Where did we come from? Why are we here? What happens when we die? These questions have haunted humanity for millennia, but John Morgan, writing in 1921, offers answers that were revealed, he argues, through modern-day prophecy. This is not abstract theology but a systematic presentation of the Latter-day Saints' cosmic vision: that human souls existed in the presence of God before this life, that Earth serves as a probationary testing ground where we gain knowledge and experience impossible elsewhere, and that death is not an ending but a transition. Morgan walks readers through the essential requirements of salvation - faith, repentance, baptism by immersion, and the laying on of hands to receive the Holy Ghost - arguing that these aren't arbitrary rules but provisions of a loving, complete plan. Perhaps most provocatively, he addresses baptism for the dead, the controversial practice that allows deceased individuals opportunity to accept the gospel. Whether one accepts Morgan's conclusions or not, this book offers a window into a faith that insists mortality is neither random nor meaningless, and that divine justice ensures no soul is ultimately denied salvation.
