LESSON II.
SCRIPTURE READING EXERCISE.
(A) THE BOOK OF DOCTRINE AND COVENANTS.
| ANALYSIS. | REFERENCES. |
| I. The Revelations--Classification[1] as
to Whom Given.
(a) To Individuals. (b) To the Church. (c) To Groups of Elders. (d) To the world. | Doctrine & Covenants--all
the Revelations.
Revelations to Individuals.
(a) Secs. 3, 5, 6, 12, 14, 15, 19, 126.[2] (b) Secs. 1, 45, 46. (c) Secs. 84, 58, 29, 61. (d) Sec. 76. |
| II. Classification as to How They were
Received.
(a) Direct Word of Mouth from the Lord. (b) By Urim and Thummim. (c) By Direct Communication of Angels. (d) By the operations of the Spirit of God on the Prophet's Mind. | (a) The First Vision,
History of the Church,
Vol. I, Chap. i; Doc. & Cov.,
Sec. 110. (b) Doc. & Cov., Secs. 3, 6, 10, 11, 12, 14, 16, 17. (c) Doc. & Cov., Sec. 110. (d) The greater number of the Revelations in the Doctrine and Covenants. |
| III. Classification as to Subject Matter.
(a) Didactic, Instruction or Direction to Individuals, to the Elders, to the Church. (b) On Organization of the Church and Priesthood. (c) Doctrinal. | (a) Didactic Revelation,
Doc. & Cov., Secs. 21, 24,
25, 26, 28, 68. (b) Revelation on Organization--Secs. 20, 84, 102, 107, 124. (c) Doctrinal, Secs, 19, 20, 21, 42, 76, 84, 88, 93. |
SPECIAL TEXT: "Behold, I will tell you in your mind and in your heart, by the Holy Ghost, which shall come upon you and which shall dwell in your heart. Now behold this is the Spirit of revelation; behold this is the Spirit by which Moses brought the children of Israel through the Red Sea, on dry ground.."—THE LORD TO OLIVER COWDERY.