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the kingdom of God; and where the oracles of God are not, there the kingdom of God is not.

Hence, the continuation of "the Kingdom," in this sense, has reached from Adam to the present; but, as the words are here used, it does not mean the uninterrupted continuation of The Church upon the earth, nor the constant existence of the Priesthood in organized capacity upon the earth.

The Book of the Law of the Lord. What is the Book of the Law of the Lord? (See Note 11, Lesson

12, Manual 1900-1; also Doctrine and Covenants, Section 85: 1, 5.

The Book of the Law of the Lord is a book in which were kept the names of the Saints who paid tithing — was the book of it

tithing kept by the Prophet Joseph Smith during his lifetime.

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"Of all forms of enterprise, dishonesty pays the shortest dividends."

"Moderation is the silken string running through the pearl-chain of all virtues."

"People who take pains never to do any more than they get paid for, never get paid for anything more than they do," Elbert Hubbard.

Napoleon said, "There shall be no Alps." Have you the will? Make a start; you know not what the future may bring forth.

Confidence inspires confidence, and self-confidence begets success. We want you to believe more in your own power. Don't "If" yourself out of confidence and ambition. Don't "I can't" yourself from progressing, or "I don't think" yourself out of an opportunity —you cannot afford to. "I don't think," "I can't," "If," belong to the category of failures and regrets. "I can," "I must," "I will," have made the army of successful. Ad-School.