God hath indeed smiled on my church,—this

daughter of Zion: she sitteth in high places; and to de-

ride her is to incur the penalty of which the Hebrew

bard spake after this manner: “He that sitteth in the [30]

heavens shall laugh: the Lord shall have them in

derision.”

Hitherto, I have observed that in proportion as this [1]

church has smiled on His “little ones,” He has blessed

her. Throughout my entire connection with The Mother

Church, I have seen, that in the ratio of her love for