Young Men's Mutual Improvement Associations Manual. 1903-1904. Subject: New Witnesses for God. Vol. II. The Book of Mormon, Parts I-III
Salt Lake City: General Board of Y.M.M.I.A. (The Deseret News), 1903. Leather. Flake-Draper 7437b, c, d. Vol. 1 - lxv, [3],143; vol. 2 - lxvii, [145]-328; vol. 3 - xxviii [18], [329] - 566 pp. 3/4 brown leather over brown cloth; spine has double gilt lines at its head and foot with 5 raised gilt bands and 5 panels with a blindstamped diamond shape in each and the spine label in read leather with gilt titles; marbled edges and plain white endsheets.
Minor repairs have been made to the leather along the spine with small pieces of new leather added near its bottom edge; hinges are slightly cracked; soiling to last pages of each part and a few markings in the first few lessons.
Though it would seem a little ironic just a few years later (when he was denied his seat in Congress), B. H. Roberts noted in 1895 that "prejudice has somewhat subsided." He felt the climate was right for thoughtful, believing Mormons to step up and "give correct information about themselves and their religion." While he had certainly put forth a lot of effort in that vein already, he was ready for another round. While he originally intended to write about the Book of Mormon he opted to address Joseph Smith first. Then, after a few years, he came back to his Book of Mormon materials and polished them up into a book-length treatment and it was adopted as curriculum. Preceding the book was a section with outlines for twenty lessons based on Roberts's work. This material would eventually be published as a regular book in 1909 after "a thorough revision at the hands of the author." A very nice presentation of this version. Condition: Very good+. Item #39475
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