Show git gli t secure secured aj J HISTORY OF JOSEPH SMITH manch MARCH 1844 now was this merely confined to the living to settle difficulties with families on earth by no means it was a far greater work eli ell jahl what would you oil do if you were were here would you confine your w work oric tn the living f alone no I 1 would refer you to the scriptures where the sub subject act is 13 manifest that is without us the they could not be made perfect nor we without them the fathers without the children nor the children without the fathers I 1 wish you to understand this subject for it is important and if you will ivill receive it this is 13 the spirit of elijah that we redeem our dead and connect ourselves with our fathers which are in heaven and seal up tip our dead to come forth in the first resurrection and here we want the power of elijah to seal those who dwell on earth to those who dwell in heaven this i is the power of elijah and the keys of the kin kingdom of jehovah let us suppose a case cage suppose the te great god who dwells in heaven should reveal himself to father cutler hereby heneby the opening h heavens ea sens yens and tell him bim 1 I offer up tip a decree that bat whatsoever you seal sell on earth with your decree 1 I will seal iseal it ibi ift heaven beaven 2 you yon have power then banit be taken off no then what you seal on earth by the keys of elijab is sealed in heaven and this is the power of elijah an anji this ia is the difference between the spirit and I 1 power of elias and elijah for while the spirit of elias ia is a forero ahner the power of elijah is sufficient to make our calling 1 and elect election ion ioa sure and the same doctrine wh where re we are exhorted to go oil on to perfection not laying again the foundation of repentance from deab dead a but of laying on of bands res resurrection ur cf c the plead dead ac c we cannot be perfect without the fathers ac we must have revelations from them and we can see that the doctrine of mior as far transcends the doctrine of of KO no oi as knowledge is above ignorance for one truth revealed from foin heaven is worth all the sectarian notions ib A existence this spirit of elijah waa was manifest in the days of the apostles in delivering certain ones to the buffe tings tinga of satan that they might be save bave caved d in the day clay of the lord jesus they were sealed by y the spirit of df ejijah unto the damnation of bf hell until the day of the 1 lorda br revelation of jesus jesua christ here is the doctrine of election that the world has quarreled so much about but they do not know krow anything g about it the doctrine hab hat that the presbyterians rians and methodists have quarreled so much about once in in g grace nce always in grace grac e or falling away fr from m grace I 1 will saya sriya word about they are both w wrong rong truth takeo takes a road barn between thela thena oth for while tite tire presbyterian ea says s on once e in n grac eyou cannot fall the fhe methodist dethom t bays says ayou sou you can have grace to day fall from efio it tomorrow next day dav have grace again again ag ain aln and so follow on changing continually but ut the doctrine of the scriptures and the spirit of elijah would shoW thern both false and take a road between them both for according to the tha scrip tures ures if men have received the good word of god gd and tasted of the powers of the world to come if they shall fall away it is impossible to 0 o renew them again seeing they have crucified the he son of god afresh and put him to an open shame so there is a possibility of falling away you could not be renewed again and ana the power of elijah cannot seal against this thib sin for this is a a reserve made in the seals and power of the priesthood I 1 w will I 1 11 make every doctrine plain that I 1 present and it shall stand upon a firm basis and I 1 am at the defiance of the world for I 1 will take shelter under the broad cover of the wings of odthe the work in which I 1 am engaged it matters not toome to me if all hell boil bolls a over I 1 regard it only as I 1 would the crackling of the thorns under a pot A murderer for instance one that sheds innocent blood cannot have forgiveness forgiven esq david sought 11 repentance at the hand of god carefully with tears for the murder of uriah but he could only get it through hell he got a promise that his soul should not be left in hell although david was a king lie never did obtain the spi spirit rit and power of elijah and the falness of t the he priesthood and the priesthood that he received and the throne and kingdom kin hin dorn of david is to be taken from him and iven to another bv the name of david in the last days raised up ont out of his lineage peter referred to the same subject on the day of pentecost but the multitude did not get geb the endowment that peter had hid but severee several beveral days after the people asked what shall we do peter says 1 would ye had done it ignorantly speaking of crucifying the lord ac ile he did not say to them repent and be baptized for the remission of your sins but kut he said repent therefore and be converted that your sins sins sing may be blotted out when the times of refreshing shall come from the presence of the lord acts 3 19 this is the case with murderers they them could not be baptized for the remission of vins hins for they had shed innocent blood again the doctrine or sealing power of elijah is as follows if you have power to seal on earth and in heaven then we sho should uld be crafty the first thing you do go and seal on earth your sons song and dati daughters liters unto yourself and yourself unto your fathers in eternal glory and go ahead and not go back bui but use a little craftiness and seal all you can and when vou you you get to heaven tell your father that what you ou seal oil on earth should be sealed in heaven according to hi his 19 promise I 1 will walk through the gate of heaven and claim what iseal and those that follow me and ana my counsel the lord once told ine lne me that what I 1 asked for I 1 should have I 1 have been afraid to ask god to kill my ray enemies lest some of them should peradventure repent basked a short time since e for the lord to deliver me out of the hands of the governor of missouri and if it needs must roust be to accomplish pils it to take him aldr awa v and the next news th thab that a t came e bouril pouring h down from there was that cone core governor anor reynolds had shot hint hinl himself self seif and I 1 would now say beware oh ob earth how you fi fight t against the saints of god and shed innocent c e t blood for in the days of elijah bisene aisene mies came upon him and fredas fire was called down from heaven and defit desil destroyed troyed them the spirit of elias is first elijah second sec olid and dies Bles messiah siah biah last elias Is a forerunner to prepare I 1 ebare the way and the spirit and power of elijah lijah is to come after holding the thi keys of power fower building the temple to the cap capstone stone placing the seals of the priesthood upon the house of Israel rand making all iliin things s ready theo then comes t a his temple which is last of all messiah is above tiie the spirit and power of elijah for he lie made the world and was that spiritual rock unto moses in the he wilderness elijah was to come and ana prepare the way and build up the ki kingdom g elord om before the coming of the great la day 0 of f the h lord loro altho aitho although tigh the spirit of elias elia nigh might t begin it I 1 llave have asked of the lard concerning his coining coming and while aski asking the he lord he gave me a sign and said in the d days ay of noah I 1 set a bow in the heavens as a sign and token that in any year that the bow sil all should ouid quid be seen the lord would not come but were mere should be seed time and harvest during that year blit blib whenever you see eee the bow withdrawn it shall be bet a token that there shall be famine pestilence and great distress amon among the nations and that the coming of the Messi messiah all ail is not hot far distant but I 1 will take the responsibility upon myself to prophecy in inthe ahe name of the lord that christ will not come this year as father miller has prophesied for we have seen the bow and I 1 ahio a eio elo tio prophesy in the name of the lord hat that christ WILL NOT nok COME IN forty YEARS and if god ever spoke by my mouth month he will not come in that length of time grethren Dr reth ethren reri when you go home write thib una down that it may way be remembered jesus christ never did reveal to an any man 1 the precise time abat ile he would come go I 1 and read tad th tho scriptures and aad you cannot fund and any dp thing that specifies the exact hour he fie would come alid abd all that say so are false teachers there are some important im octant things thiis thil s concerning r the office of the messiah me messiah asiah in the organization n of the world which I 1 will speak of hereafter may alay god almighty bless you and pour out his spirit you is the prayer of your unworthy servant amen ata pm I 1 met with the twelve bishop miller and the temple committee in the nauvoo ihan lUan mansion sion slon the following letter from lyman wight and others was read black river falls february to the first presidency and the quorum of the twelve of the church charch of jesus christ of latter day saints dear daar brethren n th through rough the goodness and mercy of god the eternal father and grace of our lord and savior jesus christ we are permitted to write and send by a special messenger a concise account of our lumbering operate operations ons together with the apparent af pf respects kos los of the introduction arid and spread of the gospel among the chippewa and menomonee Me indians and also the projects of our hearts in regard to future operations in spreading treading the gospel south in all the extent of america in erica and the consequences growing out of the same all of which we beg leave to submit to your consideration that we may have your concurrence or such views as shall be in accordance with the tile mind and will of the tha lord and govern ourselves ohr in accordance whereto since we have been here lumbe lumbering ring we have had many difficulties to encounter but the main mani hin hindrance rance to our successful operations was the feeding clothing and transporting 7 a greaf many lazy idle men who have not produced p ro any thing b by y t their heir p pretended re ended labor and nd thus eating tip up all tha that t til the e d diligent il i lent I 1 ent and hinesl honest could produce by their unceasing application to labor and wa we have not yet got gt entirely clear of such persons but under all these mighty clogs ant ani hindrances dr ances we have been able to accomplish and have in in progress so that we can deliver in nauvoo about one million feet of lumber by the last of july next which will be a great deal more than what is necessary to build the tem pie le and nauvoo house besides all this we eive eave have made valuable improvements here all the result of much labor done under trying circumstances we have recently ascertained that the land from the falls of black river to its sources is the property of the menomonee Me indians indiana and the general goveria government ment having urged them to move off of the lands in the vicinity of green ba bay y into unto their own lands the indians indiana say the they y will will provided the government will remove li ii all ali 11 strange indians indiana and trespassing tres passing white men olt off of their lands landd consequently the agent and superintendent of indian affairs are tailing taking such uch steps as will stop all further trespassing tres passing on the indian lands on the wisconsin black and chippewa rivers under the penalties of the laws relative to the case we sent brothers miller and daniels in company with the principal chief of the meno aleno manee indians indiana over land to the wisconsin i river to asce ascertain ertain more about the matter they saw the agent found him a gruff austere man determined deter to stop all tress tres es passing oli oil on indian land the indiana are willin willing 0 to soil sell privileges to individuals for lumbering arid and cutting timber as they have hitherto done but the agent is opposed to it thus a difficulty arises between them themselves seito selvo now I 1 4 ov as its regards re gards of the gospel of christ among the indians here it will require more exertion to all appearances es to check the enthusiastic ardor arlor of these our red brethren until the full principles cf ef faith in our lord and savior jesus christ shall be reasoned into their minds mind than to urge urge them on to receive it they have great confidence in us the country belonging nelon sin to ailese nor mor northern thern in lialis is x a dreary cold region and to a alseat g eat extent marches pine pina barrens and swamps ith with alth a small amount of good land scarce of game and only valuable in mill privileges and facilities for lula luia bering purpose purposes As to mineral rego reso resource resources orce they have not been fully developed there esno doubt as to the abundance of iron ore but uncertain as asto 10 to lo 10 quality all of circumstance s a few of 0 v us here have arrived at this conclusion in our minds such as can undergo all things that aa as the gospel has hag not been fully opened in all the south and south western states aa as also texas mexico brazil ac together with the west in india lia iia islands having produced lu lr lua lun n i ber enough to build the and nau nauvoo oo 00 house also algo having an influence over etheln the indians so as to induce them to sell their lands to the ahe united states and go to a climate south west more congenial all according to the be policy 1 cy 0 of the LT S government and having also I 1 b become e convinced that the church at Nail nall I 1 or in the eastern states will not build the house according to the commandment neither the Tem plein a reasonable time ani ana that we have so far as we have made trials got meana means in the south we have it in our minds minda to goto the table lands of texas to a point we may find to be the most eligible there here F locate tat cat and anit let it bea he place of gathering for all the south they bein being inc with that unfortunate race of ielli beings s the negroes and aind for ils lis us to employ our time and talents in gathering together means to build according to the commandments of our god and spread the gospel to the nations according to the will of our heavenly father we therefore our beloved brethren send our worthy brother young r with a few of our thoughts on paper that you may take the subject matte matter r under consideration and return us its such instructions as may be according to the mind and will of the lord our god we have thought it best to sell the juilja inilla here it if you may think wilk it t expedient we feel feil greatly encouraged to spend and be spent in the cause of christ according to the will of our heavenly father you will therefore after due deliberation send us by the hants hands of brother young such instructions as may be the result of your deliberations be holding ourselves ready under tinder all circumstances in life to try to do all things w h t 0 ever commanded or instructed to do b by y thosa those ordained to d direct the officers of the church of jesus jesua christ subscribing ourselves I 1 yours truly while life shall endure LYMAN WIGHT GEORGE sill MILLER millen LER len phinehas R BIRD PIERCE HAWLEY JOHN YOUNG select committee to write expressive af or of the views of the branch of the tho church at black river falls JOSEPH josepn SMITH PO PC B n igina TI YOUNG PT willand willard RICHARDS clerk 11 also a letter ietter to myself from horn lyman |