| Show THE SPAULDING manuscript STORY completely EXPLODED oxe ONE by one the roses fade so are the props of those who make a liobe hobby of seeking to show that I 1 mormonism mormonism I 1 is a fraud kicked from under them and they find themselves sitting in the mud puddle of disappointment disappointment and perplexity the religious ous denouncers of polygamy have gradual gradually I 1 receded from the untenable nabie ground ground that the bible does not sanction sustain nor enjoin plural marriage marr marn irge e it isnow Is now generally acknowledged acknowledged that such a proposition has not the shadow of a leg on which to stand in consequence fanatical antl anti mormon religionists having no argument to offer off eri erg keep up the unreasoning whoop about a superior civilization and demands for the application of force to suppress that which they cannot exhibit as an error erron by argument another of the piles which welch have supported orte the opponents of mormon onte ism S has been swept down the swiftly flowing river of later deve development iob lob the story about the spaulding manuscript and the book of mormon being identical is now proved by incontrovertible evidence to be tie a part of the fabric of the refue refuge refu e of lies as we always knew if it to be be before us is the april number of frank lesliea Le illustrated sunday magazine it cont contains ainsa a fac simile of 01 the religious department page of the new york observer of february ath 1885 on which appears this interesting statement SOLOMON SPAULDING AND TIIE THE BOOK or MORMON the theory of the origin of the book of mormon Mornion inthe in the traditional manuscript of solomon SpauldIng diug dlug will wili probably have to be relinquished that manuscript is doubtless now in the possession of mr air L L rice bice of honolulu hawaiian islands formerly for formerly merll meril an antislavery anti slavery editor in ohio and aw f for sor c or manx many years state printer of columbus mant dur duding during I 1 n a recent visit to honolulu I 1 suggested to mr rice that he might have valuable antislavery anti slavery d documents in his possession pos session which he would be willingto willing to contribute to cherich the rich collection already in the oberlin college libra ilbra pursuance orthis suggestion su mr rice began loo looking kini kink over his hig oid old pamphlets and papers papers and at length came upon an old worn and faded fand manuscript of about pages small quarto 1 aarto purporting to be a history of t the emigration migration and ant conflicts of the ancient indian tribes which occupied the territory now belonging to the states of new york ohio and kenta kentucky icky on the last page of this manuscript Is a certificate and signature giving the names of several persons kno kuo known wn to the signer who have assured him that to their personal know knowledg led ethe manuscript was the writing of solomon spaulding mr rice has no tion hop how or when this manuscript came into his possession it was enveloped in a coarse piece of wrapping paper pe and endorsed in mr rices la handwriting dr whitin wr itin A manuscript story there seems S no reason to doubt that this is the long lost story mr rice myself and others compared it with the book of mormon and could detect no resemblance between the two in general or detail there seems to 0 be no name nor incident common to the two the solemn style of the book of mormon in imitation of the english scriptures does not appear in the manuscript the only resemblance is in the fact that both profess to set forth the history of the lost tribes some other explanation of the tile origin orl ori in of the book of mormon must be f sound found I 1 if any explanation is required JAMES H from bibliotheca sacra we wonder who will be the ingenious fabricator who will furnish the other explanation of the origin of the book of mormon I 1 for doubtless some of the conscienceless enemies of mormonism will consider that another subterfuge is required 14 |
