Show the book of mormon the following is a synopsis of an interesting te lecture delivered by elder stevenson on the coming forth of the book of mormon illustrated by means of paintings the hill cumorah figures largely in this great latter day work first because it was the custodian of the gold plates which contained the hieroglyphic characters written by the hands of two great nations who once inhabited this glorious land of america the languages are both lost to the present generation second because this historic hill is the mournful battlefield of those two nations who were once the prospered and happy occupants of this choice land third in 1823 from this grand hill cumorah by the power of god was brought to the great mystery of those two na tiona whose mined cities temples towers and massive walls appear in our land no one was found to unravel the great mystery of these ruins unlearned jowh of Vermont appeared upon the scene the numerous discoveries which haye been brought to light in the south north and central america are dant evidences of a numerous and intelligent people differing greatly from the the wild indians discovered by christopher columbus in 1891 in leadville colorado human bones and a tempered copper arrow head 44 inches in length and 1 inches in width were found by mr john aunger feet underground in a mine im bedded in a vein of silver ore over worth of silver ore clung to the bones when they were removed from the mine A journal in comment im on this curious find says the important feature ot this dincov cry is the fact that these relics were found in the center of a vein of ore indicating di that man was in existence on this continent when the molten metal wag sent coursing through the fissures of the rocky mountains the record or the former inhabitants of america written by their own hands informs us that one of those two nations numbered about people and came from the tower of 2000 years previous to the coming of christ the second colony came from jerusalem years before christ the first nation became extinct and the descendants of the latter are the american indians |