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Show M0EM0NISM. 353 ox." " 0 , " replied the lawyer, " that alters the case, and if- if-i-f-." Now, then, if it is the whole Christian world, from Catholicism down to the latest of her daughters, that have made void the law of God, and trampled under foot the institutions of heaven, the holy principles of matrimony and family government, and have made them void also, by their traditions, and introduced that which God never did; and "Mormonism" has restored the law of God, in theory and practice, then it is the so-called Christian world, and not us, that are wrong. Whether it regards family organization, the law of God, patriarchal government, ordinances, principles and prophecy, I know of nothing new, or of nothing wherein we are innovators. As I said before, and I am able to maintain it when called upon, " Mormonism" is a system which was understood and enjoyed by the ancients, and restored unto us by revelation. And if carried out, what will it do ? It will simply fulfill the sayings of the prophets, both ancient and modern, put down all wickedness, abuse, proscription, misrule, oppression, ignorance, darkness, and tyranny, and restore mankind to righteousness, truth, liberty, law and government, in which the Lord's will will be done on the earth as it is in heaven. That is what "Mormonism" will do, when carried out. May God bless you all. Amen. |