The Mormons tell us, referring to the prophecy of Ezekiel, that the stick of Judah applied to the Jews, but that the stick of Joseph applied to the American continent, Joseph Smith being that stick. H.
The thirty-sixth and thirty-seventh chapters of Ezekiel are God's promises to Israel then and there, if Israel would but comply with the conditions. They were at that time divided and scattered. If they had returned to God with all their heart, the Lord would have restored them to their own land, would have brought back all those of the scattered tribes who would come, would have brought from the dead those who were sleeping in Him, would have established them in their own land with the sanctuary and under the wonderful glories referred to in the last chapters of Ezekiel; but they were not ashamed of their doings. Therefore, according to the conditions which the Lord laid down in Jer. 18:7-10, Israel was rejected. But God's plan will not fail, He will still have all of Israel, all of those who, like Israel, prevail by faith, not of the Jews only but also of the Gentiles, the "other sheep" whom He would bring to His fold. This is the concurrent testimony of all the Scriptures. The whole Mormon scheme is utterly unscriptural, and if tested alone by the Scriptures would have no standing whatever. It is only by faith in a so-called revelation that it is made to stand.