"Wonders of Nature and Providence, Displayed"

-- Aug 1824
Wonders of Nature and Providence, Displayed by Josia Priest published (20 miles from Palmyra). In Manchester Library (copyright 6/2/1824). (1)

Dale Broadhurst has put a copy of "Wonders of Nature and Providence, Displayed" and points out interesting aspects of the book, including  chapters on:

• 047   An account of the commencement of the kingdom of Mexico, and of eleven of its kings, and of supernatural presages of its overthrow by the Spaniards,
• 134   Bruce continued, his account of the visit of the queen of Sheba to Jerusalem in the days of king Solomon,
• 372   Proofs that the Indians of North America are descended from the ancient Hebrews,

and sections regarding:

• page 047  Kingdom of Mexico
• page 134  Queen of Shebapage 136  a "colony of Jews"
• page 157  "fires and vapours"
• page 372  Ethan Smith quotations
• page 376  a God-given Indian book
• page 394  another Indian book
• page 428  crucifixion darkness
• page 531  Shakespeare quote

and some interesting phrasology

• "Danites" (p. 25)
• "Deism" (pp. 204 ff.)
• "no law - no sin" (p. 210)
• "pre-incarnation Jesus" (p. 229)
• "Jehovah-Jesus" (p. 234)
• "Gospel preached in OT times" (p. 234)
• "profound silence" (p. 407)
• "earth stops revolving" (pp. 420 ff.)
• "fatigue of the day" (p. 474)
• "victory or death" (p. 475)
• "pre-Columbian voyages to America" (pp. 520 ff.)
• "ignominius death" (p. 588)
• "narrow neck of land" (pp. 548 & 553)