The Lectures on Faith
LECTURE FIRST
On the Doctrine of the Church of the
Latter Day Saints.
Of Faith.
Section 1.
1. Faith being the first principle in revealed religion, and the foundation of all righteousness, necessarily claims the first place in a course of lectures which are designed to unfold to the understanding the doctrine of Jesus Christ.
2. In presenting the subject of faith, we shall observe the following order—
3. first, faith itself—what it is.
4. Secondly, the object on which it rests. And,
5. Thirdly, the effects which flow from it.