Show allegiance TO DEITY aad TO THE STATE in an address before the joint session of the utah legislature yesterday peb 4 one of t the be speake era rip made a prediction regarding the future lo in utah which evoked applause rom from the assembled throng it touched upon avital a cital question affecting the relation of rell Rion sod and politics and state mr prod prediction lotion was w made in the following follo wlm worde thed the day lisy must comein come in utah when he who holds bolda a higher allegiance than that Which belongs belonga to the state m ant not not be a rin in the haug of the state it if over ever the ghe misfortune which la Is declared in the to foregoing ae one that hat moat aust come cole to our fair r state does doea op operate erata then it means that every whether roman or greek catholic or protestant Protea tant or latter day oust every jew every Meba hisham mue rae dae dind and every person who believes bell vea in lid worships god aa 88 an omnipotent being will to te dis franchised in this state is i no getting A way from that point Jud Jn dalin alow and na all religion rell gloB allegiance alle grno to god as the th highest duty ot of map ino and nl each oh pron son who deity as aa the ruler of the universe in that relation gives to te him the highest 41 low once of which he to capable yet by the terms of the foregoing quotation he would be barred from becoming go a lawmaker in the balls balla of the fata ap that sacred place in the SITU iu would be reserved reier ved tor for who koew knew no higher rule of than ban the will of man in the light of history Bi tory logic and r re i 9 the situation to la easily demon grated it if god in ia the creator and ethler of the uni universo it he to la omnipotent in the jurisdiction he over his hia creation it he to la avo god 1 then he la is supreme preme an and as aa such the only allegiance that can be givel him hiam is that which attao hei to 90 him in hla his capacity of being superior Mu to all there cannot be two supreme powers the infinite one la is supreme preme au or he to ia not and if he la is supreme preme an to him belo belonga jogs the highest allegiance of which man maa to la capable ea pable the demand that that blah or er allegiance which of right la is his hie should go to any other power to la a dental denial of the supreme being of the omnipotence of god the genius of american govern monk ment me dl displayed 1 0 played in the expressions and conduct condu 0 t of its ite greatest men up holds bolda the supremacy of deity it was w in a recognition of his bin higher alle glance to the almighty that andrew jackson dool declared aked in his big lu augural address addre that a firm reliance on the goodnew goodness of that power whose providence merol ully protected our oar national aal infancy and has baa sines since upheld our liberties in various encourages me to offer up my ardent supplications ions that he will conti 1 do to make our beloved country the object of hla his divine care and gracious benediction 9 1 go bo thomas efferson taught when on a si similar isaila r occasion in bis big career he be pleaded that that infinite la finite power which rules the destinies of the universe lead our councils council to what Is belt beet 21 they recognized a power greater than nations and gave to it that higher allegiance which caused them to crave the favors favor of ef that power in behalf of at their beloved country and in his bli inaugural address george washington set to his big predecessors the example they have followed in thene lin impresa pres sive give word worda it would be peculiarly improper to omit in this first official act my fervent supplications ions to that almighty being who ho rules over the universe who presides prow sides aides in the councils of nations and whose providential aids can supply every human defect that his benediction may consecrate to the liberties and happiness ot 01 the people of the united states a government instituted by themselves for these essential purposes and may enable every instrument employed in its administration to execute wih success the functions allotted to his charge in tendering this homage to the great author of every public and private good I 1 assure myself that it expresses your sentiments not lesa ion than my own nor those of my follow fellow citizens at large less than either no people can be bound to ack acknowledge a and adore the invisible hand w which conducts the affairs of men more than those of the united states it was this same allegiance I 1 ito to the recognition of the higher power which inspired the statement in the declaration ot of independence that men were endowed by their creator with certain inalienable rights 0 being conferred by the creator those rights were inalienable by the RO about to be instituted which should derive its lust just powers from the on sout of abe be governed and which must not invade those rights conferred by the higher one george washington in the first proclamation of a national thanksgiving described those obligations which were superior to state restrictions it is the duty of all nations to acknowledge the providence of almighty god to obey his will to be grateful for his hill benefits and humbly to implore his protection and favor yet the father of hla his Coun country tryo who declared ta in specific terms his bis highest allegiance to the great lord and ruler of nations and all abo those as who followed in his footsteps would be by the terms of the quoted prediction of what must come in utah barred from the privilege of being among the lawmakers were they here today and entertained the he sentiment they expressed when they hey wielded the chief magistracy of the republic I 1 this thin higher alle allegiance glause la Is purely purely a religious matter the framers of our national constitution recce nihed this they recognized that the tate state which gained its if from the consent of the governed most mack not claim from the people the alle glance which belonged to god as ae the supreme being they were content with having for the tate state that allegiance which was under divine alessini 2 they know knew that it was waa the inherent right of the citizen to give big highest allegiance to qed god they know knew this and that if ever the state should bould attempt to reverse the conditions the republic would be no more they know knew this and provided to in the he original constitution that hat the state should be torver barred from that course said bald they hey no religious toot test shall ever be re as an a qualification to any othos or public trust under the united states it is in a religious test teat to inquire as a qualification for any duty of lip ahto the allegiance alleg lanoe any man owes to his god if a man maa would rather be a doorkeeper in the house bouse of ef the lord than ban president of we the united states as one legislator para phrased the old saying yesterday his he oas has the inalienable right to bis big cholm choice aud the constitution protects him r herein retaining for him all his privileges of and be it understood that mat all a i this does not imply that bat there shall be any domination of the be state by tho the c h u rob but I 1 it t does say that there are church matters matt erth religious Off sIrs with which we the state must not interfere and one of these to is mans allegiance to deity as aa the one oae who Is above all As expressed by thomax thomas jefferson in an ln in augural address in matters of religion I 1 have considered that its free exercise is in placed by the constitution ution independent of the powers of the general government govern meaL I 1 have there fore undertaken on no occasion to proscribe prescribe the religious exercises suited to it but have left them hem as the constitution found them under the direction and discipline of the church or sute state authorities acknowledged by the several religious societies As to the religious view of alleg lanoe to deity it to is a cardinal principle of mor mormonism monism the idea being the central one of religion in all the civilized world that god is the great gateb lesa les governing and supreme power over all things 11 A denial of the right of ef latter day saints to give their highest allegiance to that power is a denial of a fundamental principle of mormonism as well as subversive of the liberty given in the national constitution the divine law that has been hold held pro pre eminent in all ages from the trans kresslov Kres wres slon sion io in the garden to the present prawn days day ts Is the same that was thundered forth on mount sinai thou nave have no other gods before mes mesi me I anti and every nation that has sought sou ight to COB travene that law has gone down before its immutability in the NEWS will venture its i that the prediction quoted never will be verl neil ded diat there here never will come a time when of every religion in this bbate who give their highest sublimed sublime st most devoted allegiance to the god of wilt bv tarred tamor from aher 1 bi I 1 tive bathlot of the be bbate A higher allegiance to the th divine one makes all U who give it bettor better qualified to give to the state the full mure of allegiance which belongs belong thereto |