DOC. AND COV. 1:15, 16.--The present apostate condition described.
_THE RESTORATION OF THE GOSPEL._
The falling away makes necessary a restoration; for the purposes of God
in the final redemption of the race requires it.
MATT. 24:14.--"This gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the
world," before the end.
REV. 14:6.--An angel restores the gospel in the latter days.
DAN. 2:28-45.--Daniel saw the kingdom of God established in the last
days. {513} The Aaronic Priesthood was restored by John the Baptist to
Joseph Smith and Oliver Cowdery, May 15, 1829; shortly after this date,
the Melchisedek Priesthood was restored by Peter, James and John.
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints was organized April 6,
1830, at Fayette, N.Y.
DOC. & COV. 65:2.--Daniel's vision fulfilled in the Latter-day Kingdom.
_THE NECESSITY OF CHURCH UNITY._
JOHN 17:20.--Jesus prays that His disciples may be one as He and the
Father are one.
I COR. l:10.--The Saints are told to "speak the same thing," to be
"perfectly joined together in the same mind."
EPH. 4:4-6.--"There is one body, one Spirit * * * one Lord, one faith,
one baptism." (Read the whole chapter.)