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| The words "'''marvelous work and a wonder'''" are legally trademarked by Christopher M. Nemelka, as registered on June 15, 2010. Any use of the words without permission violates United States copyright and trademark infringement laws. Christopher Nemelka has published several books under the trademarked name, Marvelous Work and a Wonder®: ]; 666, The Mark of America, Seat of the Beast; the Apostle John's New Testament Book of Revelation Unfolded, Sacred, Not Secret: The Official Guide In Understanding the LDS Temple Endowment; Without Disclosing My True Identity, The Authorized and Official Biography of the Mormon Prophet, Joseph Smith, Jr.; and Human Reality, Who We Are and Why We Exist. | |||
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The words "marvelous work and a wonder" are legally trademarked by Christopher M. Nemelka, as registered on June 15, 2010. Any use of the words without permission violates United States copyright and trademark infringement laws. Christopher Nemelka has published several books under the trademarked name, Marvelous Work and a Wonder®: The Sealed Portion of the Book of Mormon; 666, The Mark of America, Seat of the Beast; the Apostle John's New Testament Book of Revelation Unfolded, Sacred, Not Secret: The Official Guide In Understanding the LDS Temple Endowment; Without Disclosing My True Identity, The Authorized and Official Biography of the Mormon Prophet, Joseph Smith, Jr.; and Human Reality, Who We Are and Why We Exist.
| Author | LeGrand Richards |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Deseret Book |
| Publication date | 1950 |
| Publication place | United States |
| Pages | xvi, 376 |
| Dewey Decimal | 289.3 |
| LC Class | BX8635 .R45 |
A Marvelous Work and a Wonder is a 1950 book by LeGrand Richards on the history and doctrine of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church). The book was intended as a missionary tool and is traditionally cited as the best-selling Mormon book of all time (not including the standard works). As of 2001, it was said to have sold over three million copies.
In 1937, as president of the LDS Church's Southern States Mission, Richards wrote a document entitled "The Message of Mormonism" to assist missionaries in presenting Mormon teachings. In 1950, as presiding bishop of the church, Richards expanded his document into a full-length book, which he named after a phrase used in the King James version of Isaiah 29:13–14; Richards identified the teachings of the LDS Church as the wonder referred to. The book was published by Deseret Book, a publisher owned by the LDS Church.
Richards donated all proceeds of the sale of the book to the missionary funds of the LDS Church. The book is considered a Mormon classic and for several years was among the few non-scriptural works that full-time LDS Church missionaries were asked to study. However, A Marvelous Work and a Wonder is no longer part of the "approved missionary library."
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A Marvelous Work and a Wonder is also the title of a 1911 book by Daniel MacGregor published by Herald House, the publishing arm of the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints.
Notes
- ^ Lucille C. Tate, "LeGrand Richards: A Marvelous Work and a Wonder", Tambuli, February 1983.
- Gary Gillum, "Out of the Books Which Shall Be Written ...", Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought 12 (Summer 1979):99 at 101.
- Lawrence R. Flake, "LeGrand Richards" in Prophets and Apostles of the Last Dispensation (Provo, Utah: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2001), pp. 489–91.
- LeGrand Richards, "What the Gospel Teaches", Ensign, May 1982.
- Preach My Gospel, Intellectual Reserve, 2004, p. viii
- Internet Archive book
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