| Show for the CT news ARE WE OF ISRAEL I 1 ST tnt eldell ELDER GIORGI ci IV israel israels a journey northward Bs s drys and modern Be revelation cona CorA compared pared the testimony of jews to the Ne ephraim to 6 be gathered bromall fro mall countries the coasts of the warth earth ehg the ancestors alcest of the latter day saints having considered the causes that led tha the outcasts of israel to determine to seek a home in a new now and uninhabited id land we may be excused if we e endeavor to follow them in fancy in their journey northa northward ard we have no way of accurately estimating their numbers but if the posterity of all those who were carried into captivity started on this perilous journey they must have formed a mighty host necessarily they moved slowly they were encumbered with the aged and infirm the young and the liel helpless plesS with flocks and herds and weighed down with provisions and household utensils roads boada had io to be made bridges built and the course marked out and decided by their leaders inasmuch as they had bad turned to the lord and were becking a nevy home wherein they could the better serve him they were doubtless guided by inspired iea Jea leaders dersy derst who by imand Ur Thum mim or through drear dreams liand vision vl sione pointed out tb the e paths ahead pe perhaps r h aps as RE in n the days of the de liv liverance erance arance from egypt a pillar ot of cloud by day diy and of bf fire by night I 1 guided their footsteps no nd matter the end w was as accomplish i ed and slowly and gradually they neared the frozen regions of the Arct arctic lezone zone the distance in A direct I 1 line I 1 no from the c conjectured chosa choba crossing ingot ot the euphrates to the of the arctic ocean would be about 2800 miles or a seven months journey aver averaging aging 15 miles aday day but to esdras one year ana and a half was cons conA consumed timed in the jou journey iney which is ig an arf evidence that they were encumbered with families and cat cattle cattie tiei titi who could dould only travel slowly and for whom many resting places had to be found where they could recuperate it is highly probable that like modern lu tu its ita lourney journey west westward wardlo to the vail vall ya y bot sot of ephraim they planted temi temporary colonies by the way where the weary rested 1 and crops w were ere raised for future use used the length of the journey had its advantages as well as its dm draw backs the slow rate at which they travelled v e lied enabled them to become acclimatized climati zed to the rigors of the frig ed zone we must recollect that i weare we are dealing with a people cradled in the burning sands of egypt and who for many generations had dwelt in one of the most balmy i a and nd genial climates on this globe i their temporary sojourn in the bleaker region near the caspian sea lidid partially prepared them for that which was to come but it required time to give them the ca paol lity to endure th the 0 ri gorsof a northern clime as they yve ive were re by ances ancestry and bobr children of the ibe sunny south so no doubt as the hosts of israel advanced tho the change iu in the climate the difference in the length of thi the days and nights the altered oppe appearance pe arance of the face race ace of the ebu country and the newness to then of ua its animal and sad vegetable referable prodoc them with amazement perhaps with terror tenor causing some 0 of the weak kneed to and tarry by the way these defections probably increased as the changes became more apparent apparent and the tolls toils of the journey grew grow more severe but what must have been their sensations lons ions when they came in view odthe limitless arctic ocean if the climatic conditions were the bame banc as those which exist toda today to da day of which ho however welven weLver there is perhaps boma some jeason reason to doubt doubt no matter whether they drew nigh nto unto it in winter or in summer the prospect j hect must have been appalling to the bravest heart not sustained by the I 1 strongest and most I 1 in the promises of jehovah supposing they the nort mort northern bern hern confines of df the european continent in summer they were iu in a land where i E t the snow is alcoa perpetual and 1 scarcely else but mosses mosie s grow before fore them ivas evas was a ed ocean of unknown width every step they advanced took them further north into extremes bf lit cold well might they question if so little Js Is here produced for fur the food of man I 1 and beast how will vill labe yot yet further northward must we perish of i hungen if it on the other hand they approached the frozen shores of this unexplored waste of bf waters in ia the gloom of the long hong night of an arctic wint winter cr with the intense cold freezing to their very blood their feell of dread must have been yet more intense now No wonder 0 anderl turned aside declared they weald go no further and dia gia gradually dually wandered back through northern europe 3 to more congenial climes again it 11 may be asked how did this unnumbered host cross this thia frigid ocean to their present hiding place on this point both history and revelation are silent the arctic ocean was no narrow neck of the great waters watern like tho the bed red sen sea with the mountains of the opposite shore fuli full t in view no it spread out besoiu them eternally north east and west with no inviting shore in sight beyond yet dei spite to all this they did cross broa it but zi how w we wei know not perhaps agn n tho the ice lee of winter perhaps the lo 10 lord rd threw up a highway or divided the jesus distinctly states to the iha me philes that these tribes were led by cathor out of thola tho the land cd a be did aforetime that they passed through dr ory dry y shod B bul but ut we must abide his I 1 time when this and other secreta secrets of their ril jil history story stony shall be revealed since hince penning ther the foregoing ideas idena ve that certa certain dil su ancient cleriL scandinavian legends lecerts eri entirely agree with our the luly ory we 1 understand that these there le ends state that the ten tribes in their bg journey northward erect crested edat at points on prominent prom ineat mountain hights I 1 and such like ilke monument sor or heaps of stones so blat th atif if they determined to return they might hav have isomo some guides gu ides ldes on the road lack laek back t to 6 the tho euphrates these bame same traditions t state that colonies of the very Y young oung and in firma nirma firmat nirm firm as 9 well weil ag of thema the wayward yav ar d and d 1 debelli rebellious ous were left by by the wayside and from these colonies the father at edt Cof ahe a wg these 6 legends in ip e became crystallized and make their thein ap ali r ped pea ved peara tuc tic aaa as vertries veri VerT tIes berthe id brair dional histories of the nations of c ern europe Eh rope esdras says bays that be he was shown tuat that they abode abodsin fili lj r i heatter time when they wera toe come io forth rth again a great multitude I 1 ta tt the glory of nes wes this statement agrees with wilh the wo word i d of mod bill oni onn to 46 which we now dras draw attention iun lun an eany eary half a century agotha ago the lord through tn joseph smith mith 8 in C of th ihan itan lost ten tork tri tribes bes beb says bays moc doc co cov revelation called the tho if ix I 1 I 1 the they who hi are re I 1 in li the ibe north shall bhail come coma in remembrance J tb zord and their kroph pr prophets ophela Tall 81 his olce olee oice and longer atay themselves and they ibey shaff smite the rocks and tho tha ioe ice shall flow now down a av their pre presence bence jand nd aa an highway bhail be cantup least up inthe midst of the great dept their enemies nies bali hajj bal bw I 1 co meia prey unto them and aud in J ike lie harren barren deserts there shall come af pf living lafr and the parc pare parched na grovinia ground nu longer bip b it thirsty land and thesy th eyeball their rich treasures rek reb efio the children of ephrain Eph E rait eny WY iny aw ynie ynte va nii 1 and aut the 3 atthe 0 everlasting evoi evel lasting hills bills shil at ahli 0 ire presence jre sence A aad hd they bhail lail fall s down o ravn and lve crowned 3 with glory gidry even jn in zno zeota U by the hand hands of althe the berlanta df f th the eLord lord loro even the chilan 11 ili il lui i agry evident ey idene fro from m the above gry 1 I to oti DC brat at least a ft portion ot of that tribe had af ay ena enn esno pt il lii story ype separated from the tee rest of oi the tribe tribes s of the i me of this thia aa to tw dwell in a land far from the north country in which the residue were hidden these thebie tribes are to bave have the frozen barri erlof lle ile lie he north norih melted 3 they shall flaw down thon a highway high way is to he be cast up for them in the midst of the great deep next they cross barren cl eserts deserts and a thirsty land lana i and eventually arrive with their rich treasures at tue tuo home of eph raim the birst boin bom of god of the house 0 israel to be cr cro Q wilh with gl glory 0 r j at hip bands I 1 Avenius we must trio now W dr t uru upu n ot or pur readers to 0 etain i extracts extra which ta from ther thet Booc coo of ol which that thab at the littie little of saviors visit to this thia continent ephraim and the ten litls litis dwell dwelt neither on thas land nor on od th he e j land ft d of jerusalem Jerp salem Jesus say sas jl verily er liy very I 1 bay say unto you I 1 have other sheep which are not dot no L of this land land jand af je jerusalem deither e ither in any parts parta 0 that roundabout round jound about bout whether X havo been lo 10 minister but they of I 1 not nol as yet heard my iny have I 1 at anytime any aime time manifested myself unto I 1 have haje have re received e e ived a commandment of tf the eather father th T that I 1 should go g 0 unto them and they shall shail bo be numbe cumbe numbered red among FM my sheep and ano there shall bhail be one fold lold and shepherd there oro ore I 1 go to show myself U unto nt 0 th hem em and I 1 command you that shall write toese these I 1 am gone it baso bei bel so hau hat my people at jerusalem they who have seen me r ae and andreen been with meMmy me in my min ministry latry do nob not ask ibe the father in my name that they may receive a knowledge of you by the holy ghost andallo And aiso also ot the other tribes that they isnow wt mt these bep hep sayings which ye sh shall ill lil be kerti an and d pe tah tab hallbe allbe ailbe manifested maui maul fes ted unto the tho e gen tilea tiles tile the e q 0 of r the gentit gentile eq the rem remnant nant 0 0 their ap pp lr seed who shall be scattered scat teAd forth ort upon the face of ott oft the earth because U j tho the arctic and north oceans of their unbelief iby ily may be brought in or may be brought to a knowledge of me their Ee deemer and then will I 1 1 I gather them in from the four quartets quarters arters of thie the cara carh earth eara ant and then will I 1 fulfill fulfil the covenant which the father hath made unto all ail the eople cople of th house of israel chap vii vil the statement OL af gesu jesu above cited I 1 that the ten tribes did apt dwell in the land of jerusalem neither in any latts parts pat par osof of that fand land bourd fourd round about disposes disposer of the theory of josephus a D d p others that they dwelt rear near the river euphrates ph rates the reason why the jews had bad lost eight of their brethren of the house of israel is explained by jesus in the same chapter of the book of mormon as that forn f orn om the above quotation is tak taken ev gestates he states the other t tribes ribes hath bath the father separated fr from om them I 1 the jews and it is because of their iniquity thi that gt they know not of them 11 borneo have imagined that talat it was unscriptural u r a j to look for israel except in three P place the scattered jews in all the world the liman ilman L ionti ates reson on this cont confluent luent and the the ten tribes in IDL 1 but we glai alai claibo iia ila that we have a abundant frt art scripture to expect to tind lind tb the aeed dd of joseph as a well aa as that of X judah tb in every nation under li heaven eavell the abe the prophecies recorded iu in the old tes tea lament dx expressly state 0 I 1 bat hat lat israel e ephraim was D all people HOW completely they to be spattered la Is shown by pi the be following fallowing fai fal prophecies pro phecie itose hosea chapter xiii verse xin yin rebuking Ephr Eph aims raima alms idolatry ia the of the tild llord Und bays says lu they shail ie be an fhe the lle ile lie noko noeo and aa as tile hie early dew WA pa basseth seth awa away I 1 as tue the chann chaft IS driy en by tibo tco whirl w wind lil d wot tb e 11 fluor do i ayi and if aa as t abe tj e smoke out of tue the ho chi ebi muey muei AHE A HE 4 hapl er tr ix virse viree verses s 8 and ana 9 stalest Stales 1 1 behold theeres the eyes of the lord vre pre ite dp deoh oh the tho of israel and I 1 will destroy it from off offlie the face of the earth saving that I 1 will fide oe utterly the ibe liliee bf of the ibe loid laurd work wiy in T willa will command an and di d I 1 will hii bli aidt t the hou houe houfe e among all nations jike jik 3 as corn cor is s mtv in n yc y c bohall ba li not nt the least ldar grairt ail ali hll upon the earth I 1 1 could any scattering bc b more moore wom pom 1 1 1 we are directly told that tte tie lord will brang his sons ephraim aim mim still belur his farst first born eborn irom afar I 1 and hia hla daughters from the enus ends fenda of the earth earths at luls itis la further said that he will gather his hh israel not from tho the north aloner alone r but from frow aie the north and rom bom tho south ham he the east t and ald from fro ewest th and an d b ilg fig g them to zion aud that he lord wll gather them from ali countries nol nul not america nor non the golar molar boar keglon regional alobe obe ohe but allcorn all ali coun fries eri erl in which ho h bau bad scattered nd them amon among gother other places from the coasin coas tm of tap earlb earth how row apt a de B av of the lands from which the tile great bulk af f modern mot ern israel have havo been gatheral ga therel there from froin the co coasts ts ot of the atlan atlantic el d ocean fromm b coasts e anih and baltic eab leas they have come to zion by their tells tens of thousand president brigham young stated in the discourse quoted in irk a previous nine out of every huo hup hundred dred drea arthe elders eiders of df ithe jibe he Ch church of jesus christ werm were ere ero of uhe the blood of tho the people whom wap m he hp waa was addressing w were wern gre men of various al I 1 iles ilea but by far aila Illa he greater greaten portion of t them hegi were dependents pi of those races thad thac hat in ahe aha fourth and succeeding centuries of ot tife lifo chriatian era ra swarmed in of hat bat mother of ha tilds s se and filled central and wester ppe with a anew new L the e people in facto fact who overthrew alae bo great roman E arid and laid the fhe foundations of the majority jar ity of the maiona of or modern eu rede 1 was q thi the descendents of the danes dane 3 the jutes the angles angies the tiie axons the normans the th eean ePan that he was talking ng and jh our pur next chapter we lwe shall hall bring rin forward bome some of the historical a arguments used by gen gec tile arera to prove the Israel ilish dege dese rit rif of these thebe races more par particularly tieu ot thau that dam dominant one known to today day as s th the e anglo saxon we wp do apt because wr ibok the word wor d of df ada lda ser servants vanta requires proving by ehule evidence but r a 1 satisfaction action to many 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