21. What are the four leading opinions in respect to church government? (Note 5). 22. What is the truth in respect of church government? (Note 5). 23. Is the Book of Mormon description of church organization more complete than that of the New Testament? Why? 24. Give an account of the organization of the church on the western hemisphere. 25. What followed the preaching of the gospel and the organization of the church on the western hemisphere? Footnotes 1. It is also called Ephrath [Ef-rath] and Ephratah [Ef-ra-tah.] It was the scene of Rachel's death and burial, the native place of Samuel's father, the residence of Boaz and Ruth, and the birthplace of David; it was also the last rallying point of the remnant of Judah after the invasion of Nebuchadnezzar. 2. Micah v: 2. 3. Luke 1:28-38. 4. Canon Farrar translates this splendid passage: "Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace among men of good will," maintaining that such is the reading of the best Mss. Dear to us as the reading in King James' translation of the Bible is, if looked upon as announcing the effect of Christianity in this world--"On earth peace among men of good will," comes more nearly to the truth than "on earth peace, good will toward men." 5. Matt. ii: 2. 6. III Nephi i: 21. 7. III Nephi i: 13. 8. III Nephi i: 15-19. 9. Matt. ii: 18. 10. Matt. ii: 23. 11. I have condensed much of the matter in the first part of this section from the learned works of D'Aubigne, Dr. Mosheim, Gibbon and Josephus, sometimes using even their phraseology without further acknowledgement than this note.--The Author. 12. Epistle to Romans i: 18-32. 13. See note 7, end of section. 14. Dr. Lardner. 15. See "The First Gospel of the Infancy," Apocryphal New Testament (Colley & Rich, publishers, Boston, 1891.) 16. Luke i. 17. Matt. iii. 18. Luke iii. 19. Matt. iii. 20. Luke iii. 21. John i:19-23. 22. The location of Bethabara is uncertain. 23. Matt. iii. 24. Matt. iii. 25. John i:33. 26. Matt. iv. 27. That is, vain fellow. 28. Doc. and Cov. lxxxiv:17-27. 29. Biblical Literature.--Kitto. 30. Matt. x. 31. Matt. x. 32. Compare Luke x with Matt. x. 33. Luke x. 34. John v. 35. John iii. 36. John iii. 37. John iv. 38. John v:24-30. 39. John v:39-47, vii:14-18. 40. John v:32-35. 41. John v:36; x:25. 42. John v:37, 39. 43. Mark xi:5. 44. Matt. iv:16-24. 45. Matt. iv:16-24. 46. Mark xii. 47. John xi. 48. Matt. ii. 49. John v:1-18. 50. John v:17, 18. 51. John xii. 52. Luke xxii. Matt. xxvi. 53. John xviii:36. 54. Luke alone calls it _Calvary_; Matthew, Mark and John call it Golgotha. They each have reference to the same place, which was known by the two different names. 55. III Nephi viii. 56. Those predictions are found in the following passages: John ii:18-22; x:17, 18; xiii:31-33. Matt. xii:38=42; xvi:21-23; xvii:1-9; Mark ix:30-32; x:32-34. 57. Matt. xxviii. 58. John xx:14-17. 59. Matt. xxviii:9. 60. Luke xxiv:13-31.