BY ELDER GEORGEREYNOLDS
"Israel shall blossom and bud and fill the world with fruit."—Isaiah.
SECOND EDITION.
GEO. Q. CANNON & SONS CO. PRINTERS,
SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH,
1895.
Introductory—The promises of God to Abrahamand his Posterity—The seed of Joseph in America—TheJourney of the Ten Tribes Northward—Ephraim mixed withall Nations—Testimony of Prest. Brigham Young.
Israel a Maritime Nation—Tyre and Sidon—TheLacedemonians claim relationship with Israel—The Ionians,Etrurians, Danes, Jutes, etc.—The various captivitiesof Israel and Judah—Media.
The Land of theNorth—Jeremiah, Ether and Esdras' Testimonies—The Courseof the Israelites Northward—The Jordan, the Don, the Danube,etc.—The Land of Maesia and Dacia-The Getae Zalmoxes.
Israel's Journey Northward—Esdras and Modern RevelationCompared-The Testimony of Jesus to the Nephites—Ephraim to begathered from all Countries—The Coasts of the Earth—TheAncestors of the Latter-day Saints.
The Origin of theAnglo-Saxons—Derivation of the Word Saxon—The Goths andVandals—Overthrow of the Roman Empire—The Mythology of theAncient Scandinavians—Baldur—Their early Literature.
TheNumerous Identifications Considered—Religion and Laws ofthe Ancient Northern Races—Free Masonry—Language
Salvation a Gift to all—God's Covenant withAbraham—Proselytes—The Dispersion—Conclusion.
"Israel shallblossom and bud and fill the world with fruit"—Isaiah.
Introductory—Thepromises of God to Abraham and his Posterity—The seed of Josephin America—The journey of the Ten Tribes northward—Ephraimmixed with all nations—The testimony of President Brigham Young.
The belief that the Latter-day Saints hold that the great majorityof their number are of the house of Israel, and heirs to the promisesmade to Abraham, to Isaac and to Jacob, like many other portions oftheir faith, has received the ridicule of the unthinking and thecontempt of the ungodly. However, it is not our present intention toanswer such, but to seek to adduce evidence outside of the sure wordof modern revelation, to prove that the Latter-day Saints have goodreasons, drawn from history and analogy, for believing the words oftheir Patriarchs who, in blessing them, pronounce them of the house ofAbraham and of the promised seed of Jacob.
It is unnecessary tohere quote all of the many gracious promises made by the great Fatherof us all to His friend Abraham, and to that Patriarch's immediateposterity, as they are cherished by the Saints as of more than earthlyvalue, as pearls beyond all price, as sweet comforters in the day oftrial, and as strong towers of defense in the hour of temptation; yetit may not be out of place to refresh our minds by the recital of afew of the most prominent, that we may better comprehend the ideas andstatements that follow after.
It is recorded (north countries)that the Lord covenanted with Abraham, say