Quote  Category: Unsorted “John declared that 'Christ received not of the fulness at the first,' but that he 'continued from grace to grace until he received a fulnesss and thus he was called the Son of God, because he received not of the fulness at the first.' Thus is it with us all. We must work out our salvation and exaltation by coming to this earth. Man must be born into mortality and live and die that he may continue in his progress toward eternal life and exaltation.” - Alma P. Burton (1913- ) American teacher, author, administrator in public schools & at BYU. Email this quote to a friend! If there is an error in this quote please let us know. Famous Quotes © ® All rights reserved.