Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-03-04


In 1894 Joseph Smith marched from
Ohio TO Missouri, a distance OF about
one thousand miles, ~ the leader OF
the illustrious body Of men known Ia
Church history as zlon's Camp. ON
this long and wearlsome journey, some
OF the brethren INDUCED la a spirit Of
rebellion and fault.nndng. which was
rebukcd by the Prophet, first In mild
manner and finally very strongly, a.
he told the brethren that the Lord had
revealed 10 him that a scounc would
come upon the camp, In consequence
Of the fractious and unruiy spirit that
had appeared among them. Stlll, II
they would repent and humble them.
selves before the Lord, the scourgc
might, In great measure, DO turned
away, "but, ~ the Lord lives" he
said, "tho camp will have ~ suffer for
giving way 10 unruly tcmpers.n (His-
t0rical Record, page 5S2.l This pre-.
dictlon was fulfilled n few weeks later
when the brethren had arrived IN
Clay County, Mo. On the 2ist OF June,
1884, the cholera broke out In the
camp and ragged fenrfully for sew
eral days. Altogether sixty.clght
Of the Saints were attacked with
the dreadful disease and thirteen died.
Finally Joseph called some Of the sur.
vivlng brethren together and told them
that II they would humble themselves
before the Lord and covenant to keep
His commandments, aud obey his
Joscph's) counsel, the plague should
be stayed from that hour aud there
should not 10 another case Of chOlefa
among them. The brethren cove
nanted 10 that effect and the plague
was stayed.
ASTRONOMY OF ABRAHAM.
July ., 1895, man by the name Of
Michael II. Chandler came 10 kiTt.
land, ohio, TO exhibit four Egyptian
mummies, together with somu Two or
more rolls Of papyrus, covered with
hicroglyphic figures anu devices. They
had been obtained from one Of tho
catacomhs Of Egypt, near u place
where once stool the renowned city 0f
Thchrsl by tho celebrated Antonio
sebolo, Ia the year 1881. Joseph
smith, upon examining the rolls VI
pipyru-, discovered that one u them
contained tho writings Of Abraham
and another the writings Of Joseph
who was sold into Egypt. The whole
collection was bought by the Saints,
and Joseph subsequently translated the
writings of Abraham which, together
with number Of Illustrations, wei,
Published Ia the Tnics aud SEASONS,
ut NauyOo, ILL.,, In 1873, and which
We now have In the little excellent
work called the Pearl NJ Great Price,
under tho caption Of nio hook "
Abraham. This book, beside. giving
a history Of the creation OF th. earth
and man, also Introduces new doc
tfine In regard 10 astronomy. 10 tolls
ola planet called COlob, near which II
the throne Of God, aud around which
everything In the great universe 10
wolves In regular order. At that time
the generally accepted thcofyamong u.s.
tronOmers was that, with the excep-
tion OF ia. few planets lamOng which II
our own ,arthl which sweeps regular
IN around the sun, all the heavenly b0-
dies called starr, were Fixed or station.
nry, anu that the sun furnishing Hight
and warmth for our earth, besides be.
ing the centre Of gravat alton for our
solar system, was the nearest fixed or
stationary star. Hence, when Joseph
Smith In the astronomy Of Abraham,
introduced the doctrine that there was
agnnd centre set faf beyond the limits
OF our own solar system, he wns de-
Tldcd 10y not u few who ascrihcd the
idea to hls Ignorance, In not having
oven superficial knowledge Of the
principles Of astronomy. hut tho
theories OF men change a the Lod
gives them more Hight aud intelligence,
ana today the doctrine advanced In
the Book Of Abraham Il generally ac.
crpted one among astronomers.
In prof OF tais | viii intro
ducc the following extract n letter
from Lieutenant NJ. =. Maury, OF the
United States Navy, a man acknow.
lodged on all side- ~ one OF the most
eminent scientific men living, dated,
Washington ID. C., Jan. ss, lsbb.
''It isa curious tact thai the ruvola-
iions OF science have lei astronomors OF
our day to the discovery that the sun y
not the dead ceniro VI motion around
which comets sweep and planets whirl;
but that Il, with H. splendid rotinno VI
worldsand satellites, IN revolving through
TIM realms of space, nj the rate Of mill
lions Of miles IN u year. and Ia obedience
TO some influence situated precisely IN
tho direction of the star AlcyOn, one OF
tho Plendos. We do not know how hr
on In tho immcnsliies Of space that centre
81 revolving cycles aud cpicylos may bei
nos have our oldest observers or nlco't
insIfnmonls been able 10 tell us how Tar
on In tho skies that beautiful cluster Of
stnr. Il hung, whose Influences man can
mover bind. In this question alone, and
the answer 10 Il arc Involved both the
recognition and ca position of the whole
theory of graviiaiion." (family Bible,
published by Horny $. 0oodspood 4 Co.,
New York, page 49,
Here is another proof that Joseph
WA a prophet and mn Inspired man,
aud that the Book Of Abraham Is true.
LOCATION oF ANCIENT EDEN.
In ls8a Joseph Smith made the start.
ling declaration that the Gar len OF
Eden had Us existence on the Ameri'
can continent---even In jackson Conn-
ty, Mo. People As rule rldiculed the
Idea and thought Joseph very Ignorant
indeed In not knowing thai which
every school boy at that time was sup
posed TO know, that Asia was the cradle
uf mankind. And when ho further
declared TINT the Grand River Valley
ia Dsyiess County, Mo-, was the val.
lev where Adam our father hail livei
and that he (JOaepb) on AN adjoining
hill had discovered the remnants ~ an
altar upon which the great Patriarch
had offered sacrifice, the world thought
that Joseph Smith was either 10.
lInlous crank, blasphemer or fool.
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