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Morton, William A.

 
9781331852988: Why I Believe the Book of Mormon to Be the Word of God (Classic Reprint)

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Israel from the nations of the earth, and the leading of the Ten Tribes from the land of the north; that he had seen the Prophet Elijah, and had obtained from him the keys of turning the heart of the fathers to the children, and the heart of the children to their fathers. If Joseph Smith stestimony concerning the Book of Mormon be false, then his testimony concerning all these other things may be equally false; and if so, tens of thousands of people haye been grossly deceived. But if Joseph Smith stestimony in relation to the Book of Mormon be true, then we may reasonably believe that he spoke the truth when he declared that he,had seen the Father and the Son, and also the angelic beings to whom I have referred. What will the Book of Mormon do for us? It will help us solve any theological problem that may be presented to us. By way of illustration: When I was a youth, serving an apprenticeship to the printing trade, one of the printers took delight in propounding riddles and problems to his fellow-workmen. One day he said to the other compositors: I have a new problem for you: A blacksmith had an anvil, composed of four pieces, with which he could weigh from one pound up to forty pounds. Find the weight of each piece. The printers put their heads together and in a short time the problem was solved. One piece of the anvil weighed one pound, another piece weighed three pounds, another, nine pounds, and the fourth piece, twenty-seven pounds. With these weights a person can weigh from one pound up to forty pounds. Now, once we become thoroughly convinced that the Book of Mormon is true, it will, as I have said, solve any theological problem that may confront us. Do we want knowledge concerning God, His Son Jesus Christ, and the Holy Ghost? We can get it in the Book of Mormon. Would we know concerning the pre-existence of spirits? Such knowledge may be obtained f
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