CHAPTER I.

A Glorious Thought--Should Prophets be Expected in our day?--God's Word Indicates that a Prophet should Come--Prophets sent to Announce all Important Events--Positive Promise of the Lord to send a Messenger--Necessity of Prophets and Apostles in the Church--Church Founded upon Prophets and Apostles--Power given Apostles and Prophets--Object of Inspired Men in the Church-How long they should Remain--Is the Canon of Scripture Full?--Without Modern Revelation Bible Prophecies Cannot be Fulfilled--Treatment of Prophets in Past Ages--Jesus a Stumbling Stone--Many Prophets Rejected--Persecution to Follow all Inspired Teachers--Conclusions Drawn from Scriptures Quoted.