  PART III. (Continued). THE EVIDENCES OF THE TRUTH OF THE BOOK OF MORMON, (CONTINUED) Indirect External Evidences (Continued).—American Traditions 3 I. The Signs of Messiah's Birth II. The Signs of Messiah's Death Indirect External Evidences—American Traditions (Continued) I. Messiah in the Western Hemisphere II. The Culture-Heroes of America III. The Peruvian Tradition of the Messiah IV. Topilitzen Quetzalcohuatl External Evidences—The Hebrew Origin of the Native American Races—Hebrew Relics I. Garcia II. Lord Kingsborough's Views III. Adair's Evidences The Discovery of Hebrew Relics I. The Pittsfield Hebrew Parchment 11. The Newark Hebrew Tablet The Discovery of Relics Other Than Hebrew I. Cincinnati Gold Plate II. The Kinderhook Plates III. The Tuccabatchey Plates External Evidence—Minor Coincidences—Race Unity I. Central and Western New York an Ancient Battle Field II. Miscellaneous Book of Mormon Historical Incidents and Nephite Customs Found in the Native American Traditions III. Human Sacrifices. Cannibalism IV. Burying the Hatchet V. Hagoth's Marine Migrations Preserved in Native Legends VI. Native American Race Unity VII. Did the Book of Mormon Antedate Works in English on American Antiquities Accessible to Joseph Smith and His Associates VIII. The Value of the Evidence Supplied by American Antiquities External Evidences (Continued).—Evidence of the Bible I. The Place of the Patriarch Joseph in Israel.—The Promises to Him and His Seed II. The Prophecies of Isaiah on the Coming Forth of the Book of Mormon 109 III. The Prophecy of Messiah in Relation to "Other Sheep" than Those in Palestine that Must Hear His Voice External Evidences (Continued.)—The Evidence of the Church to the Book Internal Evidences—The Book of Mormon, in Style and Language, is Consistent with the Theory of its Construction I. Of the Unity and Diversity of Style II. Characteristics of an Abridgement III. Originality in Book of Mormon Names IV. Of the Nephite Custom in Naming Cities and Provinces Being Ancient 139 V. Of the Nephites, Like the Jews, Being a Mononymous People Internal Evidences (Continued).—The Book of Mormon Forms of Government Consistent with the Times and Circumstances under which they Existed I. Monarchies II. Reign of the Judges—Republic III. Ecclesiastical Government IV. The Events to which Importance is Given in the Book of Mormon are in Harmony with the Character of the Writers V. Complexity in the Structure of the Book of Mormon in Harmony with the Theory of its Origin Internal Evidences (Continued).—The Originality of the Book of Mormon an Evidence in Support of its Claims I. Originality of Structure II. Originality in Names III. In the Manner of its Coming Forth IV. Its Accounting for the Peopling of America V. The Nativity of Ancient American Peoples VI. Accounting for the Existence of Christian Ideas in America Internal Evidences (Continued).—The Originality of the Book of Mormon an Evidence in Support of its Claims. (Continued) VII. The Fall of Adam—The Purpose of Man's Earth Existence—Adam fell that men might be; Man an Immortal Spirit; Men are that they might have joy... VIII. The Agency of Man IX. The Atonement X. The Doctrine of Opposite Existences Internal Evidences (Continued).—The Evidence of Prophecy: I. A Testimony Shall be Given by the Holy Ghost.... II. "They Shall Have the Gift and Power of the Holy Ghost." III. "Three Witnesses" Shall Behold the Book "By the Gift and Power of God." IV. The Blood of Saints Shall Cry from the Ground V "Because My Word Shall Hiss Forth, Many Shall say 'A Bible! A Bible'" 153 VI. The Lost Books of the Bible VII. No Gentile Kings in America Internal Evidences (Continued.)—The Evidence of Prophecy (Continued) 281 I. Many Shall Believe the Words of the Book II. The Book of Mormon to be Taken to the American Indians III. The Jews Shall Begin to Believe in Christ, and to Gather to Their Lands IV. The Work of the Lord to Commence Among all Nations to Bring About 'the Restoration of His People Israel, and a Universal Reign of Peace and Righteousness V. The Sign of the Modern World's Awakening VI. Conditional Prophecies—The Evidence of Things Worthy of God to Reveal Internal Evidences (Continued).—The Spirit of the Book I. The Poetry the Book of Mormon has Inspired II. Summary of Internal Evidences PART IV. OBJECTIONS TO THE BOOK OF MORMON. Counter Theories of Origin I. Alexander Campbell's Theory II. The Spaulding Theory of Origin III. The Sidney Rigdon Theory IV. I. Woodbridge Riley's Theory of the Origin of the Book of Mormon (Erratum.—The numeral II is repeated in this chapter, as also in this table in order to correspond with the number in the chapter.) Objections to the Book of Mormon I. Errors in Style and Grammar II. Objections Based Upon the Existence of Passages in the Book of Mormon Which Follow King James' Translation II. Miscellaneous Objections Based on Literary Style and Language III. The Difficulty of Passages from Isaiah Being Quoted by Nephite Writers, that Modern Bible Criticism Holds were not Written Until the Time of the Babylonian Captivity—and not Written by Isaiah at all (Erratum.—After using numerals in this chapter from IV to VII, by an error, the printer began again at V and ran to X. There is no break in the order of the subjects, however, in the chapter, and the numerals in this table are made to correspond with those in the text.) Objections to the Book of Mormon (Continued) IV. Pre-Christian Era Knowledge of the Gospel V. The Unlawfulness of Establishing the Priesthood with Others than the Tribe of Levi VI. Nephite Knowledge of the "Call of the Gentiles." VII. The Difficulty of the Three Days of Darkness V. The Birth of Jesus "at Jerusalem." VI. The Settlement of Modern Controversies VII. The Book Contains Nothing New VIII. Modern Astronomy in the Book IX. The Geography of the Book X. Of the Objection that the Transcript of Characters Made from the Nephite Plates by Joseph Smith, Bear no Resemblance to the Hieroglyphics and Language Characters Discovered in Central America on Stone Tablets, Maya Books and Mexican Picture Writing Objections to the Book of Mormon (Continued) I. Alleged Plagiarisms of Historical and Biblical Events. II. The Absence of Book of Mormon Names Both of Places and Persons in Native American Language III. Nephi's Temple IV. The Difficulty of Iron and Steel Among the Nephites V. The Horse and Other Domestic Animals of the Book of Mormon VI. The Barges of the Jaredite Colony VII. The Marvels of Liahona—"Compass." VIII. The Weight of the Plates VIII. The Death of Shiz IX. Concluding Reflections |
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