Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-04-21
rnr SURE WORD or PROPHECY.

Tng SURE WORD on PROPHECY.
it's not inappropna,o n, this time 20
call the attention Of the Luiicr-iny
Saints 10 the we'll Known ami most 10.
mafkablo prediction given through
Joseph the Prophet concerning The
disturbances TO be- expected before the
contamination Of the present ora. The
prediction referred 10 h that contninci
In the s7ih section, Doctrine AMI
Covenant. The Seer Grsi depicts the
awful oonvuislon Of this nation, tcrmi.
Mating In the "ieath aud misery Of
many souls" but this war
was only the beginning 81 a
series Of disasters OF a similar Eind,
for "lhu days will come" he tays,
'lhat war Will DO poured out upon oil
nations, beginning at that place."
Thus far the words Of prophecy fuiai-
Ing 10 this subject arc perfectly clear
Viewing them In the light OF history
we cannot all 10 perceive their literal
iulfilment In every pAtliculsT nor can
II be- denied that the great Seer OF this
age, for cleafnsss VI prophetic vision
ana perception Of details Of history u
him sull future, ranks among the fore
most Prophets sent to mau by the
Almighty.
But OF tho latter part Of this prsdic'
ton there IL evidently something
which IL not yeI completely fulfilled.
We read
Aud Il shall come 10 pau, after many
days, slaves shalt rise up against thutt
masters, who shall hU mAfHhullnd and
disciplined tor war And 10 shall come 10
pass also, that the remnant who arc lcit
ui tho land will marshal thomsulvcH aud
shall become exceeding angry, aud snail
Nox tho Honuios with sore yo2auou.
Now,l part Of this prophecy has bad
it, iulnlmcnt Ia the War Of the tie.
bellion, II IL almost universally under
stood that there are other paris Of the
prediction It'll to come TO pas. There II
series Of events that are distinguished
from that war as something wniun viii
take place "altcr many Days" 10 h
true, the slaves ~ woll as theit masters
were mafanalled ard disciplined for
war but there IL evidently somolhinl
more, oven Of that, to expect la lhis
connection, and Ia view Of the recent
mnthAllnrundd isoiplining OF an army
calling it6elf'industrlal,n an obscfvaut
and studlous friend ventures the sug.
gesiion that the term 'alaves,"
although primarily applying to the
African race Ia the south, may
admit, like 20 many other prophe,ical
expressions, Of a motaphOucal use;
why may II not, in short,
mud application, Ia a motnphoucn
sense, 10 the lablring classui2 our
friend afgues; Tho appropriateness Of
such metaphor cannot be- questioned
when II is remembered that tho work.
ing men Themselves Ia their cOnlr.
versy with their HO.CAlird "UppfessUft"
often represent their condition ~.
"while slavery" aud themselves as
"slaves." Terms like these have BE-.
come almost universal battle cry.
Without assuming the corrcctneia Of |
this Interpretation, the pr1phetical
passage under consideration may sair. |
~ be- called forecast VI impending
troubles In which the labor agitation |
may and doubtless will play al iu. |
porIant part, followed by or perhaps l
cotempOraneous with agi,atons among /
the indians, Of n serious nature. Hut
this IL not all. For to tho calamitles |
OF Internal contention among tho nu.
lions Of the earth shall be added |
those Of famine, plague uuL |
oarlt qlabos, and thunder and storms, |
until the nations shall fool the chaslen. /
ing hand Of the Almighty. And all |
this 10, according to prophecy, In con. |
sequence Of the innocent blood tia. /
has flowed ON earth, and which, IKE |
that OF Abel Of old, Is crying to the |
Lord OF Sabao,h Tor vengeance.
The present movements among tho
Industrial CIasNus " tho clyillzBI /
nations point to a speedy mln.msnt
OF many Of The predictions VI joseph
the Prophet. Even tho world now
can see dangeraheld. Master Work
man Sovereign says the C5xoy arlla.
ton Is tue foreDlding OF revolution.
and hecompares 1t To tue iusurectiop
Of John Rrown previous to the Rebel.
lion, an opinion which Is shared by
othors Fear for what may soon
transplre has seized many bravo
heart, Ia connection with this cub.
jet Il is well worth noticing that tho
question has been sprung to call repre-.
fentatives Of the various labor orsauizl.
tions together In a general conference
for the purpose OF discussing the prac.
tloabili'y OF consolidating the various
interests, 80 as to enable them to pre-.