Show LIFE OP OF JOSEPH SMITH the hi high h council met at my house on the to tate take into consideration the redemption on of zion and it was the voice of the spirit of the lord that we ne petition the governor that is 1 those who have been driven out oat should petition to be set back on their own lands next 8 spring r i ng and that we go next season to live or tie die on our oar own lands which we have purchased in jackson county missouri we truy had a good time and coveri covenanted anted to struggle for this thing until death shall dissolve th the union and if one falls that the remainder be not discouraged a but pursue this object until it is accomplished p daod shed which may god grant unto us in the name of jesus christ our lord also this day drew up a subscription for enrolling the names of those who are willing to gp up to missouri next spring and settle and I 1 I 1 ask god in the name of jesus that we may obtain eight huna hundred or one thousand emigrants I 1 spent the at home this morning the twelve returned from their mission to the east and on the same day the council of the presidency of the church consisting of joseph smith junior Sidney Rigdon david davia whitmer W W phelps john whitmer b hyrum smith and oliver cowder cowdery y met to consider the case of the twelve who had previously b been 0 en reproved in consequence of certain letters and reports coming to the ears of the council first the items contained warren A cow derys letter in connection with certain other reports derogatory to the character and teaching of the twelve were considered and from the testimony of several witnesses the twelve it was proved before the bouncil oo eo uncil that sa said d complaints originated in the minds of perz persons who were darkened in consequence of covetousness or some other cause rather than the spirit of truth second one ite item m contained in wm win E letter to his bi wife express expressing I 1 dist 1 af action with president Kig Rig dons school elder 0 hyde was also designated wit with h him me mc lellin or blamed in the matter in which they were f found to be in the fault which the they frankly aa confessed and were forgiven and au things satisfactorily settled sunday the I 1 attended meeting elders thomas B marsh david W patten brigham young and reber heber 0 kimball preached and broke bread the lord poured out his spirit and my soul was edified the high council met for the trial of gladdon bisho bishop I 1 on a charge preferred by the twel twelve ve for advancing heretical doctrines which were derogatory derogator g to the character of the church charch 11 elder william smith testified that when elder bishop was conversing with a brother concerning the two witnesses mentioned by the prophets he said he might i ht be 01 one ne of them and he might be one himself himsel mif that he intended to prophesy the night that an advertisement was put up by an enemy saying saving that the mormon pro prophet phet and others were were to be sold by auction in public that he would not be surprised if the man that put up the advertisement should die at the time of we sale elder young corroborated the foregoing and said that bishop was very erroneous in in hit his tenets of faith elder boynton concurred elder marsh said id that bishop frequently told of women falling fallin in t love lore with him and observed frequently frequents V w when ell passing people that they felt his spirit also that he was so BO indolent his presence was oppressive elder L johnson testified that on trial before the twelve for error in doctrine such as that he might be one of the two witnesses and that he ought not to travel and preach on account of the women so often falling in love with him he was not humble when reproved but justified himself and preferred a charge against the courtil council for harsh treatment elder wm win smith said that bishop after taking a stand against the council filkill finally y said it was all right they had dealt with him in righteousness elders marsh and young corroborated the above that he yielded after being overcome also that he be was capable of magnifying his office if he would F elder lar kimball concurred in the above also that bishop said after he saw his case was hopeless that the council had turned him wrong side out elder john P green concurred in full and in in addition to the above that he was so indolent that he would not help himself to a drink of water after the pleas of the counsellors coun and the case was submitted for decision brother bishop arose and made a humble confession for his transgression and asked forgiveness of the high council and all the church that he intended to learn wisdom from the revelations that god had agven given and submitted himself to the decision of the court being perfectly satisfied with abe e whole course of the trial after the president decided that the counsel of the ifie twelve on this case was in in also that his confession be published lis abed in hi the Me messenger Anvor and abid advocate Advocat ej and he be received in i fuu fellowship and receive his ordination and licence as before which the council concurred in and bro bishop was or darned by the court an older elder W PARRISH clerk an attempt was waa made in the foregoing council to criminate the twelve before the high council for cutting off gladdon gladden bishop at the their i r bradford df d conference but the attempt totally failed I 1 decided that the high council had nothing to do with the twelve or the decisions of the twelve but if the twelve erred they were accountable only to the general council of the authorities of the whole church according in to the revelations in in the afternoon a charge of adultery was preferred against lorenzo lorenao L lewis lawis on jeneral general report circulating among the brethren to which he plead not g guilty ni ft ty and the charge ws was changed to an illicit intercourse with a female lewis confessed that he had disgraced the giri himself and the church but not guilty of tha charge after hearing the testimony of witnesses marsh mcclellin Mc Lellin patten and wm smith and the pleadings elder lewis ca confess nf esa ed that he had done wic wickedly 19 edly and had made alf 94 the reparation r aaion he could in his confession in the ea early rr ay part of this lit litigation aaion and required ial his name to be taken off from I 1 oin the church records or dispose of him according tet the mind of the spirit and submitted to the decision ol of the court the court decided that bro lorenzo L lewis be cut off from the chur church rech bee being ilung satisfied that the charge preferred is substantiated b by evidence and the spirit of the lord but if je he repent and humble himself to the satisfaction is of the church he should be received into it again and receive his license and the council adjourned till morning the high council met on the and heard beard a chup charge against elder allen aden avery on an wt w peal case from an elders court in zion who took away his hia license for rebelling rea a against their decision bro avery frankl frankly and readily complied with tho the requisitions revisit ions of ol 01 the council cc and I 1 the president decided that he be resto restored red to fellowship and receive his license in these cuss cases I 1 acted on the part of the defence for the accused to plead for mercy the lord blessed my soul and the council was greatly blessed also and much good will result goin from our labors I 1 was at home on the and was visited by many who came to inquire after the work of the lord october 1835 this afternoon I 1 labored on the egyptian alphabet in company with bros 0 cowdery bowdery and ana W W phelps and during ring the research the principles of ast astronomy as ag I 1 un understood der stood by father abraham and the ancients unfolded to our understanding the particulars Ps r tic ulars of which will appear hereafter on the ad I 1 wrote the following letter aorl or publication in the messenger and advocate I 1 I 1 I 1 continued from the let of september TO THE ELDERS OF THE CHURCH OF LATTER DAY SAINTS at tho the close of my letter in the september number of the c massenge CM Mes e 88 enger and advocate I 1 promised to continue the subject there com fenced I 1 do so with a hopp hope that it may be a i benefit and a means of assistance in their labore labora while they are com batting the prejudices ces of a crooked and perverse generation I b by y having I 1 ng in their t h air possession the facts of my religious principles I 1 es which are misrepresented anted by almost a all 1 those whose crafts are in danger by the same and also to aid those who are anxiously inquiring and have been excited to do so from rumor in in ascertaining correctly what my principles are I 1 have been drawn into this course of proceeding by persecution that is brought upon us from false rumor and misrop presentations concerning my sentiments senti menta but to proceed in the letter alluded to the pr principles in cip je of repentance and baptism for the of miss are not only set forth hut but man many passages of scripture were quoted clearly 1 elucidating I the subject 4 let me add I 1 do I 1 positively r rely el upon the truth and veracity of those principles principles inculcated in the new testament and then pass from the above named items on to the item or subject of the gathering gra I 1 and show my views views up upon on this point which is in an item I 1 esteem to be of the greatest importance to those who are looting looking for salvation in this generation enervation ene ration or in in these what may be called the latter times as till all the prophets that have written from the days of righteous ahei I 1 down to the last man that has left any testimony on record f for or our consideration in speaking of the salvation of israel in the list last days goes directly to show that it consists in the work of the gathering firstly I 1 shall begin by quoting from the EOP prophecy hec y of enoch J speaking t of the last days righteousness will I 1 send down out oat of heaven and truth will I 1 send forth out of the earth to t 0 bear testimony of mine only begotten his re resurrection s ur from the dead this thia resurrection I 1 understand to be the cor corporeal oreal body yes yea and also the resurrection of alt all men I 1 righteousness righteous nes and truth will I 1 cause to sweep the t e earth aj ai with a flood to gather out mine own elect fron the four quarters of the earth unto a which I 1 shall prepare a holy city that my peo le may gird up loins and ana oe looking forth forth for the time of my coming for there ahal be my tabernacle and it shall be called zion i new jerusalem now I 1 understand by this question that god 1 clearly I ea manifested to enoch the redemption which wit i h he prepared by offering the messiah as a lamb lain from before the foundation of the world by virtue of the same the glorious resurrection urresti ur on of the savior and the resurrection ol 01 all the human family even a resurrection of their cor corporeal boreal bodies and also righteous righteousness nese and truth to sweep the earth as with a flood and now I 1 ask now bow righteousness and trull are going to sweep the earth as with a flood I 1 will answer men and an angels eels are to be co cc work ers in bringing to pass this great reat work and zion is ie to be prepared even a new jerusalem tor for the elect that are to be gathered from the four quarters arter of the earth and to be established an holy W ly city for the tabernacle of the lord shall be with them now enoch was in good company in his views views upon on this subject see revelations 21 3 and I 1 heard a great voice out of heaven saying behold the tabernacle of god is with men and he will dwell with them and they shall be his people and god himself shall be with them th em and be their god I 1 I 1 discover by this quotation that john upon the isle of patmos saw the same things concerning the last days which enoch saw but before the tabernacle can be with men the elect must be gathered from the four quarters of the earth and nd to show further upon this subject of the gathering moses masea after having pronounced the blessing and the cursing upon the children of israel for their obedience or disobedience bedi be ence says thus and it shall come to pass when all these things are come upon thee the blesse blessing i and the curse which I 1 have set before thee aniton and thou call them to mind among all the nations whither the lord thy god hath driven thee aad thou shall return unto the lord thy god and d shall obey his voice according to all 11 that I 1 command thee this day thou and thy children chill dreen with all thine heart and with all thy soul then the lord thy god god will turn thy 2 C captivity and have compassion on thee the and will return and gather ther thee from all the nations whither the fa lord thy god hath scattered thee and if any of thine be driven out unto the utmost parts of heaven I 1 from thence will the lord thy god gather thee and from thence will he fetch etch f thee it has been said by many of tho the learned and w wife men or lust historians that the indians indiana or ai aidines gines 0 of this continent are of the scatter alge 0 of f israel it has been conjectured by F others r that the aborigines of this continual are no not of the tribes of israel but the ten tribes have been led away into some unknown regions of the north let this be as it may the pro becy I 1 have just quoted will fetch them in ze e last days and place them in the land which their fathers possessed and you will find in the ath verse of the chapter quoted hi A S th the lord thy god win will put all these curses thins thine enemies and on them that hate thee t aba persecuted thee uday may say that this scripture is fulfilled bet let them mark carefully what the prophet my MS if any are driven out unto the utmost parts of heaven which must mean the breadths of the ae earth now this promise is good to any if there should be such that thai are driven ota oitt even in the last days therefore the child rea ran of the fathers have claim u unto n to this da day and if these curses are to be laid avez qa the heads ad b en enemies enties wo be unto the boole of mormon page first edition wo 0 unto the unbelieving of the gentiles saith the father and again see book of mormon page which says behold this people win will 1 I 1 establish in this laud land unto the fulci fulfilling ailing of the covenant which I 1 made with your 0 fath father er jacob and it shall be a new jerus jerusalem alem 11 now we learn from the book of mormon the very identical continent and spot of land upon which the new jerusalem is to stand and it must be caught up according to the vision of john upon the isle of patmos now many will feel disposed to say any that this new jerusalem spoken of is is the jerusalem that was built by the jews on the eastern continent but you will see from revelations 21 2 there was a new jerusalem coming down from god out of heaven adorned arned as a bride for her husband that after this the revelator was as caught a way away in the spirit to a great and high mountain n and saw tho the great and holy city descending i out of heaven from god now there are two 0 cities spoken of here as everything cannot pe e h had in so narrow a compass as a letter I 1 shall say with brevit brevity that there is a nenje new jerusalem to be established on this continent and aad also the new jerusalem shall be rebuilt on tiie eastern continent see book of mormon bage behold ether saw the days of christ rod h he ak also concerning the house of israel ana and me the jerusalem from whence lehi should I 1 come after it sho should ul d be destro destroyed I 1 it should be b built ui it up again a h holy 0 I 1 y city unto the lord rd wherefore it could not be a new 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