Show athe american ration continued hib OP GOD we have thus demonstrated briefly beyond successful contradiction ihde america ia i tally the nation that represents the littau horn as shown to the prophet anil it remains for us to dein rt auw the kingdom of god is 0 be established upon this laud nud the manner in which the nation menaces it and bauks to near ont the the of the moat high and come te in the luat days thai the mauu uin of the lords honse shall be established in the of the and ba exalted above the hills and all na tiona shall flow into it and many people shall go and say come ye and let us go up to the mountain of the lord to tho house of the god of jacob and lie will teach na of his ways and we will walk in hia paths lor out of zion shall go forth the uw aud the word 0 the bord from jerusalem Jerusal nm the abaye prediction uttered by the prophet over two thousand years ago did not b arin to have its until the latter day saints commenced gathering up to the mountains thia event though not iu to the nation in it incipient state has attained proportions that elicita attractions bend the borders oi our own land it should be understood by and cherb that the kingdom of god la not a menace to thu government or its right to agneas baun au attitude was never and is not now intended the progress lh kingdom of god until it prevail will be a steady yec resolute advance ach aa will be desirable for all mho arc cot absorbed in personal inter ats and the whirlpool oi pleasure and individual aggrandizement plainly indicate that the nation is the opponent of the kingdom of bod for it beeks to wear out the paint w hie moet high and they are given into his a time jimca aim a limit nd cp but atie af the Kind marked by the linger of god hi maeSt will 1 stein steina 9 of and until all spurious elements all bacomo ti lings cf the past ail ye inhabitants of tho world and dwellers on the earth sea ye when lie heth up a ati in on thy anil when he a trumpet yc this is a tini vereal call designed to attract the attention of the world alo hole world orientals orient als fudem ahn htiu u pagan are anticis road erful chantey jut ir io lh alo til 1 I t r n cu liin a cwi thiais ahe cl the of god let potent facts influenced the pro und tai esmen philosophers an ebeo edans of all nations to behold pro p ecy rolling rapidly into fulfillment i ie arun ane clay the brass the silver and the gold must be broken to pieces by the introduction of a more perfect system of government of re ligion of social life of commerce cna eliat mill thousand years ander the epenial ep ecial super vision of the kings 01 king we the brink of mighty revolutions tim elements potent to the government edista within the nation these elements are already sapping the dounda tion or the pillar of freedom and liberty and the whole must fall a mass of ruins only to be remembered in the his 01 v of the past but freedom and laru phoenix like will arise and tine v ith ten fold more than ever before it is not foreign invasion or the mighty navy of great brittan that our nation have caused to fear no foreign king or potentate ahall over domineer on the land of america the greatest dource of trouble is the internal factions the banding together of bad elements which as they become formidable will denaco menaco the government until and riot shall run rampant carrying death and destruction the ayea of the government are opened to ec the imaginary evils of the mariona Mo riona and oppressive are resorted to while the elemental elemen tam the gaii on sevoir times heated are to and fro trading up to a condition of desperation which mut belh forth like the ea bev in itself beyond its bonds and lay wate the couitt the feelings of catered nd tion encouraged by tho gion towards the will rebound upon the nation anu religion oppressor op until it shall be necessary for one state to defend itself against the incursions of another slate hearl all ye inhabitants of the land what the prophets have fhaid concerning the that shall come upon the land in the last days but behold in the last days or in alie davs of the gentiles yen behold all the nations ol 01 the gentiles behold they will be drunken with iniquity and all manner of abominations and when that day shall come they shall be visited of the lord of with thunder ad avith earthquakes and with a great noise and with storm and with tempest and with names devouring dev oring fire and all the nations that fight as dinst zion that als tress her shall be aa a dream of a vision book of mormon 11 nephi 27 1 2 3 the days will come that war will poured out upon all nations begin nina at hit place south Carolina and thus thy aft ord and by bloodshed the inhabitants of the earth shall mourn with and and earthquakes and the thunder of heaven and the fierce and vivid lightening also shall the inhabitants of the earth be made to feel th wrath and indignation and chastening cha hand of an almighty bod until tha decreed hath made a full end of all nations and it come to that he that heareth fea reth me shall be forth for the great lay of alie lord to come even for the signs of the coming of th son of man and they shall see and wonders for they edall behold blood and fire and vapor of smoke then shall the arm of the lord fall upon the nations and the aner of the lord is kindled en his sword i bathed in heaven and it shall fall upon the inhabitants of the earth for not many days hence and the earth eliell tremble and real to and fro as a drunken man and the sun shall hid hi face and to give light and the moon shall fee bathed in blood and the stars shall become exceedingly angry and shall cast themselves down as a fig that falleth from of a fig tree and after your testimony cometh arnth and indignation apon the people for after your testimony the tes of earthquakes that shall cause Krow ninga in th midst of her ard men ceball tall upon the ground and biall not be able to stand and aln cometh the testimony of alie voice if hunder iuga und the voice of lightning anil the voice of tempests or the voice t nivea of the ba heaving bhema hea att yond kneir bounds behold vea aw cometh speedily upon t te inhale ants of tn earth a day of wrath a dy d y 0 burning h or of 0 uio nning and of ft nen tation band u it eliut li ut cuine upon all ahn face of the earth the lord for alie leour is nigh and t ic dayi deponai hand when the earth ia ripe and all atie aroud and aliey that do wickedly shall bo as and I 1 will burn them up eaith alie lord of hosts wickedness shall not be upon the earth and there shall be weeping and wailing among the hosts of men and there fenall ba a erect hail storm rent forth to destroy the crops of alie earth for behold cut her moth speedily upon the ungodly as the whirlwind and who shall escape it the lords scourge shall pass over by night and by day and the reports thereof shall vex ill people yet at shall not be until i he lord come 1 I the lard am angry with the nicked I 1 dm t sav spirit from the inhabitants u th ear h I 1 have sworn in my wrath a dureen ars upon the face 0 tha earth red the slay the wicked an fear hall come unon every man the is fumed up in the third chapter of timothy from tho farat to alic fifth verse inclusive it is known also that in the last days times ahall comp for men ceball ba lovers of own selves coYet bU boast era blasphemers blaspheme rs disobedient to pai euta unthankful unholy without natural affections effect ions falbe accusers incontinent fierce dia bisers of those that are good traitors trai toes lueady high minded govrd of pleasure more than lovers of god having a form of godliness but denying the power thereof from such turn away could language depict more vividly the present situation of the american people After eucha forcible chanaca characa anre i in those adjectives ivea he enjoins upon all from such turn away la the couched the prentest prea test peril to the growth of society if these conditions and their attendant evils could be wiped out we see no reason why the nation should not be perpetu aad but from those evils tho people will not turn away |