Are These the Latter Days?

ARE THESE THE LATTER DAYS? (For the Improvement Era.) I hear the clash of^arms afar! Behold the battle fields ablaze;* And every nation talks of war. Oh say, are these the latter days? Upon the gale a wail of woe Against the firmament resounds; Convulsing earth reels to and fro, And ocean heaves beyond her bounds. Behold the multitudes abroad, + By prophets anciently reproved, With cunning lips draw near to God, But lo, their hearts are far removed. Another angel earthward flies,!}; The gospel message in his hand; And with a trumpet- voice he cries To every tongue and every land. Truth springs triumphant from the dust, And righteousness looks from above.? Salt Lake City, Utah.

• Matt. 24:6. Psalm 85: 11. U Jer. 33: 7.

• Matt. 15: 8. Ezek. 37, 16-19. She flees, — the night of greed and lust — Before the golden dawn of love. The sticks of Jacob, in the hand Of God, are one, and are unfurled Before the eyes of every land, To save or to condemn the world. The rocky mountains, crowned with snow, (Prophetic dreams) salute my gaze; For unto them all nations flow++ With hearts of joy and songs of praise. Lo Judah wakes, and angel hand Directs his pilgrimage divine. XX Put on thy strength, oh Holy Land,^. He turns his face to Palestine! Toward the West the moon reclines, And lo! the East is all ablaze. My friends, what think you of the signs'.' Are these, are these the latter days? Theo. e. Curtis. : Rev. 14: 6, 7. tt Isa. 2:3, 4. J Isa. 29: 4. XX Isa. 11: 12.