compels us to complain to the world. And if
our cause and calamity are not sufficient to
excite the commisseration of the humane, and
open the hearts of the generous, and fire the
spirits of the patriotic, then has sympathy
lost herself in the wilderness and justice fled
from power; then has the dignity of the ermine
shrunk at the gigantic front of a mob, and
the sacred mantle of freedom been caught up
to Heaven where the weary are at rest and the
wicked cannot come.
To be obedient to the commandments of our
Lord and Savior, some of the leaders of the
Church commenced purchasing lands in the
western boundaries of the State of Missouri ac-
cording to the revelations of God, for the city of
Zion: in doing which no law was evaded,
no rights infringed nor no principle of reli-
gion neglected but the laudable foundation of
a glorious work begun for the salvation of
mankind in the last days agreeable to our
faith and according to the promises in the
sacred Scriptures of God.
We verily bielieve, knowing that the Nation-
al and State Constitutions, and the statute
laws of the land and the commandments
of the Lord allowed all men to worship as they
compels us to complain to the world. And if
our cause and calamity are not sufficient to
excite the commisseration of the humane, and
open the hearts of the generous, and fire the
spirits of the patriotic, then has sympathy
lost herself in the wilderness and justice fled
from power; then has the dignity of the ermine
shrunk at the gigantic front of a mob, and
the sacred mantle of freedom been caught up
to Heaven where the weary are at rest and the
wicked cannot come.
To be obedient to the commandments of our
Lord and Savior, some of the leaders of the
Church commenced purchasing lands in the
western boundaries of the State of Missouri according to the revelations of God, for the city of
Zion: in doing which no law was evaded,
no rights infringed nor no principle of religion neglected but the laudable foundation of
a glorious work begun for the salvation of
mankind in the last days agreeable to our
faith and according to the promises in the
sacred Scriptures of God.
We verily believe, knowing that the National and State Constitutions, and the statute
laws of the land and the commandments
of the Lord allowed all men to worship as they