| Show THE WORLD TUB THE DESTINY OF OB THE SAINTS editor deseret news that the religious relie reli ious alous social and civil elements of the world are in serious conflict one with another is everywhere apparent and that party feelen feeling growing out of class distinctions a and otherwise is hourly increasing cannot be denied presenting as they do inharmonious and bitter feelings that must ere long ion result in terrible eruptions that will be disastrous in the extreme unless some remedy can be provided which seems highly improbable Im the bad as well as the good intuitively recognize the strength there is in organization hence the vast amount of new organizations that are springing springing up everywhere throughout the and land ug t the e special object of all being seemingly to checkmate one or more of the others each claiming that their plan of operations is the very best most of f them are not yet tested in fact existing only in theory tile TO infidelity to altogether to ignore god and to eliminate from our entire civil add social system everything that i is sacred can be truly said to be the primary cause caune of the present condition of society and without the aid of the almighty man is now seeking to remedy those evils that are the natural result of his departure from god and his ways hag had the words of the lord abeen h been observed the poor man would not now be planning methods of vengeance against the rich ruan manfor for the that the rich would not oppress the poor neither would the subject of the realm be seeking to retaliate upon his sovereign because of his tyranny for forbis his administration of equal justice to all would se cureto him the loveana love and confidence of his subjects that spirit of uneasiness which is always to be found in an fn some degree among all classes of society would be suppressed and kept in check bythe great majority being sat isred with their condition thus preserving the social equilibrium BUT WHO CAW CAN STOP THOSE EVILS the whole wor world d are aroused and have placed themselves in antagonism one to the other the ruled against their rulers the poor against the rich rach the employed against the employer and it is still further pe permeating society for wife is turning against husband and child against parent political debates and strafes are producing their direful ite results in neighborhoods and communities muni ties ani and the love of goia is so great that the aspirant for office is compelled in numerous instances to buy his place with money which is only too eagerly accepted by those who stand ready to sell to the highest bidder under such circumstances need we wonder at the corruption fraud chicanery and the universal prostitution ot of the powers of office that are continually coming to light but which are generally passed over so lightly as to almost give license to prepetition of wrongdoing wrong doing true we make spasmodic efforts at reform sometimes as in the case of the late aldermen of new york but bat these efforts and showings only serve to make the purchaser of office more wary and crafty than his predecessor tor when he purchased his office he calculated to nave have paid back to him the purchase mosey money with a heavy interest which must be done before his term serm of office expires TRADE the anarchists and kindred spirits see only in the destruction of property and if need be the sacrifice of human life any possibility of reaching the goal of their ambition while the mechanic and laborer are goaded to desperation pe ration at their futile attempts to bring to terms the moneyed kings of the land and are constantly planning other methods to accomplish their purpose on the other handtke hand the autocrats of trade and commerce are combining together to protect themselves against wat what they term the presumptions demands of the common herd AFFAIRS OF NATIONS nations are jealously watching each other and preparing themselves for mortal combat the most flimsy causes requiring the very best and most diplomatic engineering to prevent war which all are preparing tor although they dread it dependencies and at commonwealths with the subjects of nations ruled by autocrats are chafing under restraint and bondage the former farmer clamoring for the right of home rule while the latter see their emancipation only in the death of their tyrant rulers which they are constantly planning to encompass and strange to say here ere in free america the boasted ian land of freedom despite the examples that are constantly before their eyes the tendency is to a centralization of power to curtail the rights and privileges e of the people pl of the territories to give the minority the power to rule over the majority and because of religion with which they are constitutionally prohibited horn interfering they dp despoil spoil rob job and plunder a whole com inanity under t the pretext that they are doing it in the interest of morality and good government sovern ment heaven save the mark and also save us from our friends orgather or rather from those political cormorants who feed and fatten upon what honest men have produced THE LOCAL REMEDY while it is hopeless to suggest any remedy for the world at large because they will not receive it and consequently must go to their destruction there is no reason why we should shoula be engulfed in the common whirlpool but every reason why we should escape the calamities that are threatening humanity in general all that is required of us UK is a strict observance of the counsels of the almighty to detail all of these would occupy more space than we fe can caa command at present but we can name a few TO the voice that john heard beard while upon the isle of patmos saying come out of her my people that ye ve be not partakers par takers of her sins alas and that ye receive not got of her plagues we have heard beard also and in response thereto we have left the lands of our barthi the graves of our ancestors and all that we held de arand come to this land the place of gods appointment zion if we are honoring the law of goethen God then are we the people of Zio nand zion shall not be moved out of her place ace 10 for wherever zion a god Is asoy I 1 his power by his ais bless dg and by his is outstretched arm to rotee t and deliver his people when ii all the world is in confusion we will be at peace when war shall be universal we will be cultivating the earth and our weapons will be the plowshare plow share and the pruning hook when son shall be arrayed against fat father berand and father against son in deadly conflict we will be binding the hearts of the fathers athers to the children and the children to the fathers by sacred ordinances din ances in gods holy temples when the earth Is being de populated by war famine and pestilence when govern governments government men ts and thrones are tot tottering terin 9 and empires are being crushed into atoms we will be engaged in establishing the kingdom of god and in redeeming zion by up building her at the appointed place and a holy temple therein also in strengthening the stakes of zion already established as well as lengthening her borders this is our destiny but in order to do this our hands must be free from blood eyen even the blood of our enemies our souls must be free from vengeance our hearts must lie be pure and our bodies clean from pollution and sin babylon with all ner ber uncleanness her follies and abd her fashions its as well as her products must be cast away for god has proclaimed a woe against her and it is folly for latter day saints to imagine that they can retain any portion of babylon and acceptable be to him the first zion presided over by enoch was caught up to heaven translated because of their purity parity and let me ask inasmuch as the zion above will again be united with the zion beneath will that union ever take place until a corresponding purity exists in the zion below I 1 I 1 answer never adam seth enoch noah abraham moses in fact all the holy men of former dispensations are anxiously looking to us who live in the last dispensation to consummate the work to which their lives were devoted for I 1 hey left their work incomplete unfinished they without us cannot be made perfect the magnitude of this work demands that we sanctify ourselves before god that we wa lay aside our selfishness that we cease our contentions our bicker ings and strafes fes that we unite our tern temporal oral interests in the lap language guage of tae the late revelation that we be one in all things let us also put our houses in order and puree out iniquity from our households theng then says the same revelation t will be with you and bless you saith the lord and ye shall asi assemble together in your holy places wherein ye assemble to call upon me and ye shall ask asic for such things as are right anda and I 1 will hear your prayers and my spirit and power shall be S e with you and my blessing shall rest upon you upon your families milies ta your dwellings and your househ households ids upon your flocks and herds and fields your orchards and vineyards and upon all that pertains to 10 you and you shall be my people and I 1 will be your god and your enemies shall not have do dominion miLdon over you for I 1 will preserve you and confound them saith the lord tor for they shall not have power nor dominion over you au for my word shall go forth and mv work shall be accomplished and my zion shall be established and my rule and my p power and my mv dominion shall preval prevail I 1 a among in on my people and all nations aks shall 11 yet acknowledge me even so go am amen en tit TRUTH UTH |
