Show LIFE OP OF JOSEPH SMITH monday ad I 1 was engaged in regulating the affairs of the school after which I 1 had my team prepared and sidney oliver Fre frederick derijk my scribe and a number of others went to willoughby to hear doctor deliver a lecture on the theory and practice of physic h sic call attends ea ed at mr Cush cushmans mans dined attended the lecture was treated with great respect throughout and returned hame lyman wight arrived from zion also george A and lyman smith returned from a mission after an absence of five months to the east the question was agitated whether frederick G williams or oliver cowdery should go to new york to make arrangements respecting a bookbindery book bindery they referred to me for a decision and hus ahus came the word of the lord to me saying it is ia not my my W will ill J that my servant frederick should gt go to nw new tork york but inasmuch as he wishes to go and visit his relations that he may warn them to flee the wrath to come let him go and see them for that purpose and let that be his only business and behold in this thing he shall be bless blessed edwith with power to overcome their prejudices verily thus saith the lord amen tuesday ad thus came the word of the th lord unto onto me concer concerning nim the twelve I 1 sa saying ving I 1 behold they are under condemnation because lecause they have not been sufficiently humble in my sight and in i n consequence of their covetous desires I 1 in that they have not dealt equally with each other in in the division divi siou of ane monies which 1 came into their hands nevertheless some of them dealt equally therefore they shall be rewarded but verily I 1 say may unto you they must all humble themselves before me before they will be accounted worthy to receive an en endowment doment to go forth in my name unto all nations i 1 I 1 tolo As a for i servant vv t william let lat the eleven humble in prayer and in faith and wait on me in patience and my servant william shaft aird I 1 will vil yet et make him a Vo polished lAshed ebarb iam my striver qt river ver in r a bringing down toe wickedness aad X ot of men and there shall be ww none mightier than he in via his day and generation ena bation neither less lossy if hn he r repent not speed by he shall be brought low and shall be chast ened sorely for all his big iniquities he has committed against me nevertheless the sid ain which he hath bath sinned against me is not even now more grievous i ev than the sin with which my servant gj david vid W patten and n my kv servant orson hyde and my servant wm win E MeL eflin hwe hive sin sinned ned against me and the residue are not sufficiently humble before me behold the parable which I 1 concerning 0 a man hanifl favl twelve sons for what man among w you having twelve sons and ia 6 no respecter to them and they serve him obediently and he be saith aith unto 0 ne be thou clothed in ro robes bes and sit it thou hwe and to the other be thou clothed in in raga a and nd sit thou there and upon his bris soni sons and saith I 1 am just ye te will answer aa ini faar no man and yo ye answer truly ruly there aply V J ly tats stith the lord your god I 1 a e they should be equal in ii their arini atry abdin their tedi portion artion 6 and in ina their rights r P W wherefore they have sinned alery grievo A inasmuch as they chev have haeem n veo ia I 1 lin 1 9 and have not n A wo a my voice oil ei I 1 1 I 1 r let them repent and pre arts hearts for the sot steinn elim a anda for aw aho ah gri great if a lt d day y which isto ir to come verily theil artith ak hp 6 lord amen X 1 i I 1 then went weft to assist in in organizing kofl ewers d a ra school called to order and ai made ade acme some irks upon the object oba beet of thio thia school V and fib k at necessity 9 olour 0 r rig 1 la y 41 our oarth i k d reigning reig up our oar min do to toa a senile 86 of df roe t object that lies HOT before us u vw vist that 00 ported doW metA that ged hae 11 in lwft the fail waw I 1 then dedicated the school in a MM of th the e I 1 lord jesus christ after the school was wag dismissed I 1 attended a patriarchal meeting fit at brother samuel smiths his cifes parents wera blessed atso also his child named su 8 amah at evening I 1 preached in the school house to a crowded congregation I 1 I 1 wednesday ay ath ah at home in the morning morning 1 I attended school during school hours made rapid progress in our studies in the evening lectured aured on grammar at home king follet amr ed from zion this day I 1 thursday ath attended school isaac morley T came i in n from the east this morning I 1 was c called to visit thomas burdick who was sick I 1 took my scribe with me me and we vre prayed for and laid our aur hands bands on him in the name of the lord J desm esis christ andr rebuked his affliction wm win E Me Lellin and orson onon hyde came cam in in and desired to hear the revelation concerning n the twelve my scribe read it to them they ax e s pressed some little tat bat their own hearts they aney ed aitto it to bethe word of the lorland lor dand said they were e satisfied after school ligham brigham young came in in an and desired also t to 0 heir hear it read after hearin hearing it he appeared perfectly satisfied in th the evening I 1 lectured on grammar friday ath at home attended be school h ool d during aring be school hours returned and spent the evening at home I 1 was this morning introduced trod to it a nyan from the east after hearing my name he remarked that I 1 was TiO nothing thing but a man indicating by this expression that he had bad supposed that a person to whom the lord should see fit to reveal his will must be something more thena man he seemed to have forgotten the saving that fell from the lips of st james that ellas was a man of like passions like unto us yet chehad he had such power with god that he in answer tobois to his prayers shut the heavens that they gave no rain for the space apace of three years years and six months ani and d again in answer to his the heavens gilve gave forth rain and the earth brought forth fruit and indeed such is the darkness and ignorance of this generation that they look upon it as incredible ible that a man should have any inter intercourse coupie with his hi a A maker aker saturday ath spent the day vt at home att attending en 1 I to mv domestic concerns the word of the th lord came cam e unto anto me saying behold I 1 am well pleased with my mv servant isaac morley and my servant edward partridge because of the in of their hearts in laboring in in my y vi vine ne taid for the salvation of the souls of men den verily I 1 say sav sa v unto you lyou their sins ains are forgiven them the therefore say unto them in my my name that it is my will that they ahey should tarri for a little season sean and attend th the school and also the solemn assembly for a wise purpose in me even eien so amen sunday fth went to meeting in the morning at th the usual hour Zeru babel snow preached a very interesting discourse in the afternoon joseph young 4 preached reached after preaching in 0 isaac hill came forward to maxe mase some remarks m k by way of confession he H had bad V previously been excommunicated from the church ch h for lying and for an attempt to seduce P f fe ei anle faiq ras as not satisfactory to I 1 my mind and john smith arose arose and made some remarks respecting the doings I 1 of 0 the high I 1 1 council in the case of said raid hill that is that he should make a public confession of his crime and have it published in the I 1 messenger and advocate he proposed that mr hill should now make his confession before the creation prea greza tion and then immediately observed that he had bad forgiven mr hill which was in contra diction to the sentiment he first advanced this I 1 attributed to an error in judgment not in design i president ident rigdon then arose and very ab raptly militated against the sentiment of uncle jo john hn which had a direct ten tendency deney to destroy his influence and bring him into disrepute disrepute in the eyes of the church which was not right he also misrepresented misrepresent et mr hills case and spread darkness rather than light upon the subject A vote of the church was then called on his case and he was restored without any further confession confes aion viz that he should be received into the church by baptism which was administered accordingly after I 1 returned home I 1 labored with undo john and convinced him that he was wag wrong and he made his confession to my s satisfaction n I 1 then went and labored with president rigdon and succeeded in convincing him also of his error which he confessed to my satisfaction the word of the lord came unto me saving saying that president phelps and president john chrt mer are under condemnation before the lord for their errors for which chev made satisfaction the same day I 1 also took up a labor with john corrill for not partaking of the sacrament be made his h is confession my wife for leaving the meeting before sacrament she madeno made no reply but bat manifested contrition by y weeping monday morning ath after breakfast mary whitcher teber came in and wished to see me I 1 van granted her request she gave 4 a relation of her grievances which fire unfathomable at present resent and if true sore indeed and I 1 pray Y my heavenly father to bring the truth of or the case to light that the reward due to evil doers may boiven be given them theia and that the afflicted and ad oppressed inny maybe be delivered while sitting i in n my house between ten and eleven this morning a man came in and introduced himself to me by the name of joshua the jeah minister his appearance was something singular having a bea beard rd about three inches in length quite quit grey also mis Ks hair was long and considerably egey ei silvered ail tv vered with age I 1 think him about 50 or 55 years old tall st slender built of thin vi visage 1 aage laue blue ey eyes es and fair I 1 complexion wore a sea green frock coat and pantaloons black fur hat with narrow brim and while speaking frequently shuts abuts his eyes with a scowl on his bis counte countenance natice I 1 made some inquiry after his name but received no definite answer we soon commenced talking on the subject of religion and after I 1 had made dorae remarks concerning the bible I 1 commenced giving him sl A relation of the circumstances connected with t the h e coming coining forth of the book of ft mormon stormon ormon as recorded in u the former part of this history I 1 while I 1 was waa relating a brief history of the establishment of tho the church of christ in 00 last days joshua seemed to 10 fie be highly entertained I 1 when I 1 had closed my mt narration I 1 observed that the hoar of worship and dinner had d arrived and invited hini him to tarry to which ahe consented after dinner the conversation awas as resumed and Josh joshwa proceeded to io maket isome 0 me remarks on the prophecies as follows he observed that he was aware that I 1 could bear stronger meat than many others tle therefore he should open his mind the more freely t daniel has told u us I 1 ahk ha ks ia to stand in his proper lot it the latter loatis days ta big ht vision he bet had j a riot right to th shut shot it up apy and abd also to open it is apin fagain af after many days or in ift latter times timea IDwal eis image whose ho head was ake 8 gold I 1 and bobyar body arms ms logs legs and feet was composed of the diffie different rent materials described in his vision represents different governments the golden I 1 n head bead was to represent eli king of babylon the other parts ot other her k kings I 1 borms torms of 0 governments which I 1 shall not jew BOW mention in detail but bat confine my remarks more I 1 or A particularly to the feet of the image the policy of the wicked spirit 11 rit is to separate what god h has s joined together elt or and unite what he be has separated which he has succeeded in bloing 00 ino to admiration in the present state of society le le ty which is like unto iron and clay there here is confusion in all thin things gs both politic bohland land and religious religion and notwithstanding anding all the efforts that are made to bring about a union society remains remains disunited and all attempts to bolte 1 her areas are as fruitless as to attempt to unite 41 ioa n and clay the feet of the image is the Mera meat 0 of these united states other nations aud kingdoms are looking up to her for an example oi of union freedom and d equal rig rights ats and therdore worship her like ai as daniel saw in the vision although they are beai beginning aming to lose I 1 confidence in her seeing the broils a aach al discord that distract her political cal and religious n horizon this thia image is characteristic of all governments ern ments we should leave babylon twenty four hours for improvement now is worth as much as a year a hundred years ago the spirit of the fathers that was out down or those that were under the altar are now rising this is the first resurrection the elder that falls first will rise last we should not form any opinion only for the present and leave the result of futurity with god I 1 h have ave rigen risen up out of obscurity but was looked up to when but a youth in temporal tem paral things thin it is not necessary that god should 91 give ve us all things in his first commission to us na but bat in his second john 8 saw aw the angel deliver the gospel os el in the last days the small adall lights M that a god has h as given I 1 is 8 a sufficient to lend us out oat of babylon when we get out we shall have the greder greater light I 1 I 1 told joshua I 1 did not understand his re on the resurrection and wished him to p v n he replied that he did not feel im se d by the spirit it to unfold it further at opre present gut out perhaps he might at some other time I 1 then withdrew to transact some business with a gentleman who called to see me I 1 when joshua joshu i informed my scribe that he was born I 1 in cambridge 1 washington county nw york he says that all the raier oads on canals nals and other imp improvements movements rove ments are performed by bv the spirits of the te resurrection the silence spoken of by john the revelator which is to cecin be in theaven eaven W for the space of half an hour is j 9 between I 1 t 18 and 1851 during which time the judgments of god will be poured out after that time there will be peace I 1 I 1 curiosity to see a man that was reputed repute ld to be a jew caused many to call during daring the day and more particularly in the evening suspicions were entert entertained aind that the said jo joshua sh na was the noted matthias of new york spoken so much of in the public prints on account of the trials he endured in that place before a court of justice for murder manslaughter contempt of obart court whipping his daughter ac for the last two crimes he was imprisoned find and came 0 out tit about four months since since after some equivocating he confessed that he realty really was matthias after Ft supper upper I 1 proposed that he should deliver a lecture to us he did so sitting inthis inicis chair he commenced by saying saving god said let there be light and there wai was light which he dwelt upon arh chiv hiv discourse he made some vey vety excellent remarks but his mind was waa evidently evidently filled with darkness after the congregation dispersed he conversed frealy upon ulon the circumstances that transpired at nw new york JJ hit name e is robert matthias he says that JON joshua is his big priestly name during daring all 11 this tinie I 1 did not contradict his sentiments wishing ini to draw out all that I 1 could concerning his hia faith mr beeman of new york came to ask advice of me whether he had bad better purchase lands in this vicinity tv as he cannot arrange bis big business to 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