heaven by the judgments which
I have sent forth and which shall
not return unto me void. And thus,
with the Sword, and by bloodshed,
and with famine, and plagues,
and earthquakes, and the thunder
of heaven, and the vivid lightnings
shall this nation and the nations
of the earth be made to feel the
chastening hand of an Almighty
God until they are broken up and
destroyed and wasted away from
under heaven, and no power can
stay my hand. Therefore, let the
wicked tremble; let them that
blaspheme my name hold their
lips, for destruction will swiftly
overtake them. All that I the
Lord have spoken through the
mouths of my prophets and
Apostles since the world began,
concerning the last dispensation
and fulness of times, concerning
my church which has been
called out of the wilderness of
darkness and error, concerning
the Zion and Kingdom of God,
heaven by the judgments which
I have sent forth and which shall
not return unto me void. And thus,
with the Sword, and by bloodshed,
and with famine, and plagues,
and earthquakes, and the thunder
of heaven, and the vivid lightnings
shall this nation and the nations
of the earth be made to feel the
chastening hand of an Almighty
God until they are broken up and
destroyed and wasted away from
under heaven, and no power can
stay my hand. Therefore, let the
wicked tremble; let them that
blaspheme my name hold their
lips, for destruction will swiftly
overtake them. All that I the
Lord have spoken through the
mouths of my prophets and
Apostles since the world began,
concerning the last dispensation
and fulness of times, concerning
my church which has been
called out of the wilderness of
darkness and error, concerning
the Zion and Kingdom of God,
"Journal (January 1893 – April 1897)," April 18, 1897, The Wilford Woodruff Papers, accessed May 10, 2024, https://www.wilfordwoodruffpapers.org/p/pk8Q