the last days, for the salvation and gathering
of Israel.
Let no man be alarmed because our soci-
ety has commenced gathering to build a city
and a house for the Lord as a refuge from
present evils and coming calamities. Our fore-
fathers came to the goodly land of America
to shun persecution and enjory their religious
opinions and rights as they thought proper;
and the Lord after much tribulation blessed
them and has said that we should continue
to importune for redress and redemption by the
hands of those who are placed as ruler and
are in authority over us, according to the laws
and constitution of the people, which he has suf-
fered to be establish and should be maintain-
ed for the rights and protection of all flesh
according to just and holy principles; that
every man act in doctrine and in principle
pertaining to futurity according to the moral
agency which the has given unto them; that
every man may be accountable for his own
sins in the day of Judgment; and for this
purpose he has established the constitution of
this land by the hands of wise men whom he
raised up unto this very purpose, and re-
deemed the land by the shedding of blood. [Doctrine and Covenants 101:76-78, 80]
the last days, for the salvation and gathering
of Israel.
Let no man be alarmed because our society has commenced gathering to build a city
and a house for the Lord as a refuge from
present evils and coming calamities. Our forefathers came to the goodly land of America
to shun persecution and enjy their religious
opinions and rights as they thought proper;
and the Lord after much tribulation blessed
them and has said that we should continue
to importune for redress and redemption by the
hands of those who are placed as ruler and
are in authority over us, according to the laws
and constitution of the people, which he has suffered to be establish and should be maintained for the rights and protection of all flesh
according to just and holy principles; that
every man act in doctrine and in principle
pertaining to futurity according to the moral
agency whichhe has given unto them; that
every man may be accountable for his own
sins in the day of Judgment; and for this
purpose he has established the constitution of
this land by the hands of wise men whom he
raised up unto this very purpose, and redeemed the land by the shedding of blood.