These are the solemn questions to be considered in the next division; and it is believed by the writer that in the presentation of the evidence then to be considered, and the argument there to be made, that the importance of this merely preliminary part of the work will become more apparent. Footnotes 1. I Samuel 8:1-9 and 19-22; II Nephi 5:17, 18. 2. Mosiah 25:13. 3. Book of Jacob 1:9-11. 4. Gen. 14. In many cases these Judean "kings" ruled but a single city. 5. II Nephi 25:2. 6. I Samuel 8:7. 7. Mosiah 29. Alma 4:16. Alma 30:29. 8. Mosiah 29:28, 29 9. Alma 11:1-4. 10. Ibid. 11:7. 11. This is true not only with reference to the republic, but also with reference to the monarchy. Mosiah 29:40. Mosiah 2:12-14. Compare Alma 30:32, 33. 12. Alma 46:34, 35. Also Alma 51:15-21. 13. Alma 30:3. 14. Ibid. 11:1. 15. Ibid. 30:3; II Nephi 5:10; II Nephi 25:4, 25; Jacob 4:4, 5; Jarom 1:5; Mos. 2:3; Mos. 13:27, 35; 16:14, 15; Alma 25:14, 16_et seq_. 16. Mos. 29:11. 17. Mos. 29:11. 18. Alma 30:10, 11. 19. Joshua 24:15. 20. Alma 30:7-9. 21. IV Nephi 1:16. 22. Alma 13:12. Helaman 3:13-15. Commenting on this passage Elder Orson Pratt says: "These numerous copies of the sacred books were undoubtedly transcribed directly from, or compared with, the records on the original metallic plates." 23. I Nephi 9:10-17. Reference is made to these same prophets in Alma 33:15, Alma 34:7, Helaman 8:20, III Nephi 10:16. 24. Helaman 8:20. 25. Elder Pratt quotes Doc. and Cov., 84:11-13 in evidence. 26. Alma 30:3. 27. Ibid. 10:3. 28. II Nephi 5:26. 29. II Nephi 6:2. 30. Alma 4:20. 31. Ibid. 5:44. 32. _Dict. B. of M_., Reynolds, Art. Jesus Christ, pp. 168-169. 33. I Nephi 12:6; II Nephi 26:1, 9; Alma 16:20. 34. III Nephi 11:3-12. 35. That is, not of this fold in Palestine. 36. John 10:16. 37. Omni 1:17. 38. Mosiah 1. 39. "We know, and it is our pride to know, that man by his constitution is a religious animal; that atheism is against not only our reason, but our instincts; and that it cannot prevail long. But if, in the moment of riot, and in a drunken delirium from the hot spirit drawn out of the alemic of hell, * * * * we should uncover our nakedness by throwing off that Christian religion which has hitherto been our boast and comfort, and one great source of civilization amongst us, and among many other nations, we are apprehensive (being well aware that the mind will not endure a void) that some uncouth, pernicious, and degrading superstition might take the place of it." (Edmund Burke, _Works_, vol. III, p. 351.) 40. Enos 1:20. PART III. The Evidences of the Truth of the Book of Mormon. CHAPTER XIV. CLASSIFICATION OF EVIDENCES. The evidences to be presented for the truth of the Book of Mormon naturally separate into two great divisions, each of which will admit of a number of subdivisions. The two great divisions of the evidence are: 1. External Evidences. 2. Internal Evidences.