Moroni 10. 9-19 an enumeration of spiritual gifts.
Doctrine & Covenants.
Sec. 46. 10-26 an enumeration of spiritual gifts.
27 it is given to those ordained to watch over the church to discern all these gifts. 29.
See A Pamphlet by O. Pratt.
PRE-EXISTENCE OF SPIRITS.
In the first chapter of Genesis, we have an account of six days, or periods of time, which God occupied in the creation of this earth. According to the traditions of many centuries, it is considered by the Christian world a history of the creation of this earth, as it appears now, naturally to men who dwell upon it.
From the first and second chapters of Genesis, taken together, this view of the subject is evidently erroneous. In the first verse of the second chapter we read; "Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them." This creation is evidently in a very unfinished condition, for myriads of animal and vegetable life are coming upon it and going to decay.
The sacred writings not only testify that it is in a very imperfect condition, but that it must pass away and be changed into a more perfect earth.