Excerpt from Improvement Era, Vol. 2 To those who have been reared in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and perhaps to those who embraced the gos pel in the early days of this dispensation, it may seem strange that, after baptism and confirmation, there should yet remain stumbling blocks in the way of seekers after truth; who, though of the seed of Joseph, have in an especial degree the perverseness of Ephraim, and, while convinced of the divine mission of the Prophet Joseph, yet seek after a sign as to the correctness of some of the doctrines taught by the Priesthood. Even when the sacred portals of the House of the Lord have been crossed and the new and everlasting covenant has been entered into, there may remain traces of. The sectarianism and false doctrines that have blinded the world for 1800 years since the apostasy first commenced. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.