DECLINE OF THE KINGDOM, Chapter 16 of Kingdom Of God volume 3

DECLINE OF THE KINGDOM, Chapter 16 of Kingdom Of God volume 3 http://ogdenkraut.com/?page_id=141 Pages 187-197 The decline of millennialism in Mormon history thus coincided with the decline of the belief in the political kingdom of God. (Quest for Empire, Klaus Hansen, p. 23)   Mormonism’s opponents thought they could destroy the Saints with mobs, martyrdoms, Mormon Battalion, Utah War and government-appointed lawyers and judges. But all these tactics failed. The new plan was to attack the Mormons for polygamy, which would create more support for their anti-Mormon legislation. This was a subject that resulted in media headlines, lies and false propaganda from the pulpits, and the wrath of politicians. The Mormons tried to defend themselves by writing and preaching in favor of the principle of plural marriage.