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enlarged upon tho prospects ahoal aud
/ predicted ~ucunss aud prosperity Ia.
stead Of dinicuitieA and tribulauons'
/ Most assurcdly he would. Bat
| Joseph spoke a. he was directed
/ by the isofd. aud his own desires or
ambition, u any such he posscsscd, cut
no figure IN the natter. AMI now,
how about the fulfllmcut of tho
/ prophecy Df revclatiun2 No one who
h acquainted with the history u the
| Chufc will hesitate ~ testify that
sine. that time the saints have indeed
/ passed. through much trlbulation. III
/ Ices than three years after The rcvela-
| ton was given they were driven from
| their homes IA JACKSON County. Three
/ years after that they were forced TO
| leave thair temporary ppsaessions IN
! Clay County, Mo-. aud still two year.
later, under the cxtcgmin,ting order OF
Governor Lilborn W. Boggs, they
were driven from tho state Of Missouri.
/ Seven years after their expulsion from
| that state, wicked mOha nitc
hrst killing the Prophet and
| Patriarch ia cold blood IN
Carthage jail, drov. the saints
from NalvOu into the wilderness
which was fuli u asvage indians; aud
even after coming 10 these mountains
[ we have been subject 20 Wicked Prose.
cutions aud prosecutions. II All this
| dout mean "much trlbulatl0n," what
does Il mean?
1im GATHERING oF THE NNrioNs.
In n revelation given through Joseph
smith In kirliand, Ohio, Sept H. ISL
the following occurs.
"For behold, I say unto you that ilon
shall flourish. and the glory OF The Lord
shall DO upon hor. Aud She shall DO Hn
cuHign Unto the people, and thcrc shall
come IN hrr out vt every nation under
heaven doc. aud Gov. bii a., ~
The MANI different nntionalitles
represented IA this Territory today "
conclusive proof " thc flitilmcnt OF
this remarkable prophecy, which was
uttered at n time when the Church
consisted of only n few per-ccuici pro-
pie, aud the Elders had only COM
mcnccd preaching In few OF the
| States.
REVELATION on WAR.
GA the 18th Of December, lSa2,
Joseph smith received remafkable
revelation In regard 10 war. | viii
read An extract
"Vctiiy, thus saith tho G.nri concorn-
/ ing tho war, that Will shortly come to
! pass. beginning at the rebellion Of South
| Carolina when will eventually tefmin-
ate la the death mud misery " many
souls. THIS days will come WHOM war viii
/ he poured out upon alt nations, beginning
al That place. For behold the Southern
states shall be- divided against tho North.
cfn States, and the Southern states will
cali on other nations, eNUn tho nation Of
Great Bri,nin, "a. 1t is called, and they
slinll also oall upon other nations, la order
/ to defend themselves against other ma
lions. aud thus war viii be poured ont
upon all nations" lDoc. & Cow, scs.
Jji.J
In communication which was writ
ton few days later 10 n. e.. ScatOn,
editor OF u paper published In ROchcs'
ter, n. Y. tho Prophet wrote;
~ am prepared Ia say by the authority
Of Jesus Christ that MT many years shall
pass away before tho United st.to- shall
| present such scene OF bloodshcd ~ has
not parallel In the history Of our IA
ton. historical Record, 900.
We will refer TO another prediction
on this SAME suhjcct, which was made
10y Joseph Smith IN Carthage, ILL.,, ten
days before he WIS niarlyrcd. A NUM-
bor Of the officers OF the troops, then
stationed In Carthage, and other per-
sons curious Ia No, Joseph, visited him
In bis room. Joseph aslscd them II
there was anything In his appearance
which indicated that hc was the despcr-
ate character his enemies represented
him 10 he. The answer was;
"No, slri your appearance would indi.
cate tho very CONTRARY, General smith,
but 40 cannot SEQ wins l. In your hc.d,
neither can otoll what arc your inlcn-
| tiona.n
Joseph replied;
ivory true, ponllomen, you cannot see
I what " In my hcart, aud YOU are therefore
unable TO Judge the or my Intentions; but
/ l can see what u In your hearts, and will
/ toll you what soo. l can 500 you thirst
for blood, aud nothing hut my blood viii
satisfy YOU. II l. not for crime of any
| description that | and my brethren arc
| thus continually pOrsucuteG and hafas-ed
| by our onomle'i but there arc other mo.
| tive-, and some Of them ] have expressed
80 faras rotate. IN myself; aud lnaamuch
a. you aud the people thirst for blood,
prophecy, IN the name of tho Lord, thai
/ you shall witness scenes Of blood and sor.
row 10 your entire satisfaction. Your
souls shall be- perfectly satialed with
| blood. and many OF you who are now
I
tho cannon's mouth from sources You
think not OF md those people that doslro
this great evil upon mo and my brethren
shall be- iillod with regret aud sorrow be-.
/ cause Of tho scOnos Of desolntlOD and dis
tress that await them. They shall seek
for peace and shall not BIO able 10 aud Ii.
uentlomon, you will find what have
told you to be true" dis. Record,
page 5Cj.l
ON the 18th OF December, 1860, nearly
| os years after the above revelation on
war was given, Ia filnlment COM
menced, for on that day convention
assembled In Charleston, \. g., which,
after three days elaboration, passed d
resolution 10 the effect that the union
hitherto existing between South
Carolina and the other States, under
the name Of the United States OF
America, was dissolved. This was the
beginning Of the rebellion. by the lat
OF February, 1851, six other States had
followed the example Of Houth Caro-
lima and Withdrawn from the Union,
aud new government was formed
under the name OF The Confederate
States ofAmerica. Not only was South
Carolina the hrst state 10 commence
the rebellion, but here also, M n 10
cause double fuliilment ~ Joseph's
prophecy, on April ~, 1901, the first
gun was fired from Confederate bat.
terry against Fort sumter standing at
the entrance % Charleston harbor.
The rulnOus war that followed ~ a
matter OF history. The Union losses