child's undertaking
undertaking to read before it
it
had learned the alphabet.

alphabet.
v
V —A
21.-A faith,
21. then, that brings
faith, then, brings remission of sins or justification
justification
the sinner,
to the is that
sinner, is which is repentance and bap-
is connected with repentance bap-
tism. Faith alone will justify;
will not justify; faith and baptism
baptism alone
justify; but faith,
will not justify;
will repentance, and baptism
faith, repentance, baptism will will justify
justify
and bring
bring remission of sins through
through the blood of Christ. What
does Paul mean mean when he says, "Therefore being
says, "Therefore being justified
justified by by
faith,
faith, we
we have peacepeace with God, Cod, through
through our our Lord Jesus _lesus
Christ?" He means
Christ?" means that faith faith is is the starting
starting point
point —
-
the
foundation and cause of our repentance repentance and baptism baptism which bring bring
remission or justification; and being
or justification; being the cause cause which leads to
those results, it is
results, it improper to impute
is not improper justification to faith.
impute justification faith.
What does that Scripture
Scripture mean
mean which says, says, "lf
"If thou shalt
shalt confess
with thythy mouth the Lord Jesus, Jesus, and shalt shalt believe in thine heart
that God hath raised him from the
that the dead,
dead, thou shalt shalt be saved.
For with the heart man man believeth unto righteousness,
righteousness, and with the the
mouth confession is is made unto salvation?"
salvation?" It means that real
It means real faith
in the heart is is that which leads to obedience;
obedience; for man who does
for a man
not obey, only
obey, only has a
degree
degree of faith,
faith, and not'
not living faith in the
living
heart,
heart, which in all
all cases will
will lead to repentance, confession,
repentance, confession, bap-bap-
tism, laying
tism, hands, &c.
laying on of hands, &c. All will
will admit that to believe with
the heart leads to and includes repentance. repentance. Why Why not also admit
that it
that every other commandment of the Gospel?
it includes every Gospel? Be-
believng
cause believng
cause with the heart in
in the resurrection of Christ isis the
moving cause of obedience which brings
moving cause salvation, it
brings salvation, may be
it well may
that salvation is
said that is the result
result of faith.
faith.
22. —
22.-There
There has been much dispute among mankind in regard
dispute among regard
to justification.
justification. Some have supposed that we
supposed that we are justified by the
justified by
blood of Christ by simple faith alone,
by simple alone, without performing
performing anyany
works either of the law or Gospel.
or Gospel. Others suppose
suppose that we are
we
justified by the blood of Christ by

justified by simply adding
by simply adding repentance
repentance to
our faith without any any further works. Others contend that all all
mankind willwill be justified
justified and saved through
through the blood of Christ,
Christ,
without either faith or works. All these admit that the atonement
78 TRUE FAITH
TRUE FAITH
of Christ is is necessary
necessary to justification.
justification. The onlyonly dispute seems to
dispute seems
be inin regard
regard to the conditions required
required of the creature by which
by
he receives the justification purchased by
justification purchased by the atonement. Those
who believe that that simple alone, without works,
simple faith alone, works, is is the only only
condition required,
required, generally
generally urge urge the following passages in
following passages
support of that
support that view;
view; "For
"For if if Abraham were were justified
justified by by works,
works,
he hath whereof to glory; glory; but not before God. For what saith
saith
the Scripture?
Scripture? Abraham believed God, God, and it was counted unto
it was
him forfor righteousness.

righteousness. Now to him that worketh is is the reward not
reckoned of grace, grace, but of debt. But to him that worketh not, not, but
believeth on on him that that justifieth
justifieth the ungodly,
ungodly, his his faith is counted for
faith is
righteousness. Even as David also desoribeth
righteousness. describeth the man, man, unto whom
God imputeth righteousness without works."
imputeth righteousness works." (Rom.(Rom. iv. 2--6) Those
iv. 2-6)
who believe works necessary necessary to justification, quote the following:
justification, quote following:
"What doth it
"What profit, my
it profit, brethren, though
my brethren, though a man
man say
say he have faith,
faith,
and have not works? Can faith faith save him? "Faith "Faith, if if it
it hath
not works, is
not works, isdead, being alone,
dead, being alone. Yea,Yea, a manman may say, Thou hast
may say,
faith
faith and
an II have works.
works show me
: me thy
thy faith
faith without thy works, and
thy works,
I will
I will show thee my my faith by my
faith by my works. Thou believest that there
that
is
is one God;
one God; thou doest well: the devils also believe and tremble.
But wilt know, O vain man,
wilt thou know, man, that faith
faith without works is is dead?
Was not Abraham,
Abraham, our our father,
father, justified
justified by works, when he had
by works,
oHered Isaac,
offered Isaac, hishis son upon the altar?
son upon Seest thou how faith faith
wrought
wrought with his works,
works, and by
by works was
was faith made perfect?
perfect?
And the Scripture
Scripture was fulfilled which saith,
was fulfilled saith, Abraham believed
Cod,
God, and it it was righteousness: and he was
imputed unto him for righteousness:
was imputed was
called the Friend of God. Ye see then how that by by works a man man
is justified, and not by
is justified, by faith only.
only. Likewise also was not Rahab,
also was Rahab,
the harlot,
harlot, justified
justified by works, when
by works, she had received the messen-
messen-
gers, and had sent them out another way?

gers, way? For as the body body with-
out the Spirit
Spirit is
is dead,
dead, so faith
faith without works,
works, is
is dead also."
also."
(James
(James ii.
ii. 14 —
14--26.)
26.) Paul and James seem
seem apparently
apparently to con-
tradict each other;
tradict other; and this
this has been the cause
cause of differences of
opinion in our day:
opinion apparent contradictions can
day: but these apparent can easily
easily
be reconciled,
reconciled, if if wewe take into consideration the two different different sub~ sub-
jects upon
jects upon which they
they were
were writing.
writing. Paul was
was writing
writing to a
a people
people
who were inclined to believe in circumcision, circumcision, and other works of
the ancient law had been done away
the Christ. And he shows
away in Christ.
clearly
clearly that
that circumcision
circimicision and many
many of of those ancient laws were were
given ages, not to take away
earlier ages,
given in the earlier past sins,
away past nor to justify
sins, nor justify
those to whom they were given,

they were for
given, but for various other purposes:
purposes:
TRUE FAITH
TRUE 79
that by
and that complying with those works,
by complying works, theythey did nothing
nothing moremore
than what they they were indebted to do,
do, and that the reward attached
these acts was
to these "not reckoned of grace,
was "not grace, but of of debt;"
debt;" or, or, in
other words,
words, the reward of grace
grace is
is a forgiveness
forgiveness of past sins;
past sins;
the reward of
but the of debt is is a freedom from the
the condemnation, not
condemnation,
of past sins, but of
past sins, of the sins which would exist in the case case wewe re-
fused to pay pay the debt: for instance, instance, God commanded Abraham
to circumcise himself and all all the males of his house, house, not to justify
justify
himself or his house of past sins,
past sins, but for another purpose. When
purpose. Vifhen
this commandment was
this it
given, it brought
was given, brought Abraham under obliga-
obliga-
tion to obeyobey it; it was a debt he owed to the Lord;
it; it Lord; if if he paid
paid it,it,
there would be no no condemnations arising arising from disobedience in

relation to that particular conunandment, and he would have the
particular commandment,
reward of a clear conscience, conscience, so far as the payment payment of that par-
that par-
ticular debt was
ticular concerned; but in all
was concerned; this there is
all this no reward of
is no
grace
grace manifested in
in the forgiveness
forgiveness of any
any sins which may have
may
previously
previously been committed. Therefore as obedience to these
particular
particular laws did not bring
bring remission of sins,
sins, Paul could with
propriety say
propriety say that Abraham and others were justified by
were not justified by
works, that is,
works, by such works of
is, by of the law as circumcision,
circumcision, &c., &c.,
which were given given for a very very different purpose than that
different purpose that of justi-
justi-
fication
fication . It
It waswas very necessary that
very necessary that Abraham should do those
works, though they
works, though were not works intended to bring
they were bring remission
of sins or justification,
justification, yet performance of them would pre-
yet the performance pre-
vent the sin negligence, and would also bring
sin of negligence, bring such blessings
blessings
were attached to them by
as were by wayway of promise.
promise. But after these
laws and circumcision were done away Christ, then Paul could
away in Christ,
say, "But
say, "But to him that worketh not, not, but believeth on him that jus- jus-
tifieth the ungodly,
tifieth ungodly, his faith faith isis counted for righteousness."
righteousness." Jf^ If
those laws
laws and ,ordinances
ordinances which were
weremgiven
given to Abraham to peri-
per-
f5"rin`,"were not inten_d§l*to
forai, were intended to justifyjustify him of his past sins, much less
his pastlsins, less
w°5uld'
would they justifj^ those who lived after
they justifjgthose after Christ when they were
they were
dor§=:_§iv_ay,
done away. After Christ, these works
Christ,_tl"Ese works givengiven to
to Abraham to per-
per-
form,
Torm, were not considered even as a debt binding upon
binding upon any: they any: they
were works,
were therefore, that would be sinful to perform.
works, therefore, perform. ,Lhe TTie
faith,
faith of that
that man man that "worketh not,"
that "worketh not," thatthat is, that does not per-
is, that per-
form works
fo:17'mìvorks that are`done
are done away;
away, "is
"is counted for righteousness."
righteousness."
23. —
23.-But
But as Abraham was justified
was by faith,
justified by faith, it may not be im-
it may
proper
proper to inquire
inquire whether there were
were any
any other class of works,
works,
connected with his faith,
faith, that
that were
were of a
a justifying
justifying nature. Paul
says, "The
says, "The Scripture foreseeing that
Scripture foreseeing that God would justify
justify the heath-
—
80 TRUE FAITH
TRUE FAITH
through faith,
en through preached before the Gospel
faith, preached Gospel unto Abraham saysay-
ing:
ing: ln
In thee shall
shall all
all nations be blest."—
blest."-(Gal. (Gal. iii.
iii. 8.)
8.) From this
this
we learn that the
we the same Gospel that
same Gospel that was was to justify
justify the heathen
through faith,
through faith, and bless all all nations,
nations, was was actually preached to
actually preached
Abrham. Now in the Gospel
Gospel there are certain works to be con-
nected with faith for justification:
justification: by by these works of the Gospel, Gospel,
he manifested his faith and obtained justification: justification: and not by by the
works of the law, circumcision,
law, such as circumcision, &c.
&c. Paul "Faith
says, "Faith
says,
was
was reckoned to Abraham for
for righteousness.
righteousness. How was it
was it then reck-
oned? when he was was in circumcision or in uncircumcision? Not

circumcision, but in uncircumcision.
in circumcision, And he received the
sign
sign of circumcision,
circumcision, a seal
seal of the righteousness of the faith
righteousness faith
which he had, had, yet being
yet being uncircumcised: that
that he might be
might
the father of all all them that believe, though they
believe, though they be not circumcised:
righteousness might
that righteousness might be imputedimputed unto them also; also; and the
father of circumcision to them who are not of the circumcision
only, but who also walk in the steps
only, steps of that faith of our our father
Abraham,
Abraham, which he had being yet uncircumcised. —
being yet uncircumcised.-(Rom.iv. 99- (Rom.iv.
12.) From these passages
12.) Frorr_i_jh§se_ passages jvve learn, that Abraham was
we learn, was justified
justified
b_e_for'e oircumc@gonff§§iisegp'ently
before circumcision, consequently the Gospel ofjiistihcation 'rhust
the~TJospel of justffication must
hajviibeenifpregached
have been preached to him
him before that
that law
law was given,
was given. That
fhere were
there were works connected with the Gospel preached
Gospel preached to Abra-
ham, is
ham, is evident from the fact fact that all all the heathen nations who
lived in in the Apostles'
Apostles' days, days, could be justified justified and become his his
children by as Paul says, "in of faith of
by walking,
walking, says, "in the steps
steps that
Abraham." There were
our father Abraham." were certain steps pertaining to the
steps pertaining
Gospel and faith
Gospel faith of Abraham, in which he walked; walked; otherwise
he could not have been justified. justified. Whatever works these steps steps
of justification
of justification included,
included, the very
very same
same were
were required
required of the
heathen after Christ. Christ. These steps steps of the Gospel, Gospel, since Christ,Christ,
we have already
we already observed, Repentance and Baptism,
observed, are Repentance Baptism, which
bring remission of sins and justification,
bring justification, being being the results of
faith, or,
faith, or, in
in other words,
words, the steps
steps of
of faith
faith that Abraham walked
in.
in. Therefore,
Therefore, "to
"to him that worketh not"
not" the works of circum-
cision and other laws that are done away,
away, but performeth the
performeth
works of of the Gospel,
Gospel, "his "his faith is is counted for righteousness,"
righteousness,"
same as Abraham's
the same Abraham's was, was, who walked in in the steps
steps of the same same
Gospel,
Gospel, and was
was justified
justified in
in the same
same way.
way. This view of the
subject perfectly
subject perfectly reconciles the teachings
teachings of both Paul and James,
James,
and shows most clearly clearly that both were correct, correct, when their their state-
applied to the two different

ments are applied different subjects
subjects uponupon which they they
were writing.
were writing.
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—
241.-F
24. aith is
Faith the gift
is the gift of God. manner does God give
In what manner give
faith? Does He impart
faith? impart this gift
this gift to the mind by
by the immediate
operation
operation of the
the Holy
Holy Spirit
Spirit independent
independent of any
any other means?
Does He bestow it it unsought irrespective of the prepara-
unsought for and irrespective prepara-
tion of the mind? Does He confer it independent of
it independent of thethe agency
agency
of man? To say say that man
man obtains this this gift
gift without preparing
preparing
himself, or
himself, or without the exercise of any agency, is
any agency, is to deprive
deprive
him of all responsibility in
all responsibility regard to whether
in regard he has faith or
not. This condition would free free him from all all blame or
condemnation for unbelief. If If agency is
agency is in nono way way con-
cerned in obtaining faith,
obtaining faith, it
it would be the highest act
highest
of injustice punish the unbeliever:
injustice to punish there would be more
no more
no
responsibility about him than there is

responsibility is about the dumb brute.
What would be thought
•What thought of of the justice
justice of a man man who would pun- pun-
ish his horse because he was
ish his was not harnessed? If If the animal were were
endowed with the the power
power of speech, would he not say
of speech, that he was
say that was
an irresponsible
an being, that
irresponsible being, he had no power
no power or agency
agency to harness
himself, that the gift
himself, that gift of harnessing
harnessing belonged belonged to a higher higher and
superior being
superior being to himself,
himself, and that he considered it
it very cruel,
very cruel,
and unjust,
unjust, and tyrannical
tyrannical for
for that
that higher being
higher being to punish him
punish
for
for not exercising
exercising a faculty with which he was
a faculty was not endowed,
endowed,
which was far beyond
was far capacities, and which was
beyond his capacities, was a a condition
that man alone was
that man was capable
capable of bestowing? If
of bestowing? If faith
faith isis the gift gift of
God, and man
God, man has no agency in obtaining
no agency obtaining this this gift,
gift, then he stands
in same relation to God in regard
in the same regard to having faith, as the
having faith,
horse does to the man man in regard
regard to being harnessed; and if
being harnessed; if it
it
would be unjust
unjust and cruel in man man to punish punish his horse for not
being harnessed,
being harnessed, it it would be equally
equally unjust unjust and cruel for for God to
punish
punish man
man for not having faith,
having faith, if
if he be considered being
a being
incapable
incapable of the exercise of such a faculty.
faculty.
25. —
25.-That
That faith is the gift
faith is gift of God there is is no dispute; but that
no dispute;
God bestows this gift unsought
this gift for, and without any
unsought for, any prepara-
prepara-
tion or agency
agency on part of man,
on the part man, isis not only unscriptural and
only unscriptural
unreasonable, but extremely
unreasonable, absurd, when we
extremely absurd, we consider that man
that man
is punished for his
is to be punished his unbelief. But some may inquire,
some may inquire, has
not God the power right to do with man
power and right man as He pleases? Has
pleases?
power to withhold faith,
not He power punish whomsoever He
faith, and punish
will, whether they
will, they deserve it reply that whatever power
it or not? We reply power
God has,
has, it is certain that He will not exercise it
it is it contrary
contrary to
the principles
principles of Justice and Mercy, contrary to the revealed
Mercy, or contrary
character which He has given given of Himself. If If it possible for
were possible
it were
:
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Him change or deviate from His word,

to change word, then He would cease
to be God. H If He would punish
punish the innocent and acquit
acquit the
guilty,
guilty, He would be a
Being altogether unlovely
Being altogether unlovely and undesirable
—
-a Being to be feared,
a Being feared, but not to be loved. Therefore we may
we may
rest assured that He will will never punish a
never punish man for his unbelief,
a man unbelief,
man has the power
unless man power to obtain faith through the exercise
faith through
of his own
own free will.
will.
26.—
26.-But if faith
But if faith cannot be obtained,
obtained, unless sought
sought for prop-
prop-
erly,
erly, how can
can the sayings of Paul to the Ephesians
sayings of Ephesians be reconciled
with this "For by
this idea? "For by grace
grace are ye saved through
are ye faith; and
through faith;
yourselves; it
that not of yourselves; gift of God;
is the gift
it is God; not of works, lest
works, lest
any man should boast. For we
any man we are His workmanship,
workmanship, created
in Christ Jesus unto good
in works, which Cod
good works, God hath before or-
dained that we we should walk in —
them."-(Eph. ii.
in them." (Eph. —
8 10). We
ii. 8-10).
are to understand from these passages, passages, that the grace grace and faith
by which man
by man is is saved,
saved, are the gifts gifts of God, having been pur-
God, having pur-
chased for him not by by his own works, but by
own works, by the blood of Christ.
Had not these giftsgifts been purchased
purchased for man, man, allall exertions on his his
part
part would have been entirely unavailing
entirely unavailing and fruitless.
fruitless. Whatever
course
course manman might
might have pursued,
pursued, he could not have atoned for
one sin;
one sin; it required the sacrifice
it required sacrifice of a a sinless
sinless and pure Being in
pure Being
purchase
order to purchase the gifts
gifts of faith,
faith, repentance,
repentance, and salvation
for fallen man. Grace,
fallen man. Grace, Faith, Repentance, and Salvation,
Faith, Repentance, Salvation, when
considered in their origin,
in their origin, are not of
of man, neither by
man, his works;
by his works;
man did not devise,
man
originate, nor adopt
devise, originate, them; superior
adopt them; superior Beings
Beings
in Celestial abodes, provided these gifts,
abodes, provided gifts, and revealed the con- con-
ditions man by
ditions to man by which he might
might become a
a
partaker
partaker of them.
Therefore allall boasting
boasting on on the partpart of manman is is excluded. He isis
saved byby aa plan which his works did not originate
plan —
originate-aa planplan of
heaven, and not of
heaven, of earth.
earth. ,
27. —
27.-Well might the Apostle
Well might Ephesians, that
Apostle declare to the Ephesians, that
these gifts
gifts were not of themselves, works, when
themselves, neither of their works,
God and Father of our spirits,
the Cod spirits, from whom cometh every every
good
good and gift, was the great
perfect gift,
perfect was great Author of them. But are
these great
these gifts bestowed on
great gifts on fallen man without his
fallen man his works?
works ? No:No
man
man has these gifts
gifts purchased
purchased for and offered to him;
him; but before
he can receive and enjoyenjoy them he must exercise his agency agency and
accept
accept of them: and herein is
is the condemnation of man, because
man,
when he was was in a helpless fallen
a helpless condition, and could not by
fallen condition, by
his own works and devices atone for the least
his own least of his sins, the
his sins,
only Begotteu of the Father gave
only Begotten his own
gave his own life
life to purchase
purchase thethe
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TRUE 83
gifts faith
gifts of faith and salvation for him, yet he will
him, and yet will not so much
accept of them.
as accept
28. — is the gift
Faith therefore is
28.-Faith gift of Cod,
God, but man
man cannot have
this choice heavenly
this heavenly treasure only only in God's own appointed
God's own way.
appointed way.
Among the means
Among means that God has ordained through
through which man
man
may
may receive this great and precious
this great precious gift, may be mentioned the
gift, may
preaching
preaching of the word by
by men
men called and inspired
inspired byby the gift
gift
and power
power of the Holy
Holy Ghost: for saith the Apostle,
Apostle, "How
"How then
shall they
shall call on
they call on him in whom theythey have not believed? And how
they believe in him of whom they
shall they
shall they have not heard? And how
shall they
shall preacher? And how shall they
they hear without a preacher? they preach
preach
they be sent?"
except they
except sent`?" "So
"So then, faith cometh by
then, faith hearing, and
by hearing,
hearing by
hearing by the word of God."-(Rom.
of God,
—
God." (Rom. x. 14-, 15, 17.)
14, 15,
the
Though
17.) Though
word.
faith be the gift
faith gift of God, yetyet it
it comes
comes by
by hearing
hearing
Through
Through this
this medium man
man makes himself acquainted
acquainted with the
the
evidence in favour of of the divinity
divinity of the the word;
word; the evidence
being of divine origin
being origin as well as the word. This evidence begets begets
faith in the mind;
faith mind; and this this faith, though it
faith, though it be obtained through through
the exercise of the free free will
will and agency creature, is
agency of the creature, is still
still
the gift
gift of God,
God, granted through
granted through the evidence accompanying the
accompanying
preached
preached word. In the Apostles'
Apostles' days,days, when the art of printing
printing
was unknown, and the great
was unknown, majority of mankind could not read
great majority
the word,
word, the principle
principle means obtaining faith
means of obtaining faith was
was by by the pro- pro-
cess of of preaching
preaching and hearing,
hearing, but in these days,
days, in many
many inin-
stances,
stances, faith
faith comes
comes by
by reading
reading as well as by
by preaching:
preaching: for a
man
man called and inspired of God can
inspired can both preachpreach and Write write by by the
power
power of the Holy Ghost, and when the honest humble soul either
Holy Ghost,
hears or or reads that which is given by
is given by the Spirit,
Spirit, the lightlight that
is in him witnesseth that it
is is of God;
it is God; for light cleaves to light,
for light light,
agi truthjo truth;

and truth to truth;, the Spirit gives light
Spirit gives light to every
every man
man that
that comes
comes
into the world,
world, and if if he loves
loves the light that is
light that himself, he will
is in himself, will
love allall other light
light that is presented to his mind,
is presented mind, and embrace it. it.
Light
Light cannot be presented
presented to the mind of a candid,
candid, honest per-
per-
son, without being
son, perceived to be light;
being perceived if h^ receive it
light; but ifghgilegeiye it not
he extinguiês_in
he extinguishgin a degregthe light that is in him, and darkness
degree the lighLt@_i§_infhim,
still ensues, and hc;
grea ter ensues,
still greater he^ is_left_
is left to to commit
commit evilsevilsòfof a greater
greater
e_lighj_
magnitude^^ until the light that was in
that was in him has entirely
entirely fled,
fled, and
darlmess reigns trjumpllggly;
dark ness reigns triumphantly: this
this darkness brings misery
brings misery and
wfetchedness
wretchedness in this this world and eternal torment in the world to
come. This is
come. is the state of man man who rejects light and truth,
rejects light truth, and
will
will not exercise faith faith in that which the light light that
that is is in him
teaches him is is truth.
truth.
—
84 TRUE FAITH
TRUE FAITH
.
29
29. —The word and the evidence accompanying
.
accompanying it are both the
`
it are the
gifts
gifts of CodGod;; but besides these these,' the light
light that is is inin every
every manman
I I .I
who comes
comes into the world is also the gift
IS also gift of God through
through Christ.
For lfif Christ had not purchased
purchased this man by
gift for man
this gift by his
his atoning
atoning
blood, man
blood man would have been destitute destitute of all all light.
light. Darkness alone
would have reignedreigned, and our our world would have been a a hell-
hell
the miserable abode of fallen spirits fallen man:
spirits and fallen man: no ray of
no ray
light could have penetrated
light penetrated the darkened understanding:
understanding: the ex-
treme of miserymisery would have been the result. result. But saith our our Sa-
¢ » »
gg
viour,
vlour, "I I am
am the light
light and the life
life of
of the w0rld;"
world;" all
all light that
light
is in the world came came by by him through
through his his atonement;
atonement; it is the
it is
gift of God
gift Cod to fallen man. If
fallen man. light that is
If the light is in man be the
in man
gift of God,
gift God, surely all additional light
surely all light offered to him, him, must be
the gift
gift of God also.
also. By
By faith man
man should lay
lay hold of this
this light,
light,
wherever he may may discover it. it.
30.--The
30. — onl way
The only aytow re ceive additional faith and
to receive an d l'
li ght is to
'
pr
practise accordingto
actise according Qi^t
to tth e li ht which we e have wand if
ave::ârid if we_
we do
do
we have
t ls, we
this£ ave the
t e promise^
promise off G od that the samesam e shall brighat;
g;row bnjht-
shall grow
eF^njrbrighter
er an JmtiH
ntl t hee pertect
ay. Every i ht
er ect day. Every ôrd ol^?odTsjight
truth. He that saith,
and truth. saith, that
that he IS in the light,
is 1n light, but obeyeth
obeyeth not
meof wor3s of truth,
truth, is deceiving himself,
is deceiving himself, and darkness for
is in darkness;
is ;
none are the children of faith

none except such as walk in the light,
faith except light,
and obey
obey itsits laws. How many many millions in Christendom profess profess
Christians, and say
to be Christians, say that they
they are in the light light and have been
born of God,
Cod, and yet they
yet they have never
never obeyed
obeyed even the Hrst
even the first prin-
prin-
ciples of the light;
ciples they have never repented
light; they properly and been im-
repented properly
mersed in water for the remission of sins by by the ministration
of one
of one whom God has authorized; authorized; and yet they
yet pretend that
they pretend
God for
for Christ's
Christ's sake has forgiven their sins.
forgiven their sins. How blindly
blindly de-de-
ceived! and how vain their faith faith and hope hope of salvation! God
has not forgiven their sins;
forgiven their sins; neither will He forgive them, until
forgive them, until
they obey
they obey the message
message of the Gospel according
Gospel according to the precise
precise
order which He has revealed. Faith is is the gift
gift of God,
God, and is is
one of
one the means salvation; but none
means of salvation; none cancan have thisthis gift except
gift except
in the way
way that God has ordained: and all
that Cod all who pretend
pretend to have
obey not that form of doctrine which God has revealed
faith and obey
will
will find that their faith
that their is of no
faith is effect, and that they
no effect, they will
will be
damned with unbelievers: for God will will not confer saving saving gifts
gifts
upon the disobedient.
upon
— thing that is
Every thing
31.-Every
31. good comes from God and is
is good is the gift
gift
God. God has given
of Cod. man
upon revelation unto man
given revelation upon
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TRUE FAITH 85
generations to whom He has given

benefit; and the generations
his benefit;
for his given His
word will be judged judged by by that word at the last
last day.
day. God raised
up a prophet
up prophet in our day,
our day, and gave
gave him the Urim and Thummim,
and revealed a flood of light light and truth through through him to this genera-
this genera-
tion. This generation
tion. generation will
will be judged
judged out of the books and revela-
revela-
tions which God gave through this
gave through prophet. they
this prophet. K
If they exercise faith
faith in
these revelations,
revelations, and obey
obey the same, they
same, they will
will be justified
justified and
saved; but if
saved; they disbelieve them,
if they them, and harden their hearts against against
them, they
them, they will
will surely damned; for the Almighty
surely be damned; Almighty reveals not
His word in in vain. VlfhatWhat doth it it benefit this generation to offer
this generation offer
them a heavenly
heavenly gift, gift, and reveal to them more
more light
light and truth
if they receive it
if they it not? The gift gift benefits those only only who receive
it.
it. The rest will receive a greater greater condemnation. Vhen When the
honest read that heavenly treasure-the
heavenly treasure — the Book Mormon,
of Mormon, they they
are Hlled
filled with joy unspeakable, because Cod
joy unspeakable, God has again spoken
again spoken
to man
man as in ancient times; times; their their souls feast upon the contents
feast upon
of that
that holy
holy and divine book; book; and so great great is is their joy, that they
their joy, they
cannot find language adequate
language adequate to express
express the overfiowings of
overflowings
their
their hearts. But how different
different are are the feelings
feelings of those who re-
light and truth flee
it; light
ject it;
ject flee from them, them, and they they feel angry to
feel angry
think thatthat God should again again speakspeak to man.
man. But God
Cod will show
them by by His Almighty
Almighty power power that His word cannot be rejected
rejected
with impunity.
impunity. The judgments judgments that that have befallen ancient gen- gen-
erations and nations who have rejected rejected His word, ought to be
word, ought
a solemn warning
a warning to those now now on on the earth.earth. But alas! the pride, pride,
high-mindedness,
high-mindedness, and great
great wickedness of man
man cause
cause him to
hate thethe light
light because his
his deeds are evil.
evil. And thus this
this genera-
genera-
tion will,
will, for the most part, perish in
part, perish in unbelief and disobedience
one of
to one of the greatest
greatest and most important important messages messages that that God
ever sent for the salvation of the people.
ever people. Oh, poor fallen man!
Oh, poor
how eager happiness, and yet
eager for happiness, yet how unwilling
unwilling to receive it upon
it upon
righteous principles! Oh,

righteous principles! Oh, that
that thou didst but know the day of
day
thy
thy visitation and wouldst incline thine ear
ear and hearken to the
voice of God and harden not thy thy heart for for then it it would be well
thee! But thou knowest not, neither dost thou consider the
with thee!
fearful judgments
judgments that that await thee, thee, if tumest a deaf ear to
if thou turnest
the last
last great
great message
message of mercy,
mercy, now
now revealed from the heavens,
heavens,
thy good!
for thy good! Oh, turn unto the Lord,
Oh, Lord, and exercise faith in
Him, that thy
Him, light
thy light and joy may
joy may be increased-thy
increased — thy faith
faith and love
become perfected,
perfected, that all all of the gifts gifts of God may may abound in
that thou mayest
thee, that
thee, finally obtain eternal life,
mayest finally life, which is is the
greatest
greatest of all all the gifts
gifts of God to man. man.
86 TRUE FAITH
FAITH
— genuine faith
Without true and genuine
32.-Without
32. it is
faith it impossible to please
is impossible please
God; and Jesus expressly
God; says, that
expressly says, "He that believeth not shall
that "He shall
damned." It
be damned." is of the utmost importance,
It is therefore, that every
importance, therefore, every
man examines
man himself in the most careful and rigid manner to see
rigid manner
whether he be in the faith oror not. The onlyonly sure and perfect
perfect
standard with which to compare
compare his faith
his faith is
is the word and Spirit
Spirit
starglagd
of God.
o .
—Reader,
33.-Reader,
33. you sincerely
are you salvation, and do you
desiring salvation,
sincerely desiring you
wish to enter into a thorough and searching
a most thorough searching examination
your faith? Are you
of your willing to have your
you willing your faith compared with
faith compared
and measured by by the divine oracles? Are you you a a believer in the
word of God? If If so, you must be aware,
so, you aware, that you you are com-
com-
manded in the the most emphatic
emphatic terms,
terms, to repent
repent of all
all your sins.
your sins.
This isis the very
very first
first act required
required of a a Bible believer. Have you you
repented sincerely,
repented sincerely, and humbly,
humbly, and with all
all your
your heart? Have
you confessed
you confessed allall your
your sins unto God with a broken heart and
spirit? Have you,
contrite spirit? you, not only confessed, but forsaken
only confessed,
every
every sin? Have you
you made sufficient
suflBcient acknowledgement and sat-
acknowledgement
isfaction to those whom you may have in
you may in any
any way injured? Have
way injured?
you
you covenanted with promised the Lord that
and promised that youyou will
will sin
no more?
no If you
If you have not repented
repented in thisthis manner
manner and reformed
your conduct,
your conduct, then you you are not a true believer;believer; your your faith
faith isis
vain,
vain, and your hopes
your hopes are vain,
vain, and you
you are yet
yet in your
your sins,
sins, not
having complied
having complied with even even the very
very first requisition of faith.
first requisition faith.
—
34. But, if
34.-But, you have most sincerely
if you repented and put
sincerely repented away
put away
your evil deeds,
your evil deeds, then you
you have taken the first permanent step
_first permanent step
towards a saving faith.
a true and saving faith. now humble and con-
You are now
trite in your
trite your feeling; your heart is
feeling; your is tender,
tender, and youyou feel
feel grieved
grieved
that you
that you have ever sinned against
against God. You feel
feel determined that
henceforth you will reform. You are a believing
you will believing penitent
penitent sinner;
sinner;
and your is to obtain a
great desire is
your great a pardon your sins. You
pardon of your sins.
ask the Lord to forgive you, but He does not grant
forgive you, your request.
grant your request.
You pray much, but still
pray much, still you
you have no no evidence that your sins
your
forgiven. You go
are forgiven. go forward to be prayed prayed for by your min-
by your
isters and friends,
friends, but find
find no
no relief.
relief. You become discouraged
discouraged
and perhaps fall back into sin,
perhaps fall sin, thinking tliat there is
thinking that is something
something
wrong, or that there is
wrong, is no
no hope for you;
hope for perhaps you
you; or perhaps may
you may
be persuaded
persuaded by your minister that your
by your forgiven, and
your sins are forgiven,
you try that it
fancy that is so; though
it is though youyou have no certainty that
no certainty that
you try to fancy
pardoned, yet
you are pardoned,
you yet you hope
you hope that such is
is the case; this
this false
false
TRUE FAITH 87
hope causes you you to be somewhat easy feelings and you

your feelings
easy in your you
hope
all is
fancy all
fancy well.
is well.
— But let
35.-But
35. me tell
let me tell you plainly that you
you plainly you are deceiving your-
deceiving your-
self. Your sins
self. sins are not forgiven.
forgiven. It
It is you have believed
true, you
is true,
the word of God,God, and have repented; repentance is

repented; but repentance only the
is only
first step
first step towards obtaining forgiveness.
obtaining forgiveness. You have another great
great
step
step to take, you can
take, before you can expect your sins to be pardoned.
expect your pardoned.
You must be inunersed
immersed in water, by one
water, by one having authority from
having authority
Cod,
God, in the name
name of the Father,
Father, and of the Son,
Son, and of the Holy
Holy
Ghost, for the
Ghost, remission of of your
your sins. Then, and not till
sins. Then, till then,
then,
your
your sins will be forgiven;
forgiven; for these are the two grand
grand steps,
steps,
to be joined
joined with your faith, in order that your
your faith, your sins maymay he be
washed away,
away, by atoning blood of Christ.
by the atoning Faith, without
Christ. Faith,
repentance
repentance and baptism,
baptism, will
will not bring you pardon; neither will
bring you pardon; will
repentance bring you
repentance bring you forgiveness;
forgiveness; neither will
will faith and repent-
repent-
ance, both together,
ance, together, be suflScient sins; but
bring remission of sins;
sufficient to bring
F
Faith, Repentance, and Baptism,
aith, Repentance, Baptism, are sure to put you in possession
put you possession
complete justification
of a complete all past
justification of all sins.
past sins.
36.—
36.-Faith
Faith leads you repentance and to the waters of bap-
you to repentance bap-
the remission of sins.
tism for the Faith, connected with repentance
sins. Faith, repentance
alone, is not a justifying
alone, is faith. In order to be justified
justifying faith. by faith,
justified by faith.
Baptism
Baptism as well as repentance must be coupled
repentance coupled with faith; these
faith;
three joined
joined in Justification; where
one, constitute the Faith of Justification;
in one,
either is
either wanting, there justification
is wanting, exist, and the pen-
justification does not exist, pen-
ient believer is yet in his sins.
is yet sins.
37.—
37.-Are you, dear Reader,
Are you, Reader, anxious that your sins should all
that your all
blotted out? If
be blotted lf so,
so, seek not to obtain thisthis choice blessing,
blessing,
contrary the Gospel;
contrary to the yourself with the vain hope
Gospel; delude not yourself hope
that you
that you are already
already pardoned,
pardoned, when you
you have done nothing
nothing
more than to repent.
more repent. God will accept your
will not accept repentance, unless
your repentance,
you be baptized
you baptized for the remission of your your sins.
sins. Have youyou ever
gone
gone down into the water and been buried therein,
therein, as penitent
penitent
believers did in ancient times? Have you you ever buried the deeds
of man in a watery
of the old man body of Christ was
grave, as the body
watery grave, was
buried? Did you you by by such burial,
burial, become dead to sin,
sin, as .lesus
Jesus
became dead,
dead, as it regards his
it regards body? Have you
his mortal body? you ever
arisen from the watery
watery tomb to newness
newness of life,
life, as Jesus arose
from the tomb of mortality

mortality to immortality?
immortality? Unless you
you have done
this, your faith and hope
this, both your hope are vain.
— Âgain, if
38.-Again,
38. by one whom God
you have been immersed by
if you
has not sent,
sent, and to whom God has not spoken
spoken and given author-
given author*
88 TRUE FAITH
TRUE FAITH
ity to
ity baptize;
baptize; or if you have been baptized
if you baptized by by any one who
any one
denies new away any
revelation, and does away
new revelation, any of the miraculous giftsgifts
of the Gospel,
of Gospel, and says,
says, they unnecessary in these days,
they are unnecessary days, then
know assuredly,
assuredly, that your
your immersion is illegal, and will
is illegal, will in no
no
wise be accounted as baptism
baptism to you.you. Therefore youryour only hope
only hope
of obtaining pardon will be,
obtaining pardon after one whom the Lord
be, to search after
truly authorized,
has truly authorized, and receive this
this sacred ordinance under
his hands;
his hands; and then your shall be forgiven
your sins shall you, and you
forgiven you, you
will, so far
will, far as these first
first steps
steps are concerned,
concerned, have the true genu-
genu-
Gospel faith.
ine Gospel faith.
—
39.-You
39. You have now,
now, byby complying repentance and bap-
complying with repentance bap-
tism,
tism, been set all past
free from all past sin.
sin. You have been born of the
water, but not of the spirit.
water, spirit. Though
Though justified,
justified, you yet lack a
you yet
essential
most essential and important
important blessing, namely. The Baptism
blessing, namely, Baptism of
the Holy
Holy Ghost.
— God hath ordained ordinances through
410.-God
40. through which Gospel
Gospel
granted to believers.
blessings are granted
blessings believers. We have already stated, that
already stated,
the ordinance of Baptism
Baptism when ministered by proper authority,
by proper authority,
is that through
is through which pardon
pardon comes
comes to the penitent believer; so
penitent believer;
likewise,
likewise, God hath ordained the laying
laying on
on of the hands of His
servants, as the sacred ordinance through
authorized servants, through which He
will bestow upon
will upon baptized
baptized believers the Gift
Gift of
of the Holy
Holy Ghost.
—
41.-The
41. The Baptism
Baptism of of the Holy
Holy Ghost cannot be dispensed dispensed with
by
by the believer,
believer, any
any more
more than the baptism
baptism of water. To be born
of the water,
water, only justifies
only justifies the sinner of past sins; but to be
past sins;
born, afterwards,
born, afterwards, of
of the Holy Ghost,
Holy Ghost, sanctifies
sanctifies him and prepares
prepares
him for spiritual
spiritual blessings
blessings in thisthis life,
life, and forfor eternal lifelife in the
come. To be born of
world to come. of the water does not qualify qualify him to
enter into the kingdom
kingdom of God,
God, but to be born,
born, first,
first, of the water,
water,
and afterwards,
afterwards, of the spirit,spirit, fully qualifies
fully qualifies him to enter and
dwell in that kingdom.
kingdom. Jesus says, "Verily, verily, II say
says, "Verily, verily, say unto
you, except
you, except aa man
man be born of the water and of the spirit, spirit, he can
can
no wise enter into the kingdom
in no kingdom of God."
God." A man
man may
may believe,
believe,
repent, and be immersed in
repent, water, or in other words,
in water, words, be born of
water, and yet,
water, according to the word of Jesus,
yet, according Jesus, he cannot enter
into the kingdom
kingdom of God,God, without also being born of the spirit.
also being spirit.
—
42.-The
42. The ordinance of the Laying Laying on of Hands
on of for the birth of
the Spirit, therefore, essential to salvation.
is, therefore,
Spirit, is,
—
43.--The
43. women of Samaria were
men and women
The men bom of the water
were born
several days
days before they
they were
were born of the spirit. Peter and
spirit.
John were under the necessity necessity of of performing
performing a journey journey from
TRUE FAITH
FAITH 89
lay hands on
Samaria, to lay
Jerusalem to Samaria, baptized believers of
on the baptized
city, that they
the latter city, also be born of the spirit,
might also
they might even
spirit, even
they had been bom of the water several days

as they days before.
44.—
44.-The baptized believers at Ephesus
The baptized were born of the spirit
Ephesus were spirit
through
through the laying
laying on
on of the hands of Paul. Paul also
also was
was born,
born,
first
first of the water to wash away
away his sins; (Acts
sins; (Acts xxii. 16,) and
secondly, of the Spirit
secondly, by the ministration
Spirit by of Ananias. (Acts ix.
(Acts ix.
17, 18.)
17,
— Having
45.-Having
45. by
by faith forgiveness sins, and the
forgiveness of sins,
faith received
gift of the Holy
gift Ghost, the believers begin
Holy Ghost, begin with greater assurance
greater assurance
lay hold of every
to lay promised in the Gospel.
blessing promised
every blessing They read
Gospel. They
that certain miraculous signs signs shall be given (Mark
given to believers. (Mark
xvi.
xvi. 15, 18.) They
15, 18.) They consider that they
they have the right
right to enjoy
enjoy
these signs,
signs, according
according to the promise
promise which Jesus made. And they
they
find, that through
soon find,
soon through faith,
faith, they,
they, in name of Jesus,
in the name Jesus, can
can
devils, speak
cast out devils, speak in new tongues,
in new tongues, overcome deadly poisons,
overcome deadly poisons,
heal the sick,
sick, dream heavenly
heavenly dreams,
dreams, see open prophesy
visions, prophesy
open visions,
of future events, powers of na-
revelations, control the powers
events, receive revelations,
ture, and, anything that is
short, do anything
and, in short, is necessary their wel-
necessary for their
fare and the glory blessings are obtained by
glory of God. All these blessings by
faith;
faith; and without faith no
no spiritual gifts
spiritual gifts can
can be received.
46.—
46.-The
The gift of the Holy
gift of Ghost, with all
Holy Ghost, its miraculous powers,
all its powers,
is one of the great
is one distinguishing
great distinguishing differences between Gospel be-
Gospel
lievers and unbelievers. _lesus Jesus has been pleased promise to
pleased to promise
the one signs, and to the other damnation.
class miraculous signs,
one class All
thoroughly examine their faith by
persons who wish to thoroughly
persons by the word
God, can at once determine to which of these two classes
of God, classes
they belong.
they belong. All who find themselves in possession
possession of the signs,
signs,
know of a surety
surety that they
they are believers,
believers, and consequently sub-
consequently
jects of salvation. But all
jects all who find themselves destitute of these
signs,
signs, know at once,
once, that
that they are unbelievers,
they and, therefore,
unbelievers, and, therefore,
subjects
subjects of damnation.
—
47.-The
47. The nations of apostate deceiving them~
apostate Christendom are deceiving them-
selves
selves with the vain and foolish
foolish idea,
idea, that they
they are Gospel
Gospel believ-
ers, without the promised
ers, accompanying signs.
promised accompanying signs. They suppose
They suppose
that they
that they have the true faith without enjoying promised
enjoying the promised
miraculous effects
effects of that faith; they have been deluding
faith; thus they deluding
themselves with a false faith, and unfounded hope,
false faith, hope, for some
some
seventeen centuries past.

past. Where faith exists,
exists, these miraculous
exist. lf
signs exist.
signs If the signs
signs have ceased, faith has ceased also.
ceased, then faith also.
90 TRUE
TRUE FAITH
these signs,
Without these signs, no no church, either Catholic or Protestant,
church, either Protestant,
can be saved;
saved; for theythey are not believers.
48.—
48.-Faith, though the gift
Faith, though God, is
gift of God, only obtained by
is not only by the
exercise of the agency
agency of man,man, but is is also increased and perfected
perfected
by
by the same agency. Obedience to the ancient Gospel
same agency. Gospel will
will nec-
essarily impart
essarily impart the ancient Faith: and Faith will
will necessarily
necessarily
have the same
same power to prevail with God,
power prevail God, in one one ageage as in an-
other.
other. lf, through
If, through Repentance, Baptism, and Laying
Repentance, Baptism, Laying on of
on of
Hands, in ancient times,
Hands, times. Faith was was so increased as as to obtain Re-
mission of Sins,
Sins, the Gift of the Holy Holy Ghost,
Ghost, and Miraculous
Signs, why
Signs, why will
will not obedience,
obedience, in this
this age, to the same
age, same three re-
quirements, impart
quirements, impart the same
same
degree
degree of Faith? And why not also
why
same three Gospel
the same blessings, follow the same
Gospel blessings, same Faith?
49.—
49.--Can
Can any one show any
any one any reason,
reason, or present
present any any evidence
from the divine oracles,
oracles, whywhy obedience to the ancient Gospel Gospel
will
will not give same Faith now
give the same now as in ancient times? Will not
Repentance, in
Repentance, in all ages, have the same
all ages, same moral effect effect upon
upon the
mind? Is Is not Gospel
Gospel Baptism
Baptism now now the same anciently? Is
same as anciently? Is not
every step of obedience to the Gospel
every step same now
Gospel the same now as ever? All
Bible believers will, answer, that every
once, answer,
will, at once, requirement of
every requirement
the Gospel
the Gospel is
is the same;
same; and that all
all can
can still
still yield the same
yield same ac-
ceptable
ceptable obedience to each requirement; this
requirement; this being case, does
being the case,
it necessarily follow,
it not necessarily that the same
follow, that same obedience will impart
will impart
the same Faith; and still
same Faith; further, that the same
still further, Gospel Faith will
same Gospel will
bring
bring the same
same
Gospel blessings? Nothing
Gospel blessings? Nothing is
is more
more certain.
50. —
50.-The same Jesus that promised
^The same promised to the believer the the Remis-
sion of Sins,
Sins, as a
a
Gospel blessing,
Gospel blessing, also promied
promied to the same be-
same
liever Miraculous Signs,Signs, as Gospel blessings.

Gospel blessings. What authority
authority
has the Gospel believer to claim one
Gospel believer one Gospel blessing, and reject
Gospel blessing, reject
the others? Would not this this be indirectly rejecting the whole
indirectly rejecting
Gospel? He that offends in
Gospel? in one point of the law,
one point by our
is, by
law, is, our
Savior, represented
Savior, represented as guilty
guilty of the transgression
transgression of the whole.
who h_as_no,faith_to_Qbta§1,,_§_ospel
He who has no faith to obtain Gospel signs, h^ no
signs, has no faith to lb-
faith to ob-
tain Gosp_eL4)ardQiu Jle who would thus
t§in_/GQ§pd__paLdon._.He pervert the
thu§_pe1vErt the Gospel
Gospel
is most
is deceived, if
woefully deceived,
most woefully if he supposes
supposes himself in possession
possession
of any
any Gospel blessing.
Gospel blessing. Jesus has made no
no Gospel promises
Gospel promises
to be trifled
trifled with, rejected with impunity
with, or to be rejected impunity by by professed
professed
believers.
believers.
51. —
51.-Faith
Faith in all ages, and under all
all ages, dispensations, has always
all dispensations, always
prevailed
prevailed with God. By
By faith,
faith, signs,
signs, miracles,
miracles, and manifestations
power of God,
of the power abundantly shown forth under the
were abundantly
God, were
—
TRUE FAITH 91
Patriarchal, Mosiac, and Christian dispensations.

Patriarchal, Mosiac, dispensations. Jesus said,
said,
"All things
"All things are possible believeth."
I
(Mark ix.
possible to him that believeth."-(Mark —
ix. 23.)
23.)
Again
Again he said,
said, "Have
"Have faith
faith in God. For verily
verily I say
say unto you,
you,
That whosoever shall say unto this
shall say mountain, Be thou removed,
this mountain, removed,
and be thou cast into the sea; sea; and shall not doubt in in his heart,
heart,
but shall
shall believe that those things
things which he saith shall
shall come
come to
pass; he shall have whatsoever he saith.

pass; saith. Therefore I say I say unto
you,
you, what things
things soever ye
ye desire,
desire, when ye
ye pray,
pray, believe that
ye
ye receive them,
them, and ye
ye shall
shall have them." —
them."-(Mark (Mark xi.
xi. 22,
22, 23,
23,
24.)
24.) In another passage
passage He said, "Verily, verily, say
said, "Verily, verily, I
I say unto you.
you,
He that
He that believeth on me, the works that
on me, that II do shallshall he do also; also;
greater works than these shall
and greater
and shall he do; do; because II go go unto my my
Father."-(John
'Father."— xiv. 12.)
(John xiv.
52. — None of
52.-None passages limit the miraculous effects
of these passages effects of
Faith to the Apostles,
Apostles, or to anyany particular
particular class of
of true believers,
believers,
particular age
any particular
or to any age of
of the world. But on
on the contrary; each
contrary;
of these promises
promises was was made on
on the broadest terms, general and
terms, general
unlimited as to time or or place.
place. The terms,
terms, "He that believet/1;"
"/fe that believeth;"
"Whosoever
^Whosoever shall shall say," applicable to all
&c., are applicable
say," &c., believers, in all
all believers, all
ages,
ages, and in all
all the world,
world, unto the latest
latest generations,
generations, or to the
end of time. No other Gospel more unlimited in
were more
blessings were
Gospel blessings
their application. No other more
their application. more positively and definitely
positively definitely ex-
pressed.
pressed. No other that we we have any more right
any more right to claim or
seek after by Faith.
after by
— Indeed, the miraculous gifts
53.-Indeed,
53. gifts were to be the effects--theeffects— the
—
results-the
results signs of faith,
the signs faith, by by which the true believer could,
could, by
by
the most infallible distinguish
infallible evidence distinguish himself from an
an unbe-
liever. By
liever. By these gifts he is
these gifts confirmed; and he obtains the most
is confirmed;
knowledge and absolute certainty
satisfactory knowledge
satisfactory certainty of the divinity divinity of
the doctrine which he has embraced. By tokens, he knows
By these tokens,
that he is
that is in reality genuine Gospel
reality aa true genuine believer, that his
Gospel believer, his sins
sing
are surely forgiven, and that he has received the gift
surely forgiven, gift of the HolyHoly
Spirit, and is,
Spirit, indeed, an
is, indeed, an heir of Salvation.
—
54-.-While
54. on the other hand,
^While on gifts, he knows
hand, without these gifts,
that he is
is not a believer —
^that he has no
believer-that genuine gospel
no genuine faith-
gospel faith
that he has no any of
no claim to any of the other Gospel
Gospel blessings-that
blessings ^that —
is classified
he is imbelievers, and with them he must be
classified with unbelievers,
damned.
—
55.-Jesus
55. great, and the distinguish-
^Jesus has made the contrast so great, distinguish-
ing
ing marks so apparent,
apparent, between true and genuine Gospel be-
genuine Gospel
92 TRUE FAITH
TRUE FAITH
unbelievers, that it
lievers and unbelievers,
lievers it is impossible man
any man
is impossible for any who
examines his own faith
his own by the word of
faith by God, to be deceived.
of God,
—
56.-Reader,
56. Reader, are you an unbeliever? Do signs
you a believer or an signs
you, according
follow you, according to the promise
promise of Jesus in the last
last chapter
chapter
you ever cast out devils in the name
of Mark? Have you name of Jesus?
Have you spoken with another tongue

you ever spoken tongue by
by the power of the
power
Holy
Holy Ghost? Have you
you ever had faith to deadly
prevail against deadly
prevail against
poisons? Have you
poisons? ever healed the sick in the name
you ever name of Jesus,
Jesus,
by
by the laying on
laying on of your
your hands? Have you
you ever obtained any of
any
promised miraculous gifts
the promised Spirit? lf
gifts of the Spirit? you have not,
If you not,
then you
you are not a a Gospel
Gospel believer, are included in that
believer, and are
class which Jesus says,
class says, shall
shall be damned. Your condition is is a
fearful one indeed,
one indeed, without the true faith,
faith, without hope,
hope, without
exposed to the wrath which must fall
salvation, exposed
salvation, upon unbelievers.
fall upon
—Do you
57.-Do
57. you inquire you must do? The answer
inquire what you answer is, be-
is, be-
come believer; forsake the false,

come a Bible believer; corrupt, and powerless
false, corrupt, powerless
systems of uninspired men; follow not after
uninspired men; after any religion because
any religion
systems
of its popularity; but seek after the faith of the Saints,
its popularity; Saints, such as
is so clearly
is clearly defined in the Bible. Seek for the blessings enjoyed
blessings enjoyed
Christ; rest not satisfied
all true believers in Christ;
by all
by satisfied until you
you are
in possession
possession ofof the signs assuredly if
believer; for know assuredly
signs of a believer; if
you stop
you stop short of you
this, you
this, can
can in no
no wise be saved. It
It is
is the word
spoken, and which He will not revoke.
which God has spoken,
—
58.-Now,
58. reader, we
Now, dear reader, plainly pointed
we have plainly pointed out to youyou
the nature of faith;
faith; we
we have proven
proven to you
you that faith,
faith, like
like all
all
other good things, is

good things, is the gift man; we
gift of God to man; we have clearly
clearly
shown you
you how to obtain a
a true and genuine
genuine Gospel
Gospel faith;
faith; we
we
have also told youyou how to examine your your faith to know whether
right kind: we
it be the right
it we have referred youyou to the miraculous
signs which Jesus says
signs says shall
shall follow all throughout the
all believers throughout
world; we
world; we have proved
proved signs, there can
that without these signs, can be nono
believers, no
believers, no faith, no Church of Christ,
faith, no salvation. And now
no salvation.
Christ, no now
we close this
we this subject
subject byby telling you plainly,
telling you that God has again
plainly, that again
restored His Church to the earth, earth, by revealing
by revealing the Book of Mor-
mon, containing the everlasting
mon, containing Gospel; by
everlasting Gospel; sending His angels
by sending angels
predicted by
as predicted by His servant John on Patmos; by
on Patmos; by restoring Apos-
restoring Apos-
tles,
tles, and all
all other otlicers
oflBcers of the Priesthood;
Priesthood; and by
by setting up
setting up
His latter-day kingdom, as foretold by
latter-day kingdom, by Daniel the prophet.
prophet.
—
59.--As
59. many as have received this
As many message with all
this message all their
their
hearts, have been blessed with the signs
hearts, promised to believers;
signs promised believers;
and wewe know of a surety, and bear record that God is
a surety, is the same,
same,
/
SHEM WAS MELCHIZEDEK
SHEM WAS 93
is the same,
faith is
faith same, the Gospel is
Gospel is the same, that all
same, and that all the mira-
same, as in
gifts thereof are the same,
culous gifts days; and that
in ancient days;
enjoy all
the faithful Saints enjoy all blessings now, as in
blessings now, days of
in days of old.
old.
60.—
60.-Let me earnestly
Let me earnestly entreat you
you to break off
off all
all your
your sins,
sins,
and to bow before your Heaven, and ask Him,
your Father in Heaven, Him, ifif what
you have now

you now read is
is true. If
If you will do this
you will this with a sincere and
will
heart, God will
humble heart, manifest the truth of these things you
things to you
by the power
by Holy Ghost.
power of the Holy
Shem was Melchizedek

was
From this
this definite account
definite driving the "nations
of driving "nations apart,
apart,
when the ancient hills bow," all
hills did bow," reflecting minds may
all reflecting may judge
judge
man was
that man was scattered over the whole face of the earth. And
over the
the superior
with the knowledge of men
superior knowledge men like
like Noah, Shem (who
Noah, Shern (who was
was
Melchizedek) and Abraham,
Melchizedek) Abraham, the father of the faithful,
faithful, three
holding the keys
cotemporaries, holding
cotemporaries, keys of the highest order of the
the highest
priesthood: creation, and fall;
connecting the creation,
priesthood: connecting memorising the
fall; memorising
righteousness
righteousness of
of Enoch;
Enoch; and glorying
glorying in the construction of ol
the ark for the salvation
salvation of
of world;
a world; still
still retaining
retaining the model
and pattern
pattern of that ark,ark, than which a great,great, ah,
ah, wewe might
might say,
say,
half so great
great a vessel has never
never been built
built since;
since; for another
ark, it remembered,
ark, be it remembered, with such a ponderous living freight
ponderous living will
freight will
never be prepared
prepared as a vessel of mercy by
mercy by command of Jehovah.
Times and Seasons,
Seasons, Vol. 5, p. 746.
5, p.
Dlinois, December 15, 1844.
Nauvoo, Illinois,
NauvoQ, Elder John Taylor,
Taylor, Editor.)
The Faith of Melchizedek

(From Inspired
Inspired "Trans1ation"
^Translation" Scriptures, by
of Scriptures,
Joseph
Joseph the Prophet.)
Prophet.)
was a man
Now Melchizedek was faith, who wrought
man of faith, wrought right-
right-
eousness; and when a child he feared God,
eousness; God, and stopped
stopped the mouths
of lions,
of quenched the violence of fire.
lions, and quenched fire.
And thus, having been approved
thus, having was ordained
of God. he was
approved of
high priest
an high priest after of the covenant which God
after the order of Cod made
with Enoch.
lt
It being after the order of the Son of God; which order came,
being after came,
not by man,
by man, nor
nor the will
will of man;
man; neither by
by father nor
nor mother;
neither by beginning of days
by beginning years; but of God;
nor end of years;
days nor
;
94 THE MELCHIZEDEK
FAITH OF MELCHIZEDEK
THE FAITH
And it was delivered unto

it was men by
men by the calling
calling of his own
own
voice, according
voice, will, unto as many
according to his will, many as believed on
on his
his name.
For God having
having sworn
sworn unto Enoch and unto his
his seed with
an oath by
an himself; that every
by himself; being ordained after
one being
every one after this
this order
and calling
calling should dry dry up waters, to turn them out of their
up waters, their course;
course
To put
put at defiance the armies of nations, nations, to divide the
earth; to break every
earth; hand, to stand in the presence
every hand, presence of God; to
do all
all things according to his will,
things according will, according
according to his his command,
subdue principalities
principalities and powers;
powers; and this by
this by the will
will of the Son
God which was from before the foundation of the
of Cod the world.
And men having this
men having faith, coming
this faith, coming up up unto this order of
this
God,
God, were translated and taken up
up into heaven.
And nownow Melchizedek was was a priest
priest ofof this order; therefore
this order;
he obtained peace Salem, and was
peace in Salem, was called the princeprince of peace.
peace.
And his people
people wrought righteousness, and obtained heaven,
wrought righteousness, heaven,
and sought
sought for the city of Enoch which God had before taken,
city of taken,
separating
separating it
it from the earth, having
earth, having reserved it
it unto the latter
latter
days,
days, or
or the end of the world;
world;
And hath said, said, and sworn with an oath, that the heavens
an oath,
and the earth should come come together;
together; and the sons sons of God should
tried so as by
be tried by fire.
fire.
Genesis 14:26-35.
.,_1_._i
FROM "MELCHIZEDEK"
FROM "MELCHIZEDEK"
By ARIEL L. CROWLEY, LL. B.
CONDENSED RESEARCH BIBLIOGRAPHY OF WORKS
AND SOURCES OF QUOTATIONS
CITED AND
ADAM AND MELCHIZEDEK: Vol. 1, Ency. of Freemasonry

1, Ency. Freemasonry
Ed.) Hawkins & Hugha,
(Rev. Ed.)
(Rev. p. 15.
Hugha, p.
ALFORD: New Testament for English
English Readers (1862) on on Heb.
7:1-3.
AMERICAN ENCYCLOPEDIA: Vol. 18, p. p. 603.
AMERICAN STANDARD VERSION: See Heb. 7:1-13.
ANONYMOUS: Five Books vs. Marcion: Book 4, 4, Lines 87-106.
APOCRYPHAL WORKS: "Acts "Acts of the
the Holy
Holy Apostles" on Psalms
Apostles" on
110:4-.
110:4.
ATHANASIUS: See "Melchizedek"
"Melchizedek" in Baring-Gould's "Legends
Baring-Could's "Legends
of the Prophets
of Prophets and Patriarchs."
Patriarchs."
BARING-GOULD, S,:
BARINC-COULD, S,: See "Melchizedek"
"Melchizedek" in his "Legends of the
his "Legends
Prephets
Prephets and Patriarchs."
Patriarchs."
"MELCHIZEDEK"
"MELCHIZEDEK" 95
Murdock's Translation
SYRJAC VERSION: See Heb. 7:1-13 in Murdock's
SYRIAC
of the Peshitto.
Peshitto.
TERTULLIAN: "Answer
"Answer Chapters 2 and 3; Also
Jews," Chapters
to the Jews,"
Marcion Bk. 5, 5, Ch. 9;
9; and Adv. Haer. Ch. 8.
8.
TESTAMENTS OF THE THE TWELVE PATRIARCHS: Testament
of Levi, Chapter 8 on
Levi, Chapter "New Priesthood."
on "New Priesthood."
THEOPHILUS OF ANTIOCH: Epistle Epistle to Autolycus, Chapter 31.
Autolycus, Chapter
THEODOTUS: Fragment Tertullian Adv. Haer.
preserved in TertuUian
Fragment preserved
Chapter 8.
Chapter 8.
TIMOTHEUS OF CONSTANTINOPLE: De Receptione Receptione Haeret-
Graeca, Book III,
(Cotelier, Monumento Ecc. Graeca,
icorum (Cotelier, p. 392.
III, p.
(See also Pseudo-Tertullian,
(See Pseudo-Tertullian, Praescript. LIII; Theodoret,
Praescript. LIII; Theodoret,
Haer.; and Frabricius II:6).
Haer.; 11:6).
TRACT BAVA BATHRA: On Psalm 110, 110, Melchizedek as its its
TRACTthBAVA
author.
au or.
TREGELLES: See translation

translation of Heb. 7:1-13 in New Testament,
Testament,
1852-1872.
TWENTIETH CENTURY NEW NEW TESTAMENT: See Heb. 7.
7.
WESCOTT: See his "Epistle
"Epistle to the Hebrews"
Hebrews" in Greek with
Commentary, p.
English Commentary,
English p. 171.
WILSON: See his
VVILSON: Diaglott" of Heb. 7.
"Emphatic Diaglott"
his "Emphatic 7.
WYCLIFFE: N. T., T., version of 1380 (See Purvey's Revision of
(See Purvey's
1388, on Heb 7.
1388, 7.
BERESHITH-RABBA: Section 43, 42, "The
folio 42,
43, folio justifier of
"The justifier
him."
those who dwell in him."
BERRY: on Heb. 7:1-13.
Greek-English New Testament on
Interlinear Greek-English
BOOK OF THE COMBAT OF ADAM: See Canaan therein as
father of Melchizedek.
father
CATENA ARABICA: 1. Melchizedek as son of
on Genesis 1.
See on of
Heraclis the son of Peleg.
Peleg.
CHRONICON PASCHALE: See page page 49, 1688 edition of C.
du Fresne du Cange,
Cange, Paris.
CATHOLIC MASSES: X Cath. Ency.
See X Ency. pp. 8, 157, and Vol.
III,
Ill, p. 264.
p.
CLEMENT OF ALEXANDRIA: Bk. II, Misc., Ch. 5.
II, Misc., 5.
COMMENTARIES ON MELCHIZEDEK IN THE OLD TEST-

AMENT:
Baimigarten: Old
Baumgarten: Testament Commentary
Commentary on Psalm 110,
on
p. 182.
_
Baht? "Symbolik I:179

Bahr: "Symbolik 1:179
`
96 "MELCHIZEDEK"
"MELCHIZEDEK"
See Lange,
Delitzsch: Crit. Doc & Hom.
Lange, Crit. Horn. Comm. on on UPS.
Ps.
110, p.
p. 406
Lange: Crit. Doc. & Hom.
Lange: Crit. Horn. Comm. on Ps. 110, p. p. 406.
Murphy:
Murphy: Commentary
Commentary on
on Ps.
Ps. 110,
110, p.
p. 289.
Mant: 1822 Ed. of Common Prayer Prayer Book of Church of
England,
England, on on Ps. 110.
Clarke: See Commentary
Commentary on on Genesis 14:18 on the meaning
on the meaning
of "Malki-tsedek."
"Malki-tsedek.'f
.
»
William Robertson, with S.
Smith: William.Robertson, S. A. Cook: Ency.
Ency. Brit.
Brit. Vo.
18 (11th
(11th Ed.) p.
Ed.) p. 92.
CYPRIAN: Chapter Epistle to Caecilius No. 62.
Chapter 4, Epistle
DE ROSSI and KENNICOTT: SEE CLARKE, CLARKE, supra.supra. Collection
manuscripts on "al
of manuscripts "al dibrathi."
dibrathi."
DOUAY VERSION OF 1582: See Heb. 7:1-13.
EISENMENGER: "Neuentdektes
'^Neuentdektes Judenthum (Konigsburg,
(Konigsburg, 1711)
on Midrash traditions.
on Midrash traditions.
EPIPHANIUS: Haer. 55:2, 55:2, on parentage of Melchizedek.
on parentage
FABRICIUS: Codex Pseud. Part V. Vol. 1, p. 311,
1, p. 311, onon Enoch,
Enoch,
Elias and Melchizedek.
GEORGIUS CEDRENUS: (Goar's Ed.) Vol. 1,
(Goar's Ed.) p. 27, Melchiz-
1, p.
edek as son
son of Sidos.
GESENIUS: Robinson's EngHsh-Hebrew Edition of 1844,
Robinson's English-Hebrew p. 892
1844, p.
on "malki-tsedek."
"malki-tsedek."
on
'
GOLDEN BOUGH, Frazer.: Vol. 5, origin of

17, on Canaanitish origin
p. 17,
5, p.
Melchizedek.
'
Melchizedek,
"Melchizedek" in his Dictionary
HASTINGS: "Melchizedek" Dictionary ofof Christ and the
Gospels,
Gospels, on
on Heb. 7.
7.
"
HIPPOLYTUS: Refutation of All Heresies,

Heresies, Book 7,7, Ch. 24,
24, and
Book 10,
10, Ch. 20. _' _
IGNATIUS: Ch. IV, Epistle to the Philadelphians,

IV, Epistle Philadelphians, onon priesthoods.
priesthoods.
INSTITUTES OF LACTANTIUS:
LACTANTIUS: Book IV. Ch. 14, p. p. 214 (Ed-
(Ed-
inburgh Ed. Ante-Nicene Fathers).
inburgh Fathers).
JEROME: 73rd Epistle,
Epistle, identifying`@elcl1izedek
identifying'êlchizedek with the Holy
Holy
Ghost.
BEN GORIOM: Book 6,
JOSEPHUS BEN_ 6, Chapter
Chapter 35 on identity of
on identity
J ehoram/Qaigid
Jehoram f
a]tid ^M^Wiizedek.
Qflélchizedek.
JOSEPHUS: Antiquities
Antiquities of the Jews, 1, Ch. 10, Sec. 2.
Jews, Book 1, 2.
JUSTIN MARTYR: Dialogue

Dialogue with Trypho, 63, and
Chapter 63,
Trypho, Chapter
also 118.'
'
118. _
JAMES VERSION: AV of Heb. 7:1-13.

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Historical Sketch of the Lectures on

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Lecture Third .....__ 33

Lecture Fourth ........ 41

Lecture Fifth ............................................................................ 48

Lecture Sixth ....... ........... 57

Lecture Seventh .._...._......... 61

The Faith of Melchizedek .......... 93

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HISTORICAL SKETCH OF THE

manded the establishment of a School of the Prophets for

the revelations given given at about this this time."

4 HISTORICAL SKETCH THE

ous attention to the all-important

few weeks, soon shall have

comparison with the

quorums of Priesthood for acceptance,

Doctrine and Covenants."

manifested and taught.

printing of these Lectures will be the means

On the Doctrine of of Jesus Christ of Latter-

being the first

things, which stimulated you

framed by by the word of GodGod; so; that things

17. Who cannot see,

was because of their unbelief-"For

shall remove and nothing

of weakness were were made strong, waxed

flight the armies of the aliens,

their dead raised to life

QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

Because it is the foundation of all

arrangement should be followed in presenting

assurance we we have of the existence of unseen things. And being

How do you prove that faith is

Is not faith the principle

faith isis the first

2. We here observe that God is

created II them. And I, God, blessed them,

God, took the man,

11. "And out of the ground

they should come

selves from the presence

surelv ?' And the man

glory of his Creator;

time, brought of the

well, sin lieth

32. Not only

tence of God became an object

was that God became an

90 when Cainan was born (verse

Lamech was was 182 when Noah was bom (verse

38. From this

from Adam, and the father of Noah, was 56 years

39. So that Lamech the father of

And Enoch walked

Noah, 595 years,

According to the Old Testament.

Serug was born (xi.