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ON THIS TRACT.
A Glorious Thought--Should Prophets be Expected in our day?--God's Word Indicates that a Prophet should Come--Prophets sent to Announce all Important Events--Positive Promise of the Lord to send a Messenger--Necessity of Prophets and Apostles in the Church--Church Founded upon Prophets and Apostles--Power given Apostles and Prophets--Object of Inspired Men in the Church-How long they should Remain--Is the Canon of Scripture Full?--Without Modern Revelation Bible Prophecies Cannot be Fulfilled--Treatment of Prophets in Past Ages--Jesus a Stumbling Stone--Many Prophets Rejected--Persecution to Follow all Inspired Teachers--Conclusions Drawn from Scriptures Quoted.
Was Joseph Smith a Prophet?--Testimony of His Works--Judging by the Fruits--Joseph Smith's Claim--His Claim Compared with Scripture--Predictions that the Gospel should be Restored--Joseph Smith Treated the same as Ancient Prophets--Account of Some of his Works--Bible Prophecies Fulfilled--Church Organization the Same as Formerly--Same Doctrines as in Former Days--The Holy Ghost Received--How to Obtain Proof--Outward Proofs--Testimony of Witnesses--Ancient Prophecies Being Fulfilled--The Gathering of Israel--Gathering Peculiar to Latter-day Saints--Events in the History of the Saints--Words of the Psalmist Fulfilled--Isaiah's Prediction Fulfilled--A Prophecy of Malachi--Salvation for the Dead--Facts Proven.
Joseph Smith's Works--Evidence of his Inspiration--Scriptural Tests--Prediction of the Angel--None can Stop God's Work--"A Marvelous Work"--Testimony of Disinterested Men--Prophecy about War--Fulfilled 28 years Afterwards--Predicted Men's Lives Would be Spared--The Saints' Exodus Foretold--Gathering Predicted--Joseph Smith as an Expounder of Scripture--Church Organization--All his Works Proclaim him a Prophet.
The Book of Mormon--An Evidence of the Inspiration of Joseph Smith--Its Purport--Impossible to Write Without Divine Aid--Prophecies in the Book of Mormon--A Bible! A Bible!--Isaiah's Prophecy--Book Gives a Test of its Truth--Attested by Direct Evidence--Testimony of Three Witnesses--Testimony of Witnesses Unchanged--Testimony of Eight Witnesses--Secular Proof of the Book of Mormon--Colonists from the Tower of Babel--Origin Before the Christian Era--Of Hebrew Origin--Indian Customs--Indian Practice Resembling the Passover--Tradition of a Sacred Book--Acquainted with the Old Testament Record--Tradition of Moses--Tradition of Eve--Tradition of the Flood--Led by Youngest Brother--Engraved on Plates of Metal--Egyptian Writings--Evidences of Advanced Civilization--Ruins Discovered--Indians all of One Origin--Ruins in Yucatan--Ancient Glass Jar--A Ruined City--Ancient Coins and Implements--Destruction at the time of the Crucifixion--Ruins on the Ridge of a Mountain--Destroyed by the Action of Heat--Remains Found under Lava Beds--Discovery of a Hidden City--Evidences of Great Eruptions--The Messiah Known to the Ancient Inhabitants of America--The Cross as an Emblem--Knowledge of the Godhead--Tradition of the Christ--Strong Proofs of the Truth of the Book of Mormon--Conclusion.
Footnotes:
MARKS OF THE CHURCH OF CHRIST.
THE OUTWARD SIGNS BY WHICH IT MAY BE KNOWN.
BY EDWIN F. PARRY, LIVERPOOL, ENGLAND.
OUTWARD SIGNS BY WHICH CHRIST S GOSPEL MAY BE KNOWN--CHARACTER OF HIS CHURCH KNOWLEDGE THE OUTCOME OF TRUE FAITH--HOW IT MAY BE OBTAINED--AN ILLUSTRATION--PARABLE OF THE SOWER--WHERE IS THE TRUE GOSPEL AND CHURCH OF CHRIST?
MANY FORMS OF RELIGION.
There are many religions in the world. Teachers of one form of religion will tell us they are right. Those who teach another form will make the same claim for themselves. All religions have some truth, or people would not believe in them.
ONLY ONE PERFECT RELIGION.
The Savior taught only one form of religion. That one is called the Gospel of Jesus Christ. It embraces all truth, and contains nothing but truth.
"There is one body, and one Spirit, even as ye are called in one hope of your calling; one Lord, one faith, one baptism, one God and Father of all." .
All Christians believe that salvation is only to be gained through Jesus Christ, the Savior of the world.
"'I am the way, the truth, and the life; no man cometh unto the Father, but by me." .
"For there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved." .
The holy scriptures justify us in rejecting all religions that do not teach belief in Christ.
WHICH RELIGION CONTAINS ALL TRUTH?
There are many varieties of religion even among Christian believers. But the whole truth is what we want. None but the true Gospel can be acceptable to the Lord.
"Seek ye first the kingdom of God and his righteousness." .
How are we to know which religion contains all truth?
THE BIBLE WILL GUIDE US.
The Bible will assist us in making this discovery. It tells us many things which Jesus taught as His Gospel. Any teaching contrary to what He gave cannot be true.
"Though we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel unto you than that which we have preached unto you, let him be accursed." .
The Gospel which the Savior taught has not changed. It is the same to-day as it was when He dwelt upon the earth.
FAITH A DOCTRINE OF CHRIST.
The first and principal doctrine taught by Christ was faith.
"God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life." .
Our Savior knew that if people truly had abiding faith in Him they would follow Him. They would love Him and obey all His teachings.
"He that believeth on me, the works that I do shall he do also." .
"If a man love me, he will keep my words." .
REPENTANCE NECESSARY.
Another commandment taught by Christ was that of repentance. True repentance is sorrow for sins and a turning away from them. The first words recorded of the Savior's preaching were:
"Repent: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand." .
Deep humility always accompanies true faith and repentance. Without it men cannot be saved.
"Whosoever shall not receive the Kingdom of God as a little child shall in no wise enter therein." .
In the days of Christ's ministry, those who believed on Him and sincerely repented of their sins were then ready to receive the next ordinance of the Gospel. They were humble and willing to obey.
BAPTISM.
Christ was baptized Himself. He told John it was necessary for Him "to fulfill all righteousness." He taught that it was necessary for all men to be baptized.
"Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God." .
"He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved." .
Christ's disciples also taught the same. When those who believed Peter's preaching on the day of Pentecost asked what they should do to be saved, he replied,
"Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost." .
These passages of scripture prove that Jesus and His disciples taught baptism.
THE HOLY SPIRIT.
The last passage quoted shows that the gift of the Holy Ghost was to be given to those who obeyed the principles of faith, repentance and baptism.
THE TEN COMMANDMENTS.
The teachings of the Savior show that it is necessary to observe the ten commandments given through Moses. Upon one occasion a man asked what good thing he should do to gain eternal life. Jesus replied, "Keep the commandments," and then named some of them. .
OTHER COMMANDMENTS.
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