ARTICLES OF FAITH of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day
Saints.--Joseph Smith, 5.
NOTES TO BE REFERRED TO DAILY BY MISSIONARIES: by Prest. Francis M.
Lyman, In behalf of the Council of Twelve Apostles, 8.
THE PROPHET JOSEPH SMITH TELLS HIS OWN STORY: Joseph's First
Vision--Reception Accorded the Prophet's Statement--Angel Moroni
Visits the Prophet--The Angel Instructs the Boy--Joseph Views
the Plates--Smith Family Meet with Adversity--Prophet Seeks
Employment--Prophet Obtains the Plates--Translating the Plates
Commenced--Martin Harris Shows Characters taken from the Plates
to Learned Men--Aaronic Priesthood Received--Organization of
the Church--Removal of Church to Kirtland, Ohio--Persecution
in Missouri--Removal to Illinois--Martyrdom of Joseph and
Hyrum--Illinois Persecution and Emigration West--Early Pioneer
Days--Temples--Missionary Work--Attacks against the Book of Mormon, 11.
WHAT MORMONS BELIEVE: Epitome of the Doctrines of the Church of Jesus
Christ of Latter-Day Saints--First Principles--The Apostasy--The
Restoration--Redemption of the Dead--The Book of Mormon--Church
Government--Auxiliary Societies--Divine Authority.--By Apostle Charles
W. Penrose, 29.
SALVATION: A Dialogue Between Elder Brownson and Mr. Whitby--The Fall
and Atonement--The First Principles--Gifts of the Holy Ghost--Preaching
Without Hire--History and Organization of the Church--The Visions of
the Prophet--The Book of Mormon--Aaronic Priesthood Conferred--Brief
History of the Church--Gathering of the Saints.--By Elder John Jaques, 39.
EXCLUSIVE SALVATION: Only One Lord, One Faith and One
Baptism--Testimonies of Apostles Paul, Peter, James, Jude, and St.
John.--By Elder John Jaques, 66.
THE ONLY WAY TO BE SAVED: Obedience to First
Principles--Baptism--Immersion the Mode--Laying on of Hands--Gifts and
Blessings--Authority Necessary--Apostasy--The Restoration.--By Prest.
Lorenzo Snow, 77.
GOSPEL TO THE LIVING AND THE DEAD: Dead Preached to in the Spirit
World--Baptism for the Dead--Necessity of this Vicarious Work--Elijah
Bestows Keys for Vicarious Work.--By Prest. George Q. Cannon, 88.
JOSEPH SMITH AS A PROPHET: Predictions Uttered by Him and their Signal
Fulfillment--His Prophetic Power Established by the Scriptural Rule. A
Lectured Delivered.--By Elder Andrew Jensen, 92.
THE GOSPEL MESSAGE: An Explanation of Some of the Prominent Doctrines
of the Church--One Gospel Only--The First Principles--Baptism--Laying
on of Hands--Gifts and Miracles--Authority Necessary.--By Elder William
Budge, 119.
THE ONLY TRUE GOSPEL, OR THE PRIMITIVE CHRISTIAN FAITH: Only One True
Gospel--The First Principles--Gifts and Miracles--Authority.--By Elder
William Budge, 135.
JOSEPH THE PROPHET: The place of the Prophet as a Benefactor of
Mankind--Visions of the Prophet--Priesthood Conferred--Organization
of the Church--The New Jerusalem--Book of Abraham--Work for the Dead
Established--Summary of the Work Accomplished by the Prophet.--By Elder
B. H. Roberts, 141.
FIRST PRINCIPLES OF THE TRUE GOSPEL OF CHRIST: Is Belief
alone Sufficient--Repent or Perish--Is Baptism Essential to
Salvation--Baptism for the Dead--Object and Purpose of Baptism--Mode of
Baptism--Authority to Baptize.--By Elder J. H. Paul, 147.
ANALYSIS OF THE BOOK OF MORMON: What the Book is--How the Ancient
Plates were Transmitted--Abridgments--Plates of Ether--The Smaller
Plates of Nephi--Quotations From Isaiah.--By Elder B. H. Roberts, 154.
THE SECOND COMING OF THE MESSIAH AND EVENTS TO PRECEDE IT: The
Restoration of the Everlasting Gospel--The Coming of a Messenger--The
Coming of Elijah--The Gathering of the Saints--The Restoration of
the Gospel--The Testimony of the Three Witnesses--The Coming of the
Messenger--Elijah Comes--Keys of Gathering Restored.--By Elder B. H.
Roberts, 162.
THE CHARACTER OF THE MORMON PEOPLE: The Cause of
Misrepresentation--Mormons Wronged by a Sensational Press--Testimony of
Non-Mormon Witnesses--The Mission of the Mormon Elders--The Mountain
Meadow Massacre.--By Elder B. H. Roberts, 173.
A REJECTED MANUSCRIPT: THE OTHER SIDE: A Rejected Manuscript--Salt Lake
Valley--Social Conditions Among the Mormons--Attitude of Mormons Toward
Education--Missionary Work--Stories about the Mormons--Persecution
and Suffering--Loyalty of the Mormons--Tabernacle Choir--People of
Travel--Temple Work.--By Leon R. Ewing, 192.
{iii} RAYS OF LIVING LIGHT: Necessity of Obedience--Character of
the Godhead--The Atonement--First Principles of the Gospel--The
Gift of the Holy Ghost--Divine Authority--A Departure from the
Faith--The Restoration of the Gospel--The Book of Mormon--Modern
Revelation--Salvation for the Dead--Baptism for the Dead--Fruits of the
Gospel.--By Apostle Charles W. Penrose, 202.
A FRIENDLY DISCUSSION UPON RELIGIOUS SUBJECTS: The Godhead--The
Fall and the Atonement--Faith--Repentance--Baptism for Remission
of Sins--Holy Ghost--Laying on of Hands--Gifts of the Holy
Ghost--Authority--Offices in The Church--Apostasy--Restoration.--By
Ben. E. Rich, 263.
NIGHT OF THE MARTYRDOM: By Apostle Orson Hyde, 283.
DOCTRINE OF THE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER-DAY SAINTS. ITS FAITH
AND TEACHINGS: Faith--Repentance--Baptism--Reception of the Holy Ghost
and the Laying on of Hands--Authority--Apostasy--Restoration--Testimony
of the Three Witnesses--Prophecy of Joseph Smith, the Seer, Given in
1832--Authority.--By Elder John Morgan, 286.
THE PLAN OF SALVATION: Pre-existence--Why We are
here--Faith--Repentance--Baptism--Laying on of Hands--Future
Existence--Baptism for the Dead.--By Elder John Morgan, 306.
STATEMENT OF PROMINENT NON-MORMONS: Opinions of the Leading Statesmen
of the United States on the Edmunds Law--Gentile Opinions of the Mormon
People--Statistics of Crime and Education--Refutation of the Spaulding
Story--Judge Summer Howard on the Mountain Meadow Massacre--Rights of
Self Government.--By Elder John Morgan, 327.
JOSEPH SMITH. WAS HE A PROPHET OF GOD? AN INVESTIGATION AND
TESTIMONY: Books of the Bible Given to Meet the Special Condition
and Need of the People--Contents of the Pentateuch, the Historical
Books, the Poetical Books, the Prophetical Books--Interval of Fifty
Years--Revival of Prophecy--Restoration of the Jews--The Last
Prophets of the Old Covenant--Conclusions from the Foregoing--The
New Testament--The Four Gospels--Gospel According to Matthew,
Mark, Luke, St. John--Testimony of the Gospels--The Acts of the
Apostles--The Epistles--Prophecies of the New Testament--Difficulties
in Ascertaining the Meaning of the Scriptures--Christian Sects an
Evidence--Retrospective Evidence--Prospective Evidence--Direct
Evidence--Moral Evidence--Peculiarities of the Message--Effects of the
Doctrine--Spiritual Evidence.--By Elder J. M. Sjodahl, 350.
PIONEER SKETCHES--UTAH IN 1850: By Elder James H. Martin, in the
"Contributor," 1890, 429.
THE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER-DAY SAINTS: Its Priesthood,
Organization, Doctrines, Ordinances, and History.--By Elder John Jaques, 435.
{iv} PLAIN TALKS TO PARENTS: Paragraphs taken from the Writings of
Apostle Orson Pratt, in the "Seer." 1853. 453.
MY REASONS FOR LEAVING THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND AND JOINING THE
CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER-DAY SAINTS: Apostasy--Officers
Necessary in the Church--Gifts of the Holy Ghost--Baptism--Infant
Baptism--Baptism for the Dead--Internal Corruption of Early Christian
Church--Reformation--History of Mormon Church--Restoration--Book of
Mormon.--By R. M. Bryce Thomas, London, England, 458.
THE EARLY CHRISTIANS: Letter Written to the Emperor Trajan by Pliny the
Younger, while He was Governor of Bithynia. It is the First Connected
Account of Christ's Followers that has come to us from a Pagan source, 486.
REORGANIZATION WEIGHED: Presidency Permanency--Appointment--Revelation
on Permanent Order of Priesthood--Law of Lineage--Ordination.--By
German E. Ellsworth, 489.
A GOSPEL OUTLINE: A few of the Most Important Scriptural References
Bearing on the Gospel of Jesus Christ, Arranged in Logical Order,
and Designed to give to Missionaries--and all other Students of the
Gospel--a Working Knowledge of such Scriptural Quotations as may be
Required from the First.--By Elder Nephi Anderson, 503.
A CONTRAST BETWEEN THE DOCTRINE OF CHRIST AND THE FALSE DOCTRINES OF
THE NINETEENTH CENTURY.--By Apostle Parley P. Pratt, 517.