Show communicated communicated FAITHFUL ARK ARE THE WOUNDS OP OF A FRIEND BECAUSE the latter dy day saints warn the inhabitants of the earth ot of the ibe calamities lami la ties and sorrows that are coming there are many who affect to regard them as the enemies of mankind and who charge them if not with being the direct authors of the troubles they foretell yet with rejoicing at every affliction that befalls their fellows it is possible that there are some persons so completely destitute of humanity and the spirit of the Gos gospel gouglas glas as to re oice in the contemplation of the sufferings of their fellow mortals and in the of the terrible scenes that be nigh at hand but if there are any such persons connected with toe the cormons mormons Mor Rox mons they are simply religious fiends and are utter stra nera ero to the spirit and objects of the religion they pr profess fess to and may delude themselves into thinking they do believe the mission and business ot ol tie the servants servant of godau god la all ages has been to be saviors of mankind that is the mission of the latter day saints and I 1 personally know of some them probably there are huud hundreds ids who would williD willingly gly sacrifice their lives it if by so doing they could save even this nation from the awful afflictions that await its citizens in inconsequence conse of their pride and wick wickedness edne bo far from hating bating the world the true latter doy saint regards the whole hum an family bamily as his brothers and si sisters as the children of one common ft rather r and desires the welfare well are and happiness of all call them fools cranks fanatics or anything else you please and even if it rould could be proved that they are ridiculously deceived the fact remains that they are honestly and self laboring abarin ao to save the world physically as well Vs as spiritually over and over again both in speech and writing has it been proclaimed by them that the time was coming when they would have to teed feed even their enemies who wo would uld flee to them for far safety from the distress and anarchy and bloodshed that will yet aft prevail does ahls look like rejoicing in the calamities of others to the unbelieving it may seam seem very absurd but who can deny the benevolence beney olence and generosity of its spirit but so it has ever been no doubt noah naib was regarded as the biggest fool of his bis age and if the theories of some philosophers be true regarding the formation and development of the earth the antediluvians had bad far more excuse for unbelief than harthe has the present generation for according to the theory referred to enose ancients had bad never seen any vr very y large bodies of water there were no seas or oceans in existence and it seemed thee the climax of insanity as well as the night hight of presumption to predict such a general flood but now dow public men editors and thinkers everywhere realize the existence of bf dangerous dan gerbus social elements that threaten to produce a terrific upheaval throughout the civilized world all this was foreseen forese enand and foretold by the latter later day saints many years ago when anen there was no iudica tion litash at iest on the surface of such a coming storm I 1 myself listened to LO orson pratt and others as th they ey portrayed over twenty five years ago the scenes of today as well as many lar jar more harrowing thit that have not yet taken place jesus foresaw and predicted the calamities that were coming on toe the jewish nation la in his day ile he was hated tor for so doing was he uie the ene cue my or the friend of his nation in every age almost men have been inspired from on high to warn the inhabitants of the ibe earth of coming evils and to point out away a way of escape As a general thing these men have been hated and regarded as the enemies of thle the people they were attempting to save but does the tolef thief warn t the e person tie he intends to rob does doea tte tae murderer tell his hib victim of his dan danger 9 er does a hostile general send erA to his enemy to tell him of his critical condition and now how to escape the tolls prepared tor for him alim it the cormons mormons Mor mons hated mankind would the they leave wives children bils business baess friends friends sacrifice all earthly prospects take their olives aives in their hands as they have to and endure almost every conceivable cei cel vable hardship and atlon to warn the world of its dangerous condition and to tell how bovy to avoid coming evils men who make these charges know better bette it is the murde murderous spar spirit I 1 it in them that prompts tem to publish such infamous falsehoods laise boods with X it b equal justice might noah jonah and jesus be denounced as enemies of the people to alom wom they were sent because they predicted destruction unless they repented and with equal sense sens emay may we condemn and destroy the signal service of the country toi for for foretelling telling approaching storms and atmospheric disturbances 0 what then is the way of escape how shall peace harmony and prosperity be secured there is but one way there is no ao royal road for the attainment of t these hese ends rather there is but one royal road it is the same remedy that has bas been prescribed by the eternal father for his bis children in every period of the worlds history repentance there is no other possible poss ible way of as escape adf yet this is precisely what the wor world d is ib not willingto willing to do but it is ia just what they will have to do sooner or later AS i in the days of jesus 06 so now II if god asted asked men to rally to ib the st stand d ard of the cross with sword and bayonet rif rifle leand and cannon dynamite and torpedoes awo ano with the cruel spirit of the crusader ader deluge cities and nations with blood and destroy and enslave all who would not submit to the new government it would be blasphemy to te call it the government of god they would rush rash to 0 o sucu such rn en enterprise all its bangers and abd and hardships but this to is not nol gods method his plan involves no suffering it is mans oppa opposition to it that produces misery and pain his message today is the se same me that noah took to the blauss that jonah carried to ninevah Nin evab that john jahn the baptist and jesus proclaimed in 14 judea repent 11 cease to do evil learn bearn to do well undo the heavy burdens let the oppressed go free do justice love meroy mercy and walk humbly with god so and ana so only can peace and conn dence be establish established eo in the earth earb too well how however everi do we kno know that with few exceptions this message will be treated with contempt its heralds will as heretofore be st ae e out aud and in many cases killed what then are oppress oppression ioni injustice tee and corruption always to prevail no the ard has decreed a f lull ull end and of wickedness if men will not f forsake it they will be allowed to experience per peri lence ence to lo the f fullest extent ital its 1 m beitl mate resul results ti in noahs day it etwas wis quenched with water in this age it ft seems destined to bib be lue riched ifa 14 blood abc wicked will slay the wicked the spirit of disunion in subordination ordination strife and bloodshed are abroad to in the earth arid and will yet vet overthrow modern so called za tion then and not until then will the humbled bumbled and repentant inhabitants of the earth be ready to say blessed Blesse 4 te IN he that ed cometh methin in the name of the lord then will the wisest and best beat and god fearing of all unite in establish iril and maintaining a cipher high er better belter juster uster curf pure govern ment and civilization the very keystone of which will be that fear of bf the lord which is the beginning of 0 wisdom |