Show LETTER FROM TURKEY ga in reading a lecture by mr an ali JEn english glish writer and trans or of the koran into english notice that even among the editions of the edans we jy find and evidences that will help the antiquity odthe of the book f mormon and indeed verify one t f mf je attl narratives it is a prophetic that I 1 do not know of having i preserved by any other people the edans and the 1 1 ift l e tradition referred to is related sale among other signe be wed by bv the edans that IH happen at the second coming 1 christ and the end of the world reads as follows the coming the mahdi or director concern f whom mohammed prophesied tint the world should not have an aw till M one of his own family should the arabians whose name d be the name with his own W and whose fathers name lid id also be the name with his name and aad who should nil fill with righteousness now it must be remembered that this verse is not found in the koran but is one of the many traditions from ages past many or perhaps all of which have been more or less corrupted and contorted by the nations as they have undergone religious changes the fact of its not being in the koran makes it all the more reliable and is strong evidence that mohammed never used his name in connection with this prophecy but as the catholics and in fact all the so called chris tian churches have had a sort of mania for inventing wonderful not to say u unreasonable urea miracles supposed tu to have been performed by this that or the other botker saint and also to borrow old heathen traditions with their idols and their festivals and reconstruct them to conform to something in the history and doctrine of christ ih rist so our mohammedan friends have likewise done leaving out the idols against which be it said to their credit they have proved themselves proof Is in their enthusiasm they have remodeled everything possible to fit either mohammed hummed Mo or his successors and the masses of the people who are ignorant and unable to read and gather information of course firmly believe these contortions there is however a fact to be considered among all the traditions and myths handed down to the present age sl s ackling jewels may be found many facts and divine truths have in this peculiar w way ay been preserved and help the honest in this age of infidelity to better and more clearly understand the dealings of god with his children As the light from above descends and the true history of the world and the prophecies and doctrines of holy men are by degrees restored again to the earth these relies relics of truth will find their true places from which they have been ruthlessly torn and enough to many they may seem insignificant yet there ar are others who will regard them as precious and will endeavor to restore them to their proper places now those not familiar with the book of mormon may ask what connection this saying can have with that book for taye te information of such we will bote a few verses from the book of mormon page 65 2 nep chap 3 for joseph truly testified saying say lag A seer shall the lord my god raise up who shall be a choice seer unto the fruit of thy loins yea joseph truly said thus saith the lord unto me A choice seer will I 1 raise up out of the fruit of thy loins and he be shall be esteemed highly among the fruits of thy loins and unto him will I 1 give commandment that he shall do a work for the fruit of thy loins his brethren which shall be of great worth unto them even to the bringing of them to the knowledge ledge e of the covenants which I 1 have made with the fathers and I 1 will give unto him a commandment that he shall do no other work which I 1 shall command him and I 1 will make him great in mine eyes for he shall do my work and he shall be like unto moses whom I 1 have said I 1 would raise up unto you to deliver my people 0 house of israel and moses will I 1 raise up to deliver the people out of the land of egypt but a seer will I 1 raise up out of the fruit of thy loins and unto him will I 1 give power to bring forth my word unto the seed of thy loins and not to the bringing forth of my word only saith the lord but to the con virling them of my word which shall have already gone forth among them and thus cled joseph saying behold Beho fd that seer will the lord bless and they that seek to destroy him shall be confounded for the promise which I 1 have obtained of the lord of the truit of my loins shall be fulfilled behold I 1 am sure of the fulfilling of this promise and hn hi name shall be called after me and it shall be after the name of his father and he shall be like unto me for the thing which the lord shall bring forth by his hand by the power of the lord shall bring my people unto salvation the italics are the writers and are only used to indicate the similarity in the two pa passages 8 F now I 1 doubt not for a moment that those who know that the book of mormon is a true record will wih at once see tae the origin of the promise of the mahdi who is to come joseph who 4 ho was sold into egypt left many glorious promises and instructions of which we know but little but they will of course appear in the due time of the lord most writers believe that the mohammedan knowledge know leage of ancient israel is talmudic it may be but it is certain many of the jews retired to arabia from earliest days as a people and being the stronger people intellectually ly they introduced many true ideas antl prophecies the edans believe that christ will come to reign on earth they believe ile he will descend at damascus they also believe this mad machi hi will come and trevare prepare the xv earth for a better day they hey do not understand anything about the atonement of christ but otherwise hold him in great reverence there can be no doubt but that islam will yet become an interesting study for the litter latter day saints islam is but poorly understood writers usually find it convenient to slander its precepts and to caricature its great founders founders but suffice it to say that much is found in islam and its followers we may yet hear of evidences strikingly in harmony with the latter day work both from islam and other nations as light dispels the darkness of ages FIRM constantinople CONSTANT MOPLE oct ast 1st 1889 |