| Show OF THE DIVINITY OF THE BOOK OF MORMON An hy y ELDER JAMES Ii FL MOYLE BorC the tiC En Stake Conference in n the late St Stake ke Sunday March 22 1908 C h Iy l I W this In 1111 tV t thO IhO nl one olle who vho If Iff I restS upon lIed lcd to 10 ak to 10 au 1111 n sem f I 8 I 1 bl bly or a and hell cr In Inthe n tH III I the go the Smith arni III b by y my as iti Ir their to lu might or th c to shIP Got hOd ns n III nut have hlo Ui al I 1 I liP L to It II w cayl boY utter lIler M 4 completed ft a I t 11 tho lU Of 01 1111 lit III litto ot the thc nook hook ot of to th Ih It 11 l a deep s lon Ulon my IY and 01 hr 11 linci left the tho Church mind to 10 the hIs Ics tes liS Olle Of the thre to divinitY ot of the Book of oC Iho he ot 11 IIII seen un 1111 ongel who Iio d the hall heen Cot cor dared noer ti hIs In hlA hI oh denied 1 lck to hI his Ito ho the tho and to 10 Instrumental In tt 1 been Md In these lea I to 10 boy bor I made such lIuch oC o the As 1 t 01 our as alt does doell who with to look nt nl every subject or of mimi which should ho bo that of oC nit men r whose lives lIet IL L closs of oC abOut Inc vIrtue men nud nd gro up UI Ill in in which I 11 lived ell guIded guillod by the tho nil ot o the tho gospel whose were mo els oC virtue A little luh Inter I It II moral world and tu to su go Into the my nd I In l school arid and aridI goOd able to 10 lentil something I 1 was wac that hIgher Intelligence ot of orthodox 01 that which We c often otten er much and which much Is bousted I ot of with of the fittest finest ot oC modern Chris m in tI It Oung young whose undo and shIp I haVe greatly with thorn association and tram m my and my mr oh ot the young peo peole pi le at al imo mo nini from the th lions I have hare maim mado my sub subsequent sequent carte I ant able to s anti have hale neer lIer hesitated to say I have been that thaI the people In inthe Ih the world dIn did not nol morally with the lOY girls who ha u UI under the II o of tho u Iho lre nrc called Mor Mormons molts mons BOOK OF MORMON WiTNESSES From Irom m my 1 had read the hook ot dormon und aft during I my stud study of o to the same found In it II nothing nettlIng lul but that which Is hi pure puo and In en greul teut and history It a Iho ld lived UI on thIs continent In Ig s I was d ply interested II In utilizing such uch qs as vere gl given 10 inc to Jg itS divinity to 10 know r whether or l 1101 t 1 might be 0 deceived irid 1 n my grandparents antI Iero vero deceived oi n I wa way hom 1010 from school In 10 I took of the 01 trinity to 10 visit Dald In another hl o of the tite Three then an m old d luau bowed II In Ye years rs nl alit IH t ime tho I ho sunt elena mons to 10 call aH hIm to 10 hJ bitt eternal reward As lloC I the tho trin In tIn tho lt lit littie te tie ot of ti r I of thuS whom I fel met Vhal t Ind of o a 1 is 18 David Dald From rm al all r I received the Iho one that Ia he WI I ii goot good citizen ita an hOn honest mal man and nt that thaI Ito ha Wit highly In the I went to his hunt ble bic Ilme for or It vita I ii humble home sll anti I told hIm hIm Of IC my origin bo be bolef belief lef lief ant attn as I 8 young starting out In life I 1 to 10 tion him him 1111 11 itty what hal h hlee lee Ii te 1 tIme I ut I 1111 U itO what the Ito he hlll had pUll pUh to world concerning It le lie told mo inc In iii ni nIt Iho tIm ot of his ld ad lie ho yours tHat Wal tho testimony had Ien to the world and which WIS ts In the tho Hol hook of was trite eor every ot of It 1111 that thaI Ito ho leer hovel deviated or departed I in any par particular fm fi that that nothing In iii tIm world coull could him him trout hat tho Inel 11 Its delivered tI I hll him I sli still toti on it IC it II WIS watt nol lint that he could have hao boon deceived I it If there was us not something In that JR which sonic omo orel n as the Iho cause ot of lh these e amid hy by which lie ho con II have hoyo IWO though there thero the Iho three I the Prophet who saw W md and heard thi th fame salon mighty and truths 10 to I In him to 10 relate to 10 unter under such mich I 1 WI Vit to In In interpose eel every ot o what took look lIe He described minutely lh spot In the tho woods wood the large lare log hint him from II the angel mId that h Iii HaW naw the from which th tho Dook or o Mormon was translated that Ihal lie he helm died then them und and that h Ia did hear henr tIme tho voice of oC God declare that the were correctly translated I 1 hini it If there uny lot tOl hint him to have leen been anti that thaI it all I ii mistake but bul lie he Nail said No 0 1 oi asked him then h he hail had lel the tho le I to ra Id ho had bird not but bul Ui Church lied had left hll lie He altI that his faith hi the or of the Iho gospel which had leen been to the CI 1835 1535 had nover been heen he was wa RII still t to 10 unc believed In ju just l lS its much all as ho over er dil was 15 tring trying to 10 live lph s und Uta exemplify thel In la lisa lIre le lie said t h Imo know was vils 1 ii ProPhet oC 01 Go God that through hint him hut had restored tint Iho ot of Jeu C Christ In these latter 11 S I O 1 ama this as n I n Oler Oliver Cowdery the th other othel loft lott time Iho Church hut I 1 under Ito he to It his death throughout hil his whole although to f I mI years ears out tC of the Church separated tram rent I it he denied hil his testimony The ho tact that these men inca hUll lemOe th thorn m ul alt earthly I In to 10 th the lon of u a ir If it II CIO vero 1 IL fraud taud In increased creased 1111 and their Ild to 10 my amY mind molo It mI forcible was waR In Ina a log ot of two or three roms devoid or of comfort 01 or luxury ot of life which lie he could hao enjoyed hal h he the tho Church and nd heen us mis 11 was 18 or Of its lis leading and nd inen hut but 10 no for fOI sOI seine reason he ler left the Chulch Church und and I 1 cannot hlLl time 1 lson could ld he be oth other r than the fuel fact that his testimony should ho strengthened by Vt re it II of oC al all motel earthly I t tt It had b el a I that thaI David desired he would have remaIned ho be could occupied it a highet station und mid posItion II in life but lie semer seemed In those humble it lre roms rooms 11 iii his bitt log cabin 10 lie said uld poInting to a U rom room nt at one end tt of the Do you ICO see that old log room 11 Iii that riom I kept one or the original copIes a of the translation or of orthe the Dool ot of ald and when 11 tIn great cyclone struCk It II toil WI every of oC 1 my home ox eX the In which that s kept lpt lL regarded cen that ali old wih with every o of oC SI SIclo Sn clo cm edness ness und mind J I doubt that there mono enough II in the to have In Induced induced hIm hIm to part purt wih wIth I it Arc these not facts When Whon the Book of oC WIS was who WIo wn Il its author VIrn Vho the men lit in bringing 1 it forth 1 the they cunning No o Joseph was as a a humble farmers talmer son i from the frontlet of oC Vermont with no for education without neL to the great libraries without tIme tho opportunity ot of een the learned muon of oC da day ct he brought forth this work the Iho most adel adverse cir mel It bee YH Ild saId that hl him ha had men inca about hIm or of unusual ability bil but who were they The were none nono 1 iu near If 1 havo to 1 learn mId I ha followed It to tho utter uttermost most Il so til itt itt al lot least n as my amy opportunities tO ties multi afforded nn an ton ot of that and I find none nono 1111 hIm vero such ich nl Its David Hanif farmers noor mel inch l I t has inta been that Sidney Wil the It ul itil but hul it Il hu lits not only b by the tho of own on ot of others that ho he mutt lon son hut hUI other lt nol 1101 lenol the Bool ot of until several years after it II was told lold 10 trio In tint tho 1 to whIch I that It II WiS ottly dlo TIlon ot of thu tho IL lombI 1111 in Il its affairs that the Iho el t Joeph WU led 1 iI craft mf 0 of IlE Rig Rigdon don That WI wits 1111 his version of 1 it CONTENTS OF 01 nOOK OF 0 rite HOk If is III today U as I a great honk 1 Jt In tc do tail tho thin tho tIlt th 1 the tho ot It time or of this IM I It tehi tImit cities vere wh tile dle hom OI the they cro caine Ir tho they amo 1100 thin mee e ord cliniC trot from thiN ho boy it H WILl 11 In his bu boy hool VIII th camilo forth snub 01 the ur 1 tiny n pta iii othet I I t Iii mugs to 10 which I leer I ha have 0 not m my r roe cli those lol 01 Ihl tIn o of of i tills whon thIs OUI wor vertI In tin hores try Iho lal said ilme Iho Hook or of II iS I rile t sit I tuly und ii ad IC t lies hM l to Ito tho high nr IC OUt nUl country countr anul 11 time lt that horsed did exist II itt rohl 1111 In AnCIA IA I l Jol loin to I a 10 1 my turns to tn It II It II II iii italy two tso tol tolI I I 1110 II In OUI one n itt 1 old ci d l title cli 1111 1 nil tt cs cli tore t here In I ii 1 a elsil thu t to t I 11 lillY Ii It 11 0 or of the of nr time of nr 11 atiles out oulu If i 1 lie he CI City fI of l ico 11 at tl tint i Ic hi u 1101 nm nl Iw J Olin 1111 amid whIch iii I Wil WilC C i I hy by ii I iii It und it ud cl city t hurl n a f pyra rl I I I t II Iii hull lit ii t of nr lOiO nIl fl Ii I ii I si I 1 Ild II 5 cnn CO U lIt r ltd v it It a pie 0 n l thul one ut of those I l It II h 01 feet teel nt lit thu to 10 1 IL o Of noll feet will steps UI cut thu tho Ihlo sub tat 11 I Its a iii I 1 o 0 f which it helm Will 11 lIV 1101 wih It It p lid e eIt It tam I wilI hoes Ild growing II tul It lb Jul U 1011 I I I I ito lot t ha t I I I not 1111 him VII y ii In y 1111 i u I lie I II I Ii C II iii Ihl thin tta I lle lt it but UI tho Ito of 01 hl 1155 tor HO time amen J II itt I his olti dIY oit r re the Iho that hind ii I ama 1 Iron Ih t iii n dJ oh lii ag tt I its a ad the eI As H n a t 11 of lr theft labor tutu lh they UI un Ih 1 ur of til this bIU bitu tutu aln others len miner h by but smaller YIU You CUl calm tilso pc PC ll tilt lt tiC it II great n m lh wil III In Ie 1111 signs th the of oC Ih I Iii amid tl rom the pyramid li is a cot five Illi 1 nol mait t tt It 1 hut hul 11 1111 Ih thiet II is a ye 1 II I lit till PrIor tl to ln i II to 0 Imer it II I It In Iii i of oC Although ni nil of hOf has lul beel II you 01 con flim I ie where tIme Iho hll hits II tO grow row 1111 amid b l tho In and of Ih the I 01 mUl nelt you OU rhet Iho Is IH IHor Isor or Op On or of the tue street they 1 have 11 excavations cown In iii to I it we n fl largo large 1001 tw ito Of If which worn dl y In 1 a 11 state o or of Illon t iou a ti ml ii g Pal ti t I not nM oven the ot of the tho 01 ii Ihl time Imol kumow about fn are still Jl it work Imig 1 You on eln can sc see ure mory ff if t I he ot If IL ii who tere wIth Ihl the Egyptian A nn who hn os visIting 1 scenes with 1 time Jl Mm J I II of oC ForI u a ln n till for tor Wt we w Were re str ho to II tIlL spot a Of 11 lh the ho lull built city 11 lived cl here were tho tit n Wo e fOi nUlles ot of tw tile nn Hi e avory I hand hamad mini only lit hi thC tIme great rell J but also In iii Iho tIm char chur on the minH the Iho style of oC thin al ahl or of which h is In iii man lImoli lut lute harmony with IhlI Dol Book or of W l nIl all know that Ihal when Cortez visited ho he tIme thc Aztecs In iii control ot of the tho great aloy ot of Mexico that tor 01 HOle hundreds ot or cnn amid the Iho tradItion la Is that they from harts lt of time tho continent that eale canto tIle the who also occupied taI that country tu to tIme thc Aztecs fat tOI Il a grel great many years and to time there WIS was one olhO other wlm buit buIlt cHr tm for the tho elt city I speak of at II is only one o of 1111 cIties that hlo have been found These races a vague ago that I mm hll I I I veil ed then thelI Ind maid hul bull t I places prIor to HIl anil that thaI timEs ancient hal had ht ho come extinct n LI striking of the tho ok of Mormon Neat tim CI City of TO or SY 80 frol thy City Cily Of at 1 is IL a the largest hUle base or of an aimy In the I Ii I said al tu to covet LOI thun o 0 tunes of ground 1 lt Is hull built ot of la lay ers ot of stonework and nud lun brick briel 0 01 alobe It I t Is coverer with a of tices multi Ld hal been dono wIth It Il b by WiY WIlY of excavation or discovery You can cun see cc hell the wate vater hits hus down I own ls its sides amI mare CIt cuts hut but UI the ole old stone to I Its sti stilt stand and ar u used cl Il na I a means of reachIng I am which I It and which an aim tom tent whIch time This it Is ot Cholula and b by the Ihn WLL the tradition ot of tIme the nulls natives thero Is In iii II the Iho hl his history tor tory In tl tIme 1001 ot of rimey S j It WIK at the tIle city uC of Cholula that tIme wen visited by it IL great Tet whIte DI Deity II who labored among Ind 1 a spIrItual religion lo lie taught that the they not ot of otiel ofer iel er up Uj hUlan or an any sacrifice other othe Iha than I the faults of the tho fell nail tIme thu 10 lie taught theta them I it religion as It II hi lt referred to II by tIme h 1 They he say a that lie he then for IL a long bug Ile timmie laught them the tho Irl arts ot of arid that people amid It left letl its lis upon Ulon from day IlY to thil tIlls I It WI wits Ihl this Deity who left lett th that Ho He would great t white man mama lS as they Im say I It WiLt 1 of oC that belef In iii that Delt Deity which enabled Cortex z with his of If mon muon to 10 go Into Inlo country amid hundreds ot of thousands of oC aS valiant lI as ever OCI graced tIme earth The were nol miot cowards Most or of time tho r time the s amid tIme Iho that were subject to theta them were grout greal warriors welo U as coul courageous I us an any who eer lived und and was rait hut but butone could ono one means 1 by which succeed that WIS was because ot of the tho I idea fastened I Itself 1 51 lt of that he WIS was the tho white whom whon theIr sages Ild polen Ind against whom It useless to fht fight as tradItion luul wal led lod to 10 believe ho he return That Is what enabled Cortez to achieve tIme great 1111 conque l which hI lie dId will with I a aLow tow Low hundred soldiers ol poorly To o day tin tho IL Cholul ate arc noted nold for Cor In Industry ski skill Cortez visited d that country the tho have forgotten living about aboul hao what whal they thoy cal call time tho Ihl thu fInger ner of oC scorn at them und and called them Wonton thc they were vere not savage brutal In WU lS as thelma mathier to 1 a hl hc worship multi In Industry saId that when he visIted lie ho found thin Iho spires O or ot of omit which these Ild Uld mute ot of Iii tilt tho tho thio most II world probably bl there thelO I It If Ii tOI Or its I domes ono w WS bull hr thu Iho 11 lods tu to tIme thc conquest hUI 1111 time thc tradition or Ii time Iho people at I WitH waH to tIme Iho effect tImid tunic ur of tIme Iho ICO hot plo pic h by at 01 thou buil built great py Il I II but that I ii race of who Inhabited ICO t ha lund Ia ad 1111 tI erected II I 1 In iii Il aim effo it to the Iho HI y tie the hIs or of lh the the CIC crime t tomb tC of time toIlet of BI Babel bl lon veto thoM these grow 10 it stage o of dIllon thou extinct Cart tInt tho ot of time Iho world tell Ni Na 11 lime ho hook Boole or how OUI 1117 tells ls ams In 11 its count account of tho who preceded thu In iii that hummi hUl who alo are inter In tIme Iho ot of this I lii s comi ti lieu I nati tile Iho hook Boole of I it thy they wi do HI SI 1111 then visit time Iho I to 10 HI seo tIle the mouth that Ihal luo stood tood for tOI t lion S o of yea rs they unc ho be deeply mm lift Ith tIme tho wi Of oC the tho 1101 In the hook Book tt if o oln 1 gm 01 elm luch I to ti speak Jell 1111 opium It of nt I lit visit Isit I WIl my lily amid I itty II be Iii time tho Book n of whon I 1 II saw lof tIto V ot of the c civilizatIon 1 I 11 of which tIme tho lt at ald amid If if which 10 ito nUI tines Ioel speak It ItIs II Is IL 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