| OCR Text |
Show 5 Arkansas and was ~unt~d down and killed by the wronged husband and a company of his friends and neighbors. But, have t~e Mormons, who until q~i~e recently had complete control of Utah, allowed all men the pnv1lege of worshiping how ana· w_here and what they may?" . I might give instances where they have k1ll~d .men and. women. for. mnocently and peacefully worshiping as Chnstlans .do, without v10latmg the above article of faith or any other law or ordmance professedly held by the Mormons. But let their own prophet and apostles bear their testimony. Prophet Brigham Young, in a discourse in the Tabernacle February 8th, 1857, said: "I have known a great many men who ha;e left this church for whom there is no chance whatever for exaltation but if their blood had been spilled it would have been better for the~. The wickedness and ignorance of the nations forbid this principle being in full force, but the time will come when the law of God will be in full force. This is loving our neighbor as ourselves: if he needs help, help him ; if he wants salvation and it is necessary to spill his blood on the earth, in order that he may be saved, spill it. That is the way to love mankind." All who are not Mormons are called " sinners and hypocrites," and the prophet said, "the sinner in Zion should tremble, and fearfulness should seize the hypocrites," that "the tree which did not bring forth good fruit should be hewn down." Prophet Brigham Young, on March 2, 1~56, said i? the Ta~ernacle: "The time is comingwhen justicewill be laid to the lme,and nghteousness to the plummet; when we shall take the. old broadswor~ a.nd ask, 'Are you for God?' and if you are not heartily on the Lord s side you will be hewn down."-Journals of Disco":"rses, Vol. III, -p. 2 76. Dr. John King Robinson was killed m Salt Lake City m 1866 because he was an inoffensive Christian and refused to become a Morm?n· And Rev. Norman McLeod, a Christian minister, wa~ not allowed. to live in Utah and worship. according to the dictates of his own consc~ence. There was a sect called Gladdenites, who wanted to worship God according to the dictates of their consciences, but the . prophet Brigham Young said in the Tabernacle: :' Now you Gladdemtes keep your tongues still, lest sudden destruction come u~on you. I say rather than that apostates should flourish here, I will unsheat? my bowie-knife and conquer or die. Let us call upon the Lord to assist us in this and every other good work.'' . · dd Much more might be said, b~t for the sake of brevity we will a . onl that the same spirit prevails among the Morm~~s to-day, but 1s hel~ in restraint by the strong hand of the law, the m1htary.for~es, and · · have gone to live m Utah the mcreasmg nurn b er o f good people who . f M threats and persecut10n. · · orrno~ 1 f th . Faith says. "We believe in being subject m spite o The XIIth Artie e o eir : . · d . . , an d mauistrates in obeying, honoring an susto kings, presidents, ru1,ers <'> , taining the la7!1." b . the very opposite of what they teach and The fact 1s the a ove is. t f their own mouths. They predict practice.. But let 1;1s :pro'Iie it f:~io~ of the Mormons to overthrow all and promise that it 1s t e ~ 1 supreme. In "Key to Theology," governments up~n earth, fn h~~!n, religious or political institutions, p. 73, we read : All .mere Y . s must be dissolved, the dross of all republics, states, kingdoms, empz:e J and the golden principles of ignorance and falsehood be~ s:JJr~l!nded forever in the one c~:ms,?liunalloyed truth be preserv t f the Saints of the Most Hzgh. dated, universal, eternal .govern~en is° God's vicegerent, and as such is They claim that their prop et |
