Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-05-10

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great government. The believers cheer
| fully forswear allegiance to their ma
| 1.-Two countries and identity themselves
with American institutions.
| The appearances of the Savior to the
ancient inhabitants OF America was
| spoken of, the account of which en-
! ters into the account of the Book Of
Mormon, which is a history of the an
Gent American peoples. The reverance
of the people of all ages for the Bible
was talked of as well as its influence
| upon the hearts Of men. Tho Holy
| Scriptures have been powerful in up
Hitting the people OF the world. SO like
wise the Book of Mormon prophecies
regarding the people Of America, are
notable in many ways and their illfiu-
ence is far reaching to those who be-
| lleve In the Inspiration Of the book.
The speaker read several passages
| from the Book of Mormon containing
prophecies regarding the future Of this
lcountry Including q prediction that no
king shall rule In this land
This land was discovered when liberty
was awakening in the world and a
place had to be prepared for its advo-.
Gates who We're being prosecuted. 1t
| was foretold in the Book of Mormon
that Columbus and others would dis
cover q land of liberty A measure OF
Intolerance prevailed for a time. after
! its discovery, but only for a short time.
| 1t led ito the declaration Of Indepen-
dence, In which 1t was said that all
linen, are created equal before God.
The people who signed the declal'a-
ton did not all live up to the exalted
teachings therein. Many of them were
| slave holders. This was not entirely
iighted and this land did not become
entirely a land of liberty until Lincoln
freed the slaves. It took the govern
|ment SO years to bring about what it
| had declared in its incipfency
In the year 1929 when the government
was not the power 1t Is now, it was
| urged by some that the United States
| take cognizance OF the various king
dons OF South America It was then
| that the declaration of President Mon
| roe WIS made that no part of A1neri-
| ca, north or south, shall be considered
| suitable for colonization by any Euro
peali Kingdom or power This was made
| III confirmation of the statement in the
Book OF Mormon that no kings shall
rule over the people.
| II proof is wanted regarding the
statement i'll the Book of Mormon, that
no king shall reign in America one has
only to consider the kingdom Of Dom
Pedro in Brazil and Macmillan IN Mex
leo, who was invcigled into coming
from the east to establish kingdom
| In the land The attempt to establish a
Kingdom failed because God said this
was to be a land of liberty. The foun-
dalton principles of the government are
| life. liberty and the pursuit of happi-
ness though all men did not at first
realize It, Several administrations in
early days deferred action on9the ques-
ton of slavery, though all knew it to
be a question that would have to be
met Lincoln recognized the justice of
the saying that all men are created
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| sold in New Orleans, he determined
that Il the occasion presented itself he
would strike death blow to slavery.
When he came to be president of the
United States. the slavery question
came up and he was instrumental in
establishing the political equality OF the
negro.
The speaker then dwelt upon the IN
fluence Of wealth and the power OF
combined institutions in the form Of
trusts, which interfere with the liberty
of the people by controlling legislation.
They are un-American and they Will
not stand, They must fall The Lat
ter-day Saints believe that the princt-f
pies OF liberty will, agreeable to the
predictions OF the Book of Mormon, be
perpetuated upon this land, and that
the land will be fortified against all
nations. The experience of the reyolu-
tionary days We're cited In proof Of the
statement. Washingtons prayers and
those OF his soldiers We're heard and
they were protected by God and made
victorious. The same was true in the
war OF the Rebellion. God protected the
government in that tnternecine strife
which threatened dissolution. The same
was true in the recent Spanish An!eri-
can war Despotic Spain was given
a continent when Columbus found Am
erica. In spirit of despotism she put
to death millions of American natives.
She robbed them and exhibited spirit
OF greed Justice overlook her and she
was driven from the land. She lost her
last hold on this land when Cuba was
taken away by the United States The
act OF the United States In champion
ling the Cuban cause, was compared to
that of the good samaritan. the stnrv
OF which was effectively told.
| The speaker maintained that people
who hold the views of the Lattef-day
Saints regarding liberty and the des-
tiny of the United States, should make
good citizens, He looked forward one
day to seeing the federation of all the
! world under the law OF liberty. The
prophet sung Of the day when the law
shall go forth Of Zion. which the Lat
ter.day Saints believe TO be north and
South America The attainment OF
| these ends will be gradually secured by
obedience to law.
The choir sang the anthem, 70 Beau-
ty of Holiness after which benedictton
was offered by Elder Edward Ashton