Show AN EXCELLENT BOOK A laram number of potential agencies are at work proving the authenticity of the book of mormon which purports to give a correct history of the ancient peoples who inhabited the american continent the evidences that they attained many centuries ago abc to io an elevated degree of civilization are am scattered broadcast over the land the record which was given to the world through the prophet joseph smith and which tells of the origin rise progress and fall of those peoples is attested by competent witnesses witness ea who never wavered in their testimony this species of evidence was however associated with the ministration of angels angela support po rt having an ingredient of that kind kiad is decidedly unpopular the con sequence of this sentiment is that the great bulk of mankind have rejected the record comparatively few having accepted of it as 40 an authentic history it appears that if this attitude of the mass of humanity including the learned and unlearned shall be continued the rejection of the book brought in the tha latter times time for a special divine purpose ww will be maintained in III the face of an immense pile of evidence which proclaims the book to be genuine all the discoveries of relics of the ancient races of america harmonize without exception with its statements none conflict with them there is also a remarkable harmony between the evidence furnished by the existing aborigines and the account given by the book of mormon of their origin or the source from which their forefathers sprung those who have an Inte interest redla ln this subject will take pleasure in reading the arti articles cleeL which appear la in the dab from the pen of J H kelson under the hed head of unwitting witnesses A great deal of evidence has haa been accumulated by the writer of those papers from a variety of sources proving the genuine hulis character of the book of mormon outside of itself and aside from the testimony of those whose names namee appear in connection with it another among the multitude of witnesses to is now before us I 1 in a the shape of a volume entitled the american indian it is 18 a work of over pages an aal I 1 the most moat complete pom ot of its claw class ever given to the world it is so BO oom comprehensive that it appears to leave but little more to be said mid about the of this continent except what may arise from new discoveries of relics of his ancestors the author ex senator elijah M haines must have put into this volume the laor labor of years as aa it shows not only wide and close inquiry but keen analysis and observation one feature of this work will be specially interesting to those who h have accepted of the book of mormon as ae being what it purports to be the reason for this is that unwittingly of course it supports the book of mormon theory regarding the origin of the indians indiana in a way that seems to place it beyond question mhd evidence it furnishes to prove them to have originated from an source is not only extensive in scope but irrefutable in qu quality au ty we regard this production from the pen of mr haines as one of the most valuable among the latest contributions to the tee literature of the nineteenth century notwithstanding that the volume to Is large it is because of the cha character nider of the subject compendious one of its chief excellencies town way of thinking is that it unintentionally supports gup ports toe the claims to authenticity of that much abused and unthinkingly repudiated ted record the book of amor mormon the mas sin na gan company of chicago are am the pub publishers lishem |