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Excerpt from A Compendium of the Faith and Doctrines of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints: Compiled From the Bible; And Also From the Book of Mormon, Doctrine and Covenants, and Other Publications of the Church; With an Appendix I also trust that it will be found of great value to those who may wish to search after the rich stores of knowledge which our various publications contain, the study of which has, no doubt, been often neglected on account of the great labour which has heretofore been necessary to find the most important Revelations, Discourses, Articles, &c., on the leading Doctrines of the Church. But few will probably fully appreciate the difficulties attendant on the first compilation of a work of this kind. To break new ground - to bring the most important passages from several different publications to bear on nearly fifty different subjects - has required much time and patient research. That it might be much improved, I am well aware; but if it prove an efficient aid to the Elders in their labours to spread the Truth, and an assistant to those who love to search after the principles of salvation, and supply in some measure the want that has been felt for a work of the kind, the general objects for which it was commenced will have been attained. I have only endeavoured to assist others in their efforts to obtain the implements with which to combat the powers of darkness, and it will require great care on their part to use them at all times with wisdom. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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The Articles of Faith: A Series of Lectures on the Principal Doctrines of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is book by James E. Talmage about doctrines of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church). The name of the book is taken from the LDS Church's "Articles of Faith", an 1842 creed written by Joseph Smith. Talmage decided to use Smith's Articles of Faith as an outline of his work. He first delivered the material that he would organize into a book in a series of lectures delivered in 1893 at Latter-day Saints' University in Salt Lake City, Utah, which Talmage was the president of at the time. Articles of Faith is a Mormon classic and, for many years, it was among the few non-scriptural works that full-time LDS Church missionaries were asked to study.

Articles of Faith is considered one of the classics in Latter-day Saint literature. It is the outgrowth of a series of lectures in theology given by Dr. James E. Talmage, commencing in October of 1893. At that time Dr. Talmage was serving as the president of the LDS College in Salt Lake City. The First Presidency of the Church invited Dr. Talmage to prepare a text for use in Church schools and religion classes. The book was first published in 1899. It has since been published in thirteen foreign languages and been through more than fifty English editions. It was last revised by the author in 1924, at which time it was consistent with the organization and practices of the Church as they existed in his day.