![]() ![]() A Republican Government in the hands of a wicked people must terminate in woe to that people, but in the hands of the righteous it is everlasting, while its power reaches to heaven. This will apply to great kingdoms and mighty nations, to small companies of immigrants crossing the plains, or to the home circle. excuse erours and mistakes you must remember its from me. this is not by revelation nor by commandment so put it not with the anpistles of the new testement but Brigham sayes come and see your wife. Were this so, then the people would willingly repose their dearest interests to the trusts of their rulers or leaders, and with a feeling of pleasure bow to and carry out to the letter their instructions and conclusions on all matters that pertained to the general good. now I say to ancer my own feelings com as soon as you can Ieve things there. Those who govern should be wiser and better than the governed, that the lesser may be blessed of the greater. ![]() Individual self-government lies at the root of all true and effective government, whether in heaven or on earth. Independence so viewed and so employed, either individually or collectively, religiously or politically, must open a wide arena of action for all the evil, selfish and malignant qualities of depraved men, introducing distraction into every ramification of society, destroying confidence, checking the onward progress of industry and universal prosperity, and bringing in famine, pestilence and destruction everywhere. Posts about Brigham Young written by admin. Man in his ignorance is impatient of control, and when he finds himself from under its influence he supposes that he is then independent, or, in other words, that he is a free man. JOD 3:93 (Brigham Young, Discourses of Brigham Young, p. Our independent companies entertain the same mistaken views of independence as people generally do of the independence of a Republican Government. There never was and never will be a people in heaven nor on earth, in time nor in eternity, that can be considered truly and entirely independent of counsel and direction. God has shown us the way and given us the means by which we may consummate and fill our mission upon this earth and. ![]() “When an independent company undertakes to travel across the plains, they are generally too independent for their own safety and good. This is the work that we have to perform. ![]()
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