Show REMARKS uy my president YOUNG tabernacle tabernacles pin ot 0 sunday july 31 1 BY 0 D WATT br kimball has borne his bis testimony to the work in which we are eug eng aged he hase base has bas e shorted you lo 10 faithfulness faithful ness nesa and presented practical mora wora morality lity for your satisfaction action I 1 will present som of my views concerning the kingdom of god arid and leave the subject for others to elaborate erroneous traditions and aud the powers of darkness have such swa sway y over mankind that when we speak of a theocracy oty OIT the earth the peo pla pia sila are frightened the government of the holy loly catholic church from which A all the pro test ajit churches are off hoots hoole is professedly theocratic though it is 19 directly opposed to the theocracy described in the dloie bible but few if any ady understand what a theo cratic government is in every bense sense of the word ward it is a republican government and differs but little in form from our national state and territorial governments but its subjects will wili recognise recognize the willand dictation dic dir talon of the almighty the kingdom udd om of god circumscribes and com corn pree Free irebe hands ds the municipal laws for the people in their outward government to which pertain the gospel covenants by which the people can be avenand ave dand those covenants cove nanta pertain to fellowship and faithfulness fhe gospel covenants are for those who believe and obey municipal laws aie for both saint baini und sini sinner iet itt the constitution and laws of the united states resemble a theocracy more closely than any day government now on the earth or that ever has been safar as we know except the government of the children of israel to the time when acted a king all AJI governments are more or less leas under the control of the almighty and in their forms liale sprung from the laws that he hastrom time tine to time given to man those laws in teen passing assing from generation to generation have been more or less adulterated and tb the result has hag hasteen been the various forms of government now in farce among the nations for as the prophet basof says of israel IT they hey bey have transgressed the laws changed the ordin ordinances arices and broken the everlasting covenant whoever lives to ta see the kingdom of god f ully fully established upon the earth will see a government that will protect every person in his rights if that government was now reigning upon this thib land ladd of joseph you would see sep se the roman Ca catholic bolic the greela catholic the episcopalian co the presbyterian the methodist the Rapt lat the quaker the shaker the hindmo tha the blaho and every class of wor worshippers shippers most roost strictly st protected 1 in all ajl their municipal rights and inja in inza tha privilege of worshipping wor shipping who what and when they pleased not infringing upon the rights of others does any candid candia liberty ri liberty person ergon erson berty in his sound judgment desire any greater the lord has thus far protected and pre prea served the human family under their various forms and administrations of government not withstanding their wickedness duess and is still preserving them but if the kingdom of god or a theocratic government was established on the earth many practices now p prevalent nt would be abolished one community would not be bp permitted to array itself in opposition to another to coerce them to their standard one denomination would not be suffered to persecute another because they differed in religious belief and mode of worship everyone every one would be fully protected in the enjoyment of all religious and social rights and no state no government no community no person would have the privilege of infringing on the rights of another one chrls chris stian community would not rise up and persecute another I 1 will here remark that we are generally looked upon as a dangerous people and for the reason that there are thousands and millions of people who are afraid that justice will be meted out to them and they say to use scripture language that if the saints are let alone they will take away our place and nation and will measure to us what we have measured to them they conclude thus because they estimate others by themselves realizing that if they bad the power to deprive us of our rights they would exercise it ire vre we ive will judge you latter Latt ernay erDay nay day saints by ourselves if we nad bad had the power to destroy oll you oil we would do it and we are afraid that thit it if you are let alone you will have the power to destroy us and will do as we would under like circumstances if this peddle had that power today they would not infringe in the least upon the rights of any person ee erson neither could they without ceasing to be saints when the saints of the most high are established upon the earth and are prepared to receive the kingdom of god in its fullness f as foretold by the prophet daniel they will have power to protect themselves and all the sons and daughters of adam in their rights then when a kerpon or community says I 1 do not want to believe your reli rell religion 9 i 0 n they will enjoy liberty to believe as they p please 1 ease aa as fully as we shall the creator has given agency to every son and dau daughter 0 ahter of adam and he does riot not infringe fri n ge upon our agency we are at liberty to t 0 believe in him aad ald in hib his son jesus christ or to let it alone when the kingdom of god is established we can believe in the principles of the eternal priesthood or in something else and be e equally bally protected in our outward rights my aly edw bay say says balb a jehovah Jehova bp is pure it is we law by bi which the worlds aier aie made nade and by which all things are those laws tend lend to exaltation and pow power r but the worm world is observing laws that tend to death you hae bae hae the privilege of believing and practising practicing a law that will bring to an en ent benl enl 1 if you wibb wish not only to tb the e first death but also to the second jesus has taught us not to fear those wicked persons per sois that are seeking our lives do not fear those who ho only have power to destroy the body and afier that can harm barm you no more but fear god and observe the laws he has given and will give that evil spirits may have no power oer over you after the body is left leff to rest this body must dif die it is so decreed by the almighty for ifor dust thou arty art and unto dust thou hait halt return returns and it matters little beth heth whether you die today to day or tomorrow tomorrow donot fear the wicked but fear him who has power to destroy both soul boul and body atie man that pursues principle principles thi tend to death resigns himself unto death and no power can hinder binder it people veople are afraid of mormonism as they call it they are afraid of the gospel of salo sale and say that we have something that have not that we have an almighty influence and that influence is a mystery certainly that influence is a mystery to all men mein it is a mystery mastery in astery to ua us I 1 have not riot time now to explain to you the reason reasons why suby it is a mystery when the doctrine of salvation was first preached to me and the vision of my mind wali was opened I 1 undertook to fathom the thed depth of the gospel plan but I 1 could not I 1 was f familiar arol aral liar ilar with the doctrines taught by the various christian denominations and could easily comprehend them but I 1 soon learned that I 1 could not fathom the full extent of the doctrine of ralva salva tion as revealed in our day through the prophet jokeph joaeph for I 1 discerned that it was preben sible in its extent it was soon goon su suggested to me which of ot all the doc doctrines trinta d do 0 you now say is the most godlike that which you can comprehend and fathom that which you can measure or that which you cannot that which hleb hieb I 1 cannot to finite capacity there is much which appears mysterious in the plan of salvation aal aai gation gatlon and there is an eternity of mystery to be unfolded to us and when hen we have lived millions of me years ears in the presence of god and angels and bave have associated with heavenly beings will we then ceabe cease learning no or eternity ceases there is no end we go from grace to grace from light to light from truth to truth but I L do not want to follow that thread any further at present it is recorded in the bible that in the last days the god of heaven will setup a kingdom will that the human family no ND it will save every person that chatwill th atwill will and can be samedi the tha the reveal and place the believers in pome pone possession salon of r acl pies whereby saviors will come up upon mount zion to save the house bouse of esau which is the gentile nations from sin and death all except those who have sinned against the holy ghost men alen and women will enter into the temples le m pies ples of god and be in comparison pillars t there be re and officiate year after year for those who have slept thousands thou banda sanda of years the doctrine of the christian world which abich I 1 have already said I 1 was familiar them to hell irretrievably which to me is ill the height of folly they do not understand what hat the lord is doing nor b what he purposes to do it is alleged ard reiterated that we do not love the institutions of our country coun iry try I 1 say fay and have BO so said for many years that the constitution and laws of the united states combine the best form of government in force upon the earth but does it follow that each officer of the government administers with justice no for it is well known throughout our nation that tb at very many of our public officers are as degraded debased corrupt and regardless 0 of right as men well can be I 1 repeat that the constitution laws and institutions st of our government are as good as c can an be with the intelligence now possessed by the p people e 0 pie but they as also the he laas laws of other nations are too often administered in unrighteousness and we do not nob and can not love and respect the acts of the administrators of our laws unless they act justly in their offices jehovah has decreed and plainly foretold the establishment of his kingdom upon this earth and it will prove to be a shield to the ordinances of his bouse house in the endowments and in all the gifta gifts and graces of the spirit of god with which the priesthood so to speak is clothed the municipal laws of that kingdom are designed for the protection of all classes of people in their legitimate rights 11 1 and were it now in upon the earth and the new jerusalem Jerusa lim Tim built upon this continent which is the land of zion the latter day saints would not alone enjoy its blessings but all denominations and communities would be alike protected in their rights whether they worshipped wor shipped the supreme author of our existence or the sun bun or he the moon or as do some of our aborigines a white hite bite dog and none will be permitted to infringe upon their neighbors though every knee shall bow and every tongue confess that jesus is the abe christ the would have the privilege of erecting their temples and of worshipping wor shipping as they pleased but they would not be permitted to compel 0 other ther worshippers wor shippers to conform to their mode of worship nor to burn their companions upon the funeral pile for that would interfere with individual inui vidual rights the ki kingdom of gol will he extended over the earth and it is written 1 I will lii make thine officers peace and thine ex actors righteousness 21 Is that day ever coming it IF isy and the doctrine we preach leads to that point even now the form of the government of the united states differs but little from that of the kingdom of god in our government a president is elected for four years and can be reelected re elected but once thus limiting the time of any anyone one person to but eight years at most would it not be better to extend that period during life or good behavior and when hen the people haxe have elected the best man to that office continue him I 1 in it a as ione lone as be will serve them would it not be better for the states to elect their governors upon the same fame principle e and if it they officiated unjustly hurl t them h em from office it a good man is thus elected and continues to do his bis will keep in advance of the people and if be does not be he does not magnify bis his office such is the kingdom of god in comparison when the best man is elected president let him select the best men be can find for his coun counselors selora or cabinet and let all the ibe officers province pro ince of the chief magistrate lag istrate to appoint be selected upon the same principle to officiate wisely in different parts of the nation our father in heaven does not visit every place in person to guide and administer the law to the people and to do this that and the other othe otherie rhe he never did nor never will but be has officers whom be he sends when and where here he pleases giving givin to them their credential credentials 8 and missions as Us does our government to ou our r fellow men here some would have ua us believe that god is present everywhere it i is 9 not rot BO so he is n no 0 more everywhere present in person than the father and son are one in person the bible teaches that doctrine precisely precise as it is the kingdom that the almighty 1 I will set up in the latter days will hive have its officers and those officers will be peace everyman every man that ahat officiates in ft A public capacity will be filled with the spirit of gody gods god with the light of god with the power of god and will understand right from wrong truth from error e light from darkness that which tends to life and that which tends to death they will say we offer you life will you receive it no 11 some will say then lithen you are at perfect liberty to choose death the lord does not inot neither will we control you in the least in the exercise exer cis of our agency we place the principles p of life afore you boudo do as 1 you 0 u please and we will pro in in your rights ia ah ts though you will learn hat that the system you have nave chosen to follow dissolution to to being resolved to element when heath beath tha jB ot god gad lal lat iain lain ap force forca jupt upon the earth eath there will be matiy many officer officers and aed branches to that government as 93 93 as there now are to that of lne the united states there will be such helps governments ac as the people require in their sedral capacities and a nd circumstances for the lord will not administer everywhere in in i person the world seem to be afraid of the power of god or rather as I 1 observed not long since afraid that we are not in possession of it they need not borrow trouble upon that point for if we are not what we profess to be we shall certainly fail and they will no longer be disturbed about mormonism 11 br kimball sai aai said baid d that his hia friends at first limited the ex istance of this work to one year and when the year passed they extended the time to two years they ahn put it off five years and I 1 do not know what tune time they have now fixed upon I 1 know that the kingdom of god is in its youth upon this earth and that the principles of life and salvation are freely proffered to the people all over the world our elders go from east to west from north to south and they almost invariably go without purse puree or P crip IN when hen ben mr greeley was berehe was anxious to learn what hat salaries our missionaries received and what salary this and that officer in the church received I 1 told him that our missionaries received what the people gave them after 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