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Show MOEMONISM. 345 and in truth, written by the ancient prophets that lived upon this land, and revealed in modern times by the ministering of angels, and inspiration from the Almighty. It is in the world, and the world cannot get it out of the world. It is in the world in six or seven languages of Europe. It is as important in its history as the Bible, and it is just as interesting and as necessary* for men to get an understanding, of the ancient history of America, as it is for them to get an understanding .of the history of Asia. " But are the merits of history all that it is good for ?" It is good in doctrine also. If two or more writers, one living in Asia, and the other in America, and cotempo-rary, have the same doctrine revealed to them, and both bear record of the same plan of salvation, who is he that shall say that the record of one is of no worth ? Is it not a satisfaction to sit down and read that a country far removed from Bible scenes, from that part of the stage on which figured the patriarchs of old, with Moses and the Jewish prophets, John the Baptist, Jesus Christ, and the apostles, was also the theatre of revelation, prophecy, visions, angels, of the ministration of the doctrine of Christ, of the organization and government of his true church ? that there too were angels, that there too were apostles, that there too was the word of God, that there tod faith came by hearing, and salvation by faith ? Shall we say that such things and such good news are worth nothing, when that very news corroborates the song of the heavenly hosts, when they declared to the shepherds of Judea, in joyful songs, that they ^brought glad tidings of great joy, that should be to all people! And here comes a book informing us |