The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1857-05-23

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ourselves, We want to be saved and con-
tinue to exist, we want TO 70 into the
kingdom whare Awescan enjoy eternity
and see no more Sorrow nor death. Ihis
10 the desire Of every person who belMxcs
in God. Now take a person in this con-
gregation who has knowledge With re-
gard to being saved in the kingdom Of
our God, and our Father and being ex-
allied, ono who knows and understands
the principles Of eternal life and sees the
beauty and exccllency Of the cternities
before him, compared with the vain vand
foolish thing OF. the, world, and suppose
, ah,t he is oscrtakcn in a gros. fault
that he knows will deprive him Of that
cxsltatiou which he. desires, and that he
cannot attain to it without the shedding
of his blood, and also knows that by
having his blood shed he will atone for,
that Ii, and be saved and exalted. with
the gods, is there q man or, woman in
this house but what would say: ''Shed
ted with the gods" '@' .r IF. I......r, .
And no, only ought good Mormon to be
willing to be killedif his souls salvation
is supposed BY the elders to require the
Iyacrilice, but he mus. be willing to kill
Others their bidding. We again quote
from the prophets argument: 80,
win You love your brothers and sisters
likewise, when they have committed a
sin that cannot BE- atoned for without
:, the shedding of their blood? Will you
love that man or woman well enough to
shed their blood? That is what Jesus
Christ meant He never told man or
woman to love their enemies in, their
wickednes., never. lie never intended
any such thing his language is left as it
is, for those to read who have the spirit
TO dccern between truth and error it
was 50 left for those who can discern the
things Of God. Jesus Christ never meant
that We should love wicked man in his
wickedness ..-.... ..r. 49,.
This is loving our neighbor as ourselves
If he needs help, help him; and if he
wants salvation and it is necessary to spill
his blood on the earth in order that he
may b saved, spill it. Any of you who
understand the principles of eternity, if
you have siuned sin requiring the she'd
ding Of blood, except the sin unto death,
would not be satisfied nor rest until your
blood should be spilled, that you might
gain that salvation you desire. This is
the way to love mankind.
Then We have dissertation upon the
great advant tge of killed:
could refer you to plenty of instances
where men have been rigkteously slain,
in order to atone for their sins. | have
seen scores and hundreds of people for
whom there would have been chance in
the last resurrection, If their lives had
been taken and their blood spilled on the
ground a smoking incense to the Al
mighty, but who are now angels to the
devil until our elder brother, Jesus
Christ, uses them up-conquers death,
hell and the grave. l have known u
great many men who have left this church
for whom there is no chance whatever for
exaltation; but if their blood had been
spilled, 1t would have been better for
them. The wickednes. and ignorance of
the nations forbid this principles being
in full force, bat the time will come when
the law of God will be in full force.
The whole theory of murder is further
sustained by reference to what the Lord
did to the children Of Isreal, and then
the "brethcrn and sisters" arc asked if
they twill live their religion After
the disclosures respecting the murder of
Gunnison and his party, md the frequent
accounts that reach US of the sudden ia
king or of recusant saints, We can yer,
readily believe that at least a portion Of
the Mormons do love this religion Of as
rassination DE Quincy has very en-
testaining plp2r entitled Murder as
one Of the Fine Arts" but he would no
doubt have made it much more intertain-
ing if at the time of writing it, he had
had the above extracts from Brigham
ioung's murd,r pr1nuneiane.o before
him III ... rM-e. .s