king in heaven and quarrel about the
office of constable on earth. The kingdom
of God may rise up in the midst of the kingd[om]
of the world and live above all laws, and not
be a law abiding man. I will live above all law
I will pay my taxes & obey all requirments
that the goverment has uppon me. the
reason we was mob in Mo was because we
would not have any thing to do with the
laws we did not break any we lived above
them so they sent a mob upon us.
The kingdom of God to the world would
be a light in a dark place. The kingdom
of God could be set up in any kingdom
or country & not break the law but live
above it. Conference Adjourned till to
morrow morning
~ Sunday
April 7th Sunday the sun plesent air
calm & serene & a vast multitude of about
twenty thousand souls assembled together
After singing and prayers President Rigdon
arose & said, Our borders are enlarged
this morning. I shall preach from the
same tex[t] we preached from yesterday TheChurchofJesusChrist, thekingdom
of God, theleven, thelittlestonespoken ofbyDaniel &c. [Daniel 2:34-35] The testimony given would
let the kingdom of God exhist in any goverment
Monarchiel or Republican. We intend to show
why salvation belongs to this Church ownly.
The kingdom of God is a goverment
that exerciseing its ownly power in evry
respect its ownly it holds a place on the
king in heaven and quarrel about the
office of constable on earth. The kingdom
of God may rise up in the midst of the kingd
of the world and live above all laws, and not
be a law abiding man, I will live above all law
I will pay my taxes & obey all requirments
that the goverment has uppon me. the
reason we was mob in Mo was because we
would not have any thing to do with the
laws we did not break any we lived above
them so they sent a mob upon us.
The kingdom of God to the world would
be a light in a dark place. The kingdom
of God could be set up in any kingdom
or country & not break the law but live
above it. conference Adjourned till to
morrow morning
~ Sunday
April 7th Sunday the sun plesent air
calm & serene & a vast multitude of about
twenty thousand souls assembled together
after singing and prayers President Rigdon
arose & said, Our borders are enlarged
this morning. I shall preach from the
same tex we preached from yesterday
TheChurchofJesusChrist, theKingdom
of God, theleven, thelittlestonespokenofbyDaniel &c. The testimony given would
let the kingdom of God exhist in any goverment
Monarchiel or Republican. We intend to show
why salvation belongs to this Church ownly.
The kingdom of God is a goverment
that exerciseing its ownly power in evry
respect it holds a place on the
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