| Show THE YE year AR BEFORE US eighteen hu adred edred and sixty five has gone its last jars are numbered with the past and another year has opened i upon us many people throughout the nation christendom and not a few a among m ong 0 the saints faints have looked forward to the year which eh has just commenced oa as one of a momentous nature pregnant with great events without desiring or caring to prophecy it may he be said and truly that not only this present year but many succeeding 0 ones will he be momentous and eventful for the god of heaven has gone forth in HB his wrath he is shaking th the nations for their wickedness as with a mighty earthquake and will continue until all things that can be shaken are shaken the great work 0 othe 1 k tha last days is speeding on and while lepin sin ein and corruption are increasing the dominion over which satan rules is diminishing there are some som e things that may be safely relied on aa as sure to be realized through this and succeeding yea years yearb rs the wicked will have no peace the righteous will increase in happiness and in the possession of lasting blessings those who hate the truth will continue to t 0 pour forth a fetid stream of slander and falsehood against its supporters and representatives facts will be 1 e so distorted asto be actual untruths un truths and the purest and best motives that thai can cau an ani mate the breasts breads of good men will wili be e wilfully misconstrued and set down sa ia base and sinister this has always been so whet where truth h a and nd error light and darkness were brought into conflict and always will be so fco while that contest continues we have witnessed it in past years and anti may expect it in those that are yet before wore ug us with a loyalty to the constitution of our country that has borne what nu no other community ox j section of this great republic would have borne we have been branded ax 93 disloyal and traitorous by those who were themselves traitors and most deeply disloyal with a purity and morality existing among our people such as no n other community on the earth ean can present we have bave been stigma tizeLl as corrupt and lascivious lac ivious with aa an industry energy and we have been threatened nei by that very source from whence ve should draw fostering care and protection to be robbed of the fruits of our industry and eart cart ea cast east st forth without a homo homa or country again to mark our travels traveis with the graves of our murdered dead deai for it is murder in in the sight of heaven and of man mun to cause the death of the innocent and unoffending through persecution and bitter cruelty to T adduce facts in support of these stat state ments mente would be needless they are toa too to known to require repeating will it be any different during the lb the present year judging by the pas garft it would seem that prescient wisdom is not required to answer no that we live in momentous times no sane person will doubt that the year 1866 1868 will vill have its full share of eventful occurrences tho the signs of the time times plainly declare politicians will gamble for place and und power and stav stal stake kie lie the happiness and very existence of millions oa the cast army 11 out of employment will strive to stir up trouble that they may have the gratification lon ion of seeing 0 bome some thousands of their fellow men destroyed while they are seeking honor specula speculators tois and wealthy shoddy will lobb lobby aud and wiredraw wire draw that fat contracts may swell their already plethoric purses from national treasuries in the event of wars two cent editors will snap at the heels of nobie noble worth like snarling curs to attract the attention of weightier men of the craft who may see eee dollars or influence in continuing 0 the attack narrow minded statesmen may plunge nations recklessly I 1 into war all these and other things of a similar nature may reasonably be expected but in all our duty is is clear and plain if as a people we are arc faithful to the truth and keep the commandments men ts of godall bodall Go god dall dali UI will be well with israel I 1 tile the future that iles lira before us is much like a journey dow down none one of our kan yone under the charge of a captain who knows the road lie he is traveling we may see a jutting cliff before Z us s that seems to block up the way and further lurther passage appears impossible but when we v e reach it the road toad winds gently around it and the difficulty is behind us with a the mountain at a short distance again hiding the way from view still ther them road winds on the thae these thebe se seeming obstacles disappearing as we reach them till the broad broadt open valley lies before ue if wo we do right we have no cause for dread our confidence is not based upon uncertain tradition idle dreams nor doubtful hypotheses hyp ot h e s es the revelations r e v of tho the past a and n d prese arese present nta ata are e eer certain tain ile tle the I 1 prophecies phenies s already fuld full fulfilled filled are arc i positive 0 ti ve assurances su rances that those which yet are undeveloped will be fulfilled to the ve very rt letter and while the nation of tuo tile earth may wish for peace and happiness yet feel war pestilence and misery they who have entered into covenants with the almighty aud and keep them sacred may safely trust in his protecting provi dences while we most cordially wish to our readers a happy new year we wish them and all the honest in heart heartt that which if conati posse possessed sed will bring succeeding and aai endless years of falth faith in the tho th lord eLord obedience to his will and the unction of the S spirit I 1 r it of truth to rest upon ally aily ta abide with them |
