The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-04-13
BOOK OF MORMON
IS TRUE HISTORY
Apostle WINS Says Document
Is Accurate and Inspired
by Heavenly Father.
is AMERICAN SCRIPTURE
SPEAKER DWELLS UPON SOUTH
AMERICAN RECORD.

Apostle Anthony w. Wins spoke at the
tabernacle yesterday afternoon His ad-
dress was on the authenticity of the Book
of Mormon. He told of many instances
which proved that the book was founded
on facts, described the ancient ruins of
Mexico and showed how they testified to
the truth of the book.
1.-THE Latter-day Saints" said Apostle
WINS, believe in God. in his power and
in his omnipotence; they believe in the
Savior Jesus Christ and that he was the
Son of God and in his mission to man
kind; they believe that the Bible is the
book of God, and in many other respects
the basic principles and the doctrines OF
the Latter-day Saints correspond to those
of the orthodox churches but in one es-
sential point they differ. The Latter-day
Saints believe that the Book of Mormon
is the word of God and we are DESTROYS
that the truth should be put before the
eyes of the people: then they would see
the reason why we believe the Book OF
Mormon to be the word of God
Apostle WINS related the history of the
book and read from its preface. He re
lated stories some of the natives of Cen
trail America had told him about their
forefathers and he said they correspond
ed exactly to what was recorded in the
book. Continuing, he said:
mo one doubts the authenticity of the
Bible; yet the evidence that the Book of
Mormon is based on facts is more direct
ana more reasonable Ind0 IUdI q! lie
Bible. 1t was written by men whose
character is unquestiOnable. This ought
to be sufficient evidence to satisfy any
judge of truth that it is the word of God
The testimony of the eleven men who
were present when the angel of God ap-
peared is only 3 small part of the testi-
mOny-I could reier you TO, yet this should
be convincing in itself.
1.-THE Book of Mormon purports to be q
history of the early inhabitants of this
continent, who lived more than LOCO years
ago. II tells the story of their wars; it
tells the story of how Christ appeared to
them after his resurrection and estab-
lished his church here. 1t tells of another
Babel and millions of their descendants
are still living in South America and /
! have met them The story they tell of
their ancestors. which has been handed
down from generation to generation. is
the same as is recorded in the Book of
Mormon
THE assertion that has been made that
it is fiction and was written as a novel
is a sadly mistaken one Any man who
would study it and read it would not con-
tradiCt the statement that it is the word
of God 1t is the American Scripture,
written upon this promised land No
church or creed can prOmulgate a set or
doctrines that is not subject to criticism
yet i'm this Book of Mormon there is not
a single fact that does not conform with
the word of God. If any person. whether
he be a believer in this faith or in some
other. read this book. | declare that he
would soon find evidence enough to con-
vince him that ii did not come from the
mind of a wicked man, as some have said.
but from the heavenly Father