Seventh.--According to the Book of Mormon, all of the great western continent, with all the valleys, hills, and mountains, riches and resources pertaining thereunto, was given to the remnant of Joseph, as their "_land of promise_." The Almighty sealed this covenant and promise by an oath, saying, that the land should be given unto them for ever. The western world, including both North and South America, is the "_land of promise_," to the remnant of Joseph, in the same sense that the land of Palestine is a promised land unto the twelve tribes of Israel. Now this testimony of the Book of Mormon agrees most perfectly with the prophetic blessing placed upon the head of Joseph by the patriarch Jacob; who, just previous to his death, called together his sons and predicted upon each what should befall them or their tribes "_in the last days_." The blessing upon the tribe of Joseph is as follows:--(Genesis xlix chap.) "Joseph is a fruitful bough, even a fruitful bough by a well, whose branches run over the wall: the archers have sorely grieved him, and shot at him, and hated him; but his bow abode in strength, and the arms of his hands were made strong by the hands of the mighty God of Jacob; (from thence is the shepherd, the stone of Israel:) even by the God of thy father, who shall help thee; and by the Almighty who shall bless thee with blessings of heaven above, blessings of the deep that lieth under, blessings of the breasts and of the womb: _the blessings of thy father have prevailed above the blessings of my progenitors, unto the utmost bound of the everlasting hills_: they shall be the head of Joseph, and on the crown of the head of him that was separate from his brethren." In the preceeding chapter, when blessing the two sons of Joseph, he says, "let them grow into a multitude in the midst of the earth." And again, "his seed shall become a multitude of nations." From these predictions it will be perceived that Jacob prevailed with God, and obtained a greater blessing in behalf of the tribe of Joseph than what Abraham and Isaac, his progenitors, had obtained. While the blessing of Jacob's progenitors was limited to the land of Palestine, Joseph had confirmed upon him a blessing or country above, or far greater than Palestine--a country at a distance, represented by "_the utmost bounds of the everlasting hills_." Some of the "_branches_" of the "_fruitful bough_" of Joseph were to spread far abroad from the parent tree--they were to "_run over the wall_" of the mighty ocean--they were to "_become a multitude of nations in the midst of the earth_." There, among the "_everlasting hills_," they were to be "_made strong by the hands of the mighty God of Jacob_." It was to be there, among the "_multitude of nations_" of the posterity of Joseph, that the "_Shepherd--the stone of Israel_" was to establish a kingdom, which should break in pieces all other kingdoms, and "_fill the whole earth_."