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Tho Eooh Of Mormon.
what Z Scotchn,an Says of the nIor.
naoa History of America.

we make Tie following eStrac,
from most interesting work by Mr.
L. Il. II. Slcnhouse, eutitled "The
Rocky Mountain Saints" AS re.
capitulatiun of the incidents des.
cribed i'll the Book of Mormon, it is
very entertaining:
AS far as can he conjectured from
the story OF the Book of Mormon, the
journey of tue cmigraiits, after trsv-
cling by land along the coast Of the
Rcd Sea, was through the Gulf of
Alden, and by way of India and
Australasia over the Pacific eastward
to America, landing little north of
what Is now called the Is,hmus of
Panama.
On reaching this 'isle of the sea-
they titled the ground and erected
habitatlons. They also found i'll the
forest both the COW and the OK, and
the ass and the horse, and the goat
and the Will goat, and all manner of
wild animals that were for the use OF
man. In another place it is stated of
the Jarcditcs that they had 'all man.
ner of cattle, Of oxen and COWS, and
Of sheep and Of swine, and of goats.
and also many other kinds ofanimals
which were useful for the food of
man: and they had also horses, asses,
and there w ere elephants and cure
Ions anu cumons.' What the latter
bcnsfs were it is impossible TO deter
mine, hut scientific men are uuan-
inousjy agreed that elephants never
existed Oh this continent, ard that
horses, asses, oxcn, and swine, were
introduced by tie European settlers
u sf
Had they existed at the time alluded
TO by the Mormon writer, some ves-
ligcs Of them would certainly ere
TINS nave been discovered. Thculo-
gians will stand aghast at swine
being spoken OF among Hebrews >as
'useiu! for the food of man, But in
all things these wandering Israelitcs
lave had taste for rcpu-
dating their nationality. II has been
seen how they rejected their
beloved Hebrew tongue which they
believed sacred. and adopted the Lam
guaGe of their dctes!cd Egyptian
In one place they dciile
themselves with swinc's flesh; and in
place break the hottest COM
and commit murder in
Gods service, and elsewhere they
are spoken of as building temples and
priests, aud even in
domestic affairs forgetting thew ights
and measures of their fathers, the
oncr, the epliah, the him, the bath,
tho, cab. and the shekcl, and using the |
'Scon, TIE senine, the scnum, the onti, |
limnai, czrom. shum, shihlum, lean, |
ANTON, siln5lon. etc.
Soon after their arrival in this |,
country they increased and multi
piled exceedingly and became 4 great |
nation. They were, however, con-
s!anily divided among themselves
and engaged in fierce warfare with
each ether.
After an interval OF peace they
again engaged i'll wars and disputes,
Until The ihirty-follrth year, when +!
there arose IL storm such rs was never
heard OF either in ancient or modern
times. Cities were swallowed up, |
sunk, multitudcs were |
carried away in whiriwind, and |
the whole face OF the earth became !
while behold the rocks |
were rent in twain After this 'be-
hold there was darkness upon the
face Of the land. Thick dark.
ness. The inhabitants could |
feel the yapour of darkness. /
No light. .Neithsr candles !
nor torches. Neither could /
there be FIRE kindled with their fine !
and exceedingly dry wood. i
Neither fire nor glimmer, neither the |
sun, Eor the moon, nor the stars. |
Il did last for the space off
three days. There was great |
howling.' During the three days of
darkness tho people heard voices
which are stated to have proceeded |
from Christ, attendant upon whose |
these signs arc supposed |
TO lave been.
After this great assemblage met |
in tie laud bountitnl;' and while the !
people talked over the marvellous !
events which had just transp!red.
they heard voice, and they saw q
man descenftfpg out ofheaven.'. TAis
man was Christ, who ANNOUNCED
himself TO them and they fell down
aud worshippcd him, lie then told
tho whole multitude to arise and
come forth unto me that We NAV
thrust your hands into my side. and
also that ye may feel tho prints of the
Aubdos thu III Iect.
that ye may know that am the God
o. israel, and Hhe God of the whole
earth, and hare been Slain for the sins
-sassarld.' Then the multitude
went forth and did thrusttheirl hands
INTO Ills side. and did feel the prints of
the nails i'll His hands and in His feet;
aud this they did do, going forth
cue by one, until they had al! gone
FORTH. The multitude in auotberI
place is aaid to have numbered $500
souisl Now, even allowing the time
occupied by each individual 10 hare
been only one quarter of a minntefa
calculation far too low, when mr.
engagements for order and prccedei,ce,
and some degree of fzt.vcent res,act'
ioralis person are cousidered), Ihe
time occupied must have been over
ten hours and quarter, and, after
all, il is difficult to see what proof
this thrustfng of hands into the side
OF Christ aud seeing the print of The.
nails would a1erd that hc was Chrtss.I
IhOUNAa n niffR n hali0val