Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-12-27
INTERESTING RUINS.

Mr. ]. G. ThOreson In an Interesting
communication from Mexico, which will
he reproduced In another part % the
'News" describes the ruins Of the city
OF Militia. and esecally the remains
OF an ancient temple there, which stil
testify Of the high grade of culture
reached by the builders Of that edifice.
The writer Is particularly struck by
the resemblance Of the plan Of this
structure 10 the plans Of modern tenn
pies erected according 10 revelations
received through JOSEPH, the Prophet
We doubt not. that as research pro-
ceeds among the priceless treasures OF
American archaeology, more and more
convincing proofs Of the divine inspira-
ton OF that man. win he found, Just
as the study Of the monuments Of the
ancient history Of the Old World, has
brought TO light indisputable evidence
OF the authenticity OF the Scriptures
What Is known OF Americas past, con-
firms In a remarkable manner, the his
torIcal parts Of the Book Of Mormon.
And that Is all the more significant
since that volume was given to the
world through the fundamentally Of an
unlearned boy. who was not familiar
with any Of the learned speculations
on Americas past, or the history OF the
Indians. Almost three-fourths OF CEN
fury Of research. since that time. has
failed to bring forth any fact contra
dieting that book. On the contrary,
all the facts brought 10 light have
tended TO CONFIRM 1t.
Some critics have an idea that the
time allotted In the Book OF Mormon
for the growth Of nations, the building
Of temples. and critics, the immigration
from place to place, etc, is too short.
But the game objection has been made
against the Bible account of the growth
of Israel IN Egypt. The fact Is that
people do not realize the rapid changes
on the pages Of history. But. think Of
tho wonderful historic panorama that
has been unfolded IN the Old World,
since 600 p. c., the year when the
history OF the Book Of Mormon COM
mences. what changes since then,
IN the Old World How many mighty
empires have risen and fallen! How
MANI cities have been built, and how
many have almost vanishedl What
growth among nations and govern
mcnts. Then, why should not history
have been written equally rapidly here?
We speak about generations OF men.
ms II hundreds. or thousands Of them
separated us from the ancient world. But
that IL not so. If We take a generation
70 be hundred years 1.-The sense in
which the term sometimes IL used
there are not so very many since the
beginning. As one author has ex-
pressed e; III the boy belonging TO
Jesse of Bethlehem had gone out upon
his fathers farm, and following his fa-
theirs sheep had begun to sing, The
Lord is my Shepherd, the lips OF
thirty-eight men might have handed
that psalm down to your lips from
MS, anu u AHNS NtlN StN hiNAAb Nhc
street, and you clasped hands, thirty
eight hands might Join yours with that
of the king that reigned in Zion, and
struck the harp that has echoed so
long" How near We stand, the an
clients, after all, but what number
Of events nre crowded into the brief
span OF time, that stretches between
them and us! This Is a fact the Book
OF Mormon critics generally overlook.
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