The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-02-05
TO DIVIDE UNITED STATES.
Saints Taught to Pray for Disruption
of Union.

In volume 6 of the Journal OF Dis
courses Is recorded a sermon delivered by
Orson Hyde, then OF the apostolic quo
rum, In which the following language is
found on page l3:
10 ! belieye that the United states viii be
divided? Yes. ! do: and the prayers OF all
the saints throughout ell the world should be TO
kingdom Of God, and have fallen upon that
stone with on army. and let them 80 broken.
even according to the words Of Jesus
And in the same sermon little far
ther on he said that the saints should
pray for the overthrow OF the army
which was coming into this part Of tho
country. and then he added
'2nis prayer should not he confined 10 our
enemies on our immediate borders: for they
ar" only the blind tools OF n power that has
docrccl our overthrow: but should extend,
with increased nlth and zeal, 10 that power
that handles these tools.
And in the same sermon on page Il.
he cXclaims:
Govern Utah who VIII, Brigham Young
or hiE duly chosen successors can alone Sov-
cin tho 'iormoDs."
In a sermon delivered November 10.
1851, In Salt Lake City, Utah, Heber c.
Iiimball then of the presidency. said. as
recorded on page 81 volume . Of Jour
nal OF Discourscs:
WIN our enemies como here2 No. except we
let them. God gives Us that privilege. Wo
have tho right 10 lot thom In here or keep
them cut. ard We choose 10 keep them out
and We shall do 1t by tho help OF God and
am peoplo' ana oNoiS president, King, gov
cInor, judge. and every L-atJcr-day Saint that
l,ft their hands against this church and King
dom shall bo confounded and frustrated in
their attempts
President Kimball. in Il sermon deliv-
cred July u, 1857, found in Journal of
Discourscs, volume D. page q, said:
Here In Great Salt Lake city Is the scat
OF government for tho church and kingdom
OF God. pertaining 10 every person that has
eFci como into a probation on this earth
Thcthcr thoy aro now IN tabcrnaclcs upon this
cnrth, or whether They are in spirit world
or In hen. This H. tho place OF deposit Of
all those KEYS pertaining 60 the salvation OF
the human family and thorc never VIII one
soul OF those spirits now In prison como out
or that place. except the keys OF the king
dom OF Cod that are now hold In Great Salt
.;nEo lily open tho door and lot them out
They may l''"p and mutter. and may hnye
rcNcla.ions until doom2IGy and may declare
10 all eternity that Joseph Smith Is "A false
prophet, ard that Brother Brigham is false
prophet and thnt this church Is false. and
thoy VIII still remain In hell until wc let
Brother Brigham Young holds those keys;
and Brother lIeber 9. Klmball and Daniel IL.
! Wells and others. hold those keys In conncc-
Of you has any keys power OF salvation
only what is IN u6: and that is one thing
And on page IS of the same sermon he
/ said
| This is tho Elngdom OF God. You talk about
! building Up the Kingdom OF God. but how can
| you build uD tho Kingdom of God except you
| pulld up the KING and his officers?
And on page 100 of volume in a ser
! mon delivered August ., 1901. he said:
| This s tho kngdom of Cod When they
| Eight us they fight God and Jesus Christ ana
! tho holy ghost. and they neht all tho prophcts
! That have been from the creation down to the
! present tlmc.
Another Teaching on Prayer
Discourse by President II. c. Kimball,