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Show Win "I'i:aii. o i:tiiin." WlfQ In tho memorable night, when tho Hnv Great King won born nnd tho alien (Pyl herd on tho fertllo flildi arouud tJ3 41 Iteltileliem teert guarding their Hocks, H aheitmly chorus filled tho air with uJS is melodious strains and thu them of yM II Ihclr anthem was "I'laca on l.trtli." W (1 This teas prophetio and desert) tie. It JJH m eiprruedthu ure for which the j j! II iitw-boru lufautlmdcotiujthe nature j sL of tho work lie would acoomplUh, and i ? W fnrttild the final reeultuf theadventof I 9 w thoBouofGodthu triumph of it-ncu L ff among men. !jj ff Tho dliriitlon of thn principle J, H which Chrl.t taught rerulted if Nl lii leacu wherevtr they wiro 1! wl acceplid. Thli la olfterved In the llret century, to long a tho iiier- m ,fl natural jiouir rimnlned with tho S1 fl tiuchlng. Teople bec'line united. The rt piirtlng wall were brokuu ilown. IA D Hatred between nntloni guve way to j, B brotherly love, Inasmuch ai converted B H Jewaextindtdahand of fullawahlpto g ji devout gcutlha. The iroud llomau u at rcoogulred in thu derplswl Ilaibarlana I brolhir. C'Ium dlttluctlona ueru ' eliminated, when, l'i tho flrhtglowof jjj i, I itithuilnm, nono claimed hU worldly I I i jiouetJlohi, but brought tlnmto thu I I altarof tho I.url for Juitaudludhloui dlttrlbutlon nccordluz lo thu uceda of MM eterliody. Women, win before tho fflfl ojMlitof Chtl.tMiTo lookel iijii at mm Inferior lielngi, weru by 1 Hi example. 'nilf ' and te telling tlevated to thu jilltou tVlEL uf true coiuiutulon of man. W'omnu ffllH livrimu "a litter11 Inttead of a IL ecrvaut. liven tho elave were, by JB Clirletlunlly, lilted up to a eoelnl hiI- Hfl tlou In which liny weru no longer Sn rerf tut "brethrcu " UuJer the in BHj llueiicu of Iho doctrine ol Clitl.t IHaH l'hllcraon con tiutirncu hU tlatu DIB, Om-ehiiuaund wlllihluipirtako of tho I KHoh no'y '"hh ni of unity, love and ieic e. InlaaM rl'" (0,",,tl(" ' ""' flrttchuie-liet IjbAHr v a an marked, thatcveutlio heathen I'WfM'! noticed it li n dlalluctlto 1 1 cullierlty. avrvirilii 'ut tu.nklud uat not, nt that early Dnnjlf! age, retAred for tbu tatablUhmeiit of nfatffi ll"lTl'"ul rtln" "' puace. A aavQlaHR Chrltllaulty heuaino iojular, tit real Kflulv iiaturo wiiiuoter grimrcd by tl'iu inul. itllude. TIimo were content with the outunrdformi. Tho polton of pagan till lii ihlliiophy mlowly ikjurnl Into the itlmplabuUuUlraerltea of Ohr'i. The Kplrll withdrew mid tlio enilmlinril . corpnenaanlllhalioinalncd, nml thla PfjjIUlj carefully wrapped up In glitter il''"SVaaW UK' ''Jaaaa LaBBoaaaKt aaBwJaaaaaaaaaW. . -, lug formula In n iiiHu of eoirh-t and urple, like a royal mummy from l.t, wa Introduced wvnilotully lo heighten Ihurolcinnl-tictof Ihurolcinnl-tictof certain family festlvltlea, while In the Interval between then, It wa hid nway In a dark, cold itr"- Wlh thu proret of thla trantformition, lare lied and contention again took popeilon of men. Illttory leachnt in that tho gllnie of heavenly light that lllumlnaktl the eallh at tho advent of C'htlit w lol-lowtxl lol-lowtxl by dark age. During llieee, not pcaco Iml the iword reign. Hvu tribe, from tho wlldi ol Ail, break the lloiniu emplro Into fragment. "Chrlitlina" with the word In their l.anddrlvolioilheii nation down Into tho water of luptlim. "Heretic" are tortured, ruatttxl to death or other. win inarlyrnl, by eopl ltt-lug ltt-lug of "orthiloxy." Urutadcr aro drenching tb plain of Iho Holy Land In blood, nnd all ucli carnage car-nage I dono In tho icred rntnie, "ad mtjoreiu Del glorlam." What l.runll could paint, what mii d le'rlbo the horror oontiwted with Ihe re. Ilglun that faltely bear tho name of Him whoao adveut Wat deecrlbod a theuiherlngluof tco cm earth. After tlislapM of almoat Iwv thou-and thou-and year,the iplrll of war I ttlll actlvu among men. At the preeent time Ihe whole earth, aud, curlouily enough, the "Chri-llau" worlt In particular, teem In he under th Influence of lhal tplrlt which h 0 ped to ieaco. Ilevo-lutloiu, Ilevo-lutloiu, Ineurructlou, dlplomatla rup-tureearn rup-tureearn the order of Ibu day. Buiith America It torn by ulweutlon and etrlfe. Kuroio tremble under tho march of her vatt armlc-. Iniple nienl of war have reached a iicrfcotlon, eurpattlng the Iiol lit dreamt of pro C'hrl-llan oon itueror. All thla would teem to elltcourago tho lioie In molt that 14-acu trill ultimately b eetabllthed. Hut It tt III certainly come. And tome ilgn of It approach have already aptieared. The Inlluencu of tile teachlngiof tho I'rlnce of I'eaeo hat nut been altogether alto-gether In vain. Million are now long, lug for a ro-modelin of the social con dltluiHonn bail of truth and Juttlce. 'Mil century I marko! byoccatlonal imtburtt of demand for peace. lu 181 , what I known u thu "Holy Alliance" wa formed by tho pllnclkil iwcr of Kuropc, Anuria, 1'ruula and Ituula, the i:mrnr of the latter country, Aleaander, laklug llio Initiative. Thu document which termed tbo batl of tho agreement agree-ment 1 a uiott remarkable uho. It ray In i ant 1 "According to tho word of the Hcrlpturea, which command alt men tu contldcr eaoli other n brethren, tho tiiree contract-In contract-In jnuiiarih unite In tho covenant of ilucere aud Inviolate brotherly love. They will contlJcr tliemtolve a in-habltauta in-habltauta of ono country and help each other In all danger, on all occasion. They will comlder lliemelia a father or their hubject and urmlraand will rule them In uiplrlt ot brotherly love, in order ti protect religion, eacu and righteousness." Tho document further bind Iho momarcha to coutldrr their copies a mentbenof one nation, "branche of one family" aud Invite all nation lo Join Ihe holy all Unco. Iu a thorltlmo almost every Kurojie-an potcntatu hat signed thU treaty. Only the Hultan, thuopcnly avonel alverrary of Iho religion ut C'brltl, and -the 1'oj-o, the rofeeied vlregereut of Uod, refused to enter tlio comtuct. Iu whatever light this document I -viewed, It certainly show the yearning yearn-ing for peace that has been fostered by the doclrlum of Christ, a de elru which later has found It exprrsloii In varl-uu varl-uu measure In the direction of universal uni-versal brotherhood, which aro a featuru of our age. Xnlesa remarkable I thn tendency towards unity which I seen among thu rrllglou hodlt of this nge, nnd which commenced with thu forming of thu r.vangellcalAIIUlico Iu 1813. Tho Idea that iindrrlay this movement wa to promote unity among "Christian" without touching their difference of opinion on doctrinal point. This alliance al-liance re-eulted, howetir, In tho de velopuienlol a movement to etfoet a real amalgamation, by discarding all dlfrereuera and uniting on what I o minion U nil. Hucli aro tlgn that Indicate that nil era ofpeacuof unity and lo villi within the poulbllltlc of u near futuro. Itut tho grand paclflo era cannot bo brought about without tlio direct Inlerfen nee with the doing of man-klud, man-klud, by Him who rules lurreme. Many obtticic-s, too glgantlo fjruiere human ellort, must bo remove d. Human Hu-man uaturo mutt bo regenerated. Ho clal condition mutt bo radically changed. Asloug a slflthneillhe ruling lAbtlou In man; eu long a the stronger 1 comMercd In hi right when he uU hi foot on Iho neck of his weakerl ruther, peacecati never lue-talilMied. lue-talilMied. No ihlloMipliy, nu plillan. Ilirupy of human origin tail thupgo thu condition. Ill a work which lit long lo Uod. Great social cutnrl)ms may havo to take lace tlrst. In uaturo mighty re ults liiWHlcai brought nuout by mil te-rsal rouvulslous und uphe-atal. What for tho time being eeemed to to universal destruction i roved tu be a process of change, and out of the chaotic ruins, it structutu supcrlir to uu) thing previously existing nroee. Thoterdureand beauty of spring follow fol-low the chilling frost aud now of xvlnter. riomvlhtng ftlmllnr will, ier haps, happen lu Iho establishment of j that reign of poai-o of which tho first I advent of Cltrl-" wa the founds Hon. The- mighty force which no, llku thu dlttaut rumble of earth'iuukes ilidurn tlia uppir layer of Kiitr' m iwlieie. will break loos'. cats elym wlllbelhe rrsull llut the de structlon I only of brief miration, j From Ihe social wreck nn onler of rocety will rle which will bo the dl-reel dl-reel fulfilment of the tongof the angelf "Glory l to God In the highest, and on earth K-aa among favored uieu." Veeterday, December 2H, wa Ihe nnulvewnry of thn birthday of the l'rophet Joeph Hmlth. I twill yet b aeknuwladged that, by mean of the work he wa tho Instrument, In Ihe haiulsofUod, Iu rounding, hedld mgre toward establishing the. nie-aus for the laclflcatlon of our globe than any Uluit who has lived on II since Ihe 'dnjs of CMtlvl. Mthoiigh not un drrstooil, his mission, llko that of Id Matter, wa one of peace, nnl, like lllm, hosinlod hit tc-llnnny lo thu truth of tho principles destined lo work Iho futuro revolution, by laying down hi lite, l.lke tho Itedeemer, ho was, while conducting hi ministry, sub lecteel to persecution lo llio dealli, but tho principle he enunciated survive him, becauto they cniittltule a full ro-llewal, ro-llewal, by revelatlou, of the doctrine uf the I iw ly Katirene. Jutcph rimllh was In ndvanco of hi day, and will not bu understood until the world approaches lilt standard, stand-ard, which wears confident Ills destined des-tined to do. The Indication are with ii. Truth which he announced sixty years ago and wero spurned at Ihe lime, are nuw lielng taught and defended de-fended by many people belonging to the classes which heretofore treated them with contempt. Iu thla way, by tho proclamation of Iho Oosil,th rough thu mlnlttrallon of the i:idert sent Into all porlt of the worll to which access can Lo gained, Iho old religious dogma aru talng smashed. Among truths now vindicated I the merciful fail thai the present llfo It not the last or final opportunity man will havo lo lace hhu-elf In lino with the law of Uod and treat th path which leads to salvation; alo tho bciieflclentprlnclplolu tho plan of re dtjmpllon which teaches that while the punishment Inflicted Iu tho Ufa beyond be-yond for mldeed committed In tho I reseiit stage of existence Is lultself c-ternal Its application la not necessarily everlasting, the procesot In the dtvlno sjstein Ulug coire-ctlvo and progressive, pro-gressive, l'.ven the protbecle of Joseph Smith, uttered by him more than half a century since, aru being duplicated In the relent day. Note-, for Instance, thu predictions of l'rof. J. Ithodcs lluchanau, a noted lloston sclenll-t, In referenco lo tho latter-day dlsturbauces Iu nature, revolutionary convulsions amongthe nations of men and the coming, beyond Iho arproach-luge-iOeh of confusion, of a ae-Ifto era. with tcclety recoiKtruclsd and a universal religion prevailing. There near cuii lltlout wero all pointed lo by the finger of revelation through Ihe l'ropl el Joe h, as features that would arise In our times. Tho present and near future nroddg with events of great moment, and when, after tho revolutionary erlod which we believe to bo at Ihe doors, the vision of Iho Prophet and Ideal of the poet shall become a reality, thn founder of Ihe Church to which the tialnti belong, who was bom on tlio .1 1 of Dccmber, 1803, will ho acknowledged acknowl-edged as the man who Introduced the means lu this generslluu for tl.o achievement of the mighty result. |