Show THE approaching desolations predictions ANCIENT AND MODERN modeen ABOUT JUDGMENTS OF THE LAST DAYS THE VARIOUS SCOURGES enumerated AND COMMENTED uron UPON the earth is defiled under the inhabitants thereof because they have hate transgressed the laws changed the tho ordinance and broken brolin the everlasting covenant 11 therefore hath halh the curse devoured the earth and they that dwell therein are arc desolate therefore the inhabitants of the tho earth are burned and few men left such was the declaration of the prophet isaiah many centuries ago when viewing in itt vision the dao dispensation ens atlon in ill which we live the prophet enoch who lived in the days of father adam records a similar vision and said he heard a voice from the bowels of the earth saying lying 8 woe woe Is me the mother ot men I 1 am pained lam iam I 1 am weary because of the wicked ness lessof of my children reni I 1 when shall I 1 rest and be b a cleansed from the ane filthiness which has h as gone forth out of me when wa will H my creator sanctify me that I 1 may way rest and righteousness for a season abide upon my face enoch hearl upon hearing ns the earth so lament asked the lord whew IT SHOULD BE and received for answer that it should be in the last days and then for the space of one thousand should rest years the earth preceding this event however nation was to rise against nation there to be famine pestilence etc bat but people were to be unconcerned and drinking marrying and in mar In arriage marriage as in the days of noah nosh no 40 attention whatever to t the me signs SI 11 ns of the times clat ciul claiming ing that all th things were as they had bad am been from the beginning of time according to tha predictions of the savior very few would be looking for and therefore not lathe inthe least prepared for these events joseph smith declared that these these things were at lit our doors and that one pestilence would desolate after an etheri obber and that we should soon have war and bloodshed etc enoch noah moses the prophets and jesus himself dealt largely in predicting calamity desolation and woe to the people unless they would repent in fact the p principal rin cipal business of gods servants in the various ages of the worlds history has been to reprove the world of sin and to declare like 4 enoch inoch did that judgment was about to be executed upon the tin ungodly godly for their ungodly deeds or as the apostle paul puts it that the wrath of god is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men rn n ll 11 and because these men of god have thus declared against wickedness and predicted the tle downfall of nations and the destruction of the people their liberties have been abridged their lives have hae been leopardi jeopardized zed ait and alt ali in many instances have been sacrificed there is only one instance quoted in theae wish record where an entire people heeded the warning voice of the prophet and thereby escaped the threatened calamity and that was the people of nineveh generally the warning ha his been unheeded and the destruction as prophesied has been visited upon the penting beuting and ana wicked nations the prophet amos said surely the lord god will do nothing but ile he re zealeth his ills secret unto ills servants the prophets and singular ay as I 1 it may appear no n nation has las ever pe perished without having g first been visited b by prophets warning theal them of their danger and asking them to repent and turn to the lord lorl the latter latten day saints are accused of being enemies to this government because J they continue to predict its downfall whereas they should be considered the nations greatest friends in giving the people timely warding thereof for among the ciany many things that have been revealed rave aled to this people there Is none more often repeated than thau tny THE DOWNFALL OF OP THIS NATION and the destruction of the people unless they repeat repent and turn to the lord and not only this nation but every nation under heaven that will not heed the warning of gods goda servants will likewise be destroyed among the first things made known to the prophet joseph was the destruction st of the nations of the earth I 1 will give the exact lau language guage prepare ye prepare defor that which isto is to come for the lord is nigh and the an aner anger er of the lord Is kindled and ills his sw sword 0 rd Is bathed in he avenand it shall fall fali upon the inhabitants of the earth the houri hour is snot not yet jet but Is nigh at baad when peace shall be taken from the earth wherefore I 1 the lord knowing knowin the cala caia calamita calamity miti which should come upon the i Inhabit inhabitants ints luts of the earth called upon my servant joseph smith jr and unto him f from rom heaven and ase gave gaye ave 3 him commandments and also gave a ve 3 commandments to others that they should proclaim these things unto the world aud and all this that thit it might mi glit be f fulfilled al which was written by the prophets I 1 1 in the revelation given december 1832 predicting the war that was to commence in south carolina and to be finally poured out put upon all nations the lord cl says and thus with the sword and bv by bloodshed the inhabitants of the earth shall mourn and with famine and plague aud and earthquake and the thunder of heaven and the fierce and vivid I 1 lightning also shall the inhabitants of the eartline eart earth ilbe libe be made to feel the wrath and i indi indignation natio nand and chastening cha hand of an if offended god until the consumption i decreed decried hath bath made a full end of all nations thattie that the cry of the saints II 11 and the blood of the saints shall cease to come up into the ears of the the lord of aoth from the earth to be avenged on their enemies wherefore stand ye in holy places and be not moved until of the lord come conae for behold it commeth quickly saith the lord amen joseph smith asks with a view of these things shall I 1 cry peace pence and answers no I 1 will lift up iny uly voice and testify of them I 1 etc the prophet joseph dare not forbear f to 0 rocia proclaim rocla IM these things no matter h how 0 V unal unpleasant they maht be to the ears s of the people neither dar dire e the I 1 servants of the lord today to day cease to give warning to the tae inhabitant inhabitants of the earth wherever they go to proclaim procla procia irn iru the tile gospel for this is a very essential part of their mission and they have not spoken in vuin vain for already are these s predictions A begly BEGINNING NI njg TO BK DR 11 j recil recitals of calamities that would s have av appalled ap pp ils als ailed us a tew lew years ago i belve ie 0 only 1 y a slight liht 11 bt mention today to day deibe because of their frequent occurrence nearly cases of cholera in spain itce lace its outbreak a short time ago ao a o resulting lu in deaths is treated a defy er y la differently and Is looked upon merely as one of those periodical visitations that may be expected and may inay be betrayed grated to very natural cause causes 4 the terrific ter rifle storms and tempests that are constantly y occur occurring rim in our own country and are arc every year increasing in antl and in ibe lae destruction of ille lile nd property are mentioned merely astae baliv hurricane the usual t im it etc efe A fire today to day must be bea a very holocaust to attract more than a fassin gassin passing notice so abed are we to their hourly ouri occurrence to attribute any of these things to the visitations 0 of f the almighty would call forth from the skeptical world expressions similar to that used by a local writer who said that god is a very bad god if he would suffer such thing s to come upon ills children I 1 will now ask a question with all the advance made in in science medical and otherwise that has been attained during the past fifty years are we any better betten prepared today to day clay to effectually resist any scourge that may come upon us in the shape of a pestilence I 1 answer no we are not and that portion of the medical fraternity who have made humanity a close study would speak truthfully they wo would u id tell us that we are arc POORLY PREPARED rnE pre PARED to resist any epidemic scourge because of physical weakness the ine result of excesses of every kind in which the people ize aze are ire daily indulging instead of clamor clamoring clam orinc ifiE so loudly for stringent sanitary measures to iw lie adopted about our dwellings twell ln s and in our streets imagining this to be me sole preventive of aliease disease al disease sease all of which I 1 grant grantis is very essential and land should be strictly ob served we should go further and insist upon a radical cleansing from the filthy habits and practices in ia which humanity is constantly indulging that render them such an easy prey to disease ef every kind we havo have become so very scientific that we actually sin min by rule our medical advisers guaring our and our excesses aua and when we overstep the bounds set for us we are dosed with patent drugs mostly deadly poisons pol poi dons dona which give 0 only n y temporary relief very few medical di i men are to be found boand today to day who are honest and frank to tel tell their patients the truth those who have money to pa pay y for advice not daring to say to such stop your excesses or I 1 will cease to prescribe f for or you this the thy doctor is not expected to do but to patch up their diseased bodies and not to forbid in dul dui dulgen enches cies cles that are indirect opposition to the ie laws ot of life and health the of capital and labor that governments seem powerless to regulate or decide must result in im the most serious disasters organized aed sed capital and organized labor cherishing as they do the most deadly hatred towards each other are arc preparing like two contending armies for the bloody conflict which no human power can prevent and thus will he inaugurated a civil strife of such magnitude that will SHAKE THE CIVILIZED WORLD from froni cenite to circumference mahy many nations will be torn to pieces aud and their governments entirely destroyed by this means add to this the horrors of national war warlane wan war iare lare that is imminent and cannot be avoided in the wake of which must follow famine and pestilence of ever every y kind then tell me if prophets ana and and apostles have made any mistake in predicting the calamities that should befall the people in the last days the result of natural causes itis true but al also aiso rothe the result of refusing to accept the warnings gs of the servants of god ample appo opportunity has been given the people to humble themselves rhems elves before the lord and to repent of their sins that they might in a measure at least escape the calamities that will follow each other in quick succession like tidal waves sweeping everything before them and leaving naught but desolation in their track the agonizing throes of mother earth in an her endeavors to relieve herself of the burden of sin and pollution with which she is afflicted will far surpass adyth anything that hap haa heretofore transpired p fredn BO 0 that all former upheavals of nature and terrible earthquakes will be forgotten for aten in the magnitude of those vhf which h will shortly occur medical science will stand appalled before the desolating scourges urges that will sweep the carthas ear earth thas as with a besom of destruction the freed slave will be and disciplined for war by the enemies of our own orvn government and their fo former r mer masters will find in them a most formidable foe the remnants ot of the almost extinct indian tribes will organize themselves without aid from any quarter and wreak such a vengeance upon the white man for rea real I 1 and imaginary wrongs which they have suffered that the people will fie ile flee elike ellke like ilke sheep before a roaring lion in this manner will be fulfilled the revelation which reads and the arm of the lord khali shall be revealed and the day cometh that they who will not hear the voice of the lord neither the voice of ills his servants neither give heed unto the words of the prophets and apostles shall be cut off from among the people for after your voir testimony come cometh th the testimony of earthquakes that shall cause groan ings in the midst of her aud and men shall fall faff upon the ground and shall not be ne able to stand and also cometh the testimony mony of the voice of th u udeal ng s and the voice of y and the voice of tempests and the voice of the waves of the sea heaving themselves beyond their bounds and all things shall be in surely mens hearts shall fail fall them for fear snail come upon all people and angels shall go through the midst of heaven carylu crying with V a loud voice blundin hounding the trum trul trump I 1 of f god saying prepare ye prepare 3 ye e 0 inhabitants of or the earth for the judgment of our god is come PROPHETIC |