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REVELATION AND PRIESTHOOD.
rss General Conference Of the Church. tho
N' Tabornaee salt Lake City, Saturday, October
5th 1890, by
ELDER FRANKLIN D. RICHARDS.
lREroRTEp ny ARTHUR .wiNrERl

concerning the times OF Abraham, Isaac
and Jacob, the growth Of Israel until
they became a people, and the Lords
dealings with them In their prosperity
and blessing and whenever they turned
away from Him, OF His affecting and
chastising hand. II also gives an nc.
count OF the coming OF the Lord Jesus
Christ, how angels were sent beforehand
TO let the people know that the Savior
was coming; that John the Baptist was
going To prepare the way FOR Him; and
so down through the Gospel. and ep!stlcs,
! until Us last great work by John the
/ kevelator, recording the grandsst vision
/ that we have any account Of IN divine
/ writ. This Bible Is a book written By
and OF people OF the other half oil the
/ globe. This halt was shut out and it
/ has become a subject OF speculation by
/ q great many people who the original
inhabitants OF this part OF the world
| were. Some say they are the ten tribes
| OF Israel, and some say one class aud
some another.
! The Book OF Mormon Is the Bible OF
| the American continent Ii gives an
account Of the dealings OF the Lord with.
| the people that lived on this hall OF the
| globe. IL Informs us that, when the
language was coniounded at Babel there
/ were a couple OF men who knew God
and who had HIS favor, that did not go
INTO idolalfy as the mass OF people did
but united and asked God that he would
not coniound their language, so that they
aud their few friends and relatives
might be able to understand each other
| The Lord heard them and granted them
that prayer. and lie told them II they
would hcarken 10 His words He would
lead them to a land where they could
| live and grow up and cultivate his ever.
lasting love and blessing. lie led them
on to this land, and the names Of these
two men were, Mahonh and Jared.
They came over to this country in those
early days from the land Of Shinar.
lhey were wise men, great men, had
excellent families, and were first class
! STOCK to begin to populate onc.hali Of
the earth They feared the Lord, they
walked In His ways, and they brought
win them the manners and customs Of
those early times and displayed their
Architectural works all over this land.
They built great cities, they became
numerous and powerful. They kent
records vi Their lives In those days aud
OF their experience Of Gods providence
over them, how they were led and now
they built and lived after they arrived
here. by and by they became yery
proud and naughty, and became inyok-
cd IN wars, contentious and slriies.
/ similar to those we have had between
tie Northern and Southern States, unit
tnvy weakened and finally DESTROYED
cach other, The cnmity among them
was 80 deadly that II continued until
men finished up by fighting two and two,
sword In hand. Inns record gives us an
account Of that.
Then there was In the days Of Israel,
iamily Of man by the name OF l.uhi.
who had several sons. Six hundred
years before the Christian era, when
jeremiah came proclaiming judgments
against jerusalem, because OF Their wick.
edness, the Lord revealed unto this man
Lehi and his family, they being right.
eOuspeople, thatlle had compassion upon
them, and that lie did not require them
TO be led away captive into Babylon.
SO lie told them that II they would
gather out into the wilderness lie would
lead them to a place OF safety, where
they could live upon a choice land above
all other lands. This man Lehi aud his
family hearkened to His counsel, as ala
another man by tho name OF lshmacl.
who had several daughters, and these
united together In marriage, and they
spread abroad here on this American
continent and became numerous and
powerful people. They were people Of
Israel, the descendants OF Jospeh. They
were descendants OF both oi loseph's
sons, Ephraim and Manasseh; and they
have IN this land fulfilled the prophecy
which said that they should grow to,
gether and become a multitude OF ma
IONS In tile midst OF the earth.
1t was Of this land that Moses spake
when he blessed Joseph, saying:
blessed Of the Lord be nj, land
Tor the dew. and for the deep that eoueheth bs
meath, and for The precious fruits brought iortl
by the sun, and iof the precious things put fortl
by the moon. and for the chief thing, OF m,
ancient mountains. and iur he precious THING
Of the lasting hills, and for tho prccious thing
Of the earth and iulness thereof and for thl
good will Of him that dwclt la the bush, lei IN,
blessing come upon the head Of lo,eph. an,
upon the top Of the head OF him that wal srpl
rated from hs brethren,
Ills glory ) IS like the hutling of his bullock
and hH horns arc like ihc horns OF unicorn
with them he shall push the people together 4
the ends Of the earth, and they arc the ten thou
sands OF EphIMn, and they are the thousand
Of Aianasseh. Deui. 80; 1917.
These people that came over from Ieru
salem. brought with them plates, OF
p which were contained the law OF Nose,
aud the prophecies OF the early proph
cts, and they lived here keeping the iav
OF Moses until the coming OF the Lore
Jesus Christ.
When our Savior had performed Iii.
mission In the land OF Judea, lie cam,
, over to this land Of America. lie tolc
the people in Jerusalem that lie Ia,
other sheep that were not OF that fold
aud that lie must visit them also, tina
) they might hear Ills voice and lie woulc
: bring them and they should become on,
: people. So lie came over here aud helC
) several notable conferences with IN,
people. lie taught them the same Cos
bel that lie had taught in the lane
/ Of jerusalem, He appointed twelv,
/ disciples here, and gave them insruc
tons, endowed them with the Priest
{ hood, etc.
, In the course OF time, when the PEG,
pie became wicked again, after having
had a long period Of the greatest hap
, piness OF any people on earth, cee
. brated prophet by the name OF Nor
i mon, righteous man, distinguished
, among his people Tor his virtues, his in
/ t,Iitoeuca and Inc pomer az pri.ath..J