AND ALSO FROM THE BOOK OF MORMON, DOCTRINE AND WITH AN APPENDIX. ONE BY FRANKLIN D. RICHARDS, OF THE TWELVE APOSTLES OF SAID CHURCH. LIVERPOOL: PUBLISHED BY ORSON. PRATT, 42, ISLINGTON. LONDON: L. D. S. BOOK DEPÔT, 35, JEWIN STREET, CITY. 1857. THEOLOGICAL LIBRARY FEB 1 7 1915 ANDOVER THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY 265,724 LIVERPOOL: PRINTED BY R. JAMES, SOUTH CASTLE STREET. INTRODUCTION. The frequent call by the Elders engaged in the ministry for a Book of reference, to assist them in the selection of Scriptures which prove the truth of the Doctrines of the Latter-day Saints, first induced me to attempt the compilation of this work. Some may suppose that extracts from, and references to the Scriptures would have been quite sufficient for the information of the Elders, to enable them to meet the increasing objections which are being raised against the Latter-day Work; but it must be evident to reflecting minds, that the information contained in the works of the Church which elucidate more fully the principles of the Gospel as laid down in the Scriptures, must be of inestimable value to the Elders, enabling them the better to comprehend the principles they teach, and the flimsiness of the objections urged against them. This Compendium, containing not only the Scriptural proofs of our principles, but also corresponding passages |