Show THINGS WORTH THINKING ABOUT THE ane journals throughout hout the world make frequent mention of the phenomenal and destructive disturbances that have characterized mundane matters of late years those who attribute the cause to the judgments of the almighty for the wickedness of the peo pio plo of the earth are but f few ew in number it is beco becoming ulim more and more uncommon to attribute any condition to t the he i active opera operation tion of god among men but people who acknowledge acknowledge him are to be found in various par pai parts 4 of the world one fine morning however the world will wake up to the fact that the almighty Is manifesting his displeasure at the frightful ul abominations that pr prevail evall evail a and ad that are hourly increasing the proud the he wicked and corrupt are oppressors of the poor and meek but the earth will yet be cleansed of those who sow iniquity and cause mourning and lamentation for they will be removed to give pise nse anve place lace to a purer and healthy healthier er conda condition which however will evolve out of the greatest tribulation the earth has ever witnessed A few days ago an esteemed correspondent ol 01 the NEWS treated upon existing and future woes boes abon among the inhabitants of the globe the fa facts acts to which he pointed regarding the phenomenal disasters that are no common occurrences could not be overturned being matters within the scope of general beneral knowledge but as usual un believers scoffed at the idea advanced by him as to the cause of the extraordinary disturbances tur bances the wickedness of the people 0 of the earth and the heavy aeple hand and of god upon them as a consequence constituted the reason according to the correspondent the predictions of joseph smith the 9 great reat prophet of the nineteenth century are before the world and by observing the current of events people can readily discover their quality so far as disasters precursory of the coming of christ are concerned the following are some bf the calamitous events which witch he foreshadowed foreshadower fore shadowed terrible storms stormi i by land and sea the destruction upon the waters to be so great as to cause it to be exceedingly dangerous to cross the oceans A scourge or desolating sickness which was to sweep over oven the laud day and night so that the report of it would vex all people as esthe is the case today to day in relation to me tile cholera this f frightful ri haf ua scourge was to continue to visit the earth off and on until the co coming aning of the lord and would not be stayed until that great event transpired an fn unparalleled P aralle paralleled led storms of thunder and lightning h t n I 1 ng earthquakes and terrific ni noises and roanna a in the earth international ter complications and disagreements causing wars and rumors of war leading eventually to a general call cail carnage risze the ehe like of which has never been witnessed causing thrones to totter and empires to be thrown down plagues and pestilences of various kinds including a species of fly that would woula seize upon the flesh of men and cause putrefaction and decomposition to ensue the destruction of the crops of t the e earth by an indescribable hailstorm famine and all the hideous consequences thereof in this country providing the people ref nef refused used to repent the condition was to be up palling appalling the war of the rebellion which began in south carolina was to ed ultimately by a far more bloody condition by the operation of secret combinations 11 1 l which now cover the land from shore shoie to shore to avoid the terrible consequences of the existence of these malign conditions etwas it was way indicated that those who were converted to the mes message S age that oseph joseph smith was commissioned to declare should flee westward and thrill be enabled to comparatively avoid avold them these chese the sea a was to heave beyond its bounds and rush over the la land do sweeping it and causing total dest destruct de tuc ruc tion over large areas of country these and other agencies were to continue and increase in number and magnitude until every nation which would wo uld not consent to serve god should be wasted away that the earth might be cle cie cleansed aused and purged from the pres ence of the wicked and nd abrl ahter emt eft be inaugurated with the re remnant and perpetuated b by their children after thern them under I 1 the direction of the al at mighty whether people aret are widing will ing to admit that joseph smith was a prophet specially and divinely commissioned or not that he predicted the present and reasoning from cause to effect evl eyl dently approaching conditions of the earth cannot be successfully contro averted for f urther further proof upon this point let the thi seeker seeder io for r ll liht light n ht scrutinize the signs of the times and carefully consider coming occurrences we are satisfied if it he live a few yean years longer be he wiil will will discover evidence of the world ha having in this thil generation been graced by one of the greatest prophets of the race |