In Defense of the Church

IN DEFENSE OF THE CHURCH. A new addition to home literature is Defense oj the Faith and the Saints, by Elder B. H. Roberts, a handsome volume of 532 pages printed in new type, on good paper, by the Deseret News. Some years ago the author announced that he would publish a "Scrap Book" to contain his miscellaneous writings in general literature. But circumstances called him to devote himself to doctrinal, defensive and historical themes rather than to fiction. These themes treated in the pulpit, or contributed to magazines and newspapers, multiplied and accumulated so that notwithstand- ing the first thought was not carried out, the scrap book idea still became a possibility, though its character was necessarily changed. Defense of the Faith and the Saints is a collection from his many arti- cles of this class, and is here presented in compact and attractive shape. The book has three parts, the first, "Position and De- fense," consists of eight papers; the second, "Book of Mormon Controversial Questions," of four; and the third, "Historical and Doctrinal Papers," also of four papers. The student of history will find in this work a broad and intelligent treatment of leading doctrinal, political and historical questions that have affected the

— : . 144 IMPRO VEMENT ERA Church in the past decade. The author calls this " Volume'One," thus indicating that other like volumes in time will probably follow.