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"TnE STICK or EpuRAIN.'

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We have been requested to explain
why tho Book Of Mormon " called "'rho
sllck Of Ephraim," whom LchL who
WIS at the head n the colony that came
upon thla continent ely hundred years
before christ, WINS n descendant NJ Ma
namoh This question arsce from that
which IN written In Ezekiel yySyilI 10
TO- and also Doc and GOV, See, g. verse
b.
Tho prophet Eacticl according TO his
writings, wns commanded Of tho Lord
10 tako stick and write upon II "l'or
Judah and for the children " Israel
his companions" and then take an.
other stick ana write upon Il "l'or
Joseph, the Btlck Of Ephram ana for
MI tho house Of Israel his companions"
lie was 20 Join them one TO another and
told that they should become ono IN hla
hands WHOM the people to whom he
was to present these stcke should ask
what was Tho moaning Of them, he was
so say,
This saith the Lord God Behold 7
VIII take the stick ~ Joseph which IL
IN the hand ~ EnhrAim and the tribes
~ Israel his fellows, and VIII put them
with him even with the stick OF Judah
md make them ono stick and they
shall be one IN mine hand Aud tho
sticks wheroon thou wrllest shall he IN
thine hand before their eyes"
Tho succeeding vcres IN that chap.
Ser show that not only were the two
'slicks," or rccords, 10 be made one
but that the seed Of Judah and tho
rced ~ Joseph, with all Tho other tribes
NJ Israel, were 20 he brought together
md made ono nation To serve tho Lord
in tho latter days, II IL wen known
that writings woro made IN tho time ~
Egoldel upon parchment which we're
rolled upon % stick 10 that the stick
Of Judah" evidently meant the record OF
l0dah, which II Understood among Tho
latior.dly saints 10 BIO the Bible, en-.
tanning the history ana prophetic writ.
ings Of tho prophets Of tho house ~
Judah, Tho other stick" therefore is
understood TO signify the record Of tho
house OF Joseph, with tho writings Of
the prophets Of that branch Of the house
Of Israel, spoken Of In the Doctrine Nud
covenants, AZ well as w the Book OF
Esoklel as "The stick Of Ephrolm,"
But supposing that this view ~ the
subject IN correct that the Bible IN tho
stick Of Judah ana tho Book Of Nor.
mon N tho stick OF Joseph IN the hlnd
" Ephralm," why " II thus designated
ana called particularly the stick OF
,}phrolm," when II In clear from the
Book ~ Mormon that LchI was u de-
hcendanl ~ Manasseh ana that conse.
uuenly Nophl and other writore who
were descendants " l.ohi were " course
Mao Of the house Of Monassch2 alma
iOl ~.
The explanation Of this VIII be- found
IN Tho prophecy of Jacob, tho father
" Joseph who Wds sold into Egypt, In
hoaIowlng a patrIarchol blessing upon
JoSeph'n sons, ~ recorded IN Genesis
Niyiih wherein Ephmm, the younger
ron, wpn set before Mnnawch, Tho older.
tud placed ot the head OF tho house "
Joscph 10 fully understand this mat.
Ter II ~ necessary 10 read carefully
'llc blessing upon Joseph I'm GonceIs
sliN ana alro lhl special blcmInga up.
on his two SOM IN dencels Slylll
Tho occupancy by The seed Of Joseph
of land greater m cytut ana value
than The lmd Of polostlnc unto tine
utmost bounds Of tho everlasting hills
IN clearly portrayed ana thc future oi
the two mlf tribes of tho house NJ
loHcph IL also vNldly act forth hy
'lucob' with the result that "ho ret
hphlaim before Munaasch." II VIII
DE found IN tho writings of tho IT,.
brow prophets concerning The tribe oi
Joseph that Ephrum la always mon.
toned ob the hond Of the house, Foi
example read the book Of Jeremiah
and The hook NJ lIoeo1 Manossch III
rarely mentioned In amy prophetic ref.
crcnco 20 iho house of losoph n II
Ephmm about whom the LORD sayt
81 have wlltton 10 him the prctt things
~ my law hut they wcro counted aa a
strange thing Hos VIII, l2
IN o. similar way Judah ls invariably
spoken NJ I'm che Bible 10 Dho iWorml
of Benjamin. although The two wcr,
separate tribes, But they were blend
al almost os one and "tho sccpuc' wa,
with Judah $50 the record N those
Iarla Of the house NJ Israel that Nor,
with Judah Was called 'thc stick ol
JUDAH and that NJ those that wor,
with Joseph was called "lho ollct NJ
lGphraim" or "tho stick Of Joseph h
the hand NJ Ephraim'
II was suited by the Prophet lofcpl
Smith that lrhmao ana hs mmn,
who accompanied Lth ana ht mmn,
IN coming to thIo continent and helm
ing TO people this land, was O pul,
lphramlto, ana the account Of his gon
'alogy was contained on those large
pilates OF Nephl ll6 pages Of the trans
lation Of which were entrusted to Mar
I'm lIarra Mention OF their loss cal
be- found In Doctrine and Covenants
section ana section 10, II IN aln
understood that Horam, the servant o