One of the Twelve Apostles of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-daySaints, and
We consider the Bible, Book of Mormon, Book of Doctrine and Covenants,Pearl of Great Price and sayings of Joseph, the Seer, our guides infaith and doctrine. The first four have been adopted as such by a voteof the Saints in General Conference. Reference to other writings areonly for illustration of the subject.
We have sought to furnish the best available material for the use ofthe Elders. It is for them to seek for the wisdom of the Holy Spirit toenable them to use it with discretion.
On most of the subjects treated, only a portion of the passages thatrefer to them have been cited, but we have endeavored to use the best.We designed to make the Compendium sufficiently elaborate to give it awide range of usefulness, and, at the same time, not make it so largeas to be burdensome to the Elders who travel and preach the Gospel.Practically, we have aimed to get up a book that would contain a greatamount of information for its bulk.
The arguments on each subject are so plain and direct, that, we trust,they may be made available by the most inexperienced Elders. At thesame time, the references and citations are considered sufficientfor the more advanced student to acquire a thorough knowledge of thesubjects treated on.
The references in small type are not designed to be verbatim, butonly to embody, as near as may be, the leading idea of the passagereferred lo. They should be studied before being used. The passagesincluded within the usual quotation marks, thus, " ", are designed tobe correctly quoted, and may be used without referring to the original.
We are indebted to Elder George Reynolds for the carefully preparedChronology of the Book of Mormon. It is evidently the result of muchstudy and thought, and as such is entitled to credence.
While we have aimed at accuracy, we should be pleased to have ourfriends inform us of any material error they may discover.
We expect our labors will elicit some criticism, but we trust thethoughtful and experienced will allow much for the complicatedcharacter of the work.
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