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iatlon through the Prophet Joseph,
naming the place Adam -ondl.Ahman,
| because" said the Lord. ait IL tn.
place where Adam shall come 10 visit
his people. or the Ancient OF DAYS shall
Sit rs spoken Of by Daniel the Propli-
et.' (D0c. and Cow, sec. il0.1 joseph
was also told that II was The place
where Adam, a. mentioned IN provi-
Gus revelation, three year, hefore his
death, blessed Ills p1sterlty, when they
rnte up and called him Michael The
Prince, the Archaugel, and he, bcinR
full Of the Holy Ghost, ~, dlcted what
should befall his pOatority TO the latest
yenuraii0nb. Doc. anu Cow, l0i. ~.
5G.l
with nil the claims Of our American
people, none, 70 far A. know, had up
70 that time imagined for our country
the honor Of being the home OF our
hrst patents, but since then II has be.
come favoritc theory with many. A
few years nfter Joseph had proclaimed
that the great Mississippi Valley was
The hrst home Of man, the learned an.
tquarlan, Samuel l.. Mitchell Of New
York, with Other gentlemen eminent
Tor their knowledge OF natural history,
advanced the theory that America was
the land where Adam dwelt. He
supported his theory by tracing the
progress Of COLONIES westward from
America over the Pacific Ocean 10 new
settlement. In Europe and Africa.
/urslt,o Instructor, vol. 0: g1sl. Other
scientists have reasoned nlaborntcly
from the relies found in different parts
Of North and South America, and
have proven that the Western Cont.
nent was Inhabited before the Hood.
Now, II Adam dwelt IN America, Noah
slso dwell here aud must have built
bis ark on this continent. Without
entering into detailed argument 10
prove this, viii simply read the fol.
lowing from mn able and lengthy arii.
Gle entitled cold America" written
by q. VI. o., and published IN the ninth
volume Of the JiirenRc LnaruotOyi
Modern science his given IA very no.
curticly drawn charts Of the course " tho
Wind through the atmosphere surround
ing us. We have no reason 10 believe
these wind currents have changed since
the creation. NoN the prevailing current
OF wind over the GENITAL part Of North
America l. from the west, aud possibly
this wis the course followed hy the tor
nadu during tho delugc. Now IL the ark
bad been built In Armenia, whore the
mountain Anut IL situated, and II ~
found that the wind mud currents have
general eastern direction, tie ark would,
during the one hundred and iifiy DAYS
" Ave months III the dolugu tthnt i from
tho commencement until tho wators
gained their greatest depth, have gpno In
an "a tirli course, -ay nj the rate of about
n ~ miles q day, some six thousand
NaI saF o. "A
ihsior, II would have lon tho ark some-
whore In the Pacific Ocean. THIS would
he an unrcu -onahlo thonrv 10 ADOPT, being
entirely inconsistent hut the nrl. hniug
built IN America, somewhere, W. may
Imagine In the latitude Of Missouri. when
taken up 10y tho eastern borne current,
and waited by thu hurricane following
the same course, Il IN not out " the way
TO suppose i "a have progressed n. far ~
Anfat, some six OF scyo' thousand miles
nom America. even had u travelled NJ "a
moro rapid rate than forty or any
miles O day. over sixteen hundred
years had passed from the creation until
the ark was finished. Ia this time man
Kind had Increased and multiplied and
spread out far beyond tho country
around Eden uho Mississippi Valley
~ signs Of nn autedcluvinn population
indicate, aud We may suppose the ARK
don, between the S,ntes Of Now York aud
Missouri. Couple this superstition with
tho circumstances connoclod with tho
Hood, the current flowing ffnm America,
with the fict of the nflg's resting la an
casierly direction nom this country, aud
we can form no other reasonable conclu.
sion than that horo the miraculous vessel
was constructed and froightcd with H.
treasure of animal life, and the progoni-
a a IL Al -.
/ human race. Thnt the ancient Americans
/ know OF the deluga II beyond dispute. ~
/ We have several versions uf the story OF
/ tho Hood that have been handed down as
l tradition by different nations, and In one
Instance we have n picturo-writlcu de-
/ -criptlon of II, un old Toltcc record, Tor
| tunaicly preserved from tho wholesale
destruction that followed the conquest.
Suffice Il 10 say that II IA no longer
considered an absurd theory that
/ America was the cradle of man,
aud the home Of Adam, Noah and the
/ other nnledcluvian patrlarcks, but II
has taken many year, OF patient study
and thorough Investigation Of scientific
problems for men Of learning 10 come
/ To the same conclusion that Joseph
Smith did by revelation between M.
| IN aud sixty years Hgo. Tho following
was Published In the DrsEREr NEWS
Of Sept, Is, lsss:
"a COMMEMORATIVE riscOvERy.
"A short tlmo ago tho Washington POsi
made a remarkable statement regarding
| The location VI tho Garden OF Eden. II
announced that DR.. Campbell, Of Nersail-
| les had lately discovered that II was ON
this continent, and near whore st. Louis
now stands. That gentleman, according
10 the Ibd, asserted that tho Mississippi
| River h tho Euphritos OF Scripture, aud
that the llhlc furnishes evidence OF tho
correctness " his conclusions.
at II probable TINT DR.. Campbell ID not
awaru ~ the fact that he Is not the dlscov-
eror OF what lao now announces, tho
| Prophet Joseph smith having many
year. ago stated that tho Garden of Eden
/ was located In what Is now known Is tho
/ state ofNllssourl. Tho Prophet also
| pointed out the precise spot whore Adam
offered sacrifice to the Lord, aud whore,
~ the great palriarohal head Of the race,
he blessed his children previous 10 his
departure from the earth. That sacred
spot In Missouri was designated by tho
| Prophet ~ Adam-nndi- Ahnm, tho moan
Ing nf which is-tho land whore Adam
dwell."
My conclusion ~ this: II scientific
men, by the evidences produceableat
this late day can indicate that the gar.
den Of Eden was NJ or near the place
where st. Louis, Mo-, now stands, the
Lord, who originally planted the garden
himself, could designate the exact spot
aud tell His prophet that that inst gar
den, the original paradise OF man, was
located In Jackson County, Mo, lust
1850 miles northwest Of 1t. Louis.
In connection with this, doslrs TO
,.l.t.. a littIn .xneriruee of nv ntxu