[17]. Matt. 27:40, 42.
[18]. Deut. 9:8-11.
[19]. Deut. 10:1-5.
[20]. Numbers 17.
[21]. The late Robert G. Ingersoll, for instance, asks where now the sword is with which the angel guarded "the tree of life" in Paradise; and then sarcastically answers his own question as follows: "Some angel has it in heaven!" Works, vol. 5, 372.
[22]. Luke 16:13, 31.
[23]. Acts 10:40-42.
[24]. John 15:26, 27.
[25]. Behold I would exhort you that when ye shall read these things, if it be wisdom in God that ye should read them, that ye would remember how merciful the Lord hath been unto the children of men, from the creation of Adam even down until the time that ye shall receive these things, and ponder it in your hearts. And when ye shall receive these things, I would exhort you that ye would ask God, the eternal Father, in the name of Christ, if these things are not true; and if ye shall ask with a sincere heart, with real intent, having faith in Christ, he will manifest the truth of it unto you, by the power of the Holy Ghost. And by the power of the Holy Ghost ye may know the truth of all things. (Moroni 10:3-5.)
[26]. See Plano edition of the above named work, 1880, note on page 91.