The colonization of America by the seed of Joseph, who was sold into Egypt, fulfills the blessing pronounced on the head of Joseph and his sons by the Patriarch Jacob. (See Gen. XLVII; also XLIX; 22-26;) also the blessing pronounced by the Prophet Moses, (Deut. XXXIII; 13-17). The historical portion of the Book of Mormon shows that the American Continent, possessed by a "multitude of nations," the seed of Ephraim and Manasseh, is the "blessed land" bestowed on Joseph in addition to his portion in Canaan. There are to be found the "everlasting hills" and the "ancient mountains," "the precious things of heaven, and the precious things of the earth," and all of the characteristics of the country unto which the branches of the "fruitful bough," were to "run over the wall," as Jacob predicted. That the word of the Lord was to be given to the seed of Ephraim may be seen from Hosea VIII; 11, 12: "Because Ephraim hath made many altars to sin, altars shall be made unto him to sin. I have written to him the great things of my law, but they were counted as a strange thing." The coming forth of the Book of Mormon is foreshadowed by Isaiah the Prophet, Chapter XXIX; 4-9. It is the voice of a fallen people whispering "out of the dust." It has come at a time when the world is "drunken, but not with wine," staggering under the influence of false doctrine, and without Prophets and Seers. It is the "marvelous work and the wonder," which the Lord was to bring to pass for the confounding of those who had turned things upside down, and who worshipped Him with their mouths while their hearts were far from Him. The words of the book, Isaiah said, were to be presented to the learned, saying, "Read this I pray thee," and he was to {241} say, "I cannot for it is sealed." The book itself was to be "delivered to him that is not learned;" and that it was to be read is clear from verse 18: "And in that day shall the deaf hear the words of the book, and the eyes of the blind shall see out of obscurity and out of darkness, the meek also shall increase their joy in the Lord, and the poor among men shall rejoice in the Holy One of Israel." The coming forth of the Book of Mormon as the "stick of Joseph," is also predicted in Ezekial XXXVII; 15-22. The interview of Martin Harris with Prof. Anthon, related above, fulfilled one portion of Isaiah's prophecy, the other portions have come to pass in the translation of the book by the unlearned youth and its reception by the meek and poor among men, and by the restoration of sight to the blind and hearing to the deaf, who have seen and heard the words of the book and bear testimony to its divine origin. The "Stick of Judah"--the Bible, is now joined with the "Stick of Joseph"--the Book of Mormon--and, as Ezekial foretold, they have become one in the hand of the Lord, as a witness for Him and His Son Jesus Christ in the latter days.