Discourse 1891-05-03
Pres W Woodruff said, No sect was free from the union of Church & State
than was our church. In England our Elders have always respected the
government & the officers have always protected us. This is Mormonism
to sustain any government where we are that will sustain us. The
Prophet Joseph always taught that the Saints should sustain the
government & laws of the United States. Had the policy of the Pro-
phet been carried out in regard to slavery the civil war would
have been avoided. Ours is the grandest government founded
on the most just constitution of any country on the earth, but if
it takes a cause to break a its constitution a people will be found
here in these mountains who will be inspired to save that constitution.
