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Show WS JOsEl'II SMITH A ri'.Ol'lIET. BnW A corki.m-o.ndk.st who resides KS ' in Alleghany County, I'a., makes HK 'i mtnts enquiries regarding the "ISev-m "ISev-m elation and J'rophecy on War," WB given through Joseph Smith the f$Z&: Prophet Dec. 25th, 1S52. He withes wm& ' to know whether it has beeu pub-US pub-US lWied to the world, in wiiat papers S3 ' and on wiiat datts. SiJ ' The answer is that the prophecy K 1 iuqufttionhasbceupubli'Iicdbroad. WtWi rat, commencing shortly after it fl was siren. It would take more WtM . time than we could give to the sub-W9- jecttohunt up the dates, and atcer-bNr atcer-bNr a'n a" " the journal, and books in 9 lilch it has aprieared, bjt the fact SB ' f H having been given wide pub- EE ( Hclty, csjiecially in this country, Hj Is leoud question. According SM io our recollection it appeared, Kx fahortly after beingdcllvcrcdthrougb BgE M ""- I'ropiiet, iu the Timet and St" Seammt, at Xauvoo, Illinois, and S ' a'- aprieared in and was comment- ffim , "J upon by other iiewfpacrs about Bm''- " MIn time, in various parts of the BBS,' couutry. Ojtsideof the community ES of WiUer-duy iiilnts, it was gener- mK ally treatod with derision. Some Eat ' jearoals rare excep'Jons took the gS iuatt.T seriously and as'.ed the ques- WSl tlon, "Have we a real TrojhLt E3j aiiioug us?" It was published, many Bfc J tars Itefore the breaVIug out of the H. WaroftheKeb-llion, in the .WJcn- malSlar, constituted a ftature in a g t standard work entitled, "The Tearl Bg- f Ureat Price," and "Auwers to IS 'J Questions," and was subsequently VSk j iiHnorated in the compilation of BK I h S commandments and revels- WSi tloiw entitled the "llook of Dactrine HS I and CovLnants." EB i, Sltortly Ufore Uie breaking out of I the war Aiwstle Orsjn Pratt, on a BB J mle-ioii in the United States, pub- ffi J ' JWied tlir proidieey in question in ESt . the Seer, besides traeliug through Em th country and proclaiming In Mm 7 uWic places that the time was HI t abou' cwne forits fulfllmeuLso faras Igli lpBarJelthedelugIugofthecountry f1 with blood by the divMon of the 8ff Sorthern and Southern States. His message was treated with eout-mpt, ! and his declarations as the utter- jg arms of a fanatic Tile imjuiry of our correspanjent iSXt the propriety or quoting from borne of the prophetic iwrtions i f the revelation. Here 1th is given the introductory part of It: "Verily, thus saKh the Lord eon wrnuiR tbe wars that will shortlv eouie to pass, bepinninj at th rebellion rebel-lion of Sooth Carolina, which will eienuully terminate In the death and rairy of many houI." l The days will eome when war will j be poured out up-m all nations bezin- Mln; at this place. ! "Kor WMi the Southern fctales , khall be d. Wed aini.t the Northern ij Mit' and "-e Southern hutej will 1 "" "Um ""w nations, even the nation of Grt KnUin, as it is caW and Mwy shall also call upon other nation., na-tion., la oider to defend themselves . against other nauons, and .thus war UlU iwred out upon all nations." j otliing could be clearer tlian the IK fulfllmeut of this piedlctlon so far as its verification has extended. Tlie J'roplH;! indicated Uie precise locality local-ity w here the bloody struggle which has passed into history.sboulj open together with IU horrifyin2 results! ; He pointed to the fact that Great 4 llriuin shouM be solicited by the Confederacy for assistance. ilag,jn I " awi ''I WJII h ere sent for that pur- ! le. having beeu accorded full discretionary powers to treat with "'"rtofSt-Ja-nes in London. The United Stole, government tin-t tin-t tlerMood Uie nature of Uieir misjion M. f1 lhe "ntish ship ircHt as p boarded by theoflicers or a United ? '"""vea-eiwho madeprfcon- "8of Mn ami Sliddeli. Subse- quently a demand for their release on the ground that Uiere was no ', I ?'ZT ,lVeva "riUsh and tbedeck of a BrttM, vel, wasac- h ceded to by the government of thl, r "S-" "JlelUUoB for as- riHauce for the SJUU, rrom Great Britain was unavailing, buttlie re- W pre"y.miJe'thj,Ver,f,n "e The revelation forecast, further I teJ,ra3,,;Umtioaooao" f " ,e ,nce whose Presence and con- 3 lZlV u,e BrMl !V'?, , Vy are to "marshaled Th ,"'ther " f Wood, hose who are watching the Ign8 1 of Uie Umes may well ask themselves them-selves somo serious questions le-garding le-garding the probable results of race outbreaks, and Uie complications likely to arii out of tho passage of I tbe "Force Bill," which would In I many sections give the white popu-laUonof popu-laUonof the South tbe alternative of negro supremacy or a sanguinary war of races. AnoUier quotation Is here inserted: in-serted: "Andthni, with the sword and by bloodshed, tha inhabitants of the earth shall mourn; and with famine and plague and earthquake, and the thunder of heaven and tbe fierce and vivid lightning also, shall tho Inhabitant Inhabi-tant of tbe earth be made to feel the wrath and indignation and chastening hand of an almighty God, until the consumption decreed hath madaa full end of ail nations." The last few years might appropriately appro-priately be termed an epoch of storms, and phenomenal electrical disturbances. Vivid and fierce lightning is a marked feature of at-mosphrric at-mosphrric commotions. Xews is flashed over the wires from various parts of the earth every few days bearing Uie statement that during U.e prevalence of storms the deaf, enlng thunder and brilliant, streak-lug streak-lug lightning were unprecedented. We observe that, a short Mm j ago, tho "Kevelatlon and Prophecy on War" etc, appeared In the columns of the Xew York .Sun; accompanied with brief comments by a corree-pocdent corree-pocdent of Uiat ajier. So far as con'tituUngevidenceoftheauUicntl. city or the claim to inspiration made by Joseph SmIUi Is concerned, It is,so to?sak, but a drop in the bucket. I Thtre are tiruofs in that direction I almost without number. We are living in Uie midst or the fulfilment of prophecies which were gien through him. 15 Jt little heed is taken of theal, however, outside of the community who have accepted of the religion claimed to 1 the gosjiel cf ChrL-t revealed anew to prepare Uie way for the coming of MesJah of" which he was the founder. It may be truthfully said likewise that many professing to be Latter-day Saints are not fully awake to the signs of the times. The future is pregnant with events of great moment. |
