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DEFENSE OF THE FAITH
AND THE SAINTS


BY
B. H. ROBERTS


AUTHOR OF
The Gospel
Outlines of Ecclesiastical History
New Witness for God
Mormon Doctrine of Deity
Etc., Etc.



VOLUME I.



Salt Lake City
1907

GENERAL FOREWORD.

Fifteen years ago, in announcing what was then a list of prospective books, the writer declared his intention to publish a "Scrap Book," promising that it should be a choice selection of his miscellaneous writings, and mentioned as among the probable articles, Corianton, a Book of Mormon story; Mariam, a story of Zarahemla; Spirit Promptings, etc., etc., all which are here recalled as foreshadowing the author's intention at that time. About then, however, the writer's energies began to be devoted more exclusively to doctrinal and historical themes, and one circumstance after another arose which called him to the defense of the Mormon faith and the Mormon people, so that the character of his literary efforts were turned away from the line of purpose fiction work he had proposed to himself. But the scrap-book, nevertheless, became a possibility through the multiplication of the defensive articles, though its character would be changed, owing the change in the writer's line of work. Through the years have elapsed since the "Scrap Book" idea was first entertained as a depository of the author's miscellaneous writings, a great mass of material in the form of discourses and papers, contributed to magazines and newspapers has accumulated and it is from this mass of materials that following collection of articles has been chosen; and as there is still much material on hand, and the end of the writer's work is not yet in sight, he has ventured to call this Volume I, indicating by that the probability that other volumes in time will follow, if the writer is not mistaken in his judgment as to the demand for such publications.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

GENERAL FOREWORD



PART I

POSITION AND DEFENSE


I.

MORMONISM.

A paper submitted to the Parliament of Religions at the World's Columbian Exposition, at Chicago, 1903


II.

THE RELATIONSHIP OF THE CHURCH TO THE CHRISTIAN SECTS: THE DOCTRINE OF TWO CHURCHES ONLY.

An Address delivered at the Seventy-sixth Annual Conference of the Church in April, 1906


III.

SOME RECENT LITERATURE ON MORMONISM

I. "The Founder of Mormonism" (Riley)

II. "The Mormon Prophet" (Dougal)

III. "The Lions of the Lord" (Wilson)


IV.

A BRIEF DEFENSE OF THE MORMON PEOPLE

I. Eastern Eulogy of Mormon's System ("M")

II. Defense of the Mormon People against "M's" Attack


V.

WHICH OF THE SECTS HAS PERSECUTED MORMONISM MOST?

I. A Letter to D. A. Holcomb, Esq

II. Views of a Jewish Rabbi (Reynolds)

III. Bishop Scanlan's Attitude


VI.

HOW!

A Discourse delivered in the Salt Lake Tabernacle, 1903, replying to certain strictures by the Presbyterian General Assembly, convened in Los Angeles, 1903


VII.

RELATION OF CHURCH AND STATE. RELIGIOUS LIBERTY IN AMERICA.

I. The Relations of the Church to the State

II. Jefferson's Contribution to Religious Liberty in America


VIII.

CONDITIONS IN UTAH—1905.

I. Speech of Hon. Thomas Kearns in the Senate of the United States

II. Answer to Senator Kearns



PART II.

BOOK OF MORMON CONTROVERSIAL QUESTIONS.


I.

THE MANNER OF TRANSLATING THE BOOK OF MORMON.

I. The Manner of Translation

II. Accounting for Evident Transcriptions of Bible Passages in the Translation of the Nephite Record

III. Answer to Questions Respecting the "Manual Theory" of Translating the Book of Mormon

IV. Correspondence on the Subject of the "Manual Theory" of Translation


II.

A BRIEF DEBATE ON THE BOOK OF MORMON.

I. The Objector's First Paper

II. The First Reply

III. The Objector's Second Paper

IV. The Second Reply


III.

"THE FIFTH GOSPEL"

A Reply to Rev. Wm. M. Paden's Criticism of Third Nephi,—the "Fifth Gospel"


IV.

MORMON VIEWS OF AMERICA.

I. A Prophetic Incident

II. America the Land of Zion and of Joseph



PART III.

HISTORICAL AND DOCTRINAL PAPERS.


I.

THE LORD'S DAY.

A justification for Regarding the First Day of the Week as the Christian Sabbath, or "The Lord's Day"


II.

ANGLICAN ORDERS—DECISION OF LEO XIII CONSIDERED—THE PROTESTANT DILEMMA.

A Consideration of the Question of Divine Authority


III.

REFORMATION OR REVOLUTION?

A Study of the Great Sixteenth Century Movement Led by Martin Luther, and Others


IV.

REVELATION AND INSPIRATION.

A correction of some misapprehensions that arose concerning Mormon views on the subjects of Revelation and Inspiration during

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