"In nothing have men so far departed from revealed truth as in their conceptions of God. Therefore, ... it pleased the Lord in these last days to open again direct communication with men, by a new dispensation of the gospel, it is not surprising that the very first revelation given was one that revealed himself and his Son Jesus Christ. A revelation which not only made known the being of God, but the kind of a being he is."
- B. H. ROBERTS -

The complete original text of Elder B. H. Roberts' monumental work "The Mormon Doctrine of Deity." With numerous scripture...

Many years ago B. H. Roberts "announc ed] what was then a list of prospective books, the writer declared his intention to publish a 'Scrap Book, ' promising that it should be a choice selection of his miscellaneous fictional] writings.... About then, however, the writer's energies began to be devoted more exclusively to doctrinal and historical themes, and one circumstance after another arose which called him to the defense of the Mormon faith and the Mormon people, so that the character of his literary efforts were turned away from the line of purpose fiction work he had proposed to...