Show DISCOURSE by J M grant gmt TOa cli april 2 1854 pm I 1 I 1 we wa are assembled this afternoon to partake of bread brand and drink in remembrance of the death and suf firing of our lord and caviar leus begus christ I 1 am satisfied that the spirit spirlon lof he lord attends us whenever we meet in the ill e way he li has eom coal banded I 1 and whenever we have a blek and quiet spirit we aie are prepared to resene that additional influence of the hot holy spirit I 1 necessary to lead us into all truth ta the ordinances af pf of the bouse of the lord 11 I 1 I 1 while we sit and contemplate upon the fulfil fulfill ment of prophecy delivered b by the prophet of the lord in this dis dispensation all and T by many merd hi his servants while we contemplate upon n the fail h ailment of the revelations in the book of mormon and in the book of doctrine and covenants and think of the events that wo we haven have been for fat twenty odd years expecting expect lug and preaching about i now rolling in on on the right and on the left e ft it is calculated to make some of out oat very anxious people I 1 feel more satisfied I 1 the time has been that avei even many maily of of ofir our elders when the sun was retiring in t the e west looked for so some me 81 sign I 1 hi 1 1 th the e be heavens avene stor tor soffie some flamion sword unsheathed ed or some visibly display of the power of the almighty by which they might inight know I 1 1 of the biear near approach appi of the son of god there others hive have feared greatly they would not live to see the fulfillment fulfilment of the prophecies of brother joseph br brigham and others they have felt very acx I 1 ious ioup indeed about it but I 1 am convinced that thatches of saints which have been so struck with i anxiety and tearfulness may n now dismiss miss their i fears and dispense with all their anxiety in rela rea ilo lion n to the predia predicted ted events avents that are coming upon upon I 1 the earth for they are are roiling in with such rapidly ty r they are arai rushing mailing upon the astonished world i I 1 with such velocity as to exceed even our most sanguine ue expectations I 1 I 1 the things that are transpiring upon the earth are certainly as great and as momentous as any of the revelations hold fortha forth ar or as an any y of the predictions I 1 of the prophet joseph have foretold I 1 notwithstanding this display of the power of god in ia fulfilling his word we need not expect the eyes bf the inhabitants of tile the earth to be opened to understand the meaning of the asto astounding anding events that are transpiring around them for one i of the marked signs of the ot last days is the blaud ness of the people we are told they should have I 1 eyes and see not and ears but hear sot not and hearts I 1 I 1 but understand not if la in the dayson jesus jesna this was true of the jews and surrounding liati nations ons it 1 I 0 is doubly so now in relation to the nati nations otts with i i which w wd a are acquainted I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 M 1 I 1 Q ar 41 I 1 I 1 fl S I 1 11 I 1 I 1 j T tho h 0 the fulfilment fulfillment of ahr he word of the prophets I 1 a are r e clear and visible to us as tk the noonday sun san ain in its splendor yet tap people of the world are ara I 1 blinded thereto they do not comprehend nor discern the hand of the lord toe the saints who live ihre I 1 a the spirit walk by the spirit and are go governa verne d by tile the counsels of the almighty can an see tile the car wo working king of the lord not only y in our midst pot JJ only in utah territory in the midst of ills ID people I 1 I 1 I 1 of god who assemble in this it is not I 1 on only I 1 y in ill this latter day capacity we view the work of god but we lot lei our minds stretch abroad to I 1 I 1 j creations utmost extent and we can see the hand I 1 I 1 of tile the lord in all the events of earth we see it 1 in I 1 the revolutions revolution on 0 our 1 tir own continent wo we i 1 see it in the scattering and scourging of the house I 1 I of israel in the fading away 0 of nations on th thai 10 I 1 i right and on the left in the present commotion iu in our own nation in the broils aad contentions between the south and the north in short we see it in all the events connected with obrown and other nations living on the continent of north and south america and when the minds eye stretches abroad across the mighty deep throughout europe we see the hand of tile the lord oad visibly I 1 it at work there not only i in u tile the spread oread I 1 gospel I 1 in the prosperity i ty of ozithe tile people of god and in the proclamation of the eternal eterna I 1 principles of truth the agency of the elders of israel bat in the war cloud gathering black aro around hd dy ding ilg the ocean with human gore and d drenching aching th the solid solid earth with blood I 1 I 1 i I 1 wesee we see it lix in the preparations of wax war and the ibe I 1 I 1 framing of treaties of peace aloag strong nations the world is in commotion and the hearts heartsie sif of mea fall fail them for fear of jhb impending storm that I 1 threatens to enshroud all nations su in ii its black mit maar tie treaties of peace may be made and war I 1 I 1 will stop for a season but there axe ara certain decrees jf the gods and certain bounds fixed afta nd laws Is I s and edicts passed the high courts of heaven beyond which the nations cannot pass and when the almighty decrees the wicked shall slay the he wicked strong nations may interfere peace conventions contentious 1 tent vent ious ions may inay become rife in the world wd vad exert 4 their influence to sheath tile the sword of war and ana T make 1111 k 0 tre treaties a ties of beace peace t to calm bajin the troubled surface of all europe to no r the war cloud is stul still booming oer the heavens darkening the earth and threatening the world with desolation this is a fact the saints have known for many I 1 years years that the gods in yonder heavens heaven s have something to do with these revolutions the six an I 1 gels those holy beings who are sent from the heavens to the earth to minister in tk the e destiny of nations have something ts to do la iu these knighty I 1 revolution s and convulsions convulsion that shake hake cleatia cre creating atia almost to its center I 1 Ss COD consequently when we see nation starre stirred A up w I 1 against nation batio I 1 and on tile the other hand see other r i natio nations ap pp exerting a powerful influence to bring about shall we say they can I 1 bring it about do we expect they can stay the onward course of wara war the prophet of god has haa r spoken it all and we eject expect to see the on andeel and see all things rul fulfilled filled as the prophets have declared by the spirit of prophecy kroph ecy in them the fact of 0 tile the prophet declaring an eve abe fare it comes to pass does not necessarily make that event it if he should foresee war and predict 1 I 1 11 it the file hare prediction independent of the event 1 i I 1 that I 1 is known iti ianthe the heavens heaven s and which tile world must road read in the great chapter of eve events evelius lits 1 does not set europe to boiling me like a pot the prophet hot simply tells a that is to exist simply I 1 arul I 1 tel tella an all event that is to trans transpire 1 I 1 1 in a tl the ie grea t chain oi of the providence provi deace of the aa h t y relating to this thia 1 1 earth in the winding up tip sceneries thereof why Is is it the latter day saints a are ie p perfectly of ealin abd serene among alf al the convulsions of oatha the the I 1 earth the strife war pesca ance fan famine tie and d distress tre s s of nations it is be cause the spirit oj of arop prophecy becy has ha made knowin know I 1 to I 1 us that such things would ac actually y transpire upon I 1 the earth ae we ix understand i ft and add view win ita fa true light we have ave learned jt it fay the visions vf of the almighty by that spirit of 0 intelligence e that searches out all AD things eve even n the deep of god I 1 I 1 i can call the wise men of europe tell the result of I 1 the present war between russia and turkey with the allie allied powers no they cannot if tile the A i pre present 0 ent war ar should be suspended for a time can I 1 1 they tell you yon when the next will break out 0 nt and what will be the result of it no they cannot but if you will listen to the revelations of god tile tha spirit of prophecy and to the servants I 1 of god you may eurn eara it tilt all with cor certainty I 1 three days before the prophet het joseph started smarted for carthage I 1 well his tolling telling PP as we should see the fulfillment ef the tha word jeskis upon the earth where he says the father shall be I 1 against the 06 son and the son against tile the father the mother against I 1 I 1 the daughter and tile the daughter I 1 ag against the mother tile the mother in law agai against the daughter rin r in lawand law and the daughter inlaw in law against the ahe mo mother tile r iu in law and when a mans enemies I 1 shall be those of his own household I 1 the prophet stood jn in his own house bouse when he h told several of us as of the night the visions of heaven beavon were opened to nim in which he saw the tha american continent drenched in blood aw abc he I 1 saw nation natio n rising up against nation he also saw I 1 the father shed the blood of the son and the son the blood of the father the mother put to death tho tha daughter and aid the daughter the mother and natural affection forsook the hearts of the B wicked A P foche for he saw that th tb spirit of god should shon d ile be withdrawn from tiro the inhabitants odthe of the earth in conie quance nee of which there should be blood upon the tha I 1 face of the whole earth except people I 1 I 1 I 1 of the nf most ait oit high fligh tile prophet X gazed zed u pon the I 1 sceal his vision presented axial hii heart sickened ene di aua and lie he be sight the lord to close it M up again i t i I 1 when we hear bear of war in foreign lands when ahert 1 wo we hear of the revolutions among am ong nations afar I 1 we necessarily infer filter that es incident I 1 to war kud aud the hottest of the battle will not como come t nigh us ay it is na natural t aral for nian man to ninke ft v arable as ti to his own safety when whee I 1 i danger threatens but blit the prophet saw in the asin that war and distress of nations will not only I 1 1 occur in Eti europe rope in asia and in the islands of the s sea a but he saw it upon the Ameri american cAti conti vent nent in inalie be region of coun country where ile he first int I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 trod reduced the doctrine ne of the son on of god so we may look for da calamity lamity in hi 0 our up own borders in our i 1 own nation as well as in the nations of fo reign foreign I 1 climes I 1 i I 1 I 1 I 1 soine think because of the peculiar sit situation nation I 1 of the country rf off tb tha united states the govern I 1 i meat being so well rell organized little or no I 1 I 1 I 1 ty wilt will ever ever come upon this continent standing the european wars allow me to tell I 1 biln vou in HI relation to that when the spirit of the lord is powerfully power fally 1 ly manifested m nife sted in ciny of the Elders k t of im israel the first t thing that is presented io to lie mind i is t the hebb shedding duhig ot the blood of the prophet I 1 1 1 and those who did the deed it is io dp p bottei matter how much they dealin deal in compro comero rl measures maures othow or tiow often they try ti y to adjust I 1 difficulties that thicken thicken around thern them wit it is ai a stern rat fact that the people of tile the united states state have coed shed the blood bloo dof of the prophets driven out the he saints I 1 I 1 of god rejected reject ee the priesthood and set at nought the holy gospel and the result of rejecting the I 1 gospel has 1 been in e every ery age a visitation from I 1 the chast chastening cha aill hand of the Ali almighty which chastisement wilt if be ba administered in proportion to I 1 the and enormity of their crimes crime consequently I 1 look for the lord to use hig his whip an on the ie refractory I 1 son call called ed Uncle Sam I 1 expect to 0 see aee him chastised chastise 4 among the first of 1 the thena nati tons oni uncle sum sam is if ou one of the I 1 lords boys that he will take the rod to first and make hirn him dance nimbly to his own tune of ohl oh oh fo jils transgressions for his nigh elgh minded I 1 I 1 1 ness and loftiness for his evil all for rejecting the 1 go gospel Lipel and causing the earth to wak the he blood of the sai Sain tay for this I 1 pa pay y I 1 e expect he williw well twitched switched among the first of the sons I 1 I 1 I 1 ex expect eltjo john hn bih wig get afie next whipping and I 1 have iio no idea of the lord chipping russia and letting those tatt refractory ry sons escape who ire are i better taught who tare nave had a kind fater fattier teaching I 1 I 1 them and them by the voice of his hia e I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 elders sending prop prophets heti to them to warn them late and early inviting them thern by the of his I 1 the voice of angels and by the lie stilt stiff birdall iiii riall voice of his spirit crying unto thoin them to repent I 1 of their theirs kno and turn unto antey I 1 say add I 1 do not 1 1 J f a expect he will pass by these refractory sons SOBS who have turned a deaf ear io to all his treating tr his messen messengers geror and whip tap those boys who 2 have not been so well instructed I 1 J I 1 rejoice I 1 in the file lord lard my god two nd fb fed happy j in hi my spirit that llie boork is not only byth by th tho preaching of of tho the gospel but vy by i I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 r I 1 p 10 6 I 1 j lp k r 0 i the M pr preb aoa of revolutions revolution among the nations of 0 1 the tb saith aith a and ad by the deeper corruption of lie ilia press preat the people I 1 do not rejoice that tile the i people and tile the press are ara waxing more and more corrupt and that tile the war cloud darkens mm land and more threaten threatening lag nations with deeper ais als trails but bat auoe I 1 ire rejoice lo 10 ice thit that the words of the prophet I 1 ere an being di i I 1 do not denire deidra thousands aide to lose their lives by N A WK war slid and the atton attendant dant distresses wee the ilia spirit in me ate b diff different larent to tills this but I 1 rejoice that the reign of satan la Is short abort upon tho earth and that the work 1 of the father hue has commenced ou op the face of all the 1 v carai in the north in hi the south in m the lie east ene tand and in tile the we gestand stand it isreen ie seen in our midst by the pro i I 1 yau grese of the work of for there le is half wise arise aud aad half foolish as afi represented by therra the para bl of the savior many of the brethren that are brou brought glit I 1 here hera by tile the perpetual Perpetu sl emigrating fund from eng lod aud and other countries will keep tile the foith faith and tay stay with tile the people of god and do right I 1 ara am I 1 afraid not more than half all AH these things ghitis beto ken the establishment establishing establish int ayt of the work of god and tile growth crowth of our religion which gives roe me great jy joy I 1 I 1 when the people apoita tip there is a ca contrast between the good and the agthe bad ad the just und the unjust I 1 rejoice when I 1 see tile tha righteousness of the saints in contrast the corruptions corrupt ions of the world in ili the midst of this people there is faithfulness verbe arid and integrity and I 1 they bey ari are the most righteous and the beof people upon tile the face of the I 1 whole earth but when tile the world look upon us and nd upon our oar morals they look d dark ark I 1 elee cloo and goggles which blind them thein they cannot mie ec find they therefore think we atre the blackest 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