{"product_id":"prelovedsecond-hand-a-marvelous-work-and-a-wounder-legrand-richards-hardback","title":"***PRELOVED\/SECOND HAND*** A Marvelous Work and a Wonder. LeGrand Richards. (Hardback)","description":"\u003cp\u003eA 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).[1][2] As of 2001, it was said to have sold over three million copies.[3]\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn 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.[4] The book was published by Deseret Book, a publisher owned by the LDS Church.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRichards donated all proceeds of the sale of the book to the missionary funds of the LDS Church.[1] 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.\"[5]\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Second Hand Book","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52608073629962,"sku":"14533","price":5.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/ldsbook.co.uk\/products\/prelovedsecond-hand-a-marvelous-work-and-a-wounder-legrand-richards-hardback","provider":"Latter Day Bookstore \u0026 More (UK) ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}