LESSON VI.
SCRIPTURE READING EXERCISE.
THE MODERN SCRIPTURES—(B) THE PEARL OF GREAT PRICE.
| ANALYSIS. | REFERENCES. |
| I. The Important Items of History and
Doctrine in the Book of Moses.
(a) That the Revelation to Moses on Creation was Limited to Our Earth and Its Heavens--was Local. (b) The Limitless Creations of God in Ever-changing Processes. (c) The Purpose of God in Creation. (d) The Council in Heaven Previous to Man's Existence in the earth; the Choice of a Redeemer for Man; Lucifer's Rebellion. (e) The Meaning of Sacrifice--the Gospel Revealed to Adam, the Joy of Adam and Eve in Their Earth Existence Under the Gospel. (f) The Beginning of Scripture. (g) The Establishment of Seers. (h) The Zion of Enoch--Translation. | (a) Note 2; Book of
Moses, Chap. i: 12-36;
Chap. ii: 1. Mormon Doctrine
of Diety, pp. 159-60.
"Immortality of Man,"
Improvement Era, Vol. X,
pp. 413, 414, foot note. (b) Chap. i: 27-38; vii: 30. (c) Chap. ii: 39; vi: 55, 56. (d) Chap. iv: 1-4. (e) Chap. V, 1-11; vi: 43-68. (f) Chap. vi: 4-6. (g) Chap. vi: 32-36. (h) Chap. vii: 14-69. |
SPECIAL TEXT: "And it repented Noah, and his heart was pained, that the Lord had made man on the earth, and it grieved him at his heart (compare Gen. vi:6). * * * And the Lord said, I will destroy man whom I have created from the face of the earth * * * * for it repenteth Noah that I have created them."—MOSES, IN BOOK OF MOSES.