CHAPTER I

THE GOSPEL DEFINED

Composed of Eternal Laws--Embraces all Truth--Increasing Knowledge of Gospel--Holds Power of Priesthood--The Gospel of Life and Salvation--Offers Salvation to All--A Guide in Daily Life--A Fountain of Truth--We Need a Practical Religion--Temporal Labors are Necessary--We Need a Present Everyday Religion--We Must Learn to Support Ourselves

THE GODHEAD

Our Father in Heaven--Personality and Fatherhood of God--The Son of God--the Holy Ghost

THE COMMUNICATION BETWEEN GOD AND MAN

The Spirit of God--Revelation--Angels--Prayer

PRE-EXISTENCE, THE PLAN OF SALVATION

Time--The Organized Universe--Man and Matter Eternal--Man the Offspring of God--The Spirit of Man--The Council in Heaven--The Plan of Salvation

FREE AGENCY

Definition of

THE POWER OF EVIL

Lucifer--False Spirits--Priestcraft--Sin and Wickedness--Temptation--Apostasy

THE LAW OF ETERNAL PROGRESSION

Object of Mortal Life--Man to Endure Forever--The Business of life--Prepare to Live--Eternal Increase--Blessings are Proportioned to our Capacity

THE DESTINY OF MAN

The Gift of Eternal Life--Eternal Increase--The Celestial World--Opposition to Death

DISPENSATIONS OF THE GOSPEL

The Earth--Adam and Eve--Enoch and Moses--Jesus on Earth--The Apostasy--The Restoration--The Book of Mormon