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Show THEIR REAL PURPOSE. When will the present form of- political and rollglous governments conic to an ond? In the present age; By what means? liy tho kingdom of God. and bv 'the appearance ap-pearance of the Son of God ar.d a great destruction. What Is the kingdom of God? A .theocracy, or in oilier words a kingdom king-dom governed by direct revelation from God.- Millennial Star., volume 10, page ' 'Ja8, m i In spite of all pretensions to loyalty.' mado by the hicrarchs of Mormondoni, I this is tho doctrine iu which they be- I lieve, and the end which they are seek- , ing. Among all tho governments of the earth the hierarch knows no brother. ' except as ho may utilize a soenting friendship for the moment to his own auvantage ami to the advancement of tho cause of tho kingdom of God on earth. As Orson Pratt, a distinguished Mormon philosopher, has said. "The kingdom of God is an order of government govern-ment established by divine aulhorilv. It is the only legal government that ca'u exist iu any part of the universe. AH othor governments arc illegal and unauthorized." un-authorized." (See The Kingdom of God. part I, page ). m Of late it hasbeon the authoritative instruction to missionaries to advise converts in different parts of this and other civilized countries lo remain where they are. and not to "gather to Zion." Tn this instruction .wc are ablo to see the beginning of the world's conquest.! as dreamed by the modern prophets of j tho Mormon cliureh. The present chief of lhat organization is in a hurry to bring about the desired result, and ho is quite hopeful in his imagination that he has inaugurated n campaign that will ovorshudnw his predecessors in nehiew- i ment toward the end. But he forgets 1 that, out of all the converts made to the doctrines of tho polygamous cult, it 'has been calculated that eight v-fivo per cent of them fall by the wayside. So, after all, it, may not bo amies to let Joseph F. go right along with his fond ioolishness. |