some that trouble you, and would pervert the gospel of Christ. But though we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel unto you than that we have preached unto you, let him be accursed. As we said before, so say I now again, If any man preach any other gospel unto you than that ye have received, let him be accursed."—Gal. 1: 6–9.
These scriptures authorize the following:
- As the inspiration from God, gave through the apostles of Christ the truth of God, an inspiration that would give anything different or additional thereto would be from the infernal regions.
- But the Book of Mormon is something additional to and different from what the apostles of Christ gave.
- Therefore, the Book of Mormon was given by inspiration from the infernal regions.
The pure gospel of Christ was delivered by the apostles and recorded in the New Testament. We are assured, however, that any production giving anything different from or additional to what the apostles gave would be a perverted gospel—would be in the sight of God as another gospel. Upon such, we are assured, the curse of God would rest. These facts authorize the following:
- The curse of God rests upon any production that contains another gospel.
- But the Book of Mormon contains another gospel.
- Therefore, the curse of God rests upon the Book of Mormon.
When a boy, like other boys, we would often have a bow and arrow, and we always wanted a string that would be secure, one that would not break. We would, hence, get a strong line, then double and twist it. Then we knew that no boy could break it. We aim to pursue that course with this line of argument against modern inspirations. We do not purpose simply to give a strong line of argument, but we expect to double and twist it, and thus give a line of argument that will
