Show THE TIMES WE LIV LIVE IN for fear that some may be disposed to skip it on account of its length we do the readers of the news the favor to request them to be mindful enough of their own interests to carefully read the following instructive well written and truthful article taken from the millennial star of december 23 1854 ed the saints know and many of the tha world are are ire waking up to a belief that we are living in a day big with some of the most important events pertaining to this lower world an almost unbroken european peace of forty years the vast advancement of science and colossal strides of commerce during this period with the apparently wide prevalence and increasing creasing ir powerful influence lugg of the peace principles had until recently neetice led ed many to believe that the days of general war were past that the great powers of europe were too civilized I 1 too refined and perhaps a little tittle too philanthropic I 1 to introduce reintroduce re for tor tiie the settlement of their misunderstandings or disputes the barbarous policy of past ages fire fi re and sword many were fondly kamough arll aHli ough in fit the progress of civilization I 1 ilizaL ion lon it might possibly be necessary to resort to arms against tile the untutored savage yet it would surely not be the lot of the mighty nations of enil enli enlightened europe to assemble their troops I 1 and ships and munitions of aarand soak the earth I 1 ana crimson the ocean with human gore in the seit settlement lement of controversy physical war was considered the dernier resort of the rude barbarian international arbitration was now to be the end of controversy with the polished christian blows were the rude arguments of primitive times words alone suited the refined advancement of the middle of the nineteenth century the torch the spear and the sword were weapons of the past the tongue and the pen were now to be the grand arbiters of the destinies of nations but alas for these benevolent dreamers it so happened that they forgot that the tho lords ways we were wera ra as high above mans ways as the heavens are above the tho earth they forgot that paul ald aid faid that certain characters would be vociferating peace peace 19 when wilen sudden destruction was nigh at hand they forgot that the almighty had a controversy with the nations for tralle gressing his laws changing his ordinances and breaking his everlasting covenant they forgot that ile he had decreed that wars more grievous than ever should ravage the tile earth and utterly waste the proud strength of the nations that had forgotten him hey they forgot that ile he had promised to plead with all flesh and give the wicked to the sword so that they would arise and slay each eacil other they tiley forgot that nation would rise up tip against nation and family against family until every mans hand was so against his neighbor that the saints would be the only people not at war and in zion mon alone would be peace and safety they forgot that the old prophets declared these things again and again they rejected the corroborative testimony of the I 1 modern prophet joseph oil on these matters and ridiculed I 1 and despised his disciples and consequently they found themselves stupendously mistaken for what do we see at the tile present time the three most powerful and influential nations on the eastern hemisphere engaged in the most deadly conflict either as allies or enemies of a fourth while two or three others waver most tremulously in in the balance and scarcely dare decide for any party ane skill and science of tile the age ago are employed in devising and using means and instruments for the more rap rapid d and aud effectual destruction of life and demolition of property preparing I 1 ng for the baltic in the spring are squadrons of light draft agn guu gnu it boat boats with 40 floating floa tiny steam batter and french of 2000 tons each feet long 56 feet wide and 20 deep with horizontal en enines engines ines of 2000 horse power tho the top deck bomb proof the batteries perfectly encased with tons of wrought iron slabs four inches thick and capable of resisting the heaviest shot in fit use these gunboats gun boats are each to be armed with two and the floating batteries eacle mith gith twelve of the tiie largest lancaster guns and are expected to batter down the tile mighty walls of cronstedt Cron stadt andst anast petersburg burg and make them reverberate with the thunder of death and the tile groans and shrieks of despair next year mr perkins son orthe inventor of the steam gun that throws several hundred balls per minute says that lie he is prepared to enable government to destroy Seba sebastopol sevastopol without the tiie loss of a single 5 mail man by slip supplying plying a st steam leann learn gun capable of t throwing a ball bull of a it ton weight a it distance of five miles from 1000 to 1200 minis minla rifles are being sent into the ordnance stores every week and it is 14 strongly advocated that all the infantry be armed with these trelda bor for mida ble weapons in fact it is urged that they should have tim the still more fearful repeating or revolving rifles whilst many boldly say that every everk mail man whether in the cavalry or infantry should have boits coits one or two of colts revolving pistols included it in hi his equi equipment ment only think of or it t densa dense mass of footmen each armed with a revolving rifle one or two revolving pistols and a bayonet here are twelve or eighteen swift and gers from each man inan flying in rapid succession oil on their errand of death ere c re the fierce hand to hand struggle with the tile cold steel of the bayonet is s thought of willit wha could resist such murderous peto pete brassey betts belts co are artto arito to construct a railroad for the more inore facile and rapid conveyance of munitions of war upon land whilst steam already almost defies the boisterous waves and rides triumphantly on its course when the old sailors are either becalmed driven astrab astray grounded ground edi edt or dashed to fragment and furthermore when we think of the thames tunnel a work of immense labor and expense yet of little practical use at present we shall shail not be surprised if 1 mr brunel 9 or some other genius proposes to shatter sebastopol sevastopol Seba by a scientific earthquake even as mr dean w etli his diving appa apparatus rutus ratus powder cylinders and galvanic battery hattery hatt batt ery erv expects to shatter erthe the nine sunken ships with which prince Men has blocked up tile tiie harbor of that famous city on exar examining ninin r closely the present condition of europe the reflection arises in the mind li low 1 ow effectually upon natural and obvious principles can the tiie lord accomplish acco his mighty purposes does he see proper to chastise the nations swallow up 1 in 11 destruction their proper property tv or riches lay their mighty bjes low in id de deaths atlis cold embrace staid send the tile voice of mourning through the earth how thoro thoroughly this tilis can be done and yet how naturally ilie tho lile azars czars troops and leoo 1200 1 too guns available for a european war tho tile about equal number of austria and sLi sit lle ile lie the war ships and sol soi soldiers diers of england the nearly as formidable nav yard yand far fair mork more more numerous soldiery of france francez seconded by the greatly increase increasing powers of war wart apparatus and aud the facilities which steam alfrord affords for the rapid concentration 0 of vast numbers of or men and immense stores of material indicate most clearly how quickly and easily if we may be allowed the term the tile lord can his assemble and cut off the strength of the tho nations and spread the untold horrors of war tilro the land and then how thoroughly the war spirit animates the bosoms of the thi people the determined maintenance of kalafat and the obstinate defence of by the turks the tile extermination of the turkish soldiers transports and convoy at the deliberate advance of the british infantry across the river and up the hills of alma iu in the very teeth of ahe russian cannon the reckless charge of or the british light cavalry into the very jaws of death at balaklava the tile renewal of attack by the russian army after repeated defeats the unyielding defence of the heights of iak lok inkermann ermann by the allies the tile doubling of the numbers of the allied armies before sebastopol sevastopol Seba in a few weeks the speedy despatch of a sufficiency of winter houses for the english expeditionary army all testify that it requires little to lead the nations to destruct destruction iun they apgear appear to be fast ripening for tile the consummation i ahat at is decreed then look at the resolution throughout this country to continue and support the war recruits turn up at the rate of 1000 per week applications for commissions were not a tenth part as numerous before the war as since its commencement the tho militia must be embodied and at least one fourth of their numbers are called upon to volunteer into the tiie line and an is promised gratis to one of every 75 volunteers and in response to the call many regiments spontaneously surpass the number named recruiting and volunteering bounties are raised that a greater number may be induced to enter the army and standards are lowered that a greater number may have the privilege leg of volunteering into it five hundred il nav avvies vies ac each with a certificate from his last employer are obtained in three hours for the construction of the balaklava and sebastopol sevastopol Seba railway and the doors are closed and numerous applications refused this railway when completed I 1 is to be sold to government at prime cost miss aliss florence nightingale and her compeers com peers voit volt volunteer inteer to nurse the sick and wounded all the country contributes to swell the patriotic fund for soldiers widows and orphans everybody sends bundles of old linen and lint for ban bandages daZes for the wounded at and cuthbert and other firms pack up the tile bundles gratis and forward them for shipment the oxford and cambridge students hunt up their old boating jackets cricketing trow sers and reading gowns for the comfort of the soldiers mr henry kingscote and others institute a crimean army fund and speedily gen flemens swift sailing jachts are ara with kimberl ss creature comforts for thearty th earmy the duke of con cou contributes tributes lead head of deer the earl of wilton suggests to the members of the royal yacht society a subscription of 20 each to purchase necessaries and comforts for the tiie army selling them at cost price and active measures are at once in operation hudson co send off 1250 worth of or the finest Hav havanah cigars for the comfort of or the officers gamble supply 1000 pints of preserved soups and broths booths for the sick sink lind and invalids the ladles ladies of warrington send for the army a box of plumb plum b puddings well boiled and the cloths claths left on co gfrer offer and Aless diess rg clarke and Beeton betton 1000 volumes of books for the ardys recreation and edification flut cut if it it is necessary for the idoga dogs of war to be kenneled kenne led or at any rate clicked in fit their mad career in fit order to provide provida for the de liverence of a u body of stil ins or for uia via til publication of the tile gospel it any particular nation liow how very simple a matter it appears even to us for the lord by liy mean means of a little official mismanagement or lobs h party connivance or diplomatic maneuvering to pull puli in fit the reins and bang the car of destruction to a stand bland or to sn say y to the angry billows of human strife Il peace reace be still and immediately tile the hu hurricane subsides the storm is lulled tiie tile clouds retire the tiie sun aun shines forth and behold a great calm ensues and the whole face of or nature smiles again truly is iq it apparent that our god is the lord of lle ile the lie whole earth and acts ills his good pleasure among tile the inhabitants thereof and in fit doing this he often fulfills fulfils most remarkably the predictions of his ser Fer servants one case in particular appears quite to the point polut at the tile present time the present year 1851 has bag been one of unusual peace and prosperity in thi this n nation rou mou probably never since britain was a nation has it experienced at sit once the libert peace and universal prosperity nil all its interests together with such general generi il good will from the whole family of nations which inhabit our globe as during the ex pirina year ye ir tind and much the tile sime same ma be he said of the tile western states of europe indeed tiie the world seem to have almost ceased active hostilities to 0 o come up to the great metropolis of babylon and pay their devotions nt at the shrine of human invention in it the crystal temple tempie like the distressed consumptive patient the human family has seasons of respite from convulsive pains and bystanders are flattered by the apparent tranquility into hopes of recovers recovery while disease is silently acquiring a more potent hod hod hed upon tile the vitals anil and in an unexpected u moment active dissolution commences god has decreed a it consumption upon the tile whole erth and by the shed shedding dino of the blood of the prophets and apostles jos ios eph hyrum david and others that consumption has become immovably seated arsee see millennial star vol 13 page looking at the tha face oace of society in the old world considering consider iny ln the sickening abominations which appear on every every liand land from the cottage of the peasant to the lilice of or the prince and reflecting upon the tho all but ineffectual endeavors of the servants of the lord to publish the glad tidings of salvation to the nations on the cannot conio come to any other conclusion than that the people have meil well mellowed owed in it corruption and are becoming every day more and more fit for the burning we can but say within ourselves truly the people require chastisement from the lord that in it the tiie their afflict affliction fell and mourning their hearts may be softened like pharaohs Phara so that the elders may have the privilege of hunting more freely for scattered israel and like moses leading them outto out to the promised land and if it the almighty now pour out freely the vials of his wrath on this thia half of the globe though our hearts sicken at the tile sight we can but say amen for it is very evident that the bulk of mankind are too far sunk in au degradation to be ever materially bene fitted by the gospel in their mortality many too arg so y thoroughly and aud hopelessly enslaved na oppressed by thel rulers that to escape to lie lle the fie spirit world cannot be other than a welcome release from the dark phases of their life in this j nor does it appear BO so far that either of the belligerent nations has positively gained anything by bv the fierce strife in which they tiley are engaged which nation has won non the turk has lost the russ lias has lost lest the frank has haa lost and the anglo saxon has lost all seems teems to be loss quick great and grievous loss of valuable treasure and loss of still more precious blood destruction and the tile grave appear to be the only gainers at present the question seems not not to be who will win most but who will lose most not only by mans fierce passion Is the lord thrashing the nation nations but disease and tile tim elements rise up in fit terrible majesty and administer ha his judgments look at the ravages of choler cholera i and pestilence throughout the globe not forgetting their severe vi visitations stations of the hostile armies i of the russians and the allies in tile the of the 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