Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1896-08-06
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~ lNW NNNH NHN ANN 90 NiNik WI"
made On ihrao columns that evidences
fartuc Cuutlan religion were multi.
r.yUsaF the rflaca7 on 90 wosa rcn-
srI more severe; ord The scientific
frsHfgbD luoi apparently turpy
rs uua. OF assault ALEC furnish material
iar strengthening tho position. There
is strong probability t.5t tUis fact
vllltsesivo additional proof hv future
refoarch.r. indication ara that from
mo auciebt drposi,1rles Of countries
hitherto nimsst unknown Will arise
historic wilrcaGa Tor the truth, dooi6ivo
ami uuimroncbhblo.
According 20 Scientific sluIn9s quot
ed ln toe Mlllonuiai Star, We may ir0k
O. Abytainia Tor romo valuable ditc1v.
ofios bgauns 0u questions now In die.
Iul am0nr critics OF the Bible. The
NrGu' McncIk DO aII TO have given
hia c0uaeu. 10 tho opening u the
archives OF the Kingdom lU commits.
sion o European sclrntsll, DO soon o.
peace ahull DO restored TO hls county.
Tue probable Importance 81 this may
b gathered from tho following:
A widespread tradition Of tho Moslom
world asserts that 10 is within tho ancient
vaults " tbia structure that thuArt 81 tho
| Covenant De- preserved, along With tho
tables N stone containing thH Ton CONE
maudmuuis, and which Moses brought
| down from Mount Sinai. Tho soyCn-
hnuchod cHnIipsuck uf gold. which
! figured Boo tho Holy ~ HOLES ~ tho
| luwple ~ solomon 90 J0rushlum, IL
said To he immurOd in thDs0 vaults,
which ARC also known to contain o.
mass ui aueIUui IHpyTl and oiNUr manu-.
/ scripts that arc Boz nn excellent HaI1 OF
| preservation, but hlyU never boon trans.
| lated or annotated.
10 BE- no moro ytguo tradition handed
| down ifum iHihOr 90 sun which has trans
| miitgd 10 generations uI NhyHsiulaua the
story OF how those priceless treasure.
/ came 20 rUUusU boo Ilo cathedral OF AHum.
Tho aofy of tbuir procurement by tho
/ rulOr " tho country aud of inolr being
| deposited within these sacred vaults If
specific, particular aud detailed. 10 s
told how thCy vOro brought from
| Joru-alOm tuAuysHluia by thU iluudor u
| tho usCsunt rniEulug dynasty, tho hrst OF
| the emperor, MruUIlk, who was tho son
! ~ King solomon % Israel aud OF
/ thHl biblical Qu0On OF Sh0uH. This
! original Muu0.iN BE- by H0uH thought
| Co hN roI0ugd to Boa tho Song
| N solomon. Although, aa authentic
! history teaches. born alur tHU rrlufu OF
! Die mother Co her own dominion, Doc was
huugh. up 90 tho court of hs hihor az
| Jerusalem. no rDmUuci thpro until the
hut dOairur ion aud HlrkluE ul JUfusa-
lom, and the plIllso 20. IhH rOmuIU OF
| solomon hy ShishHk king ot IgypL
] Immediately hUiorO tho Destruction OF
tho tomplH MouuIls nod back Go Auys-
Hlui1, llU carried with him Tor slfo.
| looping lhn treasures OF thai srur ufo
| which were Threatened with sulEufU and
| dOnlumont, ltiH positively assorted by
| Abyssiuiun tradition tina. Dec carried
| hacE with him tho tables OF STONE. tho
| Ark 81 tho Covenant, and tho snyUn.
/ lmuChUl cHudluHtIrk These hu do.
! posted On tho interior ui tho huge
granite pile which constitutes tho
! pedestal ui Tho ancient AhysHiuiau
iomplo OF AAum, long Hnto-datuF lhe
! Christian ora, and whore thH fuIHrs of
/ Ethiopia have boon crowned from tho
| earliest times. The present cathedral OF
| AAum Is built ON tnoHummil NJ "a species
/ Of granite pyramid, she remnant of o.
! hUAthUn tumplO ihIt formerly occupied
/ trlH site. ltH within the interior ~ this
/ pyumli that tho vaults urH situated
which King Muuolls uas now promised
| 90 throw upOu,
Tho cathedral " Azum b. but ono "
| tho dOposi Ur.0H of biblical treasures
| which Muu0llk offers Co upon up tu tho
! modern scientific world fur investigation.
] 10 is believed that ho viii upou up Tor no
] hrt imuthn priceless treasures That hnya
| Tor thousands Ol years boon IullUus|y
! preserved ou mo holy island ut nbIra
| siuAU, located near tho center of tlH
| great inland Fra or laEo Of Iuul. In
| lhu southern portion OF tho king
! dom Of Slunh This island a ruputod
/ sacred no. only among the AhyHiuAus
/ themselves, but also throughout the
| tnnt must Doc attributed tho flci that. not
| withsiaudihg iho iuuumDmblo wars that
| huyU rugUd iu Abysslulu Tor 90 Toast 500
! yeats past, tho fuuutity of tho leland
! uuyOr hos boon violated hy UthOF
! Christian or uulus This lnud OF Dobra
| SIuln,th o AnYsHlnilu rendering of Mount
| -luli, is Inhabited and guarded entirely
] Dy monks W Igu1uut aud fanatic ~ ufe
/ all thN AhyFsIunu clergy. but whu,whur
] uuc1 thuy maU mp thoir r0aidyuro ou tho
| island arc uoyor permitted Go leave 30
/ again, lu tgl, tho HOll of tho island
/ bad nryUr been tr0ddon By th0 foot NJ
| amy nymun until two years ago,
| whom Emperor Mguouk hlms0IL at,
] IUuiCi uy "a iow N his principal rRa or
| generals, and escorted by % strongly
! UrWrI u0lygUarl, crossed tu1 wafoH
/ uf thn IHaU ud landed uu its shores, tho
| uuNH EuuII remaining loo iho buta ready
/ Cos emergency According 90 tho uusky
| mHutrrs's own Uc. nuut lhH vaults VI no
! monastery which H 10 enormous s'gr
/ sHl Nuit upon ruuE, arc ulul With
UIuEII and UATUNmUUts uUN books of
! uN.-r description. Tho books arU boz.
! IIHy.i I0 hHyU hgHu sUut trIhpr Rt tho
uWu ul ih0 AiuHNmmuibu invasion OF
| AnywiUIA, boz Ihu sINtU8uih century, hut
! thn plrDhmouH ur1 declared tu hail from
tHu wur.i-hWuu library OF Alexandria.
which was dispersed Ice tho seventh cone
lurF Ny inc NuhgmWIdHu Clllph, Omar.
rhU UHpyu evidently dWU from IL much
nrlIUr Gro, and probably rotate tu that
period whom ,ho nmpulUr5 VI Ethiopia
ruled mot uu.y over AbytHuIU, but also
over Egypt tnOIr domination of tho late
tOr country being pictured by many ~
sculpture aud painting on thu pyramids
aEd temples boo iho land of tho N,lo.
10 10 more than possible that the
/ opening oi the Old Archives OF Abys.
luia may not brlug to light all the
Treasures indicated by tradition; suI,
enough is known 10 Conltr inlutgs. 90
Ihe contests OF those vaults, The
author u the SECOND book OF the Msc.
osLo.s states that 40 had "iuuHd IN tine
RECORDS" ,hag the Prophet Jeremiah
concealed the Tabernacle, OF largo tout
that served Tor go.lgIola worship dur.