| OCR Text |
Show l'HOI IIHIIS IULIIIIIM1. A vzv dayaaluco an esUemed correal cor-real ouileut o i ended to a corniuu nlca-lion nlca-lion of hla to the M.ms, aauggtetlon. It as to the elTrct that Ihla journal should, In varlona ways, eihlblt cur rent proofs of Jose h Brmth'a rot hetla jiower, recent and iasslmc eiiiU af. fording strong ovldiuco of thlachar acter. Wr have occasionally pruenU-d nrllc'rs of this nature, and ixrhapa fuller atteullou to tbe eutject would be nccct, table to marry of our rendcra. 1'roofaof Iho i ro hitlo it U-of the man v.ho waa lusttumeiital, In tho hands of God, 111 founding the Church of Jisus Christ of I-ntttrdu) Halntaare ovirwhelmlngly abundant. Hla re-ulctlonsarn re-ulctlonsarn lelngilallj verlflnl In tbe rondlllona nl-tlni: In the world, all of which were fori told hy him asnr I ranching developments of the j rtstnt generatlorr. '1 he social situation of aflalra now ilu-veloplng ilu-veloplng waa made the theme of rev. elatlonand irojiirc) dcluu u through Joilli Bmllli. Theforuutlonot com-blnatlona com-blnatlona n hose oljicts were to W the obtalnlugof power aud wiallh ton-nuted ton-nuted with builmsa nnd polltlia-wereclrarl) polltlia-wereclrarl) spoken of aianar, proachlug cauioof distress and lerrlislty among men. The) were thus foreahadowed lu a levelatlon glvvn at Klrtland, Ohio, I eh. Bill, IS 111 "An 1 hcbuld It aball coma lo asa that iny sen aula shall to sent lorth to tho east and to tho west, to the north aril lo tbe south! uul ocn row, lot him tlmt goatb to lha eat teach tlieill that shall bt I converted to lice to tbe m eat and tula lu (jniriinn oflhatwlilli i coming tba atlli, and c f so rot uinbluatlili III thliatalemeul through the I'rophei Iwo auurct t of dangi r are emhoJletl,the nneRencral "that which lacomlng oil Ihotarlh" tba other lpeol.1 "and ol lecrct combinations ' Any otnerver of the tlmaa will almlt that the mini iro!iadUAseri occurring In thla rouu-try rouu-try an 1 lirjpo constitute a inure of danger, while tho Tirloua combine lions nnd divisions doelor, lug annul! tbcwlalhrtatentha peace of com inutillliannd natloni. Inthalljok of Mormon, (age 1 Iho l'ro lift .Se hi ipmka ot the time when fie Ird would stntch fotlUhh tianl to gather In the remnants ol Israelii! tlin latter llinif. Ilolredlcia Kriatdiitrucllona anions I lie wicked Thai, rd (M ahall cau.a A great division di-vision among tha people, aud try wkked ahall he destroy." Thu division lialrealyln o;xrallotr. The situation lu lomeof tliaciun trha of l.uroe, especially 1'ranc.-. brlnga to mind a tiolatle prophecy of Mor intdlook of Mormon (.MS). That l'roht warned the beutilna who ahoulj exist at tbe time the record should come forth an t be ui liilicd to the world. He foresaw the gnat ca lamltlea that would result from tho formation and woikluga of accret an archlcal combination. The resent situation verifies hli prediction In that regard. After relating lha destruction that had f. Hun upon lha ancient peo-I peo-I Ua ot the Amerlcau continent from that ciusr, he dl verges andsays: . " nd whatMiever nation ahall upholl such aacrtt cnmhlnatlotia, lo got puwer an I gain, until they ahMI rca 1 out till notion, Miold, thov shall la destroyed, for the IT.1 will not auUer Ihattbe'lilrml of Ills Malnts, which ahall li ahl hy tbem, ahall alivnya cry unto Itlrnfrum tho crouu 1 far vengeance upon them,and ytt Ho avango them not ' W hcrtfore, Dye Uonlllea.lt la wtadom n tlotl that theso thlnaa aboul 1 boahown unto you, that tharohy ya may repent of your sins, and sutler not that tbeie murderous com! Inatlona shall get aboto )ou, which are built up to ijet power and galu, and the work yea, ccn tbe workofde-truc lon coma upon you, oa, even lha awor I of the jnstlco ot Iho eternal (led shall fall upon you, to your overthrow and do-atmctlon, do-atmctlon, Ifyo shall aulfer theso things lo bo. "U nsrefore tha Lordcouiinandsth ou, when yo ahall ace these things cnino amoug )ou that ya shall awako to a ainaoot youravrliil altuatlun, beouusoof this secnt combliisllon which shall le among )ou, or wo bo unto It, Lciuseof the blood of them who havo been slalni for thsy try from thadustfor engcance uiHin It, an 1 also upon thoso who bull 1 It up "Tor It comctlr to pass tbat wboso butldeth It up, acaketh lo ovcrthroiv Iho frecdomof all lands, tullons, aud countries! coun-tries! and it hrlngilu to aa tha destruction destruc-tion of all pool la." There could acircely ba n clearer dellneatlou of a future condition than letuibodled lu tha foregoing quotation It landeacrltlou of modern anarchism, anarch-ism, tta nature objects aud rtaults. That It Is a towir of ra Id growth la exemidlflad by lata develoi menta In l.uroe, whero It la able to thwart tha pron aa of J ustlco t y terror! il ng a ury. It maybe said ty the doubter tbat he does not believe such a man as Moionl overlived, and he may art that (Le Hook of Mormon, which pur-trta pur-trta to le a history of the ancient peoples of America, orlgluatcd with Josehtimllu. Anarchistic comblna-tlona comblna-tlona had i radically no existence during the Ufa of the l'roj hit Joacr, h, and tha eeltlon of the skepllo would aliuly thus laca Ihe authorship author-ship ol the true ) redlctlon on him. 'll.o evidences which sustain tho llcnk of Mormon aa an authentic record are', however, overwhelming. over-whelming. Among them la Ihe fulfil-merit fulfil-merit of many of Ua irophctla atato-menta, atato-menta, 1 ealdca tho one quoted above. We are convinced that tbe ago In which wellvela tnore rcgnaut with momentous e.cnta than au other lu thehlator) of the world. |
