Psalm No. 2
Times and Seasons, vol. 2, p. 523
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints
By Miss E. R. Snow.
Let the saints lift up their voice-et them no keep silence-let them declare in the ear of this generation; what the Lord has done for his persecuted people.
Let them speak of his mercy and his goodness-let them proclaim his wisdom and his power, in delivering them from the hands of their enemies.
When the authorities of Missouri had risen up against us-when her Chief Magistrate, who had been set on high to execute justice and equity, had become the leader of those that that sought our destruction-
When we had fallen low beneath the weight of oppression, and had well nigh become a prey to those that thirsted for our blood!
Then the Lord heard our supplications, and the Most High wrought a way for our deliverance.
With his strong had he stayed the powers of darkness-he provided a path for our feet, and led us forth from the gates of death.
He caused the fetters to be loosed from those that were bound, and the prison doors to be opened, that the unoffending captive might escape.
He brought us into a land of freedom, and planted our feet upon a soil of peace.
He hath established us in a country of strangers-and in a country of strangers, ha h he [he hath] raised up unto us, a multitude of friends.
He opened the heart of the affluent to feel or [of] our distress, and their hand to minister to four [our] necessities-He hath given the tongue of eloquence to the honorable, and they are pleading the cause of innocence in our behalf.
Verily the Lord is bringing us "up through great tribulation"-he hath already placed us on high, even above the fear of those who council in darkness-whose devices are against the work of the most High.
He hath rolled back the waves of persecution-He hath stayed the hand of oppression [oppressions]-He hath brought their names into [into] derision, who brought upon us the showers of affliction.
The Lord hath done it-let his name be exalted-let his faithfulness be declared in the congregation of the people-let his statutes be kept in continual remembrance by all who profess to be his saints.