Chapter I: Front Matter

NEW WITNESSES FOR GOD

II.

THE BOOK OF MORMON

By B. H. Roberts,

Author of "The Gospel," "Outlines of Ecclesiastical History," "Mormon Doctrine of Deity," "Defense of the Faith and the Saints," "The Prophet-Teacher," etc., etc. IN THREE VOLUMES

VOL. III.

THE DESERET NEWS

Salt Lake City

1909

TABLE OF CONTENTS.

PART III. (Continued).

THE EVIDENCES OF THE TRUTH OF THE BOOK OF MORMON, (CONTINUED)

CHAPTER XXX.

Indirect External Evidences (Continued).--American Traditions 3

I. The Signs of Messiah's Birth

II. The Signs of Messiah's Death

CHAPTER XXXI.

Indirect External Evidences--American Traditions (Continued)

I. Messiah in the Western Hemisphere

II. The Culture-Heroes of America

III. The Peruvian Tradition of the Messiah

IV. Topilitzen Quetzalcohuatl

CHAPTER XXXII.

External Evidences--The Hebrew Origin of the Native American Races--Hebrew Relics

I. Garcia

II. Lord Kingsborough's Views

III. Adair's Evidences

The Discovery of Hebrew Relics

I. The Pittsfield Hebrew Parchment

11. The Newark Hebrew Tablet

CHAPTER XXXIII.

The Discovery of Relics Other Than Hebrew

I. Cincinnati Gold Plate

II. The Kinderhook Plates

III. The Tuccabatchey Plates

CHAPTER XXXIV.

External Evidence--Minor Coincidences--Race Unity

I. Central and Western New York an Ancient Battle Field

II. Miscellaneous Book of Mormon Historical Incidents and Nephite Customs Found in the Native American Traditions

III. Human Sacrifices. Cannibalism

IV. Burying the Hatchet

V. Hagoth's Marine Migrations Preserved in Native Legends

VI. Native American Race Unity

VII. Did the Book of Mormon Antedate Works in English on American Antiquities Accessible to Joseph Smith and His Associates

VIII. The Value of the Evidence Supplied by American Antiquities

CHAPTER XXXV.

External Evidences (Continued).--Evidence of the Bible

I. The Place of the Patriarch Joseph in Israel.--The Promises to Him and His Seed

II. The Prophecies of Isaiah on the Coming Forth of the Book of Mormon 109

III. The Prophecy of Messiah in Relation to "Other Sheep" than Those in Palestine that Must Hear His Voice

CHAPTER XXXVI.

External Evidences (Continued.)--The Evidence of the Church to the Book

CHAPTER XXXVII.

Internal Evidences--The Book of Mormon, in Style and Language, is Consistent with the Theory of its Construction

I. Of the Unity and Diversity of Style

II. Characteristics of an Abridgement

III. Originality in Book of Mormon Names

IV. Of the Nephite Custom in Naming Cities and Provinces Being Ancient 139

V. Of the Nephites, Like the Jews, Being a Mononymous People

CHAPTER XXXVIII.

Internal Evidences (Continued).--The Book of Mormon Forms of Government Consistent with the Times and Circumstances under which they Existed

I. Monarchies

II. Reign of the Judges--Republic

III. Ecclesiastical Government

IV. The Events to which Importance is Given in the Book of Mormon are in Harmony with the Character of the Writers

V. Complexity in the Structure of the Book of Mormon in Harmony with the Theory of its Origin

CHAPTER XXXIX.

Internal Evidences (Continued).--The Originality of the Book of Mormon an Evidence in Support of its Claims

I. Originality of Structure

II. Originality in Names

III. In the Manner of its Coming Forth

IV. Its Accounting for the Peopling of America

V. The Nativity of Ancient American Peoples

VI. Accounting for the Existence of Christian Ideas in America

CHAPTER XL.

Internal Evidences (Continued).--The Originality of the Book of Mormon an Evidence in Support of its Claims. (Continued)

VII. The Fall of Adam--The Purpose of Man's Earth Existence--Adam fell that men might be; Man an Immortal Spirit; Men are that they might have joy...

VIII. The Agency of Man

IX. The Atonement

X. The Doctrine of Opposite Existences

CHAPTER XLI.

Internal Evidences (Continued).--The Evidence of Prophecy:

I. A Testimony Shall be Given by the Holy Ghost....

II. "They Shall Have the Gift and Power of the Holy Ghost."

III. "Three Witnesses" Shall Behold the Book "By the Gift and Power of God."

IV. The Blood of Saints Shall Cry from the Ground

V "Because My Word Shall Hiss Forth, Many Shall say 'A Bible! A Bible'" 153

VI. The Lost Books of the Bible

VII. No Gentile Kings in America

CHAPTER XLII.

Internal Evidences (Continued.)--The Evidence of Prophecy (Continued) 281

I. Many Shall Believe the Words of the Book

II. The Book of Mormon to be Taken to the American Indians

III. The Jews Shall Begin to Believe in Christ, and to Gather to Their Lands

IV. The Work of the Lord to Commence Among all Nations to Bring About 'the Restoration of His People Israel, and a Universal Reign of Peace and Righteousness

V. The Sign of the Modern World's Awakening

VI. Conditional Prophecies--The Evidence of Things Worthy of God to Reveal

CHAPTER XLIII

Internal Evidences (Continued).--The Spirit of the Book

I. The Poetry the Book of Mormon has Inspired

II. Summary of Internal Evidences

PART IV.

OBJECTIONS TO THE BOOK OF MORMON.

CHAPTER XLIV.

Counter Theories of Origin

I. Alexander Campbell's Theory

II. The Spaulding Theory of Origin

III. The Sidney Rigdon Theory

IV. I. Woodbridge Riley's Theory of the Origin of the Book of Mormon

CHAPTER XLVI.

(Erratum.--The numeral II is repeated in this chapter, as also in this table in order to correspond with the number in the chapter.)

Objections to the Book of Mormon

I. Errors in Style and Grammar

II. Objections Based Upon the Existence of Passages in the Book of Mormon Which Follow King James' Translation

II. Miscellaneous Objections Based on Literary Style and Language

III. The Difficulty of Passages from Isaiah Being Quoted by Nephite Writers, that Modern Bible Criticism Holds were not Written Until the Time of the Babylonian Captivity--and not Written by Isaiah at all

CHAPTER XLVII.

(Erratum.--After using numerals in this chapter from IV to VII, by an error, the printer began again at V and ran to X. There is no break in the order of the subjects, however, in the chapter, and the numerals in this table are made to correspond with those in the text.)

Objections to the Book of Mormon (Continued)

IV. Pre-Christian Era Knowledge of the Gospel

V. The Unlawfulness of Establishing the Priesthood with Others than the Tribe of Levi

VI. Nephite Knowledge of the "Call of the Gentiles."

VII. The Difficulty of the Three Days of Darkness

V. The Birth of Jesus "at Jerusalem."

VI. The Settlement of Modern Controversies

VII. The Book Contains Nothing New

VIII. Modern Astronomy in the Book

IX. The Geography of the Book

X. Of the Objection that the Transcript of Characters Made from the Nephite Plates by Joseph Smith, Bear no Resemblance to the Hieroglyphics and Language Characters Discovered in Central America on Stone Tablets, Maya Books and Mexican Picture Writing

CHAPTER XLVIII

Objections to the Book of Mormon (Continued)

I. Alleged Plagiarisms of Historical and Biblical Events.

II. The Absence of Book of Mormon Names Both of Places and Persons in Native American Language

III. Nephi's Temple

IV. The Difficulty of Iron and Steel Among the Nephites

V. The Horse and Other Domestic Animals of the Book of Mormon

VI. The Barges of the Jaredite Colony

VII. The Marvels of Liahona--"Compass."

VIII. The Weight of the Plates

VIII. The Death of Shiz

IX. Concluding Reflections