Re: Mormon Prophet Hacks Man to Pieces with Sword

Teachings of the Prophet Joseph Smith, Section Six 1843-44 Pg.299 - Pg.300:

Meaning of Word Mormon

To the Editor of the Times & Seasons:
Sir: -- Through the medium of your paper, I wish to correct an error among
men that profess to be learned, liberal and wise; and I do it the more
cheerfully, because I hope sober-thinking and sound-reasoning people will
sooner listen to the voice of truth, than be led astray by the vain
pretensions of the self-wise. The error I speak of, is the definition of
the word "Mormon." I has been stated that this word was derived from the
Greek word "mormo." This is not the case. There was no Greek or Latin upon
the plates from which I, through the grace of God, translated the Book of
Mormon. Let the language of that book speak for itself. On the 523rd page,
of the fourth edition, it reads: "And now behold we have written this record
according to our knowledge in the characters, which are called among us the
"Reformed Egyptian," being handed down and altered by us, according to our
manner of speech; and if our plates had been sufficiently large, we should
have written in Hebrew: but the Hebrew hath been altered by us, also; and if
we could have written in Hebrew, behold ye would have had no imperfection in
our record, but the Lord knoweth the things which we have written, and also,
that none other people knoweth our language; therefore he hath prepared
means for the interpretation thereof."

Here then the subject is put to silence, for "none other people knoweth our
language," therefore the Lord, and not man, had to interpret, after the
people were all dead. And as Paul said, "the world by wisdom know not God,"
so the world by speculation are destitute of revelation; and as God in his
superior wisdom, has always given his Saints, wherever he had any on the
earth, the same spirit, and that spirit, as John says, is the true spirit of
prophecy, which is the testimony of Jesus, I may safely say that the word
Mormon stands independent of the learning and wisdom of this generation. --
Before I give a definition, however, to the word, let me say that the Bible
in its widest sense, means good; for the Savior says according to the gospel
of John, "I am the good shepherd;" and it will not be beyond the common use
of terms, to say that good is among the most important in use, and though
known by various names in different languages, still its meaning is the
same, and is ever in opposition to "bad." We say from the Saxon, "good";
the Dane, "god"; the Goth, "goda"; the German, "gut"; the Dutch, "goed"; the
Latin, "bonus"; the Greek, "kalos"; the Hebrew, "tob"; and the "Egyptian,
"mon." Hence, with the addition of "more," or the contraction, "mor," we
have the word "mormon"; which means, literally, "more good."

JOSEPH SMITH.
(May 15, 1843.) T&S 4:194.

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"Then said Samuel, Bring ye hither to me Agag the king of the Amalekites.
And Agag came unto him delicately [Heb. cheerfully]. And Agag said, Surely
the bitterness of death is past. And Samuel said, As thy sword hath made
women childless, so shall thy mother be childless among women. And Samuel
hewed Agag in pieces before the LORD in Gilgal" (1Sa 15:32-33).

http://www.thenazareneway.com/society_of_jesus_jesuits.htm
The Jesuit Order
The Society of Jesus (Jesuits)

The complete Oath of Extreme Induction

Library of Congress, Washington D.C., Library of Congress Catalog
Card #66-43354, made public in 1883.

....

Superior:
My son, heretofore you have been taught to act the dissembler: among Roman
Catholics to be a Roman Catholic, and to spy even among your own brethren;
to believe no man, to trust no man. Among the Reformers, to be a Reformer;
among the Huguenots, to be a Huguenot; among the Calvinists, to be a
Calvinist; among the Protestants, generally to be a Protestant; and
obtaining their confidence to seek even to preach from their pulpits and to
denounce with all the vehemence in your nature our Holy Religion and the
Pope; and to descend so low as to become a Jew among the Jews, that you
might be enabled to gather together all information for your Order as a
faithful soldier of the Pope.

You have been taught to insidiously plant the seeds of jealousy and hatred
between communities, provinces and states that were at peace, and incite
them to deeds of blood, involving them in war with each other, and to create
revolutions and civil wars in countries that were independent and
prosperous, cultivating the arts and sciences and enjoying the blessings of
peace. To take sides with the combatants and to act secretly in concert with
your brother Jesuit, who may be engaged on the other side, but openly
opposed to that with which you might be connected; only that the Church
might be the gainer in the end, in the conditions fixed in the treaties for
peace and that the end justifies the means.

You have been taught your duty as a spy, to gather all statistics, facts and
information in your power from every source; to ingratiate yourself into the
confidence of the family circle of Protestants and heretics of every class
and character, as well as that of the merchant, the banker, the lawyer,
among the schools and universities, in parliaments and legislatures, and in
the judiciaries councils of state, and to "be all things to all men," for
the Pope's sake, whose servants we are unto death.

You have received all your instructions heretofore as a novice, a neophyte,
and have served as a coadjutor, confessor and priest, but you have not been
invested with all that is necessary to command in the Army of Loyola in the
service of the Pope. You must serve the proper time as the instrument and
executioner as directed by your superiors; for none can command here who has
not consecrated his labors with the blood of the heretic; for "without the
shedding of blood no man can be saved." Therefore, to fit yourself for your
work, and make your own salvation sure, you will, in addition to your former
oath of obedience to your Order and your allegiance to the Pope, repeat
after me.

....

Go ye, then, into all the world and take possession of all lands in the name
of the Pope. He who will not accept him as the Vicar of Jesus and his
Viceregent on earth, let him be accursed and exterminated.

[Finis]

W. Tyndale Translation -- Matthew 5:33-37
"Again ye have heard how it was said to them of old time, thou shalt not
forswear thyself, but shalt perform thine oath to God. But I say unto you,
swear not at all: neither by heaven, for it is God's seat: nor yet by the
earth, for it is his footstool: neither by Jerusalem, for it is the city of
that great king: neither shalt thou swear by thy head, because thou canst
not make one white hair, or black: But your communication shall be, yea,
yea: nay, nay. For whatsoever is more than that, cometh of evil."

Forswear, v.
... *forswear oneself*, to swear falsely, commit perjury.

W. Tyndale Translation -- James 5:12
"But above all things my brethren, swear not, neither by heaven, neither by
earth, neither by any other oath. Let your yea be yea, and your nay nay:
lest ye fall into hypocrisy."

W. Tyndale Translation -- 2 Corinthians 1:17-22
"Or think I carnally those things which I think? that with me should be yea
yea, and nay nay. God is faithful: For our preaching unto you, was not yea
and nay. For God's son Jesus Christ which was preached among you by us (that
is to say by me and Silvanus and Timotheus) was not yea and nay: but in him
it was yea. For all the promises of God, in him are yea: and are in him
Amen, unto the laud of God through us. For it is God which stablisheth us
and you in Christ, and hath anointed us, which hath also sealed us, and hath
given the earnest of the spirit into our hearts."

Laud, n.
1. (formal) praise.

22 And there are also secret combinations, even as in times of old,
according to the combinations of the devil, for he is the founder of all
these things; yea, the founder of murder, and works of darkness; yea, and he
leadeth them by the neck with a flaxen cord, until he bindeth them with his
strong cords forever.

23 For behold, my beloved brethren, I say unto you that the Lord God worketh
not in darkness.

24 He doeth not anything save it be for the benefit of the world; for he
loveth the world, even that he layeth down his own life that he may draw all
men unto him. Wherefore, he commandeth none that they shall not partake of
his salvation.

25 Behold, doth he cry unto any, saying: Depart from me? Behold, I say unto
you, Nay; but he saith: Come unto me all ye ends of the earth, buy milk and
honey, without money and without price.

26 Behold, hath he commanded any that they should depart out of the
synagogues, or out of the houses of worship? Behold, I say unto you, Nay.

27 Hath he commanded any that they should not partake of his salvation?
Behold I say unto you, Nay; but he hath given it free for all men; and he
hath commanded his people that they should persuade all men to repentance.

28 Behold, hath the Lord commanded any that they should not partake of his
goodness? Behold I say unto you, Nay; but all men are privileged the one
like unto the other, and none are forbidden.

29 He commandeth that there shall be no priestcrafts; for, behold,
priestcrafts are that men preach and set themselves up for a light unto the
world, that they may get gain and praise of the world; but they seek not the
welfare of Zion.

(Book of Mormon | 2 Nephi 26:22 - 29)

Josephus (Antiquities of the Jews, Book 6, Ch. 7):

Now Samuel came unto Saul and said to him that he was sent by God to put him
in mind ... "because the Amalekites did the Hebrews a great deal of mischief
while they were in the wilderness, ... to leave none of them alive, ... in
obedience to the commands of Moses, to blot out the name of Amalek
entirely." ... Accordingly, Saul made an invasion into the country of the
Amalekites ... And when that undertaking had succeeded, according as God had
foretold, he set upon the cities of the Amalekites; ... it was done by the
command of God, whom it was dangerous not to obey. He also took Agag, the
enemy's king, captive; the beauty and tallness of whose body he admired so
much that he thought him worthy of preservation. Yet this was not done,
however, according to the will of God, but by giving way to human passions
and suffering himself to be moved with an inappropriate compassion, in a
point where it was not safe for him to indulge it; for God hated the nation
of the Amalekites to such a degree, that he commanded Saul to have no pity
on even those infants which we by nature chiefly pity. But Saul preserved
their king and governor from the miseries which the Hebrews brought on the
people, as if he preferred the fine appearance of the enemy to the memory of
what God had sent him about. ... As soon, therefore, as God had rejected the
intercession of the prophet, and it plainly appeared he would not change his
mind, at break of day Samuel came to Saul at Gilgal. ... Agag also, the king
of the Amalekites, was brought to him; and when the king asked how bitter
death was, Samuel said, "As you have made many of the Hebrew mothers to
lament and bewail the loss of their children, so shall you, by your death,
cause your mother to lament you also." Accordingly he gave order to slay him
immediately at Gilgal and then went away to the city Ramah.

Josephus (Antiquities of the Jews, Book 6, Ch. 8):

.... he called Jesse and his sons to partake of those sacrifices; and when he
saw his eldest son to be a tall and handsome man, he guessed by his
comeliness that he was the person who was to be their future king. But he
was mistaken in judging about God's providence; for when Samuel inquired of
God whether he should anoint this youth, whom he so admired and esteemed
worthy of the kingdom, God said, "Men do not see as God sees. You indeed
have respect for the fine appearance of this youth, and from there esteem
him worthy of the kingdom, while I propose the kingdom as a reward, not of
the beauty of
bodies, but of the virtue of souls, and I inquire after one that is
perfectly comely in that respect; I mean one who is beautiful in piety, and
righteousness, and fortitude, and obedience; for in them consists the
comeliness of the soul."

Journal of Discourses, Vol.4, Pg.220, Brigham Young, February 8, 1857:

Now take the wicked, and I can refer to where the Lord had to slay every
soul of the Israelites that went out of Egypt, except Caleb and Joshua. He
slew them by the hands of their enemies, by the plague, and by the sword,
why? Because He loved them, and promised Abraham that He would save them.
And He loved Abraham because he was a friend to his God, and would stick to
Him in the hour of darkness, hence He promised Abraham that He would save
his seed. And He could save them upon no other principle, for they had
forfeited their right to the land of Canaan by transgressing the law of God,
and they could not have atoned for the sin if they had lived. But if they
were slain, the Lord could bring them up in the resurrection, and give them
the land of Canaan, and He could not do it on any other principle.

I could refer you to plenty of instances where men have been righteously
slain, in order to atone for their sins. I have seen scores and hundreds of
people for whom there would have been a chance (in the last resurrection
there will be) if their lives had been taken and their blood spilled on the
ground as a smoking incense to the Almighty, but who are now angels to the
devil, until our elder brother Jesus Christ raises them up--conquers death,
hell, and the grave. I have known a great many men who have left this
Church for whom there is no chance whatever for exaltation, but if their
blood had been spilled, it would have been better for them. The wickedness
and ignorance of the nations forbid this principle's being in full force,
but the time will come when the law of God will be in full force.

This is loving our neighbour as ourselves; if he needs help, help him; and
if he wants salvation and it is necessary to spill his blood on the earth in
order that he may be saved, spill it. Any of you who understand the
principles of eternity, if you have sinned a sin requiring the shedding of
blood, except the sin unto death, would not be satisfied nor rest until your
blood should be spilled, that you might gain that salvation you desire.
That is the way to love mankind.

Christ and Belial have not become friends; they have never shaken hands;
they never have agreed to be brothers and to be on good terms; no, never;
and they never will, because they are diametrically opposed to each other.
If one conquers, the other is destroyed. One or the other of them must
triumph and utterly destroy and cast down his opponent. Light and darkness
cannot dwell together, and so it is with the kingdom of God.

[end of Scripture quote]

About 11:45 or 11:46 pm, the Holy Ghost bore record to me of paragraph #1 in
the above quote of the Prophet and Apostle Brigham Young.

Journal of Wilford Woodruff:

August 19, 1860: At Sunday meeting, President Young followed and expressed
his feelings upon a variety of things. Presidents Young and Kimball, with
O. Pratt, W. Woodruff, J. Taylor, G. A. Smith, E. Snow, F. D. Richards and
G. Q. Cannon of the Twelve, met for prayer when the following conversation
took place. President Young said the people of the United States had sought
our destruction and they had used every exertion to perfect it. They have
worked through the Masonic institution to perfect it. Joseph and Hyrum Smith
were Master Masons and they were put to death by masons or through their
instigation, and he gave the sign of distress and he was shot by masons
while in the act, and there were delegates from the various lodges in the
Union to see that he was put to death. I hope to live to see the day when
I can have power to make them do right. They have got the blood of the
prophets upon their heads and they have got to meet it. When President
Buchanan and the U.S. Government sent Col. Johnston and the U.S. Army
to Utah, it was with the express purpose to destroy the Church and Kingdom
from off the earth, to put to death this people, but the Lord sustained us
and put them to shame and confusion and to His name be the honor and
glory. There are other Masons sent to this territory for the same purpose
to establish a lodge here and try to get an influence with some here to lay
a plan to try to murder me and the leaders of the Church, but they will not
accomplish it. Now Brother L. N. Scovill thinks so much of masonry that he
might join in with them. G. A. Smith said he does not wish to mix hair and
wool, but he would like to go to England and obtain five charters for lodges
which would give us a grand lodge which would make us independent of all
other Grand Lodges in the world. This is what Brother Scovill would like to
do and this could be done, but I do not think he would be willing to mingle
with our enemies to the injury of this people. President Young said I have
no doubt but that thing could be done and we could take our young men
into the lodge, but then I would ask what good could it do? What good
could result from it? I think no good at all. The truth is we have got to
look to the Lord God of Israel to sustain us, and not to any institution
or kingdom or people upon the earth except the kingdom of God, and
I ask no odds of any man or set of men beneath the heavens except
the Lord and His saints.

19 For the Lord worketh not in secret combinations, neither doth he will
that man should shed blood, but in all things hath forbidden it, from the
beginning of man.

(Book of Mormon | Ether 8:19)

25 Behold, the land of Zion?I, the Lord, hold it in mine own hands;

26 Nevertheless, I, the Lord, render unto Cæsar the things which are
Cæsar's.

27 Wherefore, I the Lord will that you should purchase the lands, that you
may have advantage of the world, that you may have claim on the world, that
they may not be stirred up unto anger.

28 For Satan putteth it into their hearts to anger against you, and to the
shedding of blood.

29 Wherefore, the land of Zion shall not be obtained but by purchase or by
blood, otherwise there is none inheritance for you.

30 And if by purchase, behold you are blessed;

31 And if by blood, as you are forbidden to shed blood, lo, your enemies are
upon you, and ye shall be scourged from city to city, and from synagogue to
synagogue, and but few shall stand to receive an inheritance.

32 I, the Lord, am angry with the wicked; I am holding my Spirit from the
inhabitants of the earth.

33 I have sworn in my wrath, and decreed wars upon the face of the earth,
and the wicked shall slay the wicked, and fear shall come upon every man;

34 And the saints also shall hardly escape; nevertheless, I, the Lord, am
with them, and will come down in heaven from the presence of my Father and
consume the wicked with unquenchable fire.

35 And behold, this is not yet, but by and by.

36 Wherefore, seeing that I, the Lord, have decreed all these things upon
the face of the earth, I will that my saints should be assembled upon the
land of Zion;

37 And that every man should take righteousness in his hands and
faithfulness upon his loins, and lift a warning voice unto the inhabitants
of the earth; and declare both by word and by flight that desolation shall
come upon the wicked.

(Doctrine and Covenants | Section 63:25 - 37)

1 The burden of Babylon, which Isaiah the son of Amoz did see.

2 Lift ye up a banner upon the high mountain, exalt the voice unto them,
shake the hand, that they may go into the gates of the nobles.

3 I have commanded my sanctified ones, I have also called my mighty ones for
mine anger, [even] them that rejoice in my highness.

4 The noise of a multitude in the mountains, like as of a great people; a
tumultuous noise of the kingdoms of nations gathered together: the LORD of
hosts mustereth the host of the battle.

5 They come from a far country, from the end of heaven, [even] the LORD, and
the weapons of his indignation, to destroy the whole land.

6 ¶ Howl ye; for the day of the LORD [is] at hand; it shall come as a
destruction from the Almighty.

7 Therefore shall all hands be faint, and every man's heart shall melt:

8 And they shall be afraid: pangs and sorrows shall take hold of them; they
shall be in pain as a woman that travaileth: they shall be amazed one at
another; their faces [shall be as] flames.

9 Behold, the day of the LORD cometh, cruel both with wrath and fierce
anger, to lay the land desolate: and he shall destroy the sinners thereof
out of it.

10 For the stars of heaven and the constellations thereof shall not give
their light: the sun shall be darkened in his going forth, and the moon
shall not cause her light to shine.

11 And I will punish the world for [their] evil, and the wicked for their
iniquity; and I will cause the arrogancy of the proud to cease, and will lay
low the haughtiness of the terrible.

(Old Testament | Isaiah 13:1 - 11)

4 But behold, in the last days, even now while the Lord is beginning to
bring forth the word, and the blade is springing up and is yet tender?

5 Behold, verily I say unto you, the angels are crying unto the Lord day and
night, who are ready and waiting to be sent forth to reap down the fields;

6 But the Lord saith unto them, pluck not up the tares while the blade is
yet tender (for verily your faith is weak), lest you destroy the wheat also.

7 Therefore, let the wheat and the tares grow together until the harvest is
fully ripe; then ye shall first gather out the wheat from among the tares,
and after the gathering of the wheat, behold and lo, the tares are bound in
bundles, and the field remaineth to be burned.

(Doctrine and Covenants | Section 86:4 - 7)


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