The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-04-24


hen there we're no snea eecrds
Joe Smith claimed 70 tihd. AMI
e messenger . the covenant could
nq be snIti; ana lie angel Of Rey.
Ill can not possibly Be either whom
a 1t wa, nor for The purpose
tHey say he had!
LehI Is said to nave +left Jerusa.
lem at the command otfke Lord and
tie Holy Ghost and come to the Amer.
lean continent as the promised
land, and wherefore he did as the
Lord ccmmandedjhImg q Nephl !, 12l.
He left Jerusalem IN The year coo 0.
c. and spent eight years wandering in
the wilderness to the Indian Ocean.
and there the Lord directed him to
build n boat and embark with his fam,
lly for the promised land. which they
did, and in 244 days landed at some
point either in South or Central Amer.
lea. They multiplied very rapidly, and
the family became divided, part Of
them following Lamar. VINO, on nc.
count Of their sins and unhelief and re.
bellion against Nephi, the youngest Of
four boys. were cursed with q skin OF
blackness. They thus became Indians.
Part Of them followed Nephi. They
are the religious ones, and are gener.
ally the Lords fayorites. The Book
Of Mormon pretcnds TO give a full and
accurate hIstoy Of the wars between
tnese two family factions; Of their
worship: and OF their preaching, etc.
And. as already stn,e.:, It frequently
makes the claim that its heroes kept
the law Of Moses In oil things strictly"
But in all the history there Is not one
word about their eser. returning to
Jerusalem and w~orshlping where tho
Lord mad recorded his name. While
many other things of minor import.
ance are described with such atten.
ticn TO details us 10 be very tedious
and even n~auseatlng. sc: there is not
a hint from the beginning 10 the end
of the record" about their ever re.
turning TO Jerusalem one time In
obedience 10 the law of Moses.
Owing to the distance for Jernsa.
lem. they could not have returned
three times in the year" aud at the
same time kept up thcIr building of
cities and thcir wars with the Lam.
antics. raised their crops and had the
great meetings they claim TO have
had. unless the years were very much
longer then than tacy are now. The
Book Of Mormon gives US the certain
Information that T.ehl and his family
were II days coming over on their first
trip. And had they turned hack imme,
dIately, and reached Jerusalem in ?ii
days more, this would have deprived
them Of the privilege of attending nj
least four of the feasts, saying nOtA
Ing Of the eight years" they were
wandering down the coast Of the
Adrlatic Sea after they started! Yet
they were keeping the law of Moses
strictly in all things! With their slow
way Of travelling. II was simply and alb.
sOlutcly impossible for them 10 have
returned 10 Jerusalem three times in
the year. according TO the law OF
Moses, either, with the sacrifices, or
with the money with which 10 pur.
chase animals for sacrifice after reach.
Ing Jerusalem.
We are told by divine Inspiration
that God is not the autnor OF confu.
sion, and hence We can justly conclude
from this that neither God nor the
Holy Spirit would give commandments
to a subject Of the law Of Moses.
which. 10 obey, he would Of necessity
have TO disobcy the law. God can no,
deny himself. II would be n virtual
denial Of himself saeHl3 he have given
such a command. There was. there.
fore. simply no descendant OF the
house Of Israel on the American CONT.
nent prior To or al the coming OF
Christ. The foundation story of the
Book of Mormon is nothing more or
less than a most palpable lie. one OF
the numerous progeny Of the devil.
In Acts II. sill We are told That on
the first Pentccost day after the rcsur.
rcciion Of Christ, There were Jews
devout men from every nation under
heaven, at Jerusalem" and then about
fifteen na,lOnalltics are named, but
not a l.amanite or a Nephlte is men.
toned as being In the number. And
why? The only answer is that there
were no such %naiiOnalitics OF Jews 10
be there. Every nation under heaven
Of the children Of Israel were there, or
the New Testament is an inspired
fuipahon1