Description

A significant collection of talks, articles and correspondence from Mormon historian and General Authority B. H. Roberts.

Table of Contents

Editor s Introduction, ix

1. "The Tennessee Massacre," 1
2. "Justice and Mercy," 24
3. "We To-Day are Exercising the Rights of Free Men," 28
4. The Second Coming of the Messiah and Events to Precede It, 34
5. "The Church Had Held for Many Years that a Plurality of Wives was a Correct Thing," 45
6. "Elder B. H. Roberts Arraignes [sic] the Religious Congress for Its Slight," 49
7. The Roberts/Thatcher Controversy, 1895-96, 58
8. "The Justification of Faith," 74
9. On Women, 81
10. "A General Authority—Writing Church Literature," 89
11. The Missouri Persecutions, 101
12. "Brigham Young. A Character Sketch," 122
13. On the Book of Mormon, 134
14. "Revelation, Inspiration and Common Consent," 165
15. "Among the Things Important for the Saints of God to Understand," 175
16. "Why Reed Smoot Should Not be Returned to the Senate of the United States," 183
17. "Mormon View of the Atonement of Christ," 204
18. On Joseph Smith, 222
19. "Mental Effort Required to Master the Things of God," 260
20. "Revelation," 267
21. "Unity, Liberty, Charity," 272
22. "Elder B. H. Roberts Writes of 'Mormons' and Polygamy," 279
23. On the Seventy, 284
24. "Sir, We Would See Jesus," 298
25. "How Long Will Mormonism Last?," 309
26. "Man: Pre-existence of Spirits, Eternal Existence of Intelligences," 314
27. The Truth, The Way, The Life Controversy, 330
28. "My Psalm—XIX—The Revelation of God," 341
29. "What College Did to My Religion," 350
30. "Discussion with Bro Roberts Very Interesting," 358

Index, 363