| Show The Book of Mormon Is It True or False Falsey y A I Discourse by Elder Nephi L Morris in lii the thc Salt Lake Tabernacle Sunday July Jul 31 1910 by h p I 1 y One On fl of nf tile the Ih mot most conspicuous events I with the thu of ot the theIn Jf c p I In his IhM th dispensation dl Is that hI II relate to the tory story of oC o the tho cv r of r the of cC Mormon and Its Il It by hr b Joeph h Smith the tho i t We rhe Th an ai al to 10 1 whether WhAt her tho the J juk t uK k f Mormon Is hi II trUe or false fulse will 11 s fice or vitality because b lI 1 t lose I UI 1111 clus I It iii th Hook lok of IC Mormon can bo proven proon 1 11 the I work nf of th dispensation tl II y l lon If U It I f t an n be 0 b proven I fd 1 fin Ih t h work e nih ik must mu t fall ta ii If IC J the he t Hook Book 4 1 0 i proven ro en to 10 b be false tahe Joseph Joeph b h the Imo wim ume evidence bo be boI beir tf ir in I 10 be he hI either an In Impostor or u n uI I either cither It her or of which would 1 I I t d 1 I pe Ir i on d II hid tun claims to 10 divine commis I i it J is j M not nol long Ion since In this hits city cl I uis ViLZ Wil made lado by hy a to 10 toun tot t T 1 I un n fl tho testimony of o the wit It n I h the thc divinity of or the Hook Bok of M I r It I Is not nol my tHY 1 purpose pur e to make maken makek Inke k a o i tn to that f I i tempt made Inde by h our friend of oC 81 lh i V nth HUh hut I should hould like to 10 enjoy t tIle taneO n of your our sympathy ammil II it If f t 1 Id 10 i Io e God the nut aid of oC his hlf Holy Hol t in p of thin moot moat 1011 i tU 1 of oC the history hl tor of or Mormon ISM i iI I hoi hal therefore Ih undertake to I r II I to 10 the proposition Is ls II IM th f pk Ph ni o r Mormon false or true Let hot IetI I tl n r 0 ii I m hi riely lelly the th story lor of or lbs dis dist t I I I ft tUI then th Ih ti relate the lh testimony of i IM th mine 1 11 sst to 10 the tho Rook Bok of or Mormon i IM I make lukl su Ii h brief f argument ns as time tinia I Ml IIII II l KHOI the strength rf cf Ill Ile r C ne es i OF OI ITS IS DISCOVERY EIn i It 1 i lr 4 on Oi n the ll day Ilay of September i 1 ill m it t Joseph Jf Smith then In his tl Hi I h er wan was lying upon lila his hi j t 1 l J ning the Ihl th throne of ot irace for forU or U t u 1 i with r en poet to 10 III ii rk he hI h In b the God Goil of or heaven II h d i l I him hll ii tom to 10 perform for fir he had hll received d visitation troth from CromI r pI il a I t S I h h S which means man It WHO WeH Indal 1 i t I HIM hi the I th Lord had a IL 1 great grat iu rk Fk K for r hl I III to I u perform In I a his day y mm nt nta K a r ti n While hl the thc young yoting mm titan man wa WIS SiRS Ii tl i el 1 n ti player Irle und uld serious ro to rov tov v ti tl i I 11 wis i 01 overcome with lh a R I desire t I kI k r of or time the lx rd with wih to toji toi ji hw i tit J and 1111 standing landing before Irr heaven baRren In this communication lii I tw if i suddenly nl began tn to grow light i t n I reaped tn to lOll a very ery brIlliant ru ni n ill dl n Th Tim bed ht was wn hA tilled aith lh i h brilliancy beyond compare Pi Pr PI nth nt nt y there stood 1 11 his him hil bod lI tl I t d cm 1 mu the door or distance II lance I ft IN ing nl 1 In radiance who Iho Intro DU Cu u himself IC tn 11 the boy na ns a 1 en front from rom God 01 and told him that r m u 11 ui itS Moroni He le I Ic then told the tho thom m g r ii that thieve there 1111 Wil it Li I sacred roe r c ri rd of M 1 f tu ti ancient Inhabitants of this thise e rr r t deposited d 08 I I In a 1 atomic stono 1010 box hox on oni H 11 i I in t I int t to 10 t 0 the tho 1111 hail I It y In which v h ich th lived and anc that this sacred r f C a i not nol only a history of oft t th tb an i nt rt Inhabitants of this country 1 t it It tl i the Ihl of the C g iii 1 r f Jesus IN H Chi 1st It wan 11 stated l thit In fl rM of rt time this record would r gh r g n i to 10 t Joseph Smith and a 11 that pier rI in mh be bt given gisen him him to 10 translate IN th f I ri and hive lu Its I pub i II lo to I all ni the tho world The messenger KI 54 g ii hI young man some instructions uh ith ii I t to 10 the requirements the thet 1 t I t make of ot him some seine inn r n 4 Crom the Ih old Ohl Testament Ir I about to 10 be b fulfilled In the tho thoi theof i r i n of oC the gospel I pel giving a auK 1 aI uK I I rent rendition of oC them anti I Im exit Crom the tue r voting ing man was WIH left alone to lu tot tom t m n this thin most 1101 singular cx ex r lie he hI was not nol alone f I i t again began to I ap up apr I I r i MIn 0 soil and presently there theo i 1 linn him h mu tIn the Ih seine same 11 heavenly helenl be bei i i i l I i with him hint a I i 1 i In fore The he former instruct t r 1 i pi cited to 10 the th boy bo and 1 i f I v instructions added and the Ih I iiii I ut his departure The Ther r I h ii returned repeating all al his hits I nn I t ro lons and made mado his de dei deri i i n ri the tl following morning Jo Joir Jot JoI t I ir 1 r I l as IS f was aa hi his custom at ut h Mito H t I the hit Held fold Oh to 10 work vork with w the n I The Th father perceived f c his hla physical condition t ht him hll unequal Inual to the tho days das dasI II fl I him to go 10 O back halk backli halki li h ii i ie that he ho might rest resl and f n f r himself On hi h his IH way wayt WA t I Ii house hOIe the Ibm young man Ing to tn elliot climb over o r a n fence Cne I U i 1 u r f tnt Int from exhaustion amid ald aldI i r ig ig rg t his story slot the tl thi first t timing thing f c iI hi h h was Vas WI tho tile t f th this same nl being with I U i tI m rn IV hi h spent nt the thA greater part t r h n R g gill t Tho Thu angel gave him In Int t t t 11 to 10 these that hu lie hui lieh i h t IW hi during durin the three other othera u a ut i anti told lold time tho boy ho to 10 com coin comat 1 I i at 81 a t his fattier father nil all u that Ilat ho Ito hoRld xi fled and then Ihen opened tho the thoI I f r the cong yoUnK man In 5 tt h i l I I a ij permitted to II see nee el the very vr M r p h hz x upon tile the hillside which pI r t i nt rt fin I h sacred record The 1 nn I ii 1 n went vent w nt to 10 hi lila his father ii I i hn h n whole story Jt I appear J th f r heart was prepared for Clr forth tl th 11 and ho Ito told hl lila son lon to tot 0 t TV th l admonitions of tho the messen meSI I ti I f fei fr f WB WI sent 1111 of God GodI I M v Lg S g titan man lan according to 10 ap a at I p 1 met Poet this mme am being upon i 0 i hi l The hill bill hiI In is I known as Hill 11 J uT r Tali m Ill n Manchester e ew 1 York I h r I ur ar the apex of oC the Iho lull hill was WM I a runt t Inc iu with its I surface partly 1111 r I I F With Ih the th assistance of u it uli I li r l t tone tiie removed and nd nI hl WIS seen e n a I stono box hox r th tr ih r n lined Ind tho the golden record the yr ni and somo lomo other UI i ul I h interesting s that 14 1 P there moro inure than 1 14 rt It i before hr 10 ore Filled Flod with delight a e rr tc to Possess loI himself lf of n R the thc Ih oung man to 1 r i J I downward to 10 tithe o them It Iii 1 when he hI Wail ed by hIP b f hM tl 1 j ho told lold him that the thc time timet i f t ome me om for their delivery v r In itt t 01 t i ei I eIon n hut but he h was W there thero theo Ui Ui t h l meet mel the angel at nt atI ut t I IH I j i II n I year cI for four our years lr I I d if te i i m ed Cd himself faithful t n I delivered to 10 him Ac A I 1 tin I oung man hud had to 10 tov 1 v I JI K hones und Ind desire with wih Ir I r these Ihl e treasures tars H It ft Is IR not the t ila I 1181 r ii n h I lor t of or God dealings d i S kul id that he hn P pieced hits his hish th h p J II a tue Iut ol ni preparation for lor tt t gr 1 work rk he lie has hAR for Cor them tei t I Ur 1 ul wi remember r how the tho Ih tin t n tt Pt l Id d 1 after fter hIs hta h miraculous A Aa u r I the Christ wont Into in j r he lie received t i revelations t r s i J remember It I some seine three 1 ani ad d tv t n Presented himself to 10 toa a i and Anti received holy rom corn corna hol a ire he hI undertook his hi great h 1 th p ar or of the gospel to 10 1 I You YUI oi trill wil also milso 1100 hour hoar In iii II the th Ih sit 1 of or Man III after his hil id 1 the th sign 1111 of divine ap aI ifen Ni c ii hon him retired In nuclei new where It In I 10 IO M t unto him him After i of If ol ur ho he returns f Dl f r Ih the stupendous work hi hiI I III PI at n hil his hands And ld 1 so h n a out hi untrained I P olih and Ih 9 Cr II hi I year for hr rl i h q wa il to per imer II nn ria eu ej in An n a I tale of ot pro pre It I J r I cr of r patient Wll wait alt I c cm H l to n lud development of r and ond necessary to 10 I tb C I rd I Perform the great work 7 b or of r hip hlll cent th t t 1 h himself 0 u H II each ach year nt itt lt I cumorah anti WI watt Permitted yero lh the hut but the m 1 f 4 l her er m when they tile wei were placed In II his hii 1111 Time Tho solemn Injunction was Wal given that If IC hu Ii W t 5 re to 10 the trIM rust I Imposed od In him H as lI loIRI of record and II ld should allow them Ihl to 10 go SI gl out of nf t Jib hi hands Into Inlo tuB the of ur others other except with tile the of ut Ills Iii 11 Father hu lie should he his cut tilt off ff or held hi old In I n condemnation nation tIn Hut t the Ihl t he rat rec records rt ord wore were 1111 cod In iii II liln hil hiI hands anti and vere Svere ero soot somi translated by h means of itt If the tho Ih theU U rl ni und ii tid Thom mini hose thune Iho i holy In Iii Interpreters II which were verc u used ed liy by I the ancient when from rome toil God worn werA received The Tho gospel which this hook lone of ur Mormon contains WI published to the worM and md Ild Iral Into 1110 various f and It has litma 1111 bun beon hin carried to nearly n every ry nation i tongue mind and Ind people I In this remarkable incident tilt tile I 1 LI t I Saints SaIni have seen Men as its lS they believe the time fulfilment of the prophecy made Ildo In the book of or John Johl tho Iho where shere that said suld And I 1 saw IW another angel In 1 fly I In Iii the Ih midst nf of r heaven having the th ing gospel Kopel to 10 unto urto them Ihen that dwell duel un on the mind and ane to tn ivory every err nu ohm nuton tion ton an Ind and l kindred and tongue and Ind no pie ide saying with Ih a it 1 loud voice fear roa OIK and ald give Ie glory to 10 him hll for Cor th time hour or of his judgment 1 II is come The prophecy couch ruch couched 1 in n the cut words of the great groat Isaiah are also tilso c on n to 10 be fulfilled In this Ihl Incident where the prophet t said Ild Mercy r mid a 11 itil truth are ar met together mUlti and 1111 peace have hate cl emmett each other owr truth rhall spring up UI out fUt Ut of ur time anil righteousness shall ehll look down Irom frion heaven The Tho ho sumo ne said suld trop Prop rol down ye re heaven from above and anih let lIt the skies ur down righteousness let Ift the HIM 11 earth open opeti OP let them Hh the and the earth forth salvation imd let 11 righteousness r spring iring up tu to And Ami ni again 1 In says time the Ihl same nume mI Isaih And thou shall hll bo be 0 brought down unit and shall speak nut olt ut of oC th time ground and amid ali th speech shall hll b be low out of tho the diot dl I And Find Ihy Ih shall be nil as a one that bath halh a I familiar spirit out nut of or tre tle Ie Kiv ground und and thy Ihy I h shall whisper out of or the dust dUI hen It I II is remembered d that this Ihl ec cc ecord e ord thin tho hook of or Mormon Is h a history of two mighty peoples who ho 11 hive I through a period of more than 1500 SOO years and It II was burled In the Ih path for fer more tItan than 1000 10 1 when It canto forth In II the tho manner related surely urel It II I In is h isa n a 8 voice volI low out of time the dust duct du t whispering from the Ile ground OF HOOK lol Perhaps n ii 1 word with respect to the time the Ihl Book of ot Mormon would contents of Bok N he t e enlightening to 10 some m At Al the the time of or the contusion confusion of or tongues at the Tower rower of or there was WAR given hIn to 10 two men mIl anti their families AlleM divine com ceni cm by hy which they Ihy wore tore lou led from the tho Tower of eastward and across the great crent ocean otean oceano olan t to o this Ihl hemisphere they th ivere Jutted And his hi brother The In n ii I miraculous manner conducted theta them In lim that hat great groat Journey to 10 this Ihl land whet hey Ih became benl a n great Brent and a 1 populous c occupying North orth America and an extending south to 10 tho tim Ih great rrt gulf and amid the he Isthmus of They Tn to 10 o n it I civilization lon and culture a knowl knowledge knowledge edge of or the that nits ails Irl and sciences which Jhn might b b be well wIl and Ald with the thA conditions of 1 In n time the medieval period They Te howl r through Internecine war lx became came exter The Tho The colony colon left I Ct Jeru Illel lem some omo Imo 6 years before oror Christ led h iy Lehi who with his hi tons cons and their wives crossed the tho ocean In lii hips hl they tl constructed under dl ill II illin in guidance and they the landed uron th the he coasts of or South America where thy they tl also nio al became n R great rAl people They The he utter later Iller divided Into two grout great factions who engaged In war scar like Ik their predecessors In occupancy ot of this land and tIme the one on race rl became entirely en I rI dissipated from the th earth orth In the Iho enrage warfare which waged singed through was wn II many Hut Hul before that particular rare race m l extinct they Ihl sent nt out exploration cola colo colonies colo I nice nies nIl that thaI went Into Inlo the north country countr where they found round the Iho ruins rIn nf at thoa who had previously Il M dwelt there TImer Thero they the Iho found their records deposited In Iii earth mound In the great valleys whom where awful awNI battles aUIe had occurred They Th saw RI the Ihl bleached skeletons of or the Ih ninny many who had fallen In deadly dIU coot com combat i bil bat To this thi latter colony Jesus came after his resurrection and Ind under hit hl direction was wan wa tho Church Chu h of Christ established In their midst The hn nook Hook of Mormon Mornion contains u a I history of or tie the I dealings with that people ns as ni aswell well as aM an In abridged I history of or the tho descendants of Jared Jarld and his brother who Iho left lIr the Tower of Habel at 01 the time of or the Iho confusion of tongues The TIms Hook of Mormon gives an au abridged ac account account count of oC these Uee two Io great eal peoples Some SOle objection to the Book Hook of Mormon lormon liars have been ben made oh oIl the ground that there thero Is II a 1 uniformity of style running through the tho entire book hook though It professes tu to tube I tobe be bR the tho production of a I number of au nu authors hors thors written wrilen at different times lines Imel and anti under different circumstances Yet says 01 tho objector there theio Is IR such sueh a same amo sameness nose ness In II the Ih book hok In Its I style y mind Its ls manner of oC construction that It II Is IR evi oVI evidently dently del I the production of oC one ono man mun It ItIs I itis Is I to bo be bl borne In mind however that this objection tails fulls rull because the th prophet Mormon rewrote alt all Al tIme the histories of the tho th previous historians and gives h us u an In abridged d history of those thoo peoples all ail ni excepting a It I very er small smail portion porton of oC the thu th book bk The Hook lok of ot Mormon In style stylo IH Is II very ry different to that Ihl of or the Ihl Bible mull Just jut such a 1 production as aR wo we 0 would look lok for from 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