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Show sup1Josed to have been made centuries sa.rlier by a Nephite seer.l So is the American Revolution.2 It is logical, therefore, for persons believing in the Three Nephites to look back into histor7, or pseudo-history, and see evidence of thai r presence. When a Nephi te can be connected with aetml history, even by retrospective identi.fica.t ion, his existence be6omes more credible, and hen-ce the authelltieity of the Book 2!. Mermen is more firmly established. The Columbus incident (No. 76) is taken fran Washington Irving's U1!! and Vo:yages ~ Christoph~ O>lumbua, page 329. Irving reports that the sailors saw three white mEn in priestly robes watching them from the shore. A Brigham Young University professor, commenting on this experience, says, "It does not take much imagination to see the 'Disciples 1 • awaiting an opportunity to make themselves kn-.n • . I am almost convinced that this is the record I have been looking for ••• of the divine origin of' the ~ g! Mormon• •3 Msnbers of the Church, the HtJ~~ professor explains, are always on the lookout for evidences of the ~~~f.~~~~ historicity of the Bo k Qi Mormon. l Nephi, 13:12. 2 )1~}!!- !.b.1d. , 13: 15-19. 3 E. D. partridge, "The Three Nephites--Did One of Col'tlmbua's Sailors See Them?" Improvement Era, Vol. 12 (June, 1909), pp. 621- 624. |
