Show TM THE BOOK OF ABRAHAM its ita to BY ELDER george georae REYNOLDS cirac XII summary of pyramid references from erom the earth to kotob additional reasons or accepting the lne adrana Aoraha mio system of astronomy it is unnecessary for our present purpose to enter into all the details of the varied geometrical mel ical metrical mechanical go geographical g cal cai astronomical and coa references found in the great pyramid aall all ali of which it is vigorously asserted have been tested and proven correct by the very best scientific ability nor will space permit us to follow a creasing class of writers who find in its lines angles and markings a prophetic history of the world but we should scarcely feel fed satisfied satie eatie nied fied if we did dd not summarize summarize a few 1 of its leading characteristics we nind find to use the language of dr J A beiss of philadelphia a perfect geometric figure so framed that the four sides of its base bear the same pro proportion 0 to its vertical height beight as is the ohp 1 circumference of a cirale to its ita radius that each of its base lines measures rnea raea aures the even ten millionth martof parl part of the semi axis of the earth just as many times as there are days in the year near that its height multiplied by the ninth power of ten tea gives the mean distance between the eaith and its ita great centre of light that its ita unit of length la Is the even ove ore hun dreth millionth pat part of the polac polar diameter of the globe we ve inhabit that its ita two diagonals of base measure in inches the precise number of years in the great cycle that ita its bulk of masonry la is an even proportion of the weight of the earth itself and that its setting getting and shaping aro are squared and oriented 1 t I with microscopic cro cros cople accuracy accor acy aey 11 regarding the coffer in cham berhe continues we perceive in it a most accurately shaped standard of measures and proportions it its aLsIdes sides sund and bottom cubically identical with its internal space the length of its ita two sides aides to its height as a circle to ita its diameter its exterior volume just twice the dl dimensions ot of its bottom bottomland bott aue RUE its whole measure just the fiftieth part of the chamber in which it was put when the edifice was built for it could not have been gotten rotten into the chamber after the building was finished by reason of the bize elza and angles of the entrance passages now then let us add to these facts a statement by the bame same author and we think our position regarding the veracity of the portion of the book of abraham we have lastly been commenting upon is amply vindicated everywhere do we encounter th the traditions of abraham abrahams skill in the knowledge of the heavens how he argued from his observation of the heavenly orb and how he occupied himself la in egypt teaching taching the priests ol 01 in the lore of the shies doubty pa t L LJ 1 wo aoda d the naked science of astronomy as the schools conceive of it but as respected the theological and messianic truths symbolized in these celestial hieroglyphics in which as in the more literal promises he rejoiced to see christs day an and d saw it and was glad john viii rorye ag which testimony ot of the saviors Is in direct accord with the statements of the book of abraham nor need we bo be surprised thereat when revelation ancient and modern states that Eno eban chand d indeed other antediluvian patriarchs saw not guly only christs day bint birt as history even to the W winding ind up scene Admit admitting tink that the shape of the pyramid in connection with its other references has a prophetic import it b becomes becomes a remarkable fact that this stupendous four sided monument in this particular phase ol 01 its construction typifies the num number berof berot of day days s according to the reckoning of the lord and of dolob between the fall of man and the incarnation of our oui savior years yeara and the time between the date ot its own construction and the organization of or the tho church of jesus chriso christ in the last date daye also years two of the moat important events then in the future ot of the worlds history and known in the economy of god the fie til first ratas as the ushering ush ering eting lnor inor in of 11 the the dispensation of the of time the second as the ushering ua herin berin in of the dispensation dispensation of the falness of times we have more than once made mention of the wonderful system of astronomy shown forth in the book of abraham but have wever bever never drawn attention to its details before leaving this portion of our inquiry ies les it may probably be well to do EO the book of abraham teaches us ul isu that dolob la Is the greatest of all the teen by that reif relf that thad it la ao to because it la a nearest to the celesti celest alor lilor residence of god that it governs all au the planets plaue oos fes which belong to the same order aa as this earth thatis that it Is after the reckoning ol 01 the nords lords time k A that it ia is nigh unto the throne of god that it is after the manner of the lord according to its times and seasons in the revolutions thereof that one revolution ia day unto io the tho held hold hoid meza keza lord T rd T va r t I 1 t mi that A ono day r ili dolob is equal to a thousand years according to the measurement of this earth that dolob signi signifies ties flea ilist first first creation that it is the first in government and last pertaining to the measurement of time the mea measurement su rement according to celestial time which celestial time signifies one day to a cubit 2nd and that Oli blish stands next to dolob that 11 is the next grand governing creation that it is equal to dolob in its revolution anti ana in its measurement of time that it holds the key hey of power also pertaining to other planets ad that enish ge go on is also a governing planet which was baid eaid by the ancient egyptians to be the sun BUD and to borrow receive its light from dolob through the medium of kaeg kae a van rash that rae kae e evantash Is the grand key or governing power which governs fifteen other fixed planets or oi stars stara as also the moon finesse the carthand eart earth hand and the sun in their annual revolutions that ak rae kae ae e receives its power through rit kit flos ia is es or hanko hakko han hah ko kau hau beam wll XII dlos dios is alses s and ath hah ko kau bau beam receive their light from the revolutions of dolob to summarize that this solar system sy Is governed by kae e van rash which is governed by ril rii flosi florifes flo alfea ees fes or hah ko kau hau beam which are governed by holob whether oli blish belongs to the same order of systems aa as this earth or simply holds the keys of power pertaining to other planets is not so apparent all of which ia Is far in advance of what is la known by astronomers at the present time who have not yet recognized the several orders alluded to in the book of abraham with regard to the system of astronomy taught taugh t to Ab addition to the evidence already advanced in iff former chapters elder jok jos L barfoot draws attention to the following additional ideas the earth rotates on its axis and moves in its cibit by the power laoo averted tt its waa forces the deflective force from the line of the suns motion produced by the suns rotation on its iti axis and its progression round the centre of mo momentum of the system to which it belongs and since neither tha barthi nor dor any other body of matter has power powen without motion boy bol so in the suns great power we have evidence ce of its great progressive gres gre sive salve motion the rotation of the sun of more than ft per second would demand a velocity of progression of over feet per second herschel by observation was waa led to conclude that th atthe the sun BUU somehow moved towards hercules with the velocity of tue the earth or second and to infer thal that the thu thorun bun sun actually describes in a great orbit round some centre sir B R phillips analogically ogi cally estimated the size of this orbit and announced that with equal centripetal and centrifugal furce it would require an orbit of millions of miles performed in exactly years the period of the precession of Equinox equinoxes es and as the earth and the other planets planet s of this system rotate b by y reason of the central solar motion and turn on their axis by being deflected from a right line in their respective spec spee tiva tive orbits phillips has chewn that the sun stin and all other planet rotate as a result of the op aeration of the bame same law of motion and th the e fact that its satellites sat elites move in elliptical elip egg shaped to be exact orbits shows that the bolar solar centre is advancing I 1 that this earth la Is part of a system that buffers suffers no permanent change is been seen in the unvarying unvarying order of the eclipses which return in periods of 18 years earb ears and 11 days if there are four leap years and in IS 18 years and 10 gays days if there are five leap years in the period aud and although astronomy does not yet recognize the different orders of planets alluded th tb in the book of abraham the of science are all tending to shew that there are great governing central forces and periodic cycles 6 bli All macle in n stone t oriented situated with respect to the tho four tour cardi cardinal points 1 to yo be continued |