The Third Thousand Years covers those ten thundering centuries between 2,000 and 1,000 B. C. It is the period which produced some of the most notable personalities in Bible history - Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Joseph, Moses, Aaron, Joshua, Deborah, Gideon, Jephthah, Samson, Ruth, Samuel and Saul. The life and times of all these people are in this volume. This is the type of book which makes Bible reading a pleasure. The extensive use of maps, charts, and illustrations facilitates the rapid unfolding of the scriptural story. Technical problems which often arise in the Old Testament are treated individually, Although designed for easy reading, this book is carefully documented so that every important point can be correlated with its spiritual source.

    It contains answers by the prophets of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to many of the questions and problems facing the nation today.The book is well footnoted throughout by knowledgeable and distinguished civic and national leaders who corroborate the words of the prophets.Some of the timely subjects discussed in the book are: Morality — Spirituality — Religion; Church and State; Free Enterprise and Capitalism; The American Republic; Communism — An International Criminal Conspiracy: The Welfare State — Creeping Socialism; American Foreign Policy; War and Peace; Capital Punishment; Birth Control; and many others.Prophets, Principles and National Survival will stimulate and enlighten the reader as few books can. It represents the first time that the statements of the Church leaders have been compiled on subjects that are vital to the spiritual and temporal welfare of all loyal Americans. "We have lost the conflict so far waged. But there is time to win the final victory, if we sense our danger, and fight." J. REUBEN CLARK, JR. . . .from an address entitled "America Faces Freedom-Slavery Issue"

    It is unparalleled in providing a thorough and accurate account of John D. Lee's involvement in the tragic 1857 Mountain Meadows Massacre.