7. D. & C. 77:12. 8. Ib. 19:16-19. Such was the mission of him concerning whom Nephi of old prophesied: "And he cometh into the world that he may save all men if they will hearken unto his voice; for behold, he suffereth the pains of all men, yea, the pains of every living creature, both men, women, and children, who belong to the family of Adam. And he suffereth this that the resurrection might pass upon all men, that all might stand before him at the great and judgment day." (2 Nephi 9:21, 22.) 9. Jacob 5:3. 10. John 10:16. 11. Matt. 15:24. 12. Nevertheless, it was all the work of the Lord; for those evangels were his servants, his messengers, clothed with his authority and acting in his name and stead. The subordinate is swallowed up in the principal. It is the general of an army who wins victory or suffers defeat, though millions of soldiers may have been fighting under his direction. The Roman myrmidons who nailed Jesus to the cross were not so much to blame for the cruel deed, as were Pilate, the Procurator, who permitted, nay, ordered it to be done, and the Jewish Rabbis who instigated the "judicial murder" of the sinless Son of God. 13. 3 Nephi 15:21-24. 14. Ib. 16:1-3. 15. Matt. 26:26-28. Compare 3 Nephi 18:1-7. 16. 2 Peter 1:20. 17. A fact sufficient, of itself, to show that the Church was in an apostate condition. 18. Too much reliance upon either the literal or the figurative in language, is apt to be misleading. An attendant in an art gallery or other public place where statues or paintings are on exhibit, might point out one and say to the visitor: "That is Caesar" or "That is Washington;" but the one addressed would not be likely to infer that Caesar or Washington was there in actual flesh and blood, or that the attendant meant to be so understood. Nor would the visitor need to be told that the statue or the painting represented the original. Such an explanation would be superfluous. The form of the Savior's instruction on the Sacrament--assuming that the correct translation has come down to us--may be accounted for in like manner. He knew that his disciples would understand him--and they did. They were not dependent upon the letter alone; the interpreting Spirit was with them to give it life. 19. D. & C. 27:2-5. 20. Acts 1:10, 11. 21. "Mediation and Atonement," p. 76. ARTICLE TWENTY-ONE. The Special Witnesses.