John Taylor teaches that the Constitution will one day be torn to shreds.

Date
Dec 14, 1884
Type
Speech / Court Transcript
Source
John Taylor
LDS
Hearsay
Scribed Verbatim
Reference

John Taylor, "Object of Gathering—Our Principles and Organization Revealed From God—He is Cognizant of All Things—Our Faith not Affected By the Ideas of Men—Our Dependence Upon God—Enoch's City—God's Justice in Sending the Flood, and in the Destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah—His Judgments Will Come Upon Those Who Persecute His Saints—the Lord Will Bless His People—We Will Stand By the Constitution Though Others Ignore It," Journal of Discourses, 26 vols. (Liverpool: Daniel H. Wells, 1886), 26:39

Scribe/Publisher
John Irvine
People
John Taylor
Audience
Latter-day Saints
Transcription

By and by, you will find they will tear the Constitution to shreds, as they have begun now; they won't have to begin; they have started long ago to rend the Constitution of our country in pieces; and in doing so they are letting loose and encouraging a principle which will react upon themselves with terrible consequences; for if law-makers and administrators can afford to trample upon justice, equity, and the Constitution of this country, they will find thousands and tens of thousands who are willing to follow in their wake in the demolition of the rights of man, and the destruction of all principles of justice, and the safeguards of the nation; but we will stand by and maintain its principles and the rights of all men of every color, and every clime; we will cleave to the truth, live our religion and keep the commandments of God, and God will bless us in time and throughout the eternities that are to come.

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