Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-08-06

ness Of the appalling picture. That
the most abominable oienscs against
the laws Of Goi and man are incruas-
Ing alarmingly il a fact that can be
easily demonstrated by the process Of
comparison. II the Insane race for
wealth, pleasure and power DO thrown
In, II will be seen how clearly are the
words Of the prophet fulnlled-"rley
will lie drunken with iniqui,y AMI all
manner Of abominations."
The prophecy emto lied ia the quota.
ton is niu'ium N pa 10, being stfick-
Ing illustration OF condensation. a
number OF elemental disturbances are
named. They were TO be-, Ia our
times, conspicuous for frequency aud
Intensity. IL not there would have been
no special point In naming them in
connection with the peculiar condi.
tions OF the latter days. Thunder 10
frat on Nephi's list Of vIsltatlons In
this particular prophecy. Accounts
come daily from all parts Of the earth
giving descriptions OF thunderstOrns
unprecedented IN the regions where
they occur. The fevcrberations are De.
nicted a. deaienlng aud tcrforizing,
while the accompanying lightning Il
no. only intensely vivid, but frequent.
ly destructive OF human life and prop.
criy, II being the means Of setting
bulldingson fre, aud performing many
eccentric operations.
Earthquakes accompanied by great
noises, ~ u the earth were groaning,
are more or less frequent and exceed.
ingly destructive, the latest being that
recorded IN the dispatches ~ having
destroyed town In Mexico.
The frequency and destructive chat.
acter Of storms and tempests is a matter
Of remark In the public jouraals. The
situation is such that In some places,
where they are specially common, the
people are kept 10 some extent In n
condition Il dread. II is nonsense to
say cavallcrly that such things have
always been and are therefore but a
continuation Of what has occurred In
the past. Where IL there the iniorma.
ton that would justify nm assertion to
the effect tina; such atmospheric dis.
turbances have ever been n prevalent
as now? Take our own loved country
NJ mn example. In some parts
Of It, so often have tempcsta and
storms Of great violence aud destructive
force appeared = almost annihil-
ating towns aud villagcs-thAt
storm. cellars have become part Of
residential architecture. This pro.
vision Of means OF refuge In connection
with dwelling houses has been almost
unknown until within tho last few
years. In connection with this sub.
Jet II may not be amiss to mention u
fact OF which we have been informed.
When the Elders Of the Oh ufch GO out
into tho world, part Of their proclaim.
alton is 10 warn the people Of coming
oalamitlea. In some parts Of the
southern States, where districts have
been visited by tcTrorizing storms,
numbers Of the people, not connected
with the Church, have sought out the
Elders ~ they could be- near them at
such times, believing that they would
thus be safo from injury during the ele-
mental war. As an object lesson
In relation to the prevalence Of storms
In the present period, we need only re-
fer no further back than TO the tenn.
postuous condition OF the octans-not-
ably the Manufacturing last winter.
The last Of the vlsitalions named by
Nephi IN the prophecy quoted in this
article Ia that Of "tho fame Of devour.
ing nrc." II Is only needful In this
branch OF the subject to direct atten.
ton to the daily record, which ~ AZ.
palllng. Numbers Of towns and citie- |
arc being practically Hwept out OF ex.
istenoe by the devouring element In |
the various countries OF our globe. AZ
stated some time since In the press
dispatches, the question was recently |
raised, In meeting Of insurance peo.
pie held In Liverpool, whether 1t was
advisable for European companies to
operate In thcU nited States, where fires
increased with such phenomenal
rapidity during the last few yoars that
the American business had been con.
Quoted at n loss.
There arc many predictions Of the
Prophets, especially those OF Joseph
Smith, which relate to the pIescn,
time that are receiving a literal vcri II.
cation in the prcsen, condition Of the
world, but this article has extended
already to greater length than was In.
tended. Consequently, further treat.
ment Of this subject must be deferred.
There ia enough to show to tine Saints,
ut least, that the days In which we
live are mOmentOug.
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