will cut off those wicked and unjust stewards and Appoint them
Portion with Hypocrites & unbelievers. One glance at the signs of
1849 in the United States will show that the Lord has commenced
to fulfill his promise And He will not scease untill it is finished
There has never been A year since the esstablishment of the United
States Government, when there has been so great a loss of property
& life by fire & Pestilence, or such an increase of mobs or confusion
and Perplexity in the Government as in 1849. Among the most desolat-
ing fires may be named the burning of Watertown on Sunday the 13th of
April $121,000 worth of property destroyed. five days after on the 18 of April
the tremendious conflagration at St Louis more than half the businesspart
of the city was burned $6000000 worth of property destroyed. The
Plague also in the form of the cholera visited the same city soon after
the fire and in few weeks laid in the grave 8000 of its inhabitants the
cholera ahas also swept many thousand into the grave in various parts of
the United States. it has raged through most parts of the land during the
past season. Mobs have also increased to an alarming degree in the United
States, in New York, Philadelphia, ^&^ Portland, they have been very consp-
icuous. The desolution of the American Union also seems to be fast
ripening during the past year. the slavery question seems to be the great
hinge upon which the Nation will split At the meeting of Congress
the House spent 18 days in organizing the House & Electing the speaker
which cost the Goverment near $100000, And it continues to be one
of the most exciting Congresses ever met in the United States And
if the war spirit now visible in the midst of Congress continues
to increase It is quite probable that the Union may be dissolved before
the close of this session. Although many Editors of the public Journals
have ridiculed for several years the Idea of the Dividing of the American
Union but this year thisey feel vary serious upon the subject And all the
signs of the times in this government indicate that the hand writing
upon the wall is begining to be visibly seen concerning the fate of
this Nation.
When we turn our eyes towards Zion during the year 1849 we can
behold the hand of the Lord also visible in her behalf. The Lord hath
promised great Blessings concerning Zion And the faithful Saints are watching
all signs appertaining to her with feelings of the deepest interest. for years past
Zion has been oppressed and as a captive removeing to and fromo but she has
finally found a resting place in the rich valleys of Ephraim in the great Bason
between the High Mountains & Everlasting Hills of North America And during
the year 1849 she has organized herself unto an Indipendant sovreign State
And appointed her Governor & Nobles of themselves, so that Her Nobles are
of themselves & her Govornor has proceded out of the midst of Ephraim
in Zion she has prospered more than during any year since her
organization she is rapidly building up a city in peace, has good crops, universal
Health, has made Arangements to lay of three New cities. Has re-organized her
marshal Legion of mighty men. 100 families have gone 200 miles South to
form A settlement under the Presidency of Bishop Morley in the sand
Pitch valley. The Church during this years haves laid the foundation for
a fund called the perpetual fund the object of which is to gather
unto Zion all the poor saints who cannot gather themselves from Council Bluffs, the United States And from all the world, expect-
ing it to increase yearly untill all Israel is gatherd this fund is esstablished
by voluntary contributions of the Saints $5,500 was collected in the valley
in this way in one month And Bishop Edward Hunter was sent to
will cut off those wicked and unjust stewards and Appoint them
Portion with Hypocrites & unbelievers. One glance at the signs of
1849 in the United States will show that the Lord has commenced
to fulfill his promise And He will not scease untill it is finished
There has never been A year since the esstablishment of the United
States Government, when there has been so great a loss of property
& life by fire & Pestilence, or such an increase of mobs or confusion
and Perplexity in the Government as in 1849. Among the most desolating fires may be named the burning of Watertown on Sunday the 13th of
April $121,000 worth of property destroyed. five days after on the 18 of April
the tremendious conflagration at St Louis more than half the businesspart
of the city was burned $6000000 worth of property destroyed. The
Plague also in the form of the cholera visited the same city soon after
the fire and in few weeks laid in the grave 8000 of its inhabitants the
cholerahas also swept many thousand into the grave in various parts of
the United States. it has raged through most parts of the land during the
past season. Mobs have also increased to an alarming degree in the United
States, in New York, Philadelphia, & Portland, they have been very conspicuous. The desolution of the American Union also seems to be fast
ripening during the past year. the slavery question seems to be the great
hinge upon which the Nation will split At the meeting of Congress
the House spent 18 days in organizing the House & Electing the speaker
which cost the Goverment near $100000, And it continues to be one
of the most exciting Congresses ever met in the United States And
if the war spirit now visible in the midst of Congress continues
to increase It is quite probable that the Union may be dissolved before
the close of this session. Although many Editors of the public Journals
have ridiculed for several years the Idea of the Dividing of the American
Union but this year they feel vary serious upon the subject And all the
signs of the times in this government indicate that the hand writing
upon the wall is begining to be visibly seen concerning the fate of
this Nation.
When we turn our eyes towards Zion during the year 1849 we can
behold the hand of the Lord also visible in her behalf. The Lord hath
promised great Blessings concerning Zion And the faithful Saints are watching
all signs appertaining to her with feelings of the deepest interest. for years past
Zion has been oppressed and as a captive removeing to and fro but she has
finally found a resting place in the rich valleys of Ephraim in the great Bason
between the High Mountains & Everlasting Hills of North America And during
the year 1849 she has organized herself unto an Indipendant sovreign State
And appointed her Governor & Nobles of themselves, so that Her Nobles are
of themselves & her Govornor has proceded out of the midst of Ephraim
in Zion she has prospered more than during any year since her
organization she is rapidly building up a city in peace, has good crops, universal
Health, has made Arangements to lay of three New cities. Has re-organized her
marshal Legion of mighty men. 100 families have gone 200 miles South to
form A settlement under the Presidency of Bishop Morley in the sand
Pitch valley. The Church during this years has laid the foundation for
a fund called the perpetual fund the object of which is to gather
unto Zion all the poor saints who cannot gather themselves from
Council Bluffs, the United States And from all the world, expecting it to increase yearly untill all Israel is gatherd this fund is esstablished
by voluntary contributions of the Saints $5,500 was collected in the valley
in this way in one month And Bishop Edward Hunter was sent to
"Journal (January 1, 1847 – December 31, 1853)," December 31, 1849, The Wilford Woodruff Papers, accessed May 6, 2024, https://wilfordwoodruffpapers.org/p/L9Dj