1906. In the Preface to this tract the Reverend Helmick writes: If the Book of Mormon is what it claims to be and what is claimed for it by its friends it will certainly bear the light of careful examination and honest criticism. If it does not measure up to these claims it must be branded as a fraud, and the author is sure no honest Mormon would want to be found guilty of helping to perpetuate a fraud, but would gladly cooperate with any one who undertakes to throw light upon this work.