Show For th the Die DJs NEWS ARt ARE WE OF IBRA ISRAEL h 1 BY JUP LAB 00 Israel shall blossom and bid and fin the fhe tb W world with pith t leai h CHAP OHA hR I J The Introductory The of oj God Goto to Abra nd ibis hi i The p 1 ity- ity The seed BUd of joaeph hin in Ameri a- a fhe journey of bJ the Me Jim n- n Triot northward Ep m raim lud aim r aU al nations The J oj of Pros Brigham Young The Th belief that hJ the the Latt Latter Latter-dap day r-day Saints hold that t tt thereat threat f rna A of their nu are of ot the house houser of Israel and heirs to the Pl made to Abraham to Isaac I ao and to Jacob u like many other portions of th fr faith bas received the rid ridi- ridi i- i idl edle dl of the die shallow minded w and contempt of the However it iti is present intention tion to auch but to seek Beek to add adduce evidence evidence ou outside of the sure word Of t modern revelation revel jon to prove i that 1 the Latter day S im have i od reasons drawn from and analogy for believing the w words orde rd of their patriarchs who in blessing bles ing them pronounce them of the house bous of bf Abraham and of 01 tb promised seed of Jacob J Its It is le to here quote all of the many gracious promises premises vouchsafed by toy the great father of ofus ofus us all aU to his friend Abraham and to that patriarchs patriarch's immediate posterity posterity posterity ty as they are cherished by the Saints as of ot more than earthly val val- value value value ue as pearls beyond all price as sweet comforters in the day of trial and as strong towers of defence inthe in inthe inthe the hour of ot temptation yet it may not be out of place to refresh our minds by the recital of a few of the most prominent that we may bet bet- better better ter comprehend the ideas and state state- statements statements statements ments that follow f after r it is record recorded u Geneses ver- ver verses verses ver verses ses 7 4 that the Lord covenanted with Abraham saying As for me behold my covenant is with thee and thou shall be a father of many nations nation neither shall shaH thy name any more be called Abram but thy name shall shaH be Abraham for tor a father of many na- na nations na nations have have l I made thee and I will wiH make thee exceedingly fruitful and I J will make nations of thee and kings shall come out of thee And I will establish my covenant between me and thee and thy seed after thee in their generations g foran for foran foran an everlasting covenant to be a aGod aGod aGod God unto thee and to thy seed after thee Again Ag lo Geneses Geneses 1618 hi lS lG 18 Je- Je Jehovah Je Jehovah hovah declares By myself have I sworn saith ith the Lord that in blessing I will bless thee and in multiplying I will multiply thy seed as 8 the stars of heaven and as the be sand which is upon the sea shore and thy Seed need shall possess the he gate ate of his I enemies and In thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed blessed- To Isaac and to Jacob cob were these thes glorious promises confirmed if pos poe possible possible sible ia in yet stronger wording Glen Gen verses 4 10 verse 14 To the latter it was said CC And And thy seed fed li shall halt be be a the dust dUt of the earth arth and arid thou spread abroad to the west and find to the t fast e t abd and to the north and to the tooth south f And ADd in bee nd in thy seed shall all aU the families of the blessed r earth arth be The blessing of Jacob upon his bis bisOn On Eon Joseph is eo familiar t to the majority of our readers that we shall simply quote the latter portion The blessings of thy father have prevailed above the blessings of my progenitors unto the be utmost bound of the everlasting hills y ey shall shan be upon upon pin the be head bead of Joseph J Jo- Jo 0 seph an and J oaths o he cr pf the head of him who as from separate an from his brethren cur p We will f kp but t one oDe 8 st p further in this d di 4 Jacob Ja in fB blessing the sons of Joseph Gen Oen x z 8 cc Let Let m my name be named on them and the wishes of f my any fathers Abraham 04 ait Isaac and let them grow into int l in iQ the midst of t tore earth w a l When J Joseph h re f remind the aged patriarch that iris bil t rl band hand was placed on 01 on the h head IUIe tb younger younge boy ire e declared declared d R tI 1 know it it my nay 8 sen know I It itHe He also Iso shaU 1 become a people Mid nL he e also ale o M sli be great But truly trull Me r Leber shall shaU be greater than he and his seed j t J shall become a- a a multitude of na- na n tiDus I II I w- w I re MEt are tap t jf po in n h Oe I blessings bI bless ines fh t sTer wo T tha t q lie ue uesTer e sees e see r th k kaep s Pit j T ip his ble I u I e an and d grow grow t to 0 be a a blu multitude It 1 t e J rf nations in i the midst of the to e earth i the secondly that In n or r through this i seed aU all the all toe e act t ens ns 4 and ud ld families es qi ear J b h should o 11 be e blessed blessed blessed- V tb AbiA covenant er nt waS made m J aC was be H Hs t Moe t Al-t I Il l t t ti e M 8 b lint b s 9 q Gome the Jath father father r many of-many orn apy a wb we hAve laud tu aside ia the th J Jc c IX 4 el the Aja- Aja Ajab Wane biaus b aDs a and aud td tt U w who who Ji have nav V Mown grown tI multitudes e and not eVi eyes eVin n counted the posterity te of o ij t s ia i a of of i r of jand-of hams ham's tb 8 yet in the e eson son promise is renew d his bia i is to multiply e stars of Q we divide the posterity ty t and l leavet le v v r nOL noticed th the of Edo Edom and the 8 l DI l We W will 11 ap alone of bf 1 b i tt t laiD Iron was wa was repeated th the pe promise r Thy seed shall ll be e s as the tb dust of f fth th the eurt carte l and aud again A nation a a company of nations shall b bof pe of ot it Ahee h P Sere letus let let- as us pau pause 01 f yr a moment and aDd ask aak a are they whom the as the only representatives senta Tes of 0 Jacob day to-day to e dispersed T o-T of all udah-all all all at t that holy man of Mold old has to show as the fulfilment of so great a promise As theone the one last quoted ed We think not believe futuro search will vindicate prophecy cy and d pro prove V that hat the promises of Qt the Eternal are not cut short in their complete fulfill fulfill- fulfillment fulfillment fulfillment ment Weare We are well weB a aware ware so great Is i the tendency of the races got of the earth to mix and inter inter- intermingle intermingle mingle that the Jews Sews as well as many Christians point to their continued existence as a distinct people as an unanswerable argo argument argument ment in favor of the divinity of their the inspiration of their p prophets tEl But their history his history i tory their the dis dispersion dis- dis dispersion dispersion etc ete do not fulfil a vast number of the prophecies uttered I with regard to Israel Yet when the history of all aU Israel is written of Ephraim as well as of J Judah udah weare we weare weare are that no portion of 3 da I holy word will be found to have re- re returned returned re returned turned to his mouth unfulfilled and he lie will be as much glorified inthe in inthe inthe the hiding up of the Ten Tri s sand and the mixing of Ephr amongst the t e nations as inthe in the scat scattering scat scat- scattering scattering of the sons and daughters of Judah Jacob acob had one sen son and he be not the ancestor of the Jews Jewe to whoM w these blessings were not not no only re renewed re- re renewed renewed but Extended defended To o Joseph it is said that his blessings have bave pre pre- pro pro- prevailed above above the the blessings of hid hi progenitors unto the utmost bounds ot of the eV hills hUls whilst of I Josephs Joseph's younger son SOD it was declare declared declared I ed his his seed shall be a multitude multitud of nations Thus we w observe that I With ea each h succeeding heir bee to th these choice blessings the promises to toI I tit Lb have grown larger extended an and spread ou o j To Abraham ham it ir promised that he bb b should be the fa father ber of many nations to Ephraim his grandsons grandson's grandson it was sa ea of his seed t his Ibis seed aeed alone that i ish sh should uld become a multitude e of f na lua- lua Lions 01 nations to-da to day to-day is a Ques Question que u tion fur God has bas promised it aid abd they must nisi exist The average student of 01 hiSt t cannot t this question Ht knows Bit r knows gf qt the posterity erity OJ o Ephraim they are ar hidden n in ft his bis sight BtU Bat in th the Book of Mormon will point to and ib ib- record and de declare lare that in the aber- aber aborigines df of North N and Booth Bouth and of many of many of the Pacific w we find the seed of sees see of Joseph osep grown groan Into a multitude of ot tribes peoples s and nations nation We thankfully admit this truth truth was aBao contradict it did we wish to do so God has so revealed it and the external confirmatory confirmatory con- con confirmatory I evidences are growing I stronger and more convincing every year Yet another t question here presents itself We understand from the Book of Mom Mor- mon Mor-mon mont mOB the to be of the house c cf f f Manasseh If so his greatness great great- greatness greatness ness does not noc fulfil the promises to Ephraim who was to be greater than be he Surely the Lord having so abundantly fulfilled his promise to the one net not forgot forgot- forgotten forgotten ten his bis covenant with his first firstborn born n But shall we be deemed inconsistent if we say that we do donot donot not think that the whole Of that multitude of nations is found inthe in inthe inthe the descendants of Lehi of and their companions Is it sup sup- supposable supposable sup that the Lord has bas confined fulfilment of of the sto 4 r 1 1 Joseph Joe ib whose bless e 8 were w 1 to pt pre pre- bove v that chat pt fit J mog U f 1 ti q tr s who are are tad and th the j majority jonty of web have been beep for tor lo fifteen yeas ear or one quart quarter ter t of this jW w ld di existence e e s d w lG amon st the the Dost most degraded e of f pan pan- loan ma If d of 01 oft t l-t t ose M o to rio rio- roises s were Rad ade have enjo eq greater Greater Gre t r bI si a s sli 1 in li liand I ip m in illg nce iu in tie wealth we J h han and an trea of 01 the earth e dh and an anin andin 1 in tile the arts arta J a and d d w wh J pr produces duc 8 W We contend that where Israel is 8 not net under l ui p Ier the ban ot of Gods God's 4 sure U suie-U sure through its sins and nd follies toU e j it leads tl e tl the a world Its sofas sous are princes S Samong among among then meD men and the minis minis- ministers Leis Lei's of Gods God's s law to all people in in- in indeed indeed deed the th in it Becoming to the of oft repeated repeat promise all aU the families of o toe the earth will be bl blessed s sed ed Here fiert we w may be interrupted by reader for fM- fert tt It Js is s Lat day l wate we ate with the question esti n e eha b ha have e forg forgotten the ten ten trib tribes 4 6 hi- hi Bid Bidden J gaff den by bj Divine Pt in the for fAr i r off frozen tr z regions glObs glOb's of ot the north I orth and environed by a belt of s 8 OW and ties iee so ao that nO noman niman man modern in-modern in modern days haa reached t th q Ba 1 Now we have Chas n not t forgotten the and li i we 6 1 lie lieve ve as u through anti and ab others have the have the promises of God Clod to Jacob Jcob and Joseph been n partially fulfilled But we ask bk further is it altogether improbable that in that long Jour jour- journey Journey ney of one and a half years se aa Esdras states it itt from Media theland the theland theland land of ot their c captivity y to w the th frozen Borth north s some me of- of of backsliding Israel rebelled turned aside from trem the main body bodt bod t forgot their God by and by mingled with the and became the leaven to leaven leaved with the promised seed all aU toe nations of the earth The account given in the Book of Mormon of a single family of this same hue huse its waywardness its s before internal quarrels and family feuds are we fear tear an ex ox- example example ample en on a small scale seale of what most probably happened b in the bodies of Israelites Israelite who for so many months wended their tedious wa w way north northward ward Laman liaman and nd Lemuel had C no no doubt many counterparts in the journeying ten tribes trib And who so likely to rebel as stubborn orn I impetuous proud and warlike e Eph- Eph Ephraim Eph Eph- Ephraim Ephraim raim Rebellion aad load backsliding have been so characteristically the story of Ephraim's s career that we scarcely conceive that it could be otherwise and yet e preserve the unities of that peoples people's history CP Can it be any wonder then that tha so 80 much of the blood of Ephraim has bas been found hidden and unknown jn in the midst of the nations of north north- norther northern ern em er n Europe Euro and other parts until the spirit of of pr phe Y revealed its itse e Bat But before betote proceeding further r in our r research ch it may J e e en en to insert the words of one ont hav- hav hav having ing int it authority to the tle effect that the day y Saints are at of Ephraim Ephr im to adduce ideas and r reasons to sub substantiate this statement will be our pleasure as s we prOC proceed ed along ot ug ng delivered a tits dis discourse discourse course in the Tabernacle clet Salt Lake City October which the following are r extracts The Phe e set time J has i eme me for God to gather Israel brae and for lor His file work to to commence cu i upon the face of the hoI ear A And and nd nd the Elders who whon n have ve a arisen sen In this church and ate arti actually of Israeli Israel rake the Elders who are no no- no in scarcely find lis ouse and you YOU can scarcely find oi-e oi out of a a hundred but what IS of or Ue bo house se of ot Isra Israel 1 tt It teas bas teen l eh n remarked ked re X that the Gen Gentiles tiles tiles have been beeD cut ut off and I doubt whether another nother entile ever com comes into this Church Will we go to the Gentile na nations na- na to preach the gospel Yes and gather out the I Israelites te wherever whom wherever whomever ever they are mixed among amo g the na- na nations na nations of the earth What part or portion n of them The ame me par part or 01 portion that redeemed the house of Jacob and saved saTed m from per per- per with famine in Egypt Ephraim has half become mixed with witA all au the nations of the it is Ephraim thatis that thatis thatis is gathering together It is Ephraim that I have beer beell searching for or all ail the days of my preaching and that is the blood which ran raja ip h my when veins I em embraced em- em braced the gospel If there are any an the of-the of the other i bes of I Israel riel mixed with with- he the Oen GIl tUes tiles we are also searching for them a f It t is the to th bouse house of terse Israel weare we weare are after and we re not whether they come from the east st the west fihe e th i-th the cootie cootie- q t a r lna aE ig II i op ornia ia lr or An 01 J JI I ber locality and it is tie e 1 lad Ephraim F upen whom V tey at cot laid laid laid-b t eta b w l MV the house bouse of Israel The Book o of 01 Mormon came ca e to Epharim Eph ri i for or Jo J Jo- Jo 0 pl PJ th was a pure P lre i n te end Book or of of Mo Mormon of l Was arras i was re e e q him an anti and vv he lived live he lie m de it it his bU business t 1 march for those who h b believed t th gospel at o y Your Your- stand w who o we are ate we we are ale of the tb house bf of Israel Israe of ot the royal 19 I seed d the royal blood Journal of Dis Discourses course couI courses t VoL yoL 14 2 9 page 9 Xo o be continued continue j f d rt |