I 1 copyright HISTORY OF JOSEPH SMITH seite rr t i AU AUGUST GUST 1842 4 1 aug augg tuesday 30 at homi homo thi rough through the day 31 at horm horn in fit the forenoon afternoon rode rodo ro u to the grove with emma emmi and attended tile h female relief soci Socie tys meeting the follo following wim wlm minutes were reported by miss E R arsnow Pre president Adent joseph smith smith arose and said 1 I am happy and thankful for the privilege of being balne present du on this occasion great exertions have been made 01 oj tile tiie part cart 0 of f our en enemies mies to carry mo me to missouri and destroy my life but the lord has hedged up tip their way and they have not as yet accompli hed their purpose god has eibi etui enabled bled bied me to keep keel out of oathir thir th thin ir hand land I 1 have hive warred a good war lire fire inasmuch as I 1 have outgeneral led br whipped out all dinnette bin Din B corrupt host my aly feelings feeling s at the pre present ent time are that inasmuch as the lord almi aimi hav has presey preserved ved ne rne butil to o diy daiy he will continue to preserve me hv by the tha united gith faith and biyers bisers of tile saints until I 1 have fully wd my mission in this life and so firmly est ebli lied the dispensation of the falness of the file in lle the lie list that all the powers of earth and hell liell can never prevail against it my aly i constant persecution reminds me of if the words word of the savior when he lie said to the phani phann sees go ye yes and tell thil th tint it fox behold I 1 cast cist out devils and I 1 do cures today to day and tomorrow to morrow marrow and the third day I 1 shall shail be perfected 1 I 1 expect viat that my heavenly father ims ins decreed that thit the A missourians Missour ians tans shall not gt t me into inlo their power if they do it wilt will be because I 1 do do not keep oui out of their ivay w ay iy I 1 shall triumph over my enee ener enemies nies I 1 h hwe hive we begun to triumph over them at home and I 1 shall do it abroad all those that tint rise up against me will surely feel th the weight of their iniquity upon their own he ids those that speak evil evit of me and the saints are ignorant or abominable characters char and fuli full all the fuss and all the stir ind all nil the charges got up against me are arc like tho lack jack a lantern which cannot b found ain aid although I 1 do to wrong I 1 do not the wrongs that I 1 am charged with doing the wrong timi J do is through the frailty of or hum humin humyn in nature liap lik ilk other rn men n no mail man lives without fault r tull do you think that even jesus if he were here would lou iou be a without fault pi it your eyes his fits enemies said sid s id ail all ili iii anner of or evil eril ag I 1 I 1 dinst him they all watched for iniquity in him how esy easy it was for jesus to call out all the iniquity of the hearts of those whom he be was amone among the servants of the lord are required to guard against those things hat that are cited to do the most evil ahe the little foxes spoil the vines little evils do the moil mohl injury to the tile church if you have hava evil feelings and speak of th tilam m to on one another oth r it haq has a tendency to do mischief these things result in those evils which are calculated to cut the throats aliro its of or the heads of the church when I 1 do the heat beat I 1 ian c in when I 1 am accomplishing shing the th greatest gren gran test good eien taen the most evils and wicked arm isings are got up lip against me I 1 woul boull I to god got thit th it you would be wira wisa I 1 now counsel conn sel sei you that if you know anything calculated to di dourb the I lae pa ae e nr or injure the tile feelings of or your brother or dr sister hold your tr tongues ingues and the least harm will be baldone done the tha female R iliof lief society have taken a most active part pirt p in my iny welfare ire against my enami ener niesi arr esi in petitioning to the governor in my behalf these measures were all necessary do bo you yet not see th that t I 1 foresaw what WAS coining beforehand by the tha spirit of or prophecy all these movement movements had hid an influent in my redemption from the hand of my enemies if these m asuree agures had not been teen taken more serious consequences would h hire hive V e re stilted resulted I 1 hive come conn here hera to bless you the tile society S irive done well their princia principles ies les are to practice holiness god loves you and your prayers in in my behalf shall avail much lit let ift them not er ascend to 0 o god continually in hi my b hilf h or lif the enemies of this people will never get let weary of their pers persecution cution against the church until they are overcome I 1 expect they will array everything against me thatis that is in their power to control ana hat that w ww shall have a long and tremendous parfiro war firo firs lie ile that will war tile thet true Chrisi christian tian warfare against the corruptions corrupt ions of these last days will bave have wicked men and angels of devil devils and all the tha infernal powers 0 of f birkness dir kness continually arrayed against ag ilist film him when wicked and corrupt men oppose it is a criterion to judge if a man Is warring the christian warfare war fare rare when all men speak evil of you fi liely falsely blessed are ye yes ac shall a man he considered had when men speak evil of him no if a man stands and opposes the tha world of sin he may expect all wicked and corrupt spirits arrayed against him but it will be b but a little season and all thes afflictions will be turned turn torn d away from us inasmuch ae arf we fire tire faithful Aith nith tul ful and are not come by these evils vils by seeing the blessings of the endowment rolling ou on and the kingdom increasing and spreading from sea to spa sea we shall rejoice that wa we were not overcome by these foolish things hillys hin tys lys A few very important thinya have been manifested to me in my absence respecting the doctrine of baptism for the dead which I 1 shall com corn muni cate to the stints tints s next sabbath if nothing should occur to prevent me president smith then addressed the theore of anice in fervent prayer th prayers of or th society were requested I 1 in in behalf of mrs redshaw Rp Re pshaw president joseph smith remar remarked keji keil that mrs chaw had bad long ions since been advia advised d to return to her husband it it har has be been en a ascertained tined by good evidence that slie site he left her husband without just cause that lie is is a moral man and a gentleman she site has got into inlo a way of having revelations bit but t not the revelations of god if sh will go home I 1 and do her duty we will pray for her but if not our prayers prayer 1 willbo will do her no god president smith ald aid said 11 1 1 I 1 have one remark to make r respecting peeling the baptism for the tiie dead to suffice for the time being until I 1 have opportunity to discuss the subject at greater length all persons baptized for the dead must have a recorder present that lie mav may ma be an ail eye witness to record and testify of the truth and validity of or his record it will be b e necessary cessa rvin in the grand council that tint these thin things geibe be testified to by competent witnesses therefore let the tile record recording inc inZ and witnessing of baptism baptisms for to the dead di ad ba be oa carefully attended att alt to from this time forth if there is any lack K L may he at the expense of our friends they not come forth 11 closed with prater prayer by elder derby some time this month elder hyde hyda II 11 da published a pamphlet in in the german ian lan language gurge eurge in germany entitled A cry out of the th wilderness lc of about pages setting forth the rhe rise progress and doctrin doctrines ps of the church of jesus christ of I 1 lifter litter day saint saints about this time tims while I 1 was ws crossing fr from mi montrose ft to nauvoo in a boat bo it in in company vt th brother hyrum we pard pats d through ail an immense shoal boat hoat hoai of fish of considerable size hundreds jumped in in and over the boat but we succeeded in in securing about 16 which we brought brovia bro ight ht to shore thursday september 1 1842 during the forenoon in the assembly Assem lily room and in the afternoon at home attending to business I 1 wrote the following to all the tiie saints in in nauvoo F as the lord has revealed revea teil leil uno unto me that my enemies both of missouri and this tills state were again in pursuit of me and inasmuch as they pursue me without cause and have not the least shadow or coloring of justice or right on their side in the getting up lip of or their prosecutions me had inasmuch as thir pretensions rire fire birdall tir dall dail all ail founded in liis fils hood of or the blick blicke blackest est bt die I 1 have thought it expedient and wisdom it in me to leave lle ile lie place pine for a short season for my own safety and the safety of this people I 1 would say sav to all those with whom I 1 have business bu sines lines hat that I 1 have left my affairs with agents and clerks who will wi 1 transect transi ct all business in in a prompt and proper manner and will see that all rny my debts are cancelled in due time by turning out property or otherwise as the case may require or as the circumstances may admit of when men I 1 learn til ill tint it the storm is fully tally blown over then I 1 will return to you alfain again and as for the perils penis which I 1 am called to pass through they seem hitt but a smail small thing to me as the envy and wrath of man have hive been my common lot all the days das of my ilfe life and for whit cause it seems mysterious unless I 1 was ordained from before tile the foundation of the world for some good end or bad as you mtv m iv v choose to call it judge judae yi y for yourselves god all th aliese things ti lings whether whither it be good or bad but nevertheless dep water is what I 1 am mont wout to swim in ill it all has become a second nature to me and I 1 feel like hie piul ciul to glory in tribulation bu lation for to thi this day has the god of my fathers delivered me out of or them all end will deliver mo me from henceforth for be old and lo 10 I 1 shall triumph over all my enemies for the tile lord god hath bath spoken it let all the saints rejoices rejoice therefore and he be ex ceding eding c glad for israelis israels god is M their god and he will mete outa out a just recompense of reward 11 poll upon the heads of all your oppre oppressors sors and again verily thus saith the lord let the work of mv my temple and all the tiie works which I 1 have appointed unto you be continued anand on and not notecase cea a and let your bilig rice and your our perseverance and patience and your 5 our works be redoubled and you shall in no wise lo foe loe losea e your reward saith the lord of hosts and if ir they perse persecute ente ou so p persecuted r they the prophets and righteous ri ghieri laiq men that were before you ou for all alt this there is a reward 1 in I heaven and again I 1 give unto you a word in re latin relation to t the baptism for your dead verily thus ihus saith the lord unto you concerning your dead when any of you are baptized for your dead let there be a recorder and let him hint ba be an eye py witness of your baptisms let him hear with his li isears ears that he may testify of a arit truth til ill saith the lord that in in all your recordings it maybe recorded in heaven that whatsoever you 5 ou bind on eart earthway earth hmay may be b bound in heaven whatsoever oil yon loose on earth may be looked in heaven for fr I 1 am about to store restore re many anny things to the earth p to the priesthood saith saith baith the lord of hosts let all ail the record be hai bad in order that they may be plit put in the archives arch ives of or my koiv temple to be held in remembran remembrance cB from gener generation to tot generation s lith lle ile the lie lord of or hosts I 1 I 1 will say eay to all the tiie saints that I 1 desired with exceeding great desire to have addressed them from the stand on the subject of baptism for the dead on oil the following sabbath but inasmuch as it is out of my power to do so I 1 will write the word of til ill the ibe e lord from time to time oil on that that j subject and aud send it you by anuil as well as many other things linow I 1 now close my letter for the present for the wa want t of more time for the enemy is on the alert and as the savior said the prince of this world cometh but he lie hath nothing in fit me behold my prayer to god is that thit you ali all may be saved and wid I 1 subscribe myself yo your u r fervant servant in the lord prophet and seer sor of the th e ch of jesus christ of latter day saints JOSEPH SMITHS