Show lightern lIGHT IrN irn the cycle of time aich is dearani visited 1883 is now numbered with the ibe past it lias has filled its ir measure 0 of time and with tile the jears that thai have gone to tip p the lite records of their history to the supreme creator of the be heavens arid ilia earth typical of drill anti anil all that is cail chillily lily the time of Us its decadence came and Is nor new cair has ha 1 taken its place of its history ire are arc familiar lint with nith that of the present acar car we 11 eliav mv yet to lie made acquainted it is 11 to lo be hoped clial tit it in many respects tile lie that 1889 shell shall makes make will be wore more replete c lit at least with willi pleasant ac currence G great rent distraction dist ruction of life and property lia likic a lion recorded find placed to llie he account of tile alio past car much of this dot predicted by torn lor long booro before the year commenced Us its revolutions they taid said that alien three figure cig eights tits should tome come together in ili the enumeration of 3 henrs ears ihil great events would transpire arid bitter calnin calamities nies would befall the cartis inhabitants well enough of disasters avol trouble hat hae conic come upon tile the it is trul true cyclones alic belching jorth of rocks it OOL I 1 S tile the destruction in cities by llie lite fiery element railroad disasters the unrest of anarchists and knights of labor murders suicide and the political distress of uati Dati ions qin I 1 all these vie MC hac bac had in abundance and an d the cup of misery liaa has not been becu tinted in other respects too numerous to be mentioned in all of this there is not so very much to excite wonderment for it n as all foretold in a plain terms by men who lived ages ago by men who nho were inspired Prep bets wo lise in ili the rip ago alea their predictions are arc beginning begin nin lo 10 b be e fulfilled and why ask ash the reason L aliat b lit these things visit the inhabitants of the earth we can gie no satisfactory or complete answer save ilal they are arc laid town down in the great reat pro gramme of the ilia burnal father to brio brins to pass his purposes we have by no menus means w mill all of tuch h bences that dial are arc destined to befall the earth and its inhabitants for behold the day cometh that thai hall burn as nil an oven and nil nil all the elie proud yea and alt all that do wickedly shall ile be stubble anti and the d day ay allt cometh comelis I 1 ne it f r aili lite troi lord t I 1 of hosts that it sh shall lill lea acao a lite ivicin acolier root nor branch malachi iv 1 this is i a declaration of tile the holy scriptures that sacred book ili 10 boluch the christian world profess to believe it bould be wise for the people of the earth carlli to prepare themselves for these things for tho ilia lord further declares in ili the third c chapter road aud arse of A malachi makiichi Ma liichi and I 1 lot ill come near to you to judgment and I 1 will ile boat a witness against the elie sorcerers mid end against the adulterers and against false sand C ainest ain tt those that oppress the hireling in his bi wagon wages the elie va adow sail and tile the fatherless arid and that hint turn aside the tit stranger from his right and fear not inc file saith the lord of hosli many more prophetic prophet lu predictions might be litcy to show that hint the calamities lami lansi ties arid and judgments of the he last flays days have not act cl reached their most mo st horrid forms it is not elcas tnt to inell upon scenes of distressing character as a here referred to lo bui bat it is better that ilia people be reminded of these things than to say to them that all is peace and safety and that a millennium nill lie ushered in ili the judgments judgment of god coming upon the wicked 0 who a have for many cesi s per arted his ways nay and turned deaf cars to the ilia admonitions of life gospel of pence peace and food will to man the lord pro promises discs to turn lo 10 a tile people la in mercy it if they will turn to man him anti and promises that unto you that fear my name shall tins elie bauck of righteous I 1 os u bading irs id bi his flings swings 3 a go 0 o or rt u un alq grow up tip as ai calves of 0 tile hie sll ail liento it if aliu of fihs ihs world would lie wise anil and ovelt those calamities they will ri to 0 o oppress ench ollice and lease to lo trample upon tile ncik and helpless nail ami remember elie boctor ioor anil and the willow anil and tile lio in their ui I 1 is spoken of 0 its u being pure pura and 1 11 Us un defiled ligion rt there is one vat ral condition ilion that hint rises al lit in the midst ot of ull nil abeso glowing p cH I 1 mankind are aalto ah to be judged at tire hie final of like hie ILer lal audze of nil all according to tile done lit in tile loly body those who linow know tile lie will rill of ilia lord and understand the lie print ples ot of curgal justile slid and mercy ire are required to act in accord once 1 I ilo be latter day saints are arc trying C ninny of air to net act in ill wl i li 11 the some same ajdin aall i a ring and a tooth or a tooth in ili every case they seek to la court the llie spirit that actuated tile the meek mali and lowly jentis as ai lie ile prayed in the garden I 1 ot of for mercy upon th their air os ho III infranco ino ranco ot of the GO gas pil of salvation si toris seek to c 1 I I 1 anti ami trample down the rights rig lilli of t a who lire are int few if in nn aliers re ird leas ot of all acquired iw may iny lie ile justly their ducts |