nd wine administered as emblems of Christ's flesh and blood
in the Sacrament of the Lord's Supper are transmuted by priestly
consecration into the actual flesh and blood of Jesus Christ. See "The
Great Apostasy," 8:16-19. As to "supererogation" see page 590 herein.

[1513] "The Great Apostasy," chaps. 6, 7, 8.

[1514] "The Great Apostasy," 6:14, 15; for comprehensive treatment of
the subject see chapters 6 to 9 inclusive.

[1515] Note 2, end of chapter.

[1516] This paragraph is in part a paraphrase of "The Great Apostasy,"
10:21, 22.

[1517] Note 3, end of chapter.

[1518] Pages 694 and 738.

[1519] See 2 Tim. 4:1-4; also "The Great Apostasy," 2:30.

[1520] Amos. 8:11, 12.

[1521] See Church of England "Book of Common Prayer," "Articles of
Religion" i. Note 4, end of chapter.

[1522] See B. of M., 1 Nephi 13:10-13. Note 5, end of chapter.

CHAPTER 41.

PERSONAL MANIFESTATIONS OF GOD THE ETERNAL FATHER AND OF HIS SON JESUS
CHRIST IN MODERN TIMES.

A NEW DISPENSATION.

In the year of our Lord 1820 there lived at Manchester, Ontario county,
state of New York, a worthy citizen named Joseph Smith. His household
comprized his wife and their nine children. The third son and fourth
child of the family was Joseph Smith Jr., who at the time of which we
speak was in his fifteenth year. In the year specified, New York and
adjacent states were swept by a wave of intense agitation in religious
matters; and unusual zeal was put forth by ministers of the numerous
rival sects to win converts to their respective folds. The boy Joseph
was profoundly affected by this intense excitement, and was particularly
puzzled and troubled over the spirit of confusion and contention
manifest through it all. As our present subject has to do with him
specifically, and in view of the transcendent importance of his
testimony to the world, his own account of what ensued is given
herewith.

"Some time in the second year after our removal to Manchester,
there was in the place where we lived an unusual excitement on
the subject of religion. It commenced with the Methodists, but
soon became general among all the sects in that region of
country. Indeed, the whole district of country seemed affected
by it, and great multitudes united themselves to the different
religious parties, which created no small stir and division
amongst the people, some crying, 'Lo, here!' and others, 'Lo,
there!' Some wer