"Free Thoughts on War" (1816), The Writings of Elder John Leland pp.454, 468 (1845)
IN THIS WRONG WORLD, right does not always take place.
“Truth faileth in the streets, and equity cannot enter;” hence, victory
and triumph often attend the basest tyrant, while the
unoffending are trodden down like the mire of the street. The king
of Babylon conquered and subjugated more than twenty-five kingdoms
(see Jeremiah xxv.) and made them drink the bitter cup. The
Lord used him as a scourge to those wicked nations; but, as they
had done the king of Babylon no harm, he was wicked in his
offensive wars upon them; and, therefore, in his turn, the king
of Sheshach (Babylon) was made to drink after them.
RIGHT will finally take place. Though the contest between truth
and error, right and wrong, is long, and, to appearance, very
doubtful in its issue, yet truth and right must triumph at last. |
