Show IC I 1 copyright secured I 1 HISTORY OP OF JOSEPH seith selth 1841 extract of a letter from parley P pratt fritt manchester england ori on the tha goth of september the ship lyrean Ty rean sailed froin from liverpool for new orleans under a charter charier of the latter day saints she had upwards of two hundred saints on board with eldr joseph fielding at their head bead by chartering we saved the tha company at least or GOO dollars tila tiia splendid new ship chaos 1200 tons burthen will sill sail on oil the ath of november under our charter she will llave bave from one to two hundred saints on ou board with patriarch peter melling at their head the saints in ili this country are generally gener tilly rejoicing jo Ol and filled with tile the testimony of jesus great zeal is manifested by the officers offie ers in general of whom there are probably more than a thousand we are increasing in numbers and in gifts and blessings new branches brandies of the church are rising in ili many places and great additions made mado to the old ones manchester and vicinity has poured forth a stream of or emigration for the llie last eighteen months and still we numbered at our conference two weeks ago ago near sixteen hundred members and between 0 one ne and two hundred officers sli a pil 11 these within one hours journey of manchester there has been a general time of pruning we have bave cut off upwards of one hundred members from this conference in a few months this causes the young and tender branches to grow with douste doub ie vig tig vigor or 11 thursday 28 copy of a letter of attorney from joseph smith sole trustee in trust for the church of jesus christ of latter litter day saints 1 to reuben mcbride of kirtland ohio know all men by these presents that I 1 joseph smith of nauvoo hancock cou county city and ani state of illinois sole sola trustee in trust for the tiie church of jesus christ of latter day saints have made constituted and appointed and by these presents do make constitute and ap appoint reuben me bride of of f kirtland kielland Ki rlland lake county and state of ohio my true and lawful attorney for me and ili in my name and for ra my y use as sole trustee in trust for the church of jesus christ of latter day saints to ask demand sue for recover and receive all such sum or sums of money debts goods wares and other demands demand which are or shall be due owing payable or belonging to me as trustee in trust as aforesaid by any M anner manner or means whatsoever also to dispo e o of it in my name to grant bargain sell release and confirm all or any part of my real f state estate as trustee in ili trust as aforesaid in end and about kirtland lake county and stale state of ohio and throughout any of the northern and eastern states and to receive all such sum or sums suing of money accruing for me and slid for my use as sole trustee in trust for the chinch of jesus christ cf latter day saint saints and to take up the power of attorney which I 1 gave to oliver granger and all the p apers pipers and obligations 0 of f every description sil siy specified edified ther therein elay eias or in his lih possession ly by virtue birtile and to settle tile the same in ili my name for me and for my use aa as above described and I 1 cs as trustee in ili trust as aforesaid hereby give and grant unto the said reuben McBri ae my attorney full power and authority in ili and about the premises to have use lse and take all lawful ways and aad means in my name for the tha purposes afore ai dand upon the receipt of any such debts dues or sums of money as the tile caso case may be bej acquit or other sufficient discharges for me and in my name as aforesaid trustee to make and give and slid generally to do all other acts and things in the law whatsoever needful and necessary to be doue done in the b before fore mentioned pisces for me and ili in my mv name namo as aforesaid trustee to do execute and perform as fully and to all intents and as I 1 might or could do if personally present hereby ratifying ail and whatsoever my said attorney shall in the tha places above specified by virtue hereof in ili witness whereof I 1 have hereunto st s t my hand and seal this dav of october 1841 1641 JOSEPH SMITH LS witness john taylor jobu S fullmer friday 29 those of the twelve Apo apostles aties atles who were in nauvoo met in council saturday 30 I 1 attended the city council end spoke against the council remitting a assessed against john eagle by a jury of twelve men imen considering that the jury kight might bs be as sens seas ble men as any of the tho city council and aad I 1 a aked asked ked the council not to remit he the fine lyman wight willard richards and wilford woodruff were elected councilors councillors counci lors and hiram kinball kimball and george IV harris aldermen 1 I 1 ili in obedience t to an order from the ha mayor I 1 called out two companies of the nauvoo legion and rier removed noved a grog shop kept by pulaski S cahoon hoon which had been declared a nuisance by the city council the grand armory in the tho tower of london destroyed by bv fire ar arld arid d amongst the military trophies stand of arms sunday 31 1 I was in council with the breth ren at brother hyrams office attended a council with the twelve apostles benjamin winchester belul being present complained that he be had been neglected aud and misrepresented by the elders and manifested a contentious gave him n i severe reproof telling him of his fully folly and vanity and showing hini him that the principles which lie he suffered to control him would lead i lihn him to destruction I 1 counseled him bim to change his bis course counse course govern his disposition and quit his and slandering his brethren I 1 I 1 instructed the council on many principles pertaining to the gathering of the nations nati ors ons the wicked wickedness ws and downfall of this tilis generation ac after having received tile the following minutes A conference was held at kirtland ohio oct 2 1841 aimon almon IV W babbitt president and william IV phelps clerk resolved that thomas burdick durdick Bu bishop or kirtland and hs jus counselors be constituted a company to establish a press in kirtland and publish a religious paper entitled alie olive leaf and that the tiie saints adjacent ie be solicited to carry carny the above resolution into effect my brother hyrum wrote to the brethren in kirtland of which the following is an extract I 1 all the saints that dwell ili in that land are commanded to come away for this is thus saith the lord therefore pay out no monies nor properties for houses nor lands in that country for if you do you wi wil wll ll 11 lose them for the time shall come that you shall not possess them ili in peace pence but shall be with a sore rg yet your youn children may possess them but not until many years shall pass away and as to the organization of that branch bratich of the church it is 13 not according ec to the spirit and will of god gud and as to the desi designs us of the thes leading members of that branch relative to the printing press and the he ordaining of elders and sending out elders to beg for the poor are not according to the will of god and in these things they shall not prosper for they have neglected the house of the lord the baptismal font in this place wherein their dead may be redeemed i and the key of knowledge that unfolds the lle ile lie di dispensation pen of the bulnes of times may be turned and the mysteries of god be unfolded upon which their salvation and the salvation of tile the world and the redemption of their dead depends for thus I 1 saith the lord there shall not be a general asi for a general conference assembled together until the house of the lord shall be fidis finis finished hedy bedy and i I 1 the baptismal rort fort and if it we are not diligent tile he i i church shall be rejected and their dead alo also the lord therefore dear brethren bretl inen iren any I 1 cee clines otherwise than to put forth their hands 1 I 1 with their might to do this work is not according to the will of god and shall not prosper there fore tarry not 1 in any place whatever but come orth forth unto this tilis place ace from all the world until it is is filled up and po policed poli poll lilied hed and sanctified according 1 to my word saith salih the lord come ye yo forth from i the fhe ends ot of the earth that I 1 may illde hide you from I 1 mine indignation that shall scourge the wicked a and nd then I 1 will send forth and build up kirti kirli land and it shall be polished and refined according to my word therefore your doings and i byoir organizations and designs in printing or any of your conics conn coun cs are not tot of me the lord even EO ro amen I 1 HYRUM hynum SMITH I 1 patriarch for the whole church I 1 monday november 11 I 1 I 1 attended the city I 1 council spoke and acted on many local matter matters i and contended at great len ien lenth length th against paying pay inc ing the j owner of a city nuisance damages susa sustained ined by i the removal of that nuisance sidney rigdon resided resigned his seat in the city council on ac corint of ill health tuesday 21 2 I 1 executed the following letters know all men by these prese arese ants that whereas 1 joseph ljoseph smith of hancock county and state of illinois in and by my letter of or attorney did make mako and constitute and appoint almon aimon W babbitt of same place my attorney in my idame name and for my use to recover and receive all all alt debts and sums of money whal whatsoever due to j me in and about kirtland and elsewhere and to bargain sell confirm lease lesse and ard release all 1 my real estate in and about kirtland in the state oi of 1 ohio as by the ilia said letter may appear now know yo that 1 I joseph smith have revoked i countermanded annulled and made void and by j these present do revoke countermand annul i and make void the said letter of ut torney attorney and all power and authority hereby thereby given or intended to be given to th the sll sli said eid almon aimon W dab Eab babbitt bitt in witness my hand and seal this second day of november in the year of our lord one thousand I 1 eiph elph eight t h hundred a nd red and forty 0 one ne JOSEPH SMITH LS and further know ye that 1 I the said joseph i smith do by theer presents anke constitute and I 1 appoint reuben mcbride of KI Kitlan land dand and state stata of ohio my my true and rind lawful attorney in the place of almon agon W babbitt superseded for me and in my name and for my use to ak wk demand sue for recover and receive all such sum or sums of money debts goods wares and other demands whatsoever and to bargain seil self convey and comfit in lease and rele relee kro iso nily any part or all of my real estate ili in and about kirtland or elsewhere within the tha state of ohio giving and granting unto my said attorney by these presents full till power and authority m n and about tile the premises to have use and take all lawful means in my rn y name for the purposes aforesaid and upon the receipt of any such debts dues or sums of money as ag the case may be acquit or other sufficient discharges for me and in my name to make and give and generally to do all other acts and things in the tilo lav law whatsoever needful and necessary to bo be done dona in and about the premises for me and in it my name to do execute and perform as fully and to all intents and purposes as I 1 might or could do if personally present hereby ratifying and confirming all and whatsoever my try said attorney shall lawfully do in jia and about the premises by virtue hereof ili in witness whereof I 1 have hereunto set my hand and seal this second day of november in the tha year of our lord one thousand eight hundred and forty one i JOSEPH SMITH LS ino inn S fullmer in presence of jass tims pm backenstos saturday 6 wilford woodruff took the oath oatha as a councilor in the city council sunday 7 elder william 0 clark dark preached about two hours reproving the saints for a lack of sanctity and a want of holy living enjoining sanctity solemnity and temperance in the extreme ill in the rigid sectarian style I 1 reproved him as pharisaical and hypocritical and not edifying the people and showed th the saints what temperance lith filth virtue chari charl charity ty and truth were I 1 charged the saints not to follow the example of the adversary in ili accusing the brethren and said if you do not accuse each other god will wll not accuse vou you you if you have no accuser you will enter li heaven eaven and if it you vill will follow the revelations and instructions which god gives you through me I 1 will take you into heaven as my back load if you will wi not accuse me I 1 will not accuse you if ir you will throw a cloak of charity over my ains tins I 1 will over yours for charity coverett cov ereth a multitude of sins sius what many brearte people p 0 0 call an 1 gin sin is not sin I 1 do many things to break down w superstition and I 1 will wih break it down I 1 referred to the curse cursa of ham flam for laughing at noah while in his wine but doing no harm barm noali noah was a righteous man mail and yet eie tie he drank wine and became intoxicated the tho lord did not forsake him ili in consequence ther thereof eor for ho lie retained ail all the power of his priesthood and when ha he was accused by lie cursed him hirn by the priesthood which lie ho held heid and the lord had hid respect to his word and the which lie he heij beij notwithstanding ha he was drunk and the curse remains upon the posterity of cainaru until the present day in tho tile pm I 1 attended a council of or the till elders at my council room relative to some ili in which my brother william WiIl Lini hrdi was interested monday 8 at figo five oc lork pm I 1 attended the dedication of tha the baptismal font tont in ili the lords house president briam brigham youil was spokes mw the baptismal font ki situated in the centre of the basement room under the tile main hall of the tile temple tempie it is constructed or pine timber limber th riber and put together of saves stares tongued and grooved geo gpo oved oval shaped sixteen feet iong long east and west and twelve feet wide seven feet hi hiah h from the tho foundation tile tho hasin basin four feer feel serpuhe deep derp nhe Uhe mo of the tho cap ap and basa are formed of beautiful carved I 1 work in in arili antique que quo style the tho sides si desare ane are finished with panel work A flight of stairs in the tile north and south sides leading up and down into the basin bain guarded by side railing the tho font stands upon twelve oxen four on each side and two at each end their heads shoulders and fore legs legg projecting out from under the font they are carved out of pine plank glued tom tor together ther and copied after the most beautiful five year old od steer that could be found in ili the country and they are ail an excellent striking likeness of the original the tile horns werd geometrically formed after the tho most perfect hora that vint could be procured I 1 the tho oxen and ornamental of tile the font werd were carved b by y eder eider E liah I 1 fordham ord liam llam from the tho city of new york which occupied eight months of time the font was wag en enclose closet ij by a temporary frame bul hul bu balding ding iding sided up with plit split oak clapboards with a roof of f the tha same material and was so low that the timbers limbers of the tho first story were laid above it the tha water was from a well thirty feet deep ili in the tile east bcd of the tile basement anis font was built for tile tho baptisms for tile tiie dad dyad until the thel temple tempie shall be finished when wilen a more durable one will supply its piece I 1 received a letter from N K X Wi whitney litney stating that tha lie he had bad purchased worth of goods for 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