Show A GLOOMY FOR BRITAIN tim THE european situation regarding the eastern question remains unchanged en england land Is still involved in unparalleled complications the general aspect appears to vary with great rapidity at one time murky war clouds overshadow her and within the next haur perhaps a diplomatic breeze appears to sweep the horizon almost clear we believe the opinion justifiable that the czar of russia has made up his mind upon certain points in relation to the afghan frontier question from which he will not recede ile he purposes seizing certain advantages in regard to the key key rey of india it is not quite clear what the result will be but it will be one ot of two things in all probability humiliating and dangerous concessions on tile the part of england 0 or r war to the death the way matters arc shaping seems to justify this opinion there are several reasons that would prompt the czar to take decisive a aggressive gres sive steps toward dussias Rus sias traditional foe lie ile understands that En glands hands are practically tied or ail all a least she has but one to let lo 10 loose sc on russia tha the soudan difficulty providing pro alding ample employment f for or the other that af african rl question is more knotty and formidable than is supposed by those who have given it merely casual consideration but for it the armies of russia would probably not be massing massin and moving southeastward to th the e afghan frontier menacing the vita ing interests rests of england english statesmen see the imminent danger with which great britain is threatened and are ar e seeking by concessions ces cess lons ions that will I 1 ead lead to new perplexities to secure the friendship of some of the other powers notably that ot of germany Bis marcks friendly sentiments are con confined within the limits of the german empire which be he is a anxious to see before his eyes close in death mistress of europe this ambition necessarily causes him to be jealous of the proud position so long iong r retained by england if 11 that countr country y should be embroiled in deadly strife a and nd weakened by waff waif warfare ar e his feelings feelings I 1 would v ouid probably not be hurt and w while e he appears to be coldly working to avoid that result the under undercurrent current of his course may be calculated to lead to it viewed from any standpoint the outlook is far tar from cheerful being frau fraught I 1 tit lit with impending danger not only to great britain and ot other er countries immediately med lately connected with prominent complications com but to the peace of the whole world looking at the condition of the world from the position of a latter clay day saint we may inay well consider w hether whether or not it is entering upon ap other stage of fulfillment fulfilment of the tile revelation lation and prophecy on war given through the prophet joseph smith december 25 1832 which predicted the struggle of tie tae the rebellion between ane northern and southern states umi ami the final in fearful all alt nations if this stage of the verification of that prophecy vl Is about tc to he be reached then it may be expected that the nation of great britain hali hail hall shall call upon other nations in order to defend themselves against other nations trie prediction states in effect that such a situation will finally have the effect of involving all nations in warfare in ili relation to the future of great britain it will doubtless be interesting to many of the Latte latter day saints to peruse a prophecy on hat that subject by the late apostle orson pratt he was in many respects a most remarkable man possessing unusual mental powers combined with phenomenal industry in the pursuit of knowledge causing him not only to be an able expounder of the scriptures but a ripe aripe scientific scholar being a discoverer descove in mathematics and astrino astronomy r uy he also possessed a strong spiritual nature and notwithstanding the advanced nature of his mental attainments he wa was as humble as a child while the simplicity simi I 1 of his character was most ye e meshing We freshing shing on november ath 1836 a revelation directed to orson pratt by name was received through joseph smith in which the following passage occurs wherefore lift up your voice and spa spare re not ot for othe he lord god hath spoken therefore prophesy and it aken shall shail ii b be given by the of the holy ghost on october 1857 on the eve of hs his departure from liverpool for forborne home after having proclaimed the gospel with much power and great success in the british isles he exercised his prophetic gitt as follows as published in the millennial star ot of the date named A PROPHETIC WARNING TO THE inhabitants OF GREAT BRITA BRITAIN M expecting soon to leave great britain and return to our mountain home in la the territory of utah we feel it a duty to leave with the inhabitants of this country a solemn warning con concerning concertin cernin those things which will wili soon befall becal 11 them thom and to point out their only w way a of escape being called and sent of 00 god we numbly and in a most must respectful f ul ma oner liner say to her most gracious majesty the queen and to all the lords nobles rulers authorities and inhabitants in the united kingdom of great britain that god aimi almi almighty ty in n this nineteenth century has set up his is latter day kindom upon the earth as predicted by his ancient prophets rop ets an and apostles angels have been sent forth from heaven by whom power and authority have keen been been conferred upon many not only to set up and organize the kin kingdom idom but to minister in all things pertaining to the same these inspired messengers have been sent by the commandment of god to nearly every nation under heaven and have testified in humility and meekness but yet with great boldness that the great and ter day of the lord is at hand and that the preparatory kingdom is established in the heights of the mountains on the great western hemisphere the kingdoms hoi joi the world have waxed old and ant because of wickedness they are destined to be speedily broken to pieces but the kingdom of god will endure forever it is destined to increase in astren strength tb power and dominion and to bear rule over all the earth those nations and kingdoms which will not unite themselves with the kingdom of god and become one with it honoring its laws and institutions will utterly perish and no place will mill be e found for them of these thin things s w we it humbly um b ly as a servant of the most moat mo high h god entreat entreat all the people of these countries t to 0 repent and in the name of the tile lord we exhort you to put away the evils and abominations in n your midst and seek the lord and his kingdom and you sha shall shail be forgiven and your transgressions shall be blotted out and you shall become a great and mighty branch of that universal theocracy which is to fill the whole earth and thenceforth be governed by its laws but if you will not as a nation reent pent and unite yourselves with gods kingdom then ithe the days are near at hand when the righteous shall be gathered out of your midst and woe unto you when that day shall come for it shall be a day of vengeance upon the british nation and your armies shall perish your maritime forces shall cease your cities caties shall be ravaged burned and made desolate and your strongholds strong holds shall be thrown down the poor shall rise against the rich and their storehouses storehouse s and their fine mansions shall be pillaged their merchandize merchandise dize and their gold and their silver and their rich treasures shall be plundered then shall the lords and the nobles and the merchants of the land and all in high places be brought down and shall sit in in the dust and howl for the miseries that shall be upon them and they that trade by sea shall lament and mourn for their traffic shall cease andtius and thus shall th lord almighty viat aut you because of your great wickedness in rejecting ejecting ills servants and ills his kingdom and if it you continue to harden your hearts your remnants which shall be left shall be consumed as the dry stubble before the devou devouring flame and all th land be cleansed by the fire of the lord that the filthiness thereof may no more come up before hm him your armies in india have already been smitten with a sore judgment because they cast out ane lords servants who were sent to warn them and to prophesy tobro to them they were rejected b by your missionaries and your off meers officers and being heing without purse or scrip they thea had iliad not where to lay their heads fiut but they were faithful in delivering their warding message until the lord called them out of their midst that he might execute speedy judgment and show to all nations that lils his servants cannot be reject rejected eI with impunity let great britain take warning and not follow the wicked examples of the europeans in india your fa stings and your prayers will be a solemn mockery before god if you receive not the themes message saze he has sent though you appoint days of fasting and ha humiliation milia rallia tion before the lord yet he will not hear you nor answer your petitions so iong long as you receive not his kingdom and treat his servants with scorn ile he will mock at your calamities and multiply them upon you until you are wasted away as chaff by the whirlwind of the mountain let the reader compare the foregoing with the threatening aspect ini infernal internal ernal and external of the tho affairs of the british nation and infer whether or not they harmonize so soa far as events have developed |