| 138 "The Constitution of our country formed by the fathers of liberty. Peace and good order in society. Love to God and good will to man. All good and wholesome laws, virtue and truth above all things, and aristarchy, live forever! But woe to tyrants, mobs, aristocracy, anarchy, and toryism, and all those who invent or seek out unrighteous and vexatious lawsuits, under the pretext and color of law, or office, either religious or political. Exalt the standard of democracy! Down with that of priestcraft, and let all the people say Amen! that the blood of our fathers may not cry from the ground against us. Sacred is the memory of that blood which bought for us our liberty.
"Joseph Smith, Jr.
"Thomas B. Marsh.
"David W. Patten.
"Brigham Young.
"Samuel H. Smith.
"George M. Hinkle.
"John Corrill.
"George W. Robinson.
"QUESTIONS ON SCRIPTURE.
"Who is the stem of Jesse spoken of in the first, second, third, fourth, and fifth verses of the eleventh chapter of Isaiah?
"Verily thus saith the Lord, It is Christ.
"What is the rod spoken of in the first verse of the eleventh chapter of Isaiah that should come of the stem of Jesse?
"Behold, thus saith the Lord, It is a servant in the hands of Christ, who is partly a descendant of Jesse as well as of Ephraim, or of the house of Joseph, on whom there is laid much power.
"What is the root of Jesse spoken of in the tenth verse of the eleventh chapter?
"Behold, thus saith the Lord, It is a descendant of Jesse, as well as of Joseph, unto whom rightly belong the priesthood, and the keys of the kingdom, for an ensign, and for the gathering of my people in the last days.
"Questions by Elias Higbee, as follows:-
"What is meant by the command in Isaiah, fifty-second
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