AND

INSTRUCTION TO ALL PEOPLE;

OR, AN INTRODUCTION TO

THE FAITH AND DOCTRINE

OF THE

CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF
LATTER-DAY SAINTS.

BY PARLEY P. PRATT.

"Behold, the former things are come to pass, and new things do I declare;
before they spring forth I tell you of them."-Isaiah xlii. 9.

"Produce your cause, saith the Lord; bring forth your strong reasons
saith the King of Jacob."-Isaiah xli. 21.

FIFTEENTH (STEREOTYPED) EDITION.

LIVERPOOL:

PUBLISHED AND FOR SALE BY RULON S. WELLS,

42 ISLINGTON.

1898.

ENTERED AT STATIONERS' HALL.

The Book of Mormon-Origin of the

American Indians, etc.

CHAPTER V.

The Resurrection of the Saints, and the

Restoration of all things spoken by

the Prophets

CHAPTER VI.

The Dealings of God with all Nations, in

regard to Revelation

CHAPTER VII.

A Contrast between the Doctrine of

Christ, and the False Doctrines of

the nineteenth century

PREFACE

TO THE SECOND EUROPEAN EDITION

WHEN the following Work was first published in America, in 1837, it was but little known, and seemed to meet with little or no encouragement. Months passed away, and very few copies were sold or read. But, to the astonishment of the author, it worked itself into notice more and more, by the blessing of God, and by virtue of its own real merits; till, in two years, the first edition consisting of three thousand copies, was all sold, and many more were called for. A new edition was published in 1889, consisting of two thousand five. hundred copies: these were also disposed of. Other three editions have since been published, making in all thirteen thousand copies now disposed of, and the demand is still increasing both in America and Europe.

It has already found its way into most of