Man's free agency recognized by the Lord.--Man's responsibility.--Sin.--Sins committed in ignorance.-- Punishment for sin natural and necessary.--Duration of punishment.--Refutation of the false doctrine of unending torment.--Satan, his former position and his fall.--Our first parents in Eden.--The temptation and the Fall.--Adam's wise choice.--The expulsion from the Garden.--The Tree of Life guarded.--Results of the Fall.--The Fall fore-ordained and essential.--The blessed heritage of mortality 54-75 LECTURE IV, ARTICLE 3. The Atonement, and Salvation. Nature of the Atonement.--Reconciliation.--A vicarious sacrifice.--Voluntary and love-inspired.--The atonement fore-ordained and fore-told.--Extent of the atonement.-- General salvation.--Individual salvation.--Salvation and exaltation.--Degrees of glory.--Celestial, Terrestrial, and Telestial kingdoms 76-97 LECTURE V, ARTICLE 4. Faith and Repentance. Nature of faith.--Faith, belief, and knowledge compared.-- Belief among the devils.--The foundation of faith.--Faith a principle of power.--A condition of living faith.--Faith essential to salvation.--A gift from God.--Faith and works.--Nature of repentance.--Conditions for securing forgiveness.--Repentance essential to salvation.--Repentance a gift from God.--Not always possible to repent.--Perils of procrastinating the day of repentance.--Repentance beyond the grave. 98-121 LECTURE VI, ARTICLE 4. Baptism. Nature of the ordinance.--Its establishment.--The baptism of Adam.--The special purpose of baptism.--Fit candidates.-- Infant Baptism.--History of this erratic practice.-- Pedo-baptism unsupported by the Bible, and forbidden by other scriptures.--Baptism essential to salvation.--The baptism of Christ.--"To fulfil all righteousness" 122-138 LECTURE VII, ARTICLE 4. Baptism.--Continued. Importance of proper method in administering the ordinance.-- Derivation of the word "baptize," and early usage of the original.--Immersion the only true mode.--The sacred symbolism of the rite is preserved in no other mode.-- Immersion the only mode practised in early days.--Baptism by immersion among the Nephites.--Modern baptism.-- "Re-baptism" not a distinct ordinance.--"Re-baptisms" recorded in scripture are few and exceptional.--Baptism for the dead.--Christ's ministry among the departed.--The spirits in prison.--Vicarious work of the living for the dead.--Elijah's heavenly message.--Temples, ancient and modern 139-161 LECTURE VIII, ARTICLE 4. The Holy Ghost.