Chapter II: Preface: To the Tenth Edition

This issue of "The Articles of Faith" presents some departures from the earlier imprints in wording, in the substitution of several rewritten paragraphs, and in the introduction of numerous additions to the notes and references. This entire edition is printed on India paper. Since the issuance of the last preceding edition, translations of the work have been published in Dutch and Japanese.

JAMES E. TALMAGE.

Salt Lake City, Utah, February, 1917.

PUBLISHERS' NOTE TO ELEVENTH EDITION

This edition of Dr. James E. Talmage's valuable work "The Articles of Faith" is printed from the electrotype plates used for the last preceding edition, which was the first India paper issue.

Salt Lake City Utah, October, 1919.

CONTENTS.

LECTURE I.

Introductory.

Importance of theological study.--What is Theology?--Extent
of the Science.--Theology and religion.--Origin of the
"Articles of Faith."--Standard works of the Church.--Joseph
Smith, the Prophet.--His parentage and youth.--His search
for truth and the result.--First vision.--Angelic
visitations.--Later developments, the martyrdom.--
Authenticity of his mission 1-26

LECTURE II, ARTICLE 1.

God and the Godhead.

The existence of God.--Attested by general assent of
humanity.--Evidence of history and tradition.--Evidence
supplied by human reason.--Evidence of direct
revelation.--The Godhead, a Trinity.--Unity of the
Godhead.--Unauthorized dogmas refuted.--Personality of
each member of the Godhead.--Some of the Divine
attributes.--Idolatry and atheism.--Immaterialism a
variety of atheism.--God in nature 27-53

LECTURE III, ARTICLE 2.

Transgression and the Fall.

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.

The promised Comforter.--The Holy Ghost a Member of the
Godhead.--His distinct personality.--His powers.--His
office in ministering to mankind.--To whom given.--
Exceptional instances of His visitation before baptism.--
The ordinance of bestowal.--Power of the priesthood
requisite.--Gifts of the Spirit.--Laying on of hands
characteristic of sacred ordinances 162-174

LECTURE IX, IN CONNECTION WITH ARTICLE 4.

The Sacrament of the Lord's Supper.

Meaning of the term Sacrament.--The Lord's Supper.--
Institution of the ordinance among the Jews.--Also
among the Nephites.--Fit partakers of the sacrament.--
Purpose of the ordinance, and associated promises.--
The sacramental emblems.--Manner of administration.--
The Passover and the Sacrament.--Errors concerning the
Sacrament 175-183

LECTURE X, ARTICLE 5.

Authority in the Ministry.

Men called of God.--Scriptural examples.--Ordination to the
ministry.--The authorized imposition of hands.--Sacrilege
of attempted ministrations without authority.--Instances
of Divine wrath.--Teachers, true and false.--Divine
authority in the present dispensation.--Restoration of the
Aaronic Priesthood by John the Baptist.--And of the
Melchizedek Priesthood by Peter, James, and John.--
Fore-ordination of men to special callings.--Christ's
fore-ordination.--Pre-existence of spirits.--Our primeval
childhood 184-200

LECTURE XI, ARTICLE 6.

The Church and its Plan of Organization.

The Church In former and latter days.--The Primitive
Church.--Apostasy from the Primitive Church.--The great
apostasy was foretold.--Restoration of the Church in
the dispensation of the Fulness of Times.--Plan of
Government in the restored Church.--Orders and offices in
the priesthood.--The Aaronic, including the Levitical.--The
Melchizedek order.--Specific offices in the priesthood.--
Deacons, Teachers, Priests.--Elders, Seventies, High
Priests.--Patriarchs, or Evangelists.--Apostles.--The
First Presidency.--The Twelve Apostles.--The Presiding
Quorum of Seventy.--The Presiding Bishopric.--Local
organizations, Stakes and Wards.--Stake Presidency.--High
Council.--Ward Bishopric.--Helps in Government 201-218

LECTURE XII, ARTICLE 7.

Spiritual Gifts.

Spiritual gifts characteristic of the Church.--Nature
of these gifts.--Miracles.--Partial enumeration of
the gifts.--Tongues and Interpretation.--Healing.--
Visions and Dreams.--Prophecy.--Revelation.--The
testimony of miracles not an infallible guide.--
Imitations of spiritual gifts.--Miracles wrought by
evil powers.--Devils working miracles.--Spiritual
gifts to-day 219-239

LECTURE XIII, ARTICLE 8.

The Bible.

The first of our standard works.--The name "Bible."--The
Old Testament.--Its origin and growth.--Language of the
Old Testament.--The Septuagint.--Pentateuch.--Historical
books.--Poetical books.--Books of the prophets.--
Apocrypha.--The New Testament.--Its origin and
authenticity.--Classification of its books.--Early
versions of the Bible.--Modern versions.--Genuineness
and authenticity.--Book of Mormon testimony concerning
Bible 240-260

LECTURE XIV, ARTICLE 8.

The Book of Mormon.

Description and origin.--Moroni's visit to Joseph Smith.--
The inspired title-page.--The Nephite nation.--The
Jaredites.--The ancient plates.--Mormon's abridgment of
the plates of Nephi.--The translation of the record.--
Classification and arrangement of the books.--Genuineness
of the Book of Mormon.--Testimony of the witnesses.--
Theories of its origin.--"The Spaulding Story" 261-280

LECTURE XV, ARTICLE 8.

The Book of Mormon.--Continued.

Authenticity of the Book of Mormon.--The Book of Mormon and
the Bible.--Ancient prophecy fulfilled in the coming forth
of the Book of Mormon.--Consistency of the book.--Its
contained prophecies.--External evidence.--Archeological
evidence of the early occupation of America.--Israelitish
origin of the American aborigines.--Common origin of all
the native "races."--Language of the Book of Mormon
compared with the language of the ancient Americans.--
Survival of the Egyptian and the Hebrew.--Testimony of
investigators 281-307

LECTURE XVI, ARTICLE 9.

Revelation, past, present, and future.

What is revelation?--Revelation and inspiration.--God's
means of communication.--Ancient revelators.--Christ, a
Revelator.--Doctrine of continual revelation.--
Well-established, scriptural, and reasonable.--Alleged
scriptural objections met and answered.--Modern
revelation.--Without revelation there can be no true
Church.--Revelation yet awaited 308-325

LECTURE XVII, ARTICLE 10.

The Dispersion of Israel.

Israel.--Brief History of the nation.--Dispersion
fore-told.--Biblical prophecies.--Book of Mormon
predictions.--Fulfillment of these dire prophecies.--
Fate of the kingdom of Israel.--Scattering of Judah.--
The lost Tribes 326-340

LECTURE XVIII, ARTICLE 10.

The Gathering of Israel.

Predictions of the gathering.--Prophecies in Bible and
Book of Mormon.--Modern revelation concerning the
gathering.--Extent and purpose of the gathering.--Israel
a chosen people.--All nations blessed through Israel.--
Restoration of the Ten Tribes.--Zion to be first
established.--Gathering now in progress 341-355

LECTURE XIX, ARTICLE 10.

Zion.

Two gathering places designated.--Jerusalem and the New
Jerusalem.--Meaning of "Zion."--The Zion of Enoch.--The
Lord's definition of "Zion."--Modern revelation concerning
Zion.--Establishment delayed.--Center-place in Missouri.--
The founding of Zion in the last days 356-366

LECTURE XX, ARTICLE 10.

Christ's Reign on Earth.

Christ's first and second advents compared.--Predictions of
His second coming.--Signs described.--Modern revelation on
the matter.--Precise time not known.--Christ's reign.--The
Kingdom of God.--The Kingdom of Heaven.--Kingdom and
Churh.--Millennium.--Satan's power to be curtailed 367-383

LECTURE XXI, ARTICLE 10.

Regeneration and Resurrection.

The earth under the curse.--Regeneration of the earth.--The
earth during and after the Millennium.--Absence of evidence
from science.--Resurrection of the body.--Predictions.--Two
general resurrections, first and final.--Resurrection of the
just.--And that of the unjust.--Christ's resurrection and
that immediately following.--Resurrection at Christ's second
coming.--The heathen in the first resurrection.--Resurrection
after Millennium 384-405

LECTURE XXII, ARTICLE 11.

Religious Liberty and Toleration.

What is worship?--Freedom in worship an inalienable
right.--Religious intolerance sinful.--Toleration
does not imply acceptance.--Man's accountability.--
Results of his acts.--Degrees of glory provided.--
The Celestial glory.--The Terrestrial.--The Telestial.--
Gradation within the Kingdoms.--The Sons of Perdition 406-423

LECTURE XXIII, ARTICLE 12.

Submission to Secular Authority.

Scriptural recognition of secular powers.--Examples set by
Christ and His apostles.--Apostolic teachings.--Modern
revelation regarding duty to laws of the land.--People
of God are of necessity law abiding.--Teachings of the
Church to-day 424-440

LECTURE XXIV, ARTICLE 13.

Practical Religion.

Religion has to do with daily life.--Comprehensiveness of
our faith.--Benevolence enjoined.--Free-will offerings.--
Fast-offerings.--Tithing.--Consecration and stewardship.--
The United Order.--Social order within the Church.--
Marriage.--Celestial marriage.--Unlawful association of
the sexes.--The sanctity of the body 441-461