A New Witness for God is a three volume treatise by B. H. Roberts, one of the leaders in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, who wrote this work as a recapitulation of 75 years of the existence of "Mormonism" and "Mormon Church." The author's purpose was to prove that the world was in need of a new God's witness, and that Joseph Smith, a great modern prophet, was that witness. Dividing the work in thesis he firstly proves that the world was in necessity of a New Witness; then moves on to the state of the Christian church and how it was destroyed and there was an apostasy from the Christian religion; third thesis deals with the Scriptures declaring that the Gospel will be restored to the Earth; final thesis suggest that Joseph Smith is the New Witness for God who re-established the Church of Jesus Christ on Earth. Following these theses is the study of the Book of Mormon.

Example in this ebook Three quarters of a century have passed away since Joseph Smith first declared that he had received a revelation from God. From that revelation and others that followed there has sprung into existence what men call a new religion—"Mormonism;" and a new church, the institution commonly known as the "Mormon Church," the proper name of which, however, is THE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER-DAY SAINTS. Though it may seem a small matter, the reader should know that "Mormonism" is not a new religion. Those who accept it do not so regard it; it makes no such pretentions. The institution commonly called the "Mormon Church," is not a new church; it makes no such pretensions, as will be seen by its very name—the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. This of itself discloses what "The Mormon Church" claims to be—the Church of Jesus Christ; and to distinguish it from the Church of Jesus Christ that existed in former days, the phrase "of Latter-day Saints" is added. "Mormonism," I repeat, is not a new religion; it is the Old Religion, the Everlasting Gospel, restored again to the earth through the revelations received by Joseph Smith. At a glance the reader will observe that these claims in behalf of "Mormonism" pre-suppose the destruction of the primitive Christian Church, a complete apostasy from the Christian religion; and hence, from the standpoint of a believer, "Mormonism" is the Gospel of Jesus Christ restored; and the institution which grows out of it—the church—is the Church of Jesus Christ re-established among men. During the three quarters of a century that have elapsed since the first revelation was announced by Joseph Smith, the world has been flooded with all manner of rumors concerning the origin of "Mormonism," its doctrines, its organization, its purposes, its history. Books enough to make a respectable library, as to size, have been written on these subjects, but the books, in the main, are the works of avowed enemies, or of sensational writers who chose "Mormonism" for a subject because in it they supposed they had a theme that would be agreeable to their own vicious tastes and perverted talents, and give satisfactory returns in money for their labor. This latter class of writers have not only written without regard to truth, but without shame. They are ghouls who have preyed upon the misfortunes of an unpopular people solely for the money or notoriety they could make out of the enterprise. That I may not be thought to overstate the unreliability of anti-Mormon literature, I make an excerpt from a book written by Mr. Phil Robinson, called Sinners and Saints. Mr. Robinson came to Utah in 1882 as a special correspondent of The New York World, and stayed in Utah some five or six months, making "Mormonism" and the Latter-day Saints a special study. On the untrustworthiness of the literature in question, he says: "Whence have the public derived their opinions about Mormonism? From anti-Mormons only. I have ransacked the literature of the subject, and yet I really could not tell anyone where to go for an impartial book about Mormonism later in date than Burton's 'City of the Saints,' published in 1862. * * * But put Burton on one side, and I think I can defy any one to name another book about the Mormons worthy of honest respect. From that truly awful book, 'The History of the Saints,' published by one Bennett (even an anti-Mormon has styled him 'the greatest rascal that ever came to the West,') in 1842, down to Stenhouse's in 1873, there is not to my knowledge a single Gentile work before the public that is not utterly unreliable from its distortion of facts. Yet it is from these books—for there are no others—that the American public has acquired nearly all its ideas about the people of Utah." To be continue in this ebook

Example in this ebook The following work was begun twenty-two years ago, in England, when the author was in that land on a Mission, as assistant Editor of the Latter-day Saints' Millennial Star. It was the author's design then to make the treatise on the Book of Mormon the first volume under the general title "New Witnesses for God"; but after some progress in collecting and arranging the materials had been made, the thought occurred to him that the Prophet Joseph Smith in chronological order, if not in importance, preceded the Book of Mormon in the introduction of God's Witnesses in this last and great dispensation. The materials of this work, therefore, so far as they had been collected, were laid aside and work was begun on the treatise of Joseph Smith as a Witness for God; which, however, because of many other demands upon the author's time, was not published until 1895. Meantime work was continued from time to time upon the treatise of the Book of Mormon; and in 1903-4-5, the materials were used, substantially as in their present form, as Manuals for the Senior Classes of the Young Men's Mutual Improvement Associations. The work has undergone a thorough revision at the hands of the author, and is now to take the place in his writings designed for it so long ago. While the coming forth of the Book of Mormon is but an incident in God's great work of the last days, and the book itself subordinate to some other facts in that work, still the incident of its coming forth and the book are facts of such importance that the whole work of God may be said, in a manner, to stand or fall with them. That is to say, if the origin of the Book of Mormon could be proved to be other than that set forth by Joseph Smith; if the book itself could be proved to be other than it claims to be, viz., and chiefly, an abridged history of the ancient inhabitants of America, a volume of scripture containing a message from God to the people to whom it was written—"to the Lamanites [American Indians], who are a remnant of the house of Israel; and also to Jew and Gentile; written by way of commandment, and also by the spirit of prophecy and revelation"—if, I say, the Book of Mormon could be proved to be other than this, then the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and its message and doctrines, which, in some respects, may be said to have arisen out of the Book of Mormon, must fall; for if that book is other than it claims to be; if its origin is other than that ascribed to it by Joseph Smith, then Joseph Smith says that which is untrue; he is a false prophet of false prophets; and all he taught, and all his claims to inspiration and divine authority, are not only vain but wicked; and all that he did as a religious teacher is not only useless, but mischievous beyond human comprehending. Nor does this statement of the case set forth sufficiently strong the situation. Those who accept the Book of Mormon for what it claims to be, may not so state their case that its security chiefly rests on the inability of its opponents to prove a negative. The affirmative side of the question belongs to us who hold out the Book of Mormon to the world as a revelation from God. The burden of proof rests upon us in every discussion. It is not enough for us to say that if the origin of the Book of Mormon is proved to be other than that set forth by Joseph Smith; if the book itself be proved to be other than it claims to be, then the institution known as "Mormonism" must fall. We must do more than rest our case on the inability of opponents to prove a negative. To be continue in this ebook

"Systematic Theology" in 3 volumes is one of the best-known works by the American Baptist minister and theologian Augustus Hopkins Strong. Excerpt: "Under the influence of Ritschl and his Kantian relativism, many of our teachers and preachers have swung off into a practical denial of Christ's deity and of his atonement. We seem upon the verge of a second Unitarian defection that will break up churches and compel secessions, in a worse manner than did that of Channing and Ware a century ago. American Christianity recovered from that disaster only by vigorously asserting the authority of Christ and the inspiration of the Scriptures. We need a new vision of the Savior like that which Paul saw on the way to Damascus and John saw on the isle of Patmos, to convince us that Jesus is lifted above space and time, that his existence antedated creation, that he conducted the march of Hebrew history, that he was born of a virgin, suffered on the cross, rose from the dead, and now lives forevermore, the Lord of the universe, the only God with whom we have to do, our Savior here and our Judge hereafter. Without a revival of this faith our churches will become secularized, mission enterprise will die out, and the candlestick will be removed out of its place as it was with the seven churches of Asia, and as it has been with the apostate churches of New England." Contents: Idea of Theology Method of Theology The Existence of God Origin of Our Idea of God's Existence Corroborative Evidences of God's Existence The Scriptures A Revelation from God The Nature, Decrees, and Works of God The Attributes of God Doctrine of the Trinity The Decrees of God The Works of God Anthropology, Or the Doctrine of Man: The Original State of Man Sin, Or Man's State Of Apostasy Soteriology Christology The Reconciliation of Man to God Ecclesiology, Or the Doctrine of the Church Eschatology...

The Secret Doctrine is one of the most influential esoteric and occult books of all time. In the first part of the book the author explains the origin and evolution of the universe itself, in terms derived from the Hindu concept of cyclical development. While in the second part she describes the origins of humanity through an account of "Root Races" said to date back millions of years.

The Collected Works of Witness Lee, 1994-1997, volume 3, contains messages given by Brother Witness Lee from June 2, 1995, through June 26, 1996. During the entire period of 1994 until his death in 1997, Brother Lee ministered in Anaheim, California. The contents of this volume are divided into thirteen sections, as follows: 1. A message given on June 2, 1995. This message is included in this volume under the title Applying the Intrinsic Significance of the New Jerusalem. 2. A message given on June 24, 1995. This message is included in this volume under the title A Departing Word to the Graduates of the 1995 Full-time Training Spring Term. 3. A message given in Chinese on June 27, 1995. This message is included in this volume under the title The Highest Vision and Revelation. 4. Ten messages given on July 2 through 8, 1995. These messages are included in this volume under the title Pre-Meeting Fellowship on the Life-study of Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, and Song of Songs. Three of the messages were combined with other messages to form a section of seven chapters. 5. A message given on August 15, 1995. This message is included in this volume under the title Dealing with the Problem of Regionalism in the Lord's Recovery. 6. Twelve messages given on August 23 through December 13, 1995. These messages were previously published in a book entitled The Triune God's Revelation and His Move and are included in this volume under the same title. 7. Six messages given on October 3 through 5, 1995. These messages were previously published in a book entitled The Ten Great Critical "Ones" for the Building Up of the Body of Christ and are included in this volume under the same title. 8. Five messages given on November 23 through 25, 1995. These messages were previously published in a book entitled The Application of the Interpretation of the New Jerusalem to the Seeking Believers and are included in this volume under the same title. 9. Twelve messages given on December 21 through 27, 1995. These messages were previously published in a book entitled Crystallization-study of Song of Songs and are included in this volume under the same title. 10. Three messages given on January 23 through June 24, 1996. These messages are included in this volume under the title Co-workers' Meetings in Anaheim. 11. Five messages given on February 16 through 19, 1996. These messages were previously published in a book entitled The Organic Aspect of God's Salvation and are included in this volume under the same title. 12. Seventeen messages given on February 21 through June 26, 1996. These messages were previously published in a book entitled The God-man Living and are included in this volume under the same title. 13. Five messages given on March 13 through May 1, 1996. These messages are included in this volume under the title Pre-meeting Fellowship on the God-man Living.

The Collected Works of Witness Lee, 1988, volume 3, contains messages given by Brother Witness Lee from April 18 through September 18, 1988. In the first few days of April Brother Lee visited San Jose, California, for two days, and in the second week of April he flew to Taipei, Taiwan, and remained there until early June. He returned to Anaheim, California, and remained there through the third week of July. In the remaining days of July he visited a number of cities in the California Bay Area, including Berkeley, Hayward, San Jose, Los Altos, and San Francisco. In early August he visited Spokane, Washington, and at the end of August he visited Seattle, Washington. In the last few days of August he visited Alhambra, California, and in September he traveled to Cleveland, Ohio, and Atlanta, Georgia. The contents of this volume are divided into seventeen sections, as follows: 1. Two messages given in Taipei, Taiwan, on April 18 and 25. These messages are included in this volume under the title The Proper Learning and Desire for the Practice of the New Way. 2. A message given in Taipei, Taiwan, on April 27. This message is included in this volume under the title The Reason for Changing the System and the Practice of the New Way. 3. Three messages given in Anaheim, California, on July 8 and 9. These messages were previously published in a book entitled A Timely Word and are included in this volume under the same title. Chapters 2 and 3 were included as chapters 4 and 5 in Elders' Training, Book 9: The Eldership and the God-ordained Way (1) and also appear in The Collected Works of Witness Lee, 1986, volume 3, in a section with the same title. 4. Three messages given in Berkeley, California, on July 22 through 24. These messages were previously published in a book entitled Our Urgent Need--Spirit and Life and are included in this volume under the same title. 5. Seven messages given in Berkeley and Hayward, California, on July 22 through 25. These messages are included in this volume under the title The Local Churches and the Body of Christ. 6. A message given in San Francisco, California, on July 30. This message was previously published in a booklet entitled Treasuring the Teenage Years for the Lord and is included in this volume under the same title. 7. Four messages given in San Jose and San Francisco, California, on July 26 through 31. These messages were translated from Chinese and are included in this volume under the title The Apostles' Relationship with the Churches and Their Perfecting of the Saints. 8. A message given in San Jose, California, on July 27. This message is included in this volume under the title The Need for Revival in the Lord's Recovery through Prayer. 9. Six messages given in Los Altos, San Jose, and San Francisco, California, on July 27 through 31. These messages are included in this volume under the title Building Up the Body in Oneness. Two of the messages were combined into one chapter. 10. Eleven messages given in Spokane, Washington, on August 5 through 7. They are included in this volume under the title Being Perfected to Build Up the Body of Christ. 11. A message given in Seattle, Washington, on August 18. This message is included in this volume under the title Being Trained in Our Character, Our Experience of Life, Our Knowledge of the Truth, and Our Skill of Shepherding to Gain People for the Building Up of the Body of Christ. 12. Five messages given in Seattle, Washington, on August 18 through 21. These messages were previously published in a book entitled The Body of Christ and are included in this volume under the same title. 13. Two messages given in Alhambra, California, on August 27 and 28. These messages were translated from Chinese and are included in this volume under the title The Salvation of the Lamb and the Dove. 14. Three messages given in Cleveland, Ohio, on September 2 through 5. They are included in this volume under the title Caring for the Church according to the New Way in the Organic Union with the Lord. 15. Five messages given in Cleveland, Ohio, on September 2 through 5. These messages were previously published in a book entitled The Organism of the Triune God in the Organic Union of His Divine Trinity and are included in this volume under the same title. 16. Two messages given in Atlanta, Georgia, on September 16 and 18. They are included in this volume under the title Cooperating with the Lord to Carry Out the Scriptural Way of Meeting and Serving for the Building Up of the Body of Christ. 17. Four messages given in Atlanta, Georgia, on September 16 through 18. These messages were previously published in a book entitled The Building Up of the Body of Christ and are included in this volume under the same title.

The Collected Works of Witness Lee, 1991-1992, volume 3, contains messages given by Brother Witness Lee from March 9, 1992, through April 19, 1993. Brother Lee ministered in Anaheim, California, from the beginning of 1992 until the end of the third week in May 1992. From there he traveled to Irving, Texas, for the Memorial Day weekend conference. He returned to Anaheim and remained there until the beginning of September, at which time he visited Seattle, Washington, for a weekend conference. He then returned to Anaheim and remained there until the end of the third week in November. During the last week in November he traveled to in Atlanta, Georgia, for the Thanksgiving weekend conference, after which he returned to Anaheim and remained there until early September 1993. The contents of this volume are divided into eleven sections, as follows: 1. Thirteen messages given in Anaheim, California, on March 9 through September 22, 1992. These messages are included in this volume under the title Elders' and Co-workers' Meetings in Anaheim. 2. Twenty-eight messages given in Anaheim, California, on April 5 through November 22, 1992. These messages are included in this volume under the title Various Anaheim Meetings. 3. Three messages given in Anaheim, California, on May 15 and 16, 1992. These messages are included in this volume under the title Caring for the Church by Taking the God-ordained Way to Contact People. 4. Five messages given in Irving, Texas, on May 23 through 25, 1992. These messages were previously published in a book entitled The Satanic Chaos in the Old Creation and the Divine Economy for the New Creation and are included in this volume under the same title. 5. A message given in Irving, Texas, on May 25, 1992. This message is included in this volume under the title The Overcomers, the Situation on the Earth Today, and the Present Need in Russia. 6. A message given in Irving, Texas, on May 26, 1992. This message is included in this volume under the title Overcoming to Conquer the Satanic Chaos in the Old Creation and Accomplish the Divine Economy for the New Creation. 7. Two messages given in Anaheim, California, on June 20 and August 17, 1992. These messages are included in this volume under the title The Purpose and Content of the Full-time Training. 8. A message given in Anaheim, California, on July 4, 1992. This message is included in this volume under the title Being Refined and Purified and Practicing the God-ordained Way. 9. Two messages given in Anaheim, California, on July 6 and 7, 1992. These messages are included in this volume under the title Knowing the Ground of the Oneness of the Church to Be the Testimony of the Church's Oneness. 10. A message given in Anaheim, California, on August 2, 1992. This message is included in this volume under the title All Saints Needing to Learn to Prophesy in the Meetings. 11. Twenty-five messages given in Anaheim, California, on August 18, 1992, through April 19, 1993. These messages were previously published in a book entitled Fellowship concerning the Urgent Need of the Vital Groups and are included in this volume under the same title.

The Collected Works of Witness Lee, 1990, volume 3, contains messages given by Brother Witness Lee from August 15 through November 24, 1990. Brother Lee remained in Anaheim, California, from the first part of May until the end of the third week in August. During that time he visited Long Beach, California. At the end of August Brother Lee visited San Francisco, San Jose, and Berkeley, California. In early September he returned to Anaheim and remained there until the middle of October. During that period he briefly visited San Diego and San Bernardino, California. In the middle of October Brother Lee traveled to the Far East and remained there until the first part of November. During that period he visited Taipei, Taiwan, and then Kota Kinabalu, Sibu, Kuching, and Petaling Jaya, Malaysia. In the middle of November he returned to Anaheim and remained there until the end of the year. The contents of this volume are divided into ten sections, as follows: 1. Six messages given in Anaheim, California, on August 15 through September 26. These messages were previously published in a book entitled The Prophecy of the Four "Sevens" in the Bible and are included in this volume under the same title. 2. Ten messages given in San Francisco, San Jose, and Berkeley, California, on August 24 through September 2. They were previously published in a book entitled The Economy and Dispensing of God and are included in this volume under the same title. Chapters 1 through 4 and 6 were spoken in Chinese. 3. Four messages given in San Francisco and Berkeley, California, on August 26 through September 3. They are included in this volume under the title Fellowship with the Church in San Francisco, California, and with the Young People, the College Students, and the Church in Berkeley, California. 4. A message given in Berkeley, California, on September 2. This message was previously published in a booklet entitled God, Education, and Character. It is included in this volume as chapter 2 of Fellowship with the Church in San Francisco, California, and with the Young People, the College Students, and the Church in Berkeley, California. Therefore, it is not reprinted in this section. 5. Two messages given in Berkeley, California, on September 2 and 3. They are included in this volume under the title Fellowship with the Elders concerning Carrying Out the Lord's New Way and Keeping the Oneness and One Accord in the Church. The two messages were combined into one chapter. 6. Four messages given in San Diego and San Bernardino, California, on September 15 through 23. These messages were previously published in a book entitled The Divine Dispensing for the Divine Economy and are included in this volume under the same title. 7. A message given in San Bernardino, California, on September 22. This message was previously published in a book entitled The Basic Principles for the Practice of the God-ordained Way and is included in this volume under the same title. 8. Ten messages given in Taipei, Taiwan, on October 14 through 22. These messages were previously published in Chinese and English in a book entitled The Vision of the Divine Dispensing and Guidelines for the Practice of the New Way and are included in this volume under the same title. 9. Seventeen messages given in Chinese in Kota Kinabalu, Sibu, Kuching, and Petaling Jaya, Malaysia, on October 24 through November 5. These messages were previously published in Chinese and English in a book entitled A Deeper Study of the Divine Dispensing and are included in this volume under the same title. 10. Seven messages given in Chinese in Kota Kinabalu, Kuching, and Petaling Jaya, Malaysia, on October 24 through November 6. These messages were previously published in Chinese and English in a book entitled The Up-to-date Presentation of the God-ordained Way and the Signs concerning the Coming of Christ and are included in this volume under the same title. 11. Five messages given in Anaheim, California, on November 22 through 24. They are included in this volume under the title The Divine Dispensing of the Divine Trinity for the Church as the Body of Christ.

The Wreck of the Grosvenor is a gripping adventure novel that features the life on a trading ship during its journey across the Atlantic. As the "Grosvenor" makes headway there are rumblings among the crew with each passing day. Things rapidly reach boiling point, the mutiny takes place and the only one who seems to be able to rise to the occasion is the second officer Edward Royle, who will make an attempt to save the lives of the innocent from that chaos.