W. W. Phelps writes about "sacred spectacles" and links them to the biblical Urim and Thummim.
W. W. Phelps (declarant, Jul 1832) --- Evening and Morning Star (recorder) · 0.0 yrs after events · Direct
Reference
"Hosea Chapter III," Evening and Morning Star 1, no. 2 (July 1832): [4]
Date of Account
Jul 1832
Date of Events
Jul 1832
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Transcription
Then salvation to the Gentiles: which salvation was to continue many days, viz: to the present day. The fourth verse shows the time that the children of Israel were to remain scattered abroad, without the sacred things which God gave unto them when they were in favour with him. They were even to do without the Teraphim, [Urim & Thumim, perhaps] or sacred spectacles or declarers; supposed to be the same called gods and images when Jacob fled, [f]rom Laban. For Jacob was a man of God and did not worship idols or images. The original in Hebrew is Teraphim. Moses when blessing the tribes in the 33rd of Deuteronomy, says: Let thy Thummim and thy Urim be with thy Holy one. This brings to mind that important information on the same subject, which is recorded in the second Chapter of II. Maccabees, which the wisdom of man has seen fit to call Apocrypha.