Defense of the Faith and the Saints (Volume 2 of 2)
BY B. H. ROBERTS AUTHOR OF The Gospel Outlines of Ecclesiastical History New Witness for God Mormon Doctrine of Deity Etc., Etc.
VOLUME II.
Salt Lake City 1912
No word of Preface is necessary to this Volume, except to say that in presenting it to his readers, the author feels that that he is fulfilling a promise made to them when Volume I of the series was issued.
A word of explanation will be found as an introduction to each subdivision of the book, which excludes the necessity of making any reference to such subdivisions in this General Forward.
THE AUTHOR.
Salt Lake City, January, 1912.
Foreword.
The Appearing of Moroni.
The Book of Mormon.
Description of the Nephite Record.
By Theodore Schroeder.
B. H. Roberts
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
SOLOMON SPAULDING AND HIS FIRST MANUSCRIPT.
SPAULDING'S REWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT.
ERRONEOUS THEORIES EXAMINED.
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.
RIGDON VISITS SMITH BEFORE MORMONISM.
THE CONVERSION OF PARLEY P. PRATT.
RIGDON'S MIRACULOUS CONVERSION.
THE PLAGIARISM CLINCHED.
FOR THE LOVE OF GOLD, NOT GOD.
CONCLUDING COMMENT.
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.
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.
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.
"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.
FOREWORD.
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FOREWORD.
FOREWORD.
III.
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