The Revelation of St. John assures us, that there will be many miraculous manifestations of the power of God in the last days. The sacred records everywhere evidence, that God is a God of miracles. No people can claim to be saints of the Most High without the testimony of miracles. At the same time there may be miraculous manifestations that are not of God, for in the latter times one of the beasts which John saw, will have power to do great wonders and deceive them that dwell on the earth; _Rev_. 13. 13, 14. John also saw the spirits of devils working miracles; 16. 14. The magicians worked miracles in common with Moses and Aaron, but Aaron's rod swallowed up their rod. Thus it will ever be. The devil may have great power over the elements, and over the hearts of men, but the Lord will come off conqueror. The elect will never be deceived for they will discern the difference between the two powers. Whoever is sent of God will work miracles in the name of Jesus, and no man can work miracles in the name of Jesus, "Save he were cleansed every whit from his iniquity;" 3 _Nephi_ 8. 1-3. There are two classes of miracles. One, manifesting the power of God in the destruction of the wicked, the other a means of preserving, blessing, and confirming the saints in the faith. If there be no faith God can do no miracles; _Ether_ 12. 12. The apostle Paul declared that the power to work miracles was one of the gifts of the Holy Spirit; 1 _Cor_. 12. 10. Hence we may conclude that this gift will be ever manifest where the Holy Ghost is conferred by the authority of the Holy Priesthood. Bible. _Gen_. 15. 17 a smoking furnace and a burning lamp passed between the pieces. 19. 11 the men of Sodom smitten with blindness. 24, 25 the Lord destroyed the cities of the plain. 26 Lot's wife turned into a pillar of salt. _Exo_. 3. 2 the angel appeared to Moses in a burning bush. 4. 3 Moses' rod transformed into a serpent. 6 Moses' hand became leprous. _Chapters_ 7-12 a history of the wonders which the Lord wrought, in the deliverance of Israel out of Egypt. 13. 21, 22 the Lord went before Israel in a pillar of a cloud by day. 14. 19, 20 the pillar of a cloud covered the Egyptians with darkness. 21-30 Israel passed through the Red Sea, but the Egyptians were destroyed. 15. 25 the waters of Marah sweetened. 16. 10 the glory of the Lord appeared in a cloud. 13-15 Israel fed on quails and manna. 23, 24 a double quantity of manna sent for the Sabbath. 17. 6 water brought forth from the rock in Horeb. 19. 16 thunderings and lightnings and a thick cloud on the mount. 18 Mount Sinai was altogether on a smoke. 24. 15, 16 a cloud covered the mount six days. 17 the sight of the glory of the Lord was like devouring fire. 18 Moses was in the mount forty days and forty nights. 34. 28 Moses was in the mount forty days without food. _Deut_. 9. 18. 40. 34 a cloud covered the tent of the congregation.