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Sermon by Elder Frederick F Helvie 01-26-2019. Expounding of scripture in Sec 83:8a regarding the darkness that has been upon the church and the restoration movement, and how to overcome it; minds darked because of unbelief and treating lightly the things which we have received; the fullness of the gospel; the covenants of the Lord; the fruit we have produced; Jesus is the way, the truth, and the light.

Sermon by Elder Frederick F Helvie 01-26-2019, audio plus slides. Expounding of scripture in Sec 83:8a regarding the darkness that has been upon the church and the restoration movement, and how to overcome it; minds darked because of unbelief and treating lightly the things which we have received; the fullness of the gospel; the covenants of the Lord; the fruit we have produced; Jesus is the way, the truth, and the light.

The author states, "Faith in God is both biblical and scientific. It is confirmed by the revelation in his written word, by the immediate testimony of the Holy Spirit, and by the works of nature: 'The three grand pillars upon which faith builds her glorious and imperishable works for the life that now is and for the life that is to come.' Every star, every blade of grass, every song bird, is a witness of God."

Chapter 2 in the series. Brother Elbert states, "It is both natural and scientific to believe...Atheism, on the other hand, is acquired. It is the result, of perverted or incomplete education. Doubt may be and has been nursed and fostered to the point where one will doubt the existence of his own body and of the earth itself."

The author states, "Faith in God is both biblical and scientific. It is confirmed by the revelation in his written word, by the immediate testimony of the Holy Spirit, and by the works of nature: 'The three grand pillars upon which faith builds her glorious and imperishable works for the life that now is and for the life that is to come.' Every star, every blade of grass, every song bird, is a witness of God." This is the first version of this pamphlet.

Original script for sermon #9 of the Hear Ye Him radio series, a sermon by Evan A. Fry about Faith. "Faith is a saving principle. It can lift a man out of his sin and degradation and helplessness to a new life, through the power of Jesus, his redemption, and his atonement. We have characterized it in today's sermon subject as the 'key to salvation.' The buoyancy of a life preserver is a saving principle; but the drowning man who hasn't enough faith in the saving power of a life preserver to grab hold of it and hang on, cannot be saved by it. Faith in the ability of the life preserver to save him is the key to his salvation. The sinner who has no faith in Christ or in his saving power -- who refuses to lay hold on Christ and cling to him until the end -- that sinner cannot be saved by Christ; and since he cannot save himself, he is lost. In a very real sense then, faith is the key that unlocks and makes available to men all the rich treasure of salvation."

"This tract is the beginning of a series to be issued monthly, in which the religious and social problems of the day will be briefly criticised [sic] and discussed."

PDF version of Go Ye And Teach #2.

1 page chart showing the Protestant Churches that split from the Catholic Church.

45 minute sermon by Arthur Oakman. He states, "The work of delivery the people of God from bondage and planting them in Zion requires that they have some knowledge of the Divine purpose. That we come to know that the whole of life is purposeless and that nothing ever walks with aimless feet as the poet has said. We live in a day of course when we're blessed by and cursed by the spirit of science. One of the great tragedies of our age is that its chief glory is also its main stumbling block. We have come to believe that nothing that we can imagine can be restrained from us. And as the spirit of inquiry and research goes on and on and on and mankind's more and more about the universe around him, he brings back to us marvelous things. And as he is learning more about the world of course he is learning more about God. But even this glory of ours is our chief stumbling block as I said because it is assumed by so many that the scientific approach to reality is the only valid way that the universe could reveal its' secrets to us."

44 minute sermon by Arthur Oakman. Brother Oakman states, "We're told in modern day revelation that one of the functions of the restoration is that every man might speak in the name of God the Lord, even the Savior of the world. Have you ever thought about that? That every man might speak in the name of God the Lord, even the Savior of the world. In order that faith might increase in the earth, that mine everlasting covenant might be established, and that my gospel might be preached, that the fullness of my gospel might be preached in all the world by the weak and the simple unto the ends of the world, and before kings and rulers. Can you speak in the name of God the Lord?"

A sermon by Elbert A. Smith given March 9, 1919.

Contains information on the author's life, ministry and education as well as the Divine Endowment.

41 minute sermon by Evangelist Arthur Oakman. Brother Oakman shares an experience of Apostle D. T. Williams who lost his 18 year old son in an auto accident. Brother Williams struggled to continue his ministry until he had an experience with God. Oakman states, "At the foundation of every effective ministry there is always sacrifice." Brother Oakman also shares about two ladies in St. Louis; one was healed, one was not. Brother Oakman states, "Never forget, God Is, and God is Almighty!"

43 minute sermon by Evangelist Arthur Oakman. He shares an experience of Albert Carmichael, when he was a young pastor in Garden Grove, California, who was concerned about the children of his congregation receiving ministry. Brother Carmichael fasted and prayed for many months. He then had an experience where he was taken by an angel on a journey where he saw beautiful flowers, grass, and birds, and then a temple where the children were being taught. Brother Oakman also shares an experience of Dr. Gustav Platz of Graceland College at the 1946 Lamoni reunion where he shares his testimony. Also, Guy P. Levitt of Berkley California who prophesied in a priesthood prayer service that, "the Lord loved them so much that if necessary, he would take away their possessions until they stood naked before him". 30 years later a friend who lost $250,000 wanted to meet with Arthur. He showed Arthur a diagrammatic representation of the nature of Zion, which had cost him $250,000.

52 minute sermon by Evangelist Arthur Oakman. Brother Oakman shares about Christopher Columbus, how the Spirit of God wrought upon him, and that everything about the discovery of America was appointed by God. He shares a testimony of Apostle Paul Hanson who was sitting in a General Conference in the later 1950's, when, "Something still came into my soul, and I was exalted and lifted up; and there was born in upon my consciousness the knowledge that Zion shall be!" He asks, "Why does this Church exists? It doesn't exist for what it is now alone. It exists for the potential, what might develop, what must develop and what shall develop as a result of our fellowship together." Brother Oakman also shares about ministering in Europe during World War II and being arrested by the Gestapo in Germany. He also shares an experience about mailing a letter to President F.M. Smith stating he would stay in England during the war. Two celestial beings walked on either side of him as he waited for the train to arrive. "I was given to know that because of their kindness to his ancient covenant people the Jews, God would not permit Great Britain to be invaded by their enemies; and conversely, because of their unspeakable cruelty to his ancient covenant people, the Lord would utterly destroy Germany as a power or influence in Europe." He is also told, "How can the Gospel of the Kingdom be preached in all the world for a witness, unless and until there is a visible kingdom on the earth for which witness can be born? I shall not so far permit the forces of destruction to engulf the world as to make impossible the redemption of my Zion!"

45 minute sermon by Evangelist Arthur Oakman. Brother Oakman tells the story about John Worth in England. John was an orphan and never knew his parents. He was baptized when he was 17, ordained a Priest and then an Elder. When John was 67 years old and on his deathbed, he was called through Brother Oakman to the office of Patriarch. His health was restored and he was ordained a Patriarch during an air raid on London in May, 1940. Other experiences about Brother Worth are also shared. Oakman also shares about President F. M. Smith visiting England in 1920 and giving a sermon. He asked, "How many plumbers in this group?" He talked about every trade represented in that group. He talked about timbers for the Temple. That they had a chance of being fashioned by the Spirit by the way they did their daily work so that they could be fit to be assembled in the great Temple of God. President Smith also stated, "That every rise in the quality of a man's work is the rise in the quality of the man."

44 minute sermon by Evangelist Arthur Oakman. He states, "Men are anxiously looking for some sign of peace. Men are kidding themselves, as is our President at this time, that we are nearer to peace then we've ever been. There will be no peace on earth until Zion begins her mild reign, under the blessing and the providence of our Lord Jesus Christ. Let us look. The night was dark after Jesus had ascended, as you well know, men apostatized from his teachings. It wasn't a deliberate thing. The apostacy never took place at ten o'clock in the afternoon of August the 15th, when was it, 570. It was a gradual process in which men with the best of intentions in the world, sought to do the will of God in their own strength. And there were many, many wonderful men, even during the dark ages, we call the dark ages." Brother Oakman goes on to talk about the dark ages, the discover of America, and light and truth coming forth in this land.

41 minute sermon by Evangelist Arthur Oakman. Brother Oakman shares his experience of growing up in England as a boy. His family was very poor. The family lived on a cul-de-sac on Garfield Rd in England. The family would watch each evening for their father to come home to see if he had made any money that day at work. One day there stepped into the street an elderly gentleman with a long white beard. He began to sing, "Begone unbelief, my Savior is near, and for my relief will shortly appear, A prayer let me wrestle and He will perform, with Christ in the vessel I smile at the storm." He asked for some food and Sister Oakman gave him a piece of bread (she only had two slices in the house). He said, "Sister because of this sacrifice you have made, the Lord has set his hand this day to bless your household. And from this day forth you shall never want in basket and store. This young man (Arthur) shall grow to manhood and preach the gospel in many lands." Arthur's father came home that day and said that he had just landed a contract that would keep him in work for six months. Brother Oakman goes on to share many more experiences.

44 minute sermon by Evangelist Arthur Oakman. Brother Oakman shares about the triumph of men of vision. He talks about the building of St. Paul's Cathedral in London, England. "Vision makes all the difference. The vision of the Kingdom takes the mundane, ordinary things of life and transforms them into things of beauty." Brother Oakman also shares F. Henry Edwards testimony of preparing for some lectures on the atonement at Graceland College in 1925 after a long, exhausting missionary trip. Their next door neighbor's daughter Susie had leukemia and was in the hospital needing a blood transfusion. Brother Edwards ended up being an exact match and they took 3 pints of blood from him. Three days later, after struggling to prepare for the lectures, he went to the hospital to see Susie and he received the inspiration he needed to prepare for the lectures. "Vision changes the aspect of everything."

33 minute sermon by Evangelist Arthur Oakman. Brother Oakman makes several key statements, including, "Have you people ever become aware of what you have already done in Jesus Christ? That's our difficulty, we don't realize it. What we have already done in Jesus Christ." and, "No man is ever qualified to be his own critic. And unless there shall be given unto him a pattern of a perfect life, how can he gauge or evaluate his own?" and, "We look ourselves over and we're OK, but the fact is that unless the testimony of Jesus resides within us, we have no inward monitor to give us a true evaluation of ourselves. That's why the Holy Spirit was promised to the disciples of our Lord Jesus Christ." He then shares an experience about when he was a young pastor in Berkley, California. He had a vision where he saw Jesus teaching his disciples. Arthur was then told that his ministry was accepted and that he would be called to be an Apostle. Later, Brother Guy P. Levitt also spoke under the influence of the Spirit to Brother Oakman with the same words, except for the calling to the Twelve, which was confirmation of his experience.

16 minute radio sermon in the Hear Ye Him radio series of the RLDS Church. Given on February 15, 1953 at 8:30 a.m. on KMBC and KFRM radio in Kansas City, Missouri, USA. "Agency requires at least four factors before it can be truly called agency. First, there must be two or more alternatives between which a choice can be made. Second, there must be a knowledge of which alternative is right and which is wrong, or which is better and which is best. Third, agency requires freedom of choice. If there are two or more alternatives, but you are forced or coerced into making one, and forbidden to make any other, there is no agency, and no real choice. And fourth, agency requires accountability. Somewhere, somehow, sometime, the consequences of choice, its rewards or punishments, must be given to those who choose; there must be a judgment and an accounting."

Original script for sermon #7 of the Hear Ye Him radio series, a 16 minute sermon by Evan A. Fry on Free Moral Will Or Agency. "Agency requires at least four factors before it can be truly called agency. First, there must be two or more alternatives between which a choice can be made. Second, there must be a knowledge of which alternative is right and which is wrong, or which is better and which is best. Third, agency requires freedom of choice. If there are two or more alternatives, but you are forced or coerced into making one, and forbidden to make any other, there is no agency, and no real choice. And fourth, agency requires accountability. Somewhere, somehow, sometime, the consequences of choice, its rewards or punishments, must be given to those who choose; there must be a judgment and an accounting."

14 minute sermon by Evan A. Fry called The Fullness Of The Gospel, given on December 13, 1953. He states, "You are entitled to a fullness of the gospel today. No condensation or simplification of it will do. All of it is necessary to a complete and full and satisfactory salvation. Many churches today offer the gospel in part. Like the incomplete book which I bought, their doctrine is all right as far as it goes; their organization to implement that doctrine is all right as far as it goes. But something is always lacking, or the emphasis is too much on one aspect of the gospel, while other equally essential parts are soft-pedalled or omitted entirely. Some preachers will tell you that all you have to do is to believe on Christ, and be saved. That is partly true, but it is not all the truth. Some churches place most of their emphasis on ritual, ceremony, and ordinance. That is good, but it is not all. Some churches base almost their whole philosophy on a belief in and practice of spiritual and divine healing. Some emphasize diet; some Sabbath observance; some authoritarian government; some democracy in church government; some social service; some foreign missions; some education; some a belief in the survival of spirits. None of us would quarrel with any of these beliefs; but we might safely dispute with any man or any church which stresses one to the exclusion of others, or omits even one essential portion of the gospel of Christ, and then purports to sell it as the fullness of the gospel."

Original script for sermon #50 of the Hear Ye Him Radio series, a 14 minute sermon by Evan A. Fry given on December 13, 1953. He states, "You are entitled to a fullness of the gospel today. No condensation or simplification of it will do. All of it is necessary to a complete and full and satisfactory salvation. Many churches today offer the gospel in part. Like the incomplete book which I bought, their doctrine is all right as far as it goes; their organization to implement that doctrine is all right as far as it goes. But something is always lacking, or the emphasis is too much on one aspect of the gospel, while other equally essential parts are soft-pedalled or omitted entirely. Some preachers will tell you that all you have to do is to believe on Christ, and be saved. That is partly true, but it is not all the truth. Some churches place most of their emphasis on ritual, ceremony, and ordinance. That is good, but it is not all. Some churches base almost their whole philosophy on a belief in and practice of spiritual and divine healing. Some emphasize diet; some Sabbath observance; some authoritarian government; some democracy in church government; some social service; some foreign missions; some education; some a belief in the survival of spirits. None of us would quarrel with any of these beliefs; but we might safely dispute with any man or any church which stresses one to the exclusion of others, or omits even one essential portion of the gospel of Christ, and then purports to sell it as the fullness of the gospel."

Brother Blair states, "It would seem in reading the history of the past, and observing as we may at the present, that God has implanted in the human soul a longing after life, and an intuitive belief, a perception if you please, that there is a life that lies beyond the grave; and at the same time he has impressed upon the soul of the sons of men in all ages of the world that their future condition will depend largely upon the conduct and character exhibited by them in this present life."