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AN EXAMINATION INTO AND AN ELUCIDATION OF THE GREAT PRINCIPLE OF THE
MEDIATION AND ATONEMENT OF OUR LORD AND SAVIOR JESUS CHRIST.
BY PRESIDENT JOHN TAYLOR.
"Wherefore the fruit of thy loins shall write, and the fruit of the loins of Judah shall write; and that which shall be written by the fruit of thy loins, and also that which shall be written by the fruit of the loins of Judah, shall grow together unto the confounding of false doctrines, and laying down of contentions."--Gen., 1, 31, Inspired Translation.
"For I command all men, both in the east and in the west, and in the north and in the south, and in the islands of the sea, that they shall write the words which I speak unto them: for out of the books which shall be written, I will judge the world, every man according to their works, according that which is written. For behold, I shall speak unto the Jews, and they shall write it; and I shall also speak unto the Nephites, and they shall write it; and I shall also speak unto the other tribes of the house of Israel, which I have led away, and they shall write it; and I shall also speak unto all nations of the earth, and they shall write it. And it shall come to pass that the Jews shall have the words of the Nephites, and the Nephites shall have the words of the Jews; and the Nephites and the Jews shall have the words of the lost tribes of Israel; and the lost tribes of Israel shall have the words of the Nephites and the Jews. And it shall come to pass that my people which are of the house of Israel, shall be gathered home unto the lands of their possessions; and my word also shall be gathered in one."--2 Nephi, xxix, 11-14.
SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH.
DESERET NEWS COMPANY, PRINTERS AND PUBLISHERS,
1882.
CONTENTS.
CHAPTER I.
Introductory--Christ's Testimony with regard to His Sufferings-- Christ came to do the Will of His Father--The Testimony of the Father at His Baptism and Transfiguration.
CHAPTER II.
The Testimony of Jesus the Spirit of Prophecy--The Declarations of the Ancient Servants of God--Extracts from the Writings and Testimonies of Moses, Job, David, Isaiah, Zechariah, Micah and Hosea, to be found in the Old Testament, with remarks.
CHAPTER III.
Extracts from the New Testament, touching the Personal History of the Lord Jesus Christ and the Doctrine of the Atonement--Remarks on the "Times of Refreshing"--Results accruing to the Redeemer through His Death on the Cross, etc.
CHAPTER IV.
Extracts from the Pearl of Great Price and Inspired Translation of Genesis--Record of Moses regarding Adam, Enoch, Noah, Abraham and Joseph, and of their Faith in the Coming of the Savior.
Table of contents (by pages)
- 1: An Examination into and an Elucidation of the Grea
- 2: An Examination into and an Elucidation of the Grea
- 3: Though none other than the resurrected Savior
- 4: And thus it behooved Christ to suffer
- 5: And was baptized of John in Jordan
- 6: How extensively they were corroborated by the sacred records
- 7: Against the Lord and against his Anointed
- 8: And made intercession for the transgressors
- 9: In Ramah was there a voice heard
- 10: He went into the synagogue on the Sabbath day
- 11: And behold thy cousin Elisabeth
- 12: Honoreth not the Father which hath sent him
- 13: And while they abode in Galilee
- 14: Whatsoever he shall say unto you
- 15: Having committed the infamous act of crucifying Jesus
- 16: That He is the firstborn of every creature
- 17: Who is consecrated forevermore
- 18: We have fellowship one with another
- 19: And my Only Begotten is and shall be the Savior
- 20: Even the blood of mine Only Begotten
- 21: Not the Messiah who is called Shiloh
- 22: Redemption cometh in and through the Holy Messiah
- 23: Had fallen from heaven wherefore
- 24: And look forward with steadfastness unto Christ
- 25: For salvation cometh to none such
- 26: But suffereth himself to be mocked
- 27: For they are carnal and devilish
- 28: Now Amulek saith again unto him
- 29: The resurrection of Christ redeemeth mankind
- 30: And the darkness comprehendeth it not
- 31: And that he was crucified for the sins of the world
- 32: Because he received not of the fulness at the first
- 33: Previous to these acts of Abel and Cain
- 34: And Cain was very wroth and his countenance fell
- 35: But by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God
- 36: Even the murder by Cain of his brother Abel
- 37: Into the valley of Adam ondi Ahman
- 38: And pure the rest Of Adam ondi Ahman
- 39: Relating to the prophecy of Enoch
- 40: 5 'By faith Enoch was translated
- 41: The other a disembodied spirit
- 42: Enoch continued his cry unto the Lord
- 43: And the Lord showed Enoch all things
- 44: And God made a covenant with Noah
- 45: Called that Priesthood after Melchizedek
- 46: Melchizedek was a priest of this order
- 47: And notwithstanding all these miracles
- 48: And the light shineth in darkness
- 49: Which is mine Only Begotten Son
- 50: And to every thing that creepeth upon the earth
- 51: Lucifer came before the Father
- 52: Expiatory atonement to redeem man
- 53: Whom thou hast commanded in the name of mine Only Begotten
- 54: It was situated in the plains of Moreh
- 55: As follows Now the Lord had said unto Abram
- 56: For one great request which Moses and Aaron made of Pharaoh
- 57: And when he seeth the blood upon the lintel
- 58: Therefore the Levites shall be mine
- 59: That those who apostatized from the Nephites
- 60: Of this Nephi writes After I and my brethren
- 61: Wherefore the law hath become dead unto us
- 62: And after this manner did Sherem contend against me
- 63: Mosiah had a son called Benjamin
- 64: In His ministrations in the midst of the Nephites
- 65: And authority of the Priesthood
- 66: The introduction of the Aaronic Priesthood
- 67: As the great expiatory sacrifice
- 68: They prefigured His appearing and atonement
- 69: And thus it behooved Christ to suffer
- 70: For because of my transgression my eyes are opened
- 71: Could be exalted to the Godhead
- 72: Wherefore the Almighty God gave his Only Begotten Son
- 73: The Savior and Redeemer of the world
- 74: And the Son had His apparent tabernacle
- 75: But through the essence and power of the Godhead
- 76: Wanted to deprive man of his agency
- 77: Why did it need an infinite atonement
- 78: Unto the resurrection of damnation
- 79: In the blessings of His atonement
- 80: He suffereth the pains of all men
- 81: As stated by Moroni Little children cannot repent
- 82: And perfected and sanctified by the same
- 83: The Priesthood is called an everlasting Priesthood
- 84: That the Priesthood behind the veil
- 85: The same is said of Seymour Brunson
- 86: Nor doeth evil to his neighbor
- 87: Are subject to or governed by unchangeable laws
- 88: Because of those inherent principles
- 89: According to the general laws of gravitation
- 90: For intelligence cleaveth unto intelligence
- 91: The expiatory sacrifice of the Son of God
- 92: He bringeth to pass the resurrection of the dead
- 93: The Lord God placed Cherubim and the flaming sword
- 94: And mercy claimeth the penitent
- 95: Except through the atonement of Jesus Christ
- 96: He that overcometh shall inherit all things
- 97: But he that believeth not shall be damned
- 98: Abraham received the priesthood from Melchizedek
- 99: He that believeth and is baptized
- 100: Even as he ministered unto the Nephites
- 101: And whosoever will harden his heart
- 102: They prophesied of His ministry
- 103: Established orders of uninspired and unauthorized priesthood
- 104: Styling himself 'King Alexander
- 105: The priesthood of the Egyptians
- 106: Men have been ever prone to apostacy
- 107: It must be presumed this was Quetzalcoatl
- 108: The following brief extracts relating to Quetzalcoatl
