Show FIRS r EDITION i OF THU booe BOOK OF MORMON WE frequently receive offers of copies mies of tho the first edition of the book of mormon for h the owners ask extraordinary prices und under erthe the impression that it is isa iba a very rare work and greatly different from the present edition today we have the munificent lant laUt joffer of a copy for the moderate sum of goo tho tho the story chaa the first edition of the book essentially varies from later editions wag piously set afloat by some of our christian trad tic elc era it ia is like ilke most of buch such rumors entirely falso faleo there is a large number of the first edition in existence many copies baing being in this territory and with the trifling exception except ibn loi TOI a few mere typographical grapa ical error errors ail nil the editions are alike not a senti benti aklo Aon opt rine or idea has been changed in any auy or the editions mac inar have been published in the th 0 english language borso nor so faras fara s we are aware 11 vale yale in any any of the other da 63 into wh chica ch the book boo has been translated ane bool boo k as published by the prophet joseph smith was translated by the gift and power ol 01 god and it would be the of folly to say nothing of or the pre of such all an act for farady ady man or men to at attim litto alter auer that which was given by in conof of the conof of the almighty wo we wish to say once more that tha first edition of the book of mormon bas bag hp particular value over and anil abobo any subsequent edition either from any peculiarity of diction or from scar Fear scarcity city of copies for it ia Is substantially identical iden ticul with the othera others and there are bare plenty of 0 copies in good preservation |