Show p y V TIIE phrase the times are out bf tf joint surely never had a better opportunity for truthful application than thau is presented by the existing r 6 state of affairs in all ali alltha alitha thel brally and in gur aur our own omm country f specially and well weli w ell eli may the ques tion ilon lon ion be 60 soberly asked whither vintner lej lei Is drifting we wo will merely tafeda ta keea feea cursory a klim glim i apse at the condition of civilized countries on the eastern hemisphere i e mi haray 11 bathe ahe arifi british 1 expressed much in this connection con nee the other day when defend ang ing ethein creaso crease orthe odthe arbi t r ate bf great br i tsin tain udd lids aid said be tramp of armed men was heard bieard in every eveny country in M europe it wal wai was necessary la ladd land dd should keep hie fie her r p place lace among the nations startling as the fact may appear the e atrain ct tramp nain rain P of armed men is nea rea by heard as stated I 1 indicating I 1 di cating a restless watch aland maj may may be ansome instances belligerent feeling among theena thesna eions or the old oid world that causes ca uses 0 a an n anse unsettled co condition an and d fore boding presentiment to prevail who is prepared to say it is not the very feeling and even the very time spoken of by in alluding to the signs of latter iatter times said mena mens hearts arts would fai fal them for fear of the things to come comb little s specks of f war are breaking out in various places some ot which the trouble troubie and the salonica affair for instances may at any time by the serious complications which are likely to be evolved precipitate so some me 0 of if the more powerful nations into a deadly conflict with each other and cause the horrible clang of battle to ring through the old olo world at any rate this feeling or presentiment appears to widely prevail in the minds of men the most sagacious statesmen by their frequent expressions of concern indi indicating bating that the they consider the times critical had we the space we might allude to uhe the numerous disasters by sea and land in the old world with the accounts of which the tho me apa pers have of late been teeming we might point to thel tiie appearance of the plague particulars of the tue ravages of which we hear from the far journalistic pro gnot gnor of the probability of I 1 its taking its horrible death and terror spreading march weh westward mayhap in fulfillment fulfilment of the words of the lord who said as conta contain I 1 I 1 ed in the book of doctrine atal and covenants page that in 14 the generation in which the falness of th the e gospel be brought forth in the latter times it would transpire that a desolating sickness shall cover the land 11 but the entire paragraph contains in our view matters of all ail abs absorbing interest terest to the whole of mankind whether they think so or not and we therefore give rive it in fan fau 1 ca 4 andin and nd in that da day y aall sh all ali be heark heard of wars and rumours of ware and the whole earth shall be in commotion and eals he arthall fihar fail fall them and they shall say that christ dela yeth his coming until the end of the earth and the love of men shall wax cold and iniquity shall abound and when the times of the gentiles ja is come in a lah lih light t shall break forth among them that tilt sit darkness in la and it shall he the D of f aay any ra y gg they receive it abe not forshey perceive not the light and they turn their hearts from me because of the precepts of men and in that generation shall tiao the times timea of the gentiles be fulfilled and arid there theriA liall shall be men standing in that generation that shall no nol not t pass until they shall shill see an overflowing scourge for a desolating sickness shall cover the land but my disciples shall stand in holy place sand seand saud shall not be moved but among the wicked picked men shall lift up their voices and curse god and die and there shall be earthquakes ilith kes also in divers places and many desolations yet men will harden their hearts against me and ahry w ill lil take up the sword one against li another nother and they will kill ono another f phe 1 rhe the fore foregoing kolm extract I 1 is 9 from an fn a revelation given through the prophet joseph smith march ath 1831 1931 and which the lord explained what he taught his hia disciples at jerusalem 0 s em relative to what should bethe b iti fth 6 signs 1 ang of the aba ear approach of his fits se second cond coming in the latter days the falness of times in connection with the revelation mentioned mention edlet jet any person interested read also aiso the portion of the new tekia testament trient beating on the same subject carefully with a desire to arrive at the truth and if it he bo be a believer in prophetic inspiration see whether lie he can come to any other conclusion than that wei wel we are living ina lna in a dakof day of days even in the latter times when there are 64 wars and wars warb the whole earth in and aud mens hearts tailing tl them e bardi tor fear an and jq yet it is but the begin beginning hinz hing of sorrows we have only alluded so far to the signs af the times and c commotions in distant parts of tho earth but does docs tb the picture assume a brighter hue when a wo we turn our gazo gum nearer home the answer comes back in the form of a forcible unmistakable negative for indeed on this broad continent the scene presents a coloring still more foreboding and gloomy but lack of space precludes our alluding lu detail to the peculiar situation of affairs in this land and tile irto us flain plain purport at present V |