Eternal Nature of Plan of Salvation--Gospel Principles are Eternal--Pre-existing States--Spirit Memories--The Immortality of Man--Man Eternally Responsible--Our Indestructible, Immortal Identity--No New Principles in the Gospel--Fountain of Truth--Eternity of the Spirit of man--Purposes of Almighty Unchangeable CHAPTER III Revelation Value of the Spirit of Revelation--The Spirit of Inspiration--The Spirit of Revelation Enjoyed by All--New Revelation--When to Expect New Revelation--How the Lord Reveals His Purposes Concerning the Church--Modern Revelation is Necessary--Theory and Divine Revelation--Revelation and Legal Evidence--Proper Channels for Revelation--The Doctrine and Covenants--How to Read the Bible--Persecution Follows Revelation CHAPTER IV Free Agency The Latter-day Saints a Free People--The Use of Freedom and Human Judgment--Latter-day Saints Should Exercise Free Agency--How to Obtain Blessings of God CHAPTER V God and Man God has Directed His Latter-day Work--A Personal Knowledge of God--God Speaks to the Honest in Heart--God Constantly Mindful of us--God's Will to Exalt Man--God's Right to Rule in the World--The Lesson in Natural Calamities--Extent of God's Power--Beware of Limiting God--Misfortune and Evil Not Attributable to the Will of God--God's Warfare--We are in God's Image--God's Rest--Importance of Being Under the Influence of the Holy Spirit--Holy Ghost, Holy Spirit, Comforter--God Inspires Man to Know and to Do--Trust in God--I Know that My Redeemer Lives--Our Personal Responsibility--The Church a Democratic Institution--How to Secure God's blessings--Jesus is the Son--Jehovah, the First-born--Nothing Temporal with God--The Important Consideration CHAPTER VI The Purpose and the Mission of the Church The Kingdom of God Defined--"Mormonism" Defined--The Mission of the Church--The Plan of Life Restored--Our Mission is to Save--The Gospel Message--We are as Leaven--Man Insignificant Compared to Cause--Where the Gospel Spirit Leads--The Fruits of True Religion--Latter-day Saints Possess the Spirit of Salvation--May Israel Flourish--The Work of the Lord Will Grow--The Kingdom of God to Continue--Zion Established to Remain--The Progress of God's Work Cannot be Stopped--Divinity of the Gospel--The Gospel All Comprehensive--Let Your Light Shine--No Cause for Worry--The Gospel a Shield from Terror--The Gospel Trumpet--What Church Leaders Advocate--Our Message one of Love--Whence? Whither?--Latter-day Saints are Law-Abiding CHAPTER VII The First Principles of the Gospel How the Sinner May be Cleansed--Fallacy of Death-Bed Repentance--The Change that Comes with Repentance and Baptism--The Necessity of Baptism--When to Baptize Children--Through Atonement Sins are Washed away--Conditions for Baptism--The First Principles of the Gospel CHAPTER VIII The Church and the Man