[13]. Helaman, chapter 14.
[14]. Helaman, chapter 14.
[15]. This was Samuel, a prophet whom God raised up from among the Lamanites. The above prophecies were uttered about five or six years B. C.
[16]. John 10:16. For a somewhat extended discussion of this prophecy and its fulfilment see Part III this work, chapter 35.
[17]. See preface in title page of the Book of Mormon.
[18]. Life of the Master, Prologue, Rev. John Watson, (Ian Maclaren).
CHAPTER III.
THE PURPOSES FOR WHICH THE BOOK OF MORMON WAS WRITTEN.
The several purposes for which the Book of Mormon was written are to be learned from the writers of the book itself, and from the revelations of God to Joseph Smith.