Produced by the Mormon Texts Project, http://bencrowder.net/books/mtp. Volunteers: Stephen Bruington, Benjamin Bytheway, Hilton Campbell, Michael Cleverly, Stephen Cranney, Ben Crowder, Tom DeForest, Cameron Dixon, Eric Heaps, Jason Hills, Tod Robbins. AN EXAMINATION INTO AND AN ELUCIDATION OF THE GREAT PRINCIPLE OF THE MEDIATION AND ATONEMENT OF OUR LORD AND SAVIOR JESUS CHRIST. BY PRESIDENT JOHN TAYLOR. "Wherefore the fruit of thy loins shall write, and the fruit of the loins of Judah shall write; and that which shall be written by the fruit of thy loins, and also that which shall be written by the fruit of the loins of Judah, shall grow together unto the confounding of false doctrines, and laying down of contentions."--Gen., 1, 31, Inspired Translation. "For I command all men, both in the east and in the west, and in the north and in the south, and in the islands of the sea, that they shall write the words which I speak unto them: for out of the books which shall be written, I will judge the world, every man according to their works, according that which is written. For behold, I shall speak unto the Jews, and they shall write it; and I shall also speak unto the Nephites, and they shall write it; and I shall also speak unto the other tribes of the house of Israel, which I have led away, and they shall write it; and I shall also speak unto all nations of the earth, and they shall write it. And it shall come to pass that the Jews shall have the words of the Nephites, and the Nephites shall have the words of the Jews; and the Nephites and the Jews shall have the words of the lost tribes of Israel; and the lost tribes of Israel shall have the words of the Nephites and the Jews. And it shall come to pass that my people which are of the house of Israel, shall be gathered home unto the lands of their possessions; and my word also shall be gathered in one."--2 Nephi, xxix, 11-14. SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH. DESERET NEWS COMPANY, PRINTERS AND PUBLISHERS, 1882. CONTENTS. CHAPTER I. Introductory--Christ's Testimony with regard to His Sufferings-- Christ came to do the Will of His Father--The Testimony of the Father at His Baptism and Transfiguration. CHAPTER II. The Testimony of Jesus the Spirit of Prophecy--The Declarations of the Ancient Servants of God--Extracts from the Writings and Testimonies of Moses, Job, David, Isaiah, Zechariah, Micah and Hosea, to be found in the Old Testament, with remarks. CHAPTER III. Extracts from the New Testament, touching the Personal History of the Lord Jesus Christ and the Doctrine of the Atonement--Remarks on the "Times of Refreshing"--Results accruing to the Redeemer through His Death on the Cross, etc. CHAPTER IV. Extracts from the Pearl of Great Price and Inspired Translation of Genesis--Record of Moses regarding Adam, Enoch, Noah, Abraham and Joseph, and of their Faith in the Coming of the Savior. CHAPTER V.