This is a copy of the first edition of the Book of Mormon published in Palmyra, New York, by the E. B. Grandin Company.
This edition contains all of the original misspellings, lack of punctuation, and the explanation of the “lost” 116 pages of the Book of Lehi. The purposes of the Book of Mormon are: 1. To bear record of Christ, certifying in plainness and with clarity of His Divine Sonship and mission, proving irrefutably that He is the Redeemer and Savior; 2. To teach the doctrines of the gospel in such a pure and perfect way that the plan of salvation will be clearly revealed; and 3. To stand as a witness to all the world that Joseph Smith was the Lord’s anointed through whom the foundation was laid for the great latter-day work of restoration. Anyone who will place in parallel columns the teachings of these two great books will find conclusive proof of the superiority of Book of Mormon teachings. Speaking of the doctrine of the Book of Mormon, the Prophet Joseph Smith stated it “was the most correct of any book on earth, and the keystone of our religion, and a man would get nearer to God by abiding by its precepts, than by any other book.” (Joseph Smith, History of the Church, vol. 4, page 461) On another occasion he said: “Take away the Book of Mormon and the revelations, and where is our religion? We have none.” (Joseph Fielding Smith, Teachings of the Prophet Joseph Smith, page 71) 590 pages
