| Show ANCIENT HISTORY tex recent exhibition in this CRY city of the remains office white people of an alleged race lately discovered in arizona riz onit is 18 con we mec ed with a subject ia in which thy the latter day faints ailts particularly have a j deep interest io lu terest te ks story ry of 04 the ati ao tient clent inhabitants ot america At 8 ixko years ago the book of mormon was brought forth ano and a short aime tim bater published to the world through the instrumentality mentality of the prophet Prop net josoph joseph smith that work werk was issued as am a history fai tory of the ancient inhabitants of fi this continent down to about AD 40 it sets forth the origin of the people their chart character Leter the high state of c to which they attained their religion and ot of thir migrations ano ani civil wars guptil artil finally the record closets with an account of how bow toe the few believers in ia christ were di sti oyed by the multitudes who bad fallen into wickedness when the bookow mormon was first published to the world a howl of ridicule went up at the idt idea a that america had ever bo been b o peopled by a white or a civilized race i it was in 1822 that the arst work on the ea 0 america Americ awas was published iu Ju england Eagland sod and su so general aad strong was toe belief that only savage nations had bad ever occupied this that it received little crody credence nce abe civi i lid lix d world fiad accented as floal the conclusion of dr Koo ertson the ahe ns tonao that it was a certain pr principle that america was not pepi peopled by y any aay narion of the auci ancient ent arld which had bad made considerable progress ogress pi in cialli Za cation tion 11 in 1834 85 captain ahdoot of his bis explorations s in mexico and add central america first saw toe light it then to dawn upon the ot scientific mr fl truit perhaps after aai the new world hao baa a history of its own and tiAc ye need Follow following fag cupl Dupaix aix came lord K kingsborough in ga bor borough otien in convinced him that america bad been ble n peopled bv a branch of toe the house of israel when he presented his ideas on this subject to the world I 1 explorers eXplore ra saw in the countries of dorti and central america a field for th thir their ir bi hinbest eliest ambition caloner galendo waldeck rosny baquer Li i pheas cathmer 1 wood powel Pt we jackson charnay Uti arnay aud a host of others lieve since that time tim made comparatively rapid progress io id bringing to light the fact that ceu turis before columbus lived there had bad flourished on the rue then unknown continent a civilization if nut not surpassing I 1 known to in the old W world orla when the discovery disc every of these facts was wa public the spirit of f inquiry was as ib it creased and the tae p mind began I 1 to be crany convinced lvoyd as a he historian bancroft atia the tendency of modera r re sarch arch is to prove the great antiquity of ameri as well weli as adof of the american people ann and if either was drawn from a foreign source it was at a time probably pro hally so remote as to all old arll culture n now 0 w twisting 11 stephens and anc catherwood did more perhaps man any others in their two visit vinit to io brine to our our knowledge the raws of central Arn america erldA where they dita discovered covered upwards of 0 for ty ruined rained cities bei besides irles making carf car ful nl examinations of the great cities of Ux mali alpan pal aque and ilic a their labors alda adda add a to io those ot the others have placed beyond doubt the flie anci eur occupation of america by a civilized baeb race these researches haac developed moet more than the 06 fact that there existed a I 1 knowledge of astronomy ach ret mechanics etc 1 yang ng hese copies their id I 1 as of ra ralfh IV in and their tradition of their orbain kofl in artt rous light leighr to finch lis the acon section tim ato w to the B mv T at ar some period can beffre not ly traced it is true that thata no oot 0 fias yel et been found ti to t heir beir bics and give to ala the ahe his history lory 0 i 2 alfi alzati ani and engraved raved B n metal or s sone one but sufficient has been taen to enault aalt isel gel n ni I 1 tot T aree agree tha oe o 6 e of nf aneo hypotheses hypo theRes is correct corl reet regarding them bit er fi fist st that tife foe american races awes were claimed b bagas cz iu ace 0 tiiu iba ula aia ible ul ol M bentres centres Q ot t tuat mat they abey are adf ot one blood witt with i t the e races of the ea eastern continent trono whom they were seo separated abated bythe by the ue ab sub nb si dence of the laud or third that they hey represent a i item from asia Asig via bahring Bt straits or across the jacina in lowr latitudes the fira two bf these tae theories ories ate are raol 1 lii i g rr 1 l in t ii ine of the development of facts of the third the advocates of the behring straits course of migration point paint to the tioga th my ay iy ur the ex 38 tence stence of language similar kh v coa to the aztec alen the uburth west coast of america walle ue those who believe the migration cale came across ane pido in lower latitudes sit udes point with a reamona rea aona degree of certainty to the traditions of all the may asya a and nahum races that their t air jokela tillers made a long journey by lana land and by sea from toward the setting of the toe the kawas also alo al o claim that in this nil atit ration ne he company came avei to in ships numbered nambe red seven la milies bohe all the geee been going on the book of mormon history bus baa not been taken into account except in a spirit of lest jest by those engaged in this work but now bow 11 und ma mav ellous ts to the authentication ti which it has received from this fournel the gorgeous palaces sacred temples and halt hall buried cities that aade it been unearthed slowly but surely une are bereaving nerea ving tite the indisputable proofs of t the correctness of the historical that sacred record and as each successive year rolls round some new disc enry is mad esome new fact brought to light as supplemental aird ad external evidence of its truthful I 1 I 1 the idea of a belief in the doctrines of christianity among toe progenitors labong lamong of the me present presen indians was a few years yeara ago looked upon as too absurd for cou consideration for row flow it was mar asked could the teachings teaching of the savior ba brought across the ocean waun wait n his disciples had bad no knowledge of the existence of ano another ilter costinew coti neni difficulty aee seemed m iea insurmountable alca ciudaj a result result the accounts of the na lives concerning the crucifixion were east aside and the analogies between the iun ut the M X yas and and aed that of the jews adjudged to be thin the result of accident the traditions of tue tae deluge atoo among the mexicans aad oes were interpreted to refer to W sloiua lobal I 1 the of which had bad made a deep impre sWo on oa the of the people tue stay told of the teri anle visitations of st storms add earthquakes at tae t fl time tae white god biti way 8 slain I 1 ggs was abara ch ars as an i x ox of some minor even event tor or as a myth the goject of which was to awe thae unbeliever into an except agee ance of ax ligion ioa but with the historic knowledge given by the book of mor epou is an explanation of baese other wise traditions true 0 they py ard are interwoven inter goveo with a legendary it kire te that is of itself inexplicable but th the principal ri facts stand out in such b buld old reli relia f affa affi as to make blake them easily recognizable from the mass of incongruities grui grul ties with which they thay are surrounded ap pato to the present present I 1 ti tibne me there his has been bound no key with ath which watch to the mysteries of the written logu agri of ancient people as t they appear ou on their acu sculptured stured tab kt icib 3 they have been compared with the greek hebrew basque west african cabaud aud korthour north eur languages and have some features in common I 1 with each but none f furnish a sufficient rule lor translation but it is nat too much to hope that in the de fuents of scientific research these records will yet yield up their secrets to the world when this mats ta Is done the aaa amatory ry therein contained atil countless to ass be huud foaud to 0 accord in respect to the same period with that woich hasteen has been revealed by the power 61 ul god to tria people ot of this beners tt tin n I 1 aej Aada aj athe the architectural rains raino and preserved remains of a people who existed in america centuries az axi bear but testimony to fo the be fP existence stence of Intelli intelligence kence and a civilization 0 oa 4 high degree so also will bair altory bl tory carved in stone tw ten I 1 to 1 later aei the story of their toils and ant triumphs io in lifes battle and boeing thus united all will corroborate the ie vote of fe revelation and bear faithful witness t to the accuracy of the oi bl tury tory compiled compi compiled lel and ald abridged by the prophet |
