Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-08-25

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What for' For the purpose that thes,
Elders Of Israel have gone to the nation.
/ of the eauh-as q witness to the world
/ that the day OF Gods Judgment IS at
hand, and that the end Of wlckedness
on the earth is approaching.
"And this Gospel Of ihs kingdom shall b,
| preached 100 40 tic world for witness unto ail
nations. and then sha.lihe end come
For then shall De great
| u1u'aU1n, such AZ w. not since ihr beginning
Of the world 90 this lime. no. nor ever ihill De-,
| And except those days should De shortened
| there should u1 nr.h DE- saved Gr hc chests
/ sake those days shall D.. Shortened
F1f hefc shall arise false CIntis. llI flTa
| prophet. aul shall shcv great tlntaHl UoHi-
| cu .nt0mueb that II IL we're possible they shall
/ deceive ihr very elect
| behold have told YOU before.
Wherefore, 30 they shall sy unto you. BE.
] hold. he is in ihe desert g1 n1; iafih behold.
| Doe if 10 thc sccici chlm1gu, believe IL moi
Bat a. tHe days ui N1d
were. so shall also the coming OF tbc Son Of
/ Man BE-
Fer as Ia the DAYS tha, were before thc GOOD
/ they were eating and blinking, marrying sud
/ giving .n marriage, until Che day that Noe cu-
/ tered the afa.
And knea not until DC d58d came. and took
! them 40 away. so shall ihc coming Of The Son
/ Of Man be.
The Elders shall proclaim the coming
/ Of the son Of Man aud the dawn Of the
mllcnnial rest; but before those events
/ shall trlnspirc there shall be such tfibu.
/ laton Ia the midst ot the children Of
men as has never been dreamed OF.
/ Bye hath not seen. ear hath not heard,
neither hath the mind Of man conceived
the condition OF affairs that shall exist
before that coming.
immci afsly after thc u.buaion Of those
| days snail tlr sun b. Itrscnci. and ihc moon
SHAH not give bee hight, and the stars shall ALI
from heaven. and ihc pJNcn Of the heavens
| ahlIi Doe shaken.
And then shall appear me sign Of the Son of
/ Man Boo heaven and then shall 400 thr tribes Of
/ thc earth mourn, lnl they shall sec Che Son ul
/ MN coming in ihc clouds Of heaven with
power and great glory.
In this description that lie gave in an.
swcr to the question, What shall be
the sign OF Thy comlng' lie said that
/ before these things should take place
this Gospel OF the kingdom should be
! preached Ia all the world Tor a witness.
There are today hundreds OF Elders,
| clothed upon with the holy Priesthood,
I raising their voices IN the high places OF
/ the earth as well as among the lowly, In
proclamation VI that Gospel, aud men
everywhere are hearing the sound there.
| Of. some are being brought TO the
knowledge Of the truth OF the Gospel.
/ The great body Of the human family,
however, treat II rs the proclamation Of
/ the Gospel was treated In the days Of
/ Noah. But what was to follow this
I proclamation Of the Gospel Tnbula.
/ ton, commollou, wars and rumors Of
/ wars, pcstllcnce, famine, and earth
! quakes. We look abroad upon the ma.
| tons ol the earth today and what do we
hnd2 Is there cOmmoionl Is there
fear? Is there dfcad1 Are there not
| peculiar influences taking hold OF the
hearts OF women and men and causing
| them 10 make movements that we can.
not EXPLAIN VINO Is there today, with
the wisdom Of the worli, can give the
philosophy OF this movement that Today
! is sweeping across our land and gather
ing men together by the thousands with
their faces turned toward the capital Of
our naiionf Who can explain. with the
wisdom Of the world, the conditions
that environ our own nation aud the ma.
| tons OF the carihp Why Is Il that IN the
old world the nations maintain armed
forces such as were probably never
/ gathered together before on the face OF
the earth, aud this Is time oil peacel
Only yesterday the declaration was
brought across the telegraph wires from
the heir apparent to the throne OF Eng.
/ land that the only chance for peace was
the increasing OF their army and navy.
/ We know what the inevitable result OF
this must be. Somewhere and some
time the fuse will be ignited. For the
nations OF the earth today dwell upon a
volcano that is liable to explode at any
minute. In our own nation how many
times do we hear from the pulpit and
from the rosIrum expressions with re.
gard to the condition Of affairs that ex-
lists In this land and the results that must
How theteirom.
An these things have been ioreiold by
the prophets OF God. Two thousand
years ago. Jesus, seated upon the Mount
OF Olives, delneatcd to the disciples the
condition Of affairs that should surround
us In this day. We are but living in the
day Of the iulfllment Of prophecy; and
IN that iulhllment there shall come to
the nations OF the earth such a condition
Of alsirs as doubtless the world has
never seen. Why From the very fact
that except those days should be
shortened there should be no flesh
saved" These judgments and calam-
tiles shall ovettake the earth with light
ming rapidly, for this is a day Of rapid
movement We 20 from one end OF this
country TO the other IA five or six days.
We travel around the globe In about
sixty days. We talk with the further.
most parts OF the earth IN a moment or
two. Therefore, | say, we are living Ia
a day OF rapid things-a day In which
events can be cut short, and yet more
can be accomplished In a day thus short
cned than could have been accomp-
lishcd In the past. We read from time
to time that some nation has discarded
the arms with which they have equipped
their soldiers, because they have found
more destructive weapons. II does not
take today so long to destroy an army
as It did iilty or hundred years ago;
with the advantages they have now, II
can be done almost IN the twinkling OF
an eye. So these things shall be ac-
complished speedily and sudden de-
sltucion shall come upon the children
OF men, surrounded as they are today
/ with these instruments OF death. The
nations Of the earth shall find that in
the end the word OF God will be full
filled, His kingdom will be established,
and lie Will bring to pass Ills purposes,
and In the bringing to pass OF those
purposes we read:
Now learn pamhle Of the dg tree. When
his branch is yet tender, and puttelh forth
| leaves ye know that summer Is night
| 80 likewise yc, when ye shall see all thrs,
things, know that it Is near, even at the doors,