It was much in this manner and for the same purpose that God dealt with his people in the eastern world; and the fact that his course with the people on the western hemisphere was substantially the same as that followed with those of the East, establishes at once his justice and mercy towards his children, and bears testimony to the great truths that indeed God is no respecter of persons, and that in every land he raises up for himself witnesses of his power and goodness. LESSON VI. SCRIPTURE READING EXERCISE. _THE ANCIENT AMERICAN SCRIPTURE--THE BOOK OF MORMON. (Continued.)_ ANALYSIS. REFERENCES. _I. The Value of the Book of Mormon (Continued.)_ 1. As Giving a Supplementary and Book of Ether, Chap. iii. a Very Definite Revelation of III Nephi--the whole Jesus Christ. book.[1] (a) To the Brother of Jared. (b) To the Nephites. 2. As Revealing Very Great and Important Doctrines.[2] (a) The Reason for Man's Fall. Y. M. M. I. A. Manual (b) The Purpose of Man's Existence. (No. 9), chap. vii. The (c) The True Immortality of whole chapter is devoted Man. to Book of Mormon Doctrines. (d) The Agency of Man. II Nephi, ii. Alma xli, (e) The Antiquity of the Gospel. vlii. (f) The Necessity of--Opposite Existences. _SPECIAL TEXT: "Do not suppose, because it has been spoken concerning restoration, that ye shall be restored from sin to happiness [while remaining in sin]. Behold I say unto you, wickedness never was happiness."_ ALMA. _NOTES._