Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-11-27
! New Story Of the Creation,
FROM ANCIENT NlNEvEHAN TABLETS.
d in Modern Times. Told by Ancient Monu-
As O'r What an Eminent Historical! Lecturer
FIGURES Out Early History

Dr. he'' ',t,rer and editor OF Mohu-
hs,orical.' IL assisted the New YORK
, s'n'n in preparing the folioW'"e
h.' an these tablets; ,,,,,. =, the
fiOm clty OF Nineveh come s'oie
ancient NV new story of the crea-
~" Of the world ...,, oorroborate
IN i"en account, as contained IN
The n n,' but in others they give an
he mp's, .,, version, and bring forth
'H'li nus. ,resh and important facts a..
Daas ,sblets are found under ene
Ih' ,he great palace of sehha-
rins " ,y prof. Smith. the famous
shsrlO ss,riologlst, where they hau
hl ~ hidden from the sight oi '''"
", Than 1000 years ,,,nort
more ~, "a one of the most promli,nnne1hi'
Uneven mentioned in the biplv,
sutlent cluN nave been found many
and 10 " ., i,nuortant records peh,ins
4 the mus 80 history OF mankihu' IL
spOn the ID, 10 mighty city that sen
vas " huut his famous pp'a.v .
haons"v Deyt TO solomon's teinple' VI" ~
shu,lhtrdlv the finest pul,us"s ,a"e
ahoasSI ma ever known. IN tu's p ST.
ton1surrded the great Library VI i,n-
hitch was by tar thc n', If
vi, VI ti,rarv that ever eNlsteu: a,
IoTiant H." historical writings OF an
uaialheu W srribes of that early per
The loiss'i 'ys, he writings of other ms
ID anu XII, mad lived centuries before;
| r;iahs VII sent messengers anu
sehAuvn', a. nil PARTS of the worlu ~
oNsN the important documents
galher w w the origin the world, the
hsafIhs "r ,on and the deluge. Ihess
Nth ol, mi 10 the palace and placed
sile pst chambers built especia'ls
|, nressrve them .rs ,vare sent
|si,oa Of these messehgsrS t,,,,n in
SOM .n, ancient city of Borslppa' ~,
= Vl 5 where. in the Tempe VI
HN .hsy found wonderful taplets re-
MY w he creation, which were su va
Ia have been written upou' LII,
~, These tablets, together WIZ
~. NJ those that ooulu NV ra
Va we're taken to inc p''ao 80, inv
49, XIV were considered the ""S, IN
us documents tine Ip'"ts
PfaN ,rb.y were written In the
lQs'ss.vn language and were even
gl.''v, somewhat mutilated state
rea ~ heir great age They re-
WYE in the library during the whole
tln' .ha nolnce existed. When gen
nv Wv ,fterward. II fell ana sank
e ~ Iscav these tahlets-the Oldest
Z" "a M the creation of the Worlu -
~, ~. huried in the ruins, whore iron
su ,irre they lay hidden from ''Sht
~ pnknown to the world.
N these tablets have now leci'
,.,,rcd They hear the indellble
Inn N the utmost antiquity ana
WI ,o light many new features on
~ srsstlon not mentioned IN She
M on one point-nameiy, the
,..s,on Of the sun. moon ana stars
~ siro radically different account
!, Raj contained In the Old rcsta-
~, They place the orders as iol-
NJ, First the stars: second the
~, then the seasons, the equinoNcs,
N s,lstlces, the night, the mon II,
A. day. and. last, the sun.
in the Bible this order is Just re-
,,rsd. the Hebrew account giving II
! follows. First, the sun; secohd,th
,,y; then the moon, the night. ana,
hn, the stars
he six tablets were probably writ
Ia a uniform order, each contain
hs the story where the other left on
A neafly as can he determined, hey
nm written IN the following order:
Tablet /, Description OF the precrc-
,iys state and the first day.
Tablet .. The creation of light and
be war between light and darkness.
TlbIet 3. The victory of the former
I'd he separation of heaven and
nr,h the Punishment of the dragon
d chaos to the depths OF the under
yrl
Tablet l. The creation of the earth
n Vegetation
tablet s. The creation and the or
jnng Of the heavenly bodies,
Tablet G. The creation Of cattle and
r7plng things and the creation OF
III.
The portion Of the first tablet tina
h been deciphered, reads;
Al that time on high, the heavens
fav unnamed
below, on the wide earth, 4 nam'
o. BOT recorded.
! The llrst-born ocean was their gen
giiof
I The chaotic sea was the bearini
a,,htl Of them an.
lher waters, as one, We're foldet
ige,her.
.Ths eornheld was unharvested tn
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n Tia so1 an hl-sar We're mace
NJ nr ~ 'Ni'u'
4. lpts as ,hs,. at me ilrsi indleat
9. Wblst '' '"ey We're inscribed upol
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4. ,rs SS's W. men go on to tell ina
!; 10 ssIn sr nv OF chaos and nigh
4 s,,sS ana H. imprisoned earth wa
n three Srs S' 'g Ieds from me heaven
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