,bytheway1 ,meridith ,crowder1 ,ben     
,crowder1 ,cameron ,dixon1 ,eric ,heaps1
 ,tod ,robbins1 ,david ,van ,leeuwen4   
,a ,,voice ,,of ,,warning ,,and         
,,instruction ,,to ,,all ,,people1      
,,or1  ,,an ,,introduction ,,to ,,the   
,,faith ,,and ,,doctrine ,,of ,,the     
,,church ,,of ,,jesus ,,christ ,,of     
,,latter-,,day ,,saints4   ,by ,,parley 
,p4 ,,pratt4   ,behold1 the former      
things are come to pass1 and new things 
do ,i declare3 before they spring forth 
,i tell you of them4--,isaiah xlii1 #i4 
,produce your cause1 saith the ,lord1   
bring forth your strong reasons1 saith  
the ,king of ,jacob4--,isaiah xli1 #bd4 
,,eleventh ,,edition4   ,,salt ,,lake   
,,city1 ,,utah3  ,,deseret ,,news       
,,company1 ,,printers ,,and             
,,publishers1 #ahha4     ,,contents4    
,preface to the ,second ,european       
,edition   ,preface to the ,first       
,american ,edition  ,,chapter ,i4    ,on
 ,prophecy already ,fulfilled4          
,,chapter ,,ii4    ,on the ,fulfilment  

of ,prophecy yet future4  ,,chapter     
,,iii4    ,the ,kingdom of ,god4        
,,chapter ,,iv4    ,the ,book of        
,mormon--,origin of the ,american       
,indians1 etc4  ,,chapter ,v4    ,the   
,resurrection of the ,saints1 and the   
,restoration of all things   spoken by  
the ,prophets4  ,,chapter ,,vi4    ,the 
dealings of ,god with all ,nations in   
regard to ,revelation4  ,,chapter ,,vii4
    ,a ,contrast between the ,doctrine  
of ,christ1 and the ,false ,doctrines   
of the nineteenth century4     ,,preface
  ,,to ,,the ,,second ,,european        
,,edition4   ,when the following ,work  
was first published in ,america1 in     
#ahcg1 it was but little known1 and     
seemed to meet with little or no        
encouragement4 ,months passed away1 and 
very few copies were sold or read4 ,but1
 to the astonishment of the author1 it  
worked itself into notice more and more1
 by the blessing of ,god1 and by virtue 
of its own real merits2 till1 in two    
years1 the first edition1 consisting of 

three thousand copies1 was all sold1 and
 many more were called for4 ,a new      
edition was published in #ahci1         
consisting of two thousand five hundred 
copies2 these were also disposed of4    
,other three editions have since been   
published1 making in all thirteen       
thousand copies now disposed of1 and the
 demand is still increasing both in     
,america and ,europe4  ,it has already  
found its way into most of the ,american
 ,states1 and into the provinces of the 
,canadas1 as well as many parts of      
,england1 ,scotland1 ,ireland1 and      
,wales4 ,it has visited the cottages of 
the humble1 and the parlors of the      
great2 and from the best information we 
have on the subject1 very few have risen
 from its perusal without a deep and    
settled conviction of the truth of its  
principles4  ,the author has now in his 
possession the testimony of hundreds of 
people1 from different states and       
nations1 all bearing witness that this  
,work has been a means1 in the hands of 

,god1 of saving them from infidelity1   
from sectarian error and delusion1 and  
of guiding them into the light of       
,,truth4  ,all these considerations1 and
 an intense desire to impart the truth  
to mankind as widely as possible1 have  
induced the author to send forth this   
new edition2 which he greatly desires   
may prove a blessing to thousands who   
are yet grovelling in darkness and      
superstition1 and lead them to the true 
fold of ,god4  ,if there be anything to 
admire1 or anything praiseworthy in this
 ,work1 the author has no claim to the  
honor or the praise2 it is justly due to
 ,him who is the ,source and ,fountain  
of all ,,truth4 ,the author was a       
husbandman1 inured to the               
plow--unpolished by education1 untaught 
in the schools of modern ,sectarianism1 
7falsely called ,divinity7-- reared in  
the wilds of ,america1 with a mind      
independent1 untrammelled and free4 ,he 
drank of the pure fountain of ,truth1   
unsullied and unmixed1 as it unfolded in

 majesty of light and splendor from the 
opening heavens in all the simplicity of
 its nature4 ,as such it has flowed from
 his pen in the following volume2 not   
veiled in mystery2 not dressed in the   
pomp of high-sounding names1 and titles1
 and learned terms2 not adorned in the  
gay attire of eloquence flowing from the
 imagination and the passions2 but      
standing forth in the undress of its own
 native modesty1 as if conscious of the 
purity and innocence of its nature4  ,he
 is indebted not only to the ,spirit of 
,truth for the principles contained in  
this ,work1 but also to several men1 who
 have been made the instruments in the  
hands of ,god1 to reveal the knowledge  
of ,god to this generation1 and to be   
the founders and leaders of the ,church 
of ,jesus ,christ of ,latter-day        
,saints4  ,among the foremost of these1 
he would make honorable mention of      
,president ,joseph ,smith1 by whose     
instrumentality most of these glorious  
truths 7so well known to the ancients7  

have been restored to the knowledge of  
the world--and whose zeal1 labors1      
sufferings1 and subsequent murder1 will 
stand forth as a bright memorial to all 
succeeding ages1 and be celebrated by   
happy millions yet unborn4  ,with an    
assurance that the principles of this   
,work will yet prevail over the whole   
earth1 this new edition of the ,,voice  
,,of ,,warning is now sent forth2 and   
should the author be called to sacrifice
 his life for the cause of ,truth1 he   
will have the consolation that it will  
be said of him1 as it was said of ,abel1
 viz3 ,,he1 ,,being ,,dead1 ,,yet       
,,speaketh4                             
,,parley ,p4 ,,pratt4  ,manchester1     
,england1     ,dec4 #d1 #ahdf4          
,,preface  ,,to ,,the ,,first ,,american
 ,,edition4  ,during the last nine      
years1 the public mind has been         
constantly agitated1 more or less1      
through all parts of our country1 with  
the cry of ,mormonism1 ,mormonism1      
,delusion1 ,imposture1 ,fanaticism1     

etc41 chiefly through the               
instrumentality of the press4 ,many of  
the newspapers of the day have been     
constantly teeming with                 
misrepresentations and slanders of the  
foulest kind1 in order to destroy the   
influence and character of an innocent  
society in its very infancy2 a society  
of whose real principles many of them   
know nothing at all4 ,every species of  
wickedness has been resorted to1 and all
 manner of evil has been spoken against 
them falsely2 insomuch1 that in many    
places1 houses and ears are closed      
against them1 without the possibility of
 being heard for a moment4  ,were this  
the only evil1 we might have less cause 
of complaint2 but in consequence of this
 we have been assaulted by mobs1 some of
 our houses have been torn down or      
burned1 our goods destroyed1 and fields 
of grain laid waste4 ,yea1 more--some of
 us have been stoned1 whipped1 and shot2
 our blood has been caused to flow1 and 
still smokes to heaven1 because of our  

religious principles1 in this our native
 land1 the boasted land of liberty and  
equal law6 while we have sought in vain 
for redress4 ,officers of state have    
been deaf to the voice of ,innocence1   
imploring at their feet for justice and 
protection in the enjoyment of rights as
 ,american citizens4  ,under these      
circumstances1 what could be done8 ,how 
were we to correct the public mind8 ,we 
were few in number1 and our means of    
giving information very limited2 the    
columns of most of the papers were      
closed against us1 their popularity     
being at stake the moment our principles
 were admitted4 ,it is true we published
 a monthly paper1 in which our          
principles were clearly set forth2 but  
its circulation was limited to a few    
thousands4 ,under these circumstances1  
had we the tongue of angels1 and the    
zeal of ,apostles1 with our hearts      
expanded wide as eternity1 with the     
intelligence of heaven1 and the love of 
,god burning in our bosoms2 and         

commissioned to bear as joyful tidings  
as ever were borne by ,michael1 the     
,archangel1 from the regions of glory2  
yet1 it would have been as impossible   
for us to have communicated the same to 
the public1 as it was for ,paul1 when he
 stood in the midst of ,ephesus1 to     
declare the glad tidings of a crucified 
and risen ,redeemer1 when his voice was 
lost amid the universal cry of ,great is
 ,diana of the ,ephesians6  ,go1 lift   
your voice to the tumultuous waves of   
the ocean1 or try to reason amid the    
roar of cannon while the tumult of war  
is gathering thick around1 or speak to  
the howling tempest while it pours a    
deluge over the plains2 let your voice  
be heard amid the roar of chariots      
rushing suddenly over the pavements2 or1
 what is still less useful1 converse    
with a man who is lost in slumbers1 or  
reason with a drunkard while he reels to
 and fro under the influence of the     
intoxicating poison1 and those will     
convince you of the impossibility of    

communicating truth to that soul who is 
willing to make up his judgment upon    
popular rumor1 or to be wafted gently   
down the current of public opinion1     
without stopping for a moment to listen1
 to weigh1 to hear both sides of the    
question1 and judge for himself4  ,one  
of the greatest obstacles in the way of 
the spread of truth1 in every age1 is   
the tide of public opinion4 ,let one ray
 of light burst upon the world in any   
age1 and it is sure to come in contact  
with the traditions and long-established
 usages of men1 and their opinions2 or  
with some religious craft1 so that1 like
 the ,ephesians1 they counsel together  
what shall be done2 their great goddess 
will be spoken against1 her magnificence
 despised1 her temple deserted2 or1 what
 is still worse1 their craft is in      
danger1 for by this they have their     
wealth4 ,call to mind the ,apostles in  
contact with the ,jewish ,rabbis1 or    
with ,gentile superstitions2 in short1  
at war with every religious             

establishment on the earth4 ,witness the
 popular clamor3 ,if we let them thus   
alone1 all men will believe on them1 and
 the ,romans will come and take away our
 place and nation4 ,these men that turn 
the world upside down have come hither  
also4 ,what new doctrine is this1 for   
thou bringest certain strange things to 
our ears8 ,these men do exceedingly     
trouble our city1 and teach customs     
which are not lawful for us to receive1 
being ,romans4 ,what will this babbler  
say1 he seems to be a setter forth of   
strange gods8 ,and many other such like 
sayings4  ,or1 let us for a moment      
contemplate the events of later date2   
for instance1 the ,mother ,church       
against the reformers of various ages2  
see them belied1 slandered1 degraded1   
whipped1 stoned1 imprisoned1 burned1 and
 destroyed in various ways1 while the   
ignorant multitude were made to believe 
they were the very worst of men4        
,again1 think for a moment of the       
struggles of ,columbus1 an obscure      

individual of limited education1 but    
blessed with a largeness of heart1 a    
noble genius1 a mind which disdained to 
confine itself to the old beaten track2 
accustomed to think for itself1 it burst
 the chains which1 in ages past1 had    
held in bondage the nations of the      
earth2 it soared aloft1 as it were on   
eagle's wings2 it outstripped and left  
far behind the boasted genius of ,greece
 and ,rome2 it penetrated the dark      
mysteries which lay concealed amid the  
western waters4 ,behold him struggling  
for eight years against the learned     
ignorance of the courts and councils of 
,europe1 while the sneer of contempt1   
the finger of scorn1 and the hiss of    
derision1 were the solid arguments      
opposed to his theory4  ,but what was   
the result when1 after many a fruitless 
struggle1 an expedition was fitted out1 
consisting of three small vessels8 ,a   
new world presented itself to the       
wondering nations of the ,east1         
destined1 at no distant period1 to      

become the theatre of the most glorious 
and astonishing events of the last days4
 ,this fact was no sooner demonstrated  
than their philosophical1 geographical1 
and religious objections vanished in a  
moment2 haughty ignorance and bigotry   
were for once constrained to cast their 
honors in the dust1 and bow their       
reverend heads at the feet of real      
worth1 and learn1 in humble silence1    
that one fact1 clearly demonstrated1 was
 worth ten thousand theories and        
opinions of men4  ,having said so much  
to impress upon the human mind the      
necessity of hearing1 and then judging1 
,i would only add1 that the object of   
this publication is to give the public  
correct information concerning a        
religious system1 which has penetrated  
every ,state from ,maine to ,missouri1  
as well as the ,canadas1 in the short   
space of nine years2 organizing         
,churches and ,conferences in every     
region1 and gathering in its progress   
from fifty to a hundred thousand        

disciples2 having1 at the same time1 to 
sustain the shock of an overwhelming1   
religious influence1 opposed to it by   
the combined powers of every sect in    
,america4 ,what but the arm of          
,omnipotence could have moved it forward
 amid the rage of mobs8 having to       
contend with the prejudice of the       
ignorant and the pen of the learned2 at 
war with every creed and craft in       
,christendom2 while the combined powers 
of earth and hell were hurling a storm  
of persecution1 unparalleled in the     
history of our country4  ,this ,work is 
also intended as a warning voice1 or    
proclamation of truth1 to all people    
into whose hands it may fall1 that they 
may understand1 and be prepared for the 
great day of the ,lord4 ,opinion and    
guesswork in the things of ,god are     
worse than useless2 facts1 well         
demonstrated1 can alone be of service to
 mankind4 ,and as the ,holy ,ghost can  
alone guide us into all truth1 we pray  
,god the ,eternal ,father1 in the name  

of ,jesus ,christ ,his ,son1 that the   
,spirit of ,truth may inspire our hearts
 in inditing this matter2 that we may be
 able to write the truth in             
demonstration of the ,spirit and of     
power1 that it may be the word of ,god1 
the everlasting ,gospel1 the power of   
,god unto salvation1 to the ,gentile    
first1 and also to the ,jew4     ,a     
,,voice ,,of ,,warning ,,and            
,,instruction ,,to ,,all ,,people4      
,,chapter ,i4  ,,on ,,prophecy ,,already
 ,,fulfilled4       ,we have also a more
 sure word of prophecy1 whereunto ye do 
well     that ye take heed as unto a    
light that shineth in a dark place1     
until the day dawn1 and the day-star    
arise in your hearts3 knowing     this  
first1 that no prophecy of the          
,scripture is of any private            
interpretation2 for the prophecy came   
not in old time by the will     of man1 
but holy men of ,god spake as they were 
moved upon by the     ,holy             
,ghost4--,,peter4  ,in order to prove   

anything from ,scripture1 it is highly  
necessary in the first place to lay down
 some certain1 definite1 infallible rule
 of interpretation1 without which the   
mind is lost in uncertainty and doubt1  
ever learning1 and never able to come to
 the knowledge of the truth4  ,the      
neglect of such a rule has thrown       
mankind into the utmost confusion and   
uncertainty in all their biblical       
researches4 ,indeed1 while mankind are  
left at liberty to transform1           
spiritualize1 or give any uncertain or  
private interpretation to the word of   
,god1 all is uncertainty4  ,whatsoever  
was written aforetime1 was written for  
our profit and learning1 that we through
 patience and comfort of the            
,scriptures1 might have hope4 ,now1     
suppose a friend from a distance should 
write us a letter1 making certain       
promises to us on certain conditions1   
which1 if we obtained1 would be greatly 
to our profit and advantage3 of course  
it might be said the letter was written 

for our profit and learning1 that       
through patience and comfort of the     
letter we might have hope to obtain the 
things promised4 ,now if we clearly     
understood the letter1 and knew what to 
expect1 then it would afford us comfort 
and hope2 whereas1 if there was any     
doubt or uncertainty on our minds in the
 understanding of the same1 then could  
we derive no certain comfort or hope    
from the things written1 not knowing    
what to hope for2 consequently the      
letter would not profit us at all4 ,and 
so it is with the ,scriptures4 ,no      
prophecy or promise will profit the     
reader1 or produce patience1 comfort1 or
 hope in his mind until clearly         
understood1 that he may know precisely  
what to hope for4 ,now1 the predictions 
of the ,prophets can be clearly         
understood1 as much so as the almanac   
when it foretells an eclipse2 or else   
the ,bible of all books is of most      
doubtful usefulness4 ,far better would  
it have been for mankind1 if the great  

,author of our existence had revealed   
nothing to ,his fallen creatures1 than  
to have revealed a book which would     
leave them in doubt and uncertainty1 to 
contend with one another1 from age to   
age1 respecting the meaning of its      
contents4 ,that such uncertainty and    
contention have existed for ages1 none  
will deny4 ,the wise and learned have   
differed1 and do still widely differ1   
from each other1 in the understanding of
 prophecy4 ,whence then this difference8
 ,either ,revelation itself is          
deficient1 or else the fault is in      
mankind4 ,but to say ,revelation is     
deficient1 would be to charge ,god      
foolishly2 ,god forbid3 the fault must  
be in man4 ,there are two great causes  
for this blindness1 which ,i will now   
show3  ,first1 mankind have supposed    
that direct inspiration by the ,holy    
,ghost was not intended for all ages of 
the ,church1 but was confined to        
primitive times2 the ,canon of          
,scripture being full1 and all things   

necessary being revealed2 the ,spirit   
which guides into all truth was no      
longer for the people3 therefore they   
sought to understand1 by their own      
wisdom1 and by their own learning1 what 
could never be clearly understood1      
except by the ,spirit of ,truth3 for the
 things of ,god knoweth no man1 except  
by the ,spirit of ,god4  ,secondly1     
having lost the ,spirit of ,inspiration1
 they began to institute their own      
opinions1 traditions1 and commandments2 
giving constructions and private        
interpretations to the written word1    
instead of believing the things written4
 ,and the moment they departed from its 
literal meaning1 one man's opinion1 or  
interpretation1 was just as good as     
another's2 all were clothed with equal  
authority1 and from thence arose all the
 darkness and misunderstanding on these 
points1 which have agitated the world   
for the last seventeen hundred years4   
,among the variety of commodities which 
attract the attention of mankind1 there 

is one thing of more value than all     
others4 ,a principle which1 if once     
possessed1 will greatly assist in       
obtaining all other things worth        
possessing1 whether it were power1      
wealth1 riches1 honors1 thrones1 or     
dominions4 ,comparatively few have ever 
possessed it1 although it was within the
 reach of many others1 but they were    
either not aware of it1 or did not know 
its value4 ,it has worked wonders for   
the few who have possessed it4 ,some it 
enabled to escape from drowning1 while  
every soul who did not possess it was   
lost in the mighty deep4 ,others it     
saved from famine1 while thousands      
perished all around them2 by it men have
 often been raised to dignity in the    
state2 yea1 more1 some have been raised 
to the throne of empires4 ,the          
possession of it has sometimes raised   
men from a dungeon to a palace2 and     
there are instances in which those that 
possessed it were delivered from the    
flames1 while cities were consumed1 and 

every soul1 themselves excepted1        
perished4 ,frequently1 when a famine or 
the sword has destroyed a city or       
nation1 they alone who possessed it     
escaped unhurt4 ,by this time the reader
 inquires1 ,what can this be8 ,inform   
me1 and ,i will purchase it1 even at the
 sacrifice of all ,i possess on earth4  
,well1 kind reader1 this treasure is    
,,foreknowledge6 a knowledge of things  
future6 ,let a book be published1       
entitled1 ,a ,knowledge of the ,future1 
and let mankind be really convinced that
 it did give a certain1 definite        
knowledge of future events1 so that its 
pages unfold the future history of the  
nations1 and of many great events1 as   
the history of ,greece or ,rome does    
unfold the past1 and a large edition    
would immediately sell at a great sum   
per copy2 indeed1 they would be above   
all price4 ,now1 kind reader1 the books 
of the ,prophets1 and the ,spirit of    
,prophecy were intended for this very   
purpose4 ,well did the ,apostle say1    

,covet earnestly the best gifts2 but    
rather that ye prophesy4  ,having said  
so much1 we will now enter into the wide
 expanded field which lies before us1   
and search out the treasures of wisdom  
and knowledge which have been shining   
for ages like a light in a dark place4  
,we will explore regions unknown to     
many2 we will gaze upon the opening     
glories which present themselves on     
every side1 and feast our souls with    
knowledge which is calculated in its    
nature to enlarge the heart1 to exalt   
the mind1 and to raise the affections   
above the little1 mean1 grovelling      
things of the world1 and to make one    
wise unto salvation4  ,but1 first1 for  
the definite rule of interpretation4    
,for this we will not depend on any man 
or commentary1 for the ,holy ,ghost has 
given it by the mouth of ,peter3        
,knowing this first1 that no prophecy of
 the ,scripture is of any private       
interpretation4 #b ,peter i1 #bj4       
,there is one grand division to be kept 

constantly1 in view in the study of     
prophecy2 namely1 the distinction       
between the past and the future4 ,the   
reader should be careful to ascertain   
what portion has been fulfilled1 and    
what remains to be fulfilled3 always    
remembering ,peter's rule of            
interpretation will apply to both4 ,now1
 if we should find in our researches    
that every prophecy which has been      
fulfilled to the present year1 has been 
literally fulfilled1 then it follows of 
necessity that every prophecy which is  
yet future will not fail of a literal   
fulfilment4 ,let us commence with the   
days of ,noah4 ,gen4 vi1 #ag3 ,and      
behold ,i1 even ,i1 do bring a flood of 
waters upon the earth1 to destroy all   
flesh1 wherein is the breath of life1   
from under heaven2 and every thing that 
is in the earth shall die4  ,in the     
verses which follow the above the ,lord 
commands ,noah to enter the ,ark1 and   
take with him animals of every kind1    
etc4 ,and in the #bb;d verse it is      

written1 ,thus did ,noah1 according to  
all that ,god commanded him1 so did he4 
,it was well for ,noah that he was not  
well versed in the spiritualizing       
systems of modern divinity2 for1 under  
their benighted influence1 he would     
never have believed that so marvelous a 
prophecy would have had a literal       
meaning and accomplishment4 ,no1 he     
would have been told that the flood     
meant a spiritual flood1 and the ,ark a 
spiritual ,ark1 and1 the moment he      
thought otherwise1 he would have been   
set down for a fanatic1 knave1 or fool2 
but it was so1 that he was just simple  
enough to believe the prophecy          
literally4 ,here then is a fair sample  
of foreknowledge2 for all the world1 who
 did not possess it1 perished by the    
flood4  ,the next prediction we will    
notice is ,gen4 xv1 #ac-af4 ,and he said
 unto ,abraham4 ,know of a surety that  
thy seed shall be a stranger in a land  
that is not theirs1 and shall serve     
them1 and they shall afflict them four  

hundred years4 ,and also that nation1   
whom they shall serve1 will ,i judge2   
and afterwards shall they come out with 
great substance4 ,and thou shalt go to  
thy fathers in peace2 thou shalt be     
buried in a good old age2 but in the    
fourth generation they shall come hither
 again1 for the iniquity of the         
,amorites is not yet full4  ,the evil   
entreating of the children of ,israel   
four hundred years1 together with their 
coming out with great substance1 and the
 judgment of ,god upon ,egypt1 as well  
as the death of ,abraham in a good old  
age1 are all facts too well known to    
need comment here2 suffice it to say1   
that it is a striking example of the    
exact fulfilment of prophecy1 uttered   
more than four hundred years before it  
had its accomplishment4 ,from this we   
gather that none of those ancient men   
knew anything of the modern system of   
spiritualizing4  ,our next is ,gen4 xix1
 #ab1 #ac3 ,and the men said unto ,lot1 
,hast thou here any besides8 son-in-law1

 and thy sons1 and thy daughters1 and   
whatsoever thou hast in the city1 bring 
them out of this place3 for we will     
destroy this place1 because the cry of  
them is waxed great before the face of  
the ,lord2 and the ,lord hath sent us to
 destroy it4 ,now1 ,lot being simple    
enough to believe the thing in its      
literal sense1 took as many of his      
family as would follow1 and escaped for 
his life2 to the great amusement1 no    
doubt1 of the ,sodomites1 who probably  
stood gazing after1 crying ,delusion1   
delusion6 they thinking all the while   
that the prophecy was only a figure4    
,here is an example of a man escaping   
from the flames by foreknowledge        
imparted to him1 while the whole city   
perished4 ,o6 what a blessing that ,lot 
had no knowledge of the modern manner of
 interpreting prophecy4 ,if it had once 
entered his heart that he must come out 
of ,sodom spiritually1 instead of       
literally1 it would have cost him his   
life4  ,let us examine a prophecy of    

,joseph in the land of ,egypt4 ,gen4    
xli1 #bi-ca3 ,behold1 there come seven  
years of great plenty throughout all the
 land of ,egypt3 and there shall arise  
after them seven years of famine2 and   
all the plenty shall be forgotten in the
 land of ,egypt2 and the famine shall   
consume the land3 and the plenty shall  
not be known in the land by reason of   
that famine following2 for it shall be  
very grievous4 ,joseph then proceeds to 
give directions for corn to be laid up  
in great abundance during the seven     
plenteous years1 in order to provide    
against the famine4 ,and ,pharaoh1 being
 no better versed in the school of      
modern divinity than his predecessors1  
never once thought of any other         
interpretation but the most literal1    
,and thus he was the means1 together    
with ,joseph1 in the hand of ,god1 of   
saving1 not only their nation1 but the  
house of ,israel1 from famine4 ,this is 
another striking example of the power of
 foreknowledge4 ,it not only saved from 

famine1 but it exalted ,joseph from a   
dungeon to a palace2 from the lowest    
degradation to the highest honor2 so    
that they cried before him1 ,bow the    
knee6 ,but1 ,o6 what death and mourning 
would have followed had they dreamed    
only of spiritual famine and spiritual  
corn4  ,having given a few plain        
examples of early ages1 we will lightly 
touch upon some of the most remarkable  
events of prophecy1 and its fulfilment1 
until we come down to the ,jewish       
,prophets1 where the field opens wide1  
touching in its progress the most       
remarkable events of all ages1 and      
terminating in a full development of the
 opening glories of the last days4  ,one
 remarkable instance1 concerning ,elijah
 the ,prophet1 was1 that he prophesied  
to ,ahab that it should not rain for    
three years and upwards1 which came to  
pass according to his word4 ,there is   
also a remarkable instance of ,hazael1  
the ,syrian1 who came to ,elisha to     
inquire of the ,lord concerning the king

 of ,syria1 his master1 who was sick4   
,the ,prophet1 earnestly beholding him1 
burst into tears3 and ,hazael asked him1
 saying1 ,why weepest thou8 and he1     
answering1 said1 ,the ,lord hath showed 
me that thou shalt be king over ,syria4 
,and he then proceeded to unfold unto   
him the cruelties which he would        
afterwards exercise towards ,israel1    
which are too horrible to mention here1 
lest in so doing ,i might offend the    
delicate ear4 ,but ,hazael1 astonished  
to hear these things predicted          
concerning himself1 which at that time  
filled him with horror1 exclaimed with  
surprise1 ,but what8 is thy servant a   
dog1 that he should do this great thing8
 ,yet astonishing to tell1 all was      
afterwards fulfilled to the very letter4
  ,in the #bast chapter1 #b ,chron41 it 
is written that there came a writing to 
,jehoram from ,elijah1 which1 after     
stating the great wickedness of which he
 had been guilty1 in turning to         
idolatry1 and also murdering his        

brethren of his father's house1 who were
 better than himself1 proceeds thus3    
,behold1 with a great plague will the   
,lord smite thy people1 and thy         
children1 and thy wives1 and all thy    
goods2 and thou shalt have great        
sickness by disease of the bowels1 until
 thy bowels fall out1 by reason of thy  
sickness1 day by day4 ,in the same      
chapter it is written1 that the         
,philistines and ,arabians came against 
him1 and took his wives1 and children1  
and goods captive2 and after all this1  
the ,lord smote him in his bowels with  
an incurable disease1 and his bowels    
fell out by reason of his sickness1 so  
he died of sore disease4  ,in the #fth  
chapter of ,joshua1 #bfth verse1 there  
is a wonderful prediction concerning    
,jericho3 ,cursed be the man before the 
,lord1 that riseth up and buildeth this 
city ,jericho4 ,he shall lay the        
foundation thereof in his first-born1   
and in his youngest son shall he set up 
the gates of it4  ,after this curse the 

city of ,jericho lay waste for ages1    
none daring to rebuild it at the expense
 of their first-born and of their       
youngest son2 until after a long        
succession of judges and kings1 when    
hundreds of years had passed1 ,hiel the 
,bethelite1 who lived in the days of    
,ahab1 probably supposing that the ,lord
 had forgotten the curse pronounced upon
 it by ,joshua1 ventured to rebuild the 
city3 but no sooner had he laid the     
foundation thereof than ,abiram his     
first-born died1 and1 still persevering 
in the hardness of his heart1 he set up 
the gates thereof1 with the loss of his 
youngest son1 ,segub1 according to the  
word of the ,lord by ,joshua2 see #a    
,kings1 xvi1 #cd4 ,we might fill a      
volume with instances of a similar kind1
 dispersed through the historical part  
of the ,scriptures2 but we forbear1 in  
order to hasten to a more full          
examination of the books of the ,jewish 
,prophets4 ,we shall trace them in their
 fulfilment upon ,jerusalem1 ,babylon1  

,tyre1 ,egypt1 and various other        
nations4  ,babylon1 the most ancient and
 renowned city of the world1 was        
pleasantly situated on the banks of a   
majestic river1 that flowed through the 
plains of ,shinar1 near to which the    
tower of ,babel once stood4 ,it was laid
 out four square1 and surrounded with a 
wall upwards of three hundred feet high1
 and sixty miles in circumference2      
having a hundred gates of brass with    
bars of iron2 twenty-five gates on each 
side1 which opened to streets running   
through the city1 a distance of fifteen 
miles2 thus forming the whole city into 
exact squares of equal size4 ,in the    
midst of these squares were beautiful   
gardens1 adorned with trees and walks1  
diversified with flowers of varied hue2 
while the houses were built upon the    
borders of the squares1 directly        
fronting on the streets4 ,in the midst  
of this city sat ,nebuchadnezzar1       
enthroned in royal splendor and         
magnificence1 and swaying his sceptre   

over all the kingdoms of the world1 when
 it pleased ,god1 in a vision of the    
night1 to unveil the dark curtain of the
 future1 and to present before him1 at  
one view1 the history of the world1 even
 down to the consummation of all things4
 ,behold1 a great image stood before    
him1 whose head was of fine gold1 his   
breast and arms of silver1 his belly and
 thighs of brass1 his legs of iron1 his 
feet and toes part of iron and part of  
miry clay4 ,he beheld1 till a stone was 
cut out of the mountain without hands1  
which smote the image upon the feet1    
which were part of iron and part of     
clay1 and brake them in pieces2 then was
 the iron1 the brass1 the silver1 and   
the gold1 broken to pieces together1 and
 became as the chaff of the summer      
threshing-floors2 and the wind carried  
them away1 and there was no place found 
for them2 but the stone which smote the 
image became a great mountain1 and      
filled the whole earth4 ,when ,daniel   
was brought in before the king1 to tell 

the dream and the interpretation1 he    
exclaimed1 ,there is a ,god in heaven   
that revealeth secrets1 and maketh known
 to the king1 ,nebuchadnezzar1 what     
shall be in the latter days4 ,then1     
after telling the dream1 he continues   
thus3 ,thou1 ,o king1 art a king of     
kings2 for the ,god of heaven hath given
 thee a kingdom1 power1 and strength1   
and glory4 ,and wheresoever the children
 of men dwell1 the beasts of the field  
and the fowls of the heaven hath he     
given into thine hand1 and hath made    
thee ruler over them all4 ,thou art this
 head of gold4 ,and after thee shall    
arise another kingdom inferior to thee1 
and another third kingdom of brass1     
which shall bear rule over all the      
earth4 ,and the fourth kingdom shall be 
strong as iron3 forasmuch as iron       
breaketh in pieces and subdueth all     
things2 and as iron that breaketh all   
these1 shall it break in pieces and     
bruise4 ,and whereas thou sawest the    
feet and toes1 part of potters' clay1   

and part of iron1 the kingdom shall be  
divided3 but there shall be in it of the
 strength of the iron1 forasmuch as thou
 sawest the iron mixed with miry clay4  
,and as the toes of the feet were part  
of iron1 and part of clay1 so the       
kingdom shall be partly strong1 and     
partly broken4 ,and whereas thou sawest 
iron mixed with miry clay1 they shall   
mingle themselves with the seed of men3 
but they shall not cleave one to        
another1 even as iron is not mixed with 
clay4 ,and in the days of these kings   
shall the ,god of heaven set up a       
kingdom1 which shall never be destroyed3
 and the kingdom shall not be left to   
other people1 but it shall break in     
pieces and consume all these kingdoms1  
and it shall stand forever4 ,forasmuch  
as thou sawest that the stone was cut   
out of the mountain without hands1 and  
that it brake in pieces the iron1 the   
brass1 the clay1 the silver1 and the    
gold2 the great ,god hath made known to 
the king what shall come to pass        

hereafter2 and the dream is certain1 and
 the interpretation thereof sure4  ,in  
this great view of the subject we have  
presented before us1 in succession1     
first1 the kingdom of ,nebuchadnezzar2  
second1 the ,medes and ,persians1 who   
took ,babylon from ,belshazzar1 and     
reigned over all the earth2 third1 the  
,greeks under ,alexander1 who conquered 
the world1 and reigned in the midst of  
,babylon2 and fourth1 the ,roman empire1
 which subdued all things2 fifth1 its   
division into eastern and western       
empires1 and its final breaking up or   
subdivision into the various kingdoms of
 modern ,europe1 represented by the feet
 and toes1 part of iron and part of     
clay4 ,and1 lastly1 we have presented   
before us an entirely new kingdom1      
organized by the ,god of heaven in the  
last days1 or during the reign of these 
kings1 represented by the feet and toes4
 ,this last kingdom was never to change 
masters1 like all the kingdoms which had
 gone before it4 ,it was never to be    

left to another people4 ,it was to break
 in pieces all these kingdoms1 and stand
 forever4 ,many suppose that this last  
kingdom alluded to was the kingdom of   
,god which was organized in the days of 
,christ1 or his ,apostles4 ,but a       
greater blunder could not exist2 the    
kingdom of ,god set up in the days of   
,christ1 or his ,apostles1 did not break
 in pieces any of the kingdoms of the   
world3 it was itself warred against and 
overcome1 in fulfilment of the words of 
,daniel1 chapter vii1 #ba2 ,i beheld1   
and the same horn made war with the     
saints1 and prevailed against them2 also
 #bb;d verse1 ,until the ,ancient of    
,days came1 and judgment was given to   
the saints of the ,most ,high2 and the  
time came that the saints possessed the 
kingdom2 also verse #bgth1 ,and the     
kingdom and dominion1 and the greatness 
of the kingdom1 under the whole heaven1 
shall be given to the people of the     
saints of the ,most ,high1 whose kingdom
 is an everlasting kingdom2 and all     

dominions shall serve and obey him4     
,john records1 ,rev4 xiii4 #g1 ,and it  
was given unto him to make war with the 
saints1 and to overcome them2 and power 
was given him over all kindreds1 and    
tongues1 and nations4 ,in fulfilment of 
these sayings1 power has been given1 to 
the authorities of the earth to kill the
 ,apostles and inspired men1 until1 if  
any remained1 they were banished from   
among men1 or forced to retire to the   
desolate islands1 or the dens and caves 
of the mountains of the earth1 being men
 of whom the world was not worthy2 while
 at the same time1 many false prophets  
and teachers were introduced in their   
place1 whom men heaped to themselves1   
because they would not endure sound     
doctrine4 ,in this way the kingdom of   
,god became disorganized1 and lost from 
among men1 and the doctrines and        
churches of men instituted in its place4
 ,but we design to speak more fully on  
this subject when we come to treat on   
the subject of the kingdom of ,god4     

,suffice it to say1 that the kingdom    
spoken of by ,daniel is something to be 
organized in the last days1 by the ,god 
of heaven ,himself1 without the aid of  
human institutions or the precepts of   
men4 ,and1 when once organized1 it will 
never cease to roll2 all the powers of  
earth and hell will not impede its      
progress1 until at length the ,ancient  
of ,days shall sit1 and the ,lord ,jesus
 will come in the clouds of heaven1 with
 power and great glory1 as the ,king of 
kings1 and ,lord of lords1 and destroy  
all these kingdoms1 and give the kingdom
 and the greatness of the kingdom1 under
 the whole heaven1 to the ,saints4 ,then
 there will be but one ,lord1 and ,his  
name one1 and ,he shall be ,king over   
all the earth4  ,we will now return to  
,nebuchadnezzar1 whom the ,lord1 by the 
mouth of ,jeremiah1 calls ,his servant1 
to execute ,his judgment upon the       
nations4 ,it seems that the ,lord       
exalted this great man1 and made him a  
king of kings1 and lord of lords1 arming

 him with ,his own sword1 and clothing  
him with power and authority1 for the   
express purpose of executing ,his       
judgments1 and scourging and humbling   
all the nations of the earth4 ,jeremiah1
 chapter xxv1 says that the ,lord       
purposed to bring ,nebuchadnezzar and   
his army against ,jerusalem1 and against
 all the nations round about1 that he   
might bring them to desolation and      
captivity for seventy years2 and after  
seventy years1 ,he would turn and punish
 the king of ,babylon and that nation   
for their iniquity4 ,now1 who can trace 
the history of the fulfilment of these  
great events1 so exactly pointed out by 
,jeremiah1 ,isaiah1 and ,ezekiel1 and   
not be struck with astonishment and     
wonder at the marvellous gift of        
prophecy enabling men in those days to  
read the history of the future as they  
read the history of the past8 ,indeed1  
the reader of history in the nineteenth 
century1 holding in his hand the history
 of the ,babylonians1 ,medes and        

,persians1 ,greeks1 ,romans and         
,egyptians1 together with that of the   
,jews1 will hardly render himself more  
familiar with the events which          
transpired among those nations1 than the
 ,prophets were seventy years previous  
to their accomplishment4  ,the ,jews    
were reduced to subjection by           
,nebuchadnezzar2 their city1 ,jerusalem1
 was burned1 together with their temple2
 their princes1 nobles1 and people were 
carried to ,babylon1 together with all  
their holy things4 ,all the particulars 
of this destruction and captivity were  
distinctly foretold by ,jeremiah1 and   
the time of its continuance1 viz41      
seventy years4 ,after subduing the      
,jews1 the king of ,babylon marched his 
army against ,tyre1 the city of         
merchants1 situated at the haven of the 
sea1 surrounded not only by the sea1 but
 by a strong wall4 ,a hold so strong    
required the utmost skill and           
perseverance of ,nebuchadnezzar and his 
whole army1 who labored incessantly for 

a long time1 and at length succeeded in 
taking ,tyre1 and bringing it into      
captivity for seventy years4 ,after     
which they returned and established     
their city1 for ,jeremiah had previously
 foretold the reduction of ,tyre1 its   
captivity for seventy years1 and its    
restoration at the expiration of that   
time4 ,after the restoration of ,tyre1  
the city flourished for a time1 but was 
afterwards reduced to an entire         
desolation4 ,its ruined fragments are   
seen to this day in the bottom of the   
sea2 its site has become a barren rock1 
only occupied by poor fishermen4 ,all   
this desolation1 and even its present   
appearance of desolation and perpetual  
waste1 were clearly pointed out by the  
,prophets4  ,but when the king of       
,babylon had succeeded in taking ,tyre1 
after many a bald head and peeled       
shoulder1 caused by the hard service of 
his army in the siege1 the ,lord1 by the
 mouth of ,ezekiel1 promised to give the
 spoils of ,egypt unto him1 for wages   

for his army1 in order to pay him for   
the great service1 wherewith he had     
served ,god1 against ,tyre4 ,next1      
witness his war in the taking of ,egypt1
 and bringing it into captivity1 until  
the seventy years were accomplished4    
,and1 finally1 trace him executing the  
,lord's vengeance and anger against ,uz1
 upon the kings of the ,philistines1 and
 ,askelon1 ,azaah2 ,ekrom1 ,edom1 ,moab1
 ,ammon2 ,dedan1 ,tema1 and ,buz2 and   
upon the kings of ,arabia1 ,zimri and   
,elam2 and upon all the kings of the    
,medes2 and upon all the kings of the   
north1 far and near2 and finally upon   
all the kingdoms of the world1 who were 
to be drunken1 and spew1 and fall to    
rise no more1 because of the sword which
 ,he would send among them4 ,but1 when  
the ,lord had accomplished all his mind 
on these nations1 ,he purposed1 in turn1
 to punish this great monarch1 and those
 who succeeded him2 and also the city   
and nation over which he reigned2 and   
finally to make it perpetual            

desolations4 ,and all this for their    
pride and haughtiness4 ,the ,lord       
exclaims3 ,shall the ax boast itself    
against him that heweth therewith1 or   
shall the saw boast itself against him  
that shaketh it8 etc4 ,but1 in order to 
trace the events of the return of the   
,jews1 and the other nations1 from their
 seventy years' captivity and bondage1  
and the punishment of ,babylon1 another 
and very different character from that  
of ,nebuchadnezzar is introduced by the 
,prophets--one who is in ,scripture     
termed the ,lord's anointed4 ,he may be 
considered one of the most extraordinary
 characters that ever the heathen world 
produced3 his mildness1 courage1        
perseverance1 success1 and1 above all1  
his strict obedience to the command of  
that ,god which neither he nor his      
fathers had known1 all go to prove that 
,isaiah was not mistaken when he called 
him by name1 as the ,lord's anointed1 to
 deliver the nations from bondage1 to   
scourge and subdue the greatest city and

 monarchy that have at any time existed 
on the earth1 and to restore the ,jews1 
and rebuild their city and temple4      
,indeed1 he was one of those few whom   
the world never produces except for     
extraordinary purposes4 ,but let us hear
 the ,prophet's own description of him1 
,isaiah1 chapter xlv3 ,thus saith the   
,lord to his anointed1 to ,cyrus1 whose 
right hand ,i have holden to subdue     
nations before him3 and ,i will loose   
the loins of kings1 to open before him  
the two-leaved gates1 and the gates     
shall not be shut4 ,i will go before    
thee1 and make the crooked places       
straight3 ,i will break in pieces the   
gates of brass1 and cut in sunder the   
bars of iron4 ,and ,i will give thee the
 treasures of darkness1 and hidden      
riches of secret places1 that thou      
mayest know that ,i1 the ,lord1 which   
call thee by thy name1 am the ,god of   
,israel4 ,for ,jacob my servant's sake1 
and ,israel mine elect1 ,i have even    
called thee by thy name3 ,i have        

surnamed thee1 though thou hast not     
known me4 ,i am the ,lord1 and there is 
none else1 there is no ,god beside me3  
,i girded thee1 though thou hast not    
known me3 that they may know from the   
rising of the sun1 and from the west1   
that there is none besides me4 ,in the  
#acth verse1 he says3 ,i have raised him
 up in righteousness1 and ,i will direct
 all his ways3 he shall build my city1  
and he shall let go my captives1 not for
 price nor reward1 saith the ,lord of   
hosts4 ,the reader will bear in mind    
that ,isaiah lived about one hundred    
years before the ,jewish captivity1 and 
one hundred and seventy years before    
,cyrus caused their return4  ,here ,i   
would pause and inquire1 ,what power but
 the power of the great ,god could      
enable one man to call another by name1 
a century before his birth1 and also to 
foretell correctly the history of his   
life8 ,what must have been his wonder   
and astonishment1 when1 after many years
 of wars and commotions1 during which he

 marched forth1 conquering and to       
conquer1 gathering as a nest the riches 
of the nations1 he at last pitched his  
camp near the walls of the strongest    
hold in all the earth8 ,he gazed upon   
its walls of upwards of three hundred   
feet in height1 with its gates of brass 
and its bars of iron3 the people within 
feeling perfectly safe1 with provisions 
enough to last the inhabitants of the   
city for several years4 ,how could he   
think of taking that city8 ,who would   
not have shrunk from such an            
undertaking1 unless inspired by the     
great ,jehovah8 ,but1 turning the river 
,euphrates from its course1 and marching
 under the walls of the city1 in the    
dried bed of the river1 he found himself
 in possession of the city1 without any 
difficulty2 for ,belshazzar1 the king1  
was drinking himself drunk1 with his    
nobles and concubines1 and that1 too1   
from the vessels of the ,house of the   
,lord which his father had taken from   
,jerusalem1 and his knees had already   

smote together with horror1 from the    
handwriting on the wall1 which ,daniel  
had just been called in to interpret1   
giving his kingdom to the ,medes and    
,persians4 ,having subdued this great   
monarchy1 he seated himself upon the    
throne of kingdoms2 and1 becoming       
familiar with ,daniel1 he was1 no doubt1
 introduced to an acquaintance with the 
,jewish records1 and then the mystery   
was unfolded3 he could then see that    
,god had called him by name1 that the   
,almighty hand girded him for the       
battle1 and directed all his work2 he   
could then understand why the treasures 
of the earth poured themselves into his 
bosom1 and why the loins of kings had   
been unloosed before him1 and why the   
gates of brass had been opened1 and the 
bars of iron burst asunder4 ,it was that
 he might know that there was a ,god in 
,israel1 and none else1 and that all    
idols were as nothing2 that he might    
also restore the ,jews1 and rebuild     
their city and temple1 and fulfil ,god's

 purposes upon ,babylon4 ,he accordingly
 issued his proclamation to the ,jews to
 return1 and for the nations to assist  
them in rebuilding1 for1 said he1 ,god  
hath commanded me to build him an house 
at ,jerusalem4 ,ezra1 chapter i1 #b1 #c1
 says3 ,thus saith ,cyrus1 king of      
,persia1 ,the ,lord ,god of heaven hath 
given me all the kingdoms of the earth2 
and he hath charged me to build him an  
house at ,jerusalem1 which is in ,judea4
 ,who is there among you of all his     
people8 his ,god be with him1 and let   
him go up to ,jerusalem1 which is in    
,judea1 and build the house of the ,lord
 ,god of ,israel1 he is the ,god which  
is in ,jerusalem4  ,what powerful       
argument1 what mighty influence was it  
which caused ,cyrus to be convinced that
 it was the ,god of heaven who dwelt at 
,jerusalem1 who alone was ,god1 and who 
had done all these things8 ,he had not  
been traditioned in the belief of the   
true ,god1 nor of the holy ,scriptures4 
,nay1 he had ever been very zealous in  

the worship of idols2 it was to idols he
 looked for assistance in the former    
part of his life4 ,i reply1 it was the  
power of ,god1 made manifest by prophecy
 and its fulfilment2 not in a           
spiritualized sense1 not in some        
obscure1 uncertain1 or dark1 mysterious 
way1 which was difficult to be          
understood2 but in positive1 literal1   
plain demonstration1 which none could   
gainsay or resist4 ,isaiah says that    
this was the object the ,lord had in    
view when he revealed such plainness4   
,and ,cyrus manifested that it had the  
desired effect4  ,i would here remark   
that when we come to treat of that part 
of prophecy which yet remains to be     
fulfilled1 we shall bring proof positive
 that the heathen nations of the latter 
days are to be convinced in the same way
 that ,cyrus was2 that is1 there are    
certain events plainly predicted in the 
,prophets1 yet future1 which1 when      
fulfilled1 will convince all the heathen
 nations of the true ,god1 and they     

shall know that he hath spoken and      
performed it4 ,and all the great and    
learned men of ,christendom1 and all    
societies1 who put any other than a     
literal construction on the word of     
prophecy1 shall stand confounded1 and be
 constrained to acknowledge that all has
 come to pass even as it is written4    
,but to return to our research of       
prophecy and its fulfilment4 ,the       
,prophets had not only predicted the    
reduction of ,babylon by ,cyrus1 but    
they had denounced its fate through all 
ages1 until reduced to entire           
desolation1 never to be inhabited1 not  
even as a temporary residence for the   
wandering ,arab3 ,and the ,arabian shall
 not pitch tent there4 ,see ,isaiah1    
xiii1 #ai-bb4  ,mr4 ,joseph ,wolfe1 the 
celebrated ,jewish missionary1 while    
traveling in ,chaldea1 inquired of the  
,arabs whether they pitched their tents 
among the ruins of ,babylon1 to which   
they replied in the negative1 declaring 
their fears that1 should they do so1    

,nimrod's ghost would haunt them4 ,thus 
all the predictions of the ,prophets    
concerning that mighty city have been   
fulfilled4  ,edom also presents a       
striking fulfilment of plain and pointed
 predictions in the ,prophets4 ,these   
predictions were pronounced upon ,edom  
at a time when its soil was very        
productive and well cultivated1 and     
everywhere abounding in flourishing     
towns and cities4 ,but now its cities   
have become heaps of desolate ruins1    
only inhabited by the cormorant1        
bittern1 and by wild beasts1 serpents1  
etc41 and its soil has become barren2   
the ,lord has cast upon it the line of  
confusion1 and the stones of emptiness1 
and it has been waste from generation to
 generation1 in express fulfilment of   
the word of prophecy4  ,we will now give
 a passing notice of the vision of      
,daniel1 recorded in the eighth chapter 
of his prophecies1 concerning the ram   
and the goat4 ,the reader would do well 
to turn and read the whole chapter2 but 

we will more particularly notice the    
interpretation1 as it was given him by  
,gabriel1 recorded from the nineteenth  
to the twenty-fifth verses4 ,and he     
said3 ,i will make thee know what shall 
be in the last end of the indignation1  
for at the time appointed the end shall 
be4 ,the ram which thou sawest having   
two horns1 are the kings of ,media and  
,persia3 and the rough goat is the king 
of ,grecia2 and the great horn that is  
between the eyes is the first king4 ,now
 that being broken1 whereas four stood  
up for it1 four kingdoms shall stand up 
out of the nation1 but not in his power4
 ,and in the latter time of their       
kingdom1 when the transgressors are come
 to the full1 a king of fierce          
countenance1 and understanding dark     
sentences1 shall stand up2 and his power
 shall be mighty1 but not by his own    
power2 and he shall destroy wonderfully1
 and shall prosper1 and practise1 and   
shall destroy the mighty and the holy   
people2 and through his policy also he  

shall cause craft to prosper in his     
hand1 and he shall magnify himself in   
his heart1 and by peace shall destroy   
many2 he shall also stand up against the
 ,prince of princes2 but he shall be    
broken without hand4 ,in this vision we 
have first presented the ,medes and     
,persians1 as they were to exist until  
they were conquered by ,alexander the   
,great4 ,now1 it is a fact well known   
that this empire waxed exceedingly great
 for some time after the death of       
,daniel1 pushing its conquests westward1
 northward1 and southward1 so that none 
could stand before it2 until ,alexander1
 the king of ,grecia1 came from the     
west1 with a small army of chosen men1  
and attacked the ,persians upon the     
banks of the river1 and plunging his    
horse in1 and his army following1 they  
crossed1 and attacked the ,persians1 who
 stood to oppose them on the bank with  
many times their number2 but1           
notwithstanding their number1 and their 
advantage of the ground1 they were      

totally routed1 and the ,grecians       
proceeded to overrun and subdue the     
country1 beating the ,persians in a     
number of pitched battles1 until they   
were entirely subdued4 ,it is also well 
known that ,alexander1 the king of      
,greece1 went forth from nation to      
nation1 subduing the world before him1  
until1 having conquered the world1 he   
died at ,babylon1 at the age of         
thirty-two years4 ,and thus1 when he had
 waxed strong1 the great horn was       
broken1 and for it came up four notable 
ones towards the four winds of heaven4  
,his kingdom was divided among four of  
his generals1 who never attained unto   
his power4 ,now1 in the latter time of  
their kingdom1 when the transgression of
 the ,jewish nation was come to the     
full1 the ,roman power destroyed the    
,jewish nation1 took ,jerusalem1 caused 
the daily sacrifice to cease1 and not   
only that1 bat afterwards destroyed the 
mighty and holy people1 that is1 the    
,apostles and primitive ,christians1 who

 were slain by the authorities at ,rome4
  ,now1 let me inquire1 ,does the       
history of these ,united ,states give a 
plainer account of past events than     
,daniel's wisdom did of events which    
were then future1 and some of them      
reaching down the stream of time for    
several hundred years1 unfolding events 
which no human sagacity could possibly  
have foreseen8 ,man1 by his own         
sagacity1 may accomplish many things2 he
 may plough the trackless ocean without 
wind or tide in his favor2 he may soar  
aloft amid the clouds without the aid of
 wings2 he may traverse the land with   
astonishing velocity without the aid of 
beasts2 or he may convey his thoughts to
 his fellows by the aid of letters4 ,but
 there is a principle which he can never
 attain to2 no1 not even by the wisdom  
of ages combined2 money will not        
purchase it2 it comes from ,god only1   
and is bestowed upon man as a free gift4
 ,says the ,prophet to the idols1 ,tell 
us what shall be1 thai we may know that 

ye are gods4  ,we will now proceed to   
show how exactly the prophecies were    
fulfilled literally in the person of    
,jesus ,christ4 ,behold1 said the       
,prophet1 a virgin shall conceive and   
bear a son4 ,again1 ,bethlehem should be
 the place of his birth1 and ,egypt1    
where he sojourned with his parents1 the
 place out of which he was to be called4
 ,he turned aside to ,nazareth1 for it  
was written1 ,he shall be called a      
,nazarene4 ,he rode into ,jerusalem upon
 a colt1 the foal of an ass1 because the
 ,prophet had said1 ,behold thy ,king   
cometh1 meek and lowly1 riding upon a   
colt1 etc4 ,and again1 saith the        
,prophet3 ,he shall be afflicted and    
despised2 he shall be a man of sorrows1 
and acquainted with grief2 he shall be  
led as a lamb to the slaughter1 and1    
like a sheep dumb before his shearers1  
so he opened not his mouth2 in his      
humiliation his judgment was taken away2
 and who shall declare his generation1  
for his life is taken from the earth4   

,he was wounded for our transgressions1 
and by his stripes we are healed2 he was
 numbered with the transgressors2 he    
made his grave with the rich4 ,not a    
bone of him is broken2 they divide his  
raiment2 cast lots for his vesture2 give
 him gall and vinegar to drink2 betray  
him for thirty pieces of silver2 and    
finally1 when it was finished1 he rested
 in the tomb until the third day1 and   
then rose triumphant1 without seeing    
corruption4 ,now1 kind reader1 had you  
walked up and down with our dear        
,redeemer during his whole sojourn in   
the flesh1 and had you taken pains to   
record the particular circumstances of  
his life and death1 as they occurred    
from time to time1 your history would   
not be a plainer one than the ,prophets 
gave of him hundreds of years before he 
was born4 ,there is one thing we would  
do well to notice concerning the manner 
in which the ,apostles interpreted      
prophecy1 and that is this--they simply 
quoted it1 and recorded its literal     

fulfilment4 ,by pursuing this course1   
they were enabled to bring it home to   
the hearts of the people in the ,jewish 
synagogues1 with such convincing proof  
that they were constrained to believe   
the supposed impostor whom they had     
crucified was the ,messiah4 ,but had    
they once dreamed of rendering a        
spiritualizing or uncertain application1
 like the teachers of the present day1  
all would have been uncertainty and     
doubt1 and demonstration would have     
vanished from the earth4  ,having taken 
a view of the ,old ,testament ,prophets1
 concerning prophecy and its fulfilment1
 and having shown clearly that nothing  
but a literal fulfilment was intended1  
the objector may inquire whether the    
same mode will apply to the predictions 
contained in the ,new ,testament4 ,we   
will therefore bring a few important    
instances of prophecy1 and its          
fulfilment1 from the ,new ,testament2   
after which we shall be prepared to     
enter the vast field which is still     

future4 ,one of the most remarkable     
prophecies in sacred writ is recorded by
 ,luke1 chap1 xxi1 #bj-bd3 ,and when ye 
shall see ,jerusalem compassed with     
armies1 then know that the desolation   
thereof is nigh4 ,then let them which   
are in ,judea flee to the mountains1 and
 let them which are in the midst of it  
depart out2 and let not them that are in
 the countries enter thereinto2 for     
these be the days of vengeance1 that all
 things which are written may be        
fulfilled4 ,but woe unto them that are  
with child1 and to them that give suck  
in those days2 for there shall be great 
distress in the land1 and wrath upon    
this people2 and they shall fall by the 
edge of the sword1 and shall be led away
 captive into all nations2 and          
,jerusalem shall be trodden down of the 
,gentiles1 until the times of the       
,gentiles be fulfilled4 ,this prophecy  
involves the fate of ,jerusalem and the 
temple1 and the whole ,jewish nation1   
for at least eighteen hundred years4    

,about the year seventy1 the ,roman army
 compassed ,jerusalem4 ,the disciples   
remembered the warning which had been   
given them by their ,lord and ,master   
forty years before1 and fled to the     
mountains4 ,the city of ,jerusalem was  
taken1 after a long and tedious siege1  
in which the ,jews suffered the extreme 
of famine1 pestilence and the sword2    
filling houses with the dead1 for want  
of a place to bury them1 while women ate
 their own children1 for want of all    
things4 ,in this struggle there         
perished1 in ,judea1 near one million   
and a half of ,jews1 besides those taken
 captive4 ,their country was laid waste1
 their city burned1 their temple        
destroyed1 and the miserable remnant    
dispersed abroad into all the nations of
 the earth2 in which situation they have
 continued ever since1 being driven from
 one nation to another1 often falsely   
accused of the worst of crimes1 for     
which they have been banished and their 
goods confiscated4 ,indeed1 they have   

been mostly accounted as outlaws among  
the various nations2 the soles of their 
feet have found no rest1 and they have  
been a hiss and a byword2 and people    
have said1 ,these are the people of the 
,lord1 and are gone forth out of his    
land4  ,during all this time the        
,gentiles have possessed the land of    
,canaan1 and trodden under foot the holy
 city where their forefathers worshipped
 the ,lord4 ,now1 in this long          
captivity1 the ,jews have never lost    
sight of the promises respecting their  
return4 ,their eyes have watched and    
failed with longing for the day1 when   
they might possess again that blessed   
inheritance bequeathed to their         
forefathers2 when they might again rear 
their city and temple1 and re-establish 
their priesthood1 and worship as in days
 of old4 ,indeed they have made several 
attempts to return1 but were always     
frustrated in all their attempts2 for it
 was an unalterable decree1 that        
,jerusalem should be trodden down of the

 ,gentiles1 until the times of the      
,gentiles should be fulfilled4 ,on the  
subject of this long dispersion1 ,moses 
and the ,prophets have written very     
plainly2 indeed1 ,moses even mentioned  
the particulars of their eating their   
children secretly in the siege and in   
the straitness1 wherewith their enemies 
should besiege them in all their gates4 
,whoever will read the twenty-eighth of 
,deuteronomy1 will read the history of  
what has befallen the ,jews1 foretold by
 ,moses with all the clearness that     
characterizes the history of past       
events1 and all this thousands of years 
before its accomplishment4  ,our next is
 found in ,acts xxi1 #aj1 #aa1 where a  
,prophet named ,agabus took ,paul's     
girdle and bound his own hands and feet1
 and said3 ,thus saith the ,holy ,ghost1
 ,so shall the ,jews at ,jerusalem bind 
the man that owneth this girdle1 and    
shall deliver him into the hands of the 
,gentiles4 ,the fulfilment of this      
prediction is too well known to need any

 description4 ,we therefore proceed to  
notice a prophecy of ,paul1 recorded in 
#b ,tim4 iv1 #c1 #d3 ,for the time will 
come1 when they will not endure sound   
doctrine1 but1 after their own lusts1   
shall they heap to themselves teachers1 
having itching ears2 and they shall turn
 away their ears from the truth1 and    
shall be turned unto fables4 ,this      
prophecy has been fulfilled to the very 
letter2 for it applies to every         
religious teacher who has arisen from   
that day unto the present1 except those 
commissioned by direct revelation and   
inspired by the ,holy ,ghost4 ,but1 to  
convince the reader of its full         
accomplishment1 we need only point to   
the numberless priests of the day who   
preach for hire1 and divine for money1  
and who receive their authority from    
their fellow man2 and as to the fables  
to which they are turned1 we need only  
to mention the spiritualizings and      
private interpretations which salute our
 ears from almost every religious press 

and pulpit4  ,but there is another      
prophecy of ,paul well worth our        
attention1 as illustrative of the times 
in which we live2 it is found in the    
first five verses of the third chapter  
of #b ,timothy3 ,this know also that in 
the last days perilous times shall come2
 for men shall be lovers of their own   
selves1 covetous1 boasters1 proud1      
blasphemers1 disobedient to parents1    
unthankful1 unholy1 without natural     
affection1 truce breakers1 false        
accusers1 incontinent1 fierce1 despisers
 of those that are good1 traitors1      
heady1 high minded1 lovers of pleasures 
more than lovers of ,god1 having a form 
of godliness1 but denying the power     
thereof3 from such turn away4 ,from the 
last verse of this quotation we learn to
 our astonishment that this sum of awful
 wickedness applies to professors of    
religion ,,only2 that is1 this would be 
the character of the 7so called7        
,christian part of the community in the 
last days4 ,do not startle1 kind reader2

 we do not make the application without 
proof positive to the point1 for1       
remember1 non-professors have no form of
 godliness1 but those ungodly characters
 spoken of were to have a form of       
godliness1 denying the power thereof4   
,but1 if you doubt ,paul's testimony on 
the subject1 look around you1 examine   
for yourselves4 ,by their fruits ye     
shall know them4 ,my heart is pained    
while ,i write4 ,alas1 has it come to   
this2 has the ,spirit of ,truth removed 
the veil of obscurity from the last     
days1 only to present us with the vision
 of a fallen people2 an apostate church1
 full of all manner of abominations1 and
 even despising those who are good2     
while they themselves have nothing left 
but the form of godliness1 denying the  
power of ,god2 that is1 setting aside   
the direct inspiration and supernatural 
gifts of the ,spirit1 which ever        
characterize the ,church of ,christ8    
,was it for this only that the ,holy    
,spirit opened to the view of holy men  

the events of unborn time1 enabling them
 to gaze upon the opening glories of the
 latter days8 ,o ye ,prophets and       
,apostles1 ye holy men of old1 what have
 you done if you stop here2 if your     
prophetic vision only extended down the 
stream of time to the present year8     
,alas6 you have filled our minds with   
sorrow and despair3 the ,jews you have  
left wandering in sorrow and darkness1  
far from all their hearts hold most dear
 on earth2 their land a desolation1     
their city and temple in ruins1 and     
they1 without the knowledge of the true 
,messiah4 ,the ,gentiles1 after         
partaking of the root and fatness of the
 tame olive tree1 having fallen1 after  
the same example of unbelief1 are left  
without fruit1 dead1 plucked up by the  
roots1 with naught but a form of        
godliness2 while the powers that        
characterized the ancient church have   
fled from among men4 ,is this the       
consummation of all your labors8 ,was it
 for this you searched1 toiled1 bled1   

and died8 ,i pause for a reply2 if you  
have a word of comfort yet in store1    
concerning the future1 let it quickly   
speak1 lest our souls should linger in  
the dark valley of sorrow and despair6  
,,chapter ,,ii4  ,,on ,,the ,,fulfilment
 ,,of ,,prophecy ,,yet ,,future4  ,what 
is ,prophecy but ,history reversed8     
,having made the discovery and produced 
sufficient proof that the prophecies1   
thus far1 have been ,,literally         
fulfilled--to the very letter--we hope  
the reader will never lose sight of the 
same rule with regard to those yet      
future4 ,and1 while we stand upon the   
threshold of futurity1 with the wonders 
of unborn time about to open upon our   
view1 presenting before our astonished  
vision the most mighty and majestic     
scenes1 the most astonishing            
revolutions1 the most extraordinary     
destructions1 as well as the most       
miraculous displays of the power and    
majesty of ,jehovah1 in ,his great      
restoration of ,his long dispersed      

covenant people from the four quarters  
of the earth3 ,i say1 as these scenes   
are about to open to our view1 let us   
bow before the great ,i ,,am1 in the    
name of ,jesus1 and pray in faith for   
,his ,spirit to enlarge our hearts and  
enlighten our minds1 that we may        
understand and believe all that is      
written1 however miraculous it may be4  
,but1 ,o6 kind reader1 whoever you are1 
if you are not prepared for persecution1
 if you are unprepared to have your name
 cast out as evil1 if you cannot bear to
 be called a knave1 an impostor1 or     
madman1 or one that hath a devil2 or if 
you are bound by the creeds of men to   
believe just so much and no more1 you   
had better stop here2 for if you were to
 believe the things written in the      
,bible that are yet to come1 you will be
 under the necessity of believing       
miracles1 signs and wonders1            
revelations1 and manifestations of the  
power of ,god1 even beyond anything that
 any former generation has witnessed2   

yes1 you will believe that the waters   
will be divided and ,israel go through  
dryshod1 as they journey to their own   
land1 as they did in the days of ,moses2
 for no man ever yet believed the ,bible
 without believing and expecting such   
glorious events in the latter days4 ,and
 ,i will now venture to say that a      
believer in the ,bible would be         
something that very few men have ever   
seen in this generation1 with all its   
boasted religion3 for there is a great  
difference between believing the book to
 be true when shut1 and believing the   
things therein written4 ,it is now      
considered in ,christendom a great      
disgrace not to believe the ,bible when 
shut3 but whosoever tries the experiment
 will find it a greater disgrace to     
believe that the things therein written 
will surely come to pass4 ,indeed1 it is
 our firm belief in the things written  
in the ,bible1 and careful teaching of  
them1 that is one great cause of the    
persecution we suffer4 ,for let the     

prophecies be understood by the people1 
and let them roll on in their           
fulfilment1 and this will blow to the   
four winds every religious craft in     
,christendom1 and cause the kingdom of  
,christ to rise upon their ruins1 while 
the actual knowledge of the truth will  
cover the earth as the waters do the    
sea4  ,having said so much by way of    
caution1 if there are any of my readers 
so bold1 and regardless of consequences1
 as to dare with me to gaze upon the    
future1 we will commence with ,isaiah   
xi1 #aa1 #ab1 #ae1 #af3 ,and it shall   
come to pass in that day1 that the ,lord
 shall set his hand again the second    
time to recover the remnant of his      
people1 which shall be left1 from       
,assyria1 and from ,egypt1 and from     
,pathros1 and from ,cush1 and from      
,elam1 and from ,shinar1 and from       
,hamath1 and from the islands of the    
sea4 ,and he shall set up an ensign for 
the nations1 and shall assemble the     
outcasts of ,israel1 and gather together

 the dispersed of ,judah from the four  
corners of the earth4 ,and the ,,lord   
shall utterly destroy the tongue of the 
,egyptian ,sea2 and with his mighty wind
 shall he shake his hand over the river1
 and shall smite it in the seven        
streams1 and make men go over dryshod4  
,and there shall be an highway for the  
remnant of his people1 which shall be   
left from ,assyria2 like as it was to   
,israel in the day that he came up out  
of the land of ,egypt4  ,here you behold
 an ensign to be reared for the nations2
 not only for the dispersed of ,judah1  
but the outcasts of ,israel4 ,the ,jews 
are called dispersed1 because they are  
scattered among the nations2 but the ten
 tribes are called outcasts1 because    
they are cast out from the knowledge of 
the nations1 into a land by themselves4 
,now1 the reader will bear in mind that 
the ten tribes have not dwelt in the    
land of ,canaan since they were led     
captive by ,shalmaneser1 king of        
,assyria4 ,we have also presented before

 us1 in the fifteenth verse1 the        
marvelous power of ,god1 which will be  
displayed in the destruction of a small 
branch of the ,red ,sea1 called the     
tongue of the ,egyptian ,sea2 and also  
the dividing of the seven streams of    
some river1 and causing men to go over  
dryshod2 and1 lest any should not       
understand it literally1 the fifteenth  
verse says3 ,there shall be a highway   
for the remnant of his people1 which    
shall be left from ,assyria1 like as it 
was to ,israel when he came up out of   
the land of ,egypt4 ,now1 we have only  
to ask whether1 in the days of ,moses1  
the ,red ,sea was literally divided1 or 
whether it was only a figure8 ,for as it
 was then so shall it be again4 ,and yet
 we are told by modern divines that the 
days of miracles have gone forever2 and 
those who believe in miracles1 in our   
day1 are counted as impostors1 or1 at   
least1 poor ignorant fanatics1 and the  
public are warned against them1 as false
 teachers who would1 if possible1       

deceive the very elect4 ,on the subject 
of this restoration the ,prophets have  
spoken so fully and repeatedly1 that we 
can only notice a few of the most       
striking instances1 which will go to    
show the particular circumstances and   
incidents attending it1 and the manner  
and means of its accomplishment4 ,the   
sixteenth chapter of ,jeremiah1         
fourteenth1 fifteenth and sixteenth     
verses1 says3 ,therefore1 behold1 the   
days come1 saith the ,lord1 that it     
shall no more be said1 the ,lord liveth 
that brought up the children of ,israel 
out of the land of ,egypt2 but1 the     
,lord liveth that brought up the        
children of ,israel from the land of the
 north1 and from all the lands whither  
he had driven them3 and ,i will bring   
them again into their land that ,i gave 
unto their fathers4 ,behold1 ,i will    
send for many fishers1 saith the ,lord1 
and they shall fish them2 and after will
 ,i send for many hunters1 and they     
shall hunt them from every mountain1 and

 from every hill1 and out of the holes  
of the rocks4 ,now it has ever been the 
case with ,israel1 when they wished to  
express the greatness of their ,god1 to 
say1 ,the ,lord liveth1 which brought up
 our fathers out of the land of ,egypt4 
,this saying at once called to mind the 
power and miracles of that memorable    
event1 and associated with it all that  
was great and grand1 and was calculated 
to strike the mind with awe1 under a    
lively sense of the power of ,israel's  
,god4 ,but1 to our astonishment1        
something is yet to transpire which will
 cast into momentary forgetfulness all  
the great events of that day1 and the   
children of ,israel shall know that     
their ,god liveth1 by casting their     
minds upon events of recent date1 which 
shall have transpired1 still more       
glorious and wonderful than their coming
 out of ,egypt4 ,they will exclaim1 ,the
 ,lord liveth1 which recently brought   
the children of ,israel from the north1 
and from all lands whither ,he had      

driven them1 and hath planted them in   
the land of ,canaan1 which ,he gave our 
fathers4 ,with this idea will be        
associated every display of grandeur and
 sublimity1 of wonder and amazement2    
while they call to mind the revelations1
 manifestations1 miracles and mercies   
displayed in bringing about this great  
event1 in the eyes of all the nations4  
,in view of this1 ,jeremiah exclaims1 in
 the last verse of this chapter3        
,therefore1 behold1 ,i will this once   
cause them to know1 ,i will cause them  
to know mine hand and my might2 and they
 shall know that my name is the ,lord4  
,but the means made use of to bring     
about this glorious event are1 not only 
the raising of a standard1 the lifting  
up of an ensign1 so that we may know    
when the time is fulfilled1 but fishers 
and hunters are to be employed to fish  
and hunt them from every mountain1 from 
every hill1 and out of the holes of the 
rocks4 ,let the reader mark here3 men   
were not to send missionaries1 who were 

not inspired1 to go and teach ,israel   
several hundred different doctrines1 and
 opinions of men1 and to tell them they 
supposed the time had about arrived for 
them to gather2 but the ,god of heaven  
is to call men by actual revelation1    
direct from heaven1 and to tell them who
 ,israel is2 who the ,indians of        
,america are1 if they should be of      
,israel2 and also where the ten tribes  
are1 and all the scattered remnants of  
that long lost people4 ,he it is who is 
to give them their errand and mission1  
and to clothe them with power from on   
high to execute the great work1 in      
defiance of opposing elements1 and all  
the opposition of earth and hell        
combined4 ,but do you ask3 ,why is the  
,lord to commission men by actual       
revelation8 ,i reply1 because ,he has no
 other way of sending men in any age4   
,no man1 says the ,apostle1 taketh this 
honor upon himself1 but he that is      
called of ,god1 as was ,aaron4 ,now1 we 
all acknowledge that ,aaron was called  

by revelation4  ,now the great ,jehovah 
never did1 nor never will1 acknowledge  
the priesthood or ministry of any man   
who is not called by revelation1 and    
inspired1 as in days of old4 ,but1 ,o6  
says the reader1 you startle me1 for the
 whole train of modern divines profess  
no revelation later than the ,bible1 and
 no direct inspiration or supernatural  
gift of the ,spirit4 ,do you cast them  
all off1 and say that they have no      
authority8 ,i reply1 ,no1 for the ,bible
 does it1 and ,i only humbly acquiesce  
in the decision1 as they are nowhere    
known in the ,scripture1 except as      
teachers whom the people have heaped to 
themselves 7the word heap does not mean 
a few1 but many74 ,but to prove more    
fully that ,god will give revelations in
 order to bring about this glorious     
work1 we will refer you to ,ezekiel xx1 
#cc-ch4 ,it reads3 ,as ,i live1 saith   
the ,lord ,god1 surely with a mighty    
hand1 and with a stretched out arm1 and 
with fury poured out1 will ,i rule over 

you2 and ,i will bring you out from the 
people1 and will gather you out of the  
countries wherein ye are scattered1 with
 a mighty hand1 and with a stretched out
 arm1 and with fury poured out4 ,and ,i 
will bring you into the wilderness of   
the people1 and there will ,i plead with
 you face to face4 ,like as ,i pleaded  
with your fathers in the wilderness of  
the land of ,egypt1 so will ,i plead    
with you1 saith the ,lord ,god1 ,and ,i 
will cause you to pass under the rod1   
and ,i will bring you into the bond of  
the covenant1 and ,i will purge out from
 among you the rebels1 and them that    
transgress against me2 ,i will bring    
them forth out of the country where they
 sojourn1 and they shall not enter into 
the land of ,israel2 and ye shall know  
that ,i am the ,lord4  ,you discover    
that this promise begins with a double  
assurance3 first1 with an oath1 as ,i   
live2 second1 with an assurance1 surely1
 with a mighty hand1 etc4 ,and1 in the  
close of the same chapter1 lest the     

people should possibly misunderstand    
him1 he exclaims3 ,o ,lord1 they say of 
me1 doth he not speak in parables8 ,here
 we have the children of ,israel brought
 from among all nations1 with a mighty  
hand and a stretched out arm1 and with  
fury poured out 7,o ye nations who      
oppose these things1 beware1 remember   
,pharaoh1 and learn wisdom71 we see them
 brought into the wilderness of the     
people2 and there the ,lord is to plead 
with them1 face to face1 just as he did 
with their fathers in the wilderness of 
,egypt4 ,this pleading face to face can 
never be done without revelation1 and a 
personal manifestation1 as much so as in
 old times4 ,now ,i ask1 were all ,his  
manifestations to ,israel in the        
wilderness mere fables not to be        
understood literally8 ,if so1 this will 
be so too2 for one will be precisely    
like the other1 no parable1 but a       
glorious reality4 ,he will cause them to
 pass under the rod1 and bring them into
 the bond of the covenant4  ,this brings

 to mind the new covenant so often      
promised in the ,scriptures1 to be made 
with the house of ,israel and with the  
house of ,judah1 just in time to gather 
them from their long dispersion4 ,some  
may suppose that the new covenant which 
was to gather ,israel made its          
appearance in the days of ,christ and   
his ,apostles4 ,but ,paul tells us it   
was yet future in his day4 ,so1 in his  
eleventh chapter to the ,romans1 he     
says1 that blindness in part is happened
 to ,israel1 until the fulness of the   
,gentiles be come in1 and so all ,israel
 shall be saved2 as it is written1      
,there shall come out of ,sion the      
,deliverer1 and shall turn away         
ungodliness from ,jacob1 for this is my 
covenant unto them1 when ,i shall take  
away their sins4 ,from this we learn    
that ,paul placed that covenant in the  
future1 even down to the restoration of 
,israel1 in the last days1 when the     
times of the ,gentiles should be        
fulfilled4 ,then there should come a    

,deliverer for ,israel1 and not before1 
seeing that they had rejected the first 
coming of that ,deliverer4 ,and he      
himself said to the ,jews3 ,behold1 your
 house is left unto you desolate2 for ,i
 say unto you1 ye shall not see me      
henceforth till ye shall say1 ,blessed  
is he that cometh in the name of the    
,lord4 ,then1 and not until then1 should
 the covenant be renewed with ,israel4  
,and even when the ,apostles inquired1  
saying1 ,wilt thou at this time restore 
again the kingdom to ,israel8 the       
,savior made answer1 that it was not for
 them to know the times and seasons     
which the ,father had put in ,his own   
power2 but they were to receive power1  
and bear witness of ,him1 etc42 as much 
as to say1 that work is not for you     
,apostles to accomplish1 but shall be   
done in the ,lord's own time1 by whom   
,he will2 but go ye and do the work ,i  
have commanded you4  ,again1 ,isaiah1   
lxi1 #h1 #i1 in speaking of this        
covenant1 tells us that it should make  

their seed known among the ,gentiles1   
and their offspring among the people2   
and should cause all that see them to   
acknowledge them that they are the seed 
that the ,lord hath blessed4 ,now1 we   
know that it is a question which can    
only be decided by revelation1 whether  
the aborigines of ,america are the seed 
of ,jacob or not4 ,again1 it is a matter
 of uncertainty where the ten tribes    
are1 or who they are2 but the new       
covenant1 whenever it makes its         
appearance1 will reveal these things1   
and will leave the matter no longer in  
suspense2 we shall then know their seed 
among the ,gentiles1 and their offspring
 among the people4 ,but1 ,o6 how        
different was the effect of the covenant
 made eighteen hundred years ago in its 
effects upon ,israel2 it cast them off  
in unbelief1 and caused all that have   
seen them or heard of them ever since to
 acknowledge that they are the seed that
 the ,lord hath cursed4 ,when the       
covenant is renewed in the last days1   

the ,lord will bring them into the bond 
of the covenant1 by manifesting ,himself
 to them face to face4 ,let me inquire1 
,how does ,god make a covenant with the 
people in any age8 ,the answer is1 ,by  
communicating ,his will to them by      
actual revelation2 for1 without this1 it
 would be impossible to make a covenant 
between two parties4 ,in order to       
illustrate this subject1 let us bring an
 example4 ,we see how we make covenants 
with each other4 ,for instance1 a young 
man wishes to enter into a covenant of  
matrimony with a young lady2 but deprive
 him of the privilege of revealing his  
mind to her1 cut off all direct         
communication between them1 and a       
covenant could never be made2 and so it 
is with the ,almighty4 ,he never did    
enter into a covenant with ,his         
creatures1 without revelations2 and ,he 
never can do it4 ,in short1 whenever ,he
 made a covenant with the people1 where 
a whole people were concerned1 ,he      
included in the covenant the priesthood1

 offices1 and authorities1 together with
 the ordinances and blessings which     
pertain to ,his covenant2 and so will   
,he do at this time4 ,whenever the new  
covenant is established1 it will        
organize the kingdom of ,god with all   
its offices1 ordinances1 gifts1 and     
blessings as in the days of old2 but    
more of this when we come to treat of   
the kingdom of ,god4  ,but1 says the    
inquirer1 what need have we of the      
renewal of a covenant which has never   
been broken8 ,if the ,lord made a       
covenant in the days of the ,apostles1  
called a new covenant1 why should that  
covenant still be renewed again1 seeing 
it is in full force1 until it is broken 
by one party or the other8 ,this is an  
important inquiry1 involving the fate of
 all ,christendom in its decision2 we   
must therefore be very careful to make  
the decision perfectly plain1 and the   
proof easy to be understood4 ,that there
 was a covenant made between ,god and   
the people in the days of ,christ and   

,his ,apostles1 none will attempt to    
deny1 and if that covenant never has    
been broken1 it must be of force to the 
present day1 and consequently there is  
no need of a new one4 ,it therefore     
remains for us to prove that that       
covenant has been broken1 completely    
broken1 so that it is not in force1     
either among ,jews or ,gentiles1 having 
lost its offices1 authorities1 powers1  
and blessings1 insomuch that they are   
nowhere to be found among men4 ,in order
 to do this1 we must examine what were  
its offices1 authorities1 powers1 and   
blessings1 and then see whether they are
 still known among men4  ,we read that  
its offices consisted of ,apostles1     
,prophets1 ,evangelists1 ,pastors1 and  
,teachers1 all inspired and set in the  
,church1 by the ,lord ,himself1 for the 
edifying of the saints1 for the work of 
the ministry1 etc4 ,and they were to    
continue in the ,church1 wherever it was
 found1 until they all came to the unity
 of the faith1 and unto the measure of  

the stature of a man in ,christ4        
,secondly1 the gifts of the ,spirit1    
which some call supernatural1 were the  
powers and blessings which pertained to 
that covenant1 wherever it existed1     
among the ,jews or the ,gentiles1 so    
long as the covenant was of force4 ,now1
 ,i would ask the world of ,christendom1
 or either of its sects or parties1 if  
they have ,apostles1 ,prophets1         
,evangelists1 ,pastors and ,teachers    
inspired from on high1 together with all
 the gifts and blessings of the ,holy   
,spirit1 which pertained to the ,gospel 
covenant8 ,if not1 then the offices and 
powers of that covenant have been lost4 
,and it must be through the breaking of 
that covenant that they were lost1 for  
in this way the ,jews lost these        
privileges1 when they were handed to the
 ,gentiles4 ,and ,paul told the         
,gentiles1 in his eleventh chapter to   
the ,romans1 that if they did not abide 
in the goodness of ,god1 they would     
fall1 as the ,jews had done before them4

  ,but in order to prove1 by further    
demonstration1 that the ,gospel covenant
 has been broken1 by ,jew and ,gentile1 
and all people1 so as to be no longer in
 force1 ,i shall quote ,isaiah1 xxiv1   
#a-f3 ,behold1 the ,lord maketh the     
earth empty1 and maketh it waste1 and   
turneth it upside down1 and scattereth  
abroad the inhabitants thereof4 ,and it 
shall be1 as with the people1 so with   
the priest2 as with the servant1 so with
 his master2 as with the maid1 so with  
her mistress2 as with the buyer1 so with
 the seller2 as with the lender1 so with
 the borrower2 as with the taker of     
usury1 so with the giver of usury to    
him4 ,the land shall be utterly emptied1
 and utterly spoiled3 for the ,lord hath
 spoken this word4 ,the earth mourneth  
and fadeth away1 the world languisheth  
and fadeth away1 the haughty people of  
the earth do languish4 ,the earth also  
is defiled under the inhabitants        
thereof2 ,,because ,,they ,,have        
,,transgressed ,,the ,,laws1 ,,changed  

,,the ,,ordinance1 ,,broken ,,the       
,,everlasting ,,covenant4 ,therefore    
hath the curse devoured the earth1 and  
they that dwell therein are desolate3   
therefore the inhabitants of the earth  
are burned1 and few men left4 ,in these 
few verses1 we discover a like calamity 
awaiting priests and people1 rich and   
poor1 bond and free1 insomuch that they 
are all to be burned up but a few2 and  
the complaint is that the earth is      
defiled under the inhabitants thereof1  
because they have transgressed the laws1
 changed the ordinance1 and broken the  
everlasting covenant4 ,now this could   
not be speaking of any other than the   
covenant1 ordinance1 and laws of the    
,gospel1 made with the people in the    
days of the ,apostles2 because1 however 
any former covenant may have been       
broken1 yet the inhabitants of the earth
 have never been destroyed by fire1 all 
but a few1 for having broken any        
previous covenant4 ,but this destruction
 is to come by fire1 as literally as the

 flood in the days of ,noah2 and it will
 consume both priests and people from   
the earth1 and that1 too1 for having    
broken the covenant of the ,gospel1 with
 its laws and its ordinances2 or else we
 must get a new edition of the ,bible1  
leaving out the twenty-fourth of        
,isaiah4  ,now1 having settled this     
question1 ,i trust the reader will see  
the need of a new covenant1 in order to 
save the few that are not to be burned4 
,we will therefore drop this subject for
 the present1 and turn again to the     
subject of the gathering of ,israel4    
,you will please turn and read the      
thirty-sixth1 thirty-seventh1           
thirty-eighth1 and thirty-ninth chapters
 of ,ezekiel4 ,in the thirty-sixth      
chapter you will discover a promise that
 ,israel are to return from all the     
nations whither they have been          
scattered1 and to be brought again to   
the land which ,god gave to their       
fathers2 ,jerusalem is to be filled with
 flocks of men1 and all the desolate    

cities of ,judea are to be rebuilt1     
fenced and inhabited2 the land is to be 
fenced1 tilled and sown1 insomuch that  
they shall say3 ,this land that was     
desolate is become like the garden of   
,eden4 ,i the ,lord have spoken it1 and 
,i will do it2 and the heathen shall    
know that ,i the ,lord build the ruined 
places1 and plant that that was         
desolate4 ,so shall the waste cities be 
filled with flocks of men1 and they     
shall know that ,i am the ,lord4 ,in the
 thirty-seventh chapter you will find1  
after the vision of the resurrection of 
the dead1 the ,prophet goes on to speak 
of the two nations becoming one nation  
upon the mountains of ,israel1 and one  
king being king to them all2 and when   
this takes place1 they are no more to be
 divided into two kingdoms4 ,moreover1  
the ,lord's tabernacle is to be with    
them1 and ,his sanctuary in the midst of
 them forevermore4 ,he will forever be  
their ,god1 and they shall be ,his      
people4 ,and the heathen shall know that

 ,i the ,lord do sanctify ,israel1 when 
my sanctuary shall be in the midst of   
them forevermore4 ,now1 it is a fact    
well known1 that ,judah and the ten     
tribes have never been one nation1 upon 
the mountains of ,israel1 since the day 
they were first divided into two        
nations4  ,but1 when this does take     
place1 even the very heathen are to know
 it1 and are to be convinced of the true
 ,god1 as was ,cyrus4 ,now if the       
missionaries should convert the world1  
before the ,lord does this great work1  
then it will save the ,lord the trouble 
of doing it in ,his own way1 and it will
 save the trouble of fulfilling the     
,prophets1 and the word of the ,lord    
will fail1 and all the world lay hold of
 infidelity4 ,well did the ,lord say3   
,my ways are not as your ways1 nor my   
thoughts as your thoughts4 ,chapters    
xxxviii and xxxix present us with a view
 of many nations united under one great 
head1 whom the ,lord is pleased to call 
,gog2 and being mounted on horseback1   

and armed with all sorts of armor1 they 
come up against the mountains of        
,israel1 as a cloud to cover the land2  
their object is to take a prey1 to take 
away silver and gold1 and cattle1 and   
goods in great abundance4  ,this is an  
event which is to transpire after the   
return of the ,jews1 and the rebuilding 
of ,jerusalem2 while the towns and the  
land of ,judea are without walls1 having
 neither bars nor gates4 ,but while they
 are at the point to swallow up the     
,jews1 and lay waste their country1     
behold the ,lord's fury comes up in ,his
 face1 a mighty earthquake is the       
result1 insomuch that the fishes of the 
sea1 and the fowls of the air1 and all  
the creeping things1 and all men upon   
the face of the earth1 shall shake at   
,his presence1 and every wall shall fall
 to the ground1 and every man's sword   
shall be turned against his neighbor in 
this army1 and the ,lord shall rain upon
 ,gog1 and upon his bands1 and upon the 
many people that are with him1 an       

overflowing rain1 great hailstones1 fire
 and brimstone4 ,and thus ,he will      
magnify ,himself1 and sanctify ,himself1
 in the eyes of many nations1 and they  
shall know that ,he is the ,lord2 thus  
they shall fall upon the open field1    
upon the mountains of ,israel1 even ,gog
 and all his army1 horses and horsemen2 
and the ,jews shall go forth and gather 
the weapons of war1 such as handstaves1 
spears1 shields1 bows and arrows2 and   
these weapons shall last the cities of  
,israel seven years for fuel1 so that   
they shall cut no wood out of the       
forest1 for they shall burn the weapons 
with the fire2 and they shall spoil     
those that spoiled them1 and rob those  
that robbed them1 and they shall gather 
gold and silver1 and apparel1 in great  
abundance4  ,at this time the fowls of  
the air1 and the beasts of the field    
shall have a great feast2 yea1 they are 
to eat fat until they be full1 and drink
 blood until they be drunken4 ,they are 
to eat the flesh of captains1 and kings1

 and mighty men1 and all men of war4    
,but the ,jews will have a very serious 
duty to perform1 which will take no less
 than seven months2 namely1 the burying 
of their enemies4 ,they will select a   
place on the east side of the sea1      
called the ,valley of the ,passengers1  
and there shall they bury ,gog and all  
his multitude1 and they shall call it   
the ,valley of ,hamon ,gog4 ,and the    
scent shall go forth1 insomuch that it  
shall stop the noses of the passengers2 
thus shall they cleanse the land4 ,and  
,i will set my glory among the heathen1 
and all the heathen shall see my        
judgment that ,i have executed1 and my  
hand that ,i have laid upon them3 so the
 house of ,israel shall know that ,i am 
the ,lord their ,god from that day and  
forward4 ,and the heathen shall know    
that the house of ,israel went into     
captivity for their iniquity2 because   
they trespassed against me1 therefore   
hid ,i my face from them1 and gave them 
into the hand of their enemies2 so fell 

they all by the sword4 ,according to    
their uncleanness1 and according to     
their transgressions1 have ,i done unto 
them1 and hid myself from them4         
,therefore thus saith the ,lord ,god1   
,now will ,i bring again the captivity  
of ,jacob1 and have mercy upon the whole
 house of ,israel1 and will be jealous  
for my holy name3 after that they have  
borne their shame1 and all their        
trespasses whereby they have trespassed 
against me1 when they dwelt safely in   
their own land1 and none made them      
afraid4 ,when ,i have brought them again
 from the people1 and gathered them out 
of their enemy's lands1 and am          
sanctified in them in the sight of many 
nations2 then shall they know that ,i am
 the ,lord their ,god1 which caused them
 to be led into captivity among the     
heathen2 but ,i have gathered them into 
their own land1 and have left none of   
them any more there4 ,neither will ,i   
hide my face any more from them2 for ,i 
have poured out my ,spirit upon the     

house of ,israel1 saith the ,lord ,god4 
,in the foregoing1 we discover that the 
heathen are to know that the house of   
,israel went into captivity for their   
iniquity1 and are gathered again by the 
hand of ,god1 after having borne their  
shame for all their trespasses3 and the 
house of ,israel will know that it was  
the ,lord their ,god who caused them to 
be led into captivity among the heathen1
 and that ,he it was that gathered and  
defended them1 and ,he will hide ,his   
face no more from them1 but will pour   
out ,his ,spirit upon them4  ,o ye      
blind1 ye stiffnecked1 ye hardhearted   
generation1 with the ,bible circulated  
among all nations1 will whole nations be
 so blind as to fulfil this prophecy1   
and not know it until it brings         
destruction upon their own heads8 ,why  
all this blindness8 ,alas6 it is because
 of false teachers1 who will tell them  
the ,bible must be spiritualized4       
,others declare that these prophecies   
can never be understood until they are  

fulfilled4 ,if this be the case1 then we
 can never escape the judgments         
predicted in them1 but must continue the
 children of darkness1 until they come  
upon us unawares and sweep us from the  
earth4 ,then1 where will be the         
consolation of looking back and seeing  
them fulfilled8 ,but blessed be ,god1   
,he has told us by the mouth of ,daniel 
that many shall run to and fro1 and     
knowledge shall be increased1 and that  
the wise shall understand1 but none of  
the wicked shall understand4 ,and now1  
,i would ask1 who are more wicked than  
the wilfully blind leaders of the blind1
 who tell us we cannot understand the   
,scriptures8  ,zachariah1 in his        
fourteenth chapter1 has told us much    
concerning the great battle and         
overthrow of the nations who fight      
against ,jerusalem2 and he has said1 in 
plain words1 that the ,lord shall come  
at the very time of the overthrow of    
that army2 yes1 in fact1 even while they
 are in the act of taking ,jerusalem1   

and have already succeeded in taking one
 half the city1 and spoiling their      
houses1 and ravishing their women4      
,then1 behold their long expected       
,messiah1 suddenly appearing1 shall     
stand upon the ,mount of ,olives1 a     
little east of ,jerusalem1 to fight     
against those nations and deliver the   
,jews4 ,zachariah says1 ,the ,mount of  
,olives shall cleave in twain1 from east
 to west1 and one half of the mountain  
shall remove to the north1 while the    
other half falls off to the south1      
suddenly forming a very great valley1   
into which the ,jews shall flee for     
protection from their enemies1 as they  
fled from the earthquake in the days of 
,uzziah1 king of ,judah2 while the ,lord
 cometh and all the saints with him4    
,then will the ,jews behold that long1  
long expected ,messiah1 coming in power 
to their deliverance1 as they always    
looked for ,him4 ,he will destroy their 
enemies1 and deliver them from trouble  
at the very time they are in the utmost 

consternation1 and about to be swallowed
 up by their enemies4  ,but what will be
 their astonishment1 when they are about
 to fall at the feet of their           
,deliverer1 and acknowledge him their   
,messiah6 ,they discover the wounds     
which were once made in his hands1 feet1
 and side2 and1 on inquiry1 at once     
recognize ,jesus of ,nazareth1 the king 
of the ,jews1 the man so long rejected4 
,well did the ,prophet say1 they should 
mourn and weep1 every family apart1 and 
their wives apart4 ,but1 thank heaven1  
there will be an end to their mourning2 
for ,he will forgive their iniquities1  
and cleanse them from all uncleanness4  
,jerusalem shall be a holy city from    
that time forth1 and all the land shall 
be turned as a plain from ,geba to      
,rimmon1 and she shall be lifted up and 
inhabited in her place1 and men shall   
dwell there1 and there shall be no more 
utter destruction of ,jerusalem2 and in 
that day there shall be one ,lord1 and  
,his name one1 and ,he shall be ,king   

over all the earth4  ,john1 in his      
eleventh chapter of ,revelations1 gives 
us many more particulars concerning this
 same event4 ,he informs us that1 after 
the city and temple are rebuilt by the  
,jews1 the ,gentiles will tread it      
underfoot forty and two months1 during  
which time there will be two ,prophets  
continually prophesying and working     
mighty miracles4 ,and it seems that the 
,gentile army shall be hindered from    
utterly destroying and overthrowing the 
city1 while these two ,prophets         
continue4 ,but1 after a struggle of     
three years and a half1 they at length  
succeed in destroying these two         
,prophets1 and then overrunning much of 
the city2 they send gifts to each other 
because of the death of the two         
,prophets1 and in the mean time will not
 allow their dead bodies to be put in   
graves1 but suffer them to lie in the   
streets of ,jerusalem three days and a  
half2 during which the armies of the    
,gentiles1 consisting of many kindreds1 

tongues1 and nations1 passing through   
the city1 plundering the ,jews1 see     
their dead bodies lying in the street4  
,but1 after three days and a half1 on a 
sudden1 the spirit of life from ,god    
enters them1 and they will arise and    
stand upon their feet1 and great fear   
will fall upon them that see them4 ,and 
then they shall hear a voice from       
heaven1 saying1 ,come up hither1 and    
they will ascend up to heaven in a      
cloud1 their enemies beholding them4    
,and1 having described all these things1
 then come the shaking1 spoken of by    
,ezekiel1 and the rending of the ,mount 
of ,olives1 spoken of by ,zachariah4    
,john says3 ,the same hour there was a  
great earthquake1 and the tenth part of 
the city fell2 and in the earthquake    
were slain of men seven thousand4 ,and  
then one of the next scenes that follow 
is the sound of voices1 saying3 ,the    
kingdoms of this world are become the   
kingdoms of our ,lord and of ,his       
,christ1 and ,he shall reign forever and

 ever4  ,now1 having summed up the      
description of these great events spoken
 of by these ,prophets1 ,i would just   
remark1 there is no difficulty in       
understanding them all to be perfectly  
plain and literal in their fulfilment4  
,suffice it to say1 the ,jews gather    
home1 and rebuild ,jerusalem4 ,the      
nations gather against them to battle4  
,their armies encompass the city1 and   
have more or less power over it for     
three years and a half4 ,a couple of    
,jewish ,prophets1 by their mighty      
miracles1 keep them from utterly        
overcoming the ,jews2 until at length   
they are slain1 and the city is left in 
a great measure to the mercy of their   
enemies for three days and a half2 the  
two ,prophets rise from the dead and    
ascend up into heaven4 ,the ,messiah    
comes1 convulses the earth1 overthrows  
the army of the ,gentiles1 delivers the 
,jews1 cleanses ,jerusalem1 cuts off all
 wickedness from the earth1 raises the  
saints from the dead1 brings them with  

,him1 and commences ,his reign for a    
thousand years2 during which time ,his  
,spirit will be poured out upon all     
flesh2 men and beasts1 birds and        
serpents1 will be perfectly harmless1   
and peace and the knowledge and glory of
 ,god shall cover the earth as the      
waters cover the sea2 and the kingdom1  
and the greatness of the kingdom under  
the whole heaven1 shall be given to the 
saints of the ,most ,high4  ,during this
 thousand years1 ,satan will be bound1  
and have no power to tempt the children 
of men4 ,and the earth itself will be   
delivered from the curse1 which came by 
reason of the ,fall4 ,the rough places  
will become smooth1 the barren deserts  
fruitful2 the mountains leveled2 the    
valleys exalted2 the thorn and thistle  
shall no more be found1 but all the     
earth shall yield her increase in       
abundance to the saints of ,god4 ,but1  
after the thousand years are ended1 then
 shall ,satan be loosed1 and shall go   
out to deceive the nations which dwell  

in the four quarters of the earth1 to   
gather them to battle1 and to bring them
 up to battle against the camp of the   
saints4 ,then the great and last        
struggle shall take place between ,god  
and ,satan1 for the empire of the earth4
 ,satan and his army shall be           
overthrown4 ,and after these great      
things1 come the end of the earth1 the  
resurrection of the wicked1 and the last
 judgment4 ,and there shall be a new    
earth and a new heaven1 for the former  
earth and the former heaven shall have  
passed away1 that is1 they will be      
changed from temporal to eternal1 and   
made fit for the abode of immortals4    
,then cometh ,jerusalem down from ,god1 
out of heaven1 having been renewed as   
well as the heavens and the earth4 ,for1
 says ,he1 behold1 ,i make all things   
new4  ,this new city1 placed upon the   
new earth1 with the ,lord ,god and the  
,lamb in the midst1 seems to be man's   
eternal abode1 insomuch that1 after all 
our longings for a place beyond the     

bounds of time and space1 as saith the  
poet1 we are at last brought to our     
proper senses1 and given to understand  
that man is destined forever to inherit 
this selfsame planet1 upon which he was 
first created1 which shall be redeemed1 
sanctified1 renewed1 purified1 and      
prepared as an eternal inheritance for  
immortality and eternal life2 with the  
holy city for its capital1 the throne of
 ,god in the midst1 for its seat of     
government2 and watered with a stream1  
clear as crystal1 called the ,waters of 
,life1 issuing from the throne of       
,jehovah2 while either side is adorned  
with trees of never fading beauty4      
,blessed are they that do his           
commandments1 that they may have a right
 to the tree of life1 and may enter in  
through the gates into the city4 ,by    
this time we begin to understand the    
words of the ,savior3 ,blessed are the  
meek1 for they shall inherit the earth4 
,and also the song which ,john heard in 
heaven1 which ended thus3 ,we shall     

reign on the ,,earth4  ,reader1 do not  
be startled2 suppose you were to be     
caught up into heaven1 there to stand   
with the redeemed of every nation1      
kindred1 tongue1 and people1 and join   
them in singing1 and to your            
astonishment1 all heaven is filled with 
joy1 while they tune the immortal lyre1 
in joyful anticipation of one day       
reigning on the earth--a planet now     
under the dominion of ,satan1 the abode 
of wretchedness and misery1 from which  
your glad spirit had taken its flight1  
and1 as you supposed1 an everlasting    
farewell4 ,you might perhaps be startled
 for a moment1 and inquire within       
yourself3 ,why have ,i never heard this 
theme sung among the churches on earth8 
,well1 my friend1 the answer would      
be--,because you lived in a day when    
people did not understand the           
,scriptures4  ,abraham would tell you1  
you should have read the promise of ,god
 to him1 ,gen4 xvii1 #h1 where ,god not 
only promised the land of ,canaan to his

 seed for an everlasting possession1 but
 also to him4 ,then you should have read
 the testimony of ,stephen1 ,acts1 vii1 
#e1 by which you would have ascertained 
that ,abraham never had inherited the   
things promised1 but was still expecting
 to rise from the dead and be brought   
into the land of ,canaan1 to inherit    
them4 ,yes1 says ,ezekiel1 if you had   
read the thirty-seventh chapter of my   
prophecies1 you would have found a      
positive promise1 that ,god would open  
the graves of the whole house of        
,israel1 who were dead1 and gather up   
their dry bones1 and put them together1 
each to its own proper place1 and even  
clothe them again with flesh1 sinews1   
and skin1 and put ,his ,spirit in them1 
and they should live2 and then1 instead 
of being caught up to heaven1 they      
should be brought into the land of      
,canaan1 which the ,lord gave them1 and 
they should inherit it4  ,but1 still    
astonished1 you might turn to ,job2 and 
he1 surprised to find one unacquainted  

with so plain a subject1 would exclaim3 
,did you never read my nineteenth       
chapter1 from the twenty-third to the   
twenty-seventh verses1 where ,i declare1
 ,i wish my words were written in a     
book1 saying1 that my ,redeemer would   
stand on the earth in the latter-day2   
and that ,i should see ,him in the      
flesh1 for myself1 and not another2     
though worms should destroy this body8  
,even ,david1 the sweet singer of       
,israel1 would call to your mind the    
thirty-seventh ,psalm1 where he         
repeatedly declares that the meek shall 
inherit the earth forever1 after the    
wicked are cut off from the face        
thereof4  ,and last of all1 to set the  
matter forever at rest1 the voice of the
 ,savior would mildly fall upon your    
ear1 in his sermon on the mount1        
declaring emphatically3 ,blessed are the
 meek1 for they shall inherit the earth4
 ,to these things you would answer3 ,i  
have read these passages1 to be sure1   
but was always taught to believe that   

they did not mean so1 therefore1 ,i     
never understood them until now4 ,let me
 go and tell the people what wonders    
have opened to my view1 since my arrival
 in heaven1 merely from having heard one
 short song4 ,it is true1 ,i have heard 
much of the glories of heaven described1
 while on earth1 but never once thought 
of their rejoicing in anticipation of   
returning to the earth4 ,says the       
,savior3 ,they have ,moses and the      
,prophets2 if they will not believe     
them1 neither would they believe        
although one should rise from the dead4 
,we will now return to the subject of   
the coming of ,messiah1 and the ushering
 in of that glorious day1 called the    
,millennium1 or rest of a thousand      
years4 ,we gather from the field of     
prophecy1 through which we have passed3 
first1 that that glorious day will be   
ushered in by the personal coming of    
,christ1 and the resurrection of all the
 saints2 second1 that all the wicked    
will be destroyed from the earth1 by    

overwhelming judgments of ,god1 and by  
fire1 at the time of ,his coming1       
insomuch that the earth will be cleansed
 by fire from its wicked inhabitants1 as
 it once was by water2 and this burning 
will include priests as well as people3 
all but a few shall be burned4 ,this    
burning more especially applies to the  
fallen church1 rather than to the       
heathen or ,jews1 whom they are now     
trying to convert4 ,woe unto you1       
,gentiles1 who call yourselves the      
people of the ,lord1 but have made void 
the law of ,god by your traditions2 for 
in vain do you call ,lord1 ,lord1 and do
 not the things which ,jesus commands2  
in vain do ye worship ,him1 teaching for
 doctrines the commandments of men4     
,behold1 the sword of vengeance hangs   
over you1 and except you repent1 it will
 soon fall upon you2 and it will be more
 tolerable in that day for the ,jews and
 heathen than for you4 ,behold1 ye      
flatter yourselves that the glorious day
 spoken of by the ,prophets will be     

ushered in by your modern inventions and
 moneyed plans1 which are got up in     
order to convert the ,jews and heathen  
to the various sectarian principles now 
existing among yourselves2 and you      
expect1 when this is done1 to behold a  
millennium after your own heart4 ,but   
the ,jews and heathen never will be     
converted1 as a people1 to any other    
plan than that laid down in the ,bible  
for the great restoration of ,israel4   
,and you yourselves are laboring under a
 broken covenant1 and ripening for the  
fire as fast as possible4 ,but do not   
count me your enemy because ,i tell you 
the truth1 for ,god is my witness that  
,i love your souls too well to keep back
 any truth from you1 however severe it  
may seem4 ,the wounds of a friend are   
better than the kisses of an enemy4     
,now1 concerning the signs of the times1
 the inquiry often arises3 ,when shall  
these things be1 and what signs shall   
there be when these things shall come to
 pass8 ,i am often asked the question1  

whether it is near at hand2 ,i will     
therefore tell you all1 whereby you may 
know for yourselves when it is nigh1    
even at the doors1 and not be dependent 
on the knowledge of others4  ,now1 you  
behold the apple tree1 and all the      
trees1 when they begin to shoot forth   
their leaves1 ye know of your own selves
 that summer is nigh at hand2 and so    
likewise when ye shall see great        
earthquakes1 famines1 pestilence1 and   
plagues of every kind2 the sea breaking 
beyond its bounds1 and all things in    
commotion2 the nations distressed with  
perplexity2 men's hearts failing them   
for fear1 and for looking for the things
 which are coming on the earth2 when you
 see signs in the heaven above1 and in  
the earth beneath1 blood1 and fire1 and 
vapor of smoke1 the sun turned to       
darkness1 the moon to blood1 and stars  
hurled from their courses2 when you see 
the ,jews gathering to ,jerusalem1 and  
the armies of the nations gathering     
against them to battle1 you may know1   

with a perfect knowledge1 that ,christ's
 coming is near1 even at the doors4     
,verily1 ,i say unto you1 this          
generation shall not pass till all these
 things be fulfilled4 ,heaven and earth 
shall pass away1 but not one word of all
 that the ,lord has spoken by the mouth 
of ,his holy ,prophets and ,apostles    
shall fail4  ,whoever will look to the  
word of the ,prophets1 and to the       
sayings of ,jesus ,christ1 on this      
subject1 the same will be convinced that
 all the signs of which ,i have spoken  
are clearly pointed out as the signs of 
,his coming4 ,but1 notwithstanding all  
these things are written1 ,his coming   
will overtake the world unawares1 as the
 flood did the people in the days of    
,noah4 ,the reason is1 they will not    
understand the ,prophets4 ,they will not
 endure sound doctrine2 their ears are  
turned away from the truth1 and turned  
to fables1 because of false teachers1   
and the precepts of men2 and what is    
still worse1 when ,god sends men with   

the ,new and ,everlasting ,covenant1 and
 clothes them with boldness to testify  
to the truth1 they will be treated as   
the servants of ,god have been before   
them by the fallen churches2 every      
church will cleave to its own way1 and  
will unite in saying3 ,there is no need 
of these new things1 the good old way is
 right2 while at the same time they are 
walking in as many different ways as    
there are sects1 and only agree in      
persecuting and speaking all manner of  
evil against the fishers and hunters    
whom ,god shall send4 ,but1 thank       
heaven1 there are individuals in every  
sect who are humbly seeking the truth1  
and who will know the voice of truth1   
and be gathered out1 and planted in the 
,new and ,everlasting ,covenant2 and    
they will be adopted into the family of 
,israel1 and will be gathered with them1
 and be partakers of the same covenant  
of promise4 ,yea1 as ,jeremiah says1 in 
the sixteenth chapter of his            
,prophecies3 ,the ,gentiles shall come  

unto thee from the ends of the earth1   
and shall say1 surely our fathers have  
inherited lies1 vanities1 and things    
wherein there is no profit4 ,but as the 
,jews overlooked ,christ's first coming1
 by not understanding the ,prophets1 and
 fastening their whole expectations on  
,his glorious coming in the last days1  
to restore the kingdom to ,israel1 and  
avenge them of their enemies1 and1 by   
this mistake1 were broken and scattered2
 so the ,gentiles will overlook the     
prophecies concerning ,his second       
coming1 by confounding them with the    
last judgment1 which is to take place   
more than a thousand years afterward4   
,but this fatal mistake1 instead of     
causing the ,gentiles to be broken and  
scattered1 will cause them to be ground 
to powder4  ,o my brethren1 according to
 the flesh1 my soul mourns over you1 and
 had ,i a voice like a trumpet1 ,i would
 cry1 ,awake1 awake and arouse from your
 slumber1 for the time is fulfilled1    
your destruction is at the door1 for ,i 

have heard from the ,lord ,god of       
,hosts1 a consumption1 even determined  
upon the whole earth6 ,prepare to meet  
your ,god ,i ,and again1 ,awake1 ,o     
house of ,israel1 and lift up your      
heads1 for your redemption draweth nigh3
 yea1 depart ye1 depart ye1 go ye out   
from hence1 gather home from your long  
dispersion1 rebuild your cities2 yea1 go
 ye out from the nations1 from one end  
of heaven to the other2 but let not your
 flight be in haste1 for the ,lord shall
 go before you1 and the ,god of ,israel 
shall be your rearward6 ,and finally1 ,i
 would say to all1 both ,jew and        
,gentile1 ,repent ye1 repent ye1 for the
 great day of the ,lord is at hand2 for 
if ,i1 who am a man1 do lift up my      
voice1 and call upon you to repent1 and 
ye hate me1 what will ye say when the   
day cometh1 when the thunders shall     
utter their voices to the ends of the   
earth1 speaking to the ears of all that 
live1 saying3 ,repent1 and prepare for  
the great day of the ,lord8 ,yea1 again1

 when the lightnings shall streak from  
the east unto the west1 and shall utter 
forth their voices unto all that live1  
and make the ears of all that hear to   
tingle1 saying these words3 ,repent ye1 
for the great day of the ,lord is come8 
,and again1 the ,lord shall utter ,his  
voice out of heaven1 saying3 ,hearken1  
,o ye nations of the earth1 and hear the
 words of that ,god who made you3 ,o ye 
nations of the earth1 how oft would ,i  
have gathered you together as a hen     
gathereth her chickens under her wings1 
but ye would not6 ,how often have ,i    
called upon you by the mouth of my      
servants1 and by the ministering of     
angels1 and by mine own voice1 and by   
the voice of thunderings1 and by the    
voice of lightnings1 and by the voice of
 tempests1 and by the voice of          
earthquakes and great hailstorms1 and by
 the voice of famine and pestilences of 
every kind1 and by the great sound of a 
trumpet1 and by the voice of judgments1 
and by the voice of mercy1 all the day  

long1 and by the voice of glory and     
honor1 and the riches of eternal life1  
and would have saved you with an        
everlasting salvation1 but you would    
not6 ,behold1 the day has come1 when the
 cup of the wrath of mine indignation is
 full4     ,,chapter ,,iii4  ,,the      
,,kingdom ,,of ,,god4  ,seek first the  
,kingdom of ,god4   ,this was the       
command of the ,savior1 while on the    
earth1 teaching the children of men4    
,having taken a general view of the     
prophecies1 past and future1 we shall   
now proceed to fulfil this command1 and 
search out the kingdom of ,god4 ,but1   
before we advance1 ,i would again       
caution the reader not to accompany me  
in this research1 unless he is prepared 
to sacrifice everything1 even to his    
good name1 and life itself1 if          
necessary1 for the truth2 for if he     
should once get a view of the kingdom of
 ,god1 he will be so delighted that he  
never will rest satisfied short of      
becoming a subject of the same4 ,and yet

 it will be so unlike every other system
 of religion now on earth1 that he will 
be astonished that any person1 with the 
,bible in his hand1 should ever have    
mistaken any of the systems of men for  
the kingdom of ,god4 ,there are certain 
powers1 privileges1 and blessings1      
pertaining to the kingdom of ,god1 which
 are found in no other kingdom1 nor     
enjoyed by any other people4 ,by these  
it was over distinguished from all other
 kingdoms and systems1 insomuch that the
 inquiring mind1 seeking the kingdom of 
,god1 and being once acquainted with    
these peculiarities concerning it1 need 
never mistake it1 or be at a loss to    
know when he has found it4 ,but1 before 
we proceed any further in our research1 
let us agree upon the meaning of the    
term1 the ,kingdom of ,god1 or the sense
 in which we will use it2 for some apply
 this term to the kingdom of glory      
above1 and some to the individual       
enjoyment of their own souls1 while     
others apply it to ,his organized       

government on the earth4 ,now1 when ,we 
speak of the kingdom of ,god1 we wish it
 to be understood that we mean ,his     
organized government on the earth4      
,now1 reader1 we launch forth into the  
wide field before us in search of a     
kingdom4 ,but stop1 let us              
consider--what is a kingdom8 ,i reply1  
that four things are required in order  
to constitute any kingdom in heaven or  
on earth2 namely1 first1 a king2        
secondly1 commissioned officers duly    
qualified to execute his ordinances and 
laws2 thirdly1 a code of laws by which  
the subjects are governed2 and fourthly1
 subjects who are governed4 ,where these
 exist in their proper order and regular
 authority1 there is a kingdom1 but     
where either of these ceases to exist1  
there is a disorganization of the       
kingdom2 consequently an end of it1     
until reorganized after the same manner 
as before4 ,it this respect the kingdom 
of ,god is like all other kingdoms2     
wherever we find officers duly          

commissioned and qualified by the ,lord 
,jesus1 together with ,his ordinances   
and laws existing in purity1 unmixed    
with any precepts or commandments of    
men1 there the kingdom of ,god exists1  
and there ,his power is manifest1 and   
,his blessings are enjoyed as in days of
 old4  ,we shall now take a view of the 
setting up of the kingdom of ,god in the
 days of the ,apostles4 ,the first      
intimation of its near approach was by  
an angel to ,zachariah1 promising him a 
son1 who should go before the ,king to  
prepare his way4 ,the next manifestation
 was to ,mary1 and finally to ,joseph1  
by a holy angel1 promising the birth of 
the ,messiah3 while at the same time1   
the ,holy ,ghost manifested unto        
,simeon1 in the temple1 that he should  
not die until he had seen the ,savior4  
,thus1 all these1 together with the     
shepherds and the wise men from the     
east1 began to rejoice with a joy       
unspeakable and full of glory1 while the
 world around them knew not the occasion

 of their joy4 ,after these things1 all 
seemed to rest in silent expectation1   
until ,john had grown to manhood1 when  
he came bounding from the wilderness of 
,judea1 with a proclamation strange and 
new1 crying3 ,repent ye1 for the kingdom
 of heaven is at hand1 baptizing unto   
repentance1 telling them plainly that   
their ,king was already standing among  
them1 on the point of setting up ,his   
kingdom4 ,and while he yet ministered1  
the ,messiah came1 and was baptized1 and
 sealed with the ,spirit of ,god1 which 
rested on ,him in the form of a dove2   
and soon after began the same           
proclamation as ,john1 saying--,repent  
ye1 for the kingdom of heaven is at     
hand4 ,then1 after choosing twelve      
disciples1 ,he sent them forth into all 
the cities of ,judea1 with the same     
proclamation-- ,the kingdom of heaven is
 at hand2 and after them ,he sent       
seventy1 and then another seventy1 with 
the same news1 so that all might be well
 warned and prepared for a kingdom which

 was soon to be organized amongst them4 
,but when these things had produced the 
desired effect1 in causing a general    
expectation1 more especially in the     
hearts of ,his disciples1 who daily     
expected to triumph over their          
persecutors1 by the coronation of this  
glorious personage1 while they          
themselves were hoping for a reward for 
all their toil and sacrifices for ,his  
sake1 by being exalted to dignity near  
,his person1 what must have been their  
disappointment1 when they saw their     
,king taken and crucified1 having been  
mocked1 derided1 ridiculed1 and finally 
overcome1 and triumphed over1 both by   
,jew and ,gentile8 ,they would gladly   
have died in battle to have placed ,him 
upon the throne2 but tamely to submit   
without a struggle1 to give up all their
 expectations1 and sink in despair from 
the highest pitch of enthusiasm to the  
lowest degradation1 was more than they  
could well endure4 ,they shrank back in 
sorrow1 and returned every man to his   

own net1 or to their several            
occupations1 supposing all was over2    
probably with reflections like these3   
,is this the result of all our labors8  
was it for this we forsook all worldly  
objects1 our friends1 our houses and    
lands1 suffering persecution1 hunger1   
fatigue and disgrace8 ,and we trust it  
should have been ,he who would have     
delivered ,israel2 but alas1 they have  
killed ,him1 and all is over4 ,for three
 years we have awakened a general       
expectation through all ,judea1 by      
telling them that the kingdom of heaven 
was at hand1 but now our ,king is dead1 
how shall we dare to look the people in 
the face8  ,with these reflections1 each
 pursuing his own course1 all was again 
turned to silence1 and the voice had    
ceased to be heard in ,judea1 crying3   
,repent ye1 for the kingdom of heaven is
 at hand4 ,jesus slept in the arms of   
death2 a great stone with the seal of of
 state1 secured the tomb where he lay1  
while the ,roman guard stood in watchful

 silence1 to see that all was kept      
secure2 when suddenly1 from the regions 
of glory1 a mighty angel descended1 at  
whoso presence the soldiers fell back as
 dead men1 while he rolled the stone    
from the door of the sepulchre1 and the 
,son of ,god awoke from ,his slumbers1  
burst the bonds of death1 and soon after
 appearing to ,mary1 ,he sent her to the
 disciples with the joyful news of ,his 
resurrection1 and appointed a place to  
meet them4 ,when1 after seeing ,him1 all
 their sorrow was turned into joy1 and  
all their former hopes were suddenly    
revived1 they had no longer to cry--,the
 kingdom of heaven is at hand1 but were 
to tarry at ,jerusalem until the kingdom
 was established2 and they prepared to  
unlock the door of the kingdom1 and to  
adopt strangers and foreigners into it  
as legal citizens1 by administering     
certain laws and ordinances1 which were 
invariably the laws of adoption1 and    
without which no man could ever become a
 citizen4  ,having ascended up on high1 

and having been crowned with all power  
in heaven and on earth1 ,he again comes 
to ,his disciples1 and gives them their 
authority1 saying unto them3 ,go ye into
 all the world1 and preach the gospel to
 every creature4 ,he that believeth1 and
 is baptized1 shall be saved2 but he    
that believeth not shall be damned4 ,and
 these signs shall follow them that     
believe3 ,in my name shall they cast out
 devils2 they shall speak with new      
tongues2 they shall take up serpents2   
and if they drink any deadly thing it   
shall not hurt them2 they shall lay     
hands on the sick1 and they shall       
recover4 ,mark1 xvi1 #ae-ah4 ,now ,i    
wish the reader not to pass over this   
commission until he understands it1     
because when once understood1 he never  
need mistake the kingdom of ,god1 but   
will at once discover those             
peculiarities which were forever to     
distinguish it from all other kingdoms  
or religious systems on earth4 ,lest he 
should misunderstand1 we will analyze   

it1 and look at each part carefully in  
its own proper light2 first1 they were  
to preach the ,gospel1 or in other      
words1 the glad tidings of a crucified  
and risen ,redeemer1 to all the world2  
secondly1 he that believed1 and was     
baptized1 should be saved2 thirdly1 he  
that did not believe what they preached 
should be damned2 and fourthly1 these   
signs should follow them that believed3 
first1 they were to cast out devils2    
second1 to speak with new tongues2      
third1 to take up serpents2 fourth1 if  
they drank any deadly thing1 it should  
not hurt them2 fifth1 they were to lay  
hands on the sick1 and they should      
recover4  ,now1 it is wilful blindness1 
or ignorance of the ,english language1  
that has ever caused any                
misunderstanding here4 ,for some tell us
 that those signs were only to follow   
the ,apostles2 and others1 that they    
were only to follow believers in that   
age4 ,but ,christ places the preaching1 
believing1 salvation1 and the signs that

 were to follow1 all on an equal        
footing2 where one was limited1 the     
other must be2 where one ceased1 the    
other did4 ,if the language limits these
 signs to the ,apostles1 it limits faith
 and salvation also to them4 ,if no     
others were to have these signs follow  
them1 then no others were to believe1   
and no others were to be saved4 ,again1 
if the language limits these signs to   
the first age or ages of ,christianity1 
then it limits salvation to the first   
ages of ,christianity1 for one is       
precisely as much limited as the other2 
and where one is in force1 the other is2
 and where one ends1 the other must     
stop4 ,and as well might we say1        
preaching of the ,gospel is no longer   
needed2 neither faith nor salvation2    
these were only given at first to       
establish the ,gospel2 as to say1 the   
signs are no longer necessary1 they were
 only given at first to establish the   
,gospel4 ,but1 says the astonished      
reader3 ,have not these signs ceased    

from among men8 ,i reply1 prove that    
they have ceased1 and it will prove that
 the ,gospel has ceased to be preached1 
that men have ceased to believe and be  
saved1 and that the world is without the
 kingdom of ,god2 or else it will prove 
that ,jesus ,christ was an impostor1 and
 ,his promises of no effect4  ,now1     
having analyzed and understood this     
commission1 let us still pursue the     
subject of the organization of the      
kingdom of ,god in the days of the      
,apostles4 ,the ,savior1 having given   
them their authority1 commands them to  
tarry1 and not undertake their mission1 
until they were endowed with power from 
on high4 ,but why this delay8 ,because  
no man was ever qualified1 or ever will 
be1 to preach the ,gospel1 and teach all
 things whatsoever ,jesus commanded him1
 without the ,holy ,ghost2 and a very   
different ,holy ,ghost1 too1 from the   
one enjoyed by men who are not inspired1
 for the ,holy ,ghost of which ,jesus   
spake would guide into all truth1 bring 

all things to remembrance1 whatsoever   
,he had said unto them1 and show them   
things to come--not to mention that it  
would enable them to speak in all the   
languages of the earth4 ,now1 a man who 
preaches needs that ,holy ,ghost very   
much2 first1 to guide into all truth1   
that he may know what to teach2 second1 
to strengthen his memory1 lest he might 
neglect to teach some of the things     
which were commanded him2 and1 third1 he
 needs to know things to come1 that he  
may forewarn his hearers of approaching 
danger1 and that would constitute him a 
prophet4 ,from this1 the reader may see 
how careful ,jesus was that none should 
preach ,his ,gospel without the ,holy   
,ghost4 ,he may also learn how different
 the ,spirit of ,truth is from the      
spirit now abroad in the earth1         
deceiving the world1 under the name of  
the ,holy ,ghost4 ,if the churches of   
the present day have the ,holy ,ghost1  
why are they so much at a loss to       
understand truth8 ,why do they walk in  

so many different ways and doctrines8   
,why do they need whole libraries of    
sermons1 tracts1 divinities1 debates1   
arguments1 and opinions1 all written by 
the wisdom of men1 without even         
professing to be inspired8 ,well doth   
the ,lord complain1 saying3 ,their fear 
toward me is taught by the precepts of  
men4 ,but to return2 the ,apostles      
tarried at ,jerusalem until endowed with
 power1 and then they commenced to      
proclaim the ,gospel4  ,here we have    
discovered several things towards a     
kingdom3 first1 we have found a ,king1  
crowned at the right hand of ,god1 to   
whom is committed all power in heaven   
and on earth2 second1 commissioned      
officers1 duly appointed to administer  
the affairs of government2 third1 the   
laws by which they were to be governed  
were ,,all ,,things ,,whatsoever ,,jesus
 ,,had ,,commanded ,,his ,,disciples    
,,to ,,teach ,,them4  ,and now1 if we   
can find how men became citizens of that
 kingdom1 ,i mean as to the rules of    

adoption1 then we have found the kingdom
 of ,god in that age1 and shall be very 
much dissatisfied with every thing in   
our own age1 professing to be the       
kingdom of ,god1 which is not according 
to the pattern4  ,it happened that there
 were no natural born subjects of that  
kingdom1 for both ,jew and ,gentile were
 included in sin and unbelief2 and none 
could be citizens without the law of    
adoption4 ,all that believed on the name
 of the ,king had power to be adopted1  
but there was but one invariable rule or
 plan by which they were adopted2 and   
all that undertook to claim citizenship1
 in any other way whatever1 were counted
 thieves and robbers1 and could never   
obtain the seal of adoption4 ,this rule 
was laid down in the ,savior's teaching 
to ,nicodemus1 namely3 ,except a man be 
born of water 7that is1 baptized in     
water71 and of the ,spirit 7that is1    
baptized with the ,spirit71 he cannot   
enter into the kingdom of ,god4  ,now1  
to ,peter were given the keys of the    

kingdom2 therefore it was his duty to   
open the kingdom to ,jew and also to    
,gentile4 ,we will therefore carefully  
examine the manner in which he did adopt
 the ,jews into the kingdom on the day  
of ,pentecost4  ,now1 when the multitude
 came running together on the day of    
,pentecost1 the ,apostle ,peter1        
standing up with the eleven1 lifted up  
his voice and reasoned with them from   
the ,scriptures1 testifying of ,jesus   
,christ1 and ,his resurrection and      
ascension on high--insomuch that many   
became convinced of the truth1 and      
inquired what they should do4 ,these    
were not ,christians1 but they were     
people who were that moment convinced   
that ,jesus was the ,christ2 and because
 they were convinced of this fact1 they 
inquired--,what shall we do8 ,then      
,peter said unto them3 ,repent and be   
baptized1 every one of you1 in the name 
of ,jesus ,christ1 for the remission of 
sins1 and you shall receive the gift of 
the ,holy ,ghost3 for the promise is    

unto you1 and your children1 and to all 
that are afar of1 even as many as the   
,lord our ,god shall call4 ,my reader1  
do you understand this proclamation8 ,if
 you do1 you will see that this ,gospel 
is not generally preached in modern     
times4 ,let us therefore analyze and    
examine it1 sentence by sentence4 ,you  
recollect they already believed1 and the
 next thing was for them to repent2     
first1 faith2 second1 repentance2 third1
 baptism2 fourth1 remission of sins2 and
 fifth1 the ,holy ,ghost4 ,this was the 
order of the ,gospel4 ,faith gave the   
power to become sons1 or citizens2      
repentance1 and baptism in ,his name1   
was the obedience through which they    
were adopted2 and the ,holy ,spirit of  
promise was the seal of their adoption1 
and this they were sure to receive if   
they would obey4  ,now1 reader1 where do
 you hear such preaching in our day8    
,who teaches that those who believe and 
repent1 should be baptized1 and none    
others8 ,perhaps the reader may say the 

,baptists do2 but do they call upon men 
to be baptized as soon as they believe  
and repent8 ,and moreover1 do they      
promise the remission of sins1 with the 
gift of the ,holy ,ghost8 ,recollect1   
now1 what effect the ,holy ,ghost has   
upon people who receive it4 ,it will    
guide them into all truth1 strengthen   
the memory1 and show them things to     
come4 ,and ,joel has said1 it would     
cause them to dream dreams1 to see      
visions1 and to prophesy4 ,o6 my reader1
 where do you find a ,gospel like this  
preached among men8 ,would men go       
mourning for weeks upon weeks1 without  
the forgiveness of sins1 or the comfort 
of the ,holy ,spirit1 if ,peter stood   
among us to tell precisely how to get   
such blessings8 ,now1 what would you    
think of a camp meeting1 where three    
thousand men should come forward to be  
prayed for1 and one of the ministers    
should 7,peter like7 command them every 
one to repent1 and be baptized for the  
remission of sins1 promising that all   

who obeyed should receive the remission 
of sins and the gift of the ,holy       
,ghost1 which should cause them to dream
 dreams and prophesy2 and then should   
arise with his brethren of the same     
calling1 and the same hour commence     
baptizing1 and continue until they had  
baptized them all2 and the ,holy ,ghost 
should fall upon them1 and they begin to
 see visions1 speak in other tongues1   
and prophecy8 ,would not the news go    
abroad1 far and wide1 that a new        
doctrine had made its appearance1 quite 
different from any thing now practised  
among men8 ,o yes1 says the reader1     
this1 to be sure1 would be something    
new1 and very strange to all of us4     
,well1 strange as it may seem1 it is the
 ,gospel1 as preached by ,peter on the  
day of ,pentecost2 and ,paul declares   
that he preached the same ,gospel that  
,peter did2 and he has also said3       
,though we1 or an angel from heaven1    
preach any other gospel1 let him be     
accursed4 ,now1 the reader need no      

longer be astonished to see that these  
signs do not follow them that believe   
some other gospel1 or doctrine1         
different from that preached by the     
,apostles4  ,but now let us return to   
the kingdom of ,god organized in the    
days of the ,apostles2 you discover that
 three thousand persons were adopted    
into the kingdom the first day the door 
was opened4 ,these1 together with the   
numerous additions which were afterwards
 made1 were the subjects of this        
kingdom2 which1 being fitly framed      
together1 grew into a holy temple in the
 ,lord4 ,thus1 we have cleared away the 
rubbish of sectarian tradition and      
superstition1 which arose in heaps      
around us2 and having searched          
carefully1 we have at length discovered 
the kingdom of ,god1 as it existed at   
its first organization in the days of   
the ,apostles2 and we have seen that it 
differs widely from all modern systems  
of religion1 both in its offices1       
ordinances1 powers1 and privileges1     

insomuch that no man need ever mistake  
the one for the other4  ,having made    
this discovery1 we shall proceed to     
examine the progress of the kingdom     
among ,jew and ,gentile2 and what were  
its fruits1 gifts1 and blessings as     
enjoyed by its citizens4  ,soon after   
the organization of the kingdom of ,god 
at ,jerusalem1 ,philip came to ,samaria1
 and there preached the ,gospel3 and    
when they believed ,philip1 they were   
baptized1 both men and women1 and had   
great joy4 ,and afterwards1 ,peter and  
,john came from ,jerusalem1 and prayed1 
and laid their hands on them1 and they  
received the ,holy ,ghost4 ,mark here1  
they first believed1 and then were      
baptized1 having great joy1 and yet had 
not received the ,holy ,ghost4 ,but that
 was afterwards given1 by the laying on 
of hands and prayer1 in the name of     
,jesus4 ,o how different from the       
systems of men6  ,witness ,paul's       
conversion while on his journey to      
,damascus3 the ,lord ,jesus appeared to 

him in the way2 but instead of telling  
him his sins were forgiven1 and pouring 
the ,holy ,ghost upon him1 ,he sent him 
to ,damascus1 telling him that it should
 there be told him what he should do4   
,and coming to ,damascus1 ,ananias being
 sent1 commanded him not to tarry1 but  
to arise and be baptized1 and wash away 
his sins1 calling on the name of the    
,lord2 then he arose and was baptized1  
and was even filled with the ,holy      
,ghost1 and straightway preached that   
,jesus was the ,christ4  ,again1 witness
 ,peter going to ,cornelius1 a ,gentile 
of great piety1 whose prayers were      
heard1 and whose alms were remembered1  
and who had even attained to the        
ministering of an angel2 yet with all   
his piety1 and the ,holy ,ghost poured  
out upon him and his friends1 before    
they were baptized1 they must be        
baptized1 or they could not be saved4   
,why8 ,because the ,lord had commanded  
the ,apostles to preach to every        
creature1 and every creature who would  

not believe and be baptized1 should be  
damned1 without one exception4 ,witness 
the words of the angel to ,cornelius3   
,he 7,peter7 shall tell thee words      
whereby thou and all thy house shall be 
saved4 ,now1 query1 could ,cornelius    
have been saved without obeying the     
words of ,peter8 ,if so1 the angel's    
errand was in vain4  ,now1 perhaps a    
minister1 who should find a man as good 
as ,cornelius was1 would say to him3 ,go
 on1 brother1 you can be saved1 you have
 experienced religion1 you may indeed be
 baptized to answer a good conscience1  
if you feel it your duty2 or1 if not1 it
 is no matter1 a new heart is all that  
is really necessary to salvation1 etc42 
as much as to say1 that the commandments
 of ,jesus are not absolutely necessary 
to salvation2 a man may call him ,lord1 
,lord1 and be saved1 just as well as by 
keeping ,his commandments4 ,oh vain and 
foolish doctrine6 ,oh ye children of    
men1 how have you perverted the ,gospel6
 ,in vain do ye call ,him ,lord1 ,lord1 

and do not obey ,his commandments4      
,next1 we call to mind the jailor and   
his household1 who were baptized the    
same hour they believed1 without waiting
 for the day2 and ,lydia and her        
household1 who attended to the ordinance
 the first sermon they heard on the     
subject4 ,also ,philip and the eunuch1  
who stopped the chariot at the first    
water they came to1 in order to attend  
to the ordinance1 although the eunuch   
had heard of ,jesus1 for the first time1
 only a few minutes before4 ,now1 ,i    
gather from all those examples of       
ancient days1 and from the precepts laid
 down in them1 that baptism was the     
initiating ordinance1 by which all those
 who believed and repented were received
 and adopted into the church or kingdom 
of ,god1 so as to be entitled to the    
remission of sins1 and the blessing of  
the ,holy ,ghost2 indeed1 it was the    
ordinance through which they became sons
 and daughters2 and because they were   
sons1 the ,lord shed forth the ,spirit  

of ,his ,son into their hearts1 crying1 
,abba1 ,father4 ,it is true1 the ,lord  
poured out the ,holy ,ghost upon        
,cornelius and his friends1 before they 
were baptized2 but it seemed necessary1 
in order to convince the believing ,jews
 that the ,gentiles also had part in    
this salvation4 ,and ,i believe this is 
the only instance1 in the whole record1 
of the people receiving the ,holy ,ghost
 without first obeying the laws of      
adoption4 ,but mark6 ,obeying the laws  
of adoption would not constitute a man  
an heir of the kingdom1 a citizen       
entitled to the blessings and gifts of  
the ,spirit1 unless those laws and      
ordinances were administered by one who 
had proper authority1 and was duly      
commissioned from the ,king2 and a      
commission given to one individual could
 never authorize another to act in his  
stead4 ,this is one of the most         
important points to be understood1 as it
 brings to the test every minister in   
,christendom2 and questions the         

organization of every church on earth1  
and all that have existed since direct  
inspiration ceased4  ,now1 in order to  
come at this subject in plainness1 let  
us examine the constitution of earthly  
governments in regard to the authority  
and laws of adoption4 ,we will say1 for 
instance1 the ,president of the ,united 
,states writes a commission to ,a4 ,b41 
duly authorizing him to act in some     
office in the government1 and1 during   
his administration1 two gentlemen from  
,europe come to reside in this country1 
and1 being strangers and foreigners     
wishing to become citizens1 they go     
before ,a4 ,b41 and he administers the  
oath of allegiance in due form1 and     
certifies the same1 and this constitutes
 them legal citizens1 entitled to all   
the privileges of those who are citizens
 or subjects by birth4 ,after these     
things1 ,a4 ,b4 is taken away by death1 
and ,c4 ,d41 in looking over his papers1
 happens to find the commission given to
 ,a4 ,b41 and1 applying it to his own   

use1 assumes the vacant office2         
meantime1 two foreigners arrive1 and    
apply for citizenship1 and being        
informed by persons ignorant of the     
affairs of government1 that ,c4 ,d4     
could administer the laws of adoption1  
they submit to be administered unto by  
,c4 ,d41 without once examining his     
authority2 ,c4 ,d4 certifies of their   
citizenship1 and they suppose they have 
been legally adopted1 the same as the   
others1 and are entitled to all the     
privileges of citizenship4 ,but by and  
by1 their citizenship is called in      
question1 and they produce the          
certificate of ,c4 ,d42 the ,president  
inquires-- ,who is ,c4 ,d48 ,i never    
gave him a commission to act in any     
office1 ,i know him not1 and you are    
strangers and foreigners to the         
commonwealth1 until you go before the   
legally appointed successor of ,a4 ,b41 
or some other of like authority1 who has
 a commission from the ,president direct
 in his own name4 ,in the meantime1 ,c4 

,d4 is taken and punished according to  
law1 for practising imposition1 and     
usurping authority which was never      
conferred upon him4  ,and so it is with 
the kingdom of ,god4 ,the ,lord         
authorized the ,apostles and others by  
direct revelation1 and by the spirit of 
prophecy1 to preach and baptize1 and    
build up ,his church and kingdom2 but   
after a while they died1 and a long time
 passed away1 and men1 reading over     
their commission1 where it says to the  
eleven ,apostles--,go ye into all the   
world and preach the ,gospel to every   
creature1 etc41 have had the presumption
 to apply these sayings as their        
authority1 and without any other        
commission1 have gone forth professing  
to preach the ,gospel1 and baptize1 and 
build up the church and kingdom of ,god2
 but those whom they baptize never      
receive the same blessings and gifts    
which characterized a saint or citizen  
of the kingdom in the days of the       
,apostles4 ,why8 ,because they are yet  

foreigners and strangers1 for the       
commission given to the ,apostles never 
commissioned any other man to act in    
their stead4 ,this was a prerogative the
 ,lord reserved unto himself4 ,no man   
has a right to take this ministry upon  
himself1 but he that is called by       
revelation1 and duly qualified to act in
 his calling by the ,holy ,ghost4  ,but 
the reader inquires with astonishment1  
,what6 are none of all the ministers of 
the present day called to the ministry1 
and legally commissioned8 ,well1 my     
reader1 ,i will tell you how you may    
ascertain from their own mouths1 and    
that will be far better than an answer  
from me2 go to the clergy1 and ask them 
if ,god has given them any direct       
revelation since the ,new ,testament was
 finished2 inquire of them whether the  
gift of prophecy ceased with the early  
age of the church2 and1 in short1 ask   
them if revelations1 prophets1 the      
ministering of angels1 etc41 are needed 
or expected in these days1 or whether   

they believe that these things are done 
away1 no more to return to the earth2   
and their answer will be that the ,bible
 contains sufficient1 and that since the
 canon of ,scripture was filled1        
revelation1 the spirit of prophecy and  
the ministering of angels have ceased1  
because no longer needed4 ,in short1    
they will denounce every man as an      
impostor who pretends to any such thing4
 ,and when you have obtained this       
answer1 ask them how they themselves    
were called and commissioned to preach  
the ,gospel1 and they will be at a loss 
to answer you1 and will finally tell you
 that the ,bible commissioned them1     
saying--,go ye into all the world1 etc4 
,thus1 you see1 all who have no direct  
personal revelation from the ,king of   
heaven1 either by angels1 the voice of  
,god1 or the spirit of prophecy1 are    
acting under authority which was given  
to others1 who are dead1 and their      
commission stolen1 and their authority  
usurped2 and the ,king will say--,peter 

,i know1 and ,paul ,i know1 ,i          
commissioned them1 but who are you8 ,i  
know you not1 ,i never spoke to you in  
my life2 indeed you believed it was not 
necessary for me to speak in your day4  
,therefore you never sought in faith for
 any revelation1 and ,i never gave you  
any2 and even when ,i spake to others1  
you mocked them1 and called them        
impostors1 and persecuted them1 because 
they testified of the things ,i had said
 unto them1 therefore depart from me1 ye
 cursed1 into everlasting fire1 prepared
 for the devil and his angels3 for ,i   
was an hungered1 and ye fed me not2 ,i  
was naked1 and ye clothed me not2 ,i was
 a stranger1 and ye took me not in2 sick
 and in prison and ye visited me not4   
,ah6 ,lord1 when did we fail in any of  
these things8 ,inasmuch as you have not 
done it unto the least of these my      
brethren 7taking them for impostors1    
because they testified of the things    
which ,i had revealed unto them71 ye    
have not done it unto me4 ,but to       

return3 having examined the kingdom of  
,god as to its offices and ordinances1  
and having discovered the only means of 
adoption into it1 let us examine more   
fully what are the blessings1           
privileges1 and enjoyments of its       
citizens4 ,you have already seen that   
they were to cast out devils1 speak with
 new tongues1 heal the sick by the      
laying on of hands in the name of       
,jesus1 as well as to see visions1 dream
 dreams1 prophesy1 etc4  ,but let us    
look at the kingdom in its organized    
state1 and see whether these promises   
were verified to ,jew and ,gentile1     
wherever the kingdom of ,god was found  
in all ages of the world4  ,paul        
writing1 first1 ,to the church of ,god  
at ,corinth2 second1 ,to them that are  
sanctified in ,christ ,jesus2 third1 ,to
 them who are called to be saints2 and  
fourth1 ,to all that in every place call
 on the name of ,jesus ,christ our      
,lord1 says to them all1 in #a          
,corinthians1 xii1 #a3 ,now1 concerning 

spiritual gifts1 brethren1 ,i would not 
have you ignorant4 ,and then1 continuing
 his instructions1 a few verses further 
on1 he says3 ,but the manifestation of  
the ,spirit is given to every man to    
profit withal2 for to one is given1 by  
the ,spirit1 the word of wisdom2 to     
another the word of knowledge by the    
same ,spirit2 to another faith by the   
same ,spirit2 to another1 the gifts of  
healing by the same ,spirit2 to another1
 the working of miracles2 to another1   
prophecy2 to another1 discerning of     
spirits2 to another1 divers kinds of    
tongues2 to another1 the interpretation 
of tongues2 but all these worketh that  
one and the self-same ,spirit1 dividing 
to every man severally as ,he 7,christ7 
will4 ,for as the body is one1 and hath 
many members1 and all the members of    
that one body1 being many1 are one body2
 so also is ,christ4 ,for by one ,spirit
 are we all baptized into one body1     
whether we be ,jews or ,gentiles1       
whether we be bond or free2 and have    

been all made to drink into one ,spirit4
 ,for the body is not one member1 but   
many4 ,if the foot shall say1 because ,i
 am not the hand1 ,i am not of the body2
 is it therefore not of the body8 ,and  
if the ear shall say1 because ,i am not 
the eye1 ,i am not of the body2 is it   
therefore not of the body8 ,if the whole
 body were an eye1 where were the       
hearing8 ,if the whole were hearing1    
where were the smelling8 ,but now hath  
,got set the members1 everyone of them  
in the body1 as it hath pleased ,him4   
,and if they were all one member1 where 
were the body8 ,i reply1 it would not   
exist4 ,but now are they many members1  
yet but one body4 ,and the eye cannot   
say unto the hand1 ,i have no need of   
thee2 nor again1 the head to the feet1  
,i have no need of you4 ,nay1 much more 
those members of the body which seem to 
be more feeble1 are necessary2 and those
 members of the body which we think to  
be less honorable1 upon these we bestow 
more abundant honor3 and our uncomely   

parts have more abundant comeliness4    
,for our comely parts have no need3 but 
,god hath tempered the body together1   
having given more abundant honor to that
 part which lacked3 that there should be
 no schism in the body2 but that the    
members should have the same care for   
one another4 ,and whether one member    
suffer1 all the members suffer with it2 
or one member be honored1 all the       
members rejoice with it4 ,now1 ye are   
the body of ,christ1 and members in     
particular4 ,and ,god hath set some in  
the church1 first1 apostles2            
secondarily1 prophets2 thirdly1         
teachers2 after that1 miracles1 then    
gifts of healings1 helps1 governments1  
diversities of tongues4 ,are all        
apostles8 are all prophets8 are all     
teachers8 are all workers of miracles8  
,have all the gifts of healing8 do all  
speak with tongues8 do all interpret8   
,but covet earnestly the best gifts3 and
 yet shew ,i unto you a more excellent  
way4 ,from the thirteenth verse of the  

above chapter1 we learn that the        
,apostle is still speaking to the whole 
church in all ages1 whether ,jew or     
,gentile1 bond or free1 even all who    
should ever compose the body of ,christ1
 and showing that ,christ's body        
consisted of many members1 baptized by  
one spirit into one body1 possessing all
 these different gifts1 some one gift1  
and some another3 and then expressly    
says1 that one member possessing one    
gift1 should not say to another member  
possessing another gift1 we have no need
 of thee4  ,and having shown that it    
required apostles1 prophets1            
evangelists1 pastors1 and teachers2     
together with the gifts of prophecy1    
miracles1 healing1 and all other gifts1 
to compose the church1 or body of       
,christ1 in any age1 whether ,jew or    
,gentile1 bond or free2 and having      
utterly forbidden any of the members    
ever to say1 of any of these gifts3 ,we 
have no need of thee1 ,he declares the  
body never could be perfected without   

all of them1 and that if they were done 
away1 there would be no body1 that is1  
no church of ,christ in existence4      
,having shown all these things clearly1 
he exhorts them to covet earnestly the  
best gifts4 ,and in the thirteenth      
chapter1 exhorts them to faith1 hope1   
and charity1 without which all these    
gifts would avail them nothing3 and in  
the fourteenth chapter repeats the      
exhortation3 ,follow after charity1 and 
desire spiritual gifts1 but rather that 
ye may prophesy4 ,again1 in ,ephesians1 
i1 #ag1 ,paul prays that the ,lord would
 give unto the church the ,spirit of    
,,wisdom and of ,,revelation1 in the    
,,knowledge of ,god4 ,again1 in         
,ephesians1 iv1 he tells them there is  
one body and one ,lord1 one ,spirit1 one
 faith1 and one baptism2 and that       
,christ ascended up on high1 led        
captivity captive1 and gave gifts to    
men4 ,and ,he gave some apostles2 and   
some1 prophets2 and some1 evangelists2  
and some1 pastors and teachers4 ,and if 

the reader inquire what these gifts or  
offices were for1 let him read the      
twelfth verse3 ,for the perfecting of   
the saints1 for the work of the         
ministry1 for the edifying of the body  
of ,christ4 ,and if he inquire how long 
these were to continue1 the thirteenth  
verse says3 ,till we all come in the    
unity of the faith1 and of the knowledge
 of the ,son of ,god1 unto a perfect    
man1 unto the measure of the stature of 
the fulness of ,christ4 ,and if he still
 inquire what further object ,christ had
 in giving these gifts1 let him read the
 fourteenth verse3 ,that we henceforth  
be no more children1 tossed to and fro1 
and carried about with every wind of    
doctrine1 by the sleight of men1 and    
cunning craftiness1 whereby they lie in 
wait to deceive4  ,now1 without these   
gifts and offices1 first1 the saints    
cannot be perfected2 second1 the work of
 the ministry cannot proceed2 third1 the
 body of ,christ cannot be edified2 and 
fourth1 there is nothing to prevent them

 from being carried about with every    
wind of doctrine4 ,now1 ,i boldly       
declare that the cause of all the       
division1 confusion1 jars1 discord1 and 
animosities2 and the fruitful source of 
so many faiths1 lords1 baptisms1 and    
spirits2 and of the understanding being 
darkened2 and of men being alienated    
from the life of ,god1 through the      
ignorance that is in them1 because of   
the blindness of their hearts1 is1      
because they have neither apostles1     
prophets1 nor gifts1 inspired from on   
high1 to whom they give heed2 for1 if   
they had such gifts1 and would give heed
 unto them1 they would be built up in   
one body1 in the pure doctrine of       
,christ1 having one ,lord1 one faith1   
one baptism1 and one hope of their      
calling2 yea1 they would be edified1    
built up unto ,christ in all things1 in 
whom the whole body1 fitly joined       
together1 would grow into an holy temple
 in the ,lord4  ,but so long as the     
cunning craftiness of men can persuade  

them that they have no need of these    
things1 so long they can toss them about
 with every wind of doctrine1 just as   
they please4  ,now1 reader1 ,i have done
 our examination of the kingdom of ,god1
 as it existed in the ,apostles' days2  
and we cannot look at it in any other   
age1 until renewed again in the last    
days1 for it never did1 nor never will  
exist1 without apostles and prophets1   
and all the other gifts of the ,spirit4 
,were we to take a view of the churches1
 from the days that inspiration ceased  
until now1 we should see nothing like   
the kingdom which we have been viewing  
with such admiration and delight4 ,but  
instead of apostles and prophets1 we    
should see false teachers1 whom men had 
heaped to themselves2 and instead of the
 gifts of the ,spirit1 we should see the
 wisdom of men2 and instead of the ,holy
 ,ghost1 many false spirits2 instead of 
the ordinances of ,god1 commandments of 
men2 instead of knowledge1 opinion2     
guess work1 instead of revelation2      

division1 instead of union2 doubt1      
instead of faith2 despair1 instead of   
hope2 hatred1 instead of charity2 a     
physician1 instead of the laying on of  
hands for the healing of the sick2      
fables1 instead of truth1 evil for good1
 good for evil2 darkness for light1     
light for darkness1 and in a word1      
anti-,christ instead of ,christ2 the    
powers of earth having made war with the
 saints1 and overcome them1 until the   
words of ,god should be fulfilled4  ,o  
my ,god1 shut up the vision6 for my     
heart sickens while ,i gaze2 and let the
 day hasten on when the earth shall be  
cleansed by fire from such awful        
pollutions2 but first1 let ,thy promise 
be fulfilled1 which ,thou didst make by 
the mouth of ,thy servant ,john1 that   
,thou wouldst call ,thy people out of   
her1 saying3 ,come out of her1 my       
people1 that ye be not partakers of her 
sins1 and that ye receive not of her    
plagues2 and then1 ,o ,lord1 when ,thou 
hast called ,thy people out from the    

midst of her1 by the fishers and hunters
 whom ,thou hast promised to send in the
 last days to gather ,israel2 yea1 when 
,thine everlasting covenant has been    
renewed1 and ,thy people established    
thereby2 then let her plagues come in   
one day1 death1 mourning1 and famine2   
let her be burned with fire2 that the   
holy ,apostles and ,prophets1 and all   
that fear ,thy name1 small and great1   
may rejoice1 because ,thou hast avenged 
the blood of ,thy saints upon her4 ,i   
ask these things in the name of ,jesus  
,christ4 ,amen4     ,,chapter ,,iv4     
,,the ,,book ,,of ,,mormon--,,origin    
,,of ,,the ,,american ,,indians1 ,,etc4 
,ye gloomy scenes1 far hence1 intrude no
 more6     ,sublimer themes invite the  
muse to soar     ,in loftier strains1   
while scenes both strange and new       
,burst on the sight1 and open to the    
view4      ,lo6 from the opening        
heavens1 in bright array     ,an angel  
comes--to earth he bends his way3       
,reveals to man1 in power1 as at the    

first1     ,the fulness of the ,gospel  
long since lost4      ,see earth1       
obedient1 from its bosom yield     ,the 
sacred truth it faithfully concealed4   
,the wise1 confounded1 startle at the   
sight1     ,the proud and haughty       
tremble with affright4      ,the        
hireling priests against the truth      
engage1     ,while hell beneath stands  
trembling1 filled with rage2     ,false 
are their hopes1 and all their struggles
 vain2     ,their craft must fall1 and  
with it all their gain2     ,the deaf   
must hear1 the meek their joy increase2 
,the poor be glad1 and their oppression 
cease4  ,while darkness covered the     
earth1 and gross darkness the people1   
every man walking in his own way1 and   
looking for gain from his quarter1 the  
,lord having for a long time held ,his  
peace1 and the people having fondly     
flattered themselves that the voice of  
inspiration would never again sound in  
the ears of mortals1 to disturb or      
molest them in their sinful career2     

while a few were looking for the        
consolation of ,israel1 and crying to   
,god for the ushering in of that        
long-expected day1 when an angel should 
fly through the midst of heaven1 having 
the everlasting ,gospel to preach unto  
them that dwell on the earth-- suddenly1
 a voice is heard from the wilderness1 a
 cry salutes the ears of mortals1 a     
testimony is heard among them1 piercing 
to the inmost recesses of their hearts1 
when all at once the heathen begin to   
rage1 and the people to imagine a vain  
thing2 the clergy lift a warning voice1 
crying impostor1 false prophets1 beware 
of delusion1 etc42 while the professor  
of religion1 the drunkard1 the swearer1 
the learned1 and the ignorant soon catch
 the sound and reiterate it again and   
again4 ,thus it re-echoes from one end  
of our country to the other1 for a long 
time1 and if any one should be so       
fortunate as to retain his sober senses1
 and should candidly inquire1 ,what is  
the matter8 the reply is3 ,we hardly    

know anything about it1 but suffice it  
to say1 some fellows have made their    
appearance1 ,paul like1 who testify     
something about the ministering of      
angels1 or some revelation or           
inspiration1 just as though the religion
 of ancient days1 and the faith once    
delivered to the saints1 were returning 
to the earth in this enlightened age2 so
 that not only this our craft is in     
danger1 but our modern systems of       
religion1 built upon the wisdom and     
learning of men1 without direct         
inspiration1 are like to be spoken      
against1 and their great magnificence   
despised1 though worshiped by all the   
world4 ,and then all again cry with a   
loud voice1 saying3 ,great is the wisdom
 of man2 great are the systems of modern
 divinity2 great is the wisdom of       
uninspired priests1 who come unto us    
with excellency of speech1 and with     
man's wisdom1 determined to know nothing
 among us save opinions and creeds of   
their own2 and their speech1 and their  

preaching1 are with enticing words of   
man's wisdom1 not in demonstration of   
the ,spirit1 and of power1 for that is  
done away1 that our faith should not    
stand in the power of ,god1 but in the  
wisdom of man4  ,in the midst of the    
noise and clamor1 and prejudice of an   
opposing world1 it is difficult to get  
the people to understand the facts of   
the case1 in relation to one of the most
 important subjects ever presented to   
the consideration of mankind4  ,the     
,book of ,mormon has perhaps been less  
understood1 and more misrepresented1 by 
the world at large1 than any other      
publication which has ever appeared4    
,america and ,england have1 as it were1 
been flooded with publications against  
the said book2 and many of them written 
by those who had never seen the book1 or
 by those who had only read a page or   
two in it1 or slightly looked it through
 with a biased mind1 and a determination
 to find fault4 ,by some of these it has
 been represented as a romance2 by      

others1 as a new ,bible1 calculated to  
displace the ,bible1 or do away with it4
 ,some have pronounced it a silly mess  
of stuff1 not worth the perusal2 and    
others1 the most ingenious literary work
 ever put together4 ,some have found    
fault with it for being so much like the
 ,bible1 and agreeing with it2 and      
others have condemned it for not being  
sufficiently like the ,bible1 and for   
disagreeing with it4 ,some have         
denounced it as notoriously corrupt1    
immoral1 and blasphemous in its         
principles2 and others have condemned it
 for being so exceedingly pure and moral
 in its principles1 as to be just       
calculated to deceive4 ,one clergyman1  
in particular1 in a tract of sixty pages
 on this book1 condemns it for being a  
strange mixture of faith and works1 of  
the mercy of ,god and the obedience of  
the creature4 ,some literary persons    
have pronounced it as altogether ancient
 in its style1 language1 and subjects1  
and as bearing great internal evidence  

of its own antiquity2 while others have 
condemned it1 as bearing every mark of  
being a modern production4 ,some have   
said that there were no definite        
predictions of the future contained in  
it1 by the fulfilment or failure of     
which its prophetic merits might be     
tested2 and others have quoted largely  
from its most plain and pointed         
predictions1 which relate to            
circumstances about to be fulfilled1 and
 have condemned it on account of its    
plainness4  ,in the midst of all these  
jarring statements1 it now becomes our  
duty to show1 as far as possible1 what  
the ,book of ,mormon really is4  ,when  
the ,lord confounded the languages at   
,babel1 he led forth a colony from      
thence to the ,western ,continent1 which
 is now called ,america4 ,this colony1  
after crossing the ocean in eight       
vessels1 and landing in that country1   
became1 in process of time1 a great     
nation--they inhabited ,america for some
 fifteen hundred years4 ,they were at   

length destroyed for their wickedness1  
about six hundred years before ,christ4 
,a prophet by the name of ,ether wrote  
their history1 and an account of their  
destruction4  ,ether lived to witness   
their entire destruction1 and deposited 
his record where it was afterwards found
 by a colony of ,israelites1 who came   
from ,jerusalem six hundred years before
 ,christ1 and re-peopled ,america4 ,this
 last colony were the descendants of the
 tribe of ,joseph2 they grew and        
multiplied1 and finally gave rise to two
 mighty nations4 ,one of these nations  
was called ,nephites--one ,nephi being  
their founder2 the other was called     
,lamanites1 after a leader of the name  
,laman4  ,the ,lamanites became a dark  
and benighted people1 of whom the       
,american ,indians are still a remnant4 
,the ,nephites were an enlightened and  
civilized people1 they were a people    
highly favored of the ,lord1 they had   
visions1 angels1 and the gift of        
prophecy among them from age to age2 and

 finally1 they were blessed with a      
personal appearance of ,jesus ,christ   
after his resurrection1 from whose mouth
 they received the doctrine of the      
,gospel1 and a knowledge of the future  
down through all succeeding ages4 ,but  
after all the blessings and privileges  
conferred upon them1 they fell into     
great wickedness in the third and fourth
 centuries of the ,christian era1 and   
finally were destroyed by the hands of  
the ,lamanites4 ,this destruction took  
place about four hundred years after    
,christ4  ,mormon lived in that age of  
the world1 and was a ,nephite1 and a    
,prophet of the ,lord4 ,he1 by the      
commandment of the ,lord1 made an       
abridgment of the sacred records1 which 
contained the history of his            
forefathers1 and the ,prophecies and    
,gospel which had been revealed among   
them2 to which he added a sketch of the 
history of his own time1 and the        
destruction of his nation4 ,previous to 
his death1 the abridged records fell    

into the hands of his son ,moroni1 who  
continued them down to ,a4 ,d4 #dbj2 at 
which time he deposited them carefully  
in the earth1 on a hill which was then  
called ,cumorah1 but is situated in     
,ontario ,county1 township of           
,manchester1 and ,state of ,new ,york1  
,north ,america4 ,this he did in order  
to preserve them from the ,lamanites1   
who overran the country1 and sought to  
destroy them and all the records        
pertaining to the ,nephites4 ,this      
record lay concealed1 or sealed up1 from
 ,a4 ,d4 #dbj to ,september #bb1 #ahbg1 
at which time it was found by ,mr4      
,joseph ,smith1 jun41 he being directed 
thither by an angel of the ,lord4  ,the 
following account of the discovery and  
translation of this record is extracted 
from a tract by ,elder ,orson ,pratt1   
published at ,edinburgh1 in #ahdj1      
entitled1 ,remarkable ,visions1 etc41 to
 which our readers are referred for     
further particulars3--  ',how far below 
the surface these records were placed by

 ,moroni1 ,i am unable to say2 but from 
the fact that they had been some        
fourteen hundred years buried1 and that1
 too1 on the side of a hill so steep1   
one is ready to conclude that they were 
some feet below1 as the earth would     
naturally wear1 more or less1 in that   
length of time2 but they being placed   
toward the top of the hill1 the ground  
would not remove as much as at          
two-thirds1 perhaps4 ,another           
circumstance would prevent a wearing of 
the earth2 in all probability1 as soon  
as timber had time to grow1 the hill was
 covered1 after the ,nephites were      
destroyed1 and the roots of the same    
would hold the surface3 however1 on this
 point1 ,i shall leave every man to draw
 his own conclusion1 and form his own   
speculation4' ,but suffice it to say1 'a
 hole of sufficient depth was dug2 at   
the bottom of this was laid a stone of  
suitable size1 the upper surface being  
smooth2 at each edge was placed a large 
quantity of cement1 and into this       

cement1 at the four edges of this stone1
 were placed erect four others2 their   
bottom edges resting in the cement1 at  
the outer edges of the first stone4 ,the
 four last named1 when placed erect1    
formed a box2 the corners1 or where the 
edges of the four came in contact1 were 
also cemented so firmly1 that the       
moisture from without was prevented from
 entering4 ,it is to be observed1 also1 
that the inner surface of the four erect
 or side stones was smooth4 ,this box   
was sufficiently large to admit a       
breastplate1 such as was used by the    
ancients to defend the chest1 etc41 from
 the arrows and weapons of their enemy4 
,from the bottom of the box1 or from the
 breastplate1 arose three small pillars1
 composed of the same description of    
cement used on the edges2 and upon these
 three pillars was placed the record4 99
 99 99 ,this box containing the record  
was covered with another stone1 the     
bottom surface being flat1 and the upper
 crowning4' ,when it was first visited  

by ,mr4 ,smith1 on the morning of the   
twenty-second of ,september1 #ahbc1 'a  
part of the crowning stone was visible  
above the surface1 while the edges were 
concealed by the soil and grass4 ,from  
which circumstance1 it may be seen1 that
 however deep this box might have been  
placed by ,moroni at first1 the time had
 been sufficient to wear the earth1 so  
that it was easily discovered1 when once
 directed1 and yet not enough to make a 
perceivable difference to the passer by4
 99 99 99 ,after arriving at the        
repository1 a little exertion in        
removing the soil from the edges of the 
top of the box1 and a light pry1 brought
 to his natural vision its contents4'   
,while viewing and contemplating this   
sacred treasure with wonder and         
astonishment1 behold6 the angel of the  
,lord1 who had previously visited him1  
again stood in his presence1 and his    
soul was again enlightened as it was the
 evening before1 and he was filled with 
the ,holy ,spirit1 and the heavens were 

opened1 and the glory of the ,lord shone
 round about and rested upon him4       
',while he thus stood1 gazing and       
admiring1 the angel said1 ,look6' ,and  
as he thus spake1 he beheld the ,prince 
of ,darkness1 surrounded by his         
innumerable train of associates4 ,all   
this passed before him1 and the heavenly
 messenger said3 ',all this is shown1   
the good and the evil1 the holy and     
impure1 the glory of ,god1 and the power
 of darkness1 that you may know         
hereafter1 the two powers1 and never be 
influenced or overcome by that wicked   
one4 ,behold1 whatever entices and leads
 to good1 and to do good1 is of ,god1   
and whatever does not1 is of that wicked
 one4 ,it is he that fills the hearts of
 men with evil to walk in darkness1 and 
blaspheme ,god2 and you may learn from  
henceforth1 that his ways are to        
destruction2 but the way of holiness is 
peace and rest4 ,you now see why you    
could not obtain this record1 that the  
commandment was strict1 and that if ever

 these sacred things are obtained1 they 
must be by prayer and faithfulness in   
obeying the ,lord4 ,they are not        
deposited here for the sake of          
accumulating gain and wealth1 for the   
glory of this world2 they were sealed by
 the prayer of faith1 and because of the
 knowledge which they contain1 they are 
of no worth among the children of men1  
only for their knowledge4 ,on them is   
contained the fulness of the ,gospel of 
,jesus ,christ1 as it was given to ,his 
people on this land2 and when it shall  
be brought forth by the power of ,god1  
it shall be carried to the ,gentiles1 of
 whom many will receive it1 and after1  
will the seed of ,israel be brought into
 the fold of their ,redeemer by obeying 
it also4 ,those who kept the            
commandments of the ,lord on this land1 
desired this at ,his hand1 and through  
the prayer of faith obtained the        
promise1 that if their descendants      
should transgress and fall away1 a      
record might be kept1 and in the last   

days1 come to their children4 ,these    
things are sacred1 and must be kept so1 
for the promise of the ,lord concerning 
them must be fulfilled4 ,no man can     
obtain them if his heart is impure1     
because they contain that which is      
sacred4 99 99 99 ,by them will the ,lord
 work a great and marvelous work2 the   
wisdom of the wise shall become as      
naught1 and the understanding of the    
prudent shall be hid1 and because the   
power of ,god shall be displayed1 those 
who profess to know the truth1 but walk 
in deceit1 shall tremble with anger2 but
 with signs and with wonders1 with gifts
 and with healings1 with the            
manifestations of the power of ,god1 and
 with the ,holy ,ghost1 shall the hearts
 of the faithful be comforted4 ,you have
 now beheld the power of ,god           
manifested1 and the power of ,satan2 you
 see that there is nothing that is      
desirable in the works of darkness2 that
 they cannot bring happiness2 that those
 who are overcome therewith are         

miserable2 while1 on the other hand1 the
 righteous are blessed with a place in  
the kingdom of ,god1 where joy          
unspeakable surrounds them2 there they  
rest beyond the power of the enemy of   
truth1 where no evil can disturb them3  
the glory of ,god crowns them1 and they 
continually feast upon ,his goodness1   
and enjoy ,his smiles4 ,behold1         
notwithstanding you have seen this great
 display of power1 by which you may ever
 be able to detect the evil one1 yet ,i 
give unto you another sign1 and when it 
comes to pass1 then know that the ,lord 
is ,god1 and that ,he will fulfil ,his  
purposes1 and that the knowledge which  
this record contains1 will go to every  
nation1 and kindred1 and tongue1 and    
people under the whole heaven4 ,this is 
the sign3 when these things begin to be 
known1 that is1 when it is known that   
the ,lord has shown you these things1   
the workers of iniquity will seek your  
overthrow2 they will circulate          
falsehoods to destroy your reputation2  

and also will seek to take your life6   
but remember this1 if you are faithful1 
and shall hereafter continue to keep the
 commandments of the ,lord1 you shall be
 preserved to bring these things forth2 
for in due time ,he will again give you 
a commandment to come and take them4    
,when they are interpreted1 the ,lord   
will give the ,holy ,priesthood to some1
 and they shall begin to proclaim this  
,gospel and baptize by water1 and after 
that1 they shall have power to give the 
,holy ,ghost by the laying on of their  
hands4 ,then will persecution rage more 
and more2 for the iniquities of men     
shall be revealed1 and those who are not
 built upon the ,rock will seek to      
overthrow this ,church2 but it will     
increase the more opposed1 and spread   
farther and farther1 increasing in      
knowledge1 till they shall be           
sanctified1 and receive an inheritance  
where the glory of ,god will rest upon  
them2 and when this takes place1 and all
 things are prepared1 the ten tribes of 

,israel will be revealed in the north   
country1 whither they have been for a   
long season2 and when this is fulfilled1
 will be brought to pass that saying of 
the ,prophet1 ',and the ,redeemer shall 
come to ,zion1 and unto them that turn  
from transgression in ,jacob1 saith the 
,lord4' ,but1 notwithstanding the       
workers of iniquity shall seek your     
destruction1 the arm of the ,lord will  
be extended1 and you will be borne off  
conqueror1 if you keep all ,his         
commandments4 ,your name shall be known 
among the nations1 for the work which   
the ,lord will perform by your hands    
shall cause the righteous to rejoice and
 the wicked to rage2 with the one it    
shall be had in honor1 and with the     
other in reproach2 yet1 with these it   
shall be a terror1 because of the great 
and marvelous work which shall follow   
the coming forth of this fulness of the 
,gospel4 ,now1 go thy way1 remembering  
what the ,lord has done for thee1 and be
 diligent in keeping ,his commandments1 

and ,he will deliver thee from          
temptations1 and all the arts and       
devices of the wicked one4 ,forget not  
to pray1 that thy mind may become       
strong1 that when he shall manifest unto
 thee1 thou mayest have power to escape 
the evil1 and obtain these precious     
things4  ,we here remark1 that the above
 quotation is an extract from a letter  
written by ,elder ,oliver ,cowdery1     
which was published in one of the       
numbers of the ,latter-day ,saints'     
,messenger and ,advocate4  ,although    
many more instructions were given by the
 mouth of the angel to ,mr4 ,smith1     
which we do not write in this book1 yet 
the most important items are contained  
in the foregoing relation4 ,during the  
period of the four following years1 he  
frequently received instruction from the
 mouth of the heavenly messenger1 and on
 the morning of the twenty-second of    
,september1 ,a4 ,d4 #ahbg1 the angel of 
the ,lord delivered the records into his
 hands4  ,these records were engraved on

 plates which had the appearance of     
gold4 ,each plate was not far from seven
 inches in width by eight inches in     
length1 being not quite as thick as     
common tin4 ,they were filled on both   
sides with engravings1 in ,egyptian     
characters1 and bound together in a     
volume1 as the leaves of a book1 and    
fastened at one edge with three rings   
running through the whole4 ,this volume 
was something near six inches in        
thickness1 a part of which was sealed4  
,the characters of letters upon the     
unsealed part were small1 and           
beautifully engraved4 ,the whole book   
exhibited many marks of antiquity in its
 construction1 as well as much skill in 
the art of engraving4 ,with the records 
was found a curious instrument1 called  
by the ancients the ,urim and ,thummim1 
which consisted of two transparent      
stones1 clear as crystal1 set in the two
 rims of a bow4 ,this was in use in     
ancient times by persons called ,seers4 
,it was an instrument by the use of     

which they received revelation of things
 distant1 or of things past or future4  
,in the mean time the inhabitants of    
that vicinity1 having been informed that
 ,mr4 ,smith had seen heavenly visions1 
and that he had discovered sacred       
records1 began to ridicule and mock at  
those things4 ,and after having obtained
 those sacred things1 while proceeding  
home through the wilderness and fields1 
he was waylaid by two ruffians1 who had 
secreted themselves for the purpose of  
robbing him of the records4 ,one of them
 struck him with a club before he       
perceived them2 but being a strong man1 
and large in stature1 with great        
exertion he cleared himself from them1  
and ran towards home1 being closely     
pursued until he came near his father's 
house1 when his pursuers1 for fear of   
being detected1 turned and fled the     
other way4  ,soon the news of his       
discoveries spread abroad throughout all
 those parts4 ,false reports1           
misrepresentations1 and base slanders   

flew as if upon the wings of the wind in
 every direction4 ,the house was        
frequently beset by mobs and evil       
designing persons4 ,several times he was
 shot at1 and very narrowly escaped4    
,every device was used to get the plates
 away from him4 ,and being continually  
in danger of his life1 from a gang of   
abandoned wretches1 he at length        
concluded to leave the place1 and go to 
,pennsylvania2 and accordingly packed up
 his goods1 putting the plates into a   
barrel of beans1 and proceeded upon his 
journey4 ,he had not gone far1 before he
 was overtaken by an officer with a     
search warrant1 who flattered himself   
with the idea that he should surely     
obtain the plates2 after searching very 
diligently1 ho was sadly disappointed at
 not finding them4 ,mr4 ,smith then     
drove on2 but before he got to his      
journey's end1 he was again overtaken by
 an officer on the same business1 and   
after ransacking the wagon very         
carefully1 he went his way1 as much     

chagrined as the first at not being able
 to discover the object of his research4
 ,without any further molestation1 he   
pursued his journey until he came into  
the northern part of ,pennsylvania1 near
 the ,susquehanna ,river1 in which part 
his father-in-law resided4  ,having     
provided himself with a home1 ho        
commenced translating the record1 by the
 gift and power of ,god1 through the    
means of the ,urim and ,thummim2 and    
being a poor writer1 he was under the   
necessity of employing a scribe1 to     
write the translation as it tame from   
his mouth4  ,in the meantime1 a few of  
the original characters were accurately 
transcribed and translated by ,mr4      
,smith1 which1 with the translation1    
were taken by a gentleman named ,martin 
,harris to the city of ,new ,york1 where
 they were presented to a learned       
gentleman named ,anthon1 who professed  
to be extensively acquainted with many  
languages1 both ancient and modern4 ,he 
examined them1 but was unable to        

decipher them correctly2 but he         
presumed1 that if the original records  
could be brought1 he could assist in    
translating them4  ,but to return4 ,mr4 
,smith continued the work of            
translation1 as his pecuniary           
circumstances would permit1 until he had
 finished the unsealed part of the      
records4 ,the part translated is        
entitled the ,book of ,mormon1 which    
contains nearly as much reading as the  
,old ,testament4  ,well1 says the       
objector1 if it were not for the        
marvellous1 the book would be considered
 one of the greatest discoveries the    
world ever witnessed4 ,if you had been  
ploughing1 or digging a well or cellar  
and accidentally dug up a record        
containing some account of the ancient  
history of the ,american continent1 and 
of its original inhabitants1 together   
with the origin of the ,indian tribes   
who now inhabit it2 had this record had 
nothing to do with ,god1 or angels1 or  
inspiration1 it would have been hailed  

by all the learned of ,america and      
,europe1 as one of the greatest and most
 important discoveries of modern times1 
unfolding a mystery which had1 until    
then1 bid defiance to all the researches
 of the learned world4 ,every newspaper 
would have been filled with the glad    
tidings1 while its contents would have  
poured upon the world a flood of light1 
on subjects before concealed in the     
labyrinth of uncertainty and doubt4 ,but
 who can stoop1 and so humble himself as
 to receive anything1 in this           
enlightened age1 renowned for its       
religion and learning1 from the         
ministering of angels1 and from         
inspiration8 ,this is too much3 away    
with such things1 it comes in contact   
with the wisdom and popularity of the   
day4 ,to this ,i reply1 ,the ,lord knew 
that before ,he revealed it2 this was   
one principal object ,he had in view2 it
 is just the manner of ,his dealing with
 the children of men2 ,he always takes a
 different course from the one marked   

out for ,him by the wisdom of the world1
 in order to confound the wise1 and     
bring to naught the understanding of the
 prudent2 ,he chooses men of low degree1
 even the simple and the unlearned1 and 
those who are despised1 to do ,his work 
and to bring about ,his purposes1 that  
no flesh shall glory in ,his presence4  
,o ye wise1 and ye learned1 who despise 
the wisdom that comes from above6 ,know 
ye not1 that it was impossible for the  
world by wisdom to find out ,god8 ,know 
ye not that all your wisdom is          
foolishness with ,god8 ,know ye not that
 ye must become as a little child1 and  
be willing to learn wisdom1 from the    
least of ,his servants1 or you will     
perish in your ignorance8  ,but what are
 the evidences which we gather from     
,scripture1 concerning the coming forth 
of this glorious work8 ,we shall attempt
 to prove3 first1 that ,america is a    
land promised to the seed of ,joseph2   
second1 that the ,lord would reveal to  
them ,his truth as well as to the ,jews2

 and third1 that their record should    
come forth1 and unite its testimony1    
with the record of the ,jews1 in time   
for the restoration of ,israel1 in the  
last days4  ,first1 ,genesis1 xlviii1   
,jacob1 while blessing the two sons of  
,joseph1 says3 ,let them grow into a    
multitude in the midst of the earth4 ,in
 the same blessing1 it is said of       
,ephraim1 ,his seed shall become a      
multitude of nations4 ,now put the sense
 of these sayings together1 and it makes
 ,ephraim a multitude of nations in the 
midst of the earth4 ,in ,genesis1 xlix1 
it is prophesied concerning ,joseph1    
while ,jacob was blessing him1 that he  
should be a fruitful bough by a well1   
whose branches run over the wall3 the   
archers have sorely grieved him1 and    
shot at him1 and hated him1 but his bow 
abode in strength4 ,again1 he further   
says3 ,the blessings of thy father have 
prevailed above the blessings of my     
progenitors1 unto the utmost bound of   
the everlasting hills2 they shall be on 

the head of ,joseph1 and on the crown of
 the head of him that was separate from 
his brethren4 ,now ,i ask1 ,who were    
,jacob's progenitors1 and what was the  
blessing conferred upon him8 ,abraham   
and ,isaac were his progenitors1 and the
 land of ,canaan was the blessing they  
conferred upon him1 or that ,god        
promised them he should possess4        
,recollect that ,jacob confers on       
,joseph a much greater land than that of
 ,canaan2 even greater than his fathers 
had conferred upon him1 for ,joseph's   
blessing was to extend to the uttermost 
bound of the everlasting hills4 ,now1   
reader1 stand in ,egypt1 where ,jacob   
then stood1 and measure to the utmost   
bound of the everlasting hills1 and you 
will land somewhere in the central part 
of ,america4 ,again1 one of the         
,prophets says1 in speaking of ,ephraim3
 ,when the ,lord shall roar1 the        
children of ,ephraim shall tremble from 
the west4 ,now let us sum up these      
sayings1 and what have we gained8       

,first1 that ,ephraim was to grow into a
 multitude of nations in the midst of   
the earth2 second1 ,joseph was to be    
greatly blessed in a large inheritance1 
as far off as ,america2 third1 this was 
to be on the west of ,egypt or          
,jerusalem4  ,now let the world search  
from pole to pole1 and they will not    
find a multitude of nations in the midst
 of the earth1 who can possibly have    
sprung from ,ephraim1 unless they find  
them in ,america2 for the midst of all  
other parts of the earth is inhabited by
 mixed races1 who have sprung from      
various sources2 while here an almost   
boundless country was secluded from the 
rest of the world1 and inhabited by a   
race of men1 evidently of the same      
origin1 although as evidently divided   
into many nations4 ,now1 the ,scriptures
 cannot be broken2 therefore1 these     
,scriptures must apply to ,america1 for 
the plainest of reasons3 they can apply 
to no other place4  ,now1 secondly1 we  
are to prove that ,god revealed himself 

to the seed of ,joseph or               
,ephraim--their location we have already
 proved--dwelling in ,america4 ,for     
this1 we quote ,hosea1 viii1 #ab2       
speaking of ,ephraim1 he says by the    
spirit of prophecy3 ,i have written to  
him the great things of my law1 but they
 were counted as a strange thing4 ,this 
is proof positive and needs no comment1 
that the great truths of ,heaven were   
revealed unto ,ephraim1 and were counted
 as a strange thing4  ,third3 ,were     
these writings to come forth just       
previously to the gathering of ,israel8 
,answer3 ,they were1 according to       
,ezekiel1 thirty-seventh chapter1 where 
,god commanded him to ,take one stick1  
and write upon it ,for ,judah1 and the  
children of ,israel his companions2 then
 take another stick1 and write upon it  
,for ,joseph1 the stick of ,ephraim1 and
 for all the house of ,israel his       
companions2 and join them one to        
another1 into one stick1 and they shall 
become one in thine hand4 ,and when the 

children of thy people shall speak unto 
thee1 saying1 ,wilt not thou show us    
what thou meanest by these8 say unto    
them1 ,thus saith the ,lord ,god1       
,behold1 ,i will take the stick of      
,joseph1 which is in the hand of        
,ephraim1 and the tribes of ,israel his 
fellows1 and will put them with him1    
even with the stick of ,judah1 and make 
them one stick1 and they shall be one in
 mine hand2 and the sticks whereon thou 
writest shall be in thine hand before   
their eyes4 ,and say unto them1 ,thus   
saith the ,lord ,god1 ,behold1 ,i will  
take the children of ,israel from among 
the heathen1 whither they be gone1 and  
will gather them on every side1 and     
bring them into their own land2 and ,i  
will make them one nation in the land   
upon the mountains of ,israel2 and one  
king shall be king to them all3 and they
 shall be no more two nations1 neither  
shall they be divided into two kingdoms 
any more at all4  ,now1 nothing can be  
more plain than the above prophecy2     

there are presented two writings1 the   
one to ,ephraim1 the other to ,judah2   
that of ,ephraim is to be brought forth 
by the ,lord1 and put with that of      
,judah1 and they are to become one in   
their testimony1 and grow together in   
this manner1 in order to bring about the
 gathering of ,israel4 ,the eighty-fifth
 ,psalm is very plain on the subject3   
speaking of the restoration of ,israel  
to their own land1 it says1 ,mercy and  
,truth are met together2 ,righteousness 
and peace have kissed each other4 ,truth
 shall spring out of the earth3 and     
,righteousness shall look down from     
heaven4 ,yea1 the ,lord shall give that 
which is good2 and our land shall yield 
her increase4 ,righteousness shall go   
before ,him1 and shall set us in the way
 of ,his steps4 ,now the ,savior1 while 
praying for ,his disciples1 said3       
,sanctify them through ,thy truth--,thy 
word is truth4 ,from these passages we  
learn1 that ,his word is to spring out  
of the earth1 while ,righteousness looks

 down from heaven4 ,and the next thing  
that follows is1 that ,israel are set in
 the way of ,his steps1 and partaking of
 the fruit of their own land4 ,jeremiah1
 xxxiii1 #f1 speaking of the final      
return from captivity of both ,judah and
 ,israel1 says3 ,i will reveal unto them
 the abundance of peace and truth4 ,and 
,isaiah1 speaking of the everlasting    
covenant1 which should gather them1     
makes this extraordinary and very       
remarkable expression3 ,their seed shall
 be known amongst the ,gentiles1 and    
their offspring among the people4 ,now1 
reader1 let me ask1 can any one tell    
whether the ,indians of ,america are of 
,israel1 unless by revelation from ,god8
 ,therefore this was a hidden mystery1  
which it was necessary to reveal in time
 for their gathering4  ,so much1 then1  
we have produced from the ,scriptures1  
in proof of a work1 like the book of    
,mormon1 making its appearance in these 
days2 to say nothing of ,isaiah1 xxix4  
,but says one1 ,what is the use of the  

,book of ,mormon1 even if it be true8 ,i
 answer3 ,first1 it brings to light an  
important history1 before unknown to    
man4 ,second1 it reveals the origin of  
the ,american ,indians1 which was before
 a mystery4 ,third1 it contains         
important prophecies1 yet to be         
fulfilled1 which immediately concern the
 present generation4 ,fourth1 it        
contains much plainness in regard to    
points of doctrine1 insomuch that all   
may understand1 and see eye to eye1 if  
they take pains to read it4  ,but what  
are its proofs1 as to chosen witnesses  
who testify to its translation by       
inspiration8 ,for this testimony1 ,i    
refer the reader to the testimony of the
 witnesses in the first page of the     
,book of ,mormon2 he will there find as 
positive testimony as has ever been     
found in the other ,scriptures          
concerning any truth which ,god ever    
revealed4 ,men there testify1 not only  
that they have seen and handled the     
plates1 but that an angel of ,god came  

down from heaven1 and presented the     
plates before them1 while the glory of  
,god shone round about them1 and the    
voice of ,god spoke from heaven1 and    
told them that these things were true1  
and had been translated by the gift and 
power of ,god1 and commanded them to    
bear record of the same to all people4  
,blessed be the ,lord ,god of our       
fathers6 ,he has visited ,his people1   
and the dayspring from on high has      
dawned upon our benighted world once    
more2 for no sooner had the ,book been  
translated1 and men begun to bear record
 of the same1 than the ,angel of the    
,lord came down from heaven again1 and  
commissioned men to preach the ,gospel  
to every creature1 and to baptize with  
water for the remission of sins4 ,no    
sooner did the people begin to believe  
their testimony1 and be baptized1 than  
the ,holy ,ghost fell upon them1 through
 the laying on of hands in the name of  
,jesus2 and the heavens were opened3 and
 while some had the ministering of      

angels1 others began to speak in other  
tongues1 and prophesy4 ,from that time  
forth1 many of them were healed by the  
laying on of hands in the name of       
,jesus2 and thus mightily grew the word 
of ,god1 and prevailed4 ,and thus1      
thousands have been raised up to testify
 that they do know for themselves1 and  
are not dependent on the testimony of   
any man1 for the truth of these things1 
for these signs follow them that        
believe4 ,and when a man believes the   
truth1 through the testimony of ,god's  
witnesses1 and then these signs follow1 
not only them1 but him also2 if he has  
the ministering of angels1 if he has    
been healed1 or heals others1 by the    
laying on of hands in the name of       
,jesus1 or if he speaks in other        
tongues1 or prophesies1 he knows it for 
himself2 and thus is fulfilled the      
saying of ,scripture1 ,if any man do my 
will1 he shall know of the doctrine1    
whether it be of ,god4 ,thus faith comes
 by hearing1 and knowledge by obeying2  

but hearing comes by preaching1 and     
preaching comes by sending2 as it is    
written--,how shall they preach1 except 
they be sent8  ,but there are many who  
say--,show us a sign1 and we will       
believe4 ,remember1 faith comes not by  
signs1 but signs come by faith4 ,gifts  
were not given to make men believe2 but 
what saith the ,scripture8 ,gifts are   
for the edifying of the ,church4 ,if    
otherwise1 why was it not               
written--,faith comes by miracles1      
instead of ,faith comes by hearing8 ,i  
always take it for granted1 that a man  
or woman who comes demanding a sign in  
order to make them believe1 belongs to a
 wicked and adulterous generation1 at   
least1 to say no worse2 for any person  
who will go to ,jesus1 with a pure      
heart1 desiring and praying in faith1   
that he may know the truth concerning   
these things1 the ,lord will reveal it  
to him1 and he shall know1 and shall    
bear testimony1 for by the ,spirit of   
,god they shall know truth from error3  

as it is written--,my sheep hear my     
voice4 ,and he that will not come unto  
,jesus by faith1 shall never know the   
truth1 until1 too late1 he finds the    
harvest is over1 and the summer is      
ended1 and his soul not saved4  ,thus   
the religion of ,jesus1 unlike all other
 religious systems1 bears its own       
weight1 and brings certainty and        
knowledge1 leaving no room for          
imposition4 ,and now ,i say unto all    
people1 ,come unto the ,father in the   
name of ,jesus2 doubt not1 but be       
believing1 as in days of old1 and ask in
 faith for whatsoever you stand in need 
of2 ask not that you may consume it on  
your lusts1 but ask with a firmness not 
to be shaken1 that you will yield to no 
temptation1 but that you will keep ,his 
commandments1 as fast as ,he makes them 
manifest unto you2 and if ye do this1   
and ,he reveals to you that ,he has sent
 us with a new and everlasting covenant1
 and commanded us to preach1 and        
baptize1 and build up ,his ,church as in

 days of old1 then come forward and obey
 the truth2 but if you do not know1 or  
are not satisfied that ,he has sent us1 
then do not embrace the doctrine we     
preach4 ,thus to your own master you    
shall stand or fall2 and one day you    
shall know1 yea1 in that great day1 when
 every knee shall bow1 then shall you   
know that ,god has sent us with the     
truth1 to prune ,his vineyard for the   
last time1 with a mighty pruning4  ,we  
shall now introduce much circumstantial 
evidence1 from ,american antiquities1   
and from the traditions of the natives1 
etc4  ,first1 says ,mr4 ,boudinot3 ,it  
is said among their principal or beloved
 men1 that they have it handed down from
 their ancestors1 that the book which   
the white people have1 was once theirs3 
that while they had it they prospered   
exceedingly1 etc4 ,they also say1 that  
their fathers were possessed of an      
extraordinary ,divine ,spirit1 by which 
they foretold future events1 and        
controlled the common course of nature2 

and this they transmitted to their      
offspring1 on condition of their obeying
 the sacred laws2 that they did1 by     
these means1 bring down showers of      
blessings upon their beloved people2 but
 that this power1 for a long time past1 
had entirely ceased4 ,colonel ,james    
,smith1 in his journal1 while a prisoner
 among the natives1 says3 ,they have a  
tradition1 that in the beginning of this
 continent1 the angels or heavenly      
inhabitants1 as they call them1         
frequently visited the people1 and      
talked with their forefathers1 and gave 
directions how to pray4  ,mr4 ,boudinot1
 in his able work1 remarks concerning   
their language3 ,their language1 in its 
roots1 idiom1 and particular            
construction1 appears to have the whole 
genius of the ,hebrew2 and what is very 
remarkable1 and well worthy of serious  
attention1 has most of the peculiarities
 of that language4 ,there is a tradition
 related by an aged ,indian1 of the     
,stockbridge tribe1 that their fathers  

were once in possession of a ,sacred    
,book1 which was handed down from       
generation to generation2 and at last   
hid in the earth1 since which time they 
had been under the feet of their        
enemies4 ,but these oracles were to be  
restored to them again2 and then they   
would triumph over their enemies1 and   
regain their rights and privileges4 ,mr4
 ,boudinot1 after recording many        
traditions similar to the above1 at     
length remarks3 ,can any man read this  
short account of ,indian traditions1    
drawn from tribes of various nations2   
from the west to the east1 and from the 
south to the north1 wholly separated    
from each other1 written by different   
authors of the best character1 both for 
knowledge and integrity1 possessing the 
best means of information1 at various   
and distant times1 without any possible 
communication with each other2 and yet  
suppose that all this is the effect of  
chance1 accident1 or design1 from a love
 of the marvelous1 or a premeditated    

intention of deceiving1 and thereby     
ruining their well established          
reputation8 ,can any one carefully1 and 
with deep reflection1 consider and      
compare these traditions and nations    
with the position and circumstances of  
the long lost ten tribes of ,israel1    
without at least drawing some           
presumptive inferences in favor of these
 wandering natives being descended from 
the ten tribes of ,israel8  ,joseph     
,merrick1 ,esq41 a highly respectable   
character in ,pitsfield1 ,mass41 gave   
the following account3 ,that in #ahae1  
he was leveling some ground under and   
near an old wood-shed standing on a     
place of his1 situated on ,indian ,hill4
 ,he ploughed and conveyed away old     
chips and earth to some depth4 ,after   
the work was done1 walking over the     
place1 he discovered1 near where the    
earth had been dug the deepest1 a black 
strap1 as it appeared1 about six inches 
in length1 and one and a half in        
breadth1 and about the thickness of a   

leather trace to a harness4 ,he         
perceived it had1 at each end1 a loop of
 some hard substance1 probably for the  
purpose of carrying it4 ,he conveyed it 
to his house1 and threw it into an old  
tool box4 ,he afterwards found it thrown
 out at the door1 and again conveyed it 
to the box4  ,after some time1 he       
thought he would examine it2 but in     
attempting to cut it1 found it as hard  
as bone2 he succeeded1 however1 in      
getting it open1 and found it was formed
 of two pieces of thick rawhide1 sewed  
and made water-tight with the sinews of 
some animal1 and gummed over2 and in the
 fold was contained four folded pieces  
of parchment4 ,they were of a dark      
yellow hue1 and contained some kind of  
writing4 ,the neighbors coming in to see
 the strange discovery1 tore one of the 
pieces to atoms1 in the true ,hun and   
,vandal style4 ,the other three pieces  
,mr4 ,merrick saved1 and sent them to   
,cambridge1 where they were examined1   
and discovered to have been written with

 a pen1 in ,hebrew1 plain and legible4  
,the writing on the three remaining     
pieces of parchment1 was quotations from
 the ,old ,testament4 ,see ,deut41 vi1  
from #d--i2 also xi1 #ac--ba2 and       
,exodus1 xiii1 #aa--af1 to which the    
reader can refer1 if he has the         
curiosity to read this most interesting 
discovery4  ,on the banks of ,white     
,river1 in ,arkansas ,territory1 have   
been found ruins erected no doubt by an 
enlightened population1 of the most     
extraordinary character1 on account of  
their dimensions1 and the materials of  
which they were erected4 ,one of these  
works is a wall of earth1 which encloses
 an area of six hundred and forty acres1
 equal to a mile square1 and having1 in 
its centre1 the foundation of a large   
circular building1 or temple4 ,another1 
yet more strange1 and more extensive1   
consists of the foundations of a great  
city1 whose streets1 crossing each other
 at right angles1 are easily traced     
through the mighty forest4 ,and besides 

these are found the foundations of      
houses1 made of burnt bricks1 like the  
bricks of the present time4 ,these have 
been traced to the extent of a mile4    
,the foregoing is taken from ,priest's  
,american ,antiquities1 and from the    
same work we extract the following1 page
 #bdf3  ,ruins of the ,city of ,otolum1 
discovered in ,north ,america4--,in a   
letter of ,c4 ,s4 ,rafinesque1 whom we  
have before quoted1 to a correspondent  
in ,europe1 we find the following3      
',some years ago1 the ,society of       
,geography1 in ,paris1 offered a large  
premium for a voyage to ,guatemala1 and 
for a new survey of the antiquities of  
,yucatan and ,chiapa1 chiefly those     
fifteen miles from ,palenque4'  ,i have1
 says this author1 restored to them the 
true name of ,otolum1 which is yet the  
name of the stream running through the  
ruins4 ,they were surveyed by ,captain  
,del ,rio1 in #aghg1 an account of which
 was published in ,english1 in #ahbb4   
,this account describes partly the ruins

 of a stone city1 of no less dimensions 
than seventy-five miles in circuit2     
length1 thirty-two1 and breadth twelve  
miles1 full of palaces1 monuments1      
statues1 and inscriptions3 one of the   
earliest seats of ,american             
civilization2 about equal to ,thebes of 
ancient ,egypt4  ,it is stated in the   
,family ,magazine1 ,no4 #cd1 p4 #bff1   
for #ahcc1 as follows3 ,public attention
 has been recently excited1 respecting  
the ruins of an ancient city1 found in  
,guatemala4 ,it would seem that these   
ruins are now being explored1 and much  
curious and valuable matter1 in a       
literary and historical point of view1  
is anticipated4 ,we deem the present a  
most auspicious moment1 now that the    
public attention is turned to the       
subject1 to spread its contents before  
our readers1 as an introduction to      
future discoveries1 during the          
researches now in progress4  ,the       
following are some of the particulars1  
as related by ,captain ,del ,rio1 who   

partially examined them1 as above       
related1 in #aghg3 ,from ,palenque1 the 
last town northward in the province of  
,ciudad ,real de ,chiapa1 taking a      
southwesterly direction1 and ascending a
 ridge of high land1 that divides the   
kingdom of ,guatemala from ,yucatan1 at 
the distance of six miles1 is the little
 river ,micol1 whose waters flow in a   
westerly direction1 and unite with the  
great river ,tulijah1 which bends its   
course towards the province of ,tobasco4
 ,having passed ,micol1 the ascent      
begins1 and at half a league1 or a mile 
and a half1 the traveler crosses a      
little stream called ,otolum2 from this 
point heaps of stone ruins are          
discovered1 which render the roads very 
difficult for another half league1 when 
you gain the height whereon the stone   
houses are situated1 being still        
fourteen in number in one place1 some   
more dilapidated than others1 yet still 
having many of their apartments         
perfectly discernible4 ,these stand on a

 rectangular area1 three hundred yards  
in breadth by four hundred and fifty in 
length1 which is a fraction over        
fifty-six rods wide1 and eighty-four    
rods long1 being in the whole circuit1  
two hundred and eighty rods1 which is   
three fourths of a mile1 and a trifle   
over4 ,this area presents a plain at the
 base of the highest mountain forming   
the ridge4 ,in the centre of this plain 
is situated the largest of the          
structures which has been1 as yet1      
discovered among these ruins4 ,it stands
 on a mound1 or pyramid1 twenty yards   
high1 which is sixty feet1 or nearly    
four rods1 in perpendicular altitude1   
which gives it a lofty and beautiful    
majesty1 as if it were a temple         
suspended in the sky4 ,this is          
surrounded by other edifices1 namely1   
five to the northward1 four to the      
southward1 one to the southwest1 and    
three to the eastward1 fourteen in all4 
,in all directions1 the fragments of    
other fallen buildings are seen         

extending along the mountain1 that      
stretches east and west either way from 
these buildings1 as if it were the great
 temple of worship1 or their            
government-house1 around which they     
built their city1 and where dwelt their 
kings and officers of state4 ,at this   
place was found a subterranean stone    
aqueduct1 of great solidity and         
durability1 which in its course passes  
beneath the largest building4  ,let it  
be understood1 this city of ,otolum1 the
 ruins of which are so immense1 is in   
,north1 not ,south ,america1 in the same
 latitude with the island of ,jamaica1  
which is about eighteen degrees north of
 the equator1 being on the highest      
ground between the northern end of the  
,caribbean ,sea and the ,pacific ,ocean1
 where the continent narrows towards the
 ,isthmus of ,darien1 and is about eight
 hundred miles south of ,new ,orleans4  
,the discovery of these ruins1 and also 
of many others1 equally wonderful1 in   
the same country1 is just commencing to 

arouse the attention of the schools of  
,europe1 which hitherto have denied that
 ,america could boast of her            
antiquities4 ,but these immense ruins   
are now being explored under the        
direction of scientific persons1 a      
history of which1 in detail1 will1      
doubtless1 be forthcoming in due time2  
two volumes of which1 in manuscript1 we 
are informed1 have already been written1
 and cannot but be received with        
enthusiasm by ,americans4  ,a gentleman 
who was living near the town of         
,cincinnati1 in #ahbf1 on the upper     
level1 had occasion to sink a well for  
his accommodation2 he persevered in     
digging to the depth of eighty feet1    
without finding water2 but still        
persisting in the attempt1 his workmen  
found themselves obstructed by a        
substance1 which resisted their labor1  
though evidently not stone4 ,they       
cleared the surface and sides from the  
earth bedded around it1 when there      
appeared the stump of a tree1 three feet

 in diameter1 and two feet high1 which  
had been cut down with an ax4 ,the blows
 of the ax were yet visible4 ,it was    
nearly of the color and apparent        
character of coal1 but had not the      
friable and fusible quality of that     
substance4 ,ten feet below1 the water   
sprang up1 and the well is now in       
constant supply and high repute4  ,in   
,morse's ,universal ,geography1 first   
volume1 p4 #adb1 the discovery of the   
stump is corroborated3 ,in digging a    
well in ,cincinnati1 the stump of a tree
 was found in a sound state1 ninety feet
 below the surface2 and in digging      
another well1 at the same place1 another
 stump was found1 at ninety four feet   
below the surface1 which had evident    
marks of the ax2 and on its top there   
appeared as if some iron tool had been  
consumed by rust4  ,we might fill a     
volume with accounts of ,american       
antiquities1 all going to show that this
 country has been inhabited by a people 
who possessed a knowledge of the arts   

and sciences1 who built cities1         
cultivated the earth1 and who were in   
possession of a written language4 ,but  
the things which we have here introduced
 are abundantly sufficient for our      
purpose4 ,if a few characters in ,hebrew
 have been found in the earth in        
,america1 written on parchment1 then it 
is just as easy to admit that a whole   
volume has been found in the earth in   
,america1 written on plates1 in         
,egyptian characters4 ,the astonishing  
facts of the stumps found eighty or     
ninety feet under ground at ,cincinnati1
 and similar discoveries in many other  
parts of ,north and ,south ,america1    
such as buried cities1 and other        
antiquities1 all go to prove that there 
has been a mighty convulsion and        
revolution1 not only of nations1 but of 
nature2 and such a convulsion as is     
nowhere else so reasonably accounted    
for1 as in the following extraordinary  
and wonderful account of events1 which  
transpired in this country1 during the  

crucifixion of ,messiah1 which we       
extract from the ,book of ,mormon1      
,nephi1 v1 #b-aa3  ,and it came to pass1
 in the thirty and fourth year1 in the  
first month1 in the fourth day of the   
month1 there arose a great storm1 such  
an one as never had been known in all   
the land2 and there was also a great and
 terrible tempest2 and there was        
terrible thunder1 insomuch that it did  
shake the whole earth1 as if it was     
about to divide asunder2 and there were 
exceeding sharp lightnings1 such as     
never had been known in all the land4   
,and the city of ,zarahemla did take    
fire2 and the city of ,moroni did sink  
into the depths of the sea1 and the     
inhabitants thereof were drowned2 and   
the earth was carried up upon the city  
of ,moronihah1 that1 in the place of the
 city thereof1 there became a great     
mountain2 and there was a great and     
terrible destruction in the land        
southward4 ,but1 behold1 there was a    
more great and terrible destruction in  

the land northward2 for1 behold1 the    
whole face of the land was changed1     
because of the tempest1 and the         
whirlwinds1 and the thunderings1 and the
 lightnings1 and the exceeding great    
quaking of the whole earth2 and the     
highways were broken up1 and the level  
roads were spoiled1 and many smooth     
places became rough1 and many great and 
notable cities were sunk1 and many were 
burned1 and many were shook till the    
buildings thereof had fallen to the     
earth1 and the inhabitants thereof were 
slain1 and the places were left         
desolate2 and there were some cities    
which remained1 but the damage thereof  
was exceeding great1 and there were many
 in them who were slain1 and there were 
some who were carried away in the       
whirlwind1 and whither they went1 no man
 knoweth1 save they know that they were 
carried away2 and thus the face of the  
whole earth became deformed1 because of 
the tempests1 and the thunderings1 and  
the lightnings1 and the quaking of the  

earth4 ,and1 behold1 the rocks were rent
 in twain2 they were broken up upon the 
face of the whole earth1 insomuch that  
they were found in broken fragments1 and
 in seams1 and in cracks1 upon all the  
face of the land4  ,and it came to pass1
 that when the thunderings1 and the     
lightnings1 and the storm1 and the      
tempest1 and the quakings of the earth  
did cease--for1 behold1 they did last   
for about the space of three hours3 and 
it was said by some that the time was   
greater2 nevertheless1 all these great  
and terrible things were done in about  
the space of three hours2 and then1     
behold1 there was darkness upon the face
 of the land4  ,and it came to pass that
 there was a thick darkness upon all the
 face of the land1 insomuch that the    
inhabitants thereof1 who had not fallen1
 could feel the vapor of darkness2 and  
there could be no light because of the  
darkness1 neither candles1 neither      
torches2 neither could there be fire    
kindled with their fine and exceeding   

dry wood1 so that there could not be any
 light at all2 and there was not any    
light seen1 neither fire1 nor glimmer1  
neither the sun1 nor the moon1 nor the  
stars1 for so great were the mists of   
darkness which were upon the face of the
 land4  ,and it came to pass1 that it   
did last for the space of three days1   
that there was no light seen2 and there 
was great mourning and howling1 and     
weeping among all the people            
continually2 yea1 great were the        
groanings of the people1 because of the 
darkness and great destruction which had
 come upon them4 ,and in one place they 
were heard to cry1 saying1 ,o that we   
had repented before this great and      
terrible day1 and then would our        
brethren have been spared1 and they     
would not have been burned in that great
 city of ,zarahemla6 ,and in another    
place they were heard to cry and mourn1 
saying1 ,o that we had repented before  
this great and terrible day1 and had not
 killed and ,stoned the prophets and    

cast them out2 then would our mothers1  
and our fair daughters1 and our children
 have been spared1 and not have been    
buried up in that great city ,moronihah2
 and thus were the howlings of the      
people great and terrible4  ,and it came
 to pass1 that there was a voice heard  
among all the inhabitants of the earth  
upon the face of this land1 crying1 ,wo1
 wo1 wo unto this people2 wo unto the   
inhabitants of the whole earth1 except  
they shall repent1 for the devil        
laugheth1 and his angels rejoice1       
because of the slain of the fair sons   
and daughters of my people2 and it is   
because of their iniquity and           
abominations that they are fallen4      
,behold1 that great city of ,zarahemla  
have ,i burned with fire1 and the       
inhabitants thereof4 ,and behold1 that  
great city ,moroni have ,i caused to be 
sunk in the depth of the sea1 and the   
inhabitants thereof to be drowned4 ,and 
behold1 that great city ,moronihah have 
,i covered with earth1 and the          

inhabitants thereof1 to hide their      
iniquities and their abominations from  
before my face1 that the blood of the   
prophets and the saints shall not come  
any more unto me against them4 ,and     
behold the city of ,gilgal have ,i      
caused to be sunk1 and the inhabitants  
thereof to be buried up in the depths of
 the earth3 yea1 and the city of ,onihah
 and the inhabitants thereof1 and the   
city of ,mocum and the inhabitants      
thereof1 and the city of ,jerusalem and 
the inhabitants thereof1 and waters have
 ,i caused to come up in the stead      
thereof1 to hide their wickedness and   
abominations from before my face1 that  
the blood of the prophets and the saints
 shall not come up any more unto me     
against them4 ,and behold the city of   
,gadiandi1 and the city of ,gadiomnah1  
and the city of ,jacob1 and the city of 
,gimgimno1 all these have ,i caused to  
be sunk1 and made hills and valleys in  
the places thereof2 and the inhabitants 
thereof have ,i buried up in the depths 

of the earth1 to hide their wickedness  
and abominations from before my face1   
that the blood of the prophets and      
saints should not come up anymore unto  
me against them4 ,and behold that great 
city of ,jacobugath1 which was inhabited
 by the people of the king of ,jacob1   
have ,i caused to be burned with fire1  
because of their sins and their         
wickedness1 which was above all the     
wickedness of the whole earth1 because  
of their secret murders and             
combinations2 for it was they that did  
destroy the peace of my people and the  
government of the land3 therefore ,i did
 cause them to be burned1 to destroy    
them from before my face1 that the blood
 of the prophets and the saints should  
not come up unto me any more against    
them4 ,and behold1 the city of ,laman1  
and the city of ,josh1 and the city of  
,gad1 and tho city of ,kishkumen1 have  
,i caused to be burned with fire1 and   
the inhabitants thereof1 because of     
their wickedness in casting out the     

prophets1 and stoning those whom ,i did 
send to declare unto them concerning    
their wickedness and their abominations2
 and because they did cast them all out1
 that there were none righteous among   
them1 ,i did send down fire and destroy 
them1 that their wickedness and         
abominations might be hid from before my
 face1 that the blood of the prophets   
and the saints whom ,i sent among them  
might not cry unto me from the ground   
against them2 and many great            
destructions have ,i caused to come upon
 this land and upon this people1 because
 of their wickedness and their          
abominations4  ,o1 all ye that are      
spared1 because ye were more righteous  
than they1 will ye not now return unto  
me1 and repent of your sins1 and be     
converted1 that ,i may heal you8 ,yea1  
verily1 ,i say unto you1 if ye will come
 unto me1 ye shall have eternal life4   
,behold1 mine arm of mercy is extended  
towards you1 and whomsoever will come1  
him will ,i receive2 and blessed are    

those who come unto me4 ,behold1 ,i am  
,jesus ,christ1 the son of ,god4 ,i     
created the heavens and the earth1 and  
all things that in them are4 ,i was with
 the ,father from the beginning4 ,i am  
in the ,father1 and the ,father in me2  
and in me hath the ,father glorified his
 name4 ,i came unto my own1 and my own  
received me not4 ,and the ,scriptures   
concerning my coming are fulfilled4 ,and
 as many as have received me1 to them   
have ,i given to become the sons of     
,god2 and even so will ,i to as many as 
shall believe on my name2 for1 behold1  
by me redemption cometh1 and in me is   
the law of ,moses fulfilled4 ,i am the  
light and life of the world4 ,i am      
,alpha and ,omega1 the beginning and the
 end4 ,and ye shall offer up unto me no 
more the shedding of blood3 yea1 your   
sacrifices and your burnt offerings     
shall be done away1 for ,i will accept  
none of your sacrifices and your burnt  
offerings2 and ye shall offer1 for a    
sacrifice unto me1 a broken heart and a 

contrite spirit4 ,and whoso cometh unto 
me with a broken heart and a contrite   
spirit1 him will ,i baptize with fire   
and with the ,holy ,ghost1 even as the  
,lamanites1 because of their faith in   
me1 at the time of their conversion1    
were baptized with fire and with the    
,holy ,ghost1 and they knew it not4     
,behold1 ,i have come unto the world to 
bring redemption unto the world1 to save
 the world from sin3 therefore1 whoso   
repenteth and cometh unto me as a little
 child1 him will ,i receive2 for of such
 is the kingdom of ,god4 ,behold1 for   
such ,i have laid down my life1 and have
 taken it up again3 therefore1 repent   
and come unto me1 ye ends of the earth1 
and be saved4  ,and now1 behold it came 
to pass1 that all the people of the land
 did hear these sayings2 and did witness
 of it4 ,and after these sayings1 there 
was silence in the land for the space of
 many hours3 for so great was the       
astonishment of the people that they did
 cease lamenting and howling for the    

loss of their kindred which had been    
slain2 therefore there was silence in   
all the land for the space of many      
hours4  ,and it came to pass1 that there
 came a voice again unto the people1 and
 all the people did hear1 and did       
witness of it1 saying1 ,o ye people of  
these great cities which have fallen1   
who are descendants of ,jacob2 yea1 who 
are of the house of ,israel1 how oft    
have ,i gathered you as a hen gathereth 
her chickens under her wings1 and have  
nourished you4 ,and again1 how oft would
 ,i have gathered you1 as a hen         
gathereth her chickens under her wings2 
yea1 ,o ye people of the house of       
,israel1 who have fallen2 yea1 ,o ye    
people of the house of ,israel2 ye that 
dwell at ,jerusalem1 as ye that have    
fallen2 yea1 how oft would ,i have      
gathered you1 as a hen gathereth her    
chickens1 and ye would not4 ,o1 ye house
 of ,israel1 whom ,i have spared1 how   
oft will ,i gather you1 as a hen        
gathereth her chickens under her wings1 

if ye will repent and return unto me    
with full purpose of heart4 ,but if not1
 ,o house of ,israel1 the places of your
 dwellings shall become desolate1 until 
the time of the fulfilling of the       
covenant to your fathers4  ,and now it  
came to pass1 that after the people had 
heard these words1 behold1 they began to
 weep and howl again1 because of the    
loss of their kindred and friends4 ,and 
it came to pass that thus did three days
 pass away4 ,and it was in the morning1 
and the darkness dispersed from off the 
face of the land1 and the earth did     
cease to tremble1 and the rocks did     
cease to rend1 and the dreadful         
groanings did cease1 and all the        
tumultuous noises did pass away1 and the
 earth did cleave together again1 that  
it stood2 and the mourning1 and the     
weeping1 and the wailing of the people  
who were spared alive1 did cease1 and   
their mourning was turned into joy1 and 
their lamentations into the praise and  
thanksgiving unto the ,lord ,jesus      

,christ1 their ,redeemer4 ,and thus far 
were the ,scriptures fulfilled1 which   
had been spoken by the prophets4  ,here1
 then1 is an account which shows1       
clearly and definitely1 how and when the
 ,american antiquities became buried2   
how the stumps of trees were placed     
eighty or ninety feet under ground2 how 
cities were sunk1 and overwhelmed2 how  
mountains fell and valleys rose2 how the
 rocks were rent1 and how the whole face
 of the continent became altered and    
deformed4 ,we now close this subject by 
saying to all the people1 if you wish   
information on the antiquities of       
,america2 if you wish historical1       
prophetical1 or doctrinal information of
 the highest importance1 read carefully 
the ,book of ,mormon4     ,,chapter ,v4 
,,the ,,resurrection ,,of ,,the         
,,saints1 ,,and ,,the ,,restoration ,,of
 ,,all ,,things ,,spoken ,,by ,,the     
,,prophets4   ,this is one of the most  
important subjects upon which the human 
mind can contemplate2 and one perhaps as

 little understood1 in the present age1 
as any other now lying over the face of 
prophecy4 ,but1 however neglected at the
 present time1 it was once the          
groundwork of the faith1 hope1 and joy  
of the ,saints4 ,it was a correct       
understanding of this subject1 and firm 
belief in it1 that influenced all their 
movements4 ,their minds once fastening  
upon it1 they could not be shaken from  
their purposes2 their faith was firm1   
their joy constant1 and their hope like 
an anchor to the soul1 both sure and    
steadfast1 reaching to that within the  
veil4 ,it was this that enabled them to 
rejoice in the midst of tribulation1    
persecution1 sword1 and flame2 and in   
view of this1 they took joyfully the    
spoiling of their goods1 and gladly     
wandered as strangers and pilgrims on   
the earth4 ,for they sought a country1 a
 city1 and an inheritance that none but 
a saint ever thought of1 understood1 or 
even hoped for4  ,now1 we can never     
understand precisely what is meant by   

restoration1 unless we understand what  
is lost or taken away2 for instance1    
when we offer to restore anything to a  
man1 it is as much as to say he once    
possessed it1 but had lost it1 and we   
propose to replace1 or put him in       
possession of1 that which he once had2  
therefore1 when a ,prophet speaks of the
 restoration of all things1 he means    
that all things have undergone a change1
 and are to be again restored to their  
primitive order1 even as they first     
existed4  ,first1 then1 it becomes      
necessary to take a view of creation1 as
 it rolled in purity from the hand of   
its ,creator2 and if we can discover the
 true state in which it then existed1   
and understand the changes that have    
taken place since1 then we shall be able
 to understand what is to be restored2  
and thus1 our minds being prepared1 we  
shall be looking for the very things    
which will come1 and shall be in no     
danger of lifting our puny arm in       
ignorance1 to oppose the things of ,god4

 ,first1 then1 we will take a view of   
the earth1 as to its surface1 local     
situation1 and productions4  ,when ,god 
had created the heavens and the earth1  
and separated the light from the        
darkness1 ,his next great command was to
 the waters1 ,genesis1 i1 #i3 ,and ,god 
said1 ,let the waters under the heaven1 
be gathered together into one place1 and
 let the dry land appear3 and it was so4
 ,from this we learn a marvelous fact1  
which very few have ever realized or    
believed in this benighted age2 we learn
 that the waters1 which are now divided 
into oceans1 seas1 and lakes1 were then 
all gathered together1 into one vast    
ocean2 and1 consequently1 that the land1
 which is now torn asunder1 and divided 
into continents and islands1 almost     
innumerable1 was then one vast continent
 or body1 not separated as it now is4   
,second1 we hear the ,lord ,god         
pronounce the earth1 as well as         
everything else1 very good4 ,from this  
we learn that there were neither        

deserts1 barren places1 stagnant swamps1
 rough1 broken1 rugged hills2 nor vast  
mountains covered with eternal snow2 and
 no part of it was located in the frigid
 zone1 so as to render its climate      
dreary and unproductive1 subject to     
eternal frost1 or everlasting chains of 
ice--      ,where no sweet flowers the  
dreary landscape cheer1     ,nor        
plenteous harvests crown the passing    
year4  ,but the whole earth was probably
 one vast plain1 or interspersed with   
gently rising hills1 and sloping vales1 
well calculated for cultivation2 while  
its climate was delightfully varied1    
with the moderate changes of heat and   
cold1 of wet and dry1 which only tended 
to crown the varied year with the       
greater variety of productions1 all for 
the good of man1 animal1 fowl1 or       
creeping thing2 while from the flowery  
plain or spicy grove1 sweet odors were  
wafted on every breeze2 and all the vast
 creation of animated being breathed    
naught but health1 and peace1 and joy4  

,next1 we learn from ,genesis1 i1 #bi1  
#cj3 ,and ,god said1 ,behold1 ,i have   
given you every herb bearing seed1 which
 is upon the face of all the earth1 and 
every tree1 in which is the fruit of a  
tree1 yielding seed2 to you it shall be 
for meat4 ,and to every beast of the    
earth1 and to every fowl of the air1 and
 to everything that creepeth upon the   
earth1 wherein there is life1 ,i have   
given every green herb for meat3 and it 
was so4 ,from these verses we learn1    
that the earth yielded neither nauseous 
weeds nor poisonous plants1 nor useless 
thorns and thistles2 indeed every thing 
that grew was just calculated for the   
food of man1 beast1 fowl1 and creeping  
thing2 and their food was all vegetable4
 ,flesh and blood were never sacrificed 
to glut their souls1 or gratify their   
appetites2 the beasts of the earth were 
all in perfect harmony with each other2 
the lion ate straw like the ox1 the wolf
 dwelt with the lamb1 the leopard lay   
down with the kid1 the cow and bear fed 

together1 in the same pasture1 while    
their young ones reposed1 in perfect    
security1 under the shade of the same   
trees2 all was peace and harmony1 and   
nothing to hurt nor disturb1 in all the 
holy mountain4  ,and to crown the whole1
 we behold man created in the image of  
,god1 and exalted in dignity and power1 
having dominion over all the vast       
creation of animated beings1 which      
swarmed through the earth1 while1 at the
 same time1 he inhabits a beautiful and 
well watered garden1 in the midst of    
which stood the tree of life1 to which  
he had free access2 while he stood in   
the presence of his ,maker1 conversed   
with ,him face to face1 and gazed upon  
,his glory1 without a dimming veil      
between4 ,o reader1 contemplate1 for a  
moment1 the beautiful creation1 clothed 
with peace and plenty2 the earth teeming
 with harmless animals1 rejoicing over  
all the plain2 the air swarming with    
delightful birds1 whose never-ceasing   
notes filled the air with varied melody2

 and all in subjection to their rightful
 sovereign1 who rejoiced over them2     
while in a delightful garden--the       
capitol of creation1 man was seated on  
the throne of this vast empire1 swaying 
his sceptre over all the earth with     
undisputed right2 while legions of      
angels encamped round about him1 and    
joined their glad voices in grateful    
songs of praise1 and shouts of joy2     
neither a sigh nor groan was heard      
throughout the vast expanse2 neither    
were there sorrow1 tears1 pain1 weeping1
 sickness1 nor death2 neither           
contentions1 wars1 nor bloodshed2 but   
peace crowned the seasons as they       
rolled1 and life1 joy1 and love reigned 
over all ,god's works4 ,but1 ,o1 how    
changed the scene6  ,it now becomes my  
painful duty to trace some of the       
important changes which have taken      
place1 and the causes which have        
conspired to reduce the earth and its   
inhabitants to their present state4     
,first1 man fell from his standing      

before ,god1 by giving heed to          
temptation2 and this fall affected the  
whole creation1 as well as man1 and     
caused various changes to take place2 he
 was banished from the presence of his  
,creator1 and a veil was drawn between  
them1 and man was driven from the garden
 of ,eden1 to till the earth1 which was 
then cursed for his sake1 and should    
begin to bring forth thorns and         
thistles2 and with the sweat of his face
 he should earn his bread1 and in sorrow
 eat of it1 all the days of his life1   
and finally return to dust4 ,but as to  
,eve1 her curse was a great multiplicity
 of sorrow and conception2 and between  
her seed and the seed of the serpent    
there was to be a constant enmity2 it   
should bruise the serpent's head1 and   
the serpent should bruise his heel4     
,now1 reader1 contemplate the change4   
,this scene1 which was so beautiful a   
little before1 had now become the abode 
of sorrow and toil1 of death and        
mourning3 the earth groaning with its   

production of accursed thorns and       
thistles2 man and beast at enmity2 the  
serpent slyly creeping away1 fearing    
lest his head should get the deadly     
bruise2 and man startling amid the      
thorny path1 in fear1 lest the serpent's
 fangs should pierce his heel2 while the
 lamb yields his blood upon the smoking 
altar4 ,soon man begins to persecute1   
hate1 and murder his fellow1 until at   
length the earth is filled with         
violence1 all flesh becomes corrupt1 the
 powers of darkness prevail1 and it     
repented ,noah that ,god had made man1  
and it grieved him at his heart1 because
 the ,lord should come out in vengeance1
 and cleanse the earth by water4  ,how  
far the flood may have contributed to   
produce the various changes1 as to the  
division of the earth into broken       
fragments1 islands and continents1      
mountains and valleys1 we have not been 
informed2 the change must have been     
considerable4 ,but after the flood1 in  
the days of ,peleg1 the earth was       

divided4 ,see ,gen41 x1 #be4 ,a short   
history1 to be sure1 of so great an     
event2 but still it will account for the
 mighty revolution which rolled the sea 
from its own place in the north1 and    
brought it to interpose between         
different portions of the earth1 which  
were thus parted asunder1 and moved into
 something near their present form2     
this1 together with the earthquakes1    
revolutions1 and commotions which have  
since taken place1 have all contributed 
to reduce the face of the earth to its  
present state2 while the great curses   
which have fallen upon different        
portions1 because of the wickedness of  
men1 will account for the stagnant      
swamps1 the sunken lakes1 the dead seas1
 the great deserts2 witness1 for        
instance1 the denunciations of the      
,prophets upon ,babylon1 how it was to  
become perpetual desolations1 a den of  
wild beasts1 a dwelling of unclean and  
hateful birds1 a place for owls2 and    
should never be inhabited1 but should   

lie desolate from generation to         
generation4 ,witness also the plains of 
,sodom1 filled with towns1 cities1 and  
flourishing gardens1 well watered2 but  
,o1 how changed6 ,a vast sea of stagnant
 water alone marks the place4 ,witness  
the land of ,palestine2 in the days of  
,solomon1 it was capable of sustaining  
millions of people1 besides yielding a  
surplus of wheat1 and other productions1
 which were exchanged with the          
neighboring nations2 whereas1 now it is 
desolate1 and hardly capable of         
sustaining a few miserable inhabitants4 
,and when ,i cast mine eyes over our own
 land1 and see the numerous swamps1     
lakes1 and ponds of stagnant waters1    
together with the vast mountains1 and   
innumerable rough places1 rocks having  
been rent1 and torn asunder1 from centre
 to circumference1 ,i exclaim1 ,whence  
all this8  ,when ,i read the ,book of   
,mormon1 it informs me1 that while      
,christ was crucified among the ,jews1  
this whole ,american continent was      

shaken to its foundation1 that many     
cities were sunk1 and waters came up in 
their places2 that the rocks were all   
rent in twain2 that mountains were      
thrown up to an exceeding height2 and   
that other mountains became valleys2 the
 level roads spoiled1 and the whole face
 of the land changed4 ,i then exclaim1  
,these things are no longer a mystery2  
,i have now learned to account for the  
many wonders1 which ,i everywhere       
behold1 throughout our whole country4   
,when ,i am passing a ledge of rocks1   
and see they have all been rent and torn
 asunder1 while some huge fragments are 
found deeply imbedded in the earth1 some
 rods from whence they were torn1 ,i    
exclaim1 with astonishment1 ,these were 
the groans6 the convulsive throes of    
agonizing nature6 while the ,son of ,god
 suffered upon the cross6  ,but men have
 degenerated1 and greatly changed1 as   
well as the earth4 ,the sins1 the       
abominations1 and the many evil habits  
of the latter ages1 have added to the   

miseries1 toils1 and sufferings of human
 life4 ,the idleness1 extravagance1     
pride1 covetousness1 drunkenness1 and   
other abominations1 which are           
characteristics of the latter times1    
have all combined to sink mankind to the
 lowest state of wretchedness and       
degradation2 while priestcraft and false
 doctrines have greatly tended to lull  
mankind to sleep1 and cause them to rest
 infinitely short of the powers and     
attainments which the ancients enjoyed1 
and which are alone calculated to exalt 
the intellectual powers of the human    
mind1 to establish noble and generous   
sentiments1 to enlarge the heart1 and to
 expand the soul to the utmost extent of
 its capacity4 ,witness the ancients    
conversing with the ,great ,jehovah1    
learning lessons from the angels1 and   
receiving instruction by the ,holy      
,ghost1 in dreams by night1 and visions 
by day1 until at length the veil is     
taken off1 and they are permitted to    
gaze1 with wonder and admiration1 upon  

all things past and future2 yea1 even to
 soar aloft amid unnumbered worlds1     
while the vast expanse of eternity      
stands open before them1 and they       
contemplate the mighty works of the     
,great ,i ,,am1 until they know as they 
are known1 and see as they are seen4    
,compare this intelligence with the low 
smatterings of education and worldly    
wisdom which seem to satisfy the narrow 
mind of man in our generation2 yea1     
behold the narrow-minded1 calculating1  
trading1 overreaching1 penurious        
sycophant of the nineteenth century1 who
 dreams of nothing here1 but how to     
increase his goods1 or take advantage of
 his neighbor2 and whose only religious 
exercise or duties consist of going to  
meeting1 paying the priest his hire1 or 
praying to his ,god1 without expecting  
to be heard or answered1 supposing that 
,god has been deaf and dumb for many    
centuries1 or altogether stupid and     
indifferent like himself4 ,and having   
seen the two contrasted1 you will be    

able to form some idea of the vast      
elevation from which man has fallen2 you
 will also learn how infinitely beneath 
his former glory and dignity he is now  
living1 and your heart will mourn1 and  
be exceedingly sorrowful1 when you      
contemplate him in his low estate--and  
then think he is your brother2 and you  
will be ready to exclaim1 with wonder   
and astonishment3 ,o man6 how art thou  
fallen6 ,once thou wast the favorite of 
heaven2 thy ,maker delighted to converse
 with thee1 and angels1 and the spirits 
of just men made perfect1 were thy      
companions2 but now thou art degraded1  
and brought down to a level with the    
beasts2 yea1 far beneath them1 for they 
look with horror and affright at your   
vain amusements1 your sports1 and your  
drunkenness1 and thus often set an      
example worthy of your imitation4 ,well 
did the ,apostle ,peter say of you1 that
 you know nothing1 only what you know   
naturally as brute beasts1 made to be   
taken and destroyed4 ,and thus you      

perish1 from generation to generation1  
while all creation groans under its     
pollution2 and sorrow and death1        
mourning and weeping1 fill up the       
measure of the days of man6 ,but1 ,o my 
soul1 dwell no longer on this awful     
scene6 let it suffice to have           
discovered1 in some degree1 what is     
lost4 ,let us turn our attention to what
 the ,prophets have said should be      
restored4  ,the ,apostle ,peter1 while  
preaching to the ,jews1 says3 ,and ,he  
shall send ,jesus ,christ1 which before 
was preached unto you1 whom the heavens 
must receive1 until the times of the    
restitution 7restoration7 of all things 
which ,god hath spoken1 by the mouth of 
all ,his holy prophets since the world  
began4 ,it appears from the above1 that 
all the holy ,prophets from ,adam to    
,christ1 and those that followed after1 
had their eyes upon a certain time1 when
 all things should be restored to their 
primitive beauty and excellence4 ,we    
also learn1 that the time of restitution

 was to be at or near the time of       
,christ's second coming2 for the heavens
 are to receive ,him1 until the times of
 restitution1 and the ,father shall send
 ,him again to the earth4  ,we will now 
proceed to notice ,isaiah1 xl1 #a-e4    
,comfort ye1 comfort ye my people1 saith
 your ,god4 ,speak ye comfortably to    
,jerusalem1 and cry unto her1 that her  
warfare is accomplished1 that her       
iniquity is pardoned2 for she hath      
received of the ,lord's hand1 double for
 all her sins4 ,the voice of him that   
crieth in the wilderness1 ,prepare ye   
the way of the ,lord1 make straight in  
the desert a highway for our ,god4      
,every valley shall be exalted1 and     
every mountain and hill shall be made   
low2 and the crooked shall be made      
straight1 and the rough places plain2   
and tho glory of the ,lord shall be     
revealed1 and all flesh shall see it    
together2 for the mouth of the ,lord    
hath spoken it4  ,from these verses we  
learn1 first1 that the voice of one     

shall be heard in the wilderness1 to    
prepare the way of the ,lord1 just at   
tho time when ,jerusalem has been       
trodden down of the ,gentiles long      
enough to have received1 at the ,lord's 
hand1 double for all her sins1 yea1 when
 the warfare of ,jerusalem is           
accomplished1 and her iniquities        
pardoned4 ,then shall this proclamation 
be made as it was before by ,john1 yea1 
a second proclamation1 to prepare the   
way of the ,lord1 for ,his second       
coming2 and about that time every valley
 shall exalted1 and every mountain and  
hill shall be made low1 and the crooked 
shall be made straight1 and the rough   
places plain1 and then the glory of the 
,lord shall be revealed1 and all flesh  
shall see it together1 for the mouth of 
the ,lord hath spoken it4  ,thus you    
see1 every mountain being made low1 and 
every valley exalted1 and the rough     
places being made plain1 and the crooked
 places straight--that these mighty     
revolutions will begin to restore the   

face of the earth to its former beauty4 
,but all this done1 we have not yet gone
 through our restoration2 there are many
 more great things to be done in order  
to restore all things4  ,our next1 is   
,isaiah1 twenty-fifth chapter1 where we 
again read of the ,lord's second coming1
 and of the mighty works which attend   
it4 ,the barren desert should abound    
with pools and springs of living water1 
and should produce grass1 with flowers  
blooming and blossoming as the rose1 and
 that1 too1 about the time of the coming
 of their ,god1 with vengeance and      
recompense1 which must allude to ,his   
second coming2 and ,israel is to come at
 the same time to ,zion1 with songs of  
everlasting joy1 and sorrow and sighing 
shall flee away4 ,here1 then1 we have   
the curse taken off the deserts1 and    
they becomes fruitful1 well-watered     
country4  ,we will now inquire whether  
the islands return again to the         
continents1 from whence they were       
separated4 ,for this subject we refer   

you to ,revelations1 vi1 #ad4 ,and every
 mountain and island were moved out of  
their places4 ,from this we learn that  
they moved somewhere2 and as it is the  
time of restoring what has been lost1   
they accordingly return and join        
themselves to the land whence they came4
  ,our next is ,isaiah1 xiii1 #ac1 #ad1 
where ,the earth shall remove out of her
 place1 ,and shall be as the chased roe1
 which no man taketh up4 ,also ,isaiah1 
lxii1 #d3 ,thou shalt no more be termed 
,forsaken2 neither shall thy land any   
more be termed ,desolate2 but thou shalt
 be called ,hephzibah1 and thy land     
,beulah2 for the ,lord delighteth in    
thee1 and thy land shall be married4    
,in the first instance1 we have the     
earth on a move like a chased roe2 and  
in the second place1 we have it married4
 ,and from the whole1 and various       
,scriptures1 we learn1 that the         
continents and islands shall be united  
in one1 as they were on the morn of     
creation1 and the sea shall retire and  

assemble in its own place1 where it was 
before2 and all these scenes shall take 
place during the mighty convulsion of   
nature1 about the time of the coming of 
the ,lord4      ,behold6 the mount of   
,olives rent in twain3     ,while on its
 top ,he sets ,his feet again1     ,the 
islands1 at ,his word1 obedient1 flee2  
,while to the north ,he rolls the mighty
 sea2     ,restores the earth in one1 as
 at the first1     ,with all its        
blessings1 and removes the curse4       
,having restored the earth to the same  
glorious state in which it first        
existed--leveling the mountains1        
exalting the valleys1 smoothing the     
rough places1 making the deserts        
fruitful1 and bringing all the          
continents and islands together1 causing
 the curse to be taken off1 that noxious
 weeds1 and thorns1 and thistles shall  
no longer be produced2 the next thing is
 to regulate and restore the brute      
creation to their former state of peace 
and glory1 causing all enmity to cease  

from off the earth4 ,but this will never
 be done until there is a general       
destruction poured out upon man1 which  
will entirely cleanse the earth1 and    
sweep all wickedness from its face4     
,this will be done by the rod of ,his   
mouth1 and by the breath of ,his lips2  
or1 in other words1 by fire as universal
 as the flood4 ,isaiah xi1 #d1 #f-i3    
,but with righteousness shall ,he judge 
the poor1 and reprove with equity for   
the meek of the earth2 and ,he shall    
smite the earth with the rod of ,his    
mouth1 and with the breath of ,his lips 
shall ,he slay the wicked4 ,the wolf    
also shall dwell with the lamb1 and the 
leopard shall lie down with the kid2 and
 the calf and the young lion1 and the   
falling together2 and a little child    
shall lead them4 ,and the cow and the   
bear shall feed2 their young ones shall 
lie down together2 and the lion shall   
eat straw like the ox4 ,and the suckling
 child shall play on the hole of the    
asp1 and the weaned child shall put his 

hand on the cockatrice's den4 ,they     
shall not hurt nor destroy in all my    
holy mountain2 for the earth shall be   
full of the knowledge of the ,lord1 as  
the waters cover the sea4  ,thus1 having
 cleansed the earth1 and glorified it   
with the knowledge of ,god1 as the      
waters cover the sea1 and having poured 
out ,his ,spirit upon all flesh1 both   
man and beast becoming perfectly        
harmless1 as they were in the beginning1
 and feeding on vegetable food only1    
while nothing is left to hurt or destroy
 in all the vast creation1 the ,prophets
 then proceed to give us many glorious  
descriptions of the enjoyments of its   
inhabitants4 ,they shall build houses   
and inhabit them2 and they shall plant  
vineyards and eat the fruit of them2    
they shall not build and another        
inhabit2 they shall not plant and       
another eat2 for as the days of a tree  
are the days of my people1 and mine     
elect shall long enjoy the work of their
 hands4 ,they shall not labor in vain1  

nor bring forth for trouble2 for they   
are the seed of the blest of the ,lord1 
and their offspring with them2 and it   
shall come to pass1 that before they    
call ,i will answer1 and while they are 
yet speaking ,i will hear4 ,in this     
happy state of existence it seems that  
all people will live to the full age of 
a tree1 and this1 too1 without pain or  
sorrow1 and whatsoever they ask will be 
immediately answered1 and even all their
 wants will be anticipated4 ,of course1 
then1 none of them will sleep in the    
dust1 for they will prefer to be        
translated1 that is1 changed in the     
twinkling of an eye1 from mortal to     
immortal2 after which they will continue
 to reign with ,jesus on the earth4     
,thus we have traced the ,prophets      
through the varying scenes which        
conspire to restore the earth1 and its  
inhabitants1 to that state of perfection
 in which they first existed1 and in    
which they will exist during the great  
,sabbath of creation4 ,having seen all  

things restored among the living1 we    
will now inquire after those who sleep  
in the dust2 but1 in order to understand
 precisely the nature of their          
restoration1 we must ascertain the      
particulars concerning the resurrection 
of ,jesus1 for ,he was an exact pattern 
after which all ,his ,saints will be    
raised4 ,we recollect1 first1 that he   
was clothed upon with flesh1 and blood1 
and bones1 like another man1 and every  
way subject to hunger1 thirst1 pain1    
weariness1 sickness1 and death1 like any
 other person--with this difference1    
that ,he was capable of enduring more   
than any other human body4 ,second1 this
 same body was hung upon the cross1 torn
 with nails1 which were driven through  
,his hands and feet1 and ,his side      
pierced with a spear1 from which there  
came out blood and water4 ,third1 this  
same body1 being perfectly lifeless1    
like any other corpse1 was taken1       
without a bone being broken1 and        
carefully wrapped in linen and laid in  

the tomb1 where it continued until the  
third day2 when1 early in the morning1  
the women came to the sepulchre1 and    
,his disciples also1 and found the linen
 clothes lying useless1 and the napkin  
which was about ,his head carefully     
folded and laid by itself1 but the body 
which had lain there was gone4  ,from   
all these circumstances1 we discover    
that the same flesh and bones which were
 laid in the tomb were actually         
re-animated1 and did arise and lay aside
 the linen which was no longer needed4  
,and ,jesus ,christ came forth          
triumphant from the mansions of the     
dead1 possessing the same body which had
 been born of a woman1 and which was    
crucified2 but no blood flowed in ,his  
veins1 for blood was the natural life1  
in which were the principles of         
mortality1 and a man restored to flesh  
and blood would be mortal1 and1         
consequently1 again subject unto death1 
which was not the case with our ,savior1
 although ,he had flesh and bones after 

,he arose1 for when ,he appeared to ,his
 disciples1 and they were afraid1       
supposing it was only a spirit1 in order
 to show them their mistake1 ,he said3  
,handle me and see1 for a spirit hath   
not flesh and bones as ye see me have4  
,and calling for something to eat1 ,he  
was provided with a piece of broiled    
fish and honeycomb1 and ,he did eat4    
,and even afterwards1 ,thomas was       
invited to put his finger into the      
prints of the nails in ,his hands and   
feet1 and to thrust his hand into ,his  
side1 from which it was evident that ,he
 not only possessed the same body1 but  
the same wounds also continued to show  
themselves for a witness1 and will      
continue until ,he comes again1 when the
 ,jews will look upon ,him whom they    
have pierced1 and inquire1 ,what are    
these wounds in thy hands and in thy    
feet8  ,o ye hard hearted1 ye ungodly   
children of men6 your eyes will very    
soon behold ,him who was crucified for  
your sins2 then shall ye see that the   

resurrection of the dead is a reality1  
something tangible1 and that eternity is
 not a land of shades1 nor a world of   
phantoms1 as some suppose4  ,among other
 things which ,jesus did after the      
resurrection1 we find ,him in the humble
 attitude of broiling fish1 and calling 
,his disciples to come and dine4 ,o what
 simplicity1 what love1 what            
condescension6 ,wonder1 ,o heavens6 ,be 
astonished1 ,o earth6 ,behold the       
,redeemer clothed upon with immortality1
 and yet seated by a fire of coals1 in  
the open air1 with ,his brethren1 humbly
 partaking of a meal of fish1 actually  
prepared by ,his own hands6 ,o ye great 
and noble of the earth1 who roll in     
luxury and refinement6 ,o ye priests1   
who are loaded with the honors1 titles1 
dignities1 riches1 and splendor of the  
world1 here is a lesson for you1 which  
will make you blush3 boast no more of   
being followers of the meek and lowly   
,jesus6  ,but to return to the subject  
of the resurrection4 ,having proved to a

 demonstration1 that our ,savior rose   
from the dead1 with the same body which 
was crucified--possessing flesh and     
bones1 that ,he ate and drank with ,his 
disciples1 it puts the matter forever at
 rest respecting the resurrection of the
 ,saints4 ,but if more proof were       
wanting1 we have it in the prophecy of  
,job1 quoted in a former part of this   
work1 where he declares that his        
,redeemer will stand1 in the latter-day1
 upon the earth1 and he should see ,him 
in the flesh1 though worms should       
destroy the body which he then had4 ,the
 fact is1 the ,saints will again receive
 their bodies1 every joint being in its 
proper and perfect frame1 and clothed   
upon with flesh1 sinews1 and skin1 like 
as we now are2 the whole being immortal1
 no more to see corruption1 and clothed 
with a white robe of fine linen1        
suitable for immortality to wear4 ,well 
did the ,apostle say1 ,in heaven we have
 a more enduring substance 7not shadow74
  ,but in order to illustrate this      

subject still farther1 we will carefully
 examine ,ezekiel xxxvii1 which we have 
touched upon before4 ,in this vision1   
the ,prophet is carried away in the     
,spirit1 and a valley of dry bones is   
presented before him1 and they are very 
numerous and very dry2 and while he     
stands musing and contemplating the     
awful scene1 a very wonderful question  
is proposed to him3 ,son of man1 can    
these dry bones live8 and he answered3  
,o ,lord ,god1 thou knowest4 ,and the   
,lord said3 ,son of man1 prophesy upon  
these bones1 and say1 ,o ye dry bones1  
hear the word of the ,lord4 ,so he      
prophesied as he was commanded1 and1 as 
he prophesied1 there was a noise1 and   
behold1 a shaking1 and the bones came   
together1 bone to his bone1 and the     
sinews and the flesh came upon them1 and
 the skin covered them4 ,and again he   
prophesied to the winds1 saying3 ,come  
from the four winds1 ,o breath1 and     
breathe upon these slain1 that they may 
live2 and the breath entered into them1 

and they lived and stood upon their     
feet1 an exceeding great army4 ,we have 
heard many comments upon this vision2   
some compare it to sinners being        
converted1 and some to the body of      
,christ1 the ,church1 when dead as to   
the spiritual gifts2 but the ,church    
becoming dead1 can no longer be said to 
be the body of ,christ1 as when she     
abides in the true vine1 she lives and  
bears fruit1 and is not dead1 and when  
she does not abide in ,him1 she is cut  
off as a branch withered1 and burned1   
instead of rising again4 ,but did you   
ever hear the ,lord's own explanation of
 this vision1 in the same chapter8 ,it  
so far surpasses all other comments1 ,i 
am inclined to believe it2 ,i will      
therefore write it in preference to any 
other1 and run the risk of becoming     
unpopular by so doing4 ,the ,lord says3 
,son of man1 these bones are the whole  
house of ,israel2 behold1 they say1 ,our
 bones are dried1 and our hope is lost3 
we are cut off for our parts4           

,therefore1 prophesy and say unto them1 
,thus saith the ,lord ,god1 ,behold1 ,o 
my people1 ,i will open your graves1 and
 cause you to come up out of your       
graves1 and bring you into the land of  
,israel3 and ye shall know that ,i am   
the ,lord1 when ,i have opened your     
graves1 ,o my people1 and brought you up
 out of your graves1 and shall put my   
,spirit in you1 and ye shall live2 and  
,i shall place you in your own land4    
,then shall ye know that ,i the ,lord   
have spoken it1 and performed it1 saith 
the ,lord4 ,thus you have the whole     
vision unfolded plainly1 if the ,lord's 
authority can once be allowed1 which is 
seldom the case in this age of wisdom   
and learning4 ,the fact is1 all the seed
 of ,israel are to be raised from the   
dead1 and are to be brought into the    
land of ,israel1 which was given to them
 for an everlasting inheritance4 ,and in
 order to do this1 their old dry bones  
are to be brought together1 bone to its 
bone1 and every part of their bodies is 

to be reinstated2 and it will make a    
great noise1 and a wonderful shaking    
when they come together2 and surely when
 they stand upon their feet they will   
make an exceeding great army4  ,this    
just explains the promise1 so oft       
repeated in ,scripture3 ,my servant     
,david shall be their prince for ever2  
indeed this same chapter makes the      
promise to them1 that ,his servant      
,david shall be raised up1 and shall be 
a prince among them1 while the ,lord    
shall be their ,king2 while both they   
that are alive1 and they that are dead1 
shall be restored1 and become one       
nation1 in the land1 upon the mountains 
of ,israel2 while ,david comes forth and
 reigns as a prince and shepherd over   
them for ever2 and the ,lord ,jesus     
reigns as ,king of kings1 and ,lord of  
lords1 in ,mount ,zion1 and in          
,jerusalem1 and before ,his ancients    
gloriously4      ,o glorious day6 ,o    
blessed hope6     ,my soul leaps forward
 at the thought2     ,when in that      

happy1 happy land1     ,we'll take the  
ancients by the hand2     ,in love and  
union hail our friends2     ,and ,death 
and ,sorrow have an end4  ,i now no     
longer marvel1 when ,i call to mind that
 ,abraham counted himself a stranger and
 a pilgrim1 seeking a better country1   
and a city whose builder and maker is   
,god4 ,it seems after this restoration  
there will be but one more change       
necessary1 in order to fit the earth for
 man's eternal inheritance2 and that    
change is to take place at the last day1
 after man has enjoyed it in peace a    
thousand years4 ,we have now discovered 
the great secret1 which none but the    
,saints have understood 7but was well   
understood by them in all ages of the   
world71 which is this1 that man is to   
dwell in the flesh1 upon the earth1 with
 the ,messiah1 with the whole house of  
,israel1 and with all the ,saints of the
 ,most ,high1 not only one thousand     
years1 but for ever and ever4 ,there our
 father ,adam1 whose hair is white like 

the pure wool1 will sit enthroned in    
dignity1 as the ,ancient of ,days1 the  
great ,patriarch1 the mighty ,prince2   
while thousands of thousands stand      
before him1 and ten thousand times ten  
thousand minister to him2 there he will 
hail all his children1 who died in the  
faith of the ,messiah2 while ,abel1     
,enoch1 ,noah1 ,abraham1 ,job1 and      
,daniel1 with all the ,prophets and     
,apostles1 and all the ,saints of ,god  
of all ages1 hail each other in the     
flesh4 ,jesus1 the great ,messiah1 will 
stand in the midst1 and1 to crown the   
whole1 will gird himself1 and administer
 bread and wine to the whole multitude1 
and ,he himself will partake of the same
 with them on the earth1 all being      
clothed in fine linen1 clean and white4 
,this is the marriage supper of the     
,lamb1 ,blessed are they who partake    
thereof4  ,having traced the great      
restoration of the earth and its        
inhabitants1 until we find them in the  
full enjoyment of the promises made to  

their fathers2 and having learned that a
 future state is not a state of shadows 
and fables1 but something tangible1 even
 a more enduring substance1 we shall now
 take a view of the division of their   
land1 and the laying out of their city1 
oven the holy city1 where the tabernacle
 of ,god and ,his sanctuary shall be    
forevermore1 for of course this was the 
city sought for by ,abraham and others1 
who found it not4  ,this view is given  
in the last chapter of ,ezekiel1 where  
he divides the land1 by lot1 to the     
whole twelve tribes2 and lays off the   
city1 and sanctuary in the midst1 with  
its twelve gates1 three on each side1   
the whole lying four square4 ,but in the
 forty-seventh chapter1 we have a       
description of a beautiful river1 which 
will issue forth from the eastern front 
of the temple1 from under the sanctuary1
 and run eastward into the ,dead ,sea1  
healing the waters1 and causing a very  
great1 multitude of fishes2 so that from
 ,engedi1 and ,eneglaim1 the fishers    

spread forth their nets2 while the miry 
places shall not be healed1 but shall be
 given to salt4 ,and on either side     
shall grow all trees for meat1 whose    
leaf shall not fade1 nor shall the fruit
 thereof be consumed2 it shall bring    
forth new fruit according to its months1
 because of the waters issuing from the 
sanctuary2 and their fruits shall be for
 meat1 and their leaves for medicine4   
,but to set forth more fully the        
building of the city1 and the materials 
of which it will be built1 we quote     
,isaiah1 liv1 #aa1 to the end of the    
chapter3 ,o thou afflicted1 tossed with 
tempest1 and not comforted1 behold1 ,i  
will lay thy stones with fair colors1   
and lay thy foundations with sapphires4 
,and ,i will make thy windows of agates1
 and thy gates of carbuncles1 and all   
thy borders of pleasant stones4 ,and all
 thy children shall be taught of the    
,lord2 and great shall be the peace of  
thy children4 ,in righteousness shalt   
thou be established2 thou shalt be far  

from oppression2 for thou shalt not     
fear3 and from terror2 for it shall not 
come near thee4 ,behold1 they shall     
surely gather together1 but not by me3  
whosoever shall gather together1 against
 thee shall fall for thy sake4 ,behold  
,i have created the smith that bloweth  
the coals in the fire1 and that bringeth
 forth an instrument for his work2 and  
,i have created the waster to destroy4  
,no weapon that is formed against thee  
shall prosper2 and every tongue that    
shall rise against thee in judgment thou
 shalt condemn4 ,this is the heritage of
 the servants of the ,lord1 and their   
righteousness is of me1 saith the ,lord4
  ,from these verses we learn something 
of the beauty of their city1 and of the 
materials of which it is composed4      
,their stones of fair colors1 their     
foundations of sapphires1 their windows 
of agates1 their gates of carbuncles1   
and all their borders of pleasant       
stones1 are well calculated to beautify 
the place of ,his sanctuary1 and to make

 the place of ,his feet glorious1 as    
well as to give a lustre and            
magnificence to the whole city1 of which
 the ,gentiles1 with all their boasted  
wealth and grandeur1 can form but a     
faint idea2 and then to mark1 in the    
same description1 the knowledge1 as well
 as the peace and security1 of all the  
inhabitants2 while they who gather      
together against them to battle are sure
 to fall for their sake3 surely this is 
the heritage of the servants of the     
,lord1 surely this is a delightful city1
 and well worth a pilgrimage like       
,abraham's4  ,but in order to form a    
still more striking idea of the         
prosperity1 wealth1 beauty and          
magnificence of the cities of ,zion and 
,jerusalem1 we will quote ,isaiah lx3   
,arise1 shine2 for thy light is come1   
and the glory of the ,lord is risen upon
 thee4 ,for1 behold1 the darkness shall 
cover the earth1 and gross darkness the 
people3 but the ,lord shall arise upon  
thee1 and ,his glory shall be seen upon 

thee4 ,and the ,gentiles shall come to  
thy light1 and kings to the brightness  
of thy rising4 ,lift up thine eyes1     
round about1 and see2 all they gather   
themselves together1 they come to thee3 
thy sons shall come from far1 and thy   
daughters shall be nursed at thy side4  
,thou thou shalt see1 and flow together1
 and thine heart shall fear1 and be     
enlarged2 because the abundance of the  
sea shall be converted unto thee1 the   
forces of the ,gentiles shall come unto 
thee4 ,the multitude of camels shall    
cover thee1 the dromedaries of ,midian  
and ,epha2 all they from ,sheba shall   
come3 they shall bring gold and incense2
 and they shall show forth the praises  
of the ,lord4 ,all the flocks of ,kedar 
shall be gathered together unto thee1   
the rams of ,nebaioth shall minister    
unto thee3 they shall come up with      
acceptance on mine altar1 and ,i will   
glorify the house of my glory4 ,who are 
these that fly as a cloud1 and as the   
doves to their windows8 ,surely the     

isles shall wait for me1 and the ships  
of ,tarshish first1 to bring thy sons   
from far1 their silver and their gold   
with them1 unto the name of the ,lord   
thy ,god1 and to the ,holy ,one of      
,israel1 because ,he hath glorified     
thee4 ,and the sons of strangers shall  
build up thy walls1 and their kings     
shall minister unto thee3 for in my     
wrath ,i smote thee1 but in my favor    
have ,i had mercy on thee4 ,therefore   
thy gates shall be open continually2    
they shall not be shut day nor night2   
that men may bring unto thee the forces 
of the ,gentiles1 and that their kings  
may be brought4 ,for the nation and     
kingdom that will not serve thee shall  
perish3 yea1 those nations shall be     
utterly wasted4 ,the glory of ,lebanon  
shall come unto thee1 the fir-tree1 the 
pine-tree1 and the box together1 to     
beautify the place of my sanctuary2 and 
,i will make the place of my feet       
glorious4 ,the sons also of them that   
afflicted thee shall come bending unto  

thee2 and all they that despised thee   
shall bow themselves down at the soles  
of thy feet2 and they shall call thee1  
,the city of the ,lord1 the ,zion of the
 ,holy ,one of ,israel4  ,whereas thou  
hast been forsaken and hated1 so that no
 man went through thee1 ,i will make    
thee an eternal excellency1 a joy of    
many generations4 ,thou shalt also suck 
the milk of the ,gentiles1 and shalt    
suck the breast of kings3 and thou shalt
 know that ,i the ,lord am thy ,savior  
and thy ,redeemer1 the ,mighty ,one of  
,jacob4 ,for brass ,i will bring gold1  
and for iron ,i will bring silver1 and  
for wood brass1 and for stones iron3 ,i 
will also make thy officers peace1 and  
thine exactors righteousness4 ,violence 
shall no more be heard in thy land1     
wasting nor destruction within thy      
borders2 but thou shalt call thy walls  
,salvation1 and thy gates ,praise4 ,the 
sun shall be no more thy light by day2  
neither for brightness shall the moon   
give light unto thee3 but the ,lord     

shall be unto thee an everlasting light1
 and thy ,god thy glory4 ,thy sun shall 
no more go down2 neither shall thy moon 
withdraw itself3 for the ,lord shall be 
thine everlasting light1 and the days of
 thy mourning shall be ended4 ,thy      
people also shall be all righteous3 they
 shall inherit the land for ever1 the   
branch of my planting1 the work of my   
hands1 that ,i may be glorified4 ,a     
little one shall become a thousand1 and 
a small one a strong nation3 ,i the     
,lord will hasten it in his time4  ,in  
this chapter we learn--,first1 that     
there is a city to be built in the last 
days1 unto which1 not only ,israel1 but 
all the nations of the ,gentiles1 are to
 flow2 and the nation and kingdom that  
will not serve the city shall perish and
 be utterly wasted4 ,second1 we learn   
that the name of that city is ,zion1 the
 city of the ,lord4 ,third1 we learn    
that it is called the place of ,his     
sanctuary1 and the place of ,his feet4  
,fourth1 that the best of timber1       

consisting of fir1 pine1 and boxwood1 is
 to be brought in great plenty1 to      
beautify the place of ,his sanctuary1   
and make the place of ,his feet         
glorious4 ,fifth1 the precious metals   
are to abound in such plenty1 that gold 
is to be in the room of brass1 silver in
 the room of iron1 brass in the room of 
wood1 and iron in the room of stones4   
,their officers are to be peace         
officers1 and their exactors righteous  
exactors2 violence is no more to be     
heard in the land2 wasting nor          
destruction within their borders4 ,their
 walls are to be ,salvation1 and their  
gates ,praise3 while the glory of ,god1 
in the midst of the city1 outshines the 
sun4 ,the days of their mourning are    
ended2 their people are ail righteous1  
and are to inherit the land forever1    
being the branch of the ,lord's         
planting1 that ,he may be glorified4 ,a 
little one shall become a strong nation1
 and the ,lord will hasten it in ,his   
time4  ,the ,psalmist ,david has told   

us1 concerning the time of the building 
of this city1 in his one hundred and    
second ,psalm1 from the thirteenth to   
the twenty-second verse3 ,thou shalt    
arise and have mercy upon ,zion2 for the
 time to favor her1 yea1 the set time1  
is come4 ,for ,thy servants take        
pleasure in her stones1 and favor the   
dust thereof4 ,so the heathen shall fear
 the name of the ,lord1 and all the     
kings of the earth ,thy glory4 ,when the
 ,lord shall build up ,zion1 ,he shall  
appear in ,his glory4 ,he will regard   
the prayer of the destitute1 and not    
despise their prayer4 ,this shall be    
written for the generation to come3 and 
the people which shall be created shall 
praise the ,lord4 ,for ,he hath looked  
down from the height of ,his sanctuary2 
from ,heaven did the ,lord behold the   
earth2 to hear the groaning of the      
prisoner2 to loose those that are       
appointed to death2 to declare the name 
of the ,lord in ,zion1 and ,his praise  
in ,jerusalem2 when the people are      

gathered together1 and the kingdoms1 to 
serve the ,lord4  ,from this scripture  
we learn--,first1 that there is a set   
time to build up ,zion1 or the city of  
which ,isaiah speaks1 namely1 just      
before the second coming of ,christ2 and
 that when this city is built1 the ,lord
 will appear in ,his glory1 and not     
before4 ,so from this we affirm1 that if
 such a city is never built1 then the   
,lord will never come4 ,second1 we learn
 that the people and kingdoms are to be 
gathered together1 to serve the ,lord1  
both in ,zion and ,jerusalem2 and third1
 that this ,psalm was written expressly 
for the generation to come1 and the     
people which shall be created shall     
praise the ,lord1 when they read it and 
see it fulfilled4  ,i will now call the 
attention of the reader to the first    
paragraph of the sixth chapter of the   
,record of ,ether1 contained in the     
,book of ,mormon3 ,for he truly told    
them of all things from the beginning of
 man2 and how that after the waters had 

receded from off the face of this land  
7,america71 it became a choice land     
above all other lands1 a chosen land of 
the ,lord1 wherefore1 the ,lord would   
have that all men should serve ,him who 
dwell upon the face thereof2 and that it
 was the place of the ,new ,jerusalem1  
which should come down out of heaven1   
and the holy sanctuary of the ,lord4    
,behold1 ,ether saw the days of ,christ1
 and he spake concerning a ,new         
,jerusalem upon this land3 and he spake 
also concerning the house of ,israel1   
and the ,jerusalem from whence ,lehi    
should come2 after it should be         
destroyed1 it should be built up again a
 holy city unto the ,lord2 wherefore1 it
 could not be a ,new ,jerusalem1 for it 
had been in a time of old2 but it should
 be built up again1 and become a holy   
city of the ,lord1 and it should be     
built up unto the house of ,israel2 and 
that a ,new ,jerusalem should be built  
up upon this land1 unto the remnant of  
the seed of ,joseph1 for which things   

there has been a type2 for as ,joseph   
brought his father down into the land of
 ,egypt1 even so he died there2         
wherefore1 the ,lord brought a remnant  
of the seed of ,joseph out of the land  
of ,jerusalem1 that ,he might be        
merciful unto the seed of ,joseph1 that 
they should perish not1 even as ,he was 
merciful unto the father of ,joseph1    
that he should perish not2 wherefore1   
the remnant of the house of ,joseph     
shall be built up on this land1 and it  
shall be a land of their inheritance2   
and they shall build up a holy city unto
 the ,lord1 like unto the ,jerusalem of 
old1 and they shall no more be          
confounded1 until the end come1 when the
 earth shall pass away4 ,and there shall
 be a new heaven and a new earth1 and   
they shall be like unto the old1 save   
the old have passed away1 and all things
 have become new4 ,and then cometh the  
,new ,jerusalem3 and blessed are they   
who dwell therein1 for it is they whose 
garments are white through the blood of 

the ,lamb2 and they are they who are    
numbered among the remnant of the seed  
of ,joseph who were of the house of     
,israel4 ,and then also cometh the      
,jerusalem of old1 and the inhabitants  
thereof2 blessed are they for they have 
been washed in the blood of the ,lamb2  
and they are they who were scattered and
 gathered in from the four quarters of  
the earth1 and from the north countries1
 and are partakers of the fulfilling of 
the covenant which ,god made with their 
father ,abraham4 ,and when these things 
come1 bringeth to pass the ,scripture   
which saith1 ,there are they who were   
first1 who shall be last3 and there are 
they who were last1 who shall be first4 
,from this prophecy we learn--,first1   
that ,america is a chosen land of the   
,lord1 above every other land4 ,second1 
that it is the place of the ,new        
,jerusalem1 which shall come down from  
,god1 out of heaven1 upon the earth1    
when it is renewed4 ,third1 that a ,new 
,jerusalem is to be built in ,america1  

to the remnant of ,joseph1 after a      
similar pattern1 or like unto the old   
,jerusalem in the land of ,canaan2 and  
that the old ,jerusalem shall be rebuilt
 at the same time1 and1 this being done1
 both cities will continue in prosperity
 on the earth1 until the great and last 
change1 when the heavens and the earth  
are to be renewed4 ,fourth1 we learn    
that when this change takes place1 the  
two cities1 together with the           
inhabitants thereof1 are to be caught up
 into heaven1 and being changed and made
 new1 the one comes down upon the       
,american land1 and the other to its own
 place as formerly3 and1 fifth1 we learn
 that the inhabitants of these two      
cities are the same that gathered       
together and first builded them4 ,the   
remnant of ,joseph1 and those gathered  
with them1 inherit the ,new ,jerusalem4 
,and the tribes of ,israel1 gathered    
from the north countries1 and from the  
four quarters of the earth1 inhabit the 
other2 and thus all things being made   

new1 we find those who were once        
strangers and pilgrims on ,,the ,,earth1
 in possession of that better country1  
and that city1 for which they sought4   
,we will now turn to ,john's            
,revelation1 and examine the city after 
it is made new1 and see if it is        
anything like the pattern which it      
exhibited previous to its final change1 
,rev4 xxi3 ,and ,i saw a new heaven and 
a new earth3 for the first heaven and   
the first earth were passed away2 and   
there was no more sea4 ,and ,i1 ,john1  
saw the holy city1 ,new ,jerusalem1     
coming down from ,god out of heaven1    
prepared as a bride adorned for her     
husband4 ,and ,i heard a great voice out
 of heaven1 saying1 ,behold1 the        
tabernacle of ,god is with men1 and ,he 
will dwell with them1 and they shall be 
,his people1 and ,god himself shall be  
with them1 and be their ,god4 ,and ,god 
shall wipe away all tears from their    
eyes2 and there shall be no more death1 
neither sorrow1 nor crying1 neither     

shall there be any more pain3 for the   
former things are passed away4 ,and ,he 
that sat upon the throne said1 ,behold1 
,i make all things new4 ,and ,he said   
unto me1 ,write1 for these words are    
true and faithful4 ,and ,he said unto   
me1 ,it is done4 ,i am ,alpha and       
,omega1 the beginning and the end4 ,i   
will give unto him that is athirst1 of  
the fountain of the water of life       
freely4 ,he that overcometh shall       
inherit all things2 and ,i will be his  
,god1 and he shall be my son4 ,but the  
fearful1 and unbelieving1 and the       
abominable1 and murderers1 and          
whoremongers1 and sorcerers1 and        
idolaters1 and all liars1 shall have    
their part in the lake which burneth    
with fire and brimstone3 which is the   
second death4  ,and there came unto me  
one of the seven angels which had the   
seven vials full of the seven last      
plagues1 and talked with me1 saying1    
,come hither1 ,i will show thee the     
bride1 the ,lamb's wife4 ,and he carried

 me away in the spirit to a great and   
high mountain1 and showed me that great 
city1 the holy ,jerusalem1 descending   
out of heaven from ,god1 having the     
glory of ,god3 and her light was like   
unto a stone most precious1 even like a 
jasper stone1 clear as crystal2 and had 
a wall great and high1 and had twelve   
gates1 and at the gates1 twelve angels1 
and names written thereon1 which are the
 names of the twelve tribes of the      
children of ,israel4 ,on the east1 three
 gates2 on the north1 three gates2 on   
the south1 three gates2 on the west1    
three gates4 ,and the wall of the city  
had twelve foundations1 and in them the 
names of the twelve ,apostles of the    
,lamb4 ,and he that talked with me had a
 golden reed to measure the city1 and   
the gates thereof1 and the wall thereof4
 ,and the city lieth four square1 and   
the length is as large as the breadth4  
,and he measured the city with the reed1
 twelve thousand furlongs3 the length   
and the breadth and the height of it are

 equal4 ,and he measured the wall       
thereof1 an hundred and forty and four  
cubits1 according to the measure of a   
man1 that is1 of the angel4 ,and the    
building of the wall of it was of       
jasper3 and the city was of pure gold1  
like unto clear glass4 ,and the         
foundations of the wall of the city were
 garnished with all manner of precious  
stones4 ,the first foundation was       
jasper2 the second1 sapphire2 the third1
 a chalcedony2 the fourth1 an emerald2  
the fifth1 sardonyx2 the sixth1 sardius2
 the seventh1 chrysolyte2 the eighth1   
beryl2 the ninth1 a topaz2 the tenth1 a 
chrysoprasus2 the eleventh1 a jacinth2  
the twelfth1 an amethyst4 ,and the      
twelve gates were twelve pearls2 every  
several gate was of one pearl3 and the  
street of the city was pure gold1 as it 
were transparent glass4 ,and ,i saw no  
temple therein3 for the ,lord ,god      
,almighty and the ,lamb are the temple  
of it4 ,and the city had no need of the 
sun1 neither of the moon1 to shine in   

it2 for the glory of ,god did lighten   
it1 and the ,lamb is the light thereof4 
,and the nations of them which are saved
 shall walk in the light of it2 and the 
kings of the earth do bring their glory 
and honor into it4 ,and the gates of it 
shall not be shut at all by day2 for    
there shall be no night there4 ,and they
 shall bring the glory and honor of the 
nations into it4 ,and there shall in no 
wise enter into it anything that        
defileth1 neither whatsoever worketh    
abomination1 or maketh a lie2 but they  
which are written in the ,lamb's book of
 life4 ,also1 twenty-second chapter1 he 
says3 ,and ,he showed me a pure river of
 water of life1 clear as crystal1       
proceeding out of the throne of ,god and
 of the ,lamb4 ,in the midst of the     
street of it1 and on either side of the 
river1 was there the tree of life1 which
 bare twelve manner of fruits1 and      
yielded her fruit every month3 and the  
leaves of the tree were for the healing 
of the nations4 ,and there shall be no  

more curse3 but the throne of ,god and  
of the ,lamb shall be in it2 and ,his   
servants shall serve ,him4 ,and they    
shall see ,his face2 and ,his name shall
 be in their foreheads4 ,and there shall
 be no night there2 and they need no    
candle1 neither light of the sun2 for   
the ,lord ,god giveth them light3 and   
they shall reign forever and ever4 ,and 
,he said unto me1 ,these sayings are    
faithful and true3 and the ,lord ,god of
 the holy prophets sent ,his angel to   
show unto ,his servants the things which
 must shortly be done4 ,behold1 ,i come 
quickly3 blessed is he that keepeth the 
sayings of the prophecy of this book4   
,from this beautiful description1 we    
learn--,first1 that the new earth is not
 to be separated by any sea1            
consequently1 what is now called the    
,eastern and ,western ,continents will  
then be one land4 ,secondly1 we learn   
that the ,lord will make not only the   
heavens and earth1 but all things new   
7including of course1 the cities of     

,jerusalem and ,zion1 where ,his        
tabernacle will have been for more than 
a thousand years74 ,thirdly1 we learn   
that the city will lie four square1 and 
have twelve gates1 with the names of the
 twelve tribes of ,israel1 inserted1 one
 on each gate2 three gates on the north1
 three on the south1 three on the east1 
and three on the west2 precisely after  
the same manner in which it will exist  
temporally during the thousand years1 as
 described by ,ezekiel4 ,fourthly1 we   
learn that it will be composed of       
precious stones1 and gold1 as the       
temporal city also will be1 as described
 by ,isaiah4 ,fifthly1 a pure river of  
the water of life1 clear as crystal1    
will flow through this renewed city1    
proceeding from the throne of ,god1 just
 as living waters will flow from the    
sanctuary in the temporal city1 as      
described by ,ezekiel4 ,sixthly1 the    
tree of life will stand on either side  
of the river1 even the tree which will  
have once borne twelve manner of fruits1

 and have yielded its fruit every month1
 its leaves having been for the healing 
of the nations4 ,but now1 when ,john    
sees it1 the nations have no need of    
healing1 for there is no more death1    
neither pain1 nor sorrow1 for the former
 things have passed away1 and all things
 are become new1 consequently1 he speaks
 in the past tense1 and says they were  
for the healing of the nations2 of      
course1 referring to the times when they
 existed temporally1 according to       
,ezekiel1 before their final change4    
,now1 of the things which we have spoken
 this is the sum3 ,ezekiel and the other
 ,prophets have presented us with the   
view of the cities of ,zion and         
,jerusalem1 as they will exist during   
the one thousand years of rest called   
the ,millennium2 and ,john has given us 
a view of the same cities1 after their  
final change1 when they come down from  
,god out of heaven1 and rest upon the   
new earth4 ,but ,ether has given us a   
sketch of them as they are to exist1    

both in their temporal and in their     
eternal state3 and he has told us       
plainly concerning their location1 first
 and last1 namely1 the ,new ,jerusalem1 
in ,america1 inhabited by the remnant of
 ,joseph1 and those gathered with them1 
who have washed their robes1 and made   
them white1 in the blood of the ,lamb3  
and the other ,jerusalem1 in its former 
place1 inhabited by the house of ,israel
 gathered from the north countries1 and 
from all countries where they were      
scattered1 having washed their robes1   
and made them white1 in the blood of the
 ,lamb4 ,and here is the end of the     
matter4  ,i would only add1 that the    
government of the ,united ,states has   
been engaged1 for upwards of nine years1
 in gathering the remnant of ,joseph to 
the very place where they will finally  
build a ,new ,jerusalem1 a city of      
,zion1 with the assistance of the       
,gentiles1 who will gather them from all
 the face of the land3 and this         
gathering is clearly predicted in the   

,book of ,mormon1 and other revelations1
 and the place before appointed1 and the
 time set for its fulfilment4 ,and      
except the ,gentiles repent of all their
 abominations1 and embrace the same     
covenant1 they will soon be utterly     
destroyed from off the face of this     
land2 as it is written by ,isaiah3 ,the 
nation and kingdom that will not serve  
thee shall perish4 ,yea1 those nations  
shall be utterly wasted4 ,and as it is  
written by the ,prophet ,nephi in the   
,book of ,mormon 7n4 e471 #c ,nephi1    
xxi3  ,and1 verily1 ,i say unto you1 ,i 
give unto you a sign1 that ye may know  
the time when these things shall be     
about to take place1 that ,i shall      
gather in from their long dispersion1 my
 people1 ,o house of ,israel1 and shall 
establish again among them my ,zion4    
,and behold1 this is the thing which ,i 
will give unto you for a sign1 for      
verily ,i say unto you1 that when these 
things which ,i declare unto you1 and   
which ,i shall declare unto you         

hereafter of myself1 and by the power of
 the ,holy ,ghost1 which shall be given 
unto you of the ,father1 shall be made  
known unto the ,gentiles1 that they may 
know concerning this people who are a   
remnant of the house of ,jacob1 and     
concerning this my people who shall be  
scattered by them4  ,verily1 verily1 ,i 
say unto you1 when these things shall be
 made known unto them of the ,father1   
and shall come forth of the ,father1    
from them unto you2  ,for it is wisdom  
in the ,father that they should be      
established in this land1 and be set up 
as a free people by the power of the    
,father1 that these things might come   
forth from them unto a remnant of your  
seed1 that the covenant of the ,father  
may be fulfilled which ,he hath         
covenanted with ,his people1 ,o house of
 ,israel2  ,therefore1 when these works1
 and the works which shall be wrought   
among you hereafter1 shall come forth   
from the ,gentiles1 unto your seed1     
which shall dwindle in unbelief because 

of iniquity2  ,for thus it behoveth the 
,father that it should come forth from  
the ,gentiles1 that ,he may shew forth  
,his power unto the ,gentiles1 for this 
cause1 that the ,gentiles1 if they will 
not harden their hearts1 that they may  
repent and come unto me1 and be baptized
 in my name1 and know of the true points
 of my doctrine1 that they may be       
numbered among my people1 ,o house of   
,israel2  ,and when these things come to
 pass1 that thy seed shall begin to know
 these things1 it shall be a sign unto  
them1 that they may know that the work  
of the ,father hath already commenced   
unto the fulfilling of the covenant     
which ,he hath made unto the people who 
are of the house of ,israel4  ,and when 
that day shall come1 it shall come to   
pass that kings shall shut their mouths2
 for that which had not been told them  
shall they see2 and that which they had 
not heard shall they consider4  ,for in 
that day1 for my sake shall the ,father 
work a work1 which shall be a great and 

marvellous work among them2 and there   
shall be among them who will not believe
 it1 although a man shall declare it    
unto them4  ,but behold1 the life of my 
servant shall be in my hand2 therefore  
they shall not hurt him1 although he    
shall be marred because of them4 ,yet ,i
 will heal him1 for ,i will shew unto   
them that my wisdom is greater than the 
cunning of the devil4  ,therefore it    
shall come to pass1 that whosoever will 
not believe in my words1 who am ,jesus  
,christ1 whom the ,father shall cause   
him to bring forth unto the ,gentiles1  
and shall give unto him power that he   
shall bring them forth unto the         
,gentiles 7it shall be done even as     
,moses said71 they shall be cut off from
 among my people who are of the         
covenant4  ,and my people who are a     
remnant of ,jacob1 shall be among the   
,gentiles1 yea1 in the midst of them as 
a lion among the beasts of the forest1  
as a young lion among the flocks of     
sheep1 who1 if he go through both       

treadeth down and teareth in pieces1 and
 none can deliver4  ,their hand shall be
 lifted up upon their adversaries1 and  
all their enemies shall be cut off4     
,yea1 wo be unto the ,gentiles1 except  
they repent1 for it shall come to pass  
in that day1 saith the ,father1 that ,i 
will cut off thy horses out of the midst
 of thee1 and ,i will destroy thy       
chariots1  ,and ,i will cut off the     
cities of thy land1 and throw down all  
thy strongholds2  ,and ,i will cut off  
witchcrafts out of thy hand1 and thou   
shalt have no more soothsayers2  ,thy   
graven images ,i will also cut off1 and 
thy standing images out of the midst of 
thee1 and thou shalt no more worship the
 works of thy hands2  ,and ,i will pluck
 up thy groves out of the midst of thee2
 so will ,i destroy thy cities4  ,and it
 shall come to pass that all lyings1 and
 deceivings1 and envyings1 and strifes1 
and priestcrafts1 and whoredoms1 shall  
be done away4  ,for it shall come to    
pass1 saith the ,father1 that at that   

day whosoever will not repent and come  
unto my beloved ,son1 them will ,i cut  
off from among my people1 ,o house of   
,israel2  ,and ,i will execute vengeance
 and fury upon them1 even as upon the   
heathen1 such as they have not heard4   
,but if they will repent1 and hearken   
unto my words1 and harden not their     
hearts1 ,i will establish my ,church    
among them1 and they shall come in unto 
the covenant1 and be numbered among this
 the remnant of ,jacob1 unto whom ,i    
have given this land for their          
inheritance1  ,and they shall assist my 
people1 the remnant of ,jacob1 and also1
 as many of the house of ,israel as     
shall come1 that they may build a city1 
which shall be called the ,new          
,jerusalem2  ,and then shall they assist
 my people that they may be gathered in1
 who are scattered upon all the face of 
the land1 in unto the ,new ,jerusalem1  
,and then shall the power of heaven come
 down among them2 and ,i also will be in
 the midst2  ,and then shall the work of

 the ,father commence at that day1 even 
when this ,gospel shall be preached     
among the remnant of this people4       
,verily ,i say unto you1 at that day    
shall the work of the ,father commence  
among all the dispersed of my people2   
yea1 even the tribes which have been    
lost1 which the ,father hath led away   
out of ,jerusalem4  ,yea1 the work shall
 commence among all the dispersed of my 
people1 with the ,father1 to prepare the
 way whereby they may come unto me1 that
 they may call on the ,father in my     
name2  ,yea1 and then shall the work    
commence1 with the ,father1 among all   
nations1 in preparing the way whereby   
,his people may be gathered home to the 
land of their inheritance  ,and they    
shall go out from all nations2 and they 
shall not go out in haste1 nor go by    
flight1 for ,i will go before them1     
saith the ,father1 and ,i will be their 
rearward4  ,o ye remnant of ,joseph1    
your secret is revealed1 ye who are     
despised1 smitten1 scattered1 and driven

 by the ,gentiles from place to place1  
until you are left few in number6 ,o    
thou afflicted1 tossed with tempest and 
not comforted1 lift up your heads and   
rejoice1 for your redemption draweth    
nigh3 yea1 we have found your record1   
the oracles of ,god once committed to   
your forefathers1 which have been hidden
 from you for a long time1 because of   
unbelief4 ,behold6 they are about to be 
restored to you again2 then shall you   
rejoice2 for you shall know that it is a
 blessing from the hand of ,god2 and the
 scales of darkness shall begin to fall 
from your eyes2 and the ,gentiles shall 
not again have power over you2 but you  
shall be gathered by them1 and be built 
up1 and again become a delightsome      
people2 and the time has come2 yea1 the 
work has already commenced2 for we have 
seen you gathered together1 from all    
parts of the land1 unto the place which 
,god has appointed for the ,gentiles to 
gather you2 therefore lay down your     
weapons of war1 cease to oppose the     

,gentiles in the gathering of your      
various tribes1 for the hand of your    
great ,god is in all this1 and it was   
all foretold by your forefathers1 ten   
thousand moons ago4 ,therefore suffer   
them peaceably to fulfil this last act  
of kindness1 as a kind reward for the   
injuries you have received from them4   
,it is with mingled feelings of joy and 
sorrow that ,i reflect upon these       
things4 ,sorrow1 when ,i think how you  
have been smitten2 joy1 when ,i reflect 
upon the happy change that now awaits   
you2 and sorrow again1 when ,i turn my  
thoughts to the awful destruction that  
awaits the ,gentiles1 except they       
repent4 ,but the eternal purposes of    
,jehovah must roll on1 until all ,his   
promises are fulfilled1 and none can    
hinder2 therefore1 ,o ,god1 ,thy will be
 done6 ,but while ,i still linger upon  
this subject1 with feelings that are    
easier felt than described1 methinks ,i 
can almost hear the ,indian's mournful  
chant resounding through his native     

woods4 ,it whispers thus3      ,great   
,spirit of our fathers1 lend an ear2    
,pity the red man1 to his cries give    
ear2     ,long hast ,thou scourged him  
with ,thy chastening sore2     ,when    
will ,thy vengeance cease1 ,thy wrath be
 o'er8      ,when will the white man's  
dire ambition cease1     ,and let our   
scattered remnants dwell in peace8      
,or shall we1 driven to the western     
shore1     ,become extinct1 and fall to 
rise no more8      ,forbid1 great       
,spirit6 make ,thy mercy known2         
,reveal ,thy truth2 ,thy wandering      
captives own2     ,make bare ,thine arm 
of power1 for our release1     ,and o'er
 the earth extend the reign of peace4   
,,chapter ,,vi4  ,,the ,,dealings ,,of  
,,god ,,with ,,all ,,nations1 ,,in      
,,regard ,,to ,,revelation4       ,and  
hath made of one blood all nations of   
men for to dwell on     all the face of 
the earth1 and hath determined the times
 before     appointed1 and the bounds of
 their habitation2 that they should     

seek the ,lord1 if haply they might feel
 after ,him1 and find ,him1     though  
,he he not far from every one of us2 for
 in ,him we live1     and move1 and have
 our being4--,acts1 xvii1 #bf-bh4  ,in  
this text we learn--,first1 that all    
nations are made of one blood4          
,secondly1 they are designed to dwell on
 all the face of the earth 7,america not
 excepted74 ,thirdly1 that the ,lord has
 determined the bounds of their         
habitation1 that is1 ,he has divided the
 earth among ,his children1 giving each 
nation that portion which seemed ,him   
good--for instance the land of ,canaan1 
to ,israel2 ,mount ,seir1 to ,esau2     
,arabia1 to ,ishmael2 ,america1 to the  
remnant of ,joseph1 etc41 as a father   
parcels off a large tract of land to his
 several children4 ,and fourthly1 ,he   
has granted unto all the nations of the 
earth the privilege of feeling after    
,him and finding ,him2 since ,he is not 
so very far from every one of them1     
whether they be in ,asia1 ,africa1      

,europe1 ,america1 or even upon the     
islands of the sea4 ,now1 if any nation1
 in any age of the world1 or in any part
 of the earth1 should happen to live up 
to their privilege1 what would they     
obtain8 ,i answer1 revelation1 for the  
best of reasons1 because no people ever 
found ,god in any other way1 nor ever   
will4 ,therefore1 if they found ,god1   
they found ,him by revelation1 direct   
from ,himself1 ,he revealing ,his will  
to them2 and if they did not find ,him  
in this way1 they never knew ,him4 ,and 
if they did obtain revelation1 it was   
their privilege to write it1 and make a 
record of the same1 and teach it to     
their children2 and this record would be
 sacred1 because it would contain the   
word of ,god2 and thus it would be a    
,,holy ,,bible1 no matter whether it was
 written by the ,jews1 the ,ten ,tribes1
 the ,nephites1 or the ,gentiles4 ,i    
would just as soon have the ,gospel     
written by ,nephi1 ,mormon1 ,moroni or  
,alma1 as the ,gospel written by        

,matthew1 ,mark1 ,luke1 or ,john4       
,again1 ,i would just as soon believe a 
revelation given in ,america1 as believe
 a revelation given in ,asia2 for if    
ever a nation failed to get a           
revelation1 it was because they did not 
attain unto that which was their        
privilege ,but why1 then1 was any nation
 over left in darkness1 from age to age1
 without the light of revelation to     
guide them8 ,i answer1 because their    
forefathers1 in some age of the world1  
rejected revelation1 cast out and killed
 the ,prophets1 and turned a deaf ear to
 the things of ,god1 until ,god took    
away that which they enjoyed1 and       
committed it to some other people1 and  
left them from generation to generation 
to grow up in ignorance1 until ,he      
should see fit again to send ,his light 
and truth to that nation2 but those who 
reject no light are under no            
condemnation1 and the mercy of ,god hath
 claim upon them1 through the blood of  
,christ which atoneth for the sins of   

the world4 ,the heathen who never had   
the light of revelation will be saved by
 the blood of ,christ2 while their      
forefathers who rejected the light are  
condemned1 for this is their            
condemnation1 that when light came they 
rejected it4  ,now on this subject1 let 
us examine the history of various ages4 
,in the morn of creation1 men had light 
by direct revelation1 for ,adam1 ,cain  
and ,abel talked with the ,lord4 ,in the
 next age1 men had light by revelation1 
for ,enoch walked with the ,lord1 and   
not only saw the first coming of        
,christ1 but ,his second coming also1   
and he exclaimed3 ,behold1 the ,lord    
cometh with ten thousand of ,his saints1
 to take vengeance on the ungodly1 etc41
 as it is written in ,jude4 ,from which 
it appears that ,enoch knew and         
prophesied concerning the ,messiah1 with
 all the plainness of an ,apostle4      
,again1 in ,noah's day there was        
positive revelation4 ,and all these were
 ,gentiles1 or1 rather1 the word ,israel

 had not yet been named upon ,jacob by  
the angel4 ,now1 if it was the privilege
 of so many ,gentiles to get the word of
 the ,lord1 and to have the knowledge of
 the true ,god by revelation1 it was the
 privilege of all the rest2 and if any  
ran into darkness and worshiped idols1  
until ,god gave them over to work all   
uncleanness with greediness1 and finally
 took the oracles of ,god from them1 and
 confined them more particularly to     
,abraham1 it was because they had for a 
long time rejected them1 and rendered   
themselves unworthy of them2 so that    
from the days of ,israel the oracles of 
,god seemed to pertain more particularly
 to the chosen seed1 chosen for that    
very purpose1 namely1 that to them might
 be committed the oracles of ,god1 the  
,priesthood1 the service of ,god1 and   
the promises which had been in existence
 from the beginning1 among the          
,gentiles1 who had long rendered        
themselves unworthy of such blessings4  
,but in process of time ,israel rendered

 themselves unworthy of a continuance of
 such blessings1 by stoning and killing 
the ,prophets1 and rejecting the        
,messiah1 and all those that ,god sent  
unto them1 until at length the ,lord    
took the kingdom from them as a nation1 
and gave it again to the ,gentiles2 in  
the meantime winking at all the         
ignorance through which the ,gentiles   
had passed1 from the time the kingdom   
had been taken from them until restored 
again4 ,but as soon as the kingdom of   
,god was restored again to the          
,gentiles1 ,he commanded them all       
everywhere to repent1 and then if they  
did not do it they were under           
condemnation1 but not before4 ,but no   
sooner was the kingdom taken from the   
,jews1 than the fruits of it disappeared
 from among them1 and they were         
dispersed into all the nations of the   
earth where they have never again heard 
the voice of inspiration commanding them
 to repent4 ,and if any ,gentile has    
commanded them to repent and be baptized

 7in the name of the ,lord71 without    
being inspired and commanded to do it1  
it was an imposition practised upon     
them4 ,not that repentance was any harm1
 but the imposition consisted in        
professing to be sent with a message    
when they were not1 for when ,god       
commands men to repent1 ,he sends       
somebody with the command1 in order that
 they may teach it to those for whom ,he
 designs it2 and when ,he does not      
command them to do a thing1 ,he does not
 require it at their hand4 ,any man who 
says that the ,jews1 as a nation1 have  
been commanded to repent and be         
baptized1 for the last seventeen hundred
 years1 says that which he cannot prove1
 unless he can prove that there has been
 a new revelation within that time1     
commissioning some man to go to them    
with such an errand2 neither will any   
generation of ,jews1 which have existed 
since inspiration ceased1 be condemned  
for rejecting any message from ,god1 for
 ,he has sent no message to them1       

consequently they have rejected none2   
but their forefathers1 who did reject   
the things of ,god1 are under           
condemnation4  ,again1 when men were    
sent with the ,gospel to the ,gentiles1 
they were commanded to repent2 and this 
command was in force1 whenever men came 
preaching1 who were sent by proper      
authority1 and inspired by the ,holy    
,ghost2 but when they had killed the    
,apostles and inspired men1 and abused  
their privileges1 until ,god took them  
away1 and left them without inspiration1
 then the sin was answered upon that    
generation2 and those who have since    
come upon the stage of action have never
 been commanded to repent and be        
baptized 7except by some new            
revelation71 and any man who says that  
,god has commanded a ,gentile to repent 
and obey the ,gospel since the days that
 inspiration ceased1 or since the days  
that ,apostles and ,prophets ceased from
 among men1 says that which he will not 
be able to prove1 unless he proves that 

some revelation has been given since    
that time1 again commissioning men to go
 to the ,gentiles with such an errand4  
,the fact is1 ,god requires nothing more
 of a generation than to do those things
 which ,he commands them1 and a         
generation to whom ,he reveals nothing1 
or to whom ,he does not send men with a 
message from ,him1 have no message to   
obey1 and none to reject1 and           
consequently nothing is binding on them1
 except the moral principles of right   
and wrong1 which are equally binding on 
all ages of the world1 according to the 
knowledge people have of moral          
rectitude4  ,but in these last days ,god
 has again spoken from the heavens1 and 
commissioned men to go1 first to the    
,gentiles1 commanding them everywhere to
 repent and obey the ,gospel2 and then  
,he has commanded them to go to the     
,jews also1 and command them to repent1 
and obey the ,gospel2 thus restoring    
again that which has been so long lost  
from the earth4 ,and wherever their     

voices shall be heard issuing this      
proclamation1 in the name of ,jesus1    
according as ,he has commanded them1    
then and there the people are under     
obligation to repent and be baptized4   
,and he that repents and is baptized    
shall be saved2 and he that does not    
believe their testimony1 and repent and 
be baptized1 shall be damned1 for this  
plain reason1 because ,god has sent     
them1 by revelation1 with this very     
errand1 to this very generation1 and    
they who reject the least of ,god's     
ambassadors reject ,him that sent him1  
and therefore they are under            
condemnation from that time forth4 ,but 
the message which ,god has sent these   
men with1 is binding only on the        
generation to whom it is sent1 and is   
not binding at all upon those who are   
dead and gone before it came2 neither   
will it be binding on any generation    
which shall come after1 unless ,god     
should raise up men and send unto them  
with the same ,gospel1 and then that    

generation to whom ,he sends them1 will 
be saved or damned1 according as they   
receive or reject their testimony4      
,people frequently ask this             
question--,if ,god has sent men with    
certain truths which are binding on the 
people1 and without which they cannot be
 saved1 what will become of the good    
people who have died before the message 
came8 ,i answer1 if they obey the       
message which ,god sent to their own    
generation1 they will be saved2 but if  
not1 they will be damned3 but if ,god   
sent no message to that generation1 then
 they rejected none1 and1 consequently1 
are under no condemnation2 and they will
 rise up in judgment against this       
generation1 and condemn it2 for if they 
had received the same blessings which   
are now offered to us1 they would no    
doubt have received them gladly4 ,the   
principle of condemnation1 in all ages  
of the world1 is no other than rejecting
 the very message which ,god sends to   
them while they pretend to cleave       

closely to that which ,he has sent in   
former ages4  ,woe unto you1 ,scribes   
and ,pharisees1 hypocrites6 ye garnish  
the sepulchres of the ,prophets1 and    
say3 ,if we had lived in the days of our
 fathers1 we would not have stoned and  
killed the ,prophets as they did4 ,but  
ye yourselves are witnesses1 that you   
allow the deeds of your fathers2 for    
they killed the ,prophets1 and you build
 their sepulchres4 ,this was the        
testimony of the ,savior to the ,jews1  
who were pretending to stand stiffly for
 their former ,prophets1 and at the same
 time rejecting ,jesus and ,his         
,apostles4 ,and so it is now in the     
nineteenth century4 ,you ,christians 7so
 called7 garnish the tombs of the       
,messiah and ,his former ,apostles1 and 
even build fine chapels to their memory1
 entitling them ,saint ,peter's ,church1
 ,saint ,paul's ,church1 ,saint ,john's 
,church1 etc42 and you say3 ,if we had  
lived in the days of the ,apostles1 we  
would not have stoned and killed them4  

,but ye yourselves are witnesses1 that  
ye allow the deeds of your fathers3 for 
they killed the ,apostles1 and you build
 chapels in honor of them2 while at the 
same time1 if a ,prophet or an ,apostle 
comes among you1 you will forthwith shut
 your houses against him1 as soon as he 
testifies of what ,god has sent him to  
testify1 for you say there are to be no 
more ,prophets or ,apostles on the      
earth1 and you forthwith pronounce him a
 false ,prophet2 and if a mob rise and  
kill him1 or burn his house1 or destroy 
his goods1 you will either rejoice1 or  
sit in silence and give countenance to  
the deed1 and perhaps cry1 ,false       
,prophet6 while your press and pulpits  
teem with all manner of lies concerning 
him4 ,woe unto you1 priests1 ,pharisees1
 hypocrites6 but fill ye up the measure 
of your fathers1 for as they did1 so do 
ye4 ,vengeance belongs to ,god4 ,he will
 speedily avenge ,his elect1 who cry    
unto ,him day and night4  ,but to return
 to the subject of ,revelation4 ,there  

is nothing secret that shall not be     
revealed3 neither hid that shall not be 
known2 this was a maxim of the ,savior4 
,and again3 ,the knowledge of the ,lord 
is to cover the earth1 as the waters do 
the sea4 ,now1 ,i ask how this great    
overturn is to be brought about8 ,and ,i
 know no better way to answer this      
question1 than to quote the prophecy of 
,nephi1 ,book of ,mormon 7n4e471 #b     
,nephi1 xxix1 #aa-ad3 ,for ,i command   
all men1 both in the east1 and in the   
west1 and in the north1 and in the      
south1 and in the islands of the sea1   
that they shall write the words which ,i
 speak unto them3 for out of the books  
which shall be written1 ,i will judge   
the world1 every man according to their 
works1 according to that which is       
written4  ,for behold1 ,i shall speak   
unto the ,jews1 and they shall write it2
 and ,i shall also speak unto the       
,nephites1 and they shall write it2 and 
,i shall also speak unto the other      
tribes of the house of ,israel which ,i 

have led away1 and they shall write it2 
and ,i shall also speak unto all the    
nations of the earth1 and they shall    
write it4  ,and it shall come to pass   
that the ,jews shall have the words of  
the ,nephites1 and the ,nephites shall  
have the words of the ,jews2 and the    
,nephites and the ,jews shall have the  
words of the lost tribes of ,israel2 and
 the lost tribes of ,israel shall have  
the words of the ,nephites and the      
,jews4  ,and it shall come to pass1 that
 my people which are of the house of    
,israel1 shall be gathered home unto the
 lands of their possessions2 and my word
 also shall be gathered in one4 ,and ,i 
will show unto them that fight against  
my word1 and against my people who are  
of the house of ,israel1 that ,i am     
,god1 and that ,i covenanted with       
,abraham1 that ,i would remember his    
seed for ever4     ,transcriber's note3 
the material in the following chapter   
was originally printed in two side by   
side columns4  ,side by side pairs of   

paragraphs are separated from following 
pairs by three asterisks4    ,,chapter  
,,vii4  ,a ,,contrast ,,between ,,the   
,,doctrine ,,of ,,christ ,,and ,,the    
,,doctrines ,,of ,,nineteenth ,,century4
       ,whosoever transgresseth1 and    
abideth not in the doctrine of          
,christ1 hath not ,god4 ,he that abideth
 in the doctrine of ,christ1     he hath
 both the ,father and the ,son4--#b     
,,john1 #b4  ,,doctrine ,,of ,,christ4  
,,doctrines ,,of ,,men4  99 99 99  ,and 
these signs shall follow them that      
believe4   ,and these signs shall not   
follow them that believe1 for they are  
done away and no longer needed4  99 99  
99  ,in my name shall they cast out     
devils4   ,in ,his name they shall not  
cast out devils4  99 99 99  ,they shall 
speak with new tongues4   ,the gift of  
tongues is no longer needed4  99 99 99  
,they shall take up serpents1 and if    
they drink any deadly thing it shall not
 hurt them2 they shall lay hands on the 
sick1 and they shall recover4   ,if they

 take up serpents1 they will bite them2 
if they drink any deadly thing it will  
kill them4 ,they shall not lay hands on 
the sick1 and if they do they shall not 
recover2 for such things are done away4 
99 99 99  ,he that believeth on me1 the 
works that ,i do shall he do also2 and  
greater works than these shall he do2   
because ,i go to the ,father4   ,he that
 believeth on ,christ shall not do any  
of the miracles and mighty works that   
,he did1 for such things have ceased4   
99 99 99  ,there is nothing secret that 
shall not be revealed1 neither hid that 
shall not be known4   ,there is to be no
 more revelation1 for all things        
necessary are already revealed4  99 99  
99  ,and ,he shall send ,his angels1 and
 they shall gather ,his elect from the  
four winds1 etc4   ,and there is to be  
no more ministering of angels1 for such 
things are done away4  99 99 99  ,and ,i
 saw an angel flying in the midst of    
heaven1 having the everlasting ,gospel  
to preach to them that dwell on the     

earth1 etc4   ,angels do not appear in  
this enlightened age1 because they are  
no longer needed4  99 99 99  ,and when  
,he1 the ,spirit of ,truth1 is come1 ,he
 will guide you into all truth2 again1  
,he shall show you things to come4      
,and inspiration is no longer needed in 
this age of learning and refinement4    
,again1 it shall not show you things to 
come3 for then you would be a ,prophet1 
and there are to be no ,prophets in     
these days4  99 99 99  ,if ye abide in  
me1 and my words abide in you1 you shall
 ask what you will1 in my name1 and ,i  
will give it you4   ,it is not so in    
these days1 we must not expect to heal  
the sick and work miracles1 consequently
 we must not expect to receive what we  
ask for4  99 99 99  ,father1 neither    
pray ,i for these alone1 but for all    
them that shall believe on me through   
their words1 that they may all be one1  
even as we are one4   ,and we are all   
good ,christians1 and we all believe on 
,him through the ,apostles' words1      

although divided into several hundred   
sects4  99 99 99  ,one ,lord1 one faith1
 and one baptism4   ,many ,lords1 many  
faiths1 and three or four kinds of      
baptism4  99 99 99  ,and by one ,spirit 
are ye all baptized into one body4      
,and by many spirits are we all torn    
asunder into different bodies4  99 99 99
  ,and ,god gave some ,apostles2 and    
some1 ,prophets2 and some1 ,evangelists2
 and some1 ,pastors and ,teachers2 for  
the perfecting of the ,saints1 for the  
work of the ministry1 for the edifying  
of the body of ,christ4   ,and there are
 to be no more ,apostles1 and no more   
,prophets4 ,but the work of the         
ministry1 the perfecting of the ,saints1
 and the edifying of the different      
bodies of ,christ1 can all be done very 
well without these gifts of ,god1 only  
give us money enough to educate and     
employ the wisdom of men4  99 99 99     
,these gifts and offices were to        
continue until we all come into the     
unity of the faith1 and of the knowledge

 of the ,son of ,god1 unto a perfect    
man1 unto the measure of the stature of 
the fulness of ,christ4   ,apostles1    
miracles and gifts were to continue     
during the first age of ,christianity1  
and then were to cease1 because no      
longer needed1 having accomplished their
 purpose4  99 99 99  ,these gifts and   
offices were given that we henceforth be
 no more children1 tossed to and fro1   
and carried about with every wind of    
doctrine1 by the sleight of men1 and    
cunning craftiness1 whereby they lie in 
wait to deceive4   ,tracts1 creeds1     
sermons and commentaries of uninspired  
men1 together with a hireling           
priesthood1 are now necessary in order  
to keep men from being carried about    
with every wind of doctrine1 etc4  99 99
 99  ,for no man taketh this honor unto 
himself1 but he that is called of ,god1 
as was ,aaron4   ,for no man taketh this
 honor unto himself1 but one who has    
been educated for the purpose1 and      
commissioned by men4  99 99 99  ,but how

 shall they preach1 except they be sent 
7of ,god78   ,but how shall they preach 
except they be well educated for the    
purpose1 and sent 7by the board of      
officers78  99 99 99  ,is any sick among
 you8 let him call for the ,elders of   
the ,church2 and let them pray over him1
 anointing him with oil in the name of  
the ,lord3 and the prayer of faith shall
 save the sick1 and the ,lord shall     
raise him up2 and if he have committed  
sins they shall be forgiven him4   ,if  
any are sick among you1 do not send for 
the ,elders of the ,church2 or1 if the  
,elders come1 do not let them lay hands 
on them1 neither let them anoint them in
 the name of the ,lord1 for this is all 
,mormon delusion1 but send for a good   
physician1 and perhaps they may get     
well4  99 99 99  ,repent and be baptized
 every one of you in the name of ,jesus 
,christ1 for the remission of sins1 and 
ye shall receive the gift of the ,holy  
,ghost2 for the promise is unto you1 and
 to your children1 and to all that are  

afar off1 even as many as the ,lord our 
,god shall call4   ,repent and come to  
the anxious seat 7penitent form71 every 
one of you1 and cry1 ,lord1 ,lord1 and  
may be you will get forgiveness of sins2
 and you may be baptized or not2 but if 
you do1 you will not get the ,holy      
,ghost as they did anciently1 for such  
things are done away4  99 99 99  ,it    
shall come to pass in the last days1    
saith ,god1 that ,i will pour out my    
,spirit upon all flesh3 and your sons   
and your daughters shall prophesy1 and  
your young men shall see visions1 and   
your old men shall dream dreams2 etc4   
,and in these last days the ,lord will  
not pour out ,his ,spirit so as to cause
 our sons and daughters to prophesy1 our
 old men to dream dreams1 and our young 
men to see visions2 for such things are 
no longer needed1 and it is all a       
delusion1 and none but the ignorant     
believe such things4  99 99 99  ,covet  
earnestly the best gifts1 but rather    
that ye prophesy4   ,do not covet any of

 the supernatural gifts1 but especially 
beware of prophesying1 for such things  
are done away4  99 99 99  ,covet to     
prophesy1 and forbid not to speak with  
tongues4   ,do not prophesy1 and it is  
all a delusion to speak in tongues4  99 
99 99  ,but in vain do they worship me1 
teaching for doctrines the commandments 
of men4   ,it matters not what kind of  
doctrine1 or what system1 a man         
embraces1 if he is only sincere and     
worships ,jesus ,christ4  99 99 99  ,i  
thank thee1 ,o ,father1 ,lord of heaven 
and earth1 because thou hast hid these  
things from the wise and prudent1 and   
hast revealed them unto babes2 even so1 
,father1 for so it seemed good in thy   
sight4   ,we thank ,god that ,he has    
revealed nothing to any person1 wise or 
simple1 for many hundred years1 but that
 our wise and learned men have been able
 to know ,god without a revelation1 and 
that we shall never be favored with any 
more4  99 99 99  ,no man knoweth the    
,son but the ,father1 neither knoweth   

any man the ,father save the ,son1 and  
he to whomsoever the ,son will reveal   
,him4   ,we all know ,god in this       
enlightened age1 and yet neither the    
,father nor the ,son has revealed any   
thing to any of us1 for we do not       
believe revelations are necessary now4  
99 99 99  ,and this is life eternal1    
that they might know ,thee the only true
 ,god1 and ,jesus ,christ1 whom ,thou   
hast sent4   ,and we cannot know for    
ourselves1 by any positive              
manifestation1 in these days1 but must  
depend on the wisdom and learning of    
men4  99 99 99  ,i thank my ,god always 
on your behalf1 for the grace of ,god   
which is given you by ,jesus ,christ1   
that in everything ye are enriched by   
,him in all utterance1 and in all       
knowledge1 even as the testimony of     
,christ 7the spirit of prophecy7 was    
confirmed in you1 so that ye come behind
 in no good gift1 waiting for the coming
 of our ,lord ,jesus ,christ4   ,we     
thank the ,lord always1 in behalf of the

 ,church in these days1 that she has no 
supernatural gifts given unto her1 and  
that she is not enriched by ,christ1    
neither in the gift of utterance1 nor in
 the gift of knowledge2 neither has she 
the testimony of ,jesus 7the spirit of  
prophecy7 confirmed in her1 and she     
comes behind in all the gifts2 nor is   
she waiting for1 or expecting1 the      
coming of the ,lord2 for ,he has come   
once1 and never will come again till the
 great and last day1 the end of the     
earth4  99 99 99  ,the foolishness of   
,god is wiser than men2 and the weakness
 of ,god is stronger than men4 ,for you 
see your calling1 brethren1 how that not
 many wise men after the flesh1 not many
 mighty1 not many noble1 are called3 but
 ,god hath chosen the foolish things of 
the world to confound the wise2 and ,god
 hath chosen the weak things of the     
world to confound the things which are  
mighty1 and base things of the world1   
and things which are despised1 hath ,god
 chosen2 yea1 and things which are not1 

to bring to nought things that are2 that
 no flesh should glory in ,his presence4
  ,the wisdom of men1 and the learning  
of men1 are better than the inspiration 
of the ,almighty1 for that is not needed
 any longer2 for you see your calling1  
brethren1 how that the wise and learned1
 and noble1 and mighty are called in    
these days2 for we have chosen such to  
confound the foolish1 the unlearned1 and
 the ignorant2 yea1 to confound the base
 things of the world which are despised1
 that flesh might glory in ,his         
presence4  99 99 99  ,and ,i1 brethren1 
when ,i came to you1 came not with      
excellency of speech or of wisdom1      
declaring unto you the testimony of     
,god2 for ,i determined not to know     
anything among you1 save ,jesus ,christ 
and ,him crucified4 ,and ,i was with you
 in weakness1 and in fear1 and in much  
trembling4 ,and my speech and my        
preaching was not with enticing words of
 man's wisdom1 but in demonstration of  
the ,spirit and of power2 that your     

faith should not stand in the wisdom of 
men1 but in the power of ,god4   ,and   
we1 brethren1 when we came unto you1    
came with excellency of speech1 and with
 the wisdom and learning of man2 and our
 speech and our preaching were with     
enticing words of man's wisdom1 not in  
demonstration of the ,spirit and power1 
for that is done away2 that your faith  
should not stand in the power of ,god1  
but in the wisdom of man4  99 99 99     
,but we speak the wisdom of ,god in a   
mystery1 even the hidden wisdom1 which  
,god ordained before the world unto our 
glory2 which none of the princes of this
 world knew3 for had they known it1 they
 would not have crucified the ,lord of  
glory4   ,but we speak the wisdom of man
 in a mystery1 even the hidden wisdom   
which none but the learned knew2 for had
 others known it1 they would never have 
been under the necessity of employing us
 to tell it to them4  99 99 99  ,but    
,god hath revealed them unto us1 by ,his
 ,spirit2 for the ,spirit searcheth all 

things1 yea1 the deep things of ,god4   
,but ,god hath revealed nothing unto us 
by ,his ,spirit2 for the wisdom and     
learning of man search all things2 yea1 
all the deep things which are necessary 
for us to know4  99 99 99  ,for what man
 knoweth the things of a man1 save the  
spirit of man which is in him8 ,even so 
the things of ,god knoweth no man1 but  
the ,spirit of ,god4   ,for what man    
knoweth the things of man1 save the     
spirit of man1 which is in him8 even so 
the things of ,god knoweth no man by the
 ,spirit of ,god in these days1 for it  
is done away1 or it reveals nothing4  99
 99 99  ,now we have received not the   
spirit of the world1 but the ,spirit    
which is of ,god3 that we might know the
 things that are freely given to us of  
,god4   ,now we have not received the   
,spirit of ,god1 but the spirit of the  
world1 that we might not know for a     
certainty1 but that we might guess at1  
or give our opinion of1 the things of   
,god4  99 99 99  ,which things also we  

speak1 not in the words which man's     
wisdom teacheth1 but which the ,holy    
,ghost teacheth3 comparing spiritual    
things with spiritual4   ,which things  
also we speak1 not in the words which   
the ,holy ,ghost teacheth1 but which    
man's wisdom teacheth2 for the          
inspiration of the ,holy ,ghost is done 
away4  99 99 99  ,but the natural man   
receiveth not the things of the ,spirit 
of ,god3 for they are foolishness unto  
him2 neither can he know them1 because  
they are spiritually discerned4   ,but  
the learned man may receive and         
understand the things of ,god by his own
 wisdom1 without the inspiration of the 
,spirit2 for who will be so foolish as  
to believe in visions and revelations in
 this religious age8  99 99 99  ,let no 
man deceive himself4 ,if any man among  
you seemeth to be wise in this world1   
let him become a fool1 that he may be   
wise4   ,let no man deceive himself4 ,if
 any man among you seemeth to be wise in
 the things of ,god1 let him get the    

wisdom of men1 that he may be wise4  99 
99 99  ,for the wisdom of this world is 
foolishness with ,god3 for it is        
written1 ,he taketh the wise in their   
own craftiness4 ,and again1 ,the ,lord  
knoweth the thoughts of the wise1 that  
they are vain4 ,therefore1 let no man   
glory in men4   ,for the wisdom of ,god 
is foolishness with the world1 for it is
 written1 ,let us educate young men for 
the ministry2 and again1 ,let no man    
preach who has not been educated for the
 purpose2 and especially1 receive no man
 who professes to be inspired4  99 99 99
  ,now concerning spiritual gifts1      
brethren1 ,i would not have you         
ignorant4   ,now1 concerning spiritual  
gifts1 brethren1 we would have you      
entirely ignorant1 for they are not     
needed at all in this generation4  99 99
 99  ,but the manifestation of the      
,spirit is given to every man to profit 
withal4   ,but the manifestation of the 
,spirit is given to no man to profit at 
all4  99 99 99  ,for to one is given by 

the ,spirit the word of wisdom2 to      
another1 the word of knowledge by the   
same ,spirit4   ,but to one is given1 by
 the learning of men1 the word of       
wisdom2 and to another1 the word of     
knowledge by human learning4  99 99 99  
,to another1 faith by the same ,spirit2 
to another1 the gifts of healing by the 
same ,spirit4   ,and to another1 faith1 
by the same ,spirit2 but to none the    
gift of healing by the same ,spirit4  99
 99 99  ,to another1 the working of     
miracles2 to another1 prophecy2 to      
another1 discerning of spirits2 to      
another1 divers kinds of tongues2 to    
another1 the interpretation of tongues4 
,and to none the working of miracles1   
and to none to prophesy2 and to none    
discerning of spirits2 and to none to   
speak with divers kinds of tongues1 and 
to none to interpret tongues4  99 99 99 
,for as the body is one1 and hath many  
members1 and all the members of that one
 body1 being many1 are one body1 so also
 is ,christ4   ,for as the body is      

composed of many sects and parties who  
are opposed to each other1 and have no  
gifts1 and being many sects1 are but one
 body1 so also is ,antichrist4  99 99 99
  ,for by one ,spirit are we all        
baptized into one body1 whether we be   
,jews or ,gentiles1 whether we be bond  
or free2 and have been all made to drink
 into one ,spirit4   ,for by many       
spirits are we all baptized into many   
bodies1 whether we be ,catholics or     
,protestants1 ,presbyterians or         
,methodists1 but have all drunk into one
 spirit1 even the spirit of the world4  
99 99 99  ,for the body is not one      
member1 but many4   ,for the body is not
 one sect1 but many4  99 99 99  ,but now
 hath ,god set the members every one of 
them in the body1 as it hath pleased    
,him4   ,but now hath the ,god 7of this 
world7 set the sects and parties in the 
body 7of ,antichrist7 as it hath pleased
 him4  99 99 99  ,and if they were all  
one member1 where were the body8   ,and 
if they were all one sect1 where were   

the body8  99 99 99  ,but now are they  
many members1 but one body4   ,but now  
are they many sects1 yet but one body   
7even ,babylon74  99 99 99  ,now ye are 
the body of ,christ1 and members in     
particular4   ,now ye are the body of   
,antichrist1 and members in particular4 
99 99 99  ,and ,god hath set some in the
 ,church3 first1 ,apostles2 secondly1   
,prophets2 thirdly1 ,teachers2 after    
that1 miracles2 then1 gifts of healings1
 helps1 governments1 diversities of     
tongues4   ,and man hath set some in the
 church1 first1 a hireling priest2      
secondly1 a board of officers2 thirdly1 
tracts2 then commentaries1 creeds1 and  
diversities of opinions2 hence1         
societies and wondrous helps4  99 99 99 
,blessed are ye1 when men shall revile  
you1 and persecute you1 and shall say   
all manner of evil against you falsely1 
for my sake3 rejoice1 and be exceeding  
glad2 for great is your reward in       
heaven2 for so persecuted they the      
,prophets which were before you4   ,woe 

unto you1 when men revile you1 and      
persecute you1 and say all manner of    
evil against you falsely for ,christ's  
sake4 ,lament ye1 and be exceedingly    
sorrowful in that hour1 for little is   
your reward among men1 for so persecute 
they the ,latter-day ,saints4  99 99 99 
,give to him that asketh thee2 and from 
him that would borrow of thee turn thou 
not away4   ,give to him that asketh of 
thee1 if he be able to make thee a      
similar present2 and from him that would
 borrow of thee turn not thou away1 if  
he be able to pay thee again with good  
interest4  99 99 99  ,be ye therefore   
perfect even as your ,father who is in  
heaven is perfect4   ,do not think to be
 perfect1 for it is impossible to live  
without sin4  99 99 99  ,take heed that 
you do not your alms before men1 to be  
seen of them2 otherwise ye have no      
reward of your ,father who is in heaven4
   ,take heed that you do your alms     
before men1 to be seen of them2         
otherwise1 you have no reward nor praise

 from the children of men4  99 99 99    
,therefore1 when thou doest thine alms1 
do not sound a trumpet before thee1 as  
the hypocrites do in the synagogues and 
in the streets1 that they may have glory
 of men4 ,verily ,i say unto you1 ,they 
have their reward4   ,therefore when    
thou doest thine alms1 publish it in the
 ,missionary ,herald1 or some other     
paper1 that you may get praise of the   
world4 ,verily ,i say unto you1 ,you    
shall have your reward4  99 99 99  ,and 
when thou prayest1 thou shalt not be as 
the hypocrites are2 for they love to    
pray standing in the synagogues and in  
the corners of the streets1 that they   
may be seen of men4   ,and when thou    
prayest1 be like the hypocrites in days 
of old2 go before the public and cry    
mightily1 not expecting to be heard and 
answered1 for that would be miraculous1 
and miracles have ceased4  99 99 99     
,moreover1 when ye fast1 be not1 as the 
hypocrites1 of a sad countenance3 for   
they disfigure their faces1 that they   

may appear unto men to fast4 ,verily ,i 
say unto you1 ,they have their reward4  
,moreover1 when ye fast1 be like the    
hypocrites1 of a sad countenance1 that  
ye may appear unto men to fast2 so that 
you may get your reward4  99 99 99  ,lay
 not up for yourselves treasures upon   
earth1 where moth and rust doth corrupt1
 and where thieves break through and    
steal3 but lay up for yourselves        
treasures in heaven1 where neither moth 
nor rust doth corrupt1 and where thieves
 do not break through nor steal2 for    
where your treasure is1 there will your 
heart be also4   ,lay up for yourselves 
abundance of treasures on the earth1    
where moth and rust doth corrupt1 and   
where thieves break through and steal2  
for if your heart is only in heaven1 it 
is no matter how rich you are in this   
world2 for now it is come to pass that  
ye can serve ,god and mammon4  99 99 99 
,therefore all things whatsoever ye     
would that men should do to you1 do ye  
even so to them3 for this is the law and

 the ,prophets4   ,therefore all things 
whatsoever men do to you1 do ye even so 
to them2 for this is the law and the    
practice4  99 99 99  ,enter ye in at the
 straight gate2 for wide is the gate1   
and broad is the way1 that leadeth to   
destruction1 and many there be which go 
in thereat4   ,enter ye in at the wide  
gate1 where the multitude go3 for it    
cannot be that all our great and learned
 men are wrong1 and nobody right but a  
few obscure individuals4  99 99 99      
,because straight is the gate1 and      
narrow is the way1 that leadeth unto    
life1 and few there be that find it4    
,for the narrow way is not altogether   
too straight1 but only a very few travel
 in it4  99 99 99  ,beware of false     
prophets1 which come to you in sheep's  
clothing1 but inwardly they are ravening
 wolves4 ,ye shall know them by their   
fruits4 ,do men gather grapes of thorns1
 or figs of thistles8   ,beware of      
,prophets who come to you with the ,word
 of ,god2 you may know at once they are 

false1 without hearing them or examining
 their fruits2 popular opinion is       
against them2 whereas1 if they were men 
of ,god1 the people would speak well of 
them4  99 99 99  ,wherefore1 by their   
fruits ye shall know them4 ,not every   
one that saith unto me1 ,lord1 ,lord1   
shall enter into the kingdom of heaven2 
but he that doeth the will of my ,father
 who is in heaven4   ,if we are only    
sure that we have experienced religion1 
and we pray often1 we shall be saved1   
whether we do the ,lord's will or not2  
for it mattereth not what system we     
embrace1 whether it be right or wrong1  
if we are only sincere4  99 99 99  ,and 
it came to pass1 when ,jesus had ended  
these sayings1 the people were          
astonished at ,his doctrine3 for ,he    
taught them as one having authority1 and
 not as the scribes4   ,and it came to  
pass1 when men had ended these sayings1 
the people were pleased with their      
doctrines1 for they taught them not as  
men having authority1 but as the        

scribes4