Declaration of Independence

Paragraph 1:

a. What may it become necessary for people to dissolve?

b. What kind of a station may it become necessary for them to assume?

c. What laws entitle them to that station?

d. What does decent respect require them to do?

Paragraph 2:

a. What are all men created to be?

b. What has their Creator endowed them with?

c. What are 3 of those rights?

d. Why are governments created among men?

e. Who do they derive their powers from?

f. When do the people have a right to alter or abolish their government?

g. What should they institute?

h. What should its principles and powers be made to effect?

i. What kind of causes should long established governments not be changed for?

j. What are mankind more disposed to do than to abolish governments?

k. What is their right and duty to do if the government is repeatedly abusing and reducing them?

l. Why should they provide new guards?

m. What was the King of Great Britain trying to establish?

Paragraph 3:

a. What has he refused his assent to?

b. Who has he forbidden to pass important and pressing laws?

c. What did he want the people to relinquish?

d. What kind of places has he called together legislative bodies?

Why?

e. What has he repeatedly dissolved?

Why? (what had they opposed)

f. What has he refused others to be?

g. What have the Legislative powers incapable of?

h. What was the state in danger of from without?                   From within?

i. What did he try to prevent?

j. What did he obstruct?

h. What did he make the judges dependent on?

i. What did he erect?

j. Why did he send swarms of Officers?

k. What did he keep among them even in times of peace?

l. What did he make the Military independent and superior to?

m. What did he combine with others to do?

n. What did he protect them from?

o. What did he cut off?

p. What did he impose on them without their consent?

q. What benefit did he often deprive them of?

r. What were they tried for?

s. What did he abolish in a neighboring Province?

t. What kind of a government did he establish there?

u. What did he take away?                Abolish?                         Alter?

v. What did he suspend?

w. What did he wage against them?

x. What did he plunder?             Ravage?                 Burn?                    Destroy?

y. Why did he transport large armies of foreign Mercenaries?

z. Who did he constrain to bear arms against their country?

aa. What has he excited?

bb. Who did he endeavor to bring on?

Paragraph 4:

a. What did they do in ever stage of these oppressions?

b. How were their repeated Petitions answered?

c. What is a tyrant Prince unfit to be?

Paragraph 5:

a. Who did they warn and remind and appeal to?

b. What were their British brethren deaf to?

c. What must they hold them as in war?                  In Peace?

Paragraph 6:

a. What did they declare that the United Colonies ought to be?

b. What did they absolve their allegiance to?

c. What did they dissolve?

d. What did they declare their right to do with full power? 

e. What do they support this declaration with? (what do they pledge to each other)

The Family Proclamation

Paragraph 1:

a. What is ordained of God?

b. Who should marriage be between?

c. What is central to the Creator’s plan?

Paragraph 2:

a. Whose image are we all created in?

b. Who are we spirit sons and daughters of?

c. What does each of us have?

d. What is an essential characteristics of our identity and purpose?

Paragraph 3:

a. Who did we know and worship in the pre-mortal realm?

b. What did we accept there?

c. What did we come to earth to obtain?             To gain?              and to progress toward?

d. What is our divine destiny?

e. What does His plan enable to perpetuate beyond the grave?

f. What makes it possible for us to return to God and for families to be united eternally?

Paragraph 4:

a. What did God’s first commandment to Adam and Eve pertain to?

b. What remains in force?

c. Who has God commanded to employ the sacred powers of procreation?

Paragraph 5:

a. What is divinely appointed?

b. What does the first presidency affirm the sanctity of?

Paragraph 6:

a. Who are husbands and wives responsible to love and care for?

b. What are children?

c. How should parents rear their children?

d. What should they provide for?

e. What should they teach them to do?

f. What should they teach them to observe?

g. What should they teach them to be?

h. Who are they accountable to?

Paragraph 7:

a. What is ordained of God?

b. What is essential to His eternal plan?

c. What are children entitled to?

d. How should their parents honor their marital vows?

e. What is most likely to be achieved if founded upon the teachings of Christ?

f. What principles are successful marriages and families established and maintained on?

g. How should fathers preside over their families?

h. What are they responsible to provide?

i. What are mothers primarily responsible for?

j. What are parents obligated to do?

k. What may disability and death necessitate?

l. Who should lend support when needed?

Paragraph 8:

a. What should we not violate?

b. Who should we not abuse?

c. What should we not fail to do?

d. What will bring upon us foretold calamities?

Paragraph 9:

a. What should citizens and governments promote?

b. What is the fundamental unit of society?

1 Nephi 22

Vs 1- What did Nephi’s brothers want to know? (ask)

Vs 2- How were they manifest unto the prophet?

How are all things made known unto the prophets?

Vs 3- What do the things he read pertain to- temporal or spiritual?

What shall happen to the house of Israel?

Vs 4- What are many already lost from?

Who has been led away?

Where have they been scattered to?

Vs 5- Why shall they be scattered and hated by men?

Vs 6- Who shall they be nursed by?

What has the Lord set the Gentiles up to be?

What are all these things he spoke of- temporal or spiritual?

Who are they meant for?

Vs 7- What shall the Lord raise up among the Gentiles?

Where?

What shall they do to Lehi’s seed?

Vs 8- What shall the Lord proceed to do among the Gentiles?

Who shall it be of great worth unto?

What is it like?

Vs 9- Who else shall it be of worth unto?

What shall it make known?

What did the Lord promise Abraham?

Vs 10- What does the Lord have to do in order for all the kindreds of the earth to be blessed?

Vs 11- What will the Lord bring to the house of Israel?

Vs 12- What shall he again do for them?

Where shall they be gathered?

What shall they be brought out of?

What shall they know?

Vs 13- What shall happen to the blood of the great and abominable church?

Who shall they war among?

What shall fall upon their own heads?

Vs 14- Who shall fall into the pit they dug?

Why did they dig that pit?

Who shall be destroyed?

What hath they perverted?

What shall happen to the great and abominable church?

Vs 15- What shall Satan no longer have power over?

What shall happen to the proud and wicked?

Vs 16- What shall be poured out upon all the children of men?

Why? (What shall he not suffer)

Vs 17- Who shall he preserve?

How? (What shall he do to their enemies)

Who doesn’t need to fear?

Vs 18- When shall these things come?

What must come upon the earth?

Why shall it come unto men? (if they do what)

Vs 19- Who shall not perish?

Who shall be cut off?

Vs 20- Who shall the Lord prepare a way for?

Who did Moses promise the Lord shall raise up?

Who shall be cut off from among the people?

Vs 21- Who was the prophet that Moses spoke of?

How shall he execute judgment?

Vs 22- Who doesn’t need to fear?

What shall they not be?

What shall be built up among the children of men?

Vs 23- What shall those churches try to get and become?

What do they seek and do?

What shall happen to those who belong to the kingdom of the devil?

Vs 24- What shall the righteous be led like?

Who shall reign?

How shall he reign? (in what)

Vs 25- Where will he gather his children from?

Who does he number?

How many folds and shepherds shall their be?

Who shall he feed?

Vs 26- Why shall Satan have no power?

How long shall he not be loosed?

How will the people dwell?

Vs 27- How shall all these things come? (according to what)

Vs 28- What do all people need to do in order to dwell safely with the Lord?

Vs 29- What does Nephi not dare do?

Vs 30- What did Nephi say is true?

What do they testify that men must do?

Vs 31- What should they not suppose?

What do they need to do to be saved?

1 Nephi 21

Vs 1- Who does he ask to hearken?

Why are they broken off and driven out?

When did the Lord call him?

Vs 2- What did he make his mouth like?

How did he hide him?

What did he make him to be?

Vs 3- What is he?

Who does he glorify?

Vs 4- How has he labored?

What has he spent his strength for?

Who should his work and judgment be with?

Vs 5- Where did the Lord form him to be his servant?

What was his calling/job?

Whose eyes shall he be glorious in?

Who shall be his strength?

Vs 6- Who shall he raise up?

Who shall he restore?

Who shall he be a light to?

Vs 7- What did man and nations do to the Lord?

Who shall see and arise and worship?

Vs 8- What has he done for those in the isles of the sea?

What will he do for them?

What will he give them?

Why? (to do what)

Vs 9- Who shall they tell to go forth?

Who shall they show themselves to?

Where shall their pastures be?

Vs 10- What shall they not do?

What shall not smite them?

Who shall lead them?

Where shall he guide them near/by?

Vs 11- What shall he make a way?

What shall his highways be?

Vs 12- Where shall these people come from?

Vs 13- What does he tell the heavens to do?

What does he tell the earth to be?

Why?

What else does he tell to sing?

What shall not happen to them anymore?

What hath the Lord done for his people and for the afflicted?

Vs 14- What does Zion say the Lord hath done?

What shall he show them?

Vs 15- Who can a woman not forget?

Who does she have compassion on?

Who will the Lord not forget?

Vs 16- Where has he engraven thee?

What is continually before him?

Vs 17- Who shall their children make haste against?

Who shall leave or go forth?

Vs 18- What shall all these people do?

What shall they do with them?

Vs 19- What shall be too narrow?

Who shall be far away from them?

Vs 20- What shall their children say their place is like?

What shall they ask for?

Vs 21- What have they lost?

What are they like?

Vs 22- Who shall the Lord lift up his hand to?

What shall he set up?

Who shall they bring in their arms?

Who shall they carry upon their shoulders?

Vs 23- Who shall be their nursing fathers and mothers?

What shall they do?

What shall they know?

Who shall not be ashamed?

Vs 24- Who shall be taken from the mighty?

Who shall be delivered?

Vs 25- Who will the Lord contend with?
Who shall the Lord save?

Vs 26- What shall he feed their oppressors with?

What shall they be drunken with?

What shall all flesh know that the Lord?

1 Nephi 20

Vs 1- Who does he address? (or tell to hearken)

What do they come out of?

What are those waters?

What do they swear by?

Who do they make mention of?

What do they not swear in?

Vs 2- What do they call themselves?

Who do they not stay themselves upon?

Vs 3- What had he declared?

When did he declare them?

How did he show them?

Vs 4- Why did he show them?

What are their necks like?

What are their brows made of?

Vs 5- Why did he declare them form the beginning? (What did he not want hem to say?)

Vs 6- What does he want them to do with the things they have seen and heard?

What kind of things did he show them this time?

Vs 7- When were they declared unto them? (before what)

Why? (What did he not want them to say?)

Vs 8- What were their ears like?

What were their dealings like?

What were they called form the womb?

Vs 9- What will he defer?

Why?

What will he refrain from doing?

Vs 10- What has he done with them?

Where has he chosen them from?

Vs 11- Why will he do this?

Who will he not give his glory to?

Vs 12- What does he tell Jacob to do?

Who does he say that he is?

Vs 13- What hath his hand laid?

What hath his right hand done?

What does he do to get them to stand up together?

Vs 14- What did he tell all of them to do?

Who did he say hath loved them?

What did he say the Lord would do?

Vs 15- What has the Lord called him to do?

What shall his way be like?

Vs 16- What does he invite them to do?

How has he not spoken?

Who sent him?

Vs 17- Who leads them in the way they should go?

Vs 18- What should they have done to have peace and righteousness?

Vs 19- What would their seed have been like?

What should not have been cut of nor destroyed?

Vs 20- Who did he tell them to go away from?

Who did he tell them to flee from?

How did he say to declare Jacob’s redemption to the ends of the earth?

Vs 21- What did the Lord lead them through?

How did he give them water to drink?

Vs 22- Who can have no peace?

1 Nephi 19

Vs 1- What did Nephi make plates with?

What did he engraven upon them?

Vs 2- What do those first plates contain?

Vs 3- What did the Lord command Nephi to write upon these plates?

What should they be kept for?

Vs 4- What do the other plates give a greater account of?

What did he command his people to do after he was gone?

How should they be passed on?

Vs 5- Why does he proceed to make these other plates? (what kind of knowledge does he want kept for his people)

Vs 6- What kind of things does he write on these plates?

What does he blame any errors on?

Vs 7- What do some men do to things which others esteem to be of great worth?

Who do some men trample under their feet?

What does that mean that they do?

Vs 8- When will the God of Israel come to the earth?

Vs 9- What shall the world do to him?

Why?

Vs 10- Who shall God yield himself into?

What shall he allow them to do to him?

What shall be the sign of his death?

Vs 11- How shall the Lord visit some of the house of Israel?

How shall he visit others?

Vs 12- What shall happen to all the rocks of the earth?

What shall many of the kings exclaim?

Vs 13- Why shall those at Jerusalem be scourged?

What did they do with their hearts?

What did they reject?

Vs 14- Who have they despised?

What shall they become?

Vs 15- When will the Lord remember the covenants he made to their fathers?

Vs 16- Who will he remember?

Who will he gather in from the four quarters of the earth?

Vs 17- Who shall see the salvation of the Lord?

Vs 18- Why has Nephi written these things unto his people?

Vs 19- Who does Nephi speak/write unto?

Vs 20- What wearies him?

How was the Lord merciful unto Nephi?

Vs 21- Where are things concerning them written?

Vs 22- What did Nephi read to his brethren?

Why?

Vs 23- What books did he read unto them?

Why did he read them the words written by Isaiah?

What did he do with all scriptures?

Why?

Vs 24- What did he tell them to hear?

What did he tell them to do with those words?

Why? (What did he want them to have?)