| Show n f 1 THE BOOK OF MORMON j I Its DlYlDity Discussed by Elder JiipM l 1 L Morris 1i A Seek Which lives LtfIT Fvtdrnca 1 ol He nlnr AllylserOullr of the ll > r Moselle e I Elder Nepul L Morris lectured In I the Assembly ball lOll evening bib I subject bolD the Book ol Mormon True or Falu T Tbe story of its discovery dis-covery how constructed Internal eTlJencesof Its truth The teitlmony of the three witnesses The muilo wa garnished by members ot the Taber uncle chair under the direction ot 1rol Btepbenp and the solo Turn i Thee Unto Met woo nicely rendered by Mine Mabel Cooper About the usual number was lu attendance The speaker In beglnnln referred to Section 20 ol the Djotrloe and Covent Cove-nt lo show what Its believers Insist ed that It will They believed It was B record ol a fallen people thc ancient Inhabitants ol this treat country New things continued the speaker generally met with cppoililon ana U I was so with the nook Mormon The main otrcllon to It Was that It Woo how When Columbus made the declaration that the earth was round be was ridiculed and iicfled ot and It was not uotll be bad proved bis 1 theory that men believed him Thor was a tendency Innate In mankind to favor old or familiar thing and now hinge I received but very little attention atten-tion The tragic Scene at Nuuvoo and Carlbago were cited to allow the apple Ition wblob the Church of Join Christ la Its advent encountered Twai > o tu agree that are test and gone John Whlteky the ruurn IDII liar vt Ibo reformation bad elml let dinieultles to meet with but In our day the opposition was much llttaler In that the Inhabitants ol the earth denied even the word of Uod Tbo foiemmt Objection urged to the Iltok ol Mormon was that it juriortod to contain revelalun but that leaving Ibliailde and granting that revelations might continue to Come tbe book WAS true b e cause It came with proper I credentials I In that tbo revealed I worn I ol the lallrdy pronounced llsdlvln lIy Butter Morns cited John the Itevela I tor wherein be loibade taking Irom or I aiilloRto till book John cirUluly uld not have reference to Ibo Now Tie Rment lor It was not then written and even If 1 ho bad re torrid tan that book bo brought a is mdemnatlon upon himself lor hv OK made adJ1 Ions to II In duo ovine of time In the 14 b chapter Itiv 11100 Jolla said he give anlhor Votion living IblOotb lb a hold at 01 I heaven lilo 0 elyflasting lIopl rho speaker olio rood 10 Another saying 10 bow Ibol I II the book III neutron bOll proper odnlll II Should be IMIIJ On the tironinj 01 December 21 1828 Joseph Hmllh k1I1I III fervent proyer bore the Lord mind Raked am IJ his standing Willi regard to religious matters In answer 10 its Player the onllol Moroni appeared giving him Instance list b lId made peace with bib Mk tt and that There was hidden on a Cartels bllhlall gold Platen front which a bllory The a natant hhhllonll 01 this continent would be translated Joiepu i was In tructed fully with tegard to bli petition before the Lord arid wistold that tbe work which was before him was such that would bring blm Into Worldwide Prominence jut angel appeared to the boy three llmei during that same night reiterating reiterat-ing his former remarks each succeed I g time When the day dawned Joseph went tug Into the Held 10 work with hli lather but as lie was greatl fatigued for lick I ol Weep the latter told him to gu back to tile hruie aud rest himself Ae Joteph was climbing a fence to do as bit at Lot bad bade him ho atumbltd and fell when Ibo a gel again appeared unto him and gave him n vision lu which he caw tbo Illli Cunuran where the plates spoken of were bidden Shortly atttu warde Joieph went to Ibe hill aud upon aicoiidtug It taw two stones such as he had teeu In the vision lie procured a lever and railed them uxtoilnR lo view me box In which Ibo plates were encloitd He was about lo tulle hold of tam but the angel who bad again al posted UU him lo leave them allies at the same time giving him luitruc lions to visit the bill once a year where the augol woulJ meet him lo give him further Instructions front time to time Joseph yielded strict obedience to There Inilructloni and ou Kept 22 1827 lour years after tile Aral visit to the hill Joseph WAIT given charge of the platen mud told to translate the characters thereon Thus many prophecies ut area by ancient Apostles with regard lo the run ol the church In the latter days were verily fulfilled and tbe work was afterwards translated printed I print-ed and lent cut among the people ol he earth The book lu Its makeup was such as lo stamp It as anything but the wtlllngi of modern man U contained no metaphors nor other modern Jcutnillillo dlitlnmloni but woo on original work of Itself pure plain and simple lu Iti Ian guano The speaker then reverted to the testimony of the three wltaosbes and I told how lu fervent prayer they sought the Lrd lr a teillmioy as to Its divinity and received 11 ad testified testi-fied to by tbormelvei mud I published In be Rootlet Morrcnu To Ibli lent rnonytacb of them icrlbid his name Oliver Oowdory the Ural to sign the document first men tile light ol day In Vermont For game time lie was aol a-ol teacher but later he lookUP look-UP the irauilailou of the Book of Mormon with Joseph hu wrHIng Ibo wards BI Ibo Tlophet uttered them Wtiou Ibe work was puuilibod Oliver took pan In the mtuulry and was Ordained a High Priest while nt ono time ho pretldad over the Church In Missouri Liter however Oliver fall away and wan exoommunlinUj ou ceilaln cnartui which were pro > ferreJ and proved against him At a oinletenco held jean afterwards U Iver asked lor and was granted leave I lo ipesk at which lime he lestlfloj to having acted ai scribe while the Book ol Murmou was being translated lu tie year 183 Oliver was admitted Into the Cornell and died In lull fellowship bearing testimony lo the I divinity ol the Book ol llorman up to big Just moment David Whitener the next witness lo the Iljok of Mormon became anotl tot with the 1roprtel In the year 1520 and was an active man lu Ibo Church for several yenrn Like Oliver however David fell away train in body of the Church and wasexcim muoloat1I ou the uhlolng certain otiarges agalijit hlrn For many yetn Mr Whltuer lived a private lire lu t IB city ol Itlcbmond Hay couuly Mo and as he grew olds lu order lo refute a certain statement that wfli current at the limo ho published mud signs an BlUJavltrouertlni bla Uillmoiy totbedlvlnil of tliu nak 01 Maim n 3 statement which was wlluu etd slid aliened to by numeroui promt Bell people of that city Martin Harris the other wliuem In the book bi > caiue ariiuaiuled with II e llobelhullbotlOwo limo ai tho then and BMlilcd materially In tin pubHcollod oC the book It Walls who loot characters from Iho plates to Irol Authors Ir examination from whom be received it i certificate teltlff laic 10 their blnllseuoe cloallieltre The Irooor however when bo learned Ib1 Joseph bId itcolved the plates from an Angel askod tot the return re-turn of the certificate and Upon netting II lore It 1 10 ploces 111111 01 the isms time That ivelallon bad ell hun don away with Martin was tills 111 Ilia 10lImony lu the lOll I Another toilsome the books dlvlu Hon whose character wa Love reproach slid against bm not a wordicouldbe saldallhough how cruelly Sabomminated was JOIb Imllb the Prophet 01 the latter usyn Lie like the there had gIn It 1 out 1u all the world that the work wa one Which cm through Gallia 111 angtht and one which was alo hlI laut fled to by eight others m lo Its divinity E dcr Morris showed that the testimony testi-mony ol Mope men was not given lor any uiurcenary motive Engage at they were In tile mlu stry they gave all thEir time aud alien 1 lIon to Ibo work ai well ai putting form their mean to bring It 10 tile public good They wore not deluded because was nut within the power fraudulently Inclined puisoni to call anneli from on hilth BI wet the case In tills Instance But coutrary to Ibo rule In cites ol fraud and delI celt Joiepb was found rebuking them for making their religion B secondary Cacti it oration and when Stripped ol every vestige of authority they rote up and reiterated the testimony which Yeard before they bad appended their Ignalure 10 Alo the Internal evidence 01 its divinity the Sleeker cUd attention to Ibe condition which Ibo world hill drilled Into during the two tbcuiauil Years In which the Uoipel was un known lo the earth Hundreds different religious denominations bd op 1ungureach one Interpreting Ilia Hcrlptures I I dlftiireutiy and Tills Don I dlllOD all brought about Ibroullh I lack of the word of the Lord to man kind upon the earth Ibe bringing forth ot the Book 01 Mormon out this i Shadow aside and otoued up to tile mInd if those who Yielded obedience u true and proper Inferrretaijou of the I Bcrlptutei People had gathered Irolll oU Ibo t oaUOo 01 the arlb and bd stifled to the divinity of the book lu question and aside from this the I ProlaillswAlooutagwild In Ibo book II i lOll that booOlOI should pay unto Ibe Lord for a testimony stilts divinity should receive onE on-E der JJ H KobJrtt wag announce Al Ibo reaker for lIxl week him fee lure being a coati a uarlon 01 Ibllw I able of |
