The Claims of the Book of Mormon Established--It also Defended.

              Winchester, Benjamin. “The Claims of the Book of Mormon Established—It also
Defended.” The Gospel Reflector (Philadelphia) 1, no. 6 (15 March 1841): 121–28.

THE CLAIMS OF THE BOOK OF MORMON ESTABLISHED—IT ALSO DEFENDED.

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THESE with the following, are the effects that this book was to produce: “The meek also
shall increase their joy in the Lord, and the poor among men shall rejoice in the Holy One of
Israel. For the terrible one is brought to naught, and the scorner is consumed, and all that watch
for iniquity are cut off: that make a man an offender for a word, and lay a snare for him that
reproveth in the gate, and turn aside the just for a thing of naught. Therefore, thus saith the Lord,
who redeemed Abraham, concerning the house of Jacob, Jacob shall not now be ashamed,
neither shall his face now wax pale. But when he seeth his children, the work of mine hands, in
the midst of him, they shall sanctify my name, and sanctify the Holy One of Jacob, and shall fear
the God of Israel. They also that erred in spirit shall come to understanding, and they that
murmured shall learn doctrine.” According to the above, it was to be but a little while after the
book came forth, before the terrible one [Satan] should be brought to naught. He is not yet
brought to naught; therefore, the appearing of the book was a work of as late a date as the
nineteenth century. The house of Jacob shall not now be ashamed, or in other words they will be
brought to a knowledge of the truth, and no more be degraded, cast off, or made ashamed,
because of their transgressions. This corresponds with what Ezekiel says about Israel after the
two sticks were to come [121] together.