Defense of the Faith and the Saints (Volume 2 of 2)

About this eBook

Author

Roberts, B. H. (Brigham Henry), 1857-1933

Credits

Produced by the Mormon Texts Project ( mormontextsproject.org), with thanks to Trevor Nysetvold for proofreading.

Language

English

LoC Class

BX: Philosophy, Psychology, Religion: Christianity: Churches, Church movements

Subject

Latter Day Saint churches

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 52819

Release Date

August 16, 2016

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.DEFENSE OF THE FAITH AND THE SAINTS
2. 2.GENERAL FOREWORD
3. 3.TABLE OF CONTENTS — Part I. ORIGIN OF THE BOOK OF MORMON. — Schroeder-Roberts' Debate. — THE ORIGIN OF THE BOOK OF MORMON. — THE ORIGIN OF THE BOOK OF MORMON. — Part II. RECENT DISCUSSION OF MORMON AFFAIRS. — I. AN ADDRESS. By the Presidency of the Church. — II. REVIEW OF ADDRESS TO THE WORLD. — III. ANSWER TO MINISTERIAL ASSOCIATION'S REVIEW. — Part III. JOSEPH SMITH'S DOCTRINES VINDICATED. — I. THE FIRST MESSAGE OF MORMONISM VINDICATED. — II. OTHER DOCTRINES OF JOSEPH SMITH VINDICATED BY THE COLLEGES. — Part IV. MISCELLANEOUS DISCOURSES. — I. THE SPIRIT OF MORMONISM; A SLANDER REFUTED. — II. ERRONEOUS IMPRESSIONS ABOUT THE LATTER-DAY SAINTS—SOME THINGS THEY DO NOT BELIEVE. — III. THE THINGS OF GOD GREATER THAN MAN'S CONCEPTION OF THEM. — IV. MORMONISM AS A BODY OF DOCTRINE. — V. PEACE. — VI. THE MYSTERIOUS HARMONIES OF THE GREAT REPUBLIC.
4. 4.Part I. Origin of the Book of Mormon. — SCHROEDER-ROBERTS DEBATE. — FOREWORD. — THE APPEARING OF MORONI. — THE BOOK OF MORMON. — DESCRIPTION OF THE NEPHITE RECORD.
5. 5.THE ORIGIN OF THE BOOK OF MORMON.
6. 6.I. — SOLOMON SPAULDING AND HIS FIRST MANUSCRIPT. — SPAULDING'S REWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT. — ERRONEOUS THEORIES EXAMINED.
7. 7.II. — HOW ABOUT SIDNEY RIGDON? — RIGDON'S PRIOR RELIGIOUS DISHONESTY. — RIGDON HAD OPPORTUNITY TO STEAL THE MANUSCRIPT. — RIGDON'S ONLY DENIAL ANALYZED. — RIGDON AND LAMBDIN IN 1815. — RIGDON EXHIBITS SPAULDING'S MANUSCRIPT. — RIGDON FOREKNOWS THE COMING AND CONTENTS OF THE BOOK OF MORMON.
8. 8.III. — FROM RIGDON TO SMITH via P. P. PRATT. — RIGDON VISITS SMITH BEFORE MORMONISM. — THE CONVERSION OF PARLEY P. PRATT. — RIGDON'S MIRACULOUS CONVERSION. — THE PLAGIARISM CLINCHED.
9. 9.IV. — FOR THE LOVE OF GOLD, NOT GOD. — CONCLUDING COMMENT.
10. 10.THE ORIGIN OF THE BOOK OF MORMON.
11. 11.I. — JUSTIFICATIONS FOR REPLYING TO MR. SCHROEDER — PRELIMINARY CONSIDERATIONS. — VARIOUS CLASSES OF WITNESSES. — CONFLICTING THEORIES OF ORIGIN. — MR. SCHROEDER'S STATEMENT OF HIS CASE. — THE FACTS OF THE SPAULDING MANUSCRIPT. — THE TASK OF THE PRESENT WRITER. — THE ENEMIES OF THE PROPHET. — "DR." PHILASTUS HURLBURT. — REV. ADAMSON BENTLEY ET AL.
12. 12.II. — THE "SECOND" SPAULDING MANUSCRIPT. — THE FAILURE OF HOWE'S BOOK. — THE CONNEAUT WITNESSES. — THE DAVIDSON STATEMENT. — THE HAVEN-DAVIDSON INTERVIEW. — MRS. ELLEN E. DICKINSON'S REPUDIATION OF THE DAVIDSON STATEMENT. — REVEREND JOHN A. CLARK AND THE DAVIDSON STATEMENT. — MUTILATION OF THE HAVEN-DAVIDSON INTERVIEW. — MR. SCHROEDER AND THE DAVIDSON STATEMENT. — WHY MR. SCHROEDER DISCREDITS THE SPAULDING WITNESSES.
13. 13.III. — THE CONNECTION OF SIDNEY RIGDON WITH THE SPAULDING MANUSCRIPT. — OF RIGDON'S ALLEGED "RELIGIOUS DISHONESTY." — RIGDON'S OPPORTUNITY TO STEAL SPAULDING'S MANUSCRIPT. — DID RIGDON EXHIBIT THE SPAULDING MANUSCRIPT? — DID RIGDON FOREKNOW THE COMING AND CONTENTS OF THE BOOK OF MORMON? — ALEXANDER CAMPBELL AND THE BOOK OF MORMON IN 1831.
14. 14.IV. — "THE ANGEL OF THE PRAIRIES." — THE SUPPOSED MEETINGS OF JOSEPH SMITH AND SIDNEY RIGDON BEFORE THE PUBLICATION OF THE BOOK OF MORMON. — OF THE CONVERSION OF PRATT AND RIGDON. — THE DENIALS OF RIGDON. — THE REAL ORIGIN OF THE SPAULDING THEORY. — THE MOTIVE FOR PUBLISHING THE BOOK OF MORMON. — CONCLUDING REMARKS.
15. 15.PART II. — FOREWORD.
16. 16.I. AN ADDRESS: THE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER-DAY SAINTS TO THE WORLD. — I.
17. 17.II. REVIEW OF ADDRESS TO THE WORLD. — FOREWORD. — REPLY TO MORMON ADDRESS TO THE WORLD IS ISSUED BY THE MINISTERIAL ASSOCIATION OF SALT LAKE CITY.—PUBLICATION MISLEADING AND SUPPRESSION OF FAITH.—MINISTERS OF THIS CITY ARE UNIT IN DECLARING AGAINST THE ADDRESS. — A STRIKING THING. — MINISTERIAL DIRECTORY. — THE REVIEW BY THE MINISTERS. — II. REVIEW.
18. 18.III. ANSWER TO MINISTERIAL ASSOCIATION'S REVIEW. — FOREWORD. — III.
19. 19.PART III. — FOREWORD.
20. 20.I. THE FIRST MESSAGE OF MORMONISM VINDICATED. — I. — JOSEPH SMITH'S FIRST VISION. — "CREEDS ARE AN ABOMINATION." — GOD'S FIRST MESSAGE CONFIRMED. — REFORM IN PROTESTANTISM. — WHAT MORMONISM AFFIRMS. — IMMORTALITY OF MAN.
21. 21.II. OTHER DOCTRINES OF JOSEPH SMITH VINDICATED BY COLLEGES. — I. Men the Avatars of God. [1] — II. The Existence of a Plurality of Divine Intelligences—Gods.
22. 22.Part IV.
23. 23.I. THE SPIRIT OF MORMONISM; A SLANDER REFUTED. — I. — II. PEOPLE JUDGED BY THEIR LAWS. — THE CALLING OF SIDNEY RIGDON. — A FEW DAYS WITH THE PROPHET. — III. WOMAN'S PLACE IN MORMONISM. — GOD'S HERALD OF THE RESURRECTION AND HUMAN BROTHERHOOD—WOMAN. — UNJUST CRITICISM ANSWERED. — BY THEIR WORKS THEY SHALL BE JUDGED.
24. 24.II. ERRONEOUS IMPRESSIONS ABOUT THE LATTER-DAY SAINTS—WHAT THEY DO NOT BELIEVE. — II. — CATHOLIC BELIEF. — FAITH IN THE GODHEAD. — ERRONEOUS REPORTS. — REVELATION QUOTED. — BELIEF IN REVELATION. — INSPIRED UTTERANCES. — REVEALED WORD. — GOD'S WORD IS TRUTH. — TESTIMONY BORNE.
25. 25.III. THE THINGS OF GOD GREATER THAN MAN'S CONCEPTION OF THEM. — I. — DIVINE THINGS MISJUDGED. — II. MARVELOUS WORK AND A WONDER. — III. THE NEW JERUSALEM. — IV. RESTORATION OF ISRAEL. — V. LOST TRIBES IN THE NORTH. — ISRAEL NOW GATHERING. — VI. PURPOSES OF GOD WILL NOT FAIL.
26. 26.IV. MORMONISM AS A BODY OF DOCTRINE. — I. INTRODUCTORY. — II. Mormon View of the Universe. — III. PHILOSOPHY OF MORMONISM. — IV. SOURCE OF MORAL EVIL. — THE PLACE AND MISSION OF CHRIST IN MORMON DOCTRINE.
27. 27.V. PEACE. — I. THE BLESSEDNESS OF PEACE. — II. THE GOD OF BATTLES. — III. JUSTICE THE BASIS OF PEACE. — THE LAND WITH MEMORIES.
28. 28.VI. THE MYSTERIOUS HARMONIES OF THE GREAT REPUBLIC. — I. INTRODUCTION. — THE MIRACLE OF AMERICAN ACHIEVEMENTS. — II. THE INSPIRATION OF THE FOUNDERS OF THE AMERICAN CONSTITUTION. — III. THE UNIQUE THINGS IN AMERICAN GOVERNMENT.

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