Show REMARKS lowthe of god ly bya elder rider orsea pratt in ith the a bowery G GS S L city sunday july 1855 by J V VONG I 1 have hare been highly pleased with the remarks that have fallen from front the lips of dr grant who iho first addressed us this morning the subject cl of the coming of the kingdom of god and its organization upon the earth is 13 one of vast importance to the present generation as well as to all past generations who are equally concern concerned d with the present ever since since the day dav that men inen were organized upon the earth they have lave been equally concerned in in regard to that period that eventful period when gad s kingdom I 1 should be established d upon the file earth that day or period Ms his bee been n looked farward to as the day of the perfection of their glory and exaltation and when that time lime comes all till governments and systems of government tint thit have been organized upon this little creation of the almighty contrary to the order orde r of heaven or in in other words all governments that have not been in in their nature but that have been organized in in a greater or less degree by manh mans wisdom will be done away the almighty in in some bome degree controls among emong mankind as far as they will let him ile he con trois the destinie the nation natio nf so far as they will permit him yet he does not control them so far fir as to destroy the agency of the human i family consequently they their own corrupt notions have departed from the great principles of government given given by the lord to nian man in the beginning mankind have felt a disposition to seek after some kind of government of their own they have all seemed to manifest a feeling to have a different government t from the one established by the almighty and hence they have all rebelled against his government and they have introduced creeds and systems of their own manufacturing manufacturing 9 if there had been a government upon the face of the earth from the creation of man to the present time lime according to the mind and will of god you would not have seen in in fhe the present age and in in generations that are past diff different erent trent nations nation 8 dis diX different erent classes of people having different governments as we now beho behold d them but there would have been a oneness of nationality a unity existing over all ill the earth but mankind have existed for ages ages 11 past in in a decided state in in a broken condition because of their rebellion si against the laws and government of heaven if god made this earth and all things that pertain unto it and if all were created for his honor hanor and glory he has the right to govern and control them by his hi s own laws and he has a right to enforce that thai government and show him self able to control tire thre the works of his hands and it is is the duty of all men to render obedience to his requirements the government of heaven would not have been separated from the government of men or in other word s there would not have been two kinds ote ole one called ecclesiastical and the other a civil government but inasmuch as hey they have hive rebelled and become corrupt and wicked governments have been introduced of a different character and the lord has bas ila iia in sorrie some measure sanctioned lonel ionel those governments so far as there thed ewer were good goa principles existing existing amono among among them it y T T I 1 al all ali good A e a laws i i from the almighty anah an av ave conze conte come lol loi hin dan man bj by in inspiration from him film i For instance tile tiie ane dove doye govern rn arent of jh the un itea slates states or the 6 constitution name name fame oroa from hll hil him m it was waa given given we be bel belleve itai teve feve by in inspiration and there are many things connected with the various institutions 01 men that are very good there thare are many good laws and good institutions in in in the government of the united states as well as amont among many other govern rii ril ants but th the united states is one ne odthe of the best that has vas been organized among men upon the face of the earth for many generations I 1 did tile the lord have a hand in in the organization of the united states government asks ilie the en yes the lord had a hand in framing its constitution why did not the lord at that time introduce a perfect gover menta ment a theo cacy it was simply because the people were not prepared for it they lre wre too corrupt and although they had llad more integrity more virtue more honesty and more sympathy and feeling for that which is is just and upright and good than any other portion of the inhabitants orthe of the earth and probably more than a great many now have yet they were fir far from beihl being prepared for the tile government rement of god chichis chis chlis a government of union union they were far from that consequently the lord inspired them to intro introduce d uca uce a government that he knew would be just suited to their capa cava city vity and hence I 1 it was that lie inspired jefferon jefferson washl washington noton naton franklin and others to introduce those lasures measures which they did and to carry them out and they we were re such as were i just bulted to the conditions and circumstances of hence tile the government of the united state stated we as a people ven yen venerate erate anu ami defend why do we ive do this thi we do it because god had his land hand in in the organization of it he con trolled strolled it so far as he c could olid do so without inter ferenz with the agency of man we have geen seen plainly and clearly that had it not been for the organization of this govern f merit as has wisely and justly been said sald where i would have teen the liberty of the latter day saints 1 1 this government then was organized to s suit uit the people and the circumstances in in which they were placed until they were prepared to receive a more perfect one oce but will the government of the united states state continue for ever no it is not sufficiently e ty PL perfect r ond nd notwithstanding it has been bein sanctioned antill d b by the lord at a time when it was iris suited to the ithe circumstances of the people yet the day will come 1 chilt I say it on my own on responsibility and not that thai tha of this people the day will come when the cited united states states government and ill all ali others will be uprooted and the tile kingdo kingdoms irs ot of this world wll w 11 be united in in on one ana an the aing king dom of our god will govern tha whole wearth and bear universal sway and no power b beneath e eath the heavens can prevent this taking place if the ithe bible be true and we know it to be true the lord will govern all things that hn hs has made and created for it is is entered upon the tile records of heaven that all nations shall bow to his authority and consequently we respect the government of the united states bie bre because cause it has lias good principles in it and not that we think it wili will endure for ever many great and glorious principles are con tamed within the constitution of our oar country nat not netto natto to say that it is is perfect but it is 13 perfect so far as it pertains to the rights and privileges ol 01 the children of men but there is is a nucleus of a government formed since since that of the uni led states which abich is is perfect in in its nature itis it is perfect having ern emanated from front a being who is perfect but some may enquire is it right is it lawful for another anotle r government to be organized within the united states of a nature yes ye perfectly so does not the co constitution sti of our country guarantee to all religious s societies cleties 0 the right t ot of forr fort forming ning any ecclesiastical government they like certainly it does and every intelligent man knows this to be bv the fact the nucleus of such a government is formed and its laws have emanated from the throne of god and it is perfect having come from a pure fountain but does this make us independent of the laws laws of the united states no this new government does not come in contact with ahe the government of ohp united states stales in keeping our covenants and observing our religious laws and ceremonies or the laws that god has given to the children of men we are not required to violate the principles of r right i lilt lit that are contained coma ined in the constitution and laws of the united states had not the government of th united states been framed where would havet havn been safety for this people I 1 answer no where if this republican government had not been organized L upon this continent the kin kingdom dom of our god could not have been protected protect protected ef but the hand of the lord has been in it and its ts organization and no one can hinder binder its progress if this government had been formed in any other kingdom or nation upon the earth except the united states where would have been the privileges and liberties of this people without the interference of the almighty and the manifestation of his miraculous mira clous power f r our protection ie e should have been rooted out of the tile earth god foresaw this he knew what would take place long before hand and he saw that it was not only necessary to have a day set for the preparation pa ration and also for the beginning of the latter dav work but it was likewise important for the different kingdoms and nations which were in existence and that had been organized by f i I 1 man to go 0 to oil opi work a and d start up jip isome some religious reform rand Tand for the peo people pie A to 4 struggle aea aja against their t hei bei r maiher m het church and tg 63 fight against her tyranny and oppressions oppress oppressions oppress ions lons ions lons th that eligi ous liberty and nd freedom and the light of ofa a free exercise of their religious religious P 0 opinions inions might Q be guaranteed to the human family farn ity not ait alt at af ut t arian alry airy we find that at the reformation when the great struggle for freedom and religious liberty took place e some of them were wrought upon to come to this new continent for the purpose purposed pi 0 securing to themselves lea Vea religious freedo freedom 1 m ani kni 1 and relious right and inspired by the almi aimi almighty 9 lity as wats wat i columbus who discovered this land they planted their feet upton up n the american soil they were an humble people and god cod began to work in their minds and they their continued to increase increase for a while in in urion union and love having haying obtained privileges winch before they were deprived of and no doubt they imagined to themselves that universal freedom was about to ta be ushered in in but it was not exactly so po neither was that degree of liberty and freedom to suffice which they had then secured but it was like john the baptists mission merely to prepare the way it was said of jolin john that among all that were born of ot women there were hone bordat greater than he fie and yet the least in the kingdom luin of heaven was greater than lie he and of or all govern ments menti that thit had arisen among 1 men d there the re were none sione so great and good r as 81 the government ot of tile the united states and yet th the government of god in its very infancy was greate greater r than it and why was was this bebau because e its laws emanated from a more perfect bi B bing i ng it was for this purpose then thit that a republic was organized upon ahli this continent to prepare the way vay for a kino kina doni dont which shall have dominion overall the ea earth rth to the ends thereof hence the prophet daniel has told tola us that the kingdom of god should acut be cut out bf bof the mountains without hands in other words shei shel the kingdom of god should be taken from the mountains it should be taken by the power awer of or the Almi almighty itty lity and not by human hands it should be organized by the tile lord and governed d by his ins laws god who interests bigi himself sef in ill the affairs of men was to from the heavens and inspire ii spire his servants to give glie laws and revelations to his people informing them that his kingdom was to be taken liken from the mountains in in his own due time and that it ii should increase in increase prease uin lin antt t it should shot iid ild become a great mountain i and fill tiie ilie t v whole earth jd DP jha he people suppose i that hey i etc bey can cao n frustrate 61 i the designs of the aughty an anil pu put t 0 to o eath the prophets who are sent unto arem anem hein hern and 94 fl fight ieca tech and war against them and bech out their rage and threats and persecute them as they have done without being brought into judgment the wicked suppose thy y can do this with impunity but the theres retis a god who holds the tile helm helni of tho the ship of zion and who will carry out his Ws pu purses poses with regard to the sainta saints of latter days jn in which the kingdom and the greatness of the kingdom and the dominion under the whole e heavens shall be given to the saints or of the most alost highland Hig nig hand band they shall possess it for ever and for ever i I 1 was highly delighted wih with the remar remarks ks that were laid before us by our beloved brother this morning and in in speaking peaking concerning the cor eruptions that men have bro brought into our midst I 1 perfectly agree with him por nor for all such borrup eions and wickedness must be done away they will not be suffered to exist in the kingdom kindom of or god I 1 mean by this that when there are are crimes committed they will be visited with IV ith their just reward and that in thit kingdom I 1 when its laws go forth there will be ofil officers cers of peace and they will wiil lay judgment to the line and the ax will be laid tu to the root of every tree that will not yield fruit and it will be hewn down and anil cast into info the fire and be utterly burnt tip op I 1 have not said much the past winter in regard to the corruptions corrupt ions that have been practised practiced in in our midst and why simply because there are men here higher in in authority and whose place it is to rebuke sin fin sin and they have borne testimony of the wickedness and corruptions corrupt lona iona ions lons that have been sent into our midst I 1 do not mean to say that all ali are corrupt there are honorable exceptions but all know that ther there e have been men sent here who were A ere as corrupt as hell itself such characters if they had met with their just deserts would not now have been living to disgrace humanity these are my feelings and I 1 will here say that I 1 have feletto be of one ore heart and one mind with the presidency in relation to these things brethren in in saying these things do dowe nv feel like excluding all the outsiders GO co called nc no god does not design it ile he never intended that this people should live exclusively by themselves god will so order it that we shall have a hundred of them where ve we have had one and w we e shall find that the time will come when all ail aa nations shall come but they will have io to walk wall strai straight ht david has said in peaking speaking of that time lime that tha when w hen the wicked rulers and corrupt kings n 0 evir the earth should come up to zion th they should ahls nid uld while yet afar off be seized with fear and nd trem bling bliar and hasten away for font hont it will be no place for wicked and corrupt characters but I 1 ther h e to will be millions of others who will come up tip to ti zion besides the saints of god they will corn coin to behold the he glory of god which will rest U on zion they will come in in such numerous hos hocij s that the gates rates of zion will w ill lii have to be 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