Publisher's Synopsis
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1887 edition. Excerpt: ...dear people! Such a Jesus could never be a reality--could only exist in the unbalanced, visionary brain of a man, or an angel who united very little judgment and common sense with an immense development of conceit and blasphemous presumption. But let us read the next paragraph. "And it came to pass that when Jesus had made an end of praying, he came again to the disciples, and said unto them, so great faith have I never seen among all the Jews; wherefore I could not shew unto them so great miracles, because of their unbelief. Verily I say unto you, there are none of them that have seen so great things as you have seen; neither have they heard so great things as ye have heard." This tells it all. The Nephites beat the Jews everywhere--they are credited with greater faith (in this case as in several others in the book, a wholly gratuitous assertion, without furnishing a single fact in evidence) and therefore permitted to witness greater exhibitions of miraculous power. And this is precisely what this chapter is trying to prove--that the Book of Mormon attempts to improve upon the Bible narrative, to present to us a more remarkable people, a stranger history, and more marvellous miracles than are found in the Bible. The faith it extols may only exist upon paper; it may be a mushroom growth, come up in a night, and disappear as suddenly--it matters not--the more unnatural the characters, and the more absurd the combinations, the better the panorama seems to suit the strange genius who inspired this book. The above statement is followed by another exhibition, a caricature of the Lord's supper. Bread and wine are furnished for the whole multitude to eat and drink--and this story is volunteered. "Now there had been no bread, ...
