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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

  BY

  JAMES E. TALMAGE,
  One of the Twelve Apostles of the Church

  PREPARED BY APPOINTMENT, AND PUBLISHED BY THE CHURCH

  Eleventh Edition in English
  INCLUDING THE FIFTY-SECOND THOUSAND

  THE DESERET NEWS,
  SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH.
  1919




  ENTERED ACCORDING TO ACT OF CONGRESS
  IN THE YEAR 1890,
  BY JAMES E. TALMAGE,
  IN THE OFFICE OF THE LIBRARIAN OF
  CONGRESS, AT WASHINGTON.

  COPYRIGHT 1913
  BY JOSEPH F. SMITH
  TRUSTEE-IN-TRUST FOR THE CHURCH OF
  JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER-DAY SAINTS.




PREFACE TO FIRST EDITION.


The lectures herewith presented have been prepared in accordance with
the request and appointment of the First Presidency of the Church. The
greater number of the addresses were delivered before the Theology
Class of the Church University; and, after the close of the class
sessions, the lectures were continued before other Church
organizations engaged in the study of theology. To meet the desire
expressed by the Church authorities,--that the lectures be published
for use in the various educational institutions of the Church,--the
matter has been revised, and is now presented in this form.

In anticipation of probable question or criticism regarding the
disparity of length of the several lectures, it may be stated that
each of the addresses occupied two or more class sessions, and that
the present arrangement of the matter in separate lectures is rather
one of compilation than of original presentation.

The author's thanks are due and are heartily rendered to the members
of the committee appointed by the First Presidency, whose painstaking
and efficient examination of the manuscript prior to the delivery of
the lectures, has inspired some approach to confidence in the
prospective value of the book among members of the Church. The
committee here referred to consisted of