Show AND STATE ATS ay iy Irl reis the language I 1 of oneff one of 5 xi fit residency speak speaking ing by 11 the ahe holy ghost ischen cahen a man says you yon may V ma spiritually but not tem ly he lies in the presence of dd dej N aws april 25 90 95 1 I next to inquire what have f all teachings respecting the and state of those who ec aUed as the representatives ot of leodon on earth and who speak as oved upon by the holy ghost lif fiose ose words ar are the word of god lithe voice e of gods god and the power of un unto to salvation and whom the rd will not permit to lead this sa ale astray as tray KINGDOM OP OF GOD A THEO DEMOCRACY the martyred marty red prophet under te of april 15 1 HA 1814 wrote to baie e times and seasons as follows alas there is not a nation or dynasty nasty now occupying the earth ch acknowledges almighty god their law giver I 1 go 90 emphatically hati cally virtuously and hn ha anely for th theo po democracy where god od and the people hold power to conduct ct the affairs of men in g h teo asness 11 A practical example of the work W z rings p of gods will through the keople under theo democracy is found iu vol 21 mill all star at page 95 where it is recorded that god drw ogave gave brother hyrum H y rum a testimony that it would be better for the peo leo eto e to vote for mr hoge for con ress S bould any under the cir nm assume to be wiser wiser isthan an god and vote for forthe the opposing didato who is to be the judge gas to what ua ill best accomplish the divine e object you yon or god will ayou then deny his ri right za ht through 15 Ks priesthood to influence you in apolitical matters if so you are ettely ay among those who chave have the form of godliness ut deny the power thereof HB Z KINGDOM OP OF GOD IS 19 TEMPORAL AND WILL GROW OUT OP THE CHURCH arf I 1 now feel to briefly trace this idea ea of theo democracy in its development ion ent to the present timed time in teachings gs of the apostles and yince e late manifesto g when en god sets up a system of revelation as he has done by the of the priesthood in 61 Z latter days tie he sets up a system za aam of government when I 1 4 5 speak of government I 1 mean what L SS ly aja V imbeau a government that 77 W rule both temporal and spirit am inal affairs des news july 1 1857 see also 23 mil star it many any will ask is the kingdom bof fwu 25 jbf god riot not on earth I 1 answer egyes P lg 4 yes but in a very imperfect state 34 cc whenever men can find out the will ill of god and find an ad minis I r legally authorized from god there here is is the kingdom of god 20 mil 1 star Z Is not wilford woo woodruff draff such illegally gally authorized administrator where there is a prophet or a kriest est or a righteous man unto h om god gives his oracles there agi n the kingdom of god 20 mil star 4 38 11 there is a nucleus of a government formed since that of the MR 1 united united states which is perfect in WN S K r its nature having emanated from a which is ia perfect 3 jour adis Z 1 1 72 H the government of course urse is ithe one oile established through our lc hurth horon i we believe this church will prepare aro the way for the comin coming g of t U to reign as king and this will theu develop into the kingdom of 4 bod god th that at 1 the e win will of goil god may be done on dearth h as it isan is in heaven presto prest deruff in 11 Conti ib afien xum 1 it shall have been corn com da y established and perfected en M be the time that w vs the e saints will reign on the balthas Bar tHas laskin kings giand and priests pr i bests of god lafi aill a be able to was Baid tha early days our liegis atu I 1 hii A A legislative r agn calvil lAl vil body bod y eada asi i D the earth hold a r co soa so 3 A 1 1 i siss sis s y y a S at ae ie 66 y si ar 7 IWO 01 caa c aa gavern me kne i r a r ral amsei st S t V 1 l I 1 S left ot um diw im S OR I 1 A jwj W F r the children a god invested with the authority of the royal priesthood of MO and aaron win mil adm administer ter in all the affairs of government 90 vern ment spiritual and temporal tinder und er the titles and dignity of kings and priests of god 14 I 1 MU astar 3 all governments that have not been in their nature but have been organized in a greater or 0 r less degree by mans wisdom will be done away 3 8 jour of INs dis 70 notwithstanding this we affirm our loyalty to the united states government bemuse because it is best adapted to aid in establishing the more perfect kingdom of god it is true taht tta of all governments that hive arisen among men there were none so great and good as the government of the united states and yet the government of god in its very infancy was greater than it 3 jour of oadis dis 73 god has commanded to set up his kingdon on the earth and all hell and its devils are moving against it 5 jour of dis 75 when the united states has done their best then other nations will tackle us and so things will go on until every nation is brought into subjection to the kingdom of god 5 jour of dis god through r his priesthood has been continually preparing pie paring the way for the establishment of his kingdom since the restoration of his priesthood in these latter days the manifesto is but one step as statehood was another in the pre caration pa ration for the time when gods will shall be supreme upon this earth and he acknowledged by the theo democracy as the law giver do we intend then to overthrow all earthly governments are we treaso treasonable toward the the united states ot course not we believe the constitution of the united states divinely inspired and for the tee very very purpose of protecting and aidin aiding g in the protection of those who are doing gods will that kingdom grows out of the church of jesus christ of latter day saints but it is not the church 2 jour of dis dia thus you will see that we as latter day saints draw finer distinctions ions between church and state than any other people t to be continued |