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Show i HE THAT HATH EARS, LET HIM HEAR. K Continued. HT jt Sought for mine appointment! 3? unto the Priesthood according H to the appointment of God un- H to the fathers concerning the seed. My fathers having turned from I their righteousness, and from the holy commandments which the Lord their God had given unto them, uiito the worshipping of the '! gods of the heathens, utterly re- j fused to hearken to my voice; for i their hearts were set to do evil, and were wholly turned to the god of ' Elkenah, and the god of Libnah, ' and the god of Mahmackrah, and the god of Korash, and the god of I Pharaoh, king of Egypt; therefore they turned their hearts to the sac- rifice of the heathen in offering up their children unto their dumb I idols, and hearkened not unto my I voice, but endeavored to take away my life by the hand of the priest of II '- Elkenah. The priest ol- Elkenah i was also the priest of Pharaoh. ; Now, at this time it was the cus-. cus-. torn of the priest. of Pharaoh, the ting of. Egypt, to offer up upon the 1 altar which was built in tlie land of I fchaldea, for the offering unto these grange gods; men, women, and L children. And it came to pass that I ihepries.t made an offering unto the I. god of Pharaoh, and also unto the I god of Shagreel, even after the man ner of the Egyptians. Now the god ofSl?ajreel was the Sun. Even ihe thank-offering of a child did I jjlie priest of Pharaoh offer upon I the altar which stood by the hill I palled Potipher's Hill, at the Head I of the plain of Olishem. Now, this I p-'est had offered upon this altar I three virgins at one time, who were I rfc'ie daughters of Onitah,fone of the I acl -y al descent directly from the loinp I jqf Ham. These virgins were of- I Sered up because of their, virtue- I they would not bow down to worship H gods or wood or of stone, therefore H they were killed upon this altar, H and it was done after the maimer H (of the Egyptians. ; And it came to pass that the ipriests laid violence upon me, that H -they might slay me also, as they did those virgins upon- this altar; 1 jand hat you may have a knowledge H ;of -this altar, I will refeu. you tothe H Representation at the commence nnt. of this record. ( See Pearl-of jGjreat Price, edition of 1851, page E ?18.) It was made after the form H iof a bedstead, such as vas had a-H a-H mongtlie -Chaldeans, and it stood fet'ore the" gods ' of Elkenah, Lib- ffinh, Mahmackrah, Korash, and also H a iod like unto that af PhfttH', j --- king of Egypt. That you may have an understanding of these gods, I have given you the fashion of them in the figures at the beginning, which manner of the figures is called call-ed by the Chaldean, Eahleenos, which signifies, Hieroglyphics. And as they lifted up their hands upon me, that they might oiler me up and take away my lif e, behold, I lifted up my voice unto the Lord my God, and the Lord hearkened and heard, and he filled me with a vision of the Almighty, and the angel an-gel of his presence stood by me, and immediately unloosed my bands, and his voice was unto me, Abraham! Abraham! behold, my name is Jehovah, and I have heard thee, and have come down to deliv-, er thee, and to take thee away from thy father's house, and from all thy kins-folk, into a strange land which thou know, not of, and this because they have turned their hearts away .from me, to.worsliip the godpf Elr, kenah, and the god of Libnah, and the god of Mahmackrah, and the god of Eorash, and the god of Pharaoh, Pha-raoh, king of Egypt ; therefore I Ihaye come down to visit, them, and to destroy him who hath lifted up his hand against thee, Abraham, my son, to take away, thy life. Behold Be-hold I will lead thee by my hand, and I will take thee, to put upon thee my name, even the priesthood of th' father, and my power , shall be over thee. As it was with Noah so shall it be with thee, that through thy ministry my name shall be known in the earth forever,, for I am thy God. Behold, Potiphar's Hill was in the land of Ur, of Chaldea. . And the Lord broke down the altar of Elkenah, and of the gods of the land, and utterly .destroyed them, and smote the priest that he died; md there was great mourning in Chaldea, raid also in the court of Wiaraoh, which Pharaoh signifies; king by royal blood. ; Now this king of Egypt was a decendant from the loins of Ham, and was a partakor of the blood of the. Canaanites by birth. From this descent sprang all the Egyptians, and thus the blood of the Canaanites was preserved in the land. " , . ; j To be continued ' -. . ! |