synagogue read the lesson from the writings of Moses or from some one of the prophets, the necessity and importance of observing the law was strictly enjoined. Such was not the manner of those Nephite preachers. Their style was very modern, and the Ashdodish language used shows their author to be an ignoramus. One that knew little about either the law or the gospel.
6. The sixth fact that we cite, as a demonstration of the falsity of the Book of Mormon is, Those Nephite preachers claimed to understand the nature and design of the incarnation, the nature and extent of the atonement. Something that neither angel nor man knew till after Christ was glorified.
"And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness; God was manifest in the flesh, justified in the Spirit, seen of angels, preached unto the Gentiles, believed on in the world, received up into glory."—I. Tim. 3: 16. A mystery is a secret. Here is something that was a great secret. When unfolded it confounded the wise of earth. Of it Paul says, "Unto me, who am less than the least of all saints. is this grace given, that I should preach among the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ; And to make all men see what is the fellowship of the mystery, which from the beginning of the world hath been hid in God."—Eph. 3: 8, 9. "Now to him that is of power to establish you according to my gospel, and the preaching of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery, which was kept secret since the world began, But now is made manifest, and by the scriptures of the prophets, according to the commandment of the everlasting God, made known to all nations for the obedience of faith."—Rom. 16: 25, 26.
These statements of Paul are as positive a contradiction of the claims of those Nephite preachers as it would be possible to give in language. As to men or angels possessing the knowledge that those Nephites claimed, Peter testifies as follows: "Of which salvation the prophets have enquired and searched diligently, who prophesied of the grace that should come unto
