Show THE OST TRIBES editor deseret news ever since the ten bribed kingdom of israel was taken captive by the As syrians and have been vo to all outward appearances lost it has been an historical enigma as to what course these tribes pursued or where they located in every period since the 11 re vaval of warning learning this subject has basco come me in lor for its share shareef of attention so that at the present resent time there are a great many theories theories and h hypotheses po theses concerning them some gome ol 01 of which border on the ridiculous perhaps at oo no time has subject so excited the curiosity of the public and the attention of biblical scholars as at tb the e present time it is one of the leading topics in E english and american educational circles and is discussed with a visor or of progressive thought that has never before characterized the subject the situation and course of the lost tribes has been more of a mystery than to account lor lor the tremendous hordes bordes that overran europe in early earby times filling it witti wito new ideas laws and institutions hence 8 an r identity between the two is supposed to exist mr wilson in 1840 published 4 a book on our Israeli tisa origin orgin which showed suca profound research and ingenuity that it has been the parent ot almost all explanations since the idea now Is to make histo history ry tread the line of prophecy concerning this lost kingdom Eri glisn scholars colars hold that toe place of the lc lost tribes and use the word identity as a short terra term for the cation ol of the th anglo saxon people with lost tribes of israel american divines not satisfied with identity have coined a new word Saxo saxonia niall as the noun indicating indicating the theory that the lost tribes added adde to which is that great britain and the american republic f alfil fulfil the numerous prophecies pronounced upon the head of ephraim SO and manasseh the former representing ephraim and the latter manasseh built up by the hopes that ide identity ozity and saxonia Saxon tall are true a sermon is occasionally given involving these theories A noted divine of canada in one of these sermons says that the hunga rians are descend descendants atts of lot the turks of esau and ishmael and henc naturally fall into the prophetic line this being so it r ia no wonder the hungarians Hung arians and turks should sympathize nor that england should havea have a liking for the he T turks arks england being the ten tribes of israel english identity but not I 1 Sax saxonia onta 11 mount zion is now where stands standa the mosque of omar frota from which is yet to go dorth the law J to the latter day saints who follow these scholars in their identifications it Is IB at once amusing and instructive tive amusing to see what extremes men will go to in order to ful III fil premature prophecy instructive to note how powerless the wisdom of man is to annul I 1 I 1 the more sure word of prophecy as revealed to joseph sin ismah IT th concerning these lost tribes after all they only prove the prophetic stand taken by the latter da day saints for the last af fifty ty years that ephraim his has mixed himself with the nations with others who fell by the way in that long journey seen by esdras and that the great latter day is to gather this scattered blood for the belief that these divines to a certain extent are proving the latter day saints have bave met the sneers of the ungodly and contempt of the unthinking for the last fifty years the tae discoveries are like the latest views bf progressive Christian Christi ah thought though tr what the saints have taught for years how true it is every knee shall bow and every tongue confess that jesus is the christ and I 1 add that so called Mor mormonism monis is s no less than the gospel of jesus christ christ X E H S |