A Candid Analysis of an Interesting but Much
Misunderstood Subject in History
Life and Thought

BY

ROBERT C. WEBB

"It has always been a cardinal teaching with the Latter-day
Saints, that a religion that has not the power to save people
temporally and make them prosperous and happy here, cannot
be depended upon to save them spiritually, and to exalt them
in the life to come.

TO THE ILLUSTRIOUS MEMORY OF

JOSEPH SMITH

THE MORMON PROPHET,"

who, in spite of the evil character and corrupt motives attributed to him by enemies, critics and fault-finders, stands revealed to the candid student of his career as an honest man, a deep thinker, a powerful leader, and a pre-eminent reformer, worthy to be classed with the

great men of history, and deserv

ing the respect and

at

tention of honest and in-
telligent minds