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Excerpt from The Latter-Day Saints' Millennial Star, Vol. 86: January 3, 1924 There is nothing in our Lord's comments regarding the murdered Galileans and others above quoted, that encourages the idea that unrepented sin and evil would not at some time or another, and in some form or another, be followed by a just recompense. His remarks seem mere] y to have implied that retaliation does not always follow at once upon transgression and wrongdoing, and sometimes not even in this life; just as He taught that when men come to Violent and sudden deaths, it is not to be immediately assumed that they are Specially wicked above all other people. There have always been and still are many cases of unprincipled and evil-minded persons who seem rather to prosper in this life than to suffer. King David speaks of the prosperity of the wicked in his time, and says, Behold these are the ungodly, who prosper inthe world they increase in riches (ps. 73. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.