| 762 Shall not the Judge of all earth do right.
In managing the Times and Seasons, we have availed ourselves of whatever seemed meet in the eye of the Lord, as wholesome aliment for the souls of men, and if at any time, such an intention has been exceeded, by the admission of unnecessary food, it has been an "error of the head and not the heart." We published our future intentions, in the last number of this paper, and if industry, application, and a fervent desire for the great welfare of the church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, can bring into being any good thing from this crooked and perverse generation, besides what the spirit of the living God may dictate, we shall not fail to apply our powers and faculties, to consummate the object.
Transactions of past times, for at least fourteen years, give us very little assurance, that the world is upon the eve of a reformation. Event rolls upon event; crime succeeds crime; and fraud follows in the footsteps of knavery, and so we may justly exclaim: as it was in eighteen hundaed [hundred] and forty-four, it will be in eighteen hundred and forty-five!
Our warning voice therefore, is; "Be ye also ready;"-be ready for the Times and Seasons; be ready for the gathering; be ready for the tithing; be ready to give a reason of your hope; be ready to help finish the Temple; be ready to leave apostates to themselves; be ready for the events of the last days; and be ready to serve God according to his commandments, and thus our prayer for all shall be, may God bless you this year according to your works.
A WORD TO THE CHURCHES ABROAD.
The Twelve, feeling a great anxiety for the unity and prosperity of the whole church, and, more especially, for the benefit of the branches of the church abroad in the world, would, after mature deliberation, and as a matter of counsel, (approving of the course, management and matter of the "Times and Seasons and Neighbor,") recommend that suitable pains and exertions be taken by both elders and members, to obtain these papers from Nauvoo. A unity of effort, to circulate these papers, not only among the saints, but among the people at large, will greatly facilitate the labors of the traveling elders, while it disseminates correct principles, sanctioned by the highest authorities in the church, and at the same time, opens a channel of communication, best calculated to win the good feelings of the community, while the affections, and zeal of the brethren, are harmonized, by the same doctrines, the same rules; and the same laudable purposes.
The kingdoms of the world, continue and extend by division, but the saints can only expect to prevail by wisdom and counsel; we therefore, in connection with the union which prevails among the saints here; and for the prosperity of the branches abroad, and as a reward of merit to the honorable standing of the Times and Seasons, and Neighbor; and for their unyielding energies in the cause of truth, "through good and through evil report." bespeak for them, a liberal subscription, and ready remittance. May right and liberality be equal.
We have just emerged upon the threshold of a new year, and may our Father in heaven, have so much respect to his saints and people, as to bless the pure in heart, pure in purpose, and co-workers for the redemption of man, until the light from Zion extends round the globe and "all Israel shall be saved;" and then we can rejoice and say: it was good for us that we followed ;the counsel of the Lord.
Brethren, we greet you with peace, and may the Lord bless you with righteousness.
Done in council, this first day of January, 1895.
BRIGHAM YOUNG, Pres't.
GO YE SWIFT MESSENGERS.
Elders W. Woodruff and family, in company with Elders H. Clark, and D. Jones and their families, and Elders Milton Holmes and Leonard Hardy, sailed yesterday from this port, in the packet ship John R. Skiddy, for :Liverpool, England, there to commence their labors in the ministry. May the God of Israel send them a smooth sea and a fair wind.-N. Y. Prophet of Dec. 7.
(->) We are happy to give the above information. It is gratifying to thus witness the servants of the Lord, go forth to the nations of the earth, to call the inhabitants thereof to the supper of the Lamb-God bless them.
SEVENTIES LIBRARY.
Among the improvements going forward in this city, none merit higher praise, than the Seventies' Library. The concern has been commenced on a footing an scale, broad enough to embrace the arts and sciences, every where: so that the Seventies' while travelling [traveling] over the face of the globe, as the Lord's 'Regular Soldiers,' can gather all the curious things, both natural and artificial, with all the knowledge, inventions, and wonderful specimens of genius that have been gracing the world for almost six thousand years.
Ten years ago but one seventy, and now "fourteen seventies" and the foundation for the best library in the world! It looks like old times,
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