Show THE DIVINE OF THE BOOK OF MORMON BY ELDER W WH H II 11 sharr SHARP KO NO VIII vill the remains of lna loa mense ruin very ancient existence are found in different parts parta of south america korthof north of tho the equator the city and land of moroni meroni was situated in the east by the bea sea bhore shore and the river running through the land still beata bears tho the name of moroni book of mormon p v 3 for better information and guide to the reader of the geography of the northern portions of south america during a period of years B 02 0 02 and years ears after the birth of the savior havior I 1 will give the nameh names of the states or lands found recorded in the book of mormon the laud land of ZArah emla minon gideon melek bielek Ammon ibah noah mauti mauti Manti jerahov Jer Je rahon shon aaron lehi Mar Mari antum ne bruner gid zeezrom Anti antl parah land of judea and cumene many noted cities spoken of and named in the book 0 thormon gM tM ormon were built in these lande and their spots aro are marked in many places by extensive exten alve ruins overgrown by aged forests humboldt gives us measurements measure menta of dinely finely cut granita granito stones com corn posing theise ruina ruins of south america aa its being 33 feet long 18 feet broad and lind 6 feet thick and bime sime of the buil bull dinga dingi feet long on the laud land through which the orinoco river runs are ara exten ive Ivo wails walla of defense and dikes dikea built in such perfect and compact form that time has baa failed to obliterate them their antiquity has haa been proven beyond a doubt see antiquities weapons of brass and sculptured stone abound ruins of cities forti aqueducts palaces and find temples are ludI indi cAlous caious that in some sume remote period of time an enlightened and people once where now roam tribes of savage hunters and war like jibe races through the many incidental changes noticed in tho ruins of north and beuth south america in style in bize size of buildings inscriptions signs glyphs glyphis and symbols the impression ia Is made on the minds of wirt bradford priest dr morton a learned savant and others that three races of people have occupied america one soon after utter the flood took possession of the land and became extinct after many centuries another entirely of a different branch or nationality upon the demolition of the first nation landed upon the soil of america and upon the ruins of the dead nation the birth of a new kingdom sprang into existence and through its ita rise progress declining and fall an interior kingdom wah waa whose greatest power reached its zenith in the century of oi the tho christian era the book of mormon gives us the history of thes these 6 nations first the Jared ites itee who came from the great tower to america and were overthrown borne years BC second the Nep neu hites who came from jerusalem in the reign of and landed in south america soon after divided into two kingdoms or 01 nations and years after the birth of the savior one of these branches became extinct the other a remnant of which existed in north and south america about the century began the tha establishing lishing of two kingdoms one in mexico and the other in peru the century wit witnessed teased the decline and fall of these two powerful kingdoms monte zuma in mexico through the invasion and conquest of spain under cortez and the inca in peru by the Spanish legions under pizarro Pi zairo the up of this indian or kingdom by the gentile nations was but the fulfillment of the predictions of the prophets found recorded in the book of mormon page 21 v 35 to 40 page 99 v 13 page v 9 page v 9 in order to more closely connect the evidences eviden ces cea which corroborate the divine origin of the book of mormon I 1 will di call cail all ail the attention of the reader to the hda hLa tories of the coite tolteca rol Tol ite teea teca Chi chimes mexicans and peruvians thence hist ories oriee written in their times conta coata containing in I 1 as they do much valuable information afo n t have been resorted to by every writer upon the tha origin of the american indian in the last chapter it was shown that the peruvians ruvia lih ris first came from chili that being their naret caret first place of la tiding the chil Chi lans lians assert in their history that they came from the west native races vol 5 page 22 A bea voyage and a bitaut land is preserved in the traditions tra of the quiche Algon algol quins and nations of lla Ila indians dlane the trudl trudi tradition tion being thai they cize from the east these traditions agree with the landing ot of majek and his bid colony on the shores of the gulf of mexico and lehi who came from the west aud landed on the coast of chill besides thebe there are ate many traditions of bettie kettle ments or nations f white men who lived apart from he the other people of the country and md some more domestic and civilized built great cities and from time to time were dispossessed of 0 them through the conquests of war these traditions in peruvian history are remarkably manifested mani feted toted and ind are corroborative evidences of the be history of the white people or Sep Nep hites spoken of in the book of mormon and the land of peru has been leen the theatre of their worse their gaill and for three different diu erent ages aies their inheritance in the land first by ne nephi P hl and his three brothers mothers with zoran the servant of laban and were driven from there 0 o the land of Zarah Zar ahemia emla emia aft att after atter 0 r dwelling in ancient peru some next nex t a colony under Zeniff who vho came from the land of zara lemla lemia many years after the people N nephi phi were driven from peru he tie aud ts bis people were white and the by a treaty gave up the land of nephi and the cities that thu the former Nep hites 8 had constructed and for some bome time the demend dewend of frand his colony pos pov bested a portion of ahi afi ancient cled peru became wealthy and built inan loan many y beautiful cities edifices edit ices palaces pals pala ces cea mid and temples in a war with the they were compelled to d part from the land the third inheritance of ancient peru by the white while race took place iu in the century of the Chri christian etian era when according to the thu book bookoff of mormon peace extended through out the land and the Nep Neph hites itea and es under one great brotherhood the and family possessed the land in common for a century and a half the most authentic and accepted spanish writer and translator of peruvian Pe ruTlan history and knowledge handed down la Is montesinos who went to peru about a century after the conquest being sent by the spanish government he informs us that in the history of the peruvians ia Is found a knowledge of the deluge the bu building lid iid of trie trio tower and the emigration of their first parents after land ing ng was into the valley of cuzco being led by four brothers brother the younger assumed supreme authority and became the first of a long line of sovereigns how beautifully this agrees with the book of mormon the family of lehi when they left jerusalem consisted of himself his wife and four laman naman lemuel sam and nephi this younger brother nephi became their leader in the wilderness of arabia on the east shore of arabia near the degree north latitude he built a ship and sailing g nearly east landed aa as has been b een stated in a former chapter on the coast of chill 30 bouth south lati tude after landing a division took place and nephi with his broth brothers erb ere sam jacob and joseph and zoram the servant of jlaban and a few others took their journey north and after many days pitched their tents and begun the construction of a city and temple nephi became king and hib his ruled over the Nep hites for a period of about years jears baid balu baldvins baldwins Bald Bala winte wins ancient america page to book of mormon page 4 v page 65 v 2 and page v 2 fernando Mentee inos inoa nos gives from fro peruvian history 64 sovereigns wim wic who reigned in the first period when a change of government took place the Nep nop hites years from th the e time they left Jerusalem were ruled by king kings their last king mo blah elah ruled in righteousness and the people became very wealthy numerous and highly civilized civil zed A short time previous to his hia death ha he established a code of laws which were unanimously adopted by the people and afterwards the ruling power invested in supreme judges aud governors 4 presided over by one chief magistrate continued for a period of 91 years when the tho savior was born being skam yeam rom from row the time lehi jeto jett jerusalem this form of government continue continued for 30 years after the birth of the savior when in this year he the chief judge was wits murd murdered ered eted the government broken up and the people divided into tribes and faco fact faction fone ione three years afterwards and at the time of the crucifixion a universal destruction befell the inhabitants the whole country was changed and but ew lew L i pots pota and places escaped the general wreck the most prominent place left undisturbed was the temple in the land of bountiful situated on the narrow neck of land which is now called the isthmus of darien upon this landrud ian lan daud dlud around this sacred temple near the close of the thirty fourth year after tho the birth of the savior a multitude of people 2500 souls men women and cull cuil cn dren dreu assembled and whilst conver converting con verning eing and pointing out to one another the fearful changes that had a few months before taken place a voice was wag heard above their heads and soon there burst upon them a glorious light and they beheld a personage clothed in whitey white dec defending ending in their midst who proved to be the christ carist that had been crucified a few months before at jerusalem and the same whom their prophet predicted would show himself to the Nephi teb tep soon after his resurrection the order of government introduced bythe savior constituting the priesthood with 12 apostles as the head continued until their final overt overthrow hiow in the year of the tho christian era toltec diex Blex mexican ican and peruvian traditions confirm the greater portion of the history of the book of mormon native races vol 6 american an 11 baldvins baldwins Bald wins ancient america and kingsborough Kinga borough mexican antiquities ls book of mormon page v Y 7 page v 8 page e v 4 page v 12 3 46 4 5 6 page v 2 11 page Y v I 1 and 2 when wo we are given to understand from the tho study into the histories of the nations mentioned that they had a knowledge of the creation Creat crent fou lou of the deluge the building of the t b e tower and confusion of language the emigration of different colonies from esa a far off country beyond the bea bes 11 the travels of moses and the children of israel and many other events spoken of in the jelbie a light which lasted through the night which in their date agrees with the birth of the savior darkness and eaith quake which agrees with the time of the crucifixion and many other coincidental dates and historical revelations agreeing with the history found in the bible the query arises here hew haw and ahr through ough what channel chaniel of communication ni cation did these mexicans peruvians Chlap anes and chillani Chil Chi ians lians obtain a knowledge of these bible evanta fc to be continued |