Show DEFENDS EFEN DS THE MORMONS op BI Whitney Declares Them hem Obedient to in Laws La The rite Mormons are the predestined saviors of our country said B hop 0 O F 1 Whitney in his hie sermon rmon yester yesterday t day afternoon at the tabernacle Not Notwithstanding Notwithstanding withstanding the abuse abu and slander ut uttered uttered uttered against us by the outside world Jealous c cLuTChes churches Lur hes and fanatical socie eod societies oc octie ties tie the day will ill surely come when the I Mormon disciples dil will rally to support I the government They and th they y alone will wIIl fight to uphold the flag and defend the nation against all aU enemies trOD irons within and without I 1 We love our country its flag and anlIta Its Ita tree free institutions and we respect peet re Its laws The world will sometime Ilta awake aw e to this fact and the Mormon church instead of being a subject of I rI ridicule ule and aDd abuse will become an hon lion honored honI ored wed and respected ted institution and the I strong rrt arm ana of the th national gov Py government cement emment I Bishop Bl bop Whitney also al spoke at length of the expectation of all aD Mormons te to I build the city of Zion the new Jeru Jerusalem I salem in Jackson county Missouri M I This was wa the place he claimed that was designated by the angel Moroni in his its revelation to Joseph Joeeph Smith to toI erect the holy temples of ot the Mormon I I people I |