Gospel Doctrine: Selections from the Sermons and Writings of Joseph F. SmithSmith, Joseph F. (Joseph Fielding)
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Gospel Doctrine: Selections from the Sermons and Writings of Joseph F. Smith
Smith, Joseph F. (Joseph Fielding)
Latter Day Saint churches
Necessity of Marriage--Marriage, God-Ordained and
Sanctioned--Righteousness and Necessity of Marriage--Male and
Female Enter Heaven--Marriage to Replenish the Earth--Eternal
Marriage--Eternity of the Family Organization--Importance of
Marriage Within the Church--No Marriage in Heaven--Plural Marriage
Forbidden--Further Statement--Marriage and Large Families Desirable--Be
True to Your Wives and Children--Respect the Rights of Others--Mutual
Treatment of Husband, Wife and Children--We Should Be Examples to
Our Families--The Truest Greatness--Parents Responsible for their
Children--The Father, the Presiding Authority of the Family--Duties
of Fathers--Motherhood the Foundation of Home and Nation--Husband's
Success Dependent Upon Wife's Fitness--Duty of Parents--Watch Your
Children--Duty to Teach Children--What to Teach Your Children--What
Children Should Be Taught--Training of Children at Home and in
Sunday School--Teach Children the Gospel--Teach Children the
Story of Jesus' Death--Wise Giving to Children--Do Not Place
Children Under Pledges--Children Have Equal Rights with Elders in
the House of the Lord--Don't Mortgage Your Houses--No Substitute
for the Home--Worship in the Home--The Basis of a True Home--The
Ideal Home--Foundation of All Good in Home--Secure Homes--Own
Your Homes--Do Not Mortgage Your Homes--Evils of Mortgaging--Our
First Duty to Our Household--Unchastity, a Dominant Evil--Degrees
of Sexual Sin--Purity--Three Threatening Dangers--The Gospel the
Greatest Thing--Duty of Husband to Wife--Wives and Husbands in
Eternity--Importance of Filial Affection--Family Government by
Love--The Home and the Child
CHAPTER XVII
Amusements and Fashions
Youth Should Look Forward--Proper Amusements--Proper Character of
Amusements--Social Duties--The Danger of Pleasure Hunting--Harmful
Effects of Bad Books--Proper Reading--Raffling and Gambling--Games of
Chance--The Evil of-Cards--Wasting Time with Cards--Card Playing--Stop
Card Playing--Pernicious Nature of Card Playing--Cards in the
Home--Evil Fashions--Improper Fashions--Exclusive Clubs Among Church
Members--A Lesson for the Boys
CHAPTER XVIII
Love Your Enemies
We Are Not Discouraged--I Forgive All Men--We Leave Our Enemies in
God's Hands--Leave Results in God's Hands--Our Debt to Our Enemies--A
Prayer for Our Enemies--The Golden Rule--Why the World Does Not Love
Us--Love One Another--Keep Aloof from the Wicked--The Enemies to Fear
CHAPTER XIX
Education and Industrial Pursuits
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