Elder B. H. Roberts, of the Seventy (ca. 1901)
Elder Roberts compiled the so-called \u201cDocumentary History of the Church,\u201d in multiple volumes, and authored the multi-volume \u201cComprehensive History of the Church\u201d as well as many other significant historical and doctrinal works.
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\u201cIt is always a difficult task to hold the scales of justice at even balance when weighing the deeds of men. It becomes doubly more so when dealing with men engaged in a movement that one believes had its origin with God, and that its leaders on occasion act under the inspiration of God. Under such conditions to state events as to be historically exact, and yet, on the other hand, so treat the course of events as not to destroy faith in these men, nor in their work, becomes a task of supreme delicacy; and one that tries the soul and the skill of the historian. The only way such a task can be accomplished, in the judgement of the writer, is to frankly state events as they occurred, in full consideration of all related circumstances, allowing the line of condemnation or of justification to fall where it may; being confident that in the sum of things justice will follow truth; and God will be glorified in his work, no matter what may befall individuals, or groups of individuals.\u201d<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\nB. H. Roberts<\/span><\/p>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n
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