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The Vitality of Mormonism

by James E. Talmage

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  1. 1Preface
  2. 21 — The Mustard Seed and the Tree — Development, Not Growth Alone
  3. 32 — What the “Mormons” Believe — Their Articles of Faith
  4. 43 — What’s in a Name? — Is “Mormonism” Misunderstood Because of Its…
  5. 54 — “Mormonism” — A Distinctive Religious System
  6. 65 — Direct and Sure — The Church Bold Yet Tolerant
  7. 76 — Wheat and Weeds — Successive Apostasies From the Gospel
  8. 87 — A New Dispensation — Authority by Restoration Not Through Succe…
  9. 98 — Divine Command and Human Agency — The Church a Democracy
  10. 109 — The Holy Trinity
  11. 1110 — Original Sin
  12. 1211 — The Cooperative Plan of Salvation — Christ Alone Cannot Save You
  13. 1312 — The Need of a Redeemer — Man Cannot Exalt Himself
  14. 1413 — Christ’s Unique Status as Redeemer and Savior of the World
  15. 1514 — Philosophy of the Atonement — Its Two-fold Effect
  16. 1615 — How Does Christ Save? — His Plan Combines Justice and Mercy
  17. 1716 — Heaven and Hell — Graded Conditions in the Hereafter
  18. 1817 — In the Realm of the Dead — Paradise — What of the Spirits in P…
  19. 1918 — Why Are They Baptized for the Dead? — Elijah the Prophet on th…
  20. 2019 — Obedience Is Heaven’s First Law — Conditions of Citizenship in…
  21. 2120 — The Devils Believe and Tremble — Faith Not Mere Belief
  22. 2221 — The Voice of John the Baptist Again Heard — Repent Ye, for the…
  23. 2322 — Arise and Wash Away Thy Sins — The Only Way
  24. 2423 — Are Babes to Be Damned? — A Horrible Misconception
  25. 2524 — The Watery Grave and the New Birth
  26. 2625 — The Baptism of Fire — Power of the Spirit
  27. 2726 — In the Name of God, Amen! — Authority of the Holy Priesthood A…
  28. 2827 — For Time Only or for Eternity — Human Institutions and Divine…
  29. 2928 — Apostles and Prophets Necessary — The Primitive Church and the…
  30. 3029 — When Darkness Covered the Earth — The Long Night of Apostasy
  31. 3130 — The Morning Breaks, the Shadows Flee — Light of the Gospel Aga…
  32. 3231 — The Beginning of the End — Ushering in of the Last Dispensation
  33. 3332 — A God of Miracles — Wonders Wrought by Devils
  34. 3433 — Is the Bible Sufficient? — Scriptures of Many Peoples
  35. 3534 — A Messenger From the Presence of God
  36. 3635 — Scriptures of the American Continent — The Book of Mormon
  37. 3736 — By the Mouth of Witnesses — Shall the Truth Be Established
  38. 3837 — Voices of the Dead — A Testimony From the Dust
  39. 3938 — A New Witness of the Christ — An Independent Scripture
  40. 4039 — When Christ Stood on American Soil — His Church Established Am…
  41. 4140 — East and West in One Acclaim That Jesus Is the Christ
  42. 4241 — Sheep of Another Fold — Shepherds and Sheep-Herders
  43. 4342 — From God to Man — Divine Communication in the Current Age
  44. 4443 — The Tragedy of Israel — A Nation Without a Country
  45. 4544 — The Gathering of the Tribes — Judah and Israel to Come Into Th…
  46. 4645 — America the Land of Zion — The Place of the New Jerusalem
  47. 4746 — The Coming of the Lord — The Consummation of the Ages
  48. 4847 — The Federation of the World — A Thousand Years of Peace
  49. 4948 — Thy Kingdom Come! — So Pray We Yet
  50. 5049 — Freedom to Worship God — Man’s Divine Birthright
  51. 5150 — The Law of the Land — Should We Submit to It?
  52. 5251 — Church and State — Independent but Mutually Helpful
  53. 5352 — Religion of Daily Life — A Practical Test
  54. 5453 — America the Cradle of Liberty — No King to Rule in the Land
  55. 5554 — Democracy of American Origin — The Founding of an Ancient Repu…
  56. 5655 — Perpetuity of American Nation — Assured by Prophecy
  57. 5756 — Law of the Tithe — The Lord’s Revenue System
  58. 5857 — The United Order — No Longer Mine and Thine, but the Lord’s an…
  59. 5958 — The Word of Wisdom — Sanctity of the Body
  60. 6059 — Unchastity the Dominant Evil — Infamy of a Double Standard of…
  61. 6160 — Not Good for Man to Be Alone — Companionship of the Sexes
  62. 6261 — Till Death Does You Part — Is There No Hope Beyond?
  63. 6362 — They Neither Marry nor Give in Marriage
  64. 6463 — Celestial Marriage — Eternal Relationship of the Sexes
  65. 6564 — There Was War in Heaven — Primeval Conflict Over Satanic Autoc…
  66. 6665 — We Lived Before We Were Born — Our Primeval Childhood
  67. 6766 — Man Is Eternal — Successive Stages of Existence
  68. 6867 — In the Lineage of Deity — Man’s Divine Pedigree
  69. 6968 — Unending Advancement — Infinite Possibilities of Man’s Estate
  70. 7069 — The Living and the Dead — Both to Hear the Gospel
  71. 7170 — God of the Living — All Live Unto Him
  72. 7271 — Beyond the Grave — Repentance Possible Even There
  73. 7372 — Opportunity Here and Hereafter — Free Agency and Its Results
  74. 7473 — The Spirit World — Paradise and Hades
  75. 7574 — How Long Shall Hell Last? — The Duration of Punishment
  76. 7675 — Salvation and Exaltation — Advancement Worlds Without End
  77. 7776 — Deity as Exalted Humanity — Man Is a God in Embryo
  78. 7877 — Be Ye Perfect — Is It Possible?
  79. 7978 — The Glory of God Is Intelligence — Knowledge Is Power in Heave…
  80. 8079 — When Ignorance Is Sin — Opportunity Entails Accountability
  81. 8180 — Knowing and Doing — Knowledge May Help to Condemn of Save
  82. 8281 — Will Many or Few Be Saved? — Our Place Beyond the Grave
  83. 8382 — The Graves Shall Be Opened and the Dead Shall Live
  84. 8483 — Resurrection of the Dead When Shall It Be?
  85. 8584 — Reaching After the Dead
  86. 8685 — The House of the Lord
  87. 8786 — The Second Death — Spiritual Banishment Like Unto the First
  88. 8887 — Antiquity of the Gospel as Old as Adam
  89. 8988 — The Origin of Sacrifice — Coeval With the Race
  90. 9089 — Simplicity of the Gospel — None Need Err Therein
  91. 9190 — The Will of God — Though Opposed, Yet Eventually Supreme
  92. 9291 — God’s Foreknowledge — Not a Determining Cause
  93. 9392 — Are Men Created Equal? — Individualism Is Eternal
  94. 9493 — Ethics and Religion — A Distinction With a Difference
  95. 9594 — Religion Active and Passive — Effort Essential to Salvation
  96. 9695 — Remember the Sabbath Day — A Law Unto Man From the Beginning
  97. 9796 — The Foolishness of God and the Wisdom of Men
  98. 9897 — Freedom Through Obedience — Release From Autocracy of Sin
  99. 9998 — He Went and Washed and Came Seeing
  100. 10099 — The Rod of Iron — A Dependable Support
  101. 101100 — Liar and Murderer From the Beginning
  102. 102101 — On the Devil’s Ground — Prisoners to Satan
  103. 103102 — What Doth It Profit a Man? — Worldly Gain — Eternal Loss
  104. 104103 — The Garden of God and the Weeds of Human Culture
  105. 105104 — The Last Dispensation — Today Is the Sum of All the Yesterdays

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