The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1839-05-16
ORIGIN AND HISTORY OF THE
MORMON BIBLE.

Nt DostAU htNutGtE VI lash AEth
contains The following singular develop
menl. Of the origin aud history OF The
Mormon Bible. Il accounts most sails.
faclorily for the existence oil the book. q
fact which heretofore il has been JitiieulI
to explain. Il was difficult to imagine
how . work containing 90 msH5 indlca
lions Of being the production of cu.;i'at
ed mind. should he connected with .
kna,ery so impudent. and . superstition
90 gross. rs that which must have charsc-
Ierized the founders of this pretended
religious sect The preSsn, narrative,
which, independently Of tie s,testaiiOns
annexed, appears to be by no means i'm
probable. VAS procured by The writer from
The referend Mr.. Stow. 81 ilulIislon, wh"
remarks that " lie has had occasion Io
come in contact with Mormonism IN iIs
grossesi forms" II vas communicated
by him Cor publication in the Recorder.
As this book has excited much sieu.
lion. and has been put up BY a certain
new sect. in the place of The sacred
Scrip,ures, deem il Guty which owe
TO the public. 10 state shat know touch.
inc its origin. That lie claims TO sdlEine
origin are wholly unfounded. needs no
proof to q mind unperseTled by the
grossesl decisions. That any sane person
should rank IL higher than any other
merely human composition. is matter
Of The greatest establishment; yet il j.
received ss divine by some who dwell in
enlightened New England. and even By
those who have sustained The character
"f devoted Christians. Learning recently
that MOrmonIsm had found iis way into
a church in Massachusetts. and has
impregnaIed some 81 It's members With
its grnss decisions. so that cxcommunica-
ton has become necessary, | am deter
mined 10 delay no longer dung what !
can 10 strip the mask from ihi. monster
ofsin. and 10 lay open ,hi. pa IS sbomins
lions. Rev. Solomon Spsulding. 10 hon
! was united in marriage in early life, was
a graduate Of Dartmouth college, aud vas
distinguished fur a lively imagination.
and great fonjness for history. Al the
time Of our msTisge, he resided H.
Cherry Valley, New York. From Ibis
place We removed 10 New Salem. AshIa.
bula county, Ohio; sometimes called
Conneaut, as IL is situated upon Conneaui
creek. Shortly after our removal 10 .h,s
place, his health sunk, aud he was laid
aside from active lsbors. In the town
of New Salem. there are numerous
mounds. and forts. supposed By many
to be the dIlapidsled dwellings and
forIlhcati0ns Of race now extinct.
These ancient relics arrest the attention
Of the new settlers. and become objects
Of research for the curious. Numerous
implements we're found, and other articles,
evIncing great skill in the arts. Mr..
Spaulding being an educated man. pas
sionaiely fond Of history. took q lively
interest 10 these deyelopemsni Of anti.
guilty: and 10 order TO beguils the hours
Of retirement. aud furnish employ nent
for his lively imsginstion. he conceived
The idea Of giving an historical sketch Of
This long lost race. Their extreme anti
guilty of course would lead him 10 write
IN the mos. ancien, style. and as The Old
Testament 10 the most ancient book in The
world. he initiated its style as nearly Is
p"sssible. His sole object 10 writing
his historical romance, was to amnse
himself AMI nsishbor'. THIS was about
the year 1872 ll0'r' snds' at De-