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.
CHAPTER IV.
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:
[1]. See Tract No. 3, "Marks of the Church of Christ."
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?