A Young Folks' History of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

d fruit. But the owner of the garden had an enemy who went about secretly sowing seeds of weeds and all manner of briers and brush, that they might spread all over the garden and kill out the goo

good tree became wild and scrubby, no better

in the garden. He did not try to clear away a spot for it amid the old, overgrown parts of the land, but he called upon certain workers to g

of the enemy's noxious weeds were growing in the new soil, so it was not such ha

ful spring day the owner came with his servants. They had with them the precious tree taken from some other garden where it had grown without hindrance from weeds. The

tree here, how it grew and bore fruit, and how many people came and ate of its delicious fruit, notwithstanding the enemy came again and tried to check its growth. I say, I cannot tell it to you in the form

ain to you the mea

anted the good tree, that is, He brought the gospel and taught it to his followers. The enemy is the evil one, the devil, who stirred up men to work again

ain establish his Church on the earth. He therefore chose a place where all would have the right to believe the t

Franklin, and many others. You will remember how these men loved right and liberty, and how they worked so hard for it; and in reading the history of these men we can plainly see that the

h; and the Lord himself came from heaven, also his servants Moroni, Peter

e first and greatest of these servants is known by the name of Joseph Smith, the Prophet. How the Lor

e Parable. 2.

out the gospel? 4. Tell how Columbus discovered America. 5. Who were the Pilgrims? 6. What was the Revolutionary war about? 7. What