Show copyright secured 1 HISTORY or OF JOSEPH SMITH JULY 1838 tuesday about this time I 1 visited ad a ain nt ondi ahman in ia company with president rio rigdon n don brother hyrum and george IN robinson this mornin morning 0 the counsellors Coun of the camp drew up six resolutions ong which were un anani 1 I mansly adopted in substance suba tance as aa follows the Eg engineer ineer shall receive advice from the couns Coun counsellors eldors concerning his duties 2nd and at four A M X the horn shall blow for rising and at 20 minutes past four for prayers at w which time each overseer shall see that the inmates of his tent are ready for worship 3rd ard the head of each division shall keep a roll of his able bodied men to stand guard in turn i as called for by the engineer one half in the if former oriner the other half in in the latter part of the n night title ht ath Z each ach company of the camp is entitled dlo jo an equal proportion of the milk whether they own the alte cows or not ath I 1 thomas butterfield shall be appointed herdsman ma n to drive the cows and stock and see that they are taken care of and call for assistance when needed ath that in no case at present shall the camp C i mp move more than 15 miles per day unless circum circumstance absolutely require it the camp moved six miles milea this day and encamped near akron on the ohio canal where they lightened lighten etl their loads by patting some of their goods on OB a boat to be conveyed by water 11 wednesday 1 alth ith 10 A M X E ider elder child died and was buried at 1 p M u the camp moved eleven miles and tarried over night at I 1 chippeway and although they were thoroughly drenched with a heavy shower and retired to td their lodgings Z wet one man who bud bad been I 1 troubled with the rheumatism said next nex t morning I 1 thursday he had not felt so well and I 1 a spry ry for a long time camp travelled to wayne 17 1 miles having some rain and a little muri mering mering frily friday passed on to mohican 17 miles I 1 exciting great curiosity among the inhabitants 1 1 attended with some hard speeches about jo smith while one honest looking looking a dutchman atchman D said he wished he was ready to go along with them I 1 saturday the camp moved tp mifflin 10 miles this was the first day sinco since leaving kirt land that they did not break one or more wagons N B baldwin preferred a charge against abr abraham aarm bond for mar mering and other unchristian like conduct after hearing both parties the council referred thorn thom to the company of their own tent for settlement sunday the camp was engaged in preaching the first principles of 0 the gospel anil and many came to listen munday monday travelled 36 16 encamped at springfield three or four miles east of the camp WAS met by he county sheriff his deputy and and mr stringer who had taken out a warrant for several of the brethren for kirtland safety 8 society oci ety money and took josiah butterfield Jou jonathan athan dunham and jonathan H hale for joseph young aud and committed them to goal many threats were rt reported that the auw camp should not pass mansfield field but they were disturbed only by the repeated d discharge i of cannon to f frighten i ht 1 en their horses ii as they passed the court tyl houas 4 ui 1 1 I 1 I 1 tuesday the camp 16 wiles miles and paw bed their tents on the ai ria eiB la whet stone township IP at 7 P M U the court wits in N f M P s 1 p f I 1 e M J I 1 prisoner brethren was called up at eight this morning but no bill was found farind I and they were discharged at four minutes past 1 one P M x and joined the camp at seven having it travelled 22 miles while in prison they prayed and sung and rejoiced ted that they were counted worthy to suffer lor for christs sake and in the night a I 1 light h t equal to noonday burst barst into the prison elg elder de dunham took out his watch and saw that it was three minutes past one and he received a testimony that they would be liberated the same chour hour that afternoon which proved true trae wednesday morning the council appointed dominions dominicus carter carte commissary odthe camp at one P M the camp halted to refresh on the edge of a prairie tle the first privilege they had enjoyed without paying for it and encamped I 1 in the town of grand prairie 16 miles thursday travelled 7 12 1 2 miles and encamped I 1 on a prairie in aline for the first time in their travels this day they fell in with a of the wyandot tribe elder parker 0 gave a ave him the stick of if joseph which pleased him much when he saw the camp movin moving 0 he exclaimed J I 1 dis surprise sur prize me ane I 1 friday morning the council reproved I 1 some of the camp for their covetousness and complaining and were told they must leave off I 1 all such evit evil practices and banish such feelings feeling or they would be scattered to the four winds encamped this night in the highway about one I 1 mile from burlington 9 12 1 2 miles travel the company was thoroughly wet by a heavy shower this night saturday roads very muddy and bad some and not half balf food enough for dinner and some were hungry enough to eat raw co corn rn before they could procure supper travelled 16 miles and encamped by the road side seven miles from the sciota river sunday the camp was obliged to travel part p art of the day to get get forage received a salute of rotten eggs fron from a house as they passed administered nii ered the sacrament for the first time on their journey some time during this night ZD a luminous body about the size of of a cannon 1 i ball came down over the encampment near the I 1 ground then whirled around some forty or fifty times anti moved off in a horizontal direction passing out of sight miles from kirtland monday n d ay 2 3 rd a wheel of a wagon heavily loaded ran over the lea leg of elder pecks son which nearly severed the tiesh flesh to the bone elder peck laid his hands on his son in the name of the lord and he was vaa able to walk and the next morning 0 1 there was not so much as a colored spot to be seen on the leg tuesday while the sisters were washing the brethren chopped seven acres of underwood and reaped and baund three acres of wheat for which they received laou thursday the first presidency high council and bishops court assembled at far west to dispose of the public properties of the church in the hands of the bishop many of the brethren bre teren ha having vin consecrated their surplus property ac according cordin to the revelations it was agreed hat the first presidency should keep all their properties that they could coald dispose of to a advantage d van t age for their r support mip port and the remainder be put into the hands of df the bishop or bishops according ac cordina to the commandments moved seconded and carried unanimously 1st ast that the first presidency shall have their expenses defrayed in going 1 to and returning returning from adam ondi ahcarn I 1 equally by tho the bis biah h place tra expenses expense a of the first presidency shall be defrayed 3rd ard that the bishop be authorized to pay orders orders coming coming 0 from the east inasmuch as they will consecrate liberally but this is to I 1 be done under the i inspection ns ec t ion 0 of f the first I 1 presidency jtb ath th that a t lo 10 the first presidency I 1 shall have the prerogative to say to the whose orders shall or may be paid by him in this place or in his jurisdiction 6 oth tb i that the bishop of zion receive all consecrations east west and south who are not in the jurisdiction of a bishop of any other staked ath that we use our oar influence to put out a ston to the selling 0 of liquors in the city far west wes or in ia our midst that our may not be filled ailed wa with th drunkenness drun keneas keness and that we usi use our influence to bring down the price of provisions ath that brother william W phelps be requested to draw up a petition to locate the county seat at far west friday the camp could not buy forage e because they were mormons cormons Mor mons and one ma man n threatened to shoot captain dunham the engineer saturday I 1 left far west for adam ondi ahman in company with president ri rigdon don to transact some important business and to settle some canadian cana d an brethren in that place p 1 ace as they are emigrating rapidly to this land from all parts of tho the country elder babbit with liis his company from canada hais hab arrived and bather turley is with him sunday elders kimball Kir atall and hyda preached at far west having juist returned from evaland Eit En a gland aland monday the circuit court sat in ia far west judge king presiding brother boud bond was ped by the camp fur for murmuring i n dg and not giving heed to counsel I 1 returned this evening evelino from adam ondi ahman to par far west with president rigdon ri don tuesday alst attended the circuit court awhile and received a visit from judge king some time in july we succeeded I 1 in a publishing the third number of the elders eldera journ L il joseph joaeph smith juiia junior I 1 or editor T B marsh printer and publisher in this number of the journal was published the following following epistle of david W patten one of the twe twelve ive apostles of the last days 11 to the saints scattered abroad 4 dear brethren whereas many ove have taken in hand to bo set forth the I 1 kingdom k ing d om of god on I 1 earth and have testified of the grace of god aS given unto them to publish unto you I 1 also alao feet fed it my duty to write unto you touching the i grice grace of god given unto me to you ward con I 1 corning tho dispensation we have received I 1 which is the greatest greutert of all dispensations and his has been spoken of by the mouth of all the holy j prophets since since the world began I 1 I 1 in th this is my comma communication ni cation to you I 1 design to notice ice some of prophecies now it the apostle paul says on this wise for I 1 would not brethren that you should be ignorant of this mystery test lest you should be wise in in your own cono conceit eit that blindness in in part lifts his happened I 1 unto unco lt rael until the falness of the gen tiles be come in and so all israel shall be saved 1 a as it is written there shall come comae out of zion a deliverer and shall tran away ungodliness from jacob what is it that he says for I 1 would not h hae av e y you ou it ignorant borant 11 ignorant of what why wit Y of this mystery that blindness in part had happened unto israel and to what end why that salvation might come unto the gen allet see romans R omans iltz chapter and f them ba t the riches i 1 I 1 V finishing lini ini shirt shing Q or of them the I 1 riches of the gentiles how T much more their falness ful ness for I 1 speak to you gentiles inasmuch as I 1 am an apostle to the gentiles I 1 m magnify ag if y mine mine i 0 office noy now we are to u understand n the apostle as speaking of the return of israel when he said how much more their falness ful ness in their return for I 1 would not 1 haye have you yea ignorant concerning this matter that blindness will depart from them in ia the da day y that the falness of the gentiles is come in in and the reason is very obvious because it is said that out oat of zion shall come the deliverer 1 erdi and for what cause why that the 1 word of god might be fulfilled that this deliverer I 1 might through the grace and mercy of I 1 god turo away ungodliness from jacob this I 1 work evidently commences at the time god begins I 1 to take the darkness from the minds of israel for this will be the work of god by the deliverer fr for he shall turn away ungodliness from the whole family of jacob for this is my covenant with them when I 1 shall take away I 1 their ll 11 now then we can soe see that this deliverer is a kind of Harbi harbinger noler 0 or forerunner that is one that is sent to prepare the way for another and this deliverer is such a one for he be comes to turn away ungodliness from jacob consequently he must receive a dispensation and authority suitable to his calling or he not turn away wa ungodliness from jacob nor fulfill the scriptures but the words of the prophet must be fal fulfilled filled and in order to do this to this messenger must be given the dispensation of the fullness of times according to the prophets for paul says again in speaking of the dispensation pensa tion of the fullness of times ephesians laty ath having havin 0 C made known unto us the mys mystery t ery of his will according to his good pleasure which he had bad purposed in himself that is in the dispena dispensation tion of the fullness of times he mi might bt gather together in one all thin things ms in in christ ch bilz both chich aro are in heaven and which are on earth in him 11 and isaiah sa says I 1 ya 1 in the I 1 I 1 th chap er alth verse and it sh shall 1 11 come to pass in that that the lord shall set his hand band aaen again the second time to recover recover the remnant ot his people now is the time thit that the deliverer shall come out ot of zion and turn away ungodliness irom from the house ot of israel now the lord has said that he would set his hand band the second time and we ask for what but to recover the house of ot jacob prom from what have the they y fallen most assuredly they have broken the covenant that led god had made with their I 1 fathers and through their fathers with them 1 for paul says says romans lath 19 20 chhou thou J wilt say then the branches were broken off that I 1 I 1 might C be grafted in in well because of unbelief the they v were wei e broken oil off and thou stan dest by faith be not high minded but fear now anuw it is evident that tha jews did forsake the lord aud and by that means they broke the I 1 covenant and now we see the need of the lord soiling setting 0 his hia hand the second time to gather his people according acco iding to ephesians loth that ahe dispensation ot of tho the fullness of times time s ac 11 now I 1 aak what is a dispensation I 1 answer it is power and authority to dispense d ia p ease the word of god and to administer in all 1 the ordinances thereof this is is what we are to understand by it for no mao man ever eier had the flocy ghost gh to deliver the gospel or to prophecy of things to come but had fud liberty to fulfill his mission consequently I 1 the argument is clear for it proves itself nevertheless I 1 will call on the I 1 to prove the assertion ephesians ard 3rd rd 2nd and if ye have heard of the dispensation of the grace of god shih ia i given me to your ward how that by revelation tion he made known unto me the mystery as I 1 wrote in a few words and also Collos I 1 wherefore I 1 am made a minister according to the dispensation of god which is is given to me for you to fulfill the word of god it is ia evident then that the I 1 dispensation given the apostle AD Ostle came to him by revelation from god then by this we may understand in some degree the power by which I 1 he and ahsu the dispensation of the fullness of times now this at first thought would appear very small to some who are not acquainted with the order of god from the beginning bat when we take unto consideration the plan of god for the salvation of the world we can readily see that plan carried out most faithfully in all its bearings see after the fall of adam the plan of salvation was made known to him of god himself who in like manner in the meridian of time revealed the same in sending his first be begotten otton son jesus christ who also revealed the same to the apostles and god raised him from the dead to perfect the plan and the apostles Apo sties were made special witnesses of that plan and testified that in the dispensation of the fullness of times timea god would gather together in one all things in christ whether they be things in heaven or thins things on the earth now jhb thin thing to be known own is what tho the ful ness of 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