god hath made of one blood all nations paul says he hath made of one blood all nations of men for to dwell on all the face of the earth and hath determined the times before ap pointed and the bounds of their habitation that they should seek the lord if haply they might feel after him though he be not far from any of us from this we infer that from god's point of view all nations are equal aod that mem no matter where they are situated have the privilege to seek after god and they may find him for he is not far from any of us peter also testifies to this he says of a truth i perceive that god is no respecter of persons but in every nation he that feareth him and work eth righteousness is accepted of him then according to these statements all nations are equal and to the people of different nations is accorded the same share of god's care and if the people of one nation have a certain blessing from god the righteous people of other nations are all enticed to that blessing especially if they seek after him were it not for the testi mony the book of mormon gives of these statements we would have good cause to think that paul and peter must have been mistaken or that they did not understand what they were speaking of scientists and archaeologists have proved conclusively that there were at least two grand civilizations on this continent in ancient times their civilization and customs being equal if not superior to that of the eastern world most people will believe the statements made by antiquarians that these people reached the highest stages of civilization and attained to a high moral standard but they treat with indifference the thought that god had anything to do with them or any interest in their welfare yet they are wil ling to believe in god's dealings with the people of the eastern world as re corded in the bible god sent his sou to the world to redeem mankind he went to the people in palestine and established his church there taught the people healed the sick raised the dead and conferred many blessings on the people he the acorn—pa ordained apostles to preach the gospel to those who had not heard his voice so that everyone might have the privilege of hearing the gospeland obeying it and thereby being saved in the kingdom of god could we agree with peter in saying that god is no respecter of persons or that he is impartial and just to all if while the people of the eastern con tinent were continually being blessed with communications from god and even having his own son jesus come down among them to give them the chance to workout their salvation and teach them such glorious principles this land were left in total darkness as though god had completely forgotten it and its people no we would say of course god is partial if that were the case and can we possibly imagine god as a partial or unjust being no,'1 we say again then since god is just 10 all we can reasonably conclude that he did reveal himself from time to time to the righteous people of this continent and that jesus also had a ministry to till among them . when we admit that jesus came to this continent established his church here and gave to these people all the blessings and privileges given to those of the eastern world we strike a key note with which all the tradi tions of the natives chord archaeologists give us some of the traditions found among the natives concerning a great man wearing a long white beard and long white garments who came to them mysteriously taught them milder ways of living established peace in the land and then disappeared as mysterious as he fame promising to return to them ag'ain at some future time in every tribe is found this same tradition though the man described is given different names by the different tribes yet we always find the same characteristics proving it to be the same man in an old manuscript was found the tradition that this man quetzalcoatl by name came from the east where he was born of a virgin his emblem was the moving star and that he was crucified for the redemption of mankind these were only traditions but mr short says that such grand moral and spiritual characteristics as were ascribed to this man could not have been created without an ideal to go by or without the original admitting then that christ did come to this continent and that god's care was over these people is it reasonable to believe that a great nation having all the arts and sciences and having a perfect knowledge of god