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else. These prophesies come from various religious leaders of the
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
CONSTITUTION
PROPHESIES
Discourses of Brigham Young, p.469
Will the Constitution be destroyed? No; it will be held inviolate by
this people; and, as Joseph Smith said, "The time will come when the
destiny of the nation will hang upon a single thread. At this critical
juncture, this people will step forth and save it from the threatened destruction."
It will be so.
Joseph F. Smith, Gospel Doctrine, p.403
...Joseph Smith, the prophet, was inspired to affirm and ratify this
truth, and he further predicted that the time would come, when the Constitution
of our country would hand as it were by a thread, and that the Latter-day
Saints, above all other people in the world, would come to the rescue of
that great and glorious palladium of our liberty. We cannot brook the thought
of it being torn into shreds, or destroyed, or trampled under foot and
ignored by men. We cannot tolerate the sentiment, at one time expressed,
by a man high in authority in the nation. He said: "The constitution be
damned; the popular sentiment of the people is the constitution!" That
is the sentiment of anarchism, and has spread to a certain extent, and
is spreading over "the land of liberty and the home of the brave." We do
not tolerate it. Latter-day Saints cannot tolerate such a spirit as this.
It is anarchy. It means destruction. It is the spirit of mobocracy, and
the Lord knows we have suffered enough from mobocracy, and we do not want
any more of it. Our people from Mexico are suffering from the effects of
the same spirit. We do not want any more of it, and we cannot afford to
yield to that spirit or contribute to it in the least degree. We should
stand with a front like flint against every spirit or species of contempt
or disrespect for the constitution of our country and the constitutional
laws of our land. - Oct. C.R., 1912, pp. 8-11.
Teachings of Ezra Taft Benson, p.618-619
The Lord told the Prophet Joseph Smith there would be an attempt
to overthrow the country by destroying the Constitution. Joseph Smith
predicted that the time would come when the Constitution would hang, as
if were, by a thread, and at that time "this people will step forth and
save it from the threatened destruction." It is my conviction that the
elders of Israel, widely spread over the nation, will at that crucial
time successfully rally the righteous of our country and provide the necessary
balance of strength to save the institutions of constitutional government.
Teachings of Ezra Taft Benson, p.619
If the Gentiles on this land reject the word of God and conspire
to overthrow liberty and the Constitution, their doom is fixed, and they
"shall be cut off from among my people who are of the covenant." As
we spread abroad in this land, bearers of this priesthood, men and women
with high ideals and standards, our influence will spread as we take positions
of leadership in the community, in the state, in the nation, in the world.
We will be able to sit in counsel with others and we will be able to influence
others in paths of righteousness. We will help to save this nation, because
this nation can only be preserved on the basis of righteous living. The
devil knows that if the elders of Israel should ever wake up, they could
step forth and help preserve freedom and extend the gospel. Therefore the
devil has concentrated, and to a large extent successfully, in neutralizing
much of the priesthood. He has reduced them to sleeping giants. It is the
devil's desire that the Lord's priesthood stay asleep while the strings
of tyranny gradually and quietly entangle us until, like Gulliver, we awake
too late and find that while we could have broken each string separately
as it was put upon us, our sleepiness permitted enough strings to bind
us to make a rope that enslaves us.
Teachings of Ezra Taft Benson, p.620
Here in America, the Lord's base of operations-so designated
by the Lord Himself through His holy prophets-we of the priesthood, members
of His restored Church, might well provide the balance of power to save
our freedom. Indeed we might, if we go forward as Moroni of old, and raise
the standard of liberty throughout the land. My brethren, we can do the
job that must be done. We can, as a priesthood, provide the balance of
power to preserve our freedom and save this nation from bondage. The Lord's
priesthood has a mission to perform for liberty loving people everywhere.
We cannot, any more than Jonah of old, run away from our calling.
Ehat & Cook, Words, 6 May 1843 Note, p.279
In the month of May 1843. Several miles east of Nauvoo. The Nauvoo
Legion was on parade and review. At the close of which Joseph Smith made
some remarks upon our condition as a people and upon our future prospects
contrasting our present condition with our past trials and persecutions
by the hands of our enemies. Also upon the constitution and Government
would hang by a brittle thread and would be ready to fall into other hands
but this people the Latter day Saints will step forth and save it.
Dear God,
So far, today,
I've done all right. I haven't gossiped or lost my temper.
I haven't been greedy, grumpy, nasty, or self centered. I'm really
happy about that so far. But in a few minutes I'm going to be getting
out of bed and then I'm going to need a lot of help. Thank you!
Amen
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