The prophets of the Jewish scriptures answer the foregoing question in the affirmative. The writers of the New Testament make Christ's Atonement the principal theme of their discourses and epistles. The Book of Mormon, speaking as the voice of an entire continent of people, whose prophets and righteous men sought and found God, testifies to the same great fact, and the revelations of God as given through the Prophet Joseph Smith are replete with passages confirming this doctrine. * * * The evidence here indicated is more than sufficient, it seems to me, to establish the _fact_ of the Atonement beyond the possibility of a doubt: and if there are some things in it not yet within the scope of our comprehension, still there is sufficient foundation for our glorious hope and faith of eternal life through its power: for the evidence proving the fact of that Atonement is sufficient, wanting nothing, either in quality or quantity" "(The Gospel," Ch. ii.)] _2. The Angel's Testimony to the Atonement of Christ:_ "Joseph, thou son of David, fear not to take unto thee Mary thy wife: * * * She shall bring forth a Son, and thou shalt call his name Jesus; for he shall save his people from their sins."[A] [Footnote A: Matt. i:18, 23.] Such were the words of the angel to Joseph, the betrothed husband of Mary, the Mother of Christ. _3. John the Baptist's Testimony:_ "Behold, the Lamb of God, that taketh away the sins of the world * * * and I saw and bear record that this is the Son of God."[A] [Footnote A: St. John, Ch. i:29, 34.] Such John's testimony concerning Jesus of Nazareth, as he saw that more than Prophet coming to his baptism. _4. The Christ's Testimony to the Atonement:_ "And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of man be lifted up: That whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have eternal life. For God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved."[A] [Footnote A: St. John iii:15-17.] Such the Christ's testimony of himself. And again the Christ: "When ye have lifted up the Son of man, then shall ye know that I am he[A] [i. e., the one that taketh away the sins of men]."[B] "And I, if I be lifted up from the earth, I will draw all men unto me." This he said signifying by what death he should die."[C] [Footnote A: Ibid viii:28.] [Footnote B: Ibid, verse 24.] [Footnote C: St. John xii:32, 33.]