![]() ![]() In such a system, the individual is told in effect, “You are free to make your life what you will, and we will try to see that you are rewarded for worthwhile service.” These lofty concepts did not spring from governments, but from the Creator Himself, penned into tenets for a stabilized government by men whom God raised up for this very purpose. Similarly, if such a downfall of the Constitution were imminent, the righteousness of this people might again importune the Almighty to save it because of their pleadings. I finally said that if the basic principles laid down in the Constitution were to be threatened, as is now a possibility, that we might come to a time as when Abraham bargained with the Lord to save Sodom and Gomorrah from destruction, if he could find some righteous souls. At least the audience heard and listened to this last statement. Reuben Clark, Jr., pointing this out that if either the executive, the legislative, or the judicial were to presume to make the law, enforce it, and then pass judgement, we would approach tyranny. I concluded by calling attention to the prophecy of Joseph Smith that “the constitution would hang as by a thread.” I then pointed out that the basic principles of the three separate and independent branches of government were being threatened in the demands of the present Senate investigation. It is the nation that will stand despite whatever trials or crises it may yet have to pass through. Preach that this is the greatest country in all the world. ![]() I plead with you not to preach pessimism. We are living in a day when we must pay heed to these challenges. I have faith in America you and I must have faith in America, if we understand the teachings of the gospel of Jesus Christ. Yes, I repeat, men may fail, but this nation won’t fail. This is the favored land in all the world. This is the place where the Savior will come to His temple. This is the place that the Lord said is favored above all other nations in all the world. This is the cradle of humanity, where life on this earth began in the Garden of Eden. Men may fail in this country, earthquakes may come, seas may heave beyond their bounds, there may be great drought, disaster, and hardship, but this nation, founded on principles laid down by men whom God raised up, will never fail. and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God.” (Eph 6:16–17.) Today is the day for youth to gird themselves with the armor of peace, having as their weapons “the shield of faith. So today is no time for youth to whimper the refrain of the defeated and retire to the fancied security of the regimented state. Snow, 1870, Women of Mormondom by Tullidge.) Snow: “I heard the Prophet Joseph Smith say ‘that the time would come when this nation would so far depart from its original purity, its glory, and its love of freedom and the protection of civil and religious rights, that the Constitution of our country would hang, as it were, by a thread.’ He also said that this people, the sons of Zion, would rise up and save the Constitution and bear it off triumphantly.” (Eliza R. ![]() That you as the youth of the Church would have an important part to play in preserving the ideals of this great country as quoted by one who was very close to him. I have faith in the future of this promised land of America and in its institutions of representative government, but more than that, I have faith in you, the youth of America, to build even more securely on the foundations laid by the faith and devotion of your pioneer fathers. Except the spirit of the Gospel of Jesus Christ and principles contained within the Constitution of the United States are inherent in world plans now being formulated, they are but building on sand and the Lord is not in that building. Therefore, it is not right that any man should be in bondage one to another.” It was to accomplish this lofty purpose basic to all liberty that God “established the Constitution of this land by the hands of wise men whom (he) raised up unto this very purpose.” (D&C 101:77–80.) Contained within the principles of that great heaven-inspired document is the message of this Church to the world in this fateful hour. according to the moral agency which (God) has given unto him, that every man may be accountable for his own sins in the day of judgment. That every man may act in doctrine and principle. Youth must never forget that this the government of the United States was established “According to the laws and constitution of the people, which (God) has suffered to be established. ![]()
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