| Show p HOW IT WAS DONE DONETte TIle The De ret Newt S ws hu In la ut plainness iti position In It rd to tb ib tile of ot th the Book Hook of or Mor Mormon IorI I mon moll by b the Prophet t Smith But ButI I it ft that ff if our Out J den denI who I bo O discuss this fall fU to re renumber number what w WI have bay on the Ibe sub subject teet Iet We have received communication tion containing Inquiries ai as D to 10 whether the t leaden ki deri of ot the tbs Church have hu author or the therIs that haY bate haYI I been bien advanced concerning th the matter or cither r of ot them than th We Wt have to 10 answer anar In Sn the th negative natIve The IlI authoritative statement eon con coming the of ol the Uie Book Dook of or Is ta that t It w waS done by the and aDd power of ot God through tho raMM of or the and smi I Gh r Joeeph Joaeph never noer n ver de vt d from that statement nor DOr to so oO oOl l Jar r as AI me e are ar aware aart mid made d any other It K On the tb title page to the Book of or Mormon there Is a literal translation of ot the concerning the plat In I n teh kh this occurs occur url Written and sealed alM up u and hid up unto the Ih LOrd that they might not bo ho destroyed to rome come forth br by I the pUt and end power 1181 of nt unto the later Inter thereof siaM liy Iy II the H o ot of MoronS Moroni and nd hid up UI u the toni ton to I corns forth In due time iy liT th tha WRY way of ot I mUle he the thereof by bythe b bythe the elft gift f The testimony of o the three on flu th point nt Is to Ami Ande we know that they the have bae been n transited by b the gift power of or for tor HI ills voice vol hAth bath declared d It u o us wh we know kno knott of tt a Po surety that the work Is III true tru truTh The Te Th statements have betel been mad by ta different HI RI I to the manner In which the meaning of or the characters upon the he plates was wu made known to 10 tbt IIII Ser SM were given upon their own OW and ami according acc to 10 th lr of ot the matter milter Hut nul fluto i there Is Ii nothing In n the writing of 01 e the tho t Joeph further Un U what we weh w wh h have vo quoted on which to buM tass thOSe ai U ll and opinion When a person a 1 language In tho the U manner mann and n R tion of or f tiny nn part of or It Into h ho ko hoMill Mill convey con the meaning menning la to such inch U h Hans a 1 are tt lat him Another translating the name am m mAtter mutter mattert would In mot Instance do 00 tallar I wr v rk and while hU the meaning of ot the words would he tie about the same rne me In both translation there would be peculiar tics tito of ot diction K I special e la to each Give OIe on example In areek k or Latin ItIn I to halt half n R dozen boys boy bo who ho have hay been property properly instructed and their Into will all I he 10 o In Its some Mine 1 DI m t NIt white the tho will 11 be bf almost identical Vow Now taking It for Coe granted that the meaning of or the character engraved en cm on the thO metallic put platy plates tec was waa understood by h Joseph ih Smith by b the Rift gUi and antI pow power er If of Or God Instead of O the IB in the way wa of ot a II i language e t would when giving the Interpretation tion tl ut uee Ie mch luh English y aa as aae 1 I 1 e u A to hear hr and speak peak A 4 tra translation mint Ion word woM for or word ord of at atI nay I DJ language Into Iota another would wo ld pen ft tUy nil Hy speaking appear almost nonen I because became of the Hie difference In the of or Therefore n word wO d for word translation without a Proper n nt t tc to n tax tad nd Dd ry to is the meaning t tt U te En t reader ad r would bf be out oat o f ma the question nad I n thu It l Is II clear Ml thet the Prophet obtaining tb n of fit the tue Ui characters character upon Ute the plate rave gas UM is Interpretation In inch sch isae at U waa w wat ot lit hie IdI command IB hi J the I those I portions of tie Uw Jewish prophecies that were II by bJ the writ rit or 1 be b take the t Bib BIblIcal heat Heal form in common tee ii except in I Ih Mich ruch h ces al l which art are numerous when Ita mistake occur in the common translation and the tM 1 was waa w then linn given The nI bo t the modus mo ua operandi operand ot oc 0 the trana latios In ti the see rail of If f learning IMIn a Ian Ians K ag s and that of ut this la Is that tbt one lilt come oom a by hy the I rUIS of the t tre re a and the lae other by b the Ue Iatt 1 of ot the tb mft tt and power pow f t God Persons who ho have ha enjoyed nj tb tilt tbs sift ulft p rV It or ur of o the of 01 I t o or er of ot prophecy pro e Gt know S Ins SItf tile the lb fact fut of the 01 exercise of nt the tUe gUt gilt e find dod It very n difficult to 10 expiate upla to ton n Yoh wh h hitI not nut bern been M so fU fUl r l tl how x w arid AlII In 11 nh ht t ninner the In I tIes U operated upon upu Il bit hs bl inin and 1114 sn sout add enabled him to perr Ye and sat auto I which r veal 4 to him Do So to In I t red t to the rift gift ot of be beJ J Mowed Ito upon the Prophet Pr het JO and Ud uS I bo 1111 enact produced upon his hla mini and aM a aI S I tirata V by Iliac pantos as into th tilt the trim and aM i or the one 1 u bich lII b be he I who bo a are to 10 bring brt every eY eYt i t t down to their and an 14 J u Lt rAl of 0 arid and May ZItI ne r at t all III UPI upi r rr i r c natural Rift pitts nd claIms claim but hat that t Iou l w not Ilot matter When Wh n a person h hs t i l la A do I a Hilton or cr a bi bs i 1 iw w r of t t te he h aV Jwo kno knol no wt h hI he ha h has a If It unable to te t 2 l in what manner menner man r It ItI w was I I t Th J h t i I that he oj 4 U It mi it n WI 1 t record of the N St hll by 1 h the th i run I I of m an n aa l who wt t r y a anan ann nn nan on earth was M wh h hid bid It i ithe the wa 18 o commanded fOd of 0 the and andI I i that he ht Joseph the orK l 10 by r r i the Uit gift and aM power po of ot God od through t th the and anS anc ajro a de 1 11 i m We think lb Ink that t the Hit en T that ore are made mado to the process of ot which no ro description 1 i II given by pro iro proper per Iler authority very er much a caste of or time and ond that It U is not nt It nil Mil profitable It U be remembered by all review r that thet on ott the very e ery title pane of lr the book It Is 13 declared And nd now If It there are fault they hC aie 31 re the mistakes of at mn men wherefore condemn not the thin of ot nod God th that ye e may ma be found at lit the judgment wit eit E t of ot And nd ti rd the eloe eIo of the record Moroni of nf the com corn coming corning ing forth of ot the In the latr la days day gir title lon And when ye e hull absil receive these thole things I 1 would exhort you OU th y ye would aak usk God led the leather Vather J In the Ut name nm of Christ If these thing are not tru and If It e aak uk with If f sincere Inte heart hearl with Ith real reet Intent b hl ha v lug InK faith ralth In Christ be he will manifest the truth troth of or It U unto you OU by b the inner noner of ot the Holy 1011 Ghent and by b the po power er of or the Holy Hot Otio l ye e may ma know the truth troth of all nil of ot M pogo ogo 1 I |
