| Show VISION havin having had th extreme pleasure on last conference sunday ot of listening to the able and interesting discourse de dc livered in the Taber tabernacle fiacre by president george Q cannon upon the coming forth of the book of mormon 11 ana and the remarkable fulfillment of the many plain predictions contained therein especially the sublime vision of the prophet nephi 1 son gon on of the prophet leid lehi together iw W the explanation of by hW Maun maunso mauu August st tor which always alwais gad rad had a charm chaill and had fascination from my early earny childhood up to the present time I 1 thought that perhaps an item or two in connection with the literal fulfillment of the aforesaid vision might not be uninteresting stin to many latter dby day saints who le take k e asleep interest in any facts which corroborate and ifrid substantiate the fhe divine authenticity of that sacred sacked record As neph bened I 1 in wyant prophetic vision events unfolded folded before him in panoramic succession lie he narrates as follows t and it t came to pass that I 1 beheld the Spi spirit of god that it wrought upon other gentiles and they went forth out of captivity many waters and L beheld beko a book and it was cairned aanon among them and the angel sa R unto boob me C Kno west thou the meaning of the book and I 1 said unto him fonow noti and he said behold jt it prom edeth out of the mouth 1 nephi beheld it 14 the angel Nephi 1 that this hook book was the bible in an its uliar thu that although many plain and precious things have neen deen taken away from it yet it should go forth unto all the nations of the gentiles and even across the zhe many waters with the gentile who should go forth out of captivity the angel also informed him hlin dook cook was tho same samo as of oft s thu tho jews engraved upon the plates of brass which nephi brought out from jerusalem omy there were not so many of thea them n the genalla version of the scrip ures now the question Is is did the pilgrim pilgrim fathers when thep fled fied from captivity in the old world possess an entire copy of the theold old oid and new testament as in its present form at the time of the sailing of the tho mayflower printing was I 1 an e expensive thing bibles were chained to the desks antho n tho the chur churches ches of the old oid country it took a small smail fortune to b uy y one ono aj it iti irps iwas but a tevy sev ears after tv the edition was publisher th thaviu tharin J athers em barie baric for tile the new world it is said sald that the tho scholarly john alden possessed the only bible of which any trace Arace can be found amona the tho c r passengers a manuscript portions of 91 tte the tho new and detached pa parts arts ot of tho the old testament scriptures scripture ure are ire mentioned but no com piete piete plate volume aud and aud ij f IA i believed that this I 1 ds was the spiel bibe balc in ahe the company com this ancient and valuable historic relic still exists in preservation and ls is one ot ol the many treasures and objects of interest contained in pilgrim hall plymouth mass i thus it is demonstrated that what Nep nephi hisaw saw in prophetic vision many cent centuries arl ari es apo ako lookin looking down through the vist vista A d had its liter ilter 1 l al and aad the tan tangible ibie evidence john aldens bible bibie was treasured red rod as a relic tolle of over 0 er kwoll two curf tiva tila when fh e book of morman was publish publisher eo to the world nephi A raw 1 P I 1 viah 1 4 41 t W VA 0 oter mg ss all ail WJ beheld behold the remnant of tee the sect seed of my bre brethren ahr n and also tho the book of the lamb af god the bible that it came forth diep rw the gentiles unto the rem rein nazir etite seed of my brethren I 1 john ler lex gyman of of massato q sets ww the appellation app elation of to the aie aia of the indians I 1 taking a dee dec deep p in the spiritual welfare ot of the abo with which ho he iras dras was sur suri i bounded in about the middle of the ventury translated the tile bible into one f the principle dialects of the indian 0 2111 anage and which at that early p peri perl irl iri iou lou baias was considered a mental hercul herculean an undertaking undertaking and wheaty completed a wonderful lite fite literary achievement copies now liow are arc rare and very valuable the massachusetts 11 historical orical society har havins in but one here again is f fulfilled ul filled eurt eurn id its minutia the sacred word of uttered by an ancient abo aril ra 1 ma alra het concerning the events onieh ch shou d transpire upon this continent and which should affect their posterity in bringing bringia them toa to a knowledge fa of their anc aue ancestry try and alienage li ll and covenants made to their fathers and opening g themay the way whereby the goates of darkness mav may fall from their thein eyes eros and t ley a ai ain bic bib bilbrue brne bruc a ii white flito flite and 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