We believe that God has raised up this church, in order to prepare a people for his second coming in the clouds of heaven, in power, and great glory; and that then the saints who are asleep in their graves will be raised, and reign with him on earth a thousand years. We believe that the nations are fast ripening in wickedness, and that judgments, fearful, and terrible, speedily await them. For the signs of the times clearly betoken a general and universal convulsion. The ripening of the harvest--the decay of vegetables--the withering leaves, never indicated more clearly the approaching winter, than the signs of the times betoken approaching judgment. The awful apostacy of the Christian World--the great corruptions that pervade all governments, and the alarming wickedness of the present generation, have engraved UNIVERSAL JUDGMENT, RUIN, and OVERTHROW upon all the kingdoms of this world. A dreadful storm is gathering in every region, find will, ere long, break forth with inconceivable fury upon this guilty generation. Already the fearful tempest begins to rage. The calm repose of ages is disturbed. Ancient and powerful monarchies which have stood the test of centuries, unmoved and unaltered, are now fast crumbling to ruin. Kingdoms are in terrible commotion, divided among themselves, and each distracted with internal broils, disorder, and confusion. The fountains of the nations seem to be broken up. The whole frame work of government is loosened and torn asunder. Every nation is alarmed and in consternation. Fearful forebodings have seized upon Politicians and Statesman, Kings and Rulers. All are perplexed with dreadful anxieties, looking after those things which are coming on the earth. In the midst of all these commotions, just as every government seems to be on the very eve of crumbling to pieces, and just as a thick cloud of judgment seems to hang frightfully over all nations, ready to burst with awful fury upon their guilty heads--a voice of mercy is heard. An angel is sent forth from the eternal worlds. Truth springs forth from the earth clothed with her native simplicity and beauty. Messengers are called of God, and sent forth with a proclamation to all people, requiring them to repent and obey the same. A way of safety for the meek of the earth is clearly pointed out. The kingdom of God is re-organized upon the earth, which alone will stand secure and triumphant in the midst of the dissolution of all earthly governments.