| Show Y AGAIN A J JIt lU B It seem Bem sur to P t t wl who know anything of ot the hl tory of ot Mor tor Mormonism monism Hint the old fable fabIe concern con olO obtained credence at ItH lag liiK It Which Inception y ex x by the force orce ot It Irr facto fact are held atul clung clunK to by preach preacher who ought to be BUS otlo rn er rp and to the Influence of o reason relon to the of ot recent events and amI derI Their failure allure to perceive fJ pal pili mid nut palIe truth to 10 o otsY oalY of oC their to repent refuted errors for tor undisputed verities rilles would be Le comical It If they were not HO RO pitiful A few fell weeks week ogo IRO we ve made some com coOl comments merits meats on the efforts of at the Troy Tray N Y to enlighten tho the world by the publication of ot a n lot jot of oC torio told tolt In a n book made up of oC absurd tor mon moo fabrications printed half a n cen con century century tury ago Ogo but mixed with ix a 1 few ow quota quotation quotatIon tion from authentic works worl That paper Imagined magInN It I was gIvIng to the public something choice and novel about on nn unpopular faith but In real reality reality ity It was simply repeatIng rop ancient ROD 1011 tip rIp Ip ant and dead romances thorn them tva the tho stupid stor story which every sery ought to know knol has lufto been completely exposed nUll ant settled Bet Now comos comes the name fiction copied into many country newspapers from no less 1021 an authority than the New Nw NewYork ew York Tribune In n an nn article headed Tho Mormon ormon that paper Ims unI once more mort told the tale of 01 the flue Manul Found which was the chief re reliance reliance liance nf of the religious op of oC for or many man years nut found Its lIs way wn Into nc anti and narratives and wn the only onla way a by b which the anti oW 1011 could account for the Ille production of the Hook of Mormon Here nere Is lu the thea way a the Now New York Tribune at thin all lati late date relates 1 the story etory to tho the opponents of Mor tor from investigations Imo made soon lIoon fter tel the Rook of Mormon appeared he tact U lo fully tull that tho the author of oC the work was vas Solomon who born horn nt ot Ashford form Conn In 1761 and engaging In In various States lied died at nt Cherry berry Valley N Y V in IBId 1810 During his residence In Ohio title In he winte a n romance to In for ot the tue of o by Iy the American lIn Indians from ruin the Hebrews In n accordance with a n prevalent notion that the tho Indians were from the tho lust lost tribes of Irati Thu Th hooI under the title of Manuscript Found was wasas as Os 11 early as ns 1313 announced In tho the newspapers as ns forthcoming and to contain a n translation of i the Hook Book of ot Mormon Ills Ihle willow widow published ll a Ii statement In the th Norton no ton Journal In May Mn 1830 1139 declaring that In 1812 ho hue his hIli manuscript In n II printing of nIl fice In ritt when It was Wal wa copied by II Sidney who Rhoul 1 29 be lie became came CaIne associated a d with Mr lr Joseph Smith Immediately lifter after the publication tion of ot the th Hook flock of o Mormon In 1830 it was 1811 not only ont nl by widow hut but by b 1 many of his Ide friends as os n his Ill long lost work There nio 1110 a III few fel Inaccuracies In this version v r lon deviations from tram the original narration but they the are not very Iery Im Irn Important Important The Tue Th so fact was waft sva NOT fully Cull established but was wn tta merely mere I a 11 groundless suspicion Tho Manu Mann Manuscript script Found was not an announced flOunced ns Ce early earl as ns n ISU or nr ut at nor any all time previous to the contortion of or the chares eh e Joseph that It Willi a 1 translation lion tion of the Hook of at Mormon The Tue widow wido of or Solomon Saloma II S did tilt not state that It was aA copied by Iw Sidney ShIne nor did she ehe recognize thi Rook Book n ok of at Mormon as ns a her husbands long lost work Nor dill did fig nl lion don become associated with Joseph Joueph Smith In ISM 1520 he never ner eav iw I him till long Ions after atter the Book nook of ot Mormon lOrmon wa was published The first notion that the Spaulding manuscript might have hae had hAIl to do with the Hook Book of Mormon w WAS g put forward fernan by b an apostate nl Mormon named Hurlburt who huo was 11 cut off olt the Church for conduct In InIS ISE 6 he wrote a II book hook called Unveiled Un which woe was A published by b K KD I ID F D 1 Howe a 1 printer of ot Ohio Hurlburt obtained the Manuscript Found Pound by b false falM representations from Crom rein Solomon Soh mon widow but did not publish It because UH It did dill not answer his hie purpose being found totally unlike the nook Dock of ot Mormon nor did he return the manuscript to the Itle owner olner For lor or many man years year It was a n manuscript lost bat nut Hut to the main story The alleged connection rOb between manu manuscript script end and the Hook Book of oC o Mormon con oon continued to serve urve re the purpose of Its In and repeaters repeater tar for many meny man years notwithstanding the lh mile maee of oC evidence It It nut lInt In tn Mil 1151 Professor James JamesH II H of Oberlin college Ohio was IS visiting hU Ida h friend Mr r U L 1 I L Ie then residing at Honolulu Hawaiian Islands Who was wu formerly associated In with 15 It I D n 1 Howe In Ohio I It lie hod In lila 1111 n i 1 number r of or old pAper received from his hs partner when hen henhe he the Searching among them for some doc dor documents doru u II a n I package was WIS discovered marked Manuscript Stor Ohio showed that It wa tho the long lost loat story ob obtained i from tho th widow by bi Hurlburt years before Here lIere was tho the opportunity to explode t the tho Hook Bool of ot Mormon If IC the account Iv mi un by b UH Its concerning Its liB ori origin pu gin was wan Mr presented the iho manuscript to Oberlin College first Ire copying II It verbatim with all nil tho ho ordinal blunders In III apt lIIng punctuation tion ant composition Intact It la III thero now The copy COllY has hag ha been pub lub lI It ran can lw be K hid hall nt It this thin for tor cents It Is Ii no more inure like the tho Hook of Mormon than Julu Vernes to the moon Is like tile thus ow Bible Thus This hlll discovery put PilL nn an ond and to tho luo 10 Sp story as Re accounting for Cor tho ho HoOk of or Mormon In tho t lie tuba mind of ovary every honest person un no to i those facts acts They tire are K ond Intelligent Wo have repeated this matter of oC re ro recent cent cant history hl tol once more toni for tor the benefit of at some of our contemporaries who still linger In th darkness of oC the past ant antin In response to 10 the hue request of ot some soma of at our QUI friend who Io want the particulars for tor or their own on use ulle Wo We 0 do not expect t tto to I stop t l the mouths of those thole very III pious acknowledge the he pr who hate to truth and Ind want to account for rOI or the nook hook of 01 tolmon In 10 mie way WRY different to Its lis as its II H It divine record It Is II not the Mormon Bible ns oa to tiO toon often orton asserted by writers Tho ho Mormon Is the regularly accepted King ICing Jame James version of the Holy Iol Hol The Hook of at Mormon though thou h In harmony with tho the Is n ft 1 record of the tha dealing I of o tho lie Almighty with the former Inhabitants of the he hemisphere antI and wn revealed to Joseph Smith and pil translated by b him him through the gift and of at clod It ItIs ItIs Is 18 true title and of inestimable value alue both as ns asa asa a disclosure of nC he the origin of or the Ameri Amerl American merl can enn Indians and of oC the builders of the till mill arid temples the ruins of ot which are round found upon thin this load land anti ns na a II rove reve r vo of the tho ho word and will of at the Lord Lard und and of thi thU manifestation of oC Jesus Christ Chrls Christon on hi continent utter after Ills resurrection from the dead The editors of at the religious antI secular lar papers of oC time the country countr may disbelieve the and all worth of ot tho the book but the they th have no us right or excuse to continue In deceiving the time public as nil asto asto to Its alleged connection with Solomon or his hla legendary story Hy fly persisting In ha this courto courso thoy they either olther ox ex expose pose their ignorance to 10 well informed people or their unreliability as fla authorities on an matters of oC present In Information information formation Why Shy not tell the truth no matter or If it does doe upset old theories and popular fictions |
