First: _The subject of the mission must be of importance to the conduct and happiness of human life._ This is true of the message with which Joseph Smith came to the world, since it cries repentance to all men, warns them of the approaching judgments of God, and calls upon them to worship God who created heaven and earth. If such a message is not a subject of importance "to the conduct and happiness of human life" what message could be? This message was surely of such importance since the acceptance or rejection of it would affect the condition of men in time and in eternity.
Second, _it must testify of that which it behoves mankind to know from such authority._ This the message brought to the world by Joseph Smith does, for it proclaims first, that the gospel together with the authority to administer its ordinances had been taken from among men; and second, that this same gospel and authority had been restored by a new revelation, the only way it could be re-established when once taken from the earth. I take it that it behooves mankind to know of such a great transaction as this from "such authority"--that is, divine authority.
Third, _the nature of what is delivered must require the sort of proof which is alleged._ This the new dispensation does; for claiming to be a revelation from God it requires just the same kind of testimony that the old Christian dispensation did--the testimony of suffering and toil on the part of those who receive it, and especially upon the part of those who enter its ministry. It may be remarked in passing that the new dispensation is just as worthy of such testimony as the old Christian dispensation.
Fourth, _the occasion must be adequate to the divine interposition--the end worthy of the means._ This is true of the new dispensation since restoring the gospel to the earth after its absence for many centuries, is not only an occasion worthy of the interposition but the only way in which the plan of salvation could be restored. To make such a restoration to the human race was surely an end worthy of such means--that is, worthy of a revelation.
Fifth, _the effects of the original transaction must remain._ This is true of the new dispensation as the religious faith at the first promulgated by Joseph Smith and his associates is still in the earth, and the circle of its influence is constantly widening.