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Novel written for the young people of the RLDS Church as part of the Birth Offering Series. Includes a story about a young girl named Sadie Gray, Joe a story for boys, Aunt May's talks with her boys and girls as well as many other short stories.

Rules and regulations for The Saints' Commercial Order, an organization to promote the welfare of families, the welfare of the brethren, and the welfare of the RLDS church.

Discusses salvation. "I know it is a common idea, or at least it is one that is frequently taught, that there is nothing for man to do, so far as the salvation of his soul is concerned, only to believe on the Lord Jesus Christ...but while we believe that faith is absolutely necessary, and that it is impossible to please God without it, we also believe that there are certain works required on the part of men, which are just as essential, just as necessary to his salvation, as it is that he believe. Now, if you take the position that men are saved by faith alone, then it seems to me that you would have to admit that Satan himself will be saved, because the Apostle James has said: 'Thou believes that there is one God; thou doest well; the devils also believe, and tremble' So you see if you have nothing only faith to recommend you to God, you have the same that they have."

42 minute sermon by Elder George A. Njeim. In this sermon Elder Njeim talks about his understanding of the scriptures. Brother Njeim was born in Christchurch, New Zealand. He served as an appointee minister of the RLDS Church from 1930 to 1970 and served as a President Of Seventy starting in 1947.

16 minute sermon by Evan A. Fry on Baptism. Brother Fry states, "Ye must be born again! It takes a new man, a new creature in Christ Jesus, to live a new life. If we are ever to have that brave new world about which prophets and seers and statesmen have dreamed, we can have it, not by changing the world but by changing ourselves. Men who are unregenerate, who live by their carnal, sinful nature, simply take all the wealth, the science, the invention, and the education which we have devised in this enlightened age and turn it to hellish and destructive purposes, or use it as a means of exploiting each other? Things in themselves are neither good or bad. They become good or bad only as they are used for good or evil purposes by good or evil men. A race of reborn men, who had repented of their sin, covenanted in baptism to serve Christ, and then received of his life, his Spirit, could take the same materials, the same inventions, the same scientific achievements which are making our world a hell today, and make the world a heaven almost overnight. The responsibility for today's world lies not in the things which surround us, but in ourselves, in the character of men everywhere who need to be born again from above."

Original script for sermon #12 of the Hear Ye Him radio series, a 16 minute sermon by Evan A. Fry on Baptism. Brother Fry states, "Ye must be born again! It takes a new man, a new creature in Christ Jesus, to live a new life. If we are ever to have that brave new world about which prophets and seers and statesmen have dreamed, we can have it, not by changing the world but by changing ourselves. Men who are unregenerate, who live by their carnal, sinful nature, simply take all the wealth, the science, the invention, and the education which we have devised in this enlightened age and turn it to hellish and destructive purposes, or use it as a means of exploiting each other? Things in themselves are neither good or bad. They become good or bad only as they are used for good or evil purposes by good or evil men. A race of reborn men, who had repented of their sin, covenanted in baptism to serve Christ, and then received of his life, his Spirit, could take the same materials, the same inventions, the same scientific achievements which are making our world a hell today, and make the world a heaven almost overnight. The responsibility for today's world lies not in the things which surround us, but in ourselves, in the character of men everywhere who need to be born again from above."

Discusses 25 basic subjects of the gospel message, including, The Gospel Defined, The Beginning Of The Gospel, The Preaching Of The Gospel Foretold In Prophecy, Faith And Works, The New Birth, The Church Of Christ, The Apostasy Of The Church Foretold, The Restoration Of The Gospel In The Latter Days, Angelic Ministration In The Latter Days, and many more subjects. Published in Zion's Ensigns, an official publication of the RLDS Church.

Fifty sermons by R. C. Evans of the RLDS Church. Published in London, Ontario, Canada in 1912. Topics include, "How Can A Man Be Born Again?" "Infant Baptism," "Pouring, Sprinkling, Immersion," "Did Jesus Baptize With Water Or The Holy Ghost?" "Faith Or Works? Death-Bed Repentance," "The Antiquity Of The Gospel," "The Godhead," "The Book Of Mormon," "Polygamy," "God Sends Strong Delusion. Why?" and many other topics.

Tract by I. M. Smith. He states, "On the day of Pentecost there was a miraculous display of God's power, causing unlearned Galileans to speak in languages they had never learned, but the only effect it seems to have had upon the multitude of unbelievers, was to cause them to marvel, some even going so far as to accuse them of being drunken. But while they stood in this bewildered, confused state of mind, Peter stood up and preached to them the gospel of Christ, the word of truth, and "when they heard these things they were pricked in their hearts," (Acts 2: 3 7), and began to inquire what they should do. Hence, you see that while a miraculous display of power may beget any amount of wonder and astonishment, it takes the word of truth to beget a gospel faith in the heart of man."

47 minute sermon by Patriarch Arthur Oakman on The Sin of Man, given in 1968 at The Campus outdoor amphitheater in Independence, Missouri, USA. Due to being recorded outside it has poor audio quality. He states, "We do not like the word sin so we have committed the additional sin of calling sin something else other than sin. All sorts of words have been introduced as surrogates and substitutes, some of them have come even from the realm of science, which illustrate rather the affects of sin in describing sin itself....It still has the same affect as always and what sin does to us is dire and immediate; it hardens our hearts. We do not have to wait until the day of judgement to see the affects of our wickedness. They are about us everywhere. And the one thing sin does to people is make them unconcerned about other people. It centers our minds and our hearts upon ourselves...Have you ever noticed a man who is in transgression, how kind he is to himself? How he seeks to find excuses and reasons for doing what he did? Conscience of the fact that he has done wrong, he will not judge himself harshly but make all kinds of excuses justifying himself for his conduct, and in the justification confirming himself in his wickedness."

A song of entreaty, given by the Spirit through Elder Joseph Luff, at the prayer meeting in the Stone Church, Independence, Mo., Sunday afternoon, April 1st, 1917, sung to the tune, "I will sing of my Redeemer."

8 page tract on the history and significance of the Sabbath by Evan A. Fry translated into German. See Sunday, The Lord's Day for an English translation.

Contains a copy of a letter from Rev. Robert Patterson of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA and a response from Joseph Smith III on the subject of the Spaulding manuscript. This tract is noted in The Saints' Herald vol. 30, August 4, 1883, page 489.

41 minute sermon given at the RLDS Stone Church, Independence, Missouri, USA. Discusses the struggle between good and evil. He states that there are only two churches, the church of the Lamb of God and the church of the devil. One is dominated by the spirit of pride and the other is dominated by the spirit of love. Recording is poor quality at the beginning.

15 minute sermon by Evan A. Fry on Spiritual And Ethical Levels Of The Book Of Mormon, given on August 23, 1953. He states, "In our scripture lesson we have already laid down a principle which will be the text or thesis of this sermon -- that whatever persuades, exhorts, and entices men to do good, and to love God, and to serve him and fellow man, is of God. Perhaps this principle needs some qualification or limitation, but it is essentially true. Sometimes a perfectly good act, done from evil motivation, and for evil purposes, is evil. The devil may entice man to do what seems to be good, and what if done by any other man under any other circumstances would be good, but if the ultimate purpose of that good act is evil, the act itself is evil, and the enticement to do it for that end or purpose was evil. The truth still remains, then; whatsoever enticeth men to do good, AND to love and serve God, is of God. I have yet to hear of the devil or any of his cohorts striving to persuade men to love and serve God."

Original script for sermon #34 of the Hear Ye Him Radio series, a 15 minute sermon by Evan A. Fry given on August 23, 1953. He states, "In our scripture lesson we have already laid down a principle which will be the text or thesis of this sermon -- that whatever persuades, exhorts, and entices men to do good, and to love God, and to serve him and fellow man, is of God. Perhaps this principle needs some qualification or limitation, but it is essentially true. Sometimes a perfectly good act, done from evil motivation, and for evil purposes, is evil. The devil may entice man to do what seems to be good, and what if done by any other man under any other circumstances would be good, but if the ultimate purpose of that good act is evil, the act itself is evil, and the enticement to do it for that end or purpose was evil. The truth still remains, then; whatsoever enticeth men to do good, AND to love and serve God, is of God. I have yet to hear of the devil or any of his cohorts striving to persuade men to love and serve God."

Sixth in a series of six lectures given to the Melchisedec Priesthood at the RLDS Stone Church in Independence, Missouri, USA from October 3 to 13, 1966. Brother Oakman states, "Brethren, there is an outer, external world which is designed to minister the life of God to us. And there is also an invisible, interior, inner world, and it is this invisible interior world, the world that is within us, with which we have to do, so terribly important. And, all of the apparatus known to us as the universe, the whole flux of things created, the presence of our fellow men, our heritage, history, all things, are designed that we may take them inside us. And that there may be created in us, in each one of us a universe of discourse, which shall be truly in harmony with the Spirit, and the mind, and the will of our Heavenly Father."

Transcript of lecture #6.

This electronic file was made from an old recording from 1952; the quality of the recording is not very good in some areas of the recording.

108 pages. Discusses spiritual gifts. He writes, "We are told that these gifts are done away, because 'no longer needed,' and that they were given anciently for the establishment of the church, and that Protestant, like Catholic religion is 'established' by the record of 'innumerable miracles and the lives and deaths of innumerable saints,' and not by the continual presence of Christ with the church, as represented by the spirit of truth, the only way by which he can be represented or saved from misrepresentation."

Second in a series of six lectures given to the Melchisedec Priesthood at the RLDS Stone Church in Independence, Missouri, USA from October 3 to 13, 1966. Brother Oakman states, "Brethren, there is an outer, external world which is designed to minister the life of God to us. And there is also an invisible, interior, inner world, and it is this invisible interior world, the world that is within us, with which we have to do, so terribly important. And, all of the apparatus known to us as the universe, the whole flux of things created, the presence of our fellow men, our heritage, history, all things, are designed that we may take them inside us. And that there may be created in us, in each one of us a universe of discourse, which shall be truly in harmony with the Spirit, and the mind, and the will of our Heavenly Father."

Transcript for lecture #2.

Sermon by Seventy Hubert Case. He states, "As a people we have adopted a standard. That standard is contained in the three books of this church, the Bible, Book of Mormon, and Book of Doctrine and Covenants. We examine ourselves by this standard to see whether we are in the faith. In it we have that by which we can test every individual, and every man's belief. Throw that standard away, and we have nothing by which to make a test. This standard is a God-given standard. It is his eternal truth. It cannot be overthrown. It stands to-day just as immutable and firm as it ever did. With our wonderful standard before us, and the accumulation of the ages, by way of testimony, we are steadied and inspired for our work. It doesn't make any difference who falls away from the standard, or who denies the faith, the standard is true just the same. The principles are true. And furthermore, he who has come to that standard has no need of the testimony of men, for he knows he has come into a condition of acceptance with God."

Describes some early experiences and testimonies of Brother Charles Fry.

Discusses the coming of Christ, prophecies on the fall of the United States, ecclesiastical Babylon, Russia the destroying power, destruction by plane and bomb, Israel and her restoration and, when shall these things be?

Discusses the coming of Christ, prophecies on the fall of the United States, ecclesiastical Babylon, Russia the destroying power, destruction by plane and bomb, Israel and her restoration and, when shall these things be? Electronic document transcribed from the typewritten article.

Describes 13 signs in detail and provides signs of the times, indicating the nearness of Christ's promised return to the world, and the end of the world, or destruction of the wicked.

Brother Curry states, The Lord's "...ministry and his people must climb toward the mountain top of intelligent, exalted and empowering spirituality! This study has been made and written in the hope of helping in this climbing. We need to perceive, delineate, and understand the characteristics of this kind of spirituality, that brings us near to God."

Discusses chapters 5 through 22 of the Book of Revelation. The study "attempts to interpret and emphasize the significance of the book of Revelation in its prophetic message for our day."

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14 page tract on the history and significance of the Sabbath. "As the old Sabbath commemorated God's work of creation, and the deliverance of Israel from bondage in Egypt, so the new Sabbath commemorated God's work of redemption through Christ, and the deliverance of all men thereby from the bondage of death and sin. That new Sabbath was celebrated on the first day of the week, the Lord's day, instead of on the seventh day as under the old law of Moses, and under the old covenant, which were dead. Jesus meticulously kept the Jewish Sabbath, not according to the laws of the Pharisees, but according to his own law. But after the resurrection, the apostles observed the Lord's Day, the first day of the week, the day on which Jesus emerged from the tomb, completed his work of redemption, and delivered mankind from the bondage of sin and death."

12 page tract on the history and significance of the Sabbath. "As the old Sabbath commemorated God's work of creation, and the deliverance of Israel from bondage in Egypt, so the new Sabbath commemorated God's work of redemption through Christ, and the deliverance of all men thereby from the bondage of death and sin. That new Sabbath was celebrated on the first day of the week, the Lord's day, instead of on the seventh day as under the old law of Moses, and under the old covenant, which were dead. Jesus meticulously kept the Jewish Sabbath, not according to the laws of the Pharisees, but according to his own law. But after the resurrection, the apostles observed the Lord's Day, the first day of the week, the day on which Jesus emerged from the tomb, completed his work of redemption, and delivered mankind from the bondage of sin and death."

Account of a very spirited debate between H. E. Rossell and J. J. Cornish of the RLDS Church. 74 numbered pages. Also published in Zion's Ensign beginning on May 13, 1893.