The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1842-04-03

away my life. But the records of the fathers, even
the Parlarchs. concerning tho right Of Priesthood
the Lord my God preserved in mine own hands,
therefore knowledge of the beginning of the crea-
ton, and also of the planets, and Of the stars as
they were made known unto the fathers have |
kept even unto this day, and shall endeavor to
write some OF these things upon this record, for
the benefit oil my posteTity that shall come after
me.
TO- Now he Lord God caused the famine to wax
sore ih me land oil ", insomuch that daran, my
25oi ne DIE, dlsd' Bot Terah my father, yet lived
came to pass that !, Abraham, took Sarai to
wife, and Nehor, my brother. took Micah TO wife,
who were the daughters of Haran. Now the Lord
had said unto me, Abram, get thee out Of thy coun-
try and from thy Kindred, and from thy fathers
house, unto land that will shew thee. There
fore left the land of Ur, of the Chaldees, to 90
INTO. the andioi Canaan; and took Lot,my brothers
son d h's wife. and Sarai, my wife, and also my
" alter me, unto the land which we
de- a.e. Idran. And the famine abated and
my ,arued IN Haran and dwell there, as there
were many iiocks in Haran and my father turned
again unto his idolauy, therefore he continued In
Haran.
IL. But l, Abram, and Lot, my brothers son,
prayed unto the Lord, and the Lord appeared unto
me, and said unto me, arise, and take Lot with
thee, tor have purposed to take thee away out Of
Haran, and TO make of thee minister, to bear my
name in strange land which will give unto thy
seed after thee for an everlasting possession when
they harken to my voice, for l am the Lord thy
God; dwell in Heaven, the earth is my foo;stool;
stretch my hand over the sea-. and il obeys my
voice: cause the wind and the fire to be my cha.
riot say 10 the mountains depart hence, and be-
hold they are taken away by whirlwind, in an in-
slant, suddenly, My name is Jehovah, and know
the end from the beginning, therefore, my hand
shall be over thee, and will make Of thee great
nation, and will bless thee above measure, and
make thy name great among all nations, and thou
shalt be blessing unto thy seed after thee that in
iheir hands they shall bear this ministry and priest
hood unto all nations and will bless them through
thy name tor as many receive this gospel shall
De called after thy name. and shall be accounted thy
seed and shall rise up and bless thee, as unto their
irther. and will bless them that bless thee land curse
them that curse thee and in thee haf in Thy Priest
hood, and in thy seed, Chat is, thy Presthood:)
Tor give unto thee promise that this right shall
continue in thee, and in thy seed after thee THAT s
to say the literal seed, or the seed Of the body shall
all the families of the earth be blessed, even with
the blessings Of the gospel, which are the blessings
OF salvaten, even of life eternal.
IL: Now, after the Lord had Withdrawn from
speaking to me, and Withdrawn hi face from me
said in mine heart, thy servant has sought thee earn
estly, now have found thee. Tsou ddst send thine
angel to deliver me from the Gods of Elkenab. and
Will do well 10 hearken unto thy voice, therefore
let my servant rise up and depart in peace. So i
Lot with me; and ,Abram,w was sixty and two years
old when departed out of Haran. And took
Sara, whom ! took to wife when was in Ur. in
Chaidea, and Lot, my brohers son., and all our
substance that we had gathered, and the souls that
We had won in Haran, and came forth in the way
to tn. land OF Canaan, and dwelt in tents, as we
came on our way therefore, eternity was our CO.
vering, and our rock and our salvation, as we ou-
neyed from Haran by the way Of Jershon, to come
10 the land o! Canaan.
Is. Now !, Abram, built an altar in the land Of
Jershon, and made an offering unto The Lord, and
prayed that the famine might be turned away from
my fathers house: that they might not perish; and
then we passed from Jershon through the land,
unto the place of Sechem. II was situated in the
plains Of Moreh, and we had already came into the
borders OF the land of the Canaanites and offered
sacrifice there in the plains of Moreh, and called on
the Lord devoutly because We had already come
into the land of this idolalrous nation