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Excerpt from The Latter-Day Saints' Millennial Star, Vol. 75: May 8, 1913 First: That such a condition of general apostasy was foreseen by the apostle and prophets as recorded by their writings in the Bible. Second: That the churches of to-day do not measure up to the description of Christ's church given in holy writ, and as described by the early Christian fathers. Third: That all the different contending Christian creeds cannot be right, else Christ becomes the author of confusion, and as He says, A house divided against itself cannot stand, so all the different and conicting creeds cannot expect to stand. Fourth: That it was predicted that God would restore His gospel and that, too, after the time John, the Beloved, was on the Isle of Patmos. Fifth That the claims of Joseph Smith are not out of keeping with scripture, and that the church so often ascribed to his founding bears the marks of the original institution, together with all the gifts and blessings that were enjoyed by former-day saints. Sixth: That the teachings of the Church to-day are both scrip tural and reasonable. Seventh: That a vast deal of external evidence has come to light since the death of the prophet to prove his claims concerning the work which was established through him. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.