“The signs of the times are portentious [sic] and clearly indicate the approaching downfall of the nations, and the overturning of kingdoms, empires, and republics, preparatory to the coming of Christ and his personal reign on the earth.”

Orson Pratt, The Seer – Volume 1, No. 11, Second Epistle of Orson Pratt (Washington, DC: Orson Pratt, November 1853), 168.