Show A UNIVERSAL CRISIS CRISI THE fulfillment fulfilment of prophecy is brought about by ae the operation of natural laws and the ability to comprehend these laws and the r results es aits nits which must flow from them conati constitutes to in many instances a leading elent element of the prophetic gift men are able by means of a th the natural powers of their minds to comprehend a condition which is close upon or wt actuary gally them but it is the office of inspiration to descry developments when they are afar off expound the laws that are operating to produce them and to give warning of their approach to assert ahsert that a man was a false prophet b because toot te eyen ye ducted by him come to is called a natural wpc I 1 4 as asre rg re of natural canses ouline ouli he 10 absurd a true test of his inspiration being the fact that he foj W at a time or under camm stances that would have render ed it for the human intellect unaided by power of god to have foreseen thein the prophet joseph in the book of morman Doe doctrine prine and Cove covenants and other writings and sayings put forth by him predicted developments of the MW moat stupendous W magnitude to take place uke the earth A fulfilment fulfillment of these forecasts involves extensive wars ofa ON most destructive character radical changes in the forms and fundamental 04 principles of human gojo ern ments and in the organization of society the abolition oai Q religious systems ment of an order of things all oyier the world which willi will every human being absolute absolu toe liberty and independence and immunity from bondage ands and injustice 14 n apy and ayery 0 foo 0 a athe te hands bandli ol of his fellows the state of r rea is to follow the developments of olence lence and change at the time when these predictions were first made the most erudite and penetrating among the worlds writers and statesmen could see no symptom of their fulfillment fulfilment but the half century which has elp elapsed sed since then has brought some of the ito predicted conditions so close upon a number of the leading nations that they are fully realized while others somewhat more remote are ape plainly discerned by intelligent tell igent investigators of social phenomena thus dolathe Zo lathe french novelist most of whose life has bees spent in the study of social problems expresses the opinion that the labor demonstration planned to taken take 01 place in all tie the countries of europe on may first is a premonitory sign of a universal crisis he adds that the present social SWA state of the world is about ta to disappear into history 11 and advises those in power to closely watch the progress of events alduse an duse use every means to insure a peaceful revolution in other words zola sees the spirit of popular government spreading rapidly and irresistibly IT he sees that the masses mg will not much longer submit to the rule of the classes and that they will soon seize power with their own hands this he knows the they y are not fitted to use and that its exercise by them means social hars hari kari so close at hand baud are these condit conditions lops that they can now now be confidently predicted without the aid of that inspiration necessary to foresee them fifty years ago tae the bolder and more penetrating students of social science do not hesitate to state with great confidence that a universal crisis in the affairs aua and organization of human society is at hand baud that changes so radical and far reaching as those which now seem imminent can be consummated peacefully is more than the most sanguine optimist among the students of future events hopes for on the contrary force mans manis first and instinctive recourse in either ag egression gres eion sion or defense will be extensively if not universally employed among all nations there will be one spot however where war will not be rampant it will be the place where dwell a people whose mission will be peace for in the midst of the almost universal commotion which will prevail such a people will exist looking with pity and commis e ration aeration upon afta afflicted isted and distressed I 1 humanity the latter day saints will maintain a haven of pece pe ani and invite all who desire OW ter to enter it those who will not fight against their neighbors will accept apo and act upon this invitation that form of government which i alone will survive foretold in ancient and modern prophecy and now so close world will he be a of the popular and kingly it willbe will be centered in a Men monarch arch but will be based upon the consent of the gov ernel under it will be established establish adl the freedom and independence kofl of the individual and the state kofl of peace foretold in the scriptures to follow the second coming of the soni of man it will be the the king of kings and lord of lords |