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AN EXAMINATION INTO AND AN ELUCIDATION OF THEGREAT PRINCIPLE OF THE

MEDIATION AND ATONEMENTOFOUR LORD AND SAVIOR JESUS CHRIST.

BY PRESIDENT JOHN TAYLOR.

"Wherefore the fruit of thy loins shall write, and the fruit of theloins of Judah shall write; and that which shall be written by thefruit of thy loins, and also that which shall be written by the fruitof the loins of Judah, shall grow together unto the confounding offalse 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 thenorth and in the south, and in the islands of the sea, that they shallwrite the words which I speak unto them: for out of the books whichshall be written, I will judge the world, every man according to theirworks, according that which is written. For behold, I shall speak untothe Jews, and they shall write it; and I shall also speak unto theNephites, and they shall write it; and I shall also speak unto theother tribes of the house of Israel, which I have led away, and theyshall 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 shallhave the words of the Nephites, and the Nephites shall have the wordsof the Jews; and the Nephites and the Jews shall have the words of thelost tribes of Israel; and the lost tribes of Israel shall have thewords of the Nephites and the Jews. And it shall come to pass that mypeople which are of the house of Israel, shall be gathered home untothe lands of their possessions; and my word also shall be gathered inone."—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.

CHAPTER V.

The Book of Mormon and the Atonement—Extracts from the Books of
Ether, Nephi, Mosiah, Alma, Helaman and Mormon.

CHAPTER VI.

Extracts from the Book of Doctrine and Covenants—Christ's Testimony
of Himself, of His Po

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