ANALYSIS. I. Noah Before the Flood: 1. Birth, Character, and place in History. 2. Conditions of Society in days of Noah. 3. The calling of Noah and the Nature of the Gospel committed to him. II. The Flood. III. Noah After the Flood. 1. Renewal of the Covenant--Its sign. 2. The Curse upon Canaan. 3. The Seven Precepts of Noah--His Death. REFERENCES. Gen. v:28-32. Book of Moses viii:8-13. Notes 1 and 2. Gen. vi:1-13. Note 3. Book of Moses, ch. viii:13, 15, 17, 19, 23, 24. See also viii:16, 19, and cf. Ibid, vi:43-68. Gen. vii and viii. Josephus Antiquities. Smith's Dictionary of the Bible, Art. Noah. Gen. ix:8-17. Gen. ix:18-29. Note 3, 4. NOTES. _1. Why a Dispensation of the Gospel was Given to Noah:_ The reason for giving a dispensation of the Gospel to Noah seems to have been the same as that which led to the giving of a dispensation of it to Enoch--viz., the increasing wickedness of the people. There had been no break in the line of righteous men who held the priesthood; but the increasing wickedness of the people, and the necessity of warning them of impending calamities required the dispensation of the Gospel given to Noah. In order to understand how complete the dispensation of the Gospel given to them was, it is necessary that the student compare Book of Moses ch. viii:19, with ch. vi:43-68, as suggested in the references given in the analysis; since it is said that Noah was commanded to "go forth and declare his Gospel unto the children of men even as it was given unto Enoch" (ch. viii:19): and how fully the Gospel was given unto Enoch can only be appreciated by a comparison of the texts given above.