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41 minute lecture by Patriarch Arthur Oakman called The Genius of Zion. This was Lecture No. 1 for the Elders Quorum of Center Stake and was given at the Stone Church, Independence, Missouri, USA on January 31, 1974. Brother Oakman states, "The genius of Zion, origin I suppose, rests in the Word of God, and the Word of God let me say is not marks on paper or sounds in the air, the Word of God is the Lord Jesus Christ, His Spirit. It is that which makes us hear, it is that which we hear. And one word spoken from him, has the power to recreate his character in the lives of those who hear it. Because we’re incapable of hearing the Word of God by ourselves, it’s only the action of the Good Spirit, to break down our obtuseness, to break down our deafness, so that our ears are open by him to hear what he has to say…The only thing that we can contribute to our salvation is the sin from which we need to be redeemed, and of course, we are very reluctant to do that."

16 minute sermon by Evan A. Fry on The Gift Of Healing, given on May 31, 1953. He states, "Why should the Church of Christ be concerned with healing? First, because, as we have seen, Christ set the example by setting gifts of healing in the church, and commanding his ministry to heal the sick. Second, because a ministry of mental and spiritual healing is needed to supplement and complement the treatments prescribed by men of medical science."

Original script for sermon #22 of the Hear Ye Him radio series, a 16 minute sermon by Evan A. Fry called The Gift Of Healing. "Why should the Church of Christ be concerned with healing? First, because, as we have seen, Christ set the example by setting gifts of healing in the church, and commanding his ministry to heal the sick. Second, because a ministry of mental and spiritual healing is needed to supplement and complement the treatments prescribed by men of medical science."

15 Minutes sermon by Evan A. Fry on the Gift of Miracles. He states, "Christianity is a religion of miracles. Christianity begins with the appearance of angels to a betrothed virgin and her husband-to-be, announcing the birth of the Son of God, who is to be the Savior of the world, the promised Messiah. His birth was a miracle. Miracles marked the ministry of this Messiah from beginning to end, and his resurrection from the dead (which we have discussed in a previous sermon) is the greatest miracle of all time. Miracles continued in the ministry of the apostles who followed him, and were promised to men of faith to the end of time. Christianity is also a religion of salvation. If there are no miracles, there can be no salvation. If Christ was not the miraculously conceived Son of God, if he did not demonstrate by means of saving miracles his power to save, if he did not miraculously overcome death, and if his miraculous power is not still available to overcome sin and death, then there is no salvation. Yes, Christianity is a miraculous religion. Take the miraculous out of it, and there would be little or nothing left."

Original script for sermon #21 of the Hear Ye Him radio series, a 15 Minutes sermon by Evan A. Fry on the Gift of Miracles. He states, "Christianity is a religion of miracles. Christianity begins with the appearance of angels to a betrothed virgin and her husband-to-be, announcing the birth of the Son of God, who is to be the Savior of the world, the promised Messiah. His birth was a miracle. Miracles marked the ministry of this Messiah from beginning to end, and his resurrection from the dead (which we have discussed in a previous sermon) is the greatest miracle of all time. Miracles continued in the ministry of the apostles who followed him, and were promised to men of faith to the end of time. Christianity is also a religion of salvation. If there are no miracles, there can be no salvation. If Christ was not the miraculously conceived Son of God, if he did not demonstrate by means of saving miracles his power to save, if he did not miraculously overcome death, and if his miraculous power is not still available to overcome sin and death, then there is no salvation. Yes, Christianity is a miraculous religion. Take the miraculous out of it, and there would be little or nothing left."

Original script for sermon #19 of the Hear Ye Him radio series, a sermon by Evan A. Fry called The Gift Of Prophecy. "When Jesus neared the end of his earthly ministry, he gave to his disciples several promises concerning the Comforter, the Holy Sprit of promise, which is the Spirit of prophecy and the revelation of God to man. That Comforter was to teach them all things, to bring all things to their remembrance, to testify of Jesus so that they might also bear witness of him to others. It was to guide them into ALL truth. It was to glorify Christ. It was to take the things of God and show them unto men. It was the intention of God and of his Son that this gift of revelation and prophecy should continue to bless men until they should be brought again into God's presence in a resurrected and glorified body, capable of understanding and appreciating and abiding in the infinite brightness and glory and majesty of their Creator."

Original script for sermon #20 of the Hear Ye Him radio series, a sermon by Evan A. Fry called The Gift Of Tongues. "First perhaps, we should make clear what we mean when we speak of the 'gift of tongues,' so that you will not be thinking of one thing while we speak of another. The gift of tongues is a spiritual gift. It is given, not by the will of men, but by the Spirit of God, and the will of God. That gift is not a mere emotional upheaval or ecstatic excitement within the person speaking, but is a definite manifestation of a power from outside himself. This power does not render the speaker unconscious, nor does it seize hold of him and take over control of his body or his mind. Rather does it quicken, stimulate, enlarge and augment his own mental and spiritual powers, so that with ease he can speak that which could normally be impossible for him. The gift of tongues does not proceed from morbidity, from insanity or disease. It is properly exercised by normal men in full vigor of strength and health, in full possession of all their senses and faculties. It is preceded by no frenzy, and followed by no exhaustion."

Fourth 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 Endowment Lecture #4.

15 minute sermon by Evan A. Fry on the Gifts of Wisdom and Knowledge. "In previous sermons we have discussed the church as the body of Christ, and have stated it as our belief that if the body of Christ is truly alive and functioning as it should be, there will be certain signs of life. These will be the signs which Jesus promised should follow the believer; they will be the spiritual gifts which Paul enumerates and discusses in the 12th, 13th, and 14th chapters of I Corinthians. Near the head of his list of spiritual gifts, immediately following the gift of a testimony that Jesus is the Christ, Paul places the gifts of wisdom and knowledge. Although we cannot be certain, we may infer from this placement that Paul considered wisdom and knowledge to be the most important signs of life which could be manifested by the body of Christ."

Original script for sermon #18 of the Hear Ye Him radio series, a 15 minute sermon by Evan A. Fry on the Gifts of Wisdom and Knowledge. "In previous sermons we have discussed the church as the body of Christ, and have stated it as our belief that if the body of Christ is truly alive and functioning as it should be, there will be certain signs of life. These will be the signs which Jesus promised should follow the believer; they will be the spiritual gifts which Paul enumerates and discusses in the 12th, 13th, and 14th chapters of I Corinthians. Near the head of his list of spiritual gifts, immediately following the gift of a testimony that Jesus is the Christ, Paul places the gifts of wisdom and knowledge. Although we cannot be certain, we may infer from this placement that Paul considered wisdom and knowledge to be the most important signs of life which could be manifested by the body of Christ."

Number 17 of volume 2 (other numbers for volume 17 are not available). Includes articles by W. A. Goodwin, J. J. Cornish, G. F. Weston, J. A. Grant, J. H. Lake, Joseph W. Shippy and S.W.L. Scott among others.

14 minute sermon by Evan A Fry on The Glory Of God Is Intelligence, given on September 27, 1953. He states, "If the glory of God is intelligence; if God is the source of all intelligence, which is eternal and uncreated even as God himself is eternal and uncreated, then all of our efforts to gain intelligence, wisdom, or knowledge must be God-centered. 'The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom.' Any man who would be God-like must become intelligent as God is intelligent -- must partake of his creative, intelligent Spirit -- the Spirit which teaches men all things, and guides them into all truth. Man cannot be ignorant, and be truly religious."

Original script for sermon #39 of the Hear Ye Him Radio series, a 14 minute sermon by Evan A. Fry given on September 27, 1953. He states, "If the glory of God is intelligence; if God is the source of all intelligence, which is eternal and uncreated even as God himself is eternal and uncreated, then all of our efforts to gain intelligence, wisdom, or knowledge must be God-centered. 'The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom.' Any man who would be God-like must become intelligent as God is intelligent -- must partake of his creative, intelligent Spirit -- the Spirit which teaches men all things, and guides them into all truth. Man cannot be ignorant, and be truly religious."

15 minutes sermon by Evan A. Fry on the topic of government. He states, "Because God is ruler over all, every earthly ruler and every earthly government exists by his sufferance; and each one is judged as to the way worldly government is administered and executed. Nations and their rulers rise and stand, or crumble and fall according to whether or not they rule wisely, righteously, and well -- in keeping with the laws of the great overseeing Ruler, God. Why do governments exist? There are three principal theories which we want to examine briefly. The first is that governments exist for the benefit of the rulers, who because God gave them their strength, their cunning, and their wealth assume that God meant them to rule, and use their gifts and their position to enrich themselves and entrench themselves in power for their own selfish aggrandizement. A second theory of government is that the state is the all-important thing, that the citizen exists only to serve, to support, to defend, and to enrich the state -- that the state is the end and aim and purpose of all human existence. And the third theory of government, which is the theory upon which all democracy is based, is that governments are instituted among men for the sole purpose of preserving, protecting, and defending the rights, privileges, liberties, freedoms, and prerogatives which are an inherent part of every man's birthright."

Original script for sermon #38 of the Hear Ye Him radio series, a 15 minutes sermon by Evan A. Fry on the topic of government. He states, "Because God is ruler over all, every earthly ruler and every earthly goverrnnent exists by his sufferance; and each one is judged as to the way worldly government is administered and executed. Nations and their rulers rise and stand, or crumble and fall according to whether or not they rule wisely, righteously, and well -- in keeping with the laws of the great overseeing Ruler, God. Why do governments exist? There are three principal theories which we want to examine briefly. The first is that governments exist for the benefit of the rulers, who because God gave them their strength, their cunning, and their wealth assume that God meant them to rule, and use their gifts and their position to enrich themselves and entrench themselves in power for their own selfish aggrandizement. A second theory of government is that the state is the all-important thing, that the citizen exists only to serve, to support, to defend, and to enrigh the state -- that the state is the end and aim and purpose of all human existence. And the third theory of government, which is the theory upon which all democracy is based, is that governments are instituted among men for the sole purpose of preserving, protecting, and defending the rights, privileges, liberties, freedoms, and prerogatives which are an inherent part of avery man's birthright."

Sermon by Elder Frederick F. Helvie, Resurrection Sunday 2020, audio plus slides. The good tidings of the gospel and the kingdom of God, as prophesied in Isaiah 52:6-12; the antiquity of the gospel - the plan of redemption was prophesied from the very beginning, and spoken of by all the prophets; Jesus Christ is the pattern by which all things were made; the nature of the Father and the Only Begotten Son; we are created with spirtual and temporal bodies; the rebellion of man; the city of Zion; the everlasting covenant; the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ.

15 minute sermon by Evan A. Fry called Good Will To Men, given on December 20, 1953. He states, "...men have sought a peace which they supposed would come through some magic formula, mysteriously, providentially, suddenly. We have sought a peace in which all our enemies shall be forced to quit fighting us, but in which we shall be free to continue business as usual; a peace which will keep others from bothering us as we continue in our age-old sins, without repentance, without sacrifice, without effort. If Jesus would just do that for us, there would be countless millions of the peoples of earth who would gladly build him a church or make a substantial cash offering out of their prosperity, so that they could be let alone to enjoy themselves in sin and idleness and selfishness and lust and greed as before. Jesus, the Prince of Peace, is not going to do it all. Neither will he coerce unwilling subjects. He has shown men the way of peace; he leaves it with them whether or not they will follow the ways of peace. The world today is still following the ways of strife and discord and hatred and war, and wondering why Jesus does not establish his reign of peace so that no one will make war any more."

Original script for sermon #51 of the Hear Ye Him Radio series, a 15 minute sermon by Evan A. Fry given on December 20, 1953. He states, "...men have sought a peace which they supposed would come through some magic formula, mysteriously, providentially, suddenly. We have sought a peace in which all our enemies shall be forced to quit fighting us, but in which we shall be free to continue business as usual; a peace which will keep others from bothering us as we continue in our age-old sins, without repentance, without sacrifice, without effort. If Jesus would just do that for us, there would be countless millions of the peoples of earth who would gladly build him a church or make a substantial cash offering out of their prosperity, so that they could be let alone to enjoy themselves in sin and idleness and selfishness and lust and greed as before. Jesus, the Prince of Peace, is not going to do it all. Neither will he coerce unwilling subjects. He has shown men the way of peace; he leaves it with them whether or not they will follow the ways of peace. The world today is still following the ways of strife and discord and hatred and war, and wondering why Jesus does not establish his reign of peace so that no one will make war any more."

12 page tract for "The Busy Man" designed to be read in three minutes. Briefly describes how Jesus organized his church which was followed by a great apostasy after his death, which had been foretold by the prophets. Also describes the restoration of the gospel which was also foretold by the prophets.

15 minute radio sermon in the Hear Ye Him radio series of the RLDS Church. Given on March 29, 1953 at 8:30 a.m. on KMBC and KFRM radio in Kansas City, Missouri, USA. "When a man is 'born again of water and of the Spirit,' his life in God's kingdom is not complete, nor mature, nor perfect; it is not finished; it is only just begun. He has not arrived; he has only started his journey...One of the misconceptions of the spiritually infantile mind is that when we are 'born again', we have arrived, that henceforth we have reached the goal, and that we never more need to strive or struggle or grow or repent."

Original script for sermon #13 of the Hear Ye Him radio series, a 15 minute sermon by Evan A. Fry on being born again. "When a man is 'born again of water and of the Spirit,' his life in God's kingdom is not complete, nor mature, nor perfect; it is not finished; it is only just begun. He has not arrived; he has only started his journey...One of the misconceptions of the spiritually infantile mind is that when we are 'born again', we have arrived, that henceforth we have reached the goal, and that we never more need to strive or struggle or grow or repent."