| 811 his holiness the Pope, for an ordination under his gracious hand, but the 'head of catholicity [Catholicism],' informed him that he must renounce his heresy first. Now, the substance, or more properly the want of substance, in the sectarian world is, that God is not in all their ways, and so every man goes his own way.
The present christian world exists and continues by division. The MYSTERY of Babylon the great, is mother of harlots and abominations of the earth, and it needs no prophetic vision, to unravel such mysteries. The old church is the mother, and the protestants are the lewd daughters. Alas! alas! what doctrine, what principle, or what scheme, in all christendom, has produced the apostolic union? What prayers, what devotion, or what faith, 'since the fathers have fallen asleep,' has opened the heavens; has brought men into the presence of God; and to the spirits of just men made perfect, and to an innumerable company of angels? The answer is, not any:-'There is none in all christendom that doeth good; no, not one. To be sure they love the uppermost rooms at feasts and the chief seats in the synagogues. They wear soft raiment, and gold chains, but the prayers of the poor, steeped in tears, are bottled up in heaven, as a testimony against them, and they cannot escape the due demerits of their hypocrisy.
All kingdoms but Daniel's set up in the last days, must break to pieces. So success to the divisions of christians: they will help hasten the latter-day glory. God and Mormonism forever!
RESTORATION OF THE JEWS.
"A meeting has been called in the Hanover Rooms, in London, for the purpose of recommending the foundation of a society to promote the restoration of tho [the] Jews to Palestine.
'It is proposed to accomplish this object by inducing the British Government to take the Jews in Palestine under their special protection, to negotiate with the Porte for the independence of that country under the protection of England.
'Thus it is, we can witness the hand of the Mighty God of Jacob, moving on his glorious work of restitution, and fulfilling the words of his anointed, and answering the prayers of his saints in mighty deed. Let us struggle on, the world will yet be compelled to acknowledge the divine mission of the Prophet Joseph.'
N. Y. Prophet.
The latter day glory and gathering must go on; for as the scripture saith: [Isa. xi: 13.] 'The envy also of Ephraim shall depart, and the adversaries of Judah shall be cut off: Ephraim shall not envy Judah, and Judah shall not vex Ephraim.'
Again, let it be understood, by all nations, kindreds, tongues and people that Joel said, that, 'in Mount Zion and in Jerusalem, there shall be deliverance, and in the remnant whom the Lord thy God shall call.' Israel is the elect: and so all Israel must be saved.
SIGNS IN THE OLD WORLD.
The symptoms of disquietude, division, and jealousy, are beginning to manifest themselves among the people of the old world, as well as in the United States. The annexed sketch, taken from the 'Edinburg Weekly Register,' is not the only sign that appears in the east as a harbinger of the utter abolishment of religious and political compacts. Such events are in strict accordance with Mormon belief, Mormon philosophy, Mormon prophecy, and eternal truth. The world waxes old as a garment, moth-eaten, and the moment it is moved for examination, that instant it begins to fall to pieces.-The leaven in the world, now working in the hearts of the children of men, will ferment, and continue to ferment, until the kingdoms of the whole earth, pass off as the dream of a night vision. God's will be done, and man freed from the bondage of men. So hear what the Register says:-
THE SWISS FACTIONS.
The population of Switzerland is about two million, of which two-fifths only adhere to the Roman Catholic religion. Three languages are spoken in the Cantonal Confederation-French, German, and Italian; and this, of itself, is sufficient to prevent any close amalgamation. Add to this, the struggles between the aristocratic and democratic parties; the prejudices existing, and embittered by recent contests between the cantons of the mountains and those of the plain; the sectional jealousies and religious animosities that prevail among small communities packed so closely together; and we have the key to the incessant struggles by which the peace of the twenty-two cantons, forming the Helvetic Confederation, has been so continuously and grievously disturbed. Independently of this misfortune, there is another danger to be apprehended-lest France, Savoy, and Austria, should get tired of watching such unquiet neighbours [neighbors], and determine on preserving the peace by adding convenient portions of the Swiss territory to their own, and thus destroy a restless nationality, which is a source of annoyance and apprehension to the contiguous governments.
It is well known that the lower cantons are
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