【英文文学】Are We of Israel_
26页1、【英文文学】Are We of Israel_CHAPTER I.IntroductoryThe promises of God to Abraham and his PosterityThe seed of Joseph in AmericaThe journey of the Ten Tribes northwardEphraim mixed with all nationsThe testimony of President Brigham Young.The belief that the Latter-day Saints hold that the great majority of their number are of the house of Israel, and heirs to the promises made to Abraham, to Isaac and to Jacob, like many other portions of their faith, has received the ridicule of the unthinking and th
2、e contempt of the ungodly. However, it is not our present intention to answer such, but to seek to adduce evidence outside of the sure word of modern revelation, to prove that the Latter-day Saints have good reasons, drawn from history and analogy, for believing the words of their Patriarchs who, in blessing them, pronounce them of the house of Abraham and of the promised seed of Jacob.It is unnecessary to here quote all of the many gracious promises made by the great Father of us all to His fri
3、end Abraham, and to that Patriarchs immediate posterity, as they are cherished by the Saints as of more than earthly value, as pearls beyond all price, as sweet comforters in the day of trial, and as strong towers of defense in the hour of temptation; yet it may not be out of place to refresh our minds by the recital of a few of the most prominent, that we may better comprehend the ideas and statements that follow after.It is recorded (north countries) that the Lord covenanted with Abraham, sayi
4、ng:As for me, behold, my covenant is with thee, and thou shalt be a father of many nations. Neither shall thy name any more be called Abram, but thy name shall be Abraham; for a father of many nations have I made thee. And I will make thee exceeding fruitful, and I will make nations of thee, and kings shall come out of thee. And I will establish my covenant between me and thee and thy seed after thee in their generations, for an everlasting covenant, to be a God unto thee and to thy seed after t
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