Show AND THE GRE gee okeath A r PYRAMID WE wig direct attention to an article in kue due on the great pyramid Py rainia 0 of upper egypt this subject Is ia f familiar m lf r 1 lo 10 a r lass laas as of scientists and philosophers and much has beep w ritten written upon it during the lasta years few of til the e general public 0 have wave h ave even heard odthe theories es which are classed the title of bf pym religion td the brief history pt pi the hise rise of fhe roll jell bion aon bon 0 oi f the pyramids contained in thearlo th the earLi article articie referred to eadd that Jn 1859 mr john taylor tailor pub publisher hifler 0 gower street londo wrote a book entitled the great pyramid why it was waa built ana and huil Who BuIlt bulit it thid thib contained ad e epi P I 1 tome of the various 7 investigations eb algi and measurements that had had bad been made mado the author nui uti thor deducing thereat i from irom several beveral conclusions worthy bf cods consideration them being the theory that the height of the pyramid way was intended to bear t to double the length of the base the exact ratio orthe of the diameter to the rhe the circumference of a circle that the length of the base babe side was equal in pyramid enches to the number ol 01 days dass ina in a solar year that the pyramid lil gil ra inch was the one ten mil mii 1 foeth part of 0 the semi polar diameter of the ea earth rth that the pyramid cubit ivas iras wab was the same as the sacred ached cubit of the hebrews that thai the height of lof the if fhe he pyramid represented uhe the distance of the sun from uhe die earth earlb and that the structure was the wilk of a man under the influence of to the same bame inspiration as moved upon upun life trie biblical prophets the amyth were aroln prompted ted by mr mg Taylor taylora lg book that kent gentleman leman at his death having bequeathed his work to the who spent several months at thi the gre ore great a t pyramid in in 1964 5 making ca careful re ful fui measurements he received a letter which suggested some further ide ideas As thau were advanced by mr taylor an am israelite negm named bd menzies A writing from woot Scot scotland lands landy argued that if the P pyramid hamid w was the of divine inspiration representing pertain epochs in thelast the past and future history odthe of the world there should be bome some line or mark to establish the theory and 2170 2179 JB C being the date nixed fixed for of the pyramid 2170 pyramid inches back from the grand gallery said m rz J that lia ila line iino eor or marh mark ought to bu be found professor renewed his measurements su sure bure rement ments sd and was wag astounded and awe we struck by the discovery of two fine flue lines OB on the stone stoxie blyde made as he says baya by a master hand hei he published the work referred ft in the article 6 several year years 8 before the date there given and in W wh his hia book our tur inheritance I 1 in a the great pyramid 11 which we went uC through three editions the latest being publish edn edin 1876 it is in this thal that the prophetic character of til the structure la 6 urged wit with the greate greatest al force A summary of these investigations and the deductions d ed uc tio ns has been written by dr joseph seis with some additional dit lonai ional evidences of the sacred chir character acter of under D der den the litle title of A miracle in stone blone and published i shad we believe belleve by port pori r and coateson Coate sot ot philadelphia tho tto much in aadi nadi addition tion tiou to the article concerning the rise and progress of pyramidal religion we yvo now pro aeed to make ii a few remarks on the probable drigin of the pyramid the ideas y prevail al 1 I concern concerning in anil and other conclusions oot oft writers on this subject the day saints are ard somewhat acquainted with a partial translation of the the book nook of lof Abr abraham ahapa ahara contained in a valuable little work published at this office called the pearl of great pric price P in this we e learn of certain revelations from god to abraham concerning the origin in 61 01 the governing planets pi f the universe and various astronomical i and metrical facts unk unknown u to mankind at tl hat bat at time abid aud and only imperfectly understood at present the papyrus from which th these translation were made was taken teji from a mummy brohl fram PS egypt and exhibit exhibited by 11 it crandler Cn andler in various parts parta of the united states and ultimately ultima tery sold bold to joseph smith the prophet it is an established d fact jact that abra ham eum ELM went into egypt and was treated thero with great distinction profane history corroborates sacred sary eary histo history ry sary on thal that point W Y a learn from this work that the as communications s made to abraham abrahan through ih the 0 V itam rl im and Thum mim lm were div given en to him of the lord before he be went into egypt that he might 1 I declare all thes these words voids word ff 11 it is maintained by bi many learned writers on t tho the religions rot lot bi ancient nations that amidst amid stall all their idolatry showed acquaintance with the monotheistic which became the distinguishing rui gui shing feature of judaism wo vo take tile the following froni from an article on mosos and the monuments translated b by y 23 A washburne 8 J fob foe the january sunday n from the german olo oli fledrich heinrich fhe brugsch v 9 the religious monuments of the old egyptians whether ont on records r bf rock of or frail trail papyrus mat mac give il us a the bhe strongest testimony that tbt the truth uth df dt the linly tinly aly of god wag well known to the masters of priestly learning Jear fear nigg and that their rich world of deities in haidal an imal imai form forn was only the tho cov covering prinie prinle crifie or the distortion ot of this doctrine originally pure and afterward adte iward pre served in the mysteries the doctrine 1 el I one gegot god WO was revealed only to the MIt initiated and abd in the obscure office odthe dead was placed in a written roll within the tomb as a jast last passport the name of the one oner god goa a not mentioned within these 0 only nl y cire circumscribed bed in the deep words worde 1 1 kluk u pu anuk I 1 am that I 1 iam lam aam iam who does not here recall at once the like words in ill 14 in which h bod names himself tobi to gees pees and lee iee the children art dri larae israe 1 words worda which in their Hi hiebra ebro form antl anil according to the misunderstood expression I 1 jehovah Jehova bj have the bam same i e meaning as that sentence sjuk uk pu anuk 11 1 I am that I 1 arax am for lurther Jn information formation on thib thia read the at articie article Icle ba ane book boob of abraham by lder ider george reynolds now being pub lisboa in chapters in this paper weare we are fl firmly of the opinion that the original architect of the great pyramid was no lees leash a person than abraham the father of the faithful and the friend of gody god ho he it was wild who planted ln jn the egyptian mind correct ldes ideas concerning the true god he it was who to them thein the principles of time measurement the astral and solar distances and add relation sand the he l the periods of the grest great epochs of the world reference Be ference to the facsimile fac simile of the circular cut an and dother other portions of the pearl Fearl of great gret price will make support part this thia view ol 01 uhe the case wake one quotation wherefrom in regard to the cubic principle of time measure ment which was vas adopted by the builders bull ball a erb era or of zhe the pyramid vis 1 the farst first creation nearest t to 0 the celestial or residence of gad girat pirat firstin in government the last lasi pertaining to the measurement of time the measurement according to celestial time which cei ceJ celestial estial time signifies one day to a cubit one day in is equal tona thousand years according to the measurement of this oarth earth which ia is called by the egyptians jah oh eh 11 objection might be made to our view of bf this thia muter matter the date odthe of the pyramid is la set down at B C Q 2179 lap while hile ohe the present bibie bible chronology rives gives ives 9 J 1921 as the time when abraham gent went bu t 1 bp ob observed eru erv ea vhal that at thia chronology y doe does not R abail ahall naim aba uba Qute accuracy racy raey and that thic tue the time of the ehg dis dispersion p eadon from the tower of babel ia Is placed by pyramidal lf measurement at B 0 2628 2528 52 Sand and in the bible the building of the rower fawer at B 0 2247 making allowance for the time between the building and the scat seat the discrepancy wiil wili will be about the same as in the them other instance ita nce the pyramid dates being more probably exact than the inserted in the scriptures the date of abrahams visit L to ed thereby would coincide wl with the limo lime of the commencement of the pyramid Melch isedee arld and abraham were Oi contemporary temporary chronological objections to the tho iatter latter tyvald ruid apply equally c la 14 kli ill to the fornier formers form ern enn erp thel mys attry lutry t t that hit surrounds the e personage arises from imperfection fec fee tion in the wording word vord Dj of df the il re arence parence to him in the thistle to the hebrews the wor words 6 without father without mothe mother F without descent ent having neither beginning of days nor end of life etc ete apply not dot to the man but to the priesthood he held he ad wan simply the king of salem salum and a priest aften after twill the orden order der den of the tiie son gon of god lodl which ia is an silt evar lasting order stepen gallt upon des descent cent like thu levi leyl 11 priesthood fras ivas was la in diden olden times thries and he who wb 0 held heili IV va a p priest riest continually agnia h und end prin cc mentioned as having presided over the building of the py ramm answers far mon mops closely to abrim abraham than to we now no w brielly briefly refer to the levei level 1 of 1615 1815 and the new era ushered in between 1800 and 1815 1816 joseph smith the prophet of the last dispensation was waa born in 1805 IM in 1815 his parents moved to the neighborhood of off tike the spot where he obtained his hla first when whoa thu tho father and tha the bon son appealed appeared to him and to the place where chebook the Book of mormon was deposited this was the diening opening of A new 1 1 era indeed the ushering jn in of jibe ilia dispensation of the falness of 07 times a nua una ma rid the reparatory preparatory fp work for the coining of the redeemer and mhd the ibon lon pon summation sum mitlon of all things if IT mhd th e measurement of the grand gallery be accurate and the theory correct the g greal great real teat tribulation tribulations i bloh ara are to precede the second advent are close at hand band but the narrow way wik is prepared fon for the elect who will stand in holy haly places and liot hot ba bel moved but be prepared time of the end and to be upon the enduring granite of the latter day kingdom the stone cut out of the mountain without with put hands bands x the wise will understand 41 these allusions 93 9 and their consonance alth with ancient holy writ and modern revelation we publish the article on the pyramid with these zela xera remarks Arks jor the coujil consideration dera ders of bf the reflecting without stamping either with the beal seal of 0 authority we are on the veny very verge at time and close to events that will shake the world overturn tha the kingdoms and B stems of men introduce the divine government and make straight the path for the feet of the king of ringa kinga happy will they be who are ready purified enrobed unrobed and with their lamps burning to meet the great bridegroom e and to stand in their heir t lot at the end of the days |