Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1890-12-23

lIshed in . leading magazine, the
Arena, In August last. He Pre-.
diets that the United States Is ap-
preaching . climax in affairs that
will throw all events in the history
of the nation into the shade. II
will be in the character OF an inter-
nscine war Of surprising horror,
which will virtually cause the
struggle Of the Rebellion to go into
forgetfulness, He draws attention
to It's cause.-the anger Of the mas
ses against the combinations Of CAPT.
tai for purposes connected with the
rapid accumulation ef wealth, and
the resisting power of labor organ.
lied into counter-combiues, the ex-
tremes ofwealth and poverty, which
the people will not tolerate. he
also cites the condition OF the farm
ers through large sections Of the
country aud the wrath betrayed by
their incsndissy language; he does
not omit TO speak of the di.cordant
condition Of religious elements, and
the probability Of q race coufiic.
forming = portion Of the approach
ing struggle. Finally the professor
says:
ait will be labor and capital war
interminglel with a religious element
of discord and with a mixture Of the
race question, from the presence OF .
powerful negro element confronting
Caucasian negrophobia."
Joseph Smith not only predicted
such situation over half n century
ago, as among the situations that
would exist within the limits OF the
generation living while he uttered
the prophetic words, but pointed out
the same causes as those TO which
the scientific predicter points, with
out being aided by their existence.
Those causes themselves were d part
OF what was foretoid by the Prophet.
The following, delivered ia 1881. has
reference to the combinations that
would be formed as Introductory
to q social cataclysm:
Doctrine and Covenants, page III
sand behold if shall come TO pass that
nv servant. shall be sent forth to the
cas-; and 10 the west, to the north and 10
the south. And even now let him tina;
goeth TO the east teach them that shall
be converted to flee TO the west, and
this in consequence Of that which is
coming upon the earth, and Of secret
combinations"
Again, the Prophet Nephi. in the
Book of Mormon, page Ia, says, re-
gar ling our times:
"For the time speedily comeih, that
the Lo-d shall cause a great division
among the people, and the wicked
shall He Destroy 81
The same work-the record Of the
ancient inhabitants ofthis continent
speaking through the Prophet
Moroni, regarding the people in this
land in our day, tells Of the terrible
consequences Of the organization
and operations Of combinations TO
obtain power and gain" They are
described on page SIS, and arr
denounced as destructive Of
the liberty OF all people
among whom they exist. A sol
emn warning is uttered respecting
them, and the people to whom the
words refer are aimonished to beware
when they s-e such combinations.
"which shall he among you.o Thus
what the scientific prophet points 70
az Indicative of the approach of
great civil strife in this country,wa;
clearly portrayed as future con
ditions, through the great religious
prophet Of the nineteenth century.
Not only did the latter foretell the
approaching struggle as within the
limits Of the present generation,
when ''evsry mans hand should be
against his neighbor," but that the
Elders Of the Church of Jesus
Christ Of Latter-lsy Saints.
when the fate of the nation should
seem to hang by a thread, would
lin the standard of freedom and,
with the aid OF the upright and
patriotic citizens OF the land, re-
establish the country on a constitu-
tienal basis, and bring order out OF
social chaos.
One thing is clear-if the learned
Boston scientist is q correct pre-
dieter of future events by a scien-
tic process, then Joseph Smith is
true prophet from religious stand
point. In this regard, taking the
Book Of Mormon predictions, science
is over 1900 years behind revelation,
while those directly ehuneiatei by
Joseph Smith make the relative
distance between from so to 20
years
There are other predictions by the
distinguished professor that are still
more striking as parallels to the
prophesies Of Joseph Smith than
that which refers TO what he claims
shall be one Of the greatest
and most sanguinary social
struggles in the history OF the world,
and IL they be taken as correct, they
all, in their line, bear witness that
grest prophet was raised up in this
hation, who sealed his testimony
with his blood. He was born eigh-