It has been alleged that "Mormons" do not believe the Bible; that they discard it, and substitute for it the "Book of Mormon," often spoken of as the "Mormon Bible." The Latter-day Saints, however, believe the Bible, the Jewish scriptures—the Old and New Testaments-to be the word of God; to it they appealin support of their doctrine; it is an authority with them in matters of faith and morals and church government; but they do not overlook the fact that there are errors and inaccuracies of translation in our English versions. Moreover they cannot help but know that there are omissions of whole books of scripture from the collection of books called the Bible; books written by prophets, seers, and apostles. Direct reference is made to such books in some parts of the Bible. The inaccuracies growing out of errors of translation on the one hand, and the omission of whole books of scripture from the collection on the other, with here and there parts of the sacred text designedly mutilated for sectarian purposes, render it necessary to say, in expressing their belief in the Bible, that they accept it as the word of God as far as it is a collection of sacred books, its text uncorrupted, and its translations accurate. In saying that "they also believe the Book of Mormon to be the word of God," the saints, of course, mean that it is a volume of scripture of equal authority with the Bible. Modern Christendom would have the world believe that the Bible alone contains all the revelations of God. But it is evident that not only the eastern hemisphere, but the western hemisphere also was peopled by the children of God, although the existence of the people of the western hemisphere was unknown to Europeans until a little over four hundred years ago. Here empires flourished, civilizations rose and fell, and in the course of time hundreds of millions of God's children passed away; and if we are to accept orthodox Christian views concerning revelation, they perished without a knowledge of God-without a revelation of His existence, or of His character, or attributes-or a knowledge of the gospel of Jesus Christ. "Mormonism" teaches no such narrow view of the hand dealings of God with His children on the subject of revelation. It holds that God revealed Himself to His children on the western hemisphere as well as to those on the eastern hemisphere; that He sent prophets and wise men among them, to teach them of his ways, and make known His purposes respecting them; and finally the Son of God Himself, the risen Redeemer, visited the people of the western world and made known to them the fullness of the gospel of Jesus Christ. Much of this was written down by inspired men, and when anarchy prevailed, and governments were disrupted, and civilization itself went down before the spirit of barbarism which stalked through the land, these sacred records were safely hidden up unto the Lord, to come forth under the circumstances detailed by Joseph Smith himself at page fifteen of this pamphlet. The Book of Mormon, then, is a volume of scripture; not a substitute for the Bible; not supplanting it in any sense, but is the voice of sleeping nations speaking out of the past, out of the dust of the western world, bearing witness of the same great truths of which the Bible itself speaks, testifying that the Lord is God; that Jesus is the Christ; that the gospel is the power of God unto salvation to all mankind.