Reminiscences of Joseph, the Prophet, and the Coming Forth of the Book of MormonStevenson, Edward
Religion
Reminiscences of Joseph, the Prophet, and the Coming Forth of the Book of Mormon
Stevenson, Edward
Book of Mormon; Latter Day Saint churches; Smith, Joseph, Jr., 1805-1844
The Lord again peopled the land and they too became haughty and lifted
up in the pride of their hearts, renounced God and slew his prophets,
and division, war and bloodshed again filled the land with horror.
Once more were immense hosts arrayed into two great armies, the one
called the Nephites, the other the Lamanites, and strange to say they
also marshalled their forces, and undertook to make one last death
struggle for victory or death. The battle ceased when the Nephites
were destroyed, and again millions lay dead upon the fatal ground. The
Jaredites' Ramah was the Nephites' Cumorah, and their ashes commingle
and repose in death. Ere this last horrid conflict commenced, they,
too, hid their untold treasures in this HIll Cumorah, and it was said
by President Young at Farmington, Davis Co., Utah, June 17, 1877, just
two months and twelve days before his death:
"There were a great many treasures hid up by the Nephites. * * * I
lived right in the country where the plates were found from which
the Book of Mormon was translated, and I know a great many things
pertaining to that country. I believe I will take the liberty to tell
you of another circumstance that will be as marvelous as anything can
be. This is an incident in the life of Oliver Cowdery, but he did not
take the liberty of telling such things in meeting as I take. I tell
these things to you, and I have a motive for doing so. I want to carry
them to the ears of my brethren and sisters, and the children also,
that they may grow to an understanding of some things that seem to
be entirely hidden from the human family. Oliver Cowdery went with
the Prophet Joseph when he deposited these plates. Joseph did not
translate all of the plates: there was a portion of these sealed which
you can learn from the Book of Doctrine and Covenants. When Joseph got
the plates, the angel instructed him to carry them back to the Hill
Cumorah, which he did. Oliver says that when Joseph and Oliver went
there, the hill opened, and they walked into a cave, in which there was
a large and spacious room. * * * They laid the plates on a table; it
was a large table that stood in the room. Under this table there was a
pile of plates as much as two feet high, and there were altogether in
this room more plates than probably many wagon loads; they were piled
up in the corners and along the walls. * * * I tell you this as coming
not only from Oliver Cowdery, but others who were familiar with it. *
* * I relate this to you, and I want you to understand it. I take this
liberty of referring to these things so that they will not be forgotten
and lost.
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