Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-03-17

/ OF rNNfHlnt' 10 UHlH lltut uI aHANlAa
religious confusion aud in Inference.
To the Saints thu prophecy Of
Ezekiel seems 30 clear mat itisa mni'
tor Of wonder that Bible readers 30
general fail to eco us true mean.
ing. The Prophet BE- commanded TO
take two books and iusafiuo upon
one, "F1f Judah ami flf tho children
Of Israel Die companions" AMI upon
the other, "For Joseph, thu stick Of
! Epluaim, and flr all thr house %
Israel bic companions" Those two
books we're t. be- Joined together aad
become one.
This symb1lcal get be- explained bY
the Lord 10 mean that lie ai some TO-
ture time woulI take the records OF
Joseph as found in che possession oi
Ephraim and unite thcm with the
records Of Ju.aU. This union Of
records wac 90 pftccJe, We are iur.her
told. tho gathering % Israel "'r9m
among che hraiben, whittier they Dr.
gone. lud," nys the Lord, 81 viii
gather lhfm on every eide, ani
trug them into thrir osn land"
This conveys IN the cIearcs. ,ofms the
promise that two s0,s Of SACRED writing
would ni como time DO given b the
g,fccnlant Of Israel, unI tha. The
union Of the two in tho hands OF the
Almighty would be f8llosed BY thu
gathering u the tcat,Uf,d people.
Commentators are inclined 90 the
belief that this was par, > accomplished
az the limc Of the return % tbo jews
from Babylln. But they also admit
that events In the last days mus, have
been referred 20, btcauso there are
predictions which wefu mol, iuldllci 10
that time. The gathering ioroiold BE-
Que, after which there Will boo no mire
iransgtt sslon, and it viii result Ia
the foundation u kingdom over
which David, my servant" shall
rule, ANA they shall dwell In the cIuu.
ny Ter ever enjoying the presence OF
the Temple aud tabernacle OF COD Tor
svormorc. These things have clearly
not yet been accomplished. The return
from Babylon, a. all the world know,
did not result In tho establishment OF
an everlasting kingdom undrra repre-
sentative Of tho house OF David; nor
were the people tor cvcfm pc keeping
tho commandments Of Goa aud por.
mitied 10 dwell 10 their laui in peace
with the Temple Of Goi Ia their midst
Hence, clearly, the prophecy Of Ezekiel
must be- concerning gathering ami
union yet 10 come. All honest CON.
meniators agree ON this.
Bat canu0t the second volume OF
sacred writings refer 10 tbs books
OF the Sew Testament which
were added 10 the more ancient CoIluc.
uor2 a iuw observations will answer
that question. This book IL tho record
ot Joseph preserved ny the tribe OF
Ephraim. Il Ia referred g. a. oztaut
already at the lime OF Ezokiel anu yet
separate from tho records Of Judah.
ttis plain enough that the writings
OF the New Testament arc in no
sense Of the word tho "ollcs Of
Joseph" They arc not the records
VI Israel, nor arc they, nor ever were
they, In possession OF Ephmim any
more than Of any other Of the
twelve tfibcs. They are the records Of
the early Church Of ChuBt Designated
Tor the heuer, " mankind and not
f1r a particular people OF part
VI people. Aud their publica.
ton did mot inauguritc the gathering
OF lsraul from nll parts Of the world.
On the contrary they were written,
some tcioie and some shortly after the
scattering Of the covenant pu1p,o 20 tue
ends 0ttnr earth. For these reasons %
ia plain thatlno prediction OF Ezekiel
must be- applied % SONS other sacred
records other than the New Tesla.
muut
The Book Of Mormon alone corros.
IHAAN ~ hNN H"lhNAN ~ lANNNlaNA ~
tue 's.ick 0t JoloUh" Ia the hand u
the Prophet Ezekiel lived anu
wrote this remarkable prediction
almost 800 years before our
era. Shortly before bis time right.
g0us man named Lehi, descendant Of
Joseph, had obtained somo records
consisting, ucsidts genealogical tables,
OF tho fiyo books Of M5lcs, history Of
his people from tho beginning AMI
down 10 the reign o, tho jewish king
Zedekian aud prophcIlohl wrungs,par.
ucularly those u Jeremiah. Win
these records no LETT Jerusalem, us lid
tho lasi.uamyd Prophet at the same
time, mud was led 10 this continent
where his descendants became uuaer.
Gus aud O mighty people. Tho Book OF
Mormon is a pynols,s %, tho history OF
that people.
Itisthe ellck Of Ephraim" in the
same scuto 90 tho Bible is tho "stiek
OF Judah" Aud tho prediction oI
their union 10 all tho more remarkable
at tho very tIme WHOM the records o..
tphmim were Uy Lrhi carried from
tho holy LAM, aud thus apparently
separated forever from the archives n.
Judah. but tho Almighty hal laiI
| Ills plans, and Ills word has been uI.