Num. 16:22-"And they fell upon their faces, and said, O God, the God of the spirits of all flesh, shall one man sin, and wilt thou be wroth with all the congregation?"

Jer. 1:5-"Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee; . . . and I ordained thee a prophet unto the nations."

*John 1:6, 7-"There was a man sent from God, whose name was John. The same came into the world for a witness."

Heb. 2:11, 14-"For both he that sanctifieth and they who are sanctified are all of one; for which cause he is not ashamed to call them brethren. . . Forasmuch then as the children are partakers of flesh and blood, he also himself likewise took part of the same."

Heb. 10:5-"Wherefore, when he cometh into the world, he saith, Sacrifice and offering thou wouldest not, but a body hast thou prepared me."

Heb. 12:9-"Furthermore, we have had fathers of our flesh which corrected us, and we gave them reverence; shall we not much rather be in subjection unto the Father of spirits, and live?"

*Gen. 1:27; *2:4-6; †5:10; †6:38; Job. 38:4, 7: Eccl. 12:7; John 9:2; 17:24; *Rom. 8:29; Eph. 1:4, 5.

D. and C. 49:3-"That it [the earth] might be filled with the measure of man, according to his creation before the world was made."

D. and C. 90:4.

D. and C. 90:5-"Man was also in the beginning with God. Intelligence . . . was not created or made, neither indeed can be."

Alma 12:112-"Man in the beginning, was created after the image of God."

John 16:28-"I came forth from the Father, and am come into the world; again, I leave the world, and go to the Father."

THE SPIRIT THE CONSCIOUS PERSONALITY OF MAN

*Gen. 2:8-"And I, the Lord God, formed man from the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul; the first flesh upon the earth, the first man also" (7).

Job 32:8-"But there is a spirit in man; and the inspiration of the Almighty giveth them understanding."

Eccles. 8:8-"There is no man that hath power over the spirit to retain the spirit; neither hath he power in the day of death."

Eccles. 12:7-"Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was; and the spirit shall return unto God who gave it."

Isa. 26:9-"With my soul have I desired thee in the night; yea, with my spirit within me will I seek thee early."

Zech 12:1-"The Lord . . . formeth the spirit of man within him.

Luke 8:54-"And her spirit came again, and she arose straightway; and he commanded to give her meat" (55).

Luke 23:47-"And when Jesus had cried with a loud voice, he said, Father, into thy hands I commend my spirit."

*Acts 7:59-"And he, calling upon God, said, Lord Jesus, receive my spirit."

I Cor. 9:27-"But I keep under my body, and bring it into subjection; lest that by any means, when I have preached to others, I myself should be a castaway."

James 2:25-"The body without the spirit is dead."

*Rom. 7:23; *I Cor. 2:11; Eph. 3:16.

SPIRIT MAY EXIST INDEPENDENT OF THE BODY

Dan. 3:25-"He answered and said, Lo, I see four men loose, walking in the midst of the fire, and they have no hurt; and the form of the fourth is like the Son of God."

Matt. 17:2-"And behold, there appeared unto them Moses and Elias, talking with him" (3).

*Luke 24:36, 38-"But they were terrified and affrighted, and supposed that they had seen a spirit. . . . Handle me, and see; for a spirit hath not flesh and bones, as you see me have" (37, 39).

2 Cor. 4:16-"But though our outward man perish, yet the inward man is renewed day by day."

2 Cor. 5:l-"For we know that, if our earthly house of this tabernacle were dissolved, we have a building of God, a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens."

2 Cor. 12:2-"I knew a man in Christ above fourteen years ago, whether in the body, I can not tell; or whether out of the body, I can not tell; God knoweth; such a one caught up to the third heaven."

*Phil. 1:23, 24-"Now I am in a strait betwixt two, having a desire to depart, and to be with Christ; which is far better; nevertheless to abide in the flesh is more needful for you."

Eccles. 3:21; 12:7; Matt. 14:22; Mark 6:51.

Mosiah 1:66-"That I might go down in peace, and my immortal spirit may join the choirs above in singing the praises of a just God."

2 Nephi 6:28-32; Alma 19:40-47.

CONSCIOUS EXISTENCE OF SPIRIT HEREAFTER

Job. 14:14, 15-"If a man die, shall he live again? all the days of my appointed time will I wait, till my change come. Thou shalt call and I will answer thee; thou wilt have a desire to the work of thine hands"

*Matt. 5:27-"Agree with thine adversary quickly, while thou art in the way with him; lest at any time thine adversary deliver thee to the judge, and the judge deliver thee to the officer, and thou be cast into prison" (25).

*John 5:25.-"Verily, verily, I say unto you, The hour is coming, and now is, when the dead shall hear the voice of the Son of God; and they who hear shall live."

I Cor. 5:5-"To deliver such a one unto Satan for the destruction of the flesh, that the spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord Jesus."

2 Cor. 5:2-"For in this we groan, earnestly desiring to be clothed upon with our house which is from heaven."

2 Cor. 5:6-"Therefore we are always confident, knowing that, whilst we are at home in the body, we are absent from the Lord."

Rev. 6:9, 10-"I saw under the altar the souls of them that were slain for the word of God, and for the testimony which they held; and they cried with a loud voice, saying, How long, O Lord, holy and true, dost thou not judge and avenge our blood on them that dwell on the earth?"

Prov 5:11, 12; Matt. 17:1-4; 27:57; 2 Cor. 5:8; *I Pet. 3:18, 19; *4:6; Rev. 20:4; *22:8, 9.

Alma 19:43-"It has been made known unto me, by an angel, that the spirits of all men, as soon as they are departed from this mortal body; . . . whether they be good or evil, are taken home to that God who gave them life."

Alma 19:56-"There is a space between death and the resurrection of the body, and a state of the soul in happiness or in misery, until the time which is appointed of God that the dead shall come forth."

THE AGENCY OF MAN

FREEDOM TO CHOOSE

*Gen. 2:19-21-"And I, the Lord God, commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat: but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: nevertheless, thou mayest choose for thyself, for it is given unto thee; but remember that I forbid it" (16, 17).

†Gen 3:4-"Wherefore, because that Satan rebelled against me, and sought to destroy the agency of man, which I, the Lord God, had given him: and also that I should give unto him mine own power; by the power of mine Only Begotten I caused that he should be cast down, and he became Satan."

†Gen. 6:57, 58-"And the Lord spake unto Adam saying, Inasmuch as thy children are conceived in sin, even so, when they begin to grow up sin conceiveth in their hearts, and they taste the bitter, that they may know to prize the good. And it is given unto them to know good from evil; wherefore, they are agents unto themselves."

†Gen. 7:39, 40-"I gave unto them their intelligence in the day that I created them. And in the garden of Eden gave I unto man his agency."

Deut. 30:19-"I call heaven and earth to record this day against you, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing: therefore choose life, that both thou and thy seed may live."

Josh. 24:15, 22-"And if it seem evil unto you to serve the Lord, choose you this day whom ye will serve; . . . Ye are witnesses against yourselves that ye have chosen you the Lord, to serve him. And they said, We are witnesses."

Job. 34:4, 33-"Let us choose to us judgment: let us know among ourselves what is good. . . . Should it be according to thy mind? he will recompense it, whether thou refuse, or whether thou choose."

Isa. 66:3, 4-"Yea, they have chosen their own ways, and their soul delighteth in their abominations. . . . but they did evil before mine eyes, and chose that in which I delighted not."

Luke 10:43-"But one thing is needful: and Mary hath chosen that good part which shall not be taken away from her" (42).

I Chron. 21:11, 12; Ps. 119:173; Prov. 1:29; Isa. 7:15; 56:4; 65:12.

2 Nephi 1:97-99-"It must needs be that there was an opposition; even the forbidden fruit in opposition to the tree of life; the one being sweet and the other bitter; wherefore the Lord God gave unto man, that he should act for himself."

2 Nephi 1:117, 118-"And because they are redeemed from the fall they have become free forever, knowing good from evil; to act for themselves, and not to be acted upon, save it be by the punishment of the Lord at the great and last day."

Alma 9:65, 66-"In the first place being left to choose good or evil; therefore they having chosen good, and exercising exceeding great faith, are called with a holy calling."

D. and C. 28:10-"It must needs be that the Devil should tempt the children of men, or they could not be agents unto themselves, for if they never should have bitter, they could not know the sweet."

D. and C. 58:6-"Verily I say, Men should be anxiously engaged in a good cause, and do many things of their own free will, and bring to pass much righteousness; for the power is in them, wherein they are agents unto themselves."

D. and C. 90:5-"All truth is independent in that sphere in which God has placed it, to act for itself, as all intelligence also. . . . Behold, here is the agency of man."

D. and C. 98:10-"That every man may act in doctrine, and principle pertaining to futurity, according to the moral agency which I have given unto them, that every man may be accountable for his own sins in the day of judgment."

D. and C. 28:9; 101:2.

THE ACCOUNTABILITY OF MAN

†Gen. 17:11-"That thou mayest know for ever that children are not accountable before me until they are eight years old."

Deut. 18:19-"And it shall come to pass, that whosoever will not hearken unto my words which he shall speak in my name, I will require it of him."

Ezek. 18:26, 30-"When a righteous man turneth away from his righteousness, and committeth iniquity, and dieth in them; for his iniquity that he hath done shall he die. . . . Therefore I will judge you, O house of Israel, every one according to his ways, saith the Lord God."

Dan. 7:22-"Judgment was given to the saints of the most High."

*Matt. 12:31-"And again I say unto you, That every idle word which men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment" (36).

Matt. 18:18-"Whatsoever ye shall bind on earth, shall be bound in heaven; and whatsoever ye shall loose on earth, shall be loosed in heaven."

John 9:41-"Jesus said unto them, If ye were blind, ye should have no sin; but now ye say, We see; therefore your sin remaineth."

John 12:48-"He that rejecteth me, and receiveth not my words, hath one that judgeth him; the word that I have spoken, the same shall judge him in the last day."

I Cor. 6:2, 3-"Do ye not know that the saints shall judge the world? and if the world shall be judged by you, are ye unworthy to judge the smallest matters? Know ye not that we shall judge angels? how much more things that pertain to this life?"

*I Cor. 6:12-"All these things are not lawful unto me, and all these things are not expedient. All things are not lawful for me, therefore I will not be brought under the power of any."

I Pet. 4:5-"Who shall give account to him that is ready to judge the quick and the dead."

†Gen. 2:21; Matt. 10:13; 11:20-24; 12:31, 32; 18:23 seq.; 25:19-31 ; Mark 6:11; Luke 16:2, 11, 12; 23:31-54; Acts 17:30; Rom. 14:12; I Cor. 4:2; 3:8, 13-15; I Tim. 6:20; Heb. 13:17.

Rev. 3:21-"To him that overcometh . . . to sit . . . in my throne."

*Matt. 19:28; *Luke 12:33, 34.

D. and C. 28:3 (Twelve shall judge the world).

D. and C. 43:4 (Sent to teach and not to be taught).

D. and C. 125:16 (Free speech, liberty of conscience, does not justify to frustrate commands of the body).

I Nephi 3:1 (Twelve at Jerusalem shall judge the world).

3 Nephi 13:4; Mormon 1:84 (Twelve disciples judge Nephi).

Moroni 8:11-"This thing shall ye teach . . . unto those who are accountable."

PREDESTINATION AND FOREORDINATION

BASED ON FOREKNOWLEDGE OF CHARACTER

Gen. 18:18, 19-"Abraham shall surely become a great and mighty nation, and all the nations of the earth shall be blessed in him? For I know him, that he will command his children and his household after him, and they shall keep the way of the Lord, to do justice and judgment."

Deut. 30:19-"I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing: therefore choose life, that both thou and thy seed may live."

*Ps. 33:12, 13, 15-"Blessed are the nations and the people whom the Lord God hath chosen for his own inheritance. The Lord looketh from heaven; he beholdeth all the sons of men . . . he considereth all their works."

*Isa. 6:9-"And he said, Go, and tell this people, Hear ye indeed but they understood not; and see ye indeed, but they perceived not.

Isa. 45:11-"Thus saith the Lord, the Holy One of Israel, and his Maker, Ask me of things to come concerning my sons."

Jer. 1:5-"Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee; and before thou camest forth out of the womb I sanctified thee, and I ordained thee a prophet unto the nations."

*Matt. 13:13, 14-"And in them is fulfilled the prophecy of Esaias concerning them, which saith, By hearing, ye shall hear and shall not understand; and seeing, ye shall see and shall not perceive. For this people's heart is waxed gross, and their ears are dull of hearing, and their eyes they have closed" (14, 15).

*Matt. 20:15-"So the last shall be first, and the first last; and many are called, but few chosen" (16).

Matt. 25:35-"Then shall the king say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world" (34).

Acts 2:23-"Him, being delivered by the determinate counsel and foreknowledge of God, ye have taken, and by wicked hands have crucified and slain."

*Acts 13:48-"They were glad, and glorified the word of the Lord; and as many as believed were ordained unto eternal life."

Acts 15:18-"Known unto God are all his works from the beginning of the world."

*Acts 17:26, 27-"And hath determined the times before appointed, and the bounds of their habitation; that they should seek the Lord, if they are willing to find him."

*Rom. 8:29, 30-"For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to his own image, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren. Moreover, him whom he did predestinate, him he also called; and him whom he called, him he also sanctified; and him whom he sanctified, him he also glorified."

Eph. 1:4, 5-"He hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love; having predestinated us unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to himself."

Eph. 2:10-"We are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them."

2 Thess. 2:13-"God hath from the beginning chosen you to salvation through sanctification of the Spirit and belief of the truth."

I Pet. 1:2-"Elect according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, through sanctification of the Spirit, unto obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ."

2 Pet. 1:10-"Give diligence to make your calling and election sure: for if ye do these things, ye shall never fall."

Deut. 10:15; John 15:19; Rom. 9:18; I Thess. 1:4; Rev. 3:4.

PREDESTINATION OF CHRIST

†Gen. 6:53, 60-"Jesus Christ, the only name which shall be given under heaven, whereby salvation shall come unto the children of men; . . . the name of his Only Begotten is the Son of Man, even Jesus Christ, a righteous judge, who shall come in the meridian of time."

†Gen. 6:65-"This is the plan of salvation unto all men, through the blood of mine Only Begotten, who shall come in the meridian of time."

†Gen. 7:54, 62-"Enoch saw the day of the coming of the Son of Man, even in the flesh; . . . and he looked, and beheld the Son of Man lifted up on the cross."

†Gen. 7: 73-"Enoch saw the day of the coming of the Son of Man, in the last days, to dwell on the earth, in righteousness, for the space of a thousand years."

Luke 24:25, 26-"O fools, and slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have spoken! Ought not Christ to have suffered these things, and to enter into his glory?"

John 8:56-"Your father Abraham rejoiced to see my day: and he saw it, and was glad."

Acts 10:42, 43-"It is he which was ordained of God to be the judge of quick and dead. To him give all the prophets witness, that through his name whosoever belleveth in him shall receive remission of sins."

*Rom. 8:29, 30-"For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to his own image, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren. Moreover, him whom he did predestinate, him he also called; and him whom he called him he also sanctified; and him whom he sanctified him he also glorified."

Luke 24:43-45; *John 1:13; Acts 2:23; Heb. 1:2.

OF HIS DISCIPLES

Jer. 1:5-"Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee; and before thou camest forth out of the womb I sanctified thee, and I ordained thee a prophet unto the nations."

John 1:6-"There was a man sent from God, whose name was John. '

Eph. 1:4, 5-"According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love; having predestinated us unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his will."

Alma 9:65-"Being called and prepared from the foundation of the world, according to the foreknowledge of God, on account of their exceeding faith and good works; in the first place being left to choose good or evil."

(See The Agency of Man. Pre-existence.)

PENALTIES OF PERVERSITY

I Sam. 2:30-"I said indeed that thy house, and the house of thy father, should walk before me forever; but now the Lord saith, Be it far from me; for them that honor me I will honor, and they that despise me shall be lightly esteemed."

Ps. 81:11, 12-"But my people would not hearken to my voice; and Israel would none of me. So I gave them up unto their own hearts' lust; and they walked in their own counsels."

Isa, 66:4-"I also will choose their delusions, and will bring their fears upon them; because when I called, none did answer; when I spake, they did not hear."

Ezek. 20:24-"Because they had not executed my judgments, but had despised my statutes, and had polluted my sabbaths, and their eyes were after their fathers' idols."

2 Thess. 2:10, 11, 12-"Because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved. And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie."

Deut. 11:26-28.

PHARAOH'S CASE

*Exod. 4:21-"And the Lord said unto Moses, When thou goest to return into Egypt, see that thou do all those wonders before Pharaoh, which I have put in thine hand, and I will prosper thee; but Pharaoh will harden his heart, and he will not let the people go."

*Exod. 7:3, 4-"And Pharaoh will harden his heart, as I said unto thee; and thou shalt multiply my signs, and my wonders, in the land of Egypt."

Exod. 8:15-"But when Pharaoh saw that there was respite, he hardened his heart, and hearkened not unto them."

Exod. 9:12, 13, 16, 17, 34, 35-"And Pharaoh hardened his heart, and he hearkened not unto them. . . . And the Lord said unto Moses. . . .And in very deed for this cause have I raised thee up, for to show in thee my power; and that my name may be declared throughout all the earth. Therefore speak unto Pharaoh the thing which I command thee, who as yet exalteth himself that he will not let them go. . . . And when Pharaoh saw that the rain and the hail and the thunders were ceased, he sinned yet more, and hardened his heart, he and his servants. And the heart of Pharaoh was hardened, neither would he let the children of Israel go; as the Lord had spoken by Moses."

*Exod. 10:1, 1,6, 17, 20-"And the Lord said unto Moses, Go in unto Pharaoh; for he hath hardened his heart, and the hearts of his servants, therefore I will show these my signs before him. . . . Then Pharaoh called for Moses and Aaron in haste; and he said, I have sinned against the Lord your God, and against you. Now therefore forgive, I pray thee, my sin only this once, and entreat the Lord your God, that he may take away from me this death only. . . .But Pharaoh hardened his heart, so that he would not let the children of Israel go."

*Exod. 11:9, 10-"And the Lord said unto Moses, Pharaoh will not hearken unto you; therefore my wonders shall be multiplied in the land of Egypt. And Moses and Aaron did all these wonders before Pharaoh. . . . And Pharaoh hardened his heart."

*Exod. 14:4, 8-"And Pharaoh will harden his heart, that he shall follow after them. . . . And Pharaoh hardened his heart, and he pursued after the children of Israel."

I Sam. 6:6.

ESAU'S CASE

Mal. 1:2, 3-"Was not Esau Jacob's brother? saith the Lord; yet I loved Jacob. And I hated Esau."

Heb. 12:16, 17-"Lest there be any fornicator, or profane person, as Esau, who for one morsel of meat sold his birthright. For ye know how that afterward, when he would have inherited the blessing, he was rejected."

GOSPEL CALL AND SANCTIFICATION

Isa. 45:22-"Look unto me, and be ye saved, all the ends of the earth; for I am God and there is none else."

Isa. 55:1-"Ho, every one that thirsteth, come ye to the waters, and he that hath no money; come ye, buy, and eat; yea, come, buy wine and milk without money and without price."

Mark 16:15-"He that believeth and is baptized, shall be saved; but he that believeth not, shall be damned" (16).

Acts 10:34, 35-"Of a truth I perceive that God is no respecter of persons; but in every nation he that feareth him, and worketh righteousness, is accepted with him."

Rom. 9:23, 24-"That he might make known the riches of his glory on the vessels of mercy, which he had before prepared unto glory. Even us, whom he hath called, not of the Jews only, but also of the Gentiles."

2 Thess. 2:13, 14-"Because God hath from the beginning chosen you to salvation through sanctification of the Spirit and belief of the truth; whereunto he called you by our gospel, to the obtaining of the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ."

*I Tim. 2:4-"Who is willing to have all men to be saved, and to come unto the knowledge of the truth which is in Christ."

*Titus 2:11-"For the grace of God which bringeth salvation to all men, hath appeared."

I Pet. 1:2-"Elect according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, through sanctification of the Spirit, unto obedience."

2 Pet. 1:10-"Give diligence to make your calling and election sure: for if ye do these things, ye shall never fall."

Rev. 22:17-"And the Spirit and the bride say, Come. And let him that heareth say, Come. And let him that is athirst come. And whosoever will, let him take the water of life freely."

John 15:16; 17:2; Acts 17:26, 27; Rom. 9:23-26; 2 Thess. 2:13; I Tim. 4:10.

JUDGMENT OF THOSE IGNORANT OF LAW

Num. 15:27-29-"If any soul sin through ignorance. . . . the priest shall make an atonement for the soul that sinneth ignorantly, when he sinneth by ignorance before the Lord, to make an atonement for him; and it shall be forgiven him. Ye shall have one law for him that sinneth through ignorance, both for him that is born among the children of Israel, and for the stranger that sojourneth among them."

Rom. 2:11, 12, 14-"For there is no respect of persons with God. For as many as have sinned without law shall also perish without law; and as many as have sinned in the law shall be judged by the law. . . . For when the Gentiles, which have not the law, do by nature the things contained in the law, these having not the law, are a law unto themselves."

Rom. 4:15-"For where no law is, there is no transgression."

*Rom. 5:13-"For before the law, sin was in the world; yet sin is not imputed to those who have no law."

Rom. 7:8-"But sin, taking occasion by the commandment, wrought in me all manner of concupiscence. For without the law sin was dead."

I Cor. 9:21-"To them that are without law, as without law, (being not without law to God, but under the law to Christ,) that I might gain them that are without law."

D. and C. 45:10-"Then shall the heathen nations be redeemed, and they that knew no law shall have part in the first resurrection, and it shall be tolerable for them.' .

2 Nephi 6:51, 53-"Wherefore he hath given a law; and where there is no law given there is no punishment; and where there is no punishment, there is no condemnation; and where there is no condemnation, the mercies of the Holy One of Israel have claim upon them, because of the atonement."

Mosiah 1:107-"For behold, and also his blood atoneth for the sins of those who have fallen by the transgression of Adam, who have died, not knowing the will of God concerning them, or who have ignorantly sinned."

Mosiah 8:58-"And these are those who have part in the first resurrection; and these are they that have died before Christ came, in their ignorance, not having salvation declared unto them."

Alma 19:103-"And if there was no law given if men sinned, what could justice do, or mercy either: for they would have no claim upon the creature."

Moroni 8:25-27-"For behold that all little children are alive in Christ, and also all they that are without law. For the power of redemption cometh on all they that have no law; wherefore, he that is not condemned, or he that is under no condemnation, can not repent; and unto such baptism availeth nothing. But it is mockery before God, denying the mercies of Christ, and the power of his Holy Spirit, and putting trust in dead works."

Alma 15:56.

FALL OF MAN AND HIS PROBATION

†Gen. 4:9-"That, as thou hast fallen, thou mayest be redeemed, and all mankind, as will."

†Gen. 6:49-"And by his fall came death, and we are made partakers of misery and woe."

†Gen. 6:61-"Therefore I give unto you a commandment to teach these things freely unto your children, saying, that by reason of transgression cometh the fall, which fall bringeth death.

Alma 19:84, 85-"And thus we see, that there was a time granted unto man, to repent, yea, a probationary time, a time to repent and serve God. For behold, if Adam had put forth his hand immediately, and partook of the tree of life, he would have lived for ever . . .having no space for repentance."

Alma 19:90, 91-"As the fall had brought upon all mankind a spiritual death as well as a temporal; . . . it was expedient that mankind should be reclaimed from this spiritual death."

2 Nephi 1:108.

D. and C. 28:11-"Wherefore, it came to pass that the Devil tempted Adam and he partook of the forbidden fruit. . . . wherein he became subject to the will of the Devil, because he yielded unto temptation; wherefore, I the Lord God, caused that he should be cast out from the garden of Eden, from my presence."

D. and C. 28:12-"But, behold, I say unto you, that I, the Lord God, gave unto Adam and unto his seed that they should not die as to the temporal death until I, the Lord God, should send forth angels to declare unto them repentance and redemption."

Acts 20:28-"The Holy Ghost hath made you overseers, to feed the church of God, which he hath purchased with his own blood."

Rom. 5:8, 9-"God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. Much more then, being now justified by his blood, we shall be saved from wrath through him."

Eph. 1:7-"In whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins."

I Tim. 2:5, 6-"There is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus; who gave himself a ransom for all, to be testified in due time."

Heb. 9:12, 28-"Neither by the blood of goats and calves, but by his own blood he entered in once into the holy place, having obtained eternal redemption for us. . . . So Christ was once offered to bear the sins of many."

Heb. 10:12-"But this man, after he had offered one sacrifice for sins for ever, sat down on the right hand of God."

Heb. 13:12-"Wherefore Jesus also, that he might sanctify the people with his own blood, suffered without the gate."

I Pet. 1:18, 19-"Ye were not redeemed with corruptible things, . . . but with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot."

I Pet. 2:24-"Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye were healed."

I John 1:7-"If we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin."

I John 2:2-"And he is the propitiation for our sins: and not for ours only, but also for the sins of the whole world."

*Rev. 1:6-"Unto him who loved us, be glory; who washed us from our sins in his own blood" (5).

Rev. 7:14-"These are they which came out of great tribulation, and have washed their robes, and made them white in the blood of the Lamb."

†Gen. 3:2, 3; †6:56, 62, 63, 65; †7:52, 54, 62; Luke 24:45; John 3:14, 15; 12: 32; *Rom. 3:24, 25; I Cor. 1:18; 15:3; Eph. 2:13; Col. 1:14; *Rev. 12:11.

Alma 5:23-"The Son of God suffereth according to the flesh, that he might take upon him the sins of his people, that he might blot out their transgressions, according to the power of his deliverance."

Jacob 3:16-"Be reconciled unto him through the atonement of Christ, his only begotten Son."

2 Nephi 6:15, 16-"It must needs be an infinite atonement; save it should be an infinite atonement, this corruption could not put on incorruption."

2 Nephi 1:73-78, 116; 6:44-47, 54; Jacob 3:18; Mosiah 1:107, 115, 116; 2:10; 8:5; Alma 19:97.

D. and C. 17:5-"Wherefore the almighty God gave his only begotten Son, . . . he suffered temptations, but gave no heed unto them; he was crucified, died, and rose again the third day."

MAN RECONCILED BY CHRIST

Rom. 3:25-"Whom God has set forth to be a propitiation through faith in his blood, to declare his righteousness for the remission of sins that are past, through the forbearance of God."

Rom. 5:10-"For if, when we were enemies, we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son; much more, being reconciled, we shall be saved by his life."

*2 Cor. 5:18-20-"And receiveth all the things of God, who hath reconciled us to himself by Jesus Christ, and hath given to us the ministry of reconciliation: To wit, that God is in Christ, reconciling the world unto himself, not imputing their trespasses unto them; and hath committed unto us the word or reconciliation. Now then we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God did beseech you by us; we pray you in Christ's stead, be ye reconciled to God."

*Eph. 2:13, 14, l6 "Ye who sometimes were far off are made nigh by the blood of Christ . . . who hath made both one, and hath broken down the middle wall of partition between us; . . . that he might reconcile both unto God in one body by the cross, having slain the enmity thereby."

Col. 1:19-22-"For it pleased the Father that in him should all fullness dwell; and having made peace through the blood of his cross, by him to reconcile all things unto himself; by him, I say, whether they be things in earth, or things in heaven. And you, that were sometime alienated and enemies in your mind by wicked works, yet now hath he reconciled, in the body of his flesh through death, to present you holy and unblamable and unreprovable in his sight."

Heb. 2:17-"Wherefore in all things it behooved him to be made like unto his brethren, that he might be a merciful and faithful high priest in things pertaining to God, to make reconciliation for the sins of the people."

Exod 30:10-16; Lev. 16:2-27; 23 27, 28; 25:9; Matt. 20:28; Eph. 1:7; I Thess. 5:9, 10; Titus 2:14; Heb. 1:3; 9:22-26; 10:10, 19; 13:12; I Pet. 1:11-20; 2:24; 3:8; John 1:7; Rev. 5:9.

D. and C. 74:3-"Little children are holy, being sanctified through the atonement of Jesus Christ."

Jacob 3:16-"Wherefore, beloved brethren, be reconciled unto him, through the atonement of Christ, his only begotten Son."

Mosiah 2:11; 9:29; Alma 9:69; 13:13, 46; 16:207-214; 19:97; Moroni 4:72.

VICARIOUSNESS

John 10:11-"I am the good shepherd; the good shepherd giveth his life for his sheep."

John 10:15-"As the Father knoweth me, even so know I the Father; and I lay down my life for the sheep."

John 15:13-"Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends."

Rom. 5:l-"Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ."

Rom. 5:8-"But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us."

2 Cor. 5:18-"And receiveth all the things of God, who hath reconciled us to himself by Jesus Christ, and hath given to us the ministry of reconciliation."

2 Cor. 5:21-"For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him."

1 John 3:16-"Hereby perceive we the love of Christ, because he laid down his life for us; and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren."

SACRIFICE OF CHRIST

Heb. 10:5-7, 14-"Sacrifice and offering thou wouldest not, but a body hast thou prepared me; in burnt offerings and sacrifices for sin thou hast had no pleasure. Then said I, Lo, I come (in the volume of the book it is written of me) to do thy will, O God. . . For by one offering he hath perfected forever them that are sanctified."

Ps. 40:6, 8; I Cor. 5:7; Eph. 5:2; *Heb. 7:26; 8; 9:24-28; 11:4; 5:7.

JESUS THE MEDIATOR

I Tim. 2:5-"For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus."

Heb. 7:24-"Wherefore he is able also to save them to the uttermost that come unto God by him, seeing he ever liveth to make intercession for them" (25).

*Heb. 9:12-15; D. and C. 74:3; 76:5.

D. and C. 104: 9-"The power and authority of the higher, or Melchisedec, priesthood, . . . enjoy the communion and presence of God the Father, and Jesus the Mediator of the new covenant."

2 Nephi 6:81-"Behold, the way for man is narrow, but it lieth in a straight course before him, and the keeper of the gate is the Holy One of Israel: and he employeth no servant there."

AUTHORITY OF CHRIST

*Matt. 7:37-"For he taught them as one having authority from God, and not as having authority from the scribes" (29).

*Matt. 17:4-"While he yet spake, behold, a bright cloud overshadowed them; and, behold, a voice out of the cloud, which said, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased; hear ye him" (5).

*Matt. 28:17-19-"And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth. Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost; teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you; and, lo, I am with you always, unto the end of the world. Amen." (18-20).

John 5:26, 27-"For as the Father hath life in himself, so hath he given to the Son to have life in himself; and hath given him authority to execute judgment also, because he is the Son of Man."

†Gen. 7:54, 59; †l4:27; *Matt. 3:46; Mark 1:20; Luke 4:36; John 8:42; 14:10; 17:5; Acts 19:15; Heb. 4:14; 15; 5:5-10;

D. and C. 17:2 1.

THE NATURE OF CONSCIENCE

AN INSUFFICIENT GUIDE

Acts 23:l-"And Paul, earnestly beholding the council, said, Men and brethren, I have lived in all good conscience before God until this day."

Acts 26:9-"I verily thought with myself, that I ought to do many things contrary to the name of Jesus of Nazareth."

I Tim. 1:19-"Holding faith, and a good conscience which some having put away, concerning faith have made shipwreck."

Heb. 9:14-"How much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without spot to God, purge your conscience from dead works to serve the living God?"

Heb. 10:22-"Let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, and our bodies washed with pure water."

*Matt. 15:3, 8, 13; *Mark 7:7, 9; Acts 22:3, 4; Rom. 9:1; 10 2, 18; Gal. 1:13, 23; Phil. 3:6; I Tim. 1:13; I Pet. 3:16, 21.

PROMPTINGS OF CONSCIENCE

Matt. 27: 3-"Judas . . . repented himself."

*John 8:9-"And they which heard it, being convicted by their own conscience, went out one by one, beginning at the eldest, even unto the last; and Jesus was left alone, and the woman standing in the midst of the temple."

Rom. 2:15-"Which show the work of the law written in their hearts, their conscience also bearing witness, and their thoughts the meanwhile accusing or else excusing one another."

Rom. 14:22-"Happy is he that condemneth not himself in that thing which he alloweth."

Alma 19:100-"A just law given, which brought remorse of conscience unto man."

Rom. 13:5; I Cor. 10:25, 28, 29; 2 Cor. 4:2; 5:11; I Pet. 2:19

EVIL CONSCIENCE

I Cor. 8:12-"But when ye sin so against the brethren, and wound their weak conscience, ye sin against Christ."

*l Tim. 4:2-"Speaking lies in hypocrisy; having their conscience seared as with a hot iron."

*Titus 1:15-"Unbelieving, nothing is pure; but even their mind and conscience is defiled."

I Cor. 8:7; Heb. 10:22.

GOOD CONSCIENCE

Heb. 13:18-"Pray for us; for we trust we have a good conscience, in all things willing to live honestly."

Acts 23:1; 24:16; 26:9; Rom. 9:1; 2 Cor. 1:12; I Tim. 1:5; 3: 9.

Mosiah 1:47-"I can answer a clear conscience before God this day."

THE BODY OF MAN

TEMPLE OF GOD

*Rom. 8:13-"For if ye live after the flesh, unto sin, ye shall die; but if ye through the Spirit do mortify the deeds of the body, ye shall live unto Christ."

I Cor. 3:16, 17-"Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you? If any man defile the temple of God, him shall God destroy; for the temple of God is holy, which temple ye are."

2 Cor. 6:16-"And what agreement hath the temple of God with idols? for ye are the temple of the living God."

Eph. 2:21-" In whom all the building fitly framed together groweth unto an holy temple in the Lord."

Rev. 3:12-"Him that overcometh will I make a pillar in the temple of my God, and he shall go no more out."

2 Nephi 6:7-"In our bodies we shall see God."

SUBJECTION OF THE BODY

Rom. 14:21-"It is good neither to eat flesh, nor to drink wine, nor anything whereby thy brother stumbleth, or is offended, or is made weak."

I Cor. 9:25-"And every man that striveth for the mastery is temperate in all things."

I Cor. 9:27-"I keep under my body, and bring it into subjection; lest that by any means, when I have preached to others, I myself should be a castaway."

I Pet. 2:11-"Dearly beloved, I beseech you as strangers and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul."

*Rom. 13:14.

BODY KEPT PURE

Rom. 12:1-"I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service."

I Thess. 5:23-"And the very God of peace sanctify you wholly; and I pray God your whole spirit and soul and body be preserved blameless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ."

Rom. 6:12; *I Cor. 6:18-20; 2 Cor. 5:16; Gal. 5:16; James 3:17.

AVOID FLESHLY LUSTS

I Pet. 2:11-"Dearly beloved, I beseech you as strangers and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul."

*1 John 2:16, 17-"For all in the world that is of the lusts of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world. And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof; but he that doeth the will of God abideth for ever."

*Rom 7:21-27; I Tim. 6:9; 2 Tim. 2:22.

TEMPLE-BODY OF JESUS

John 2:19-21-"Jesus answered and said unto them, Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up."

*Matt. 26:60-"At the last came two false witnesses, and said, This man said, I am able to destroy the temple of God, and to build it in three days" (60, 61).

*Matt. 27:44-"And they that passed by reviled him, wagging their heads, and saying, Thou that destroyest the temple, and buildest it again in three days, save thyself. If thou be the Son of God come down from the cross" (39, 40).

*Mark 14:62; 15:34.

WOMEN

THE WIFE

Jacob 2:36-"There shall not any man among you have save it be one wife; and concubines he shall have none."

Jacob 2:46-"Ye have broken the hearts of your tender wives, and lost the confidence of your children, because of your bad examples before them; and the sobbings of their hearts ascend up to God against you.

Alma 20:70-"The sacred support which we owe to our wives and our children."

CHASTITY

Jacob 2:36-"The Lord God delighteth in the chastity of women."

IN MARRIAGE

I Cor. 7:11, 15-"But if she depart, let her remain unmarried, of be reconciled to her husband; but let not the husband put away his wife. . . . But if the unbelieving depart, let him depart. A brother or a sister is not undcr bondage in such cases."

CHILDREN ARE SINLESS

†Gen. 6:56-"Hence came the saying abroad among the people, that the Son of God hath atoned for original guilt, wherein the sins of the parents can not be answered upon the heads of the children, for they are whole from the foundation of the world."

*Matt. 18:10, 11-"Take heed that ye despise not one of these little ones; for I say unto you, that in heaven their angels do always behold the face of my Father who is in heaven. For the Son of Man is come to save that which was lost, and to call sinners to repentance; but these little ones have no need of repentance, and I will save them."

*Matt. 19:13, 14-"Then were there brought unto him little children, that he should put his hands on them and pray. And the disciples rebuked them, saying, There is no need, for Jesus hath said, Such shall be saved. But Jesus said, Suffer little children to come unto me, and forbid them not, for of such is the kingdom of heaven.

Mosiah 1:122-"None shall be found blameless before God except it be little children, only through repentance and faith."

Moroni 8:9, 10, 12, 13, 20-"Little children are whole, for they are not capable of committing sin; wherefore the curse of Adam is taken from them in me, that it hath no power over them. . . . It is a solemn mockery before God that ye should baptize little children. . . .Baptism is unto repentance, to the fulfilling the commandments unto the remission of sins; but little children are alive in Christ, even from the foundation of the world. . . . Little children can not repent; wherefore it is awful wickedness to deny the pure mercies of God unto them."

Mosiah 8:60-"And little children also have eternal life."

D. and C 28:13-"Little children are redeemed from the foundation of the world, through mine Only Begotten; wherefore they can not sin, for power is not given unto Satan to tempt little children, until they begin to become accountable before me."

D. and C. 90:6-"Every spirit of man was innocent in the beginning, and God having redeemed man from the fall, men became again in their infant state, innocent before God."

ARE HOLY

D. and C. 74:3-". . . . little children are holy, being sanctified through the atonement of Jesus Christ; and this is what the scriptures mean."

D. and C. 45:10-"Their children shall grow up without sin unto salvation, for the Lord shall be in their midst."

Moroni 8:25-"For behold that all little children are alive in Christ, and also all they that are without the law."

Mosiah 1:114, 115-"And even if it were possible that little children could sin, they could not be saved; but I say unto you, they are blessed; for behold as in Adam, or by nature they fall, even so the blood of Christ atoneth for their sins."

Moroni 8:5-25.

AGE OF ACCOUNTABILITY

†Gen. 17:11-"That thou mayest know for ever that children are not accountable before me until they are eight years old."

†Gen. 6:56-61.

D. and C. 16:6-"All men must repent and be baptized, and not only men, but women; and children who have arrived to the years of accountability."

D. and C. 17:20-"No one can be received into the church of Christ unless he has arrived unto the years of accountability before God, and is capable of repentance."

D. and C. 28:13-"For power is not given unto Satan to tempt little children, until they begin to become accountable before me."

D. and C 68:4-"And their children shall be baptized for the remission of their sins when eight years old, and receive the laying on of the hands."

Moroni 8:10, 11-"It is solemn mockery before God, that ye should baptize little children. Behold I say unto you, that this thing shall ye teach, repentance and baptism unto those who are accountable and capable of committing sin."

TAUGHT BY PARENTS AND THE CHURCH

The early Christians were admonished to teach their children the doctrines of the church, as a means of knowing Christ. Neander's history quotes Tertullian as saying:

"'Let them come, while they are growing up; let them come, while they are learning, while they are being taught whither it is they come; let them become Christians, after they have had an opportunity of knowing Christ.'"-Section 3, page 199.

Mosheim's history shows that children were diligently taught the faith:

"There can be no doubt, but that the children of Christians were carefully trained up from their infancy, and were early put to reading the sacred books and learning the principles of religion. For this purpose schools were erected everywhere from the beginning." Century 1, Part 2, chapter 3, section 7.

Cave's Primitive Christianity quotes the views of Origen (A. D. 185-254) on teaching children:

"'That we desire that all man may be trained up in the Word of God, and that servants and children may have such instructions given them, as are suitable and convenient to them, the ministers of our religion professing themselves to be debtors both to the Greeks and barbarians, both to the wise and to the unwise, that, as much as may be, they may outgrow their ignorance, and attain to the best kind of wisdom . . . we are most willing and ready to instruct our youth, being well assured we shall find them favorable judges; but if they be enemies to goodness and virtue, and opposers of sound wholesome doctrine, then, if we hold our peace, no fault can be justly laid upon us.' Volume 1, chapter 3, pages 26, 27, 28 (1839 edition).

Hagenbach's History of Doctrines summarizes the points made against infant baptism by Tertullian (Latin terms used are omitted below) including need of instruction:

"1. The importance of baptism-not even earthly goods are intrusted to those under age; 2. The consequent responsibility of the sponsors; 3. The innocence of children; . . . 4. The necessity of being previously instructed in religion; . . . 5. The great responsibility which the Subject of baptism takes upon him."-Volume 1, First Period, Fifth Division, Section 72, page 201 (Smith revision, 1861).

In the Epistles of the Apostolic Fathers, previously mentioned edition 1834 Barnabas exhorts:

"Thou shalt not destroy thy conceptions before they are brought forth; nor kill them after they are born Thou shalt not withdraw thy hand from thy son, or from thy daughter; but shalt teach them from their youth the fear of the Lord."-"General Epistle of Barnabas," chapter 14, verses 11, 12.

The above is conclusive evidence that prior instruction of candidates was observed.

YOUTH

Job 32:6-8-"And Elihu the son of Barachel the Buzite answered and said, I am young, and ye are very old; wherefore I was afraid, and durst not show you mine opinion. I said, Days should speak, and multitude of years should teach wisdom. But there is a spirit in man, and the inspiration of the Almighty giveth them understanding."

Ps. 71:5, 17-"For thou art my hope, O Lord God; thou art my trust from my youth . . . O God, thou hast taught me from my youth; and hitherto have I declared thy wondrous works."

Ps. 119:9-"Wherewithal shall a man cleanse his way? be taking heed thereto according to thy word."

Prov. 7:6, 7-"I looked through my casement, and beheld among the simple ones, I discerned among the youths a young man void of understanding."

Prov. 20:29-"The glory of young men is their strength."

Eccles. 12:l-"Remember now thy Creator in the days of thy youth, while the evil days come not, nor the years draw nigh, when thou shalt say, I have no pleasure in them."

Isa. 54:13-"And all thy children shall be taught of the Lord; and great shall be the peace of thy children."

Joel 2:28-"And it shall come to pass afterward that I will pour out my Spirit upon all flesh; and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your old men shall dream dreams, your young men shall see visions."

Mal. 2:15-"Wherefore one? That he might seek a godly seed. Therefore take heed to your spirit, and let none deal treacherously against the wife of his youth."

I Tim. 4:12-"Let no man despise thy youth; but be thou an example of the believers, in word, in conversation, in charity, in spirit, in faith, in purity."

Titus 2:4-6-"Teach the young women to be sober, to love their husbands, to love their children, . . . Young men likewise exhort to be sober minded."

*I John 2:14, 15-"I have written unto you, young men, because ye are strong, and the word of God abideth in you, and ye have overcome the wicked one. Love not the world, neither the things that are of the world."

D. and C. 119: 6-"Let the young men and the maidens cultivate the gifts of music and of song."

Alma 24:76, 77-"And they were all young men and they were exceeding valiant for courage, and also for strength and activity; but behold, this was not all: they were men who were true at all times in whatsoever thing they were entrusted; yea, they were men of truth and soberness, for they had been taught to keep the commandments of God, and to walk uprightly before him."

Alma 24:70-78 (Helaman's little sons).

Alma 26:66, 95, 100-102 (Not one was killed though stood firm in the front of the battle).