THE VALUE OF THE BOOK OF MORMON AS A WITNESS FOR THE AUTHENTICITY AND INTEGRITY OF THE BIBLE, AND THE TRUTH OF THE GOSPEL OF JESUS CHRIST.
CHAPTER I.
The Bible in the Nineteenth Century.
CHAPTER II.
The Witness of the Western Hemisphere.
CHAPTER III.
The Purposes for Which the Book of Mormon was Written.
THE DISCOVERY OF THE BOOK OF MORMON AND ITS TRANSLATION.—MIGRATIONS, LANDS, INTERCONTINENTAL MOVEMENTS, CIVILIZATIONS, AND THE RELIGIONS OF ITS PEOPLES.
CHAPTER IV.
How Joseph Smith Obtained the Book of Mormon.
CHAPTER V.
The Translation of the Record—Martin Harris Amanuensis.
CHAPTER VI.
Translation of the Record (Continued)—Oliver Cowdery, Amanuensis.
CHAPTER VII.
The Manner of Translating the Book of Mormon.
CHAPTER VIII.
Publication of the Record.
CHAPTER IX.
An Analysis of the Book of Mormon.
CHAPTER X.
Migrations to the Western Hemisphere and the Nations that Arose from Them.
I. Jaredites—
Migration and Place of Landing.
Capital and Centers of Civilization.
Extent and Nature of Civilization.
Numbers.
Literature.
Government.
Religion.
History.
II. The Nephites.
Lehi's Colony.
Mulek's Colony.
CHAPTER XI.
Book of Mormon Lands.
CHAPTER XII.
Inter-Continental Movements of Book of Mormon People.
Nephite Movements Southward.
Nephite Movement Northward.
CHAPTER XIII.
Government and Religion Among the Nephites.
Nephite Government.
Religion.
The People of Mulek.
Government and Religion.
The Lamanites.
Civilization, Government, Religion.
EVIDENCES OF THE TRUTH OF THE BOOK OF MORMON.
CHAPTER XIV.
Classification of Evidences.
CHAPTER XV.
Direct External Evidences.
The Testimony of the Three Witnesses.
The Testimony of the Eight Witnesses.
CHAPTER XVI.
Direct External Evidences—The Three Witnesses—Subsequent Life and Testimonies.
Oliver Cowdery.
CHAPTER XVII.
Direct External Evidences—the Testimony of the Three Witnesses—Subsequent Life and Testimonies (Continued).
David Whitmer.
CHAPTER XVIII.
Direct External Evidences—Testimony of the Three Witnesses—Subsequent Life and Testimonies (Continued).
Martin Harris.
CHAPTER XIX.
Direct External Evidences—Reflections Upon the Testimonies of the Three Witnesses.
CHAPTER XX.
Direct External Evidences—Testimony of the Eight Witnesses.
Christian Whitmer.
Jacob Whitmer.
Peter Whitmer, Jr.
John Whitmer.
Hiram Page.
Joseph Smith, Sen.
Hyrum Smith.
Samuel Harrison Smith.
CHAPTER XXI.
Direct External Evidence—Reflections on the Testimony of the Eleven Witnesses.
CHAPTER XXII.
The Testimony of Incidental Witnesses.
CHAPTER XXIII.
The Probability of Joseph Smith's Story of the Origin, Translation and Final Disposition of the Plates of the Book of Mormon.
I. The Ministration of Angels is Neither Unscriptural nor Unreasonable.
II. To Believe in Media for Ascertaining Divine Knowledge is Neither Unscriptural nor Unreasonable.
III. Of Returning the Plates of the Book of Mormon to Moroni.
IV. On the Loss of One Hundred and Sixteen Pages of Manuscript, Being the Translation of the First Part of Mormon's Abridgment of the Nephite Records.
CHAPTER XXIV.
Indirect External Evidences—American Antiquities. Preliminary Considerations.
I. What the Book of Mormon Requires as to the Location and Character of the Jaredite Civilization.
II. What the Book of Mormon Requires as to the Location, Extent and Nature of the Nephite Civilization.
CHAPTER XXV.
Indirect External Evidences—American Antiquities. Preliminary Considerations (Continued).
III. Of the Probability of Intercourse Between the Eastern and Western Hemispheres During Jaredite and Nephite Times.
IV. The Western World Since the Close of the Nephite Period—The Lamanite Civilization.
V. Of the Writers on American Antiquities.
CHAPTER XXVI.
Indirect External Evidences—American Antiquities.
I. The Evidence of the Existence of Ancient Civilizations in America.
II. Chief Centers of Ancient American Civilization.
Copan.
Palenque.
CHAPTER XXVII.
Indirect External Evidences—American Antiquities (Continued).
I. Antiquity of American Ruins.
II. Successive Civilizations.
III. Peruvian Antiquities.
IV. The Mound Builders.
Summary.
CHAPTER XXVIII.
External Evidences—American Traditions and Mythologies.
I. The Creation.
II. The Flood.
CHAPTER XXIX.
Indirect External Evidences—American Traditions and Mythologies (Continued).
III. Tradition of the Tower of Babel.
IV. Migrations.
