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mcnt which await them II they do reject
those things;
For II they do relcc, those things the
hour OF their Judgment IL nigh, aud
tholr house shall be len unto them desc.
late.
ON another occasion the Lord said
TO his servants!
Behold, | sont you ont to testify and
warn the people, aud 10 boC1meih every
man who hath boon warned to warn his
noighbor.
Theroioto, they Sro lcfl without excuse,
aud their sins arciupon their own hcads.
He that sooketh meoarly shall find mo,
and shall not DO forsakcn.
Abide 70 In the liberty wherewilh We
arc made free; ontanglo not your
selves In sin, but lot your hands be clean,
until the Lord Gomez
For not many days honce and tho
earth shall trcmblo and rool to and fro rs
drunken man, aud tho sun shah hide
his face, and shall refuse 10 glyo light,
and the moon shall DO bathol M blood,
aud tho stars shall become exceeding
angry and shall cast them selves down
as a fig that ftlloth from oil a ng tree.
Aud amor your testimony comath
wrath and indignation upon tho people.
For after your testimony cometh the
testimony Of earthquakes that shall
men shall fall upon tho ground, and
shall not DO able to stand.
Aud also comoth tho testimony Of tho
voice u thundering-, aud tho voicol OF
lightnings, and the voice OF tomposis, aud
tho voice Of tho waves Of tho sea, hoav-
ing themselves beyond thoir bounds.
And all things shall bo In commotion.
and surely mons hearts shall fail Thorn;
for fear II come upon nll people:
Aud angels shall ny through tho midst
OF heaven, crying with q loud voice,
sounding the trump " God, saying,
Prepare ye, prepare yo, o inhabitants of
the earth; for tho Judgment Of our God IL
come. behold. and ioi bridegroom
como,h. 80 ye out to moot him.
1t IL well TO remember, when read.
ing these words, that We are not read.
ing black letter In some ancient work
about some ancient people; but We are
reading the words Of God a. they have
been revealed through the inspired
prophet Joseph Smith, ana they apply
directly TO tho generation In which
we live. lt In the decree Of the Lord
that these Judgments ehall 20 through
the earth. what for? To crafty aud
please the Latter.day Saint2 No.
10 crafty any Toyengetul feeling that
oXists in the breast Of GoI2 No. Such
n thing AZ that would be unworthy OF
the Father OF tbs human race. II
would not DO worthy OF or like God.
When wise parent corrects "A child
with corpoTeRl punishment, Is It to
crafty Tevengeful feelings In the
breast Of the parent? That would be- a
very british Idea OF pafontnge. he.
liove that punishment should never
be inflicted bya parent except for the
correction aud the retaining OF the
child. And | have always looked
upon the judgments decTeed Of God
and that have been predicted, both by
ancient and modern prOphets, rs
events which shall prove corrective OF
the evils that exit, and not to crafty
revengeiul feelings IN the breasts Of
the Saints Of God, who may have
suffered NJ the hands Of the wicked,
much less 10 crafty any Tevengolul
feelings In the heart " our Father In
heaven. Suffering 10 the fruit OF the
tfansgtession Of law; and these pre-.
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dlc,ed calamitlcs which we call the
Judgments Of God will be but the
consequences Of sin.
In tho works ui inhdel writer's the
Hood II feforred 10 as an exhibition OF
cruelty on the part OF Deity; and their
descriptions Of II have been drawn out
In such a manner as 30 cast reproach
upon the Justice and mercy Of Got.
And at the first glance II seems dilll
cult to justify such a Great Calamity
ne we REGARD the Hood to bo, by
which the whole race Of men was
we'll nigh swept out Of existence.
Tho people Of that generation, how.
ever, had corrupted themselves almost
past our comprehension. IL II written
that the thoughts Of their hearts were
evil continually, anu they were ours.
ing their posterity with that inclina.
ton TO evil which they had contract
ed by their wiCkedness. They would
have stamped all succeeding genera.
ti0ns with their own weaknesses
and proueuess TO wrong doing; and
those pure spirits that existed in the
presence OF Gol that had not yet
tabefnacled ia the flesh would have
had 10 come through that sin-cutscd
lineage aud would have boon place q
Mt n great dlsadvantagu In their pr ba.
ton, because parunlago had wonder.
ful influence upon the formation Of
character. God knew this, and lie
knew that " that generation Of men
were permitted 10 continue pfopagat.
ing their species the result would be
that curse AMI not blessing would
be brought upon His children who
~ -. \ IA NNfHN
then, 10 the untold millions VI spirits
that were TO come to the earth, the
Lord destroyed that generation OF mon
that lived Ia tho days Of Noah, see
In that act an act Of mercy rather than
cruelty. The people In the days ot
Noah were cut OIL from the earth
that their wiokedness might not no
prrpetunted In their children, anu n
more righteous branch OF the human
family was preserved, that the spirits
that had 20 tabernacle In tue nesh
might have better parentago than the
wicked anteiiluvlans, and consequent'
ly better prospect Of successfully nc.
complaining their mission In this pro-
bation than they would by coming
through wicked patcntage.
som this generation the Lord has
His purposes 10 accomplish, aud We
shall flnd that though there oe Rppaf.
cut harshucsa In this carrying out OF
these purposes, mercy and Justice VIII
be properly balanced In the accom-
plishmcnt Of G1d's designs.
But here " what / would impress
upon you: We have the decree Of the
Lord that after the testimony Of His
servants TO this generation the calam.
tics depleted In these revelations
shall stalk abroad IN the earth, and
there snail DO tho teatimony Of
cyclones,l Of tempesis, of the
seh heavlng itself beyond It,
bounds, and Of earthquakes,
the hearts OF mon falling them
for fenr Of the things that arc
coming upon mankind. Look upon
our present condition. There Is n
lack Of confidence eKiaiing every
where, especially In regard 10 financial
matters, anu the hearts Of men are
failing them, and everybody Il Won
dering aud sprculating about how and
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Paul had pretty hard time Of ID; but
In walking along the path of iiery
trial he was contributing much 10 tho
accomplishment Of tho purposes OF
God; and II was "a consciousness OF this
fact which made him exclaI m,
81 glory In tribulation." 80
II has been with US. Travelling
without purse ana scrip ia
the earth. ioOtsore aud weary, without
Influence how long would the Elders
Of Israel have been compelled 10 work
by these methods before they could
get the Congress Of the United States
10 have listened b an explanation of
Mofm0uism2 a long, long time. How
long before the Senate would have
devoted days and days TO hearing tx.
plantations " the Mormon faith? A
good long time. How long before the
supreme Judges Of the United States,
clad In all the pRraphornnlia OF their
Office, would have sat and listened
patiently to explanations OF Mormon
ism2 A long time. How long before
you could have got the President
nud his cabinet 10 have given any
attention TO the testimony Of these
humble Eider-2 a good long time.
% fact, / know not now we ever could
have reached them by preaching
the Gospel without purse aud scfip.
But all those men composing the cabi.
net Of the President, the President
himself, the SENATOR, members Of the
House OF Representatives, and the
supreme judges have teen reached, and
thuy have ahuuduuLy heard Of the
truth; anu believe, iut uet, that they
have not only heard ot tho truth, but
thc Spiritof God hath borne testimony
a. their spirits that this work called
"Mufm1niam" IL tTuc,and therein will
ue their condemnation; not fur ngnttug
against ~, no that tnuy have passed.
laws and imprisoned iow OF our
brethren; not that they work incon-
vcnioucu 10 tho Lattcf-Iay Saints by
driving hundreds uf women nui chill.
/ dron into exile; but because they stiia
/ In their own hearts the whispering. OF
Gods Spirit That 10 where tho
! condemnation OF thll world will
come In. Seeing the light they
refuse % come 10 ~. They love dark.
ness rather than light, anu that for the
reason given by one Of old, because
their deeds afoovil,
We'll, Viewed Ia this light, " hat OF
the suiiurings Of the Saints in the past
Tow ychfst WHAT " eleven hundred
men aud more have been imprisonod
brhiui iron bnts2 IL there a man OF
thum thatiw0ull hogruIge the little he
has contributed In bearing this testi.
mony 70 the great ONES OF the earth?
No. Rather would one be- sorry that
he has contributed ~ lit,le TO the no..
complishment Of Az great a WORK ~
that Our sisters, too, have pattici.
pntci il 10, aud may rejoice IA n:
Tor they have given force anu effect a,
the testimony that has been borne.
In that, It seems 90 me, can see the
hani " the Lord, fof the slstrts NJ
wcllgs the brethren ought 20 Ice md
are Identified with this great testi.
mony. By Mormonism becoming n
national question In the Unite States.
| the attention Of kings uud pfincr, An,i
I statesmen In foreign lanis has been
brought 10 The WORK, AnI they have
/ made liz acquaintance. Everyghor.,
these suilefiugs, u you call ,hrm surI,
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caslon to warn these people Of the
threatened judgments of God,
anu called upon them 10 re-.
ponL The editor published our
communication, and in an editorial
note sail that lao did not publish the
letter because he had taken alarm nj
the MormOns' warning, but he had
published II that the people might
know that there was a good deal Of
folly and Ignorance In this world, aud
that a great amount Of It was con-
nected with Mormonism. My letter
afforded theme OF mrffiment TO
them. Well, / wondered when read.
ing OF that cyclone II thUy had for.
gotten the warning we had given.
suppose they hat; but the disaster
camu nevertheless.
We are told that after the tcsll.
monies Of the servants VI God come,h
the testimony of wrath anu indigna.
ton, OF tempests aud earlnquaReg,and
these shall testify Of CODE
power, until men are brought TO 70.
pentance. believe tho Lord meant
what lie said Ia this. / believe that
He 10 not 10 be- mocked by this genera.
ton. believe tho things deCTucd
viii have their iulllmrnt, however
painful they may he. Latter.day
Saints, are you aware OF what y
splendid testimony We have been
bearing 10 the nations of late years.
The hand VI the Lord il Visible In 10.
10 Boc-sto Inc lie has taken it in hand
Himself 10 make the entire people
bear witness 60 the great things that
He has predicted through His ser.
wants. MomDuism has been having
a pretty good hearing among men oi
late; aud the last few years have been
more fruitful OF testimony bearing
than any other period OF time Ia the
history OF the Church. some people
have looked upon the last few years
OF our experience Us unffuitful IN
accomplishing tho purpOsus OF God.
Some have gone 40 far ns 10 think that
nc have boon actually In retreat, and
that We have been losing ground.
think We are shOrtsighted indeed n
we take such u view as that.
Toillustrato what mean, let mo call
ylur attention 10 tho experience Of
Paul. You know his history; YOU
know how nt Oue time ho was per.
secutor Of the Ssiuts ami sought 10
destroy the Church Of Christ. You
know that on his way 10 Damascus he
was overiakon by vision Of the Lord,
aud the Lord put this very pointed
question TO him; "5aul, saul, why
pcrseoutest thou me? Aud no saii.
Who art thou, Llrd? And the Lori
said, | am Jesus whom thou pefsn.
Gutest" When he learned that he
very humbly onquirui OF the LJrd
what He would have him DO, aud he
was told 10 40 into Damascus and II
should theirs bo told him what he
should DO. You know how he was Wis.
tied by one OF the servants of tile L1ri
aud the ordinance oil baptism admins.
terad uuto him; AMI how Afterwards II
was tumDred eb9ut thnt this grBat per.
sooutor, who had been casting the
Saints into prison, was now an hdv0.
cate Of those thiugs lac oucr Sought to
destroy. You know how he labotcd At
Antioch; how he went up b Jsrusn-
lem 10 oJnior with the brethren there,
how he Travelled throughout Mace.
donia and Greece, establ shing
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churches at Athens, in Corinlh, in
IhessalOniCa, aud In other great
cities; and by aud 10y you know now
the horizon about him became sud.
denly DARK, and he was prosecuted on
every hand until he himself Ux.
claimed that bonds and imprisonment
seemed to threaten him In every city.
Finally, Ia order 10 escape from the
wrath VI the rabble, lac surrendered
himself "a prisoner 10 the Roman eli
clals, aud he had 10 lauguish for years
In prison, While suffering these
imprisonment, once I'm awhile there
would be n RJman governor or king
come along, and the governor holding
MIN In ward would tell him OF this
mau Paul who had been left In bonds
by his predecessor, ami would ask the
visiting nOblemau " he dld not wish
10 hear HIN, 10 Paul on these coca.
sions was brought out In his chains,
aud lac had the privilege OF standing
IN the prcsoncu VI Judges, OF governors
anu OF kings, anu prOclsimiug the
word " truth. by this means the
word Of the Lord was brought home 10
the great anu high ones. They were
not to DO lott without testimony Of
the Gospel any moro than tie poor
and the lowly; anu thia seems to be
the method that the Lord had TO bring
His Gospel 10 these great ones OF the
earth, They would not listen 10 thep POOR
fishermen OF Galilce; tut 10 Paul, In
chains aud a Roman prisoner, tnay
would ii'tca; ami ho preached tho
word very uileC,ually. Before Gov.
ctuOr Felix no reasoned 30 mhstrTly
On Righteousness, temperance aud
judgment to come tina. the naughty
Roman turned pnlu anu tfumbled. o.
the occasion when King Agrlppn cnmr
into Judea, surrounded about by tho
members OF his court, aud Paul ~ the
invitation OF FcHtus related 10 them
the vision hU had received Of the LlrI
Jesus Christ, and reasoned upon faith
hud the resurrection, Ftstuu cried out,
"Paul, thou art beside thyrolG much
learning doth make thee mau," To
which Paul answered, 81 am not mad,
most noble Festus; but speak forth the
words NJ truth AMI Hobernes-." rurn.
I Ing to the king, ho said, "king
| Agtippa, buliUyost thou the
| prupuuls2 know that thou be.
lioyest." Then Agripps said unto
/ Paul, calm -t thou pcrHuadcst mp
/ 10 bs a Christian" Paul sniu, 81
would 10 God that not only thou, but
/ alsO all that hear the this day, were
/ both almost nud Altogether sucu ~ !
/ Am, except these bonds" Thus wac
I tue power Of God win MIN, and thus
was thu Gospel preached & governors
aud kings. since Pauiis pcrsucutors
continued 60 seek his life even while a
| prisoner, nud seeing no prospect ~
| obtaining his freedom rom these lp.ty
Engs aud governors, he appealed 10
tcut's luIgmunt.Hent.
No. uniy these petty governors aud
/ klngs, y's'tb- uutpie.fOurd emperor oi
ROmudant. By nIrsiiDony Of the
ftga'ap,r reading public mu- Tho
-. familiar with the circums,uut ~,
/ lhi have periodically arisen In Ma a
/ WituJ, ich has boon uobhiug up u0ns OF
| tue cArlhy - 80 'tt'tict court q %. tht
/ Gospel would ever dave Jeru preached
In the palace Of the CWiafs but b.
J adopting some such mrtuuI as thi-.
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MADE ny
ELDER B. H. ROBERTS,
A Me Weber Stake Conference, Ogden,
Sunday, Ju,y 10, 1893.
nnronIrp nr Antnrn wIsrEnl

g remarks OF Brother orson Smith
a " great interest 10 the people and
timely In thoir character. with
him, believe that the time is ripe for
the accomplishment Of the purposes Of
the Lord, and during his remarks n
fow paragraphs In one Of the revela.
la,lons In the Doctrine and Covenants
camo to my mind, which 1 will read.
When sending some OF tho frat
Elders out to preach the Gospel, the
Lord said TO them;
Behold, send you out to reprovo tho
world Of all their unrightoOus deeds, aud
to teach lhom Of a judgment which Is to
come.
Aud whose rooelvoth you there will
be- also, for / will 20 hOfOro your face. /
will be on your right hand and on your
Ion and my spirit shall be In your hearts,
and mine angels round about you,to bear
you up.
Whose Tccolvoih YOU Teceiveih mo,
and the same will feed you, and clotho
you, and give you money.
And he who feeds you, or clothes you,
or gives you money, shall In no wise
losa his reward
And ho that dooth not these things il
NOT my disoIple; by this you may know
my disciples.
ilv tnst foceivelh you not, 20 away
from him alone by yourselves, aud
cleanse your foet oven with water, puro
water, whothor In heat or In cold, and
bear testimony Of II unto your Father
which IN Ia heaven, and roturn not again
unto that man.
And in whatsoever village or city yo
enter, do likewise.
Noverthoicss, search diligently and
spare not, aud wo unto that house, or
that village or city that rolooteth you, or
your words, or your testimony concern
ing me;
Wo, / say again, unto that house, or
that VILLAGE or city that rcloctoth you, or
your words, or your testimony Of me;
For I, the Almighty, have laid my
hands upon the nations 10 acourgo thOm
tor their wickodn0ss!
Aud plaguos shall 10 forth, and thoy
shall not DO taken from the earth until |
have completed my work, which shall DO
cut SHORE Ia righteousness.
Until all shall know mo, who ROMAN,
even from tho least unto the greatest, and
shall be- fillod with tho knowledge OF tho
Lord.
And again II II written;
And the Bishop. Novel X. whitney,
also should travel round about aud
among all tho churches, searching after
the poor TO administer 10 their wants by
humbllng tho rich aud tho proud,
lilo should also omploynn agent 10 tako
charge and 10 do his secular business NJ
he shall dirocti
Nevertheless, lot tho Bishop go unto
tho city Of Now York, also To tho city Of
Albany, and also TO tho city Of Boston,
and warn tho people Of those cities with
the sound OF tho Gospel, with loud
voice, Of the desolaIion and uttor ABOLISH
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largely due that the Royal Family so nearly es-
capped It's enemies. II the King had allowed him
10 accompany the party. he might have carried
out h!s plan successfully. But after IL failed he
devoted himself to serve the Queen under the
direction OF his own sovereign. Gustavus III. 1t
was 20 him that she corfded her plan for
Congress of the Powers backed by sufficient force
TO overawc the opponents of the monarchy IN
France But she seems to have agreed with the
King that this force was not 70 be used 20 save
his life or hers The preservation of the thrcne
was the only thing upon which the hearts OF both
were set The Queen. much as she opposed the
Constitution was still more energetic against the
plan of the en.gran,s headed by the princes, who
urged an immediate Invasion OF France. Her
ooposition drew down on her head curses from
the self-cxilcd aristocracy not less bitter than
those with which the populace assaiicd her.
Certain c.ngrants pushed their indeccncy to the
POINT Of rejoicing publicly over her arrest ana
they even rallied at her ss democrat. But
tho homo OF an agreement Of the Powers was
DESTROYED when Gustavus III was asssssinatcd
and Leopold the Emperor. died rot without sus-
picion Of poison Marie Antoinctte met the tate
she had anticipated. and years afterward Count
Fcrscn himself beaten TO death By a mob
in Stockholm.
II will never. in tho case of NJ. de la Roche
teries book, be a matter OF astoniShilleHt az ~
has been In the case Of other famous DOCKS
that it was crowned By the French Acad-
envy. The author has apparently exhausted
every source of information respecting the III
fnted Queen. lie has worked upon his material
until every atom of IL has been pat in It's proper
place The result is a piece of historical writ
ing in which every point that is made Is proven
az If By a mathematical demonstration In the
Infamous affair OF the diamond necklace as III
the lighter accusations against Marie Antoi-
nette. every fragment Of evidence has p"eh
sifted and estimated at its proper value Inc
book is n vindica.icn of the Queen. In the race
Of which a renewal Of the old accusations
would be an insult to human intelligence.
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UHITTIERS BROTHER.
4 FORGOTTEN HGMORrsr.

The late b. r. Shaber. when tak-g many
years ago Of his Mrs Partlpgton" papers and OF
other humorous writings Of New England made
special mention OF the work OF "Artemus Ward"
and ETHAN Spike" AYE. fellow-suffer
ers together In the Carpet Bag venture" he
said abiding to an illustrated comic weekly OF
money In an attempt to float 1t. by the way I
long ago. In which he said. Come out here. Shil-
aber dress up In the ideal costume Of Mrs Parting
ton-wth cap. knitting work and all-and take
the platform. giving lectures In keeping with your
ir,personatlon OF the dame, and you'll carry the
West by Storm Quite likely might make hit
by following friend Brownies wcll-meant advice.
but don't propose TO make a mountebank OF my
self for the sake Of winning shekels." And Mrs
PartIngtons' face took a somewhat disguised
look.
But speaking OF Ethan Spike" he continued
che was a genius Not In the same lIne as mat
OF his iilustrious brother. John c. Whittier but In
his own he was certainly out OF the ordinary. lie
was genuine humorIst. and he rounded SCHOOL
OF comic literature which brought out many ini-
tators. In short. he was original, unique ana OF
high grade In his peculiar line" ..o,, ,,o
poet was chief comprised. besides himself two
sisters and one brother. all OF whom are, are aeaI
one OF the sisters married. the other i've Ssu hr %
the post NJ Will ssr 9famary known
among his friends by his middle name, FRANK Inc
poet had great and not misplaced falh nn Inc ~.
erary judgment OF his maiden sister, anu ., snh
his custom. before launching a new poem: 20 SUP
nit II to her critical opinion Frank wa WIN
them little after reaching maturity; ne lived mahy
years In Portland, where he was ooo"Aeepe' i"'
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c.r,o, mercantile houses and then long tine ~
S,oston where he held an office IN the ,rs in
"nse obtained IL is said through his brother ~,
nucnce While in Portland he married Miss ; bir,
Vaughn who. with several chiidren' sur Ssrel r
one these children 3 the Portland wils
and ,be b,ographcr Of the poet. ,d
Frank Whittier. though inclined 70 seclus'o r,,ch
.a1iturnitv had a quiet, quaint n9moIi nonin
.aissd ,uch but left no sting behind i1is cT'l.S
ess,Isions over tho pseudcnyme Of Ethan og,ne
v,are chiefly contributed to The pori ~ Hsw
SCRIPT The Boston Carpet bag ana ne u. Come
York Vanity Fair They all purporte99 % Coun-
~. Me. Which, according to its chronicer' d"ni
a down-east wonderland. whose wids.a"ah,yu o anv
zens were up TO the times and reaoy 20 town
Great question of the day az "a speciai 'D ,,s
Smes,In'' The first Ethan Spike" letter W." az
printed In THE Portland Transcrlpt Oh S.onhers
To- 1916 in which epistle the giories anu ,.,od and
Of the old Pne-Tree state wsre duly depS'eu I'D
ertoed 10 benigbted end ong-sufferns " o,hsr
This was followed, from tire 10 ,Hne 10y ouc.-
Spike letters each taking Up some ,n he 'poet
ZION OF public Interest. Ethan nNr n.s pthc
brother was an anti-savery man nehc. UPON a.aye
rcoeai OF the Missouri Compromise ana the pas rnt"
OF the Fugitive Slave Bill the oracle OF ,Ov g.
psclaiiy caustic in treating Of Mr. ep5er, i his
Whittier was In stature tall ard stras,s. n hoo I'd
hrnthcr but more massive. He wore long ~. 10
ana had more the look Of business MAJ az In
triorcS than Of a humor!st. He was interesting In. ~
his talk and agreeable In manner An 81, reia
Viewer questioning him ore day as e o. stste-
."rhe oniy relationship existing between JOIN on,
Greenleaf Whittier and mysei sad r. sn,nc
"is we each had the same father anu ''e ''''e
mother"
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a Wel.-Matched Par.-"That Is wonderfully
bright dog OF Tlmmins's Can do almost every
That makes them pretty good team. Timmins
can DO nothing but taik"-Qndianapols Journal.