Show DJ dis S CO UR tor SE S ki ELDER eider PRATT D ln IK tilie the I 1 1 I 1 I 1 we mew new w tab nase nade salt sall laks lake city jp 3 fl lb ddn ofF of orf sunday ef 11 tit ath 1855 isis i wit ika ifa poll poli AI dvid W EVAS VARS tilt till roada reada few ferr verses la in khe the ap ter of isaiah the veree the rean read from the edth terser verser jo the add eno enc lipf af pf checha pter that which J wish to call to your jour iria irin mind 2111 oa the present occasion wah H ra tudy the first terse that I 1 read i ih ii that the tae deat deaf hear the words of the dool hool oolite 11 the latter day saints are a pecullar yie Tie cullar cuilan people among of the bartil oa otho ta present ase age pecullar jn in many miny any thiv thin things peculiar la irian irlan many manx religious motions noti uoti ons ous and aud ileks views we protest profess to belize believe in this book boo th record sait sail ballad salt edthe mhd bible we wc idrizi a bt 16 peculiar culla BO so fhi fir aa as this item of our but la addition to the bibe we believe in another boalch boo lc called the bookoff abbe to be equally iacued wit with I 1 the bible some may perhaps chaps call pan the book boor af pf mormon bitic bli bit rc A andia andla g daa ode oric gense sense sense sensa af the word be called that for it Is a collection bf book books 9 able game same As as tho tha recardis the ditre difference rence records Is merely in the history and in m bome some of the prophetic writing the bible to be a history of the people who eastern costI nent while whilo the book of mormon professes prore sees to bo be a history of the people who lived ln ancen ameri Amerl america ca chave chate denominated the jewish record the Bible bibie because it is it collect tont Tort of books have by inspired men 1 iob iab lob 1 oro cro not cc any reason why hould not also ah RB daiy diy saints call the bookoff mor map mou i ible wible it being a collection of books wr writt itu by prop pron prophets heta and reTe reye lato ra perhaps however the world or those who arc strangers W tha tho e evidences these iwo iwu books thab bJ t n nid tid say that t 0 right of ledr mpa a uba ula 1 apless ye VO can hrino was gugh eti evi deac eio or its ta 4 f haty aa we 10 caw aa iti jewish ikc ard liht bat A thad that we anc arc idt IDL posses possel possession of df roinila r otlien cel cei g this ook in relation to as you arg ard in regard to the B 1 byte syte peo pie pleat of mat that we can bring forth aa s lant ian iuan inan j T Is and subi sa 1 to provo proto the ditel of th the booke mormon as rte rye the otlee ec bd then then why noti not delt deIt it amoni among t the he sacred dobko bobko bookard boo kand aud sud and it a bible bibie as well alu all aa pali pall tha tho I 1 will this afternoon al stance uc the spirit endeavor to lay arg te yat yar yo lat latter daiv daik daar and ana elwanger el ranger s I 1 who he latt max may bd eu f kb evid 1 6 3 that wl w behave ichi D edgreen bithe d cibit of this thia book E highly III the e r ill ili rat rbt yang attry tery b brief dniel driel J I 1 til mint aint t tcp in ili which the web wab la 4 the yean year 1827 a man mah euer a apy b py bythe bithe uhei name af t duerr y isea ased 1 1 by an holy angel age as he had been een ehrs t s ine buton baton but bat on sinai sion elon 1 cias deihs permitted to take lake to P 0 ft iha which t ane c boak 0 of mormon on cd 7 abc th c ange angel 1 ware gare them teem theu I into finto permitted himo lck irk 4 1 at t unace ce of deposit b i fai d a mr tiie tife trien geif gelf bf god th called the bouru boute af afa sa s1 a tery row probably aa as had mceu for maby ge e by the aggei of U go d 1 I thulia lm A we tha tuce an in existed ih iu ancient clent hmoud the tho jews ind among the israelites ra in tho the wilderness and used to f tha the dordi loro alm aim aba eo so di acred sacred vas vaa bhat that thale aaron akron the chiet chief prie 0 af pf f hodie hodle of was commanded commander comman dea dej pd top tup lace jace it within his breastplate that when hen i bild slid aid jarge tae tad cribei 0 of fhe at raeh rael he should nou not badge by hib his hi wisdom bud bue should miot by means of this bd decision bolor 4 by thaid bf and andl th lm ulve give alu aiu ali ill wit lt the rhe the ment jears years after r the tile days dilys of aaron by the prop prophets ets ds rael ii li 11 dald daid ua ld by ducane of ia an iltz in strum fent ent kind urs bri parau pursued cd hia him from elty eity elti to city asking the nord nond pertain certain questions enemies would come some ty e r 0 bo be ind a nd whether belv he would w d tw 13 to 6 the guem dyche ay lili lils people 0 th that t in city ty ir a anth p th ledr yc nimr R i all necessary bessa r y r u c t 1 anil by r thise hl waif tb taa i nd of his binemy hine w emla emia ml troth to lime 1 but bat it seems beema that before the comin got not ot cerut for tor some boma br wickedness taken nwart gilray im um th tiie e chil chii children dren dreu of otts ofis TOW abc anda and ana prophecy was waw wa ered ened brouett ot the ancient prophets before chi Chy chrict liht list that the they should bc many anaw ansh alays flays a priest i without and aud lm It houg houT the without mapy tangs thIng sAbat that god blessed therewith theal thern with in 6 the days of thein their gb esq ne b but a in the latter days god a would ou d alain again ft pre gre pro all an h Ms blessings less to lie be 5 a ii ael idela I 1 tatar counsellors coun and nd th their r judges d ns alt tit atthe the first I 1 wath prophet obtained through of the angea he also obtained tho the abd by ald aid he copied a few char characters apters from the plates abd and tran iran ST was wab not dot a Jea himself ra ruders rulers boy scarcely baving having the first r st rudiments of education uca tion he could bid hid read and write a little and that was about the amount af of his educational acquirements acquire ments after having copied a few of the characters froin from these plates and translated them ho he committed them into the hands of martin harris a man with whom he was acquainted who lived not far from his neighborhood and martin harris took theae these few characters and the translation to the city of new neff york to show them to the learned and if possible ossi bl wg to get et boine toine information in regard to thel their meaning coming this waa in tho the year 1827 martin harris was thena then A middio mIddle aged man being about forty six sli years of a age e i oa in new york city he visit visited C d the learned dr mitchell Ml professor of languages and obtained bome some Inform ati from him in lt relation ion lor to the manuscript pj which ne he held hild ald and was recommended by dr bcd bed ee mr anthon professor of ancient and ind modem languages pro ba bl bly y one of the most learned meil men in ancient atit ant en t languages that eyer eter lived in our mi tion lion mr hir hardis harris went and showed him the characters th ghe the e pro fel few fessor asor examined them and the frins translation lation and according to the tin ito harris given from abia stand he behave xav a mill him a certificate that ab BO nii far as be he could understand the characters the translation seemed accrued to U correct corie ct but he wished fara ther time and desired pat bal bat the original plates should be brought to him mr hardis harris 1 11 then licu informed him came in possession of the plates ahat nhat that he i did mot bot slad flad the them lii lit accidentally but that thit arian an angel augel hgel hzel of god revealed to him th the e place of their et deposit this was atter after mat tin harnis harris had obtained the certificate from professor anthon and juht jutt before maj mr narris harris took his leate leave bt bf the th learned gentleman the iatter latter having ascertained how bow mr smith caroe carne in possession of the piat plat plater eok eov that thau that pait part of them werd were sealed scaled and hai hsi that bat the lord had bad gIven riven d a strict command 1 that they not be shown to the public but only to certain IL I 1 say that the professor having learned this wished to see the ibe again mr harris re turn edt to bruand bim him blU and be he ire lre tore toro it liap up saying that therm there war wai thing hs as angels or cosi comm rl from the lyrd lord day lahd and upon mr harris telling him hidi a the plates were sealed ha very sarcastically remarked that he be reada scaled book left him and returned some hundred and fifty miles or more to td uhe the neighborhood where th ra found fonn foun dand and In informed formea mr saith smith ot his with the learned the lord lora ord gave a it special command to Joseph he arps that he be should translate the tile record by the aid ald of the urica and na ahn hp mailin mr mi smith sinith c omm e pa ad the liv dorkof mr mil haja haib as is hi his s scribe wrote florn from his gue and pages of prophet the work was continued from irom time to time until finally finale the he unsealed the book of mormon was all translated in the ine meantime antime martin harrns harris joseph smith the translator of the book boor oliver powdery and david whitmer four persons 9 retired to a little grote grove in they the y year ea r I 1 89 ho nol not L far from the tho house ol 01 ow fat fattler fattier lier tier whitmer where this church w drgan iea ica led they retired to this grote grove for the purpose of caling calling on the name of th eLord eLoid and they all ill eit elt down and guo gue b by y one and while thus thua saw an angel of lot god descend froth from the heavens viry tery very and gior glorio lousi usi asi in abd and abd be he came camo aud ard stood in n their midst and he took the plates and turned over ovet leaf after eaf 0 o the un nn s selled scaled e aled portion pori port lon lou and iad shored to these four men in e n the engravings upon themi and al at the same came time they heard beard addice gut out of heaven saying unto them that the plates had been and com corn mandl manding ni anding ng them thera to orthe of the che same to kindred 8 tongue s and sand pei pleto pieto to naho rela translation ran should bent anaa aufa command apier oliver cowdery david whitmer 1 er aud and martur clarris haye have Attai lied abek ilidio afta af ten tin the tit lege of the book of abr or nion to the appearance of the abgel gel gei names and to the translation testifying tidying to having seen been in the plates tand band the oj rakph 1 u 0 a th tb eala eula caia hd voice cc of feb geb r pd b ip c W of dr i av 1 yen ten yens new naw INOW let me say a few words concerning the e nature of of this tee tep testimony this testimony ony any was given prior to the publication of ine e bouk k and also previous to the organ gan r Iza tibb of the Latte iday idar saint church chebook The hook book was prIti printed ted early in 1830 with tipi lipi theio ats testimony thus that 1 we this work this thin presented to the inhabitants of phe the earth forthe thein ic belief nur I 1 god nad dad favored tabar wit with ads mhd ad a r lwon witness 6 fa what otheir ther aliye yc sha shad seeni beens b f their C feats at thair hands there arash ayash Q far as thesa fo our urInch mch wire were they could boulde be d deceived cc pred it itsou V be impossible for four ih td beja cah eth pr r i aila aola aud and ail all or gopi 6 be g an tia angel ligel descend ironi 11 ial r regard regana i to the bright brightness nese of hi ebuente cd and add ih jhb elory alory of his hla per sod BOD heaning hearing ids Ms tace yace asu buu teeing bi hand haud one namely ha i vid ild na ditmer es warl db bethe bothe e pend gend L gr I 1 an d they NY V ho 4 keep ua after f e r n the latie the the tha yz t them em aty ati and the tt ageland a and hearing the beof the lord out ont othe heave aveh fi ery efY person berson will VILI stay bay that thab thre 1 was h b possibility of elthe either cos of there inen to this geat ten ter n other if it IC pralto pretto ralto be main maln tt chlof the hep biln bad arid lu t the te y wre vre were we d e c ived then thih with th the sayne bame propriety might ac be that med men in every azevdo profesa to hati havi ha seen anheir an anzelc kels keIr were ivere also deceived and this might Jd ap plied piled ble ile to th prophets patriarchs apostles un ind d a others there who nied lived in ancient times who declared au angels gals as well as to oliver cowdery martin harris and david whitmer but bat saya says the objects orNu orno those who testify that they saw caw angels anciently were not deceived but bat they come testifying about such each in the latter days may be deceived let me ask Is there anything any logical in such reasoning as this if it these in the latter days who testify to hating laving seen been angels were deceived all who testify to the bame same things la in former formen days dais might have been heen deceived on the barne bamme grounds and then if these men whose testimonies are attached to the book boox of mormon gormon were not deceived it must mist be a that they were impostors of barefaced mar Oar character acter or else that the book odmor of mormon Is 15 A divine record sent fram heaven 0 oue one kd or alic uther uthen must tw admitted abere there ie 1 rud rug rid halfway in n the matter if they were not deceived which they could not possibly have been ac according coMine td tri the very nature of their testimony then there are only two alternatives ahey they were impostors or else the book of mormon Is a divine rev icv rev elation from heaven I 1 now let us enquire what grounds there areto are to suppose sup nose pose that they dy W wore were arc impostors forty sli six years ha have ve pae pas seda daway way since TZ owed this angel appeared an and showed the plates to these individuals ails has auy aby anything thing transpired this time that would give us any grounds to suppose that they werm impostors 70 for tor r lusta instance nce has either of these witnesses or the tran translator slator of the engravings on the plates ever under an any circumstances denied his bis testimony na no we have some accounts acco tints in the bible bibie of men of god some of tie tia tle the greatest men that lived iaan laan clent times derl deri denying yIng the things of god we read of peter cursing turning and swearing that fe lie never knew jesus ad and yet be was one of the foremost of the apostles his testimony was true so far as feeing and being belog acquainted with jesus and la in regard to therivin the divinity iteal of jesus why Beca because iise lise god bad revealed it to him and yet he denied it blessed art thou simon Bar jonah speaking lurater to lq eter eten veter pter for flesh and blood have not revealed this unto thee but my father vrho f ho is in heaven peter knew ju just st as he knem knew that balad belad be had a ber bei ln ing that jesus was the son of god it had abeen n re revealed to him from the heavens and though lle lie afterwards through ul h fear la in the presence of the high priest cursed lud wod lud ew orend danl denied d it yet tho the former testimony that be lip had given was true now did either elther 1 of these three men or did the trani franl translator atol of the book of mormon ever den deny y the truth as peter did did they ever r in any eny anyway way deny the divinity of the book of mormon never no never whatever the circumstances they wire were placed laced In however much they were mobbed and ridiculed however much they suffered by the persecution of at thein their enemies their testimony all the time was I 1 we W e saw baw lawhe the angel of god lim alm ilm g ia ry we ire saw the plates in id his hands bands and the engravings thereon and wit know trianthe tre tri atthe book of mormon Is true 41 joseph Sinith smith continued to bear thit testimony until tint ll tha the day of bf its his death hei bei sealed his |