O Lord, I have trusted in thee, and I will trust in thee forever, I will not put my trust in the arm of flesh. Yea, cursed is he that putteth his trust in man or maketh flesh his arm. (2 Nephi 4:34)
That covenant, made by Nephi, is a covenant that all those who are sincere seekers after the mind and will of the Lord should make. Other like scriptures read:
Thus saith the Lord; Cursed be the man that trusteth in man, and maketh flesh his arm, and whose heart departeth from the Lord. (Jeremiah 17:5)
The weak things of the world shall come forth and break down the mighty and strong ones, that man should not counsel his fellow man, neither trust in the arm of flesh — (D&C 1:19)
Trust ye not in a friend, put ye not confidence in a guide.... (Micah 7:5)
I will not put my trust in the arm of flesh; for I know that cursed is he that putteth his trust in the arm of flesh. (2 Nephi 4:34)
The scriptures seem to be pretty explicit in regards to the outcome if we put our trust in the arm of flesh. George Q. Cannon stated:
If we, in our experience, have not yet proved the truth of the words of the prophet — “Cursed is he that trusteth in man, or maketh flesh his arm” (2 Nephi 28:31) — probably we will do if we live long enough. There is a curse attending every man and woman who does this. If we will watch the operations of the gospel of Jesus Christ among us, we will see that it has a tendency to develop knowledge in the bosoms of all, and it is the design of Providence that it should be so. We must all learn to depend upon God and upon him alone. Why, the very man upon whom we think we can rely with unbounded confidence, and trust with all we possess, may disappoint us sometimes, but trust in God and He never fails. We can go before Him at all times, and upon all occasions, and pour out our souls and desires before Him, and we feel that we lean upon a rock that will not fail, and upon a friend that will not desert us in the day of trial. He is omnipotent, and in Him only can we trust under all circumstances, therefore we perceive why the prophet has said — “Cursed is he that trusteth in man, or maketh flesh his arm.” (JD 12:45-46)
It has been the continuing effort of the Title of Liberty to draw this particular fact to the attention of its readers. To trust in Him and Him only. Although we are in the unique position of pointing to certain signs for the edification of our readers, we have emphasized and reemphasized the need for all to go directly to the Source of all truth and find out personally for his or her self, not even putting total trust in us, the compilers of this publication. We will have only accomplished anything if you, the reader, have gained a desire to seek out the truth from its only Author. A bit of a different perspective from those that hail “trust us, we will not lead you astray.” The indication is that any and all men will at some time disappoint and fail. It was, once again, George Q. Cannon that said:
Do not, brethren, put your trust in man though he be a bishop, and apostle or a president, if you do so, they will fail you at some time or place... (Millennial Star 53:674)
That leaders in the Church have failed its members and the Lord is without doubt. Heber J. Kimball, one of the Lord’s true prophets, made it very clear:
You might as well deny Mormonism and turn away from it as to oppose the plurality of wives. Let the president of this Church, and the twelve apostles, and all the authorities unite and say with one voice that they will oppose that doctrine, and the whole of them would be damned. (JD 5:203)
And so they did, and so they were. That arm of flesh, even the presiding leaders of the Church led many astray from the road to exaltation. That many who followed came to persecute those who still chose to live the New and Everlasting Covenant and thus became even greater enemies of righteousness than had those of the government before. Thus a sure concession to the secret combinations was made which essentially ended the most important principle to Kingdom and power of God.
Yet it was in 1923 that another great joining of hands with that conspiracy occurred. Evidence was brought forth showing that President Grant and his associates, in order to finance their business ventures mortgaged the Salt Lake Temple, Church Office Building, Bishop’s Building, Deseret Gymnasium Building, the Beehive House and the Lion House. This was all documented in a pamphlet entitled, “Temple Block Sold” and of the mortgage holders was one Chase National Bank, seemingly at the top of the heap in the International Financiers conspiracy. One of the most startling pieces of evidence came forth as follows in reprint:
We later see the results of this type of philosophy of business venture as the Church in its buying and selling spree ended up with great stock holding in Coors Beer, while at the same time preaching the evils of alcohol, from the pulpit.
A later business dealing came as a result of a desire to divest itself of a pulp mill that had been purchased in war times to assure itself of sufficient paper to print through the shortages experienced nationwide. In an advantageous business arrangement with Times Publishing that provided Times with a pulp mill with no monetary outlay of funds and the Church with majority stock ownership in a publishing house with the opportunity of offsetting its own publishing needs for Church magazines. As a result, the Ensign was printed with greater efficiency, while on adjoining presses ran such literary treasures as Playboy and Penthouse, while at the same time preaching the evils of pornography, from the pulpit.
Many such examples can be cited, but it is not our desire to turn hearts against the Gospel of Jesus Christ, only to show that there is a definite difference between the “Church” and the Gospel, and that “men” will always fail, where the Lord is the only One that can never lead astray. Is it any wonder that Brigham Young would make statements such as:
There is nothing that would so soon weaken my hope and discourage me as to see this people in full fellowship with the world, and receive no more persecution from them because they are one with them. In such an event, we might bid farewell to the Holy Priesthood with all its blessings, privileges and aids to exaltations, principalities and powers in the eternities of the Gods. (JD 10:32)
When “Mormonism” finds favor with the wicked in this land, it will have gone into the shade; but until the power of the Priesthood is gone, “Mormonism” will never become popular with the wicked. (JD 4:38)
When we see the time that we can willingly strike hands and have full fellowship with those who despise the Kingdom of God, know ye then that the Priesthood of the Son of God is out of your possession. (JD 10:273)
And when the spirit of persecution, the spirit of hatred, of wrath, and malice ceases in the world against this people, it will be the time that this people have apostatized and joined hands with the wicked, and never until them; which I pray may never come. (JD 4:327)
Is there any doubt but that persecution in general has ceased against this people? Is there other evidence that some in leadership positions have in times past joined themselves to the very secret combinations that Moroni warned us of? Heber J. Grant said this as further evidence of those cited above:
I am thankful that wherever I have traveled during the past six months I have found a feeling of respect, a feeling of love in the hearts of many for the Latter-day Saints, in the hearts of those not of our faith. I heard many very splendid compliments while in Washington by members of the presidents cabinet, by senators and representatives, and by officials of the government in the Federal Reserve banking departments, and in others, wherever I went, and with all the people that I met, bankers in New York, Chicago, San Francisco and other cities, I heard good things said of the Latter-day Saints; we are coming to our own, so to speak. (General Conference, April 4, 1920, pg. 12)
This and many other examples is what brought him to say that the Church had finally “joined with the world.”
That the Federal Reserve, a private corporation not a government agency, the New York, Chicago and San Francisco bankers were and still are at the top of this secret combination that Moroni warned us about is without doubt. It should also be without doubt that these banking conspirators are even happier that the Latter-day Saints funnel their tithes and offerings, and now even missionary funds through their institutions, thus giving them the opportunity for more loans at unholy rates of usury, a practice abhorred by God as evidenced by His own words. All in an effort to make all people, the Latter-day Saints included, slaves to the financial whims of this Satanic secret combination. All these deceits have been done in secret, yet in an issue of the Church News a few years ago when much of this very thing was going on, it said of these very kinds of individuals or groups:
They are masters in “cover up,” yet they profess to teach a secret truth made known to them by some hidden process.... When will people learn that “the Lord worketh not in darkness” (2 Nephi 26:23) and that he gives no secret revelations and authorizes no secret ordinations? The Lord’s work is done openly and above board, with the vote and voice of the congregations of the Saints. (D&C 20:63-67) ... By their devious methods such teachers brand themselves for what they are. (June 21, 1975, Church News)
And so they do! One of these acts of secrecy occurred in 1990 when a banquet of honor was held at the Church office building for the internationalist, Armand Hammer. Hammer, the son of Julius Hammer a member and co-founder and organizer of the Communist Party USA (CPUSA). Julius was born in Russia but was forced to leave in 1880 because of “Czarist opposition to his socialist views,” as was stated by fellow CPUSA member Benjamin Gitlow. Julius was purportedly a gynecologist and was convicted of performing an illegal abortion and sentenced to Sing Sing. Julius and his wife Rose intentionally named their son “Armand” Hammer to symbolize the logo of the Bolshevik revolution, of which Armand Hammer never changed or repudiated regardless of its meaning.
Julius was a great financial support in its fledgling years, bailing out arrested Communists and donating a building in New York for the unrecognized embassy of the soviet government. Armand was recruited by his father to CPUSA membership at an early age.
At the age of 23 in 1921, the same time frame in which the Temple Block was being mortgaged, Armand Hammer went with his medical degree to the Soviet Union and became close friends with V.I. Lenin and helped his government in furthering their goals. Alexandr Solzhenitsyn described him this way:
There is an alliance between our Communist leaders and your capitalists. The alliance is not new. The ever famous Armand Hammer, who is flourishing here today, laid the basis for this when he made the first exploratory trip into Russia, still in Lenin’s time, in the very first years of the Revolution.... Since that time... we observe continuous and steady support by businessmen of the west of the Soviet Communist leaders. Their clumsy and awkward economy... is continually getting material and technological assistance. And if today the Soviet Union has powerful military and police forces — they are used to crush our movement for freedom in the Soviet Union — we have western capital to thank for this also.
In 1978 Hammer was the first businessman ever to receive the Lenin Order of Friendship, which is an award given by Soviets to foreign Communists. Hammer had a lavish apartment in Moscow and is the only American who could freely fly to, from, and wherever he wished within Soviet air space without escort. Indeed he needed none since he was firmly one of them and is one of a very few that could ever tout duel citizenship in both the United States and Soviet Union.
Hammer was one of the first pardoned by President Bush Sr. after he took office, for past improprieties in campaign contributions to Richard Nixon. He has constantly put forth the doctrine that the American and Soviet systems should become more alike as he praised “centralized control of the sources of supply and demand and production as found in socialist societies.” Hammer in his autobiography told of his wife’s desire for him to get rid of his favorite office sofa, because of the numerous trysts he had upon it with other women. He was so proud that he became a self-confessed adulterer.
The gala ceremony was hosted by fellow internationalist, Jon Huntsman Sr., at the Church office building, within sight of the then Church president, Ezra Taft Benson. A defender of free agency and against everything that Armand Hammer had represented for years. Russell M. Nelson even commissioned an artist to sculpt a bust of him with an inscription naming him a great humanitarian and friend of all civilization.
It was stated by journalist Robert Woody in the Salt Lake Tribune on March 25, 1990, “The rapport between Dr. Armand Hammer and Jon M. Huntsman Sr. is understandable.” Subsequent articles at the time and many since have claimed Jon Huntsman Sr. to be “protege’” and “heir apparent” to the Hammer legacy. Indeed, Jon Huntsman Sr. has shown his power both internationally and locally as when having dropped out of the governor’s race, he just went back and assumed his position as Stake President having previously resigned. He has since served as Regional Representative and is surely in line to be made a new “area leader” as the position of Regional Representative has been eliminated under the new Church president, Gordon B. Hinkley. That his power is one of a quasi-general authority is without doubt, along with the power he wields at the international, national, state and Church levels. We need be eternally vigilant to see the future secret undertakings by this combined element. Why would these men seek to involve themselves with these combinations? Moroni looked to this day and saw clearly and warned these people ominously:
Behold, I speak unto you as if ye were present, and yet ye are not. But behold, Jesus Christ hath shown you unto me, and I know your doing.
And I know that ye do walk in the pride of your hearts; and there are none save a few only who do not lift themselves up in the pride of their hearts, unto the wearing of very fine apparel, unto envying, and strifes, and malice, and persecutions, and all manner of iniquities; and your churches, yea, even every one, have become polluted because of the pride of your hearts.
For behold, ye do love money, and your substance, and your fine apparel, and the adorning of your churches, more than ye love the poor and needy, the sick and the afflicted.
O ye pollutions, ye hypocrites, ye teachers, who sell yourselves for that which will canker, why have ye polluted the holy church of God? Why are ye ashamed to take upon you the name of Christ? Why do ye not think that greater is the value of an endless happiness than that misery which never dies — because of the praise of the world?
Why do ye adorn yourselves with that which hath no life, and yet suffer the hungry, and the needy, and the naked, and the sick and the afflicted to pass by you, and notice them not?
Ye, why do ye build up your secret abominations to get gain, and cause that widows should mourn before the Lord, and also orphans to mourn before the Lord, and also the blood of their fathers and their husbands to cry unto the Lord from the ground, for vengeance upon your heads?
Behold, the sword of vengeance hangeth over you; and the time soon cometh that he avengeth the blood of the saints upon you, for he will not suffer their cries any longer. (Mormon 8:35-41)
They have become as the Jacobins within the Catholic Church. Originally organized as a group of priests of high learning that might teach the gospel in great power, they came to understand that “true” power came not through not through doctrinal teaching but through political power. That more converts could be made through the force of politics as opposed to the still small voice of Spirit. This they did for the “good” of the church. Contrary to the words of Paul:
And some affirm that we say, (whose damnation is just,) Let us do evil that good may come. But this is false. (JST Rom. 3:8)
The teaching, belief or action of those who feel that the end justifies the means is certainly of the great liar, Lucifer. But in all the above, you can be sure these actions have been justified at one time or another on that basis. They have become, as it were — Mormon Jacobins.
We have mentioned these very few instances not to challenge the truthfulness of the gospel restored by Joseph Smith. In so doing we have written but little of the very many cases of political and business perversions and little of the doctrinal and spiritual perversions while saying nothing of the moral and occult perversions, (having touched on them in the article reviewing the Bishop Glen L. Pace memorandum in the Nov. 1991 issue of the Title of Liberty. The gospel is true regardless of the actions of men, even if they are men that have found their way to the top levels of the Church. Is there is any doubt why the Lord has stated emphatically: