The Ten Commandments--The Laws of God and the Laws of the Land--No Nationalities in the Church--The Latter-day Saints Loyal to the United States--Loyalty to the Constitution of the United States--Proud of the United States--Origin and Destiny of the United States: Loyalty of the Latter-day Saints--Saints to Serve God--Guided by God to the West--True Patriotism--Importance of National Patriotism--The Church Not Partisan--The Church Loyal--Latter-day Saints Are Good Citizens--Church Not Responsible for Political Parties--The Church Not In Politics--Shun the Spirit of Mob Violence--The Danger of Mobs--The Basis of Labor Unions--Cause of War--Attitude Towards War--We Want Peace--When Peace Shall Come--Peace on Earth, Good Will to Men--The Key to Peace--God Strives with Warring Nations--Conduct of the Boys in the Army--Message to the Boys in War Service CHAPTER XXIV Eternal Life and Salvation Eternal Life and Salvation--Close Relation of the Next Life--Condition in a Future Life--Spiritual Death--The Unpardonable Sin--The Resurrection--Nature of Ministering Angels--Redemption Beyond the Grave--Nature of Death--The Resurrection--On the Resurrection--Resurrection and Final Judgment--Condition of Children in Heaven--Status of Children in the Resurrection--Address at Funeral Services of Mary A. Freeze--The Resurrection--Work for the Dead--Temple Ordinances Unchanged--Care and Need of Temples--Preaching the Gospel in the Spirit World--Vision of the Redemption of the Dead--Moderation in Burial Displays--Who Cannot be Reached by the Gospel--Principle of Baptism for the Dead CHAPTER XXV Joseph Smith, the Prophet The Reality of Joseph's Vision--Joseph Smith's Name Will Never Perish--The Prophet Joseph Smith--Prediction of Joseph Smith Fulfilled--Joseph Smith the Boy--Joseph Smith a Restorer--Plural Wives of Joseph Smith, the Prophet--What Does the Martyrdom of Joseph and Hyrum Teach Us--Divine Authority of Joseph Smith and His Successors--God's Guiding Hand Seen in Church History CHAPTER XXVI Personal Testimonies and Blessings A Testimony--This is God's Work, a Testimony--A Testimony--The Pledge of My Life--A Blessing--A Testimony--I Know that My Redeemer Lives--Testimony President Joseph F. Smith An Appreciation--Reminiscences--A Biographical Sketch--Last of the Old School of Veteran Leaders Gospel Doctrine {1} Chapter I TRUTH, THE FOUNDATION OUR HOPE FOUNDED ON TRUTH. Our hope of salvation must be founded upon the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth, for we cannot build upon error and ascend into the courts of eternal truth and enjoy the glory and exaltation of the kingdom of our God. That cannot be done.--_Oct. C. R.,_[A] 1917, p. 3. [Footnote A: _October Conference Report_.]