| 635 them inherit the throne of glory: for the pillars of the earth are the Lord's, and he hath set the world upon them. He will keep the feet of his saints, and the wicked shall be silent in darkness: for by strength shall no man prevail. The adversaries of the Lord shall be broken to pieces; out of heaven shall he thunder upon them; the Lord shall judge the ends of the earth; and he shall give strength unto his King, and exalt the horn of his annointed [anointed] .'
In conclusion, our extract on the Guillotine, and our remarks on modes of murder, have perhaps exceeded the space which they should have occupied, what is the use of curtailing a subject of such immense magnitude?-Were it not that there is a day coming when the nations of the earth shall learn war no more, and when death shall be swallowed up in victory, we should not have had more courage to have written on such a painful theme. The Lord, however, having made a wholesale business of slaying the wicked several times when they became 'too plenty,' has promised that they shall be burnt [burned] up, root and branch, in the last days: Therefore 'let Israel rejoice in him that made him; let the children of Zion be joyful in their King. Let them praise his name in the dance: let them sing praises unto him with timbrel and harp. For the Lord taketh pleasure in his people: he will beautify the meek with salvation. Let the saints be joyful in glory: let them sing aloud upon their beds. Let the high praises of God be in their mouth, and a two edged sword in their hand;-To execute vengeance upon the heathen, and punishments upon the people; To bind their kings with chains, and their nobles with fetters of iron; To execute upon them the judgment written: this honor have all the saints.-Praise ye the Lord.'
This will be glory enough for one world, and joy enough for those who have waded in blood to bliss. Then and only THEN will the saints understand what death is; and what the power is, of him that conquers all, in this world and the world to come.
"A FOOL'S BOLT IS SOON SHOT."
The following very sage selection, by some wise-acre of Massachusetts, appeared in a late 'Boston Bee:'
A False Mormon Prophesy.-Mr. Editor:-In the Book of Mormon, second edition, commencing on page 526, occurs a prophesy; in the course of which the Prophet Smith is brought into view, and the following prediction is made concerning him:-
'But behold the life of my servant shall be in my hand; therefore they shall not hurt him; although he shall be marred because of them. Yet I will heal him; for I will show unto them that my wisdom is greater than the cunning of the devil.'
Happening to be familiar with Mormon books I thought I would transcribe the above passage for publication, in order to show how it squares with the violent death of Smith.
An Observer.
This 'marring' which was to take place before he brought the words of the book forth to the Gentiles, happened near the hill Cumorah, when Joseph Smith was knocked down with a handspike, and afterwards healed almost instantly! The second time he was marred, can be seen by reading the 'Times and Seasons' of August 15th, 1844; when his flesh was scratched off, and he tarred and feathered. He was again healed instantly, fulfilling the prophesy twice. But lest the uncircumcised Philistines should triumph, we wish that 'An Observer' would read the following paragraph in the 6th chapter of the first book of Nephi, page 54, in said Book of Mormon. 'Come ye near unto me; I have not spoken in secret from the beginning; from the time that it was declared, have I spoken; and the Lord God and his spirit hath sent me. And thus saith the Lord, the Redeemer, the Holy One (Jesus Christ) of Israel; I have sent him; [Joseph Smith] the Lord thy God who teacheth thee to profit; who leadest thee by the way thou shouldst go, has done it. O that thou [the Gentiles] hadst hearkened to my commandments, then had thy peace been as a river, and righteousness as the waves of the sea: thy seed also had been as the sand: the offspring of thy bowels like the gravel thereof:-his name [Joseph Smith's] should not have been cut off, nor destroyed from before me.'
Perhaps Isaiah in the 48th chapter and other places, might have mentioned the fact that his name was cut 'off.' Read and reflect, for there are more true prophesies in the Bible and Book of Mormon, than the sects and sinners ever dreamed of. Remember that.
THE WINE CUP OF FURY.
There is a solemn idea contained in the command of the Lord to Jeremiah: 'To tako [take] the wine cup of his fury at his hand, and cause all the nations to whom I send thee, to drink it. This awful command has yet to be executed, 'for the slain of the Lord' has never been 'from one end of the earth to the other.' If this generation is not the one for the inhabitants of the earth 'to drink and be drunken, and spue [spew] and fall to rise no more;' let some divinely authenticated servant of the Lord say when it will be, for it must come.
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