Solemn Covenant, p 150; “Matthias F. Cowley, testimony under oath, May 10, 1911, The Trials of Apostle John W. Taylor and Matthias F. Cowley, ‘The Manifesto was not a divine production but something manufactured to outwit the church’s enemies.’” – B Carmon Hardy
Article of Faith #12; “We believe in being subject to kings, presidents, rulers, and magistrates, in obeying, honoring, and sustaining the law.”
Also see Marriner Wood Merrill diaries 20 Aug 1891 and the Abraham H Cannon Diaries 20 Aug 1891 for more info.
Ecclesiastes 12:14; “For God shall bring every work into judgment, with every secret thing, whether it be good, or whether it be evil.”
Two days ago (11.15.2014) we read that ½ the Saints won’t be saved because they don’t keep the laws and ordinances of the Mormon god.
Today we’re reading how leaders of said church goes out of its way to ‘outwit the enemies’. Why is the Church disobeying its own dogma by not obeying in addition to not being a good citizen of the US? This was a legal proceeding that was taking place and they went out of their way to outwit the Feds, hide evidence and/or outright lie about their practice of polygamy.
As ‘men of God’ didn’t they know what it says Ecclesiastes?
Perhaps they think Ecclesiastes was not “properly translated.”
🙂 You’re probably right!