CHAPTER I.
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.