Show LIFE OF JOSEPH SMITH about this time I 1 received an introduction to mr hewitt a preacher who had come out from europe with his lady to examine this work and as aa he stated was delegated by hla his church for this purpose his interview was short and he left with the understanding he would call U n san ngaio 1 qu and d ta bananr naw his bi as he did not return according to agreement and hearing he was at fairport the council of the presidency sent him the following letter june to the rev mr hewitt sir in consequence of bf your not returning as we understood der stood you at your introduction to us it was resolved and upp approved roved in council on the evening of the dinst that the bearer oliver cowdery one of the presiding elders of our church should proceed to fairport and ascertain if possible the cause of your delay and this is ia done as one reason that we feil feel an anxious iou for the salvation of the souls of men and to satisfy your inquiries concerning the religion i we pr profess oless if at fairport it is the sincere desire ire of the council that mr hewitt return that we may satisfy him concerning our religion and he satisfy us concerning his for we fid as great a desire far the welfare of his people as he can for ours with respect ac W W PHELPS clerk elder cowdery repaired immediately to fair 1 port a and nd on the day following reported to the council that mr hewitt was not in the place that he left their letter with mrs hewitt who informed him that her husband had frequently spoken 0 of f his wish to become further acquainted quain ted with the peo people ale whom he had bad come out from europe to see but the next we heard of the rev john hewitt was that he had opened a school in painesville gainesville Paines ville ohio mr hewitt was elder of the church in barnsby Barn sly england and received a delegation from that church as aa expressed in a letter from mr shaw of april to visit the saints in america and ascertain their faith and principles and if mr hewitt found them as they expected the saints in in america might expect help from them the church is barnsby Barn sly as they were rich in temporal things and had received the gift of tongues in their church thursday june were subscribed for the temple by the saints in kirtland great anxiety was manifest to roll on the work on the nine of the traveling high council met with the church in conference at pillow point new york and resolved that the limits of the conference embrace all the northern part of the state to be called the black river conference ference 9 1 the elders of this conference had been diligent in their callings their manner of teaching i in in some real respects pacts needed correction which they gladly received the church at pillow point numbered 21 but did not generally observe the word of wisdom 1 rackets sackets harbor numbered 19 burville 7 champion 6 Ell emburgh 33 henderson 4 alexandria 4 lyme 4 and two in orleans 3 in in potsdam am and 6 in stockholm after hearing the report of the churches five of the council successively addressed the conference upon the principles of church government the nature and exercise of spiritual gifts the word of wisdom and the propriety of choosing wise men and sending them with monies to par purchase chase lands in zion so that they might not gather in confusion and the conference unanimously acquiesced in the teachings W the council adjourned until the then pet abet and W d john elmer was presented as holding T lery 4 ry incorrect principles such for instance mat ut the spirit of god sometimes took him and 06 him down and that he could die the dath of the righteous and of the wicked and st ler r to shew his power with god he also I 1 that ht he be had passed through a kind of doa so as to become immortal an and id should ex id rever ever w without tho ut iny any other death or change grow b righter brighter r and aad brighter eternally he listed in these things and would not receive hing from the cianci council therefore was cut on monday five were baptized and our lublic u lie meeting closed ORSON HYDE clerk athe 14 the twenty first being sunday I 1 preached in kirtland lirt land on the evangel evangelical c al order thursday ane there was a meeting in kirtland to subscribe sab scribe for the building of the temple and were added to the list joseph Josep smith hSmith oliver cowdery 75 W W elps john whitmer and F G Nt illiams of the above all of which they coid poid within one hour and the people were astonished toni shed june six of the traveling high council is D W patten H 0 kimbau kimball luke johnson orson onon pratt john F boynton and lyman E johnson assembled in co conference ference with the II church in Lo borough upper canada the c cach in leboro compo composed sect of 25 members uninformed in many principles of the new co covenant not having ha had d g the e same p privilege evl 1 e e 0 of f instruction as the churches in the states st ates bros gros henry and jacob wood who had been suspended bad a rehearing hearing re but were cut off elder frederick M van leuven was appointed presiding elder and a number were added to the church during daring our sta stay on the sol sd of july achel michael 11 chandler chand ler came to kirtland to exhibit some egyptian mummies there were four human figur figures too together n ether with tome some two or more rolls of papyrus covered with hieroglyphic figures and devices As mr dandier andler Cl had been told I 1 could translate them he brought me some of the characters and I 1 gam gae him the interpretation and like a gentle min he gave me the following certificate kirtland july ath 1835 this is to make kedwn to all who may be desirous concerning concern in th knowledge of mr joseph smith jun fun in de de the ancient egyptian hieroglyphic characters in in my possession which I 1 have in many eminent cities showed to the most learn ed and from the information that I 1 could ever len learn or meet with I 1 find that of mr joseph jun to correspond in the mot minute minate matters michael H chandler traveling with and proprietor of egyptian mummies sunday ath I 1 preached in the afternoon hul HUI barton or michael H barton tried to get into int the church but was not willing to confess an and forsake all his sins and rejected soon boon after this some of the saints at kirt laio purchased the mummies and papyrus a of which will appear hereafter and 1 I with W W phelps and 0 0 cowdery as scribes ibes commenced the translation of some of thi th characters or hieroglyphics and much to ou 01 joy found that one of the rolls contained th writings of abraham another the writings of joseph of egypt aa a more full account of wh eh will appear in their place as I 1 proceed to clinine or unfold them truly can we say tho th lord is beginning to reveal the abundance of peace bace and truth on C the ath I 1 rode to cleveland in company with elder cowdery ind and others on the company 1 ih a charge was preferred against elder edmund bosler to a council of the presidency for un chrisian like conduct in ia breaking a certain sacred jo ove venant nant made september ath 1834 1 I instructed the council on points of duty such as observing bs erving covenants ac and testified to the truth of the above covenant president direr cowdery testified that he himself fram ed alae ho above covenant and that at the time elder bosley said that he had a witness that it wa the will of the lord that jie he should consecrate conse irate the surplus of what would be for his aid his fam ilys sup support ort bishop whitney sated that elder boxy bosley agreed to let the presidency Pre and others have money on loan for the printing of the revelations it if he be could control lis his property in one year or as soon as he it decided that E bosley broke the covenant which he made september ath 1834 therdore ther fore he is not a member of this church dunles annles he make satisfaction to those whom he bied alo aio isaac H bishop was complained of as having spoken evil of dignities by saying that ehigh th counsil had the wrong tree to bark up which was testified to by J M corrill Pre adent rigdon ac it was decided that isaas H bishop shall make public confession to tle tie satisfaction of the injured and walk as a sain in all things this curse shall be upon ther then the hand of the lord shall be upon them they repent in sackcloth and ashes and ahal affect their temporal and spiritual interests i they repent aily t the e twelve met in conference agree abl abi to previous appointment 3 at st ry lyv vermont ermont resolved that this state be the hints of this conference and include the br branches aiches in littleton dolton and landaff in ner hampshire to be called the vermont con ft race the st johnsbury branch numbered 41 nem bers danville 23 charlton chariton 21 jay 11 daton 15 landaff 4 littleton 10 andover vemont 15 benedon 7 and lewis new york 17 six of the council addressed the confer ene enc on principles of faith and action ad johned to the when the remaining six enforced the necessity of sending up up wise wise men am purchasing in lands according ac cordin to the comma di rients which the they readily agreed to do our oar pub public ai ic meeting z was atten attended cred by nore than a thousand people and during our coi coherence ference nine were baptized ORSON HYDE WM E LELLIN mcclellin Mc clerks he remainder of this I 1 was continual all engaged in translating an alphabet to the bok of abraham and ar arranging rangin 0 a grammar of th egyptian language as practised practiced by the anoints kugust august ad being the sabbath I 1 pre preached a put pat of the day artland Cirt land august ath 1835 a high council of th church of christ of latter day saints as in conference consisting of presidents joeph smith jun oliver cowdery sidney R radon 1 don hyrum smith david whitmer john and william W phelps and others into consideration certain items contain edin letters from abroad one from warren warre n A presiding elder of the freedom con feenie and one from elder william E malel lii iii the first reads as follows freedom july 29 1835 dear brother eler jared carter called on this church last thursday on his way east soliciting donations ad subscriptions for finishing the house in place peace altho the subject of such a mission so in in connection with his name had been motioned in the messenger and advocate still ag a no other method had been taken to im pass the subject on our minds it had mesa meas passed out or ceased to make any im therefore we were in some degree on surprise the twelve the bishop nor ay aly others clothed with authority have ever this subject to us except incidentally 1 to the recollection of any of the church it was never made a subject of public induction tion as bro carter had just jiust reasons to ex it had been he felt an aa embarrassment pe ediar to such a situation he undertook to ebach to us yesterday but from the aforesaid embarrass embarrassment menty or the deadness or the covetousness of the church he could get none non e of the spirit of the lord to assist him I 1 am free to say that I 1 attributed more to latter cause than the th former yet notwithstanding we made out in donations S and subscriptions that fiat I 1 trust win will be realized 12 1 2 may the lord bless and prosper him and all his faithful servants and may they find favor in the sight of god and man is the prayer of your unworthy brother warren A cowdery to oliver cowdery 11 from this short letter we discover that the elders failed in the outset to fill their great and important mission as they know the lord has commanded us to build a house in which to receive an endowment previous to the redemption of zion and that zion could not be redeemed until this takes place knowing that the committee were to journey for the express purpose of soliciting donations they have failed to hold them up and set forth t this is first important thing and in consequence god has not blessed them as he otherwise would we remind you of these things in the name of the lord and refer you yon to the book of covenants ad section ad part and paragraph and ask did we not instruct you to remember first the house secondly the cause of zion and then the gab publishing lishing of the word to the nations T the e other defered to is an extract from elder wm win E McL MoL ellins letter to his wife as follows you yon say that it will not be in your power to go to school this summer I 1 am glad that it is not since elder hyde has returned and given gi ven me a description of the manner in which it is conducted though we do not wish to cast any reflections I 1 this thia the council considered to be a libel on the face of it elder mcclellin Mc Lellin says we do not wish to cast any reflections when the highest insult and reflections are cast by it upon t the he church the presidency and those who are held in much higher estimation in the sight of god and this church than themselves the vote of the council was we hereby inform elders me mc lellin and hyde that we withdraw our fellowship from them until they return and make satisfaction is face to face we further inform the twelve that as far as we can learn from the churches through which we have traveled you have set yourselves u up p as an independent bonn oil cil subject to authority of the church a aed dmd of outlaws this impression is is wrong and will if persisted in bring down the wrath and indignation dig nation of heaven upon your heads the other ten are directed to proceed on and finish the conferences and the two may act their own judgment whether to proceed or return president joseph smith jun read to the council a letter from elder william smith which was approved and filled our hearts with joy A letter was presented from elder thomas B marsh the council refer him to the commandment which requires none to leave or bring their families without revelation or decision casion of the high council we discover an error in elder marshs marahs letter he says to the able preaching of wm win E mcfellin Mc Me Lellin and parley P pratt 11 we conclude that if it had been the reaching preaching of the lord as it should have been 9 he e would have had bad the honor and not these men to close we add that unless this epistle is heeded in all its parts in its full fall force those who rebel against it shall be dealt with by the lord accordingly for we ask being agreed as teaching this thing we wish you to understand lat that your duty requires you to seek first the kingdom of heaven and its righteousness that is attend to the first and then all things will be added ant and that complaint about your families will be less frequent dont preach yourselves crucified for your wives sake but remember that christ was crucified and you are sent out to be special witnesses of this thing men do not wish to hear these little things for there is no salvation in them but there is in the other let the hands of the ten be strengthened and let them go forth in the name of the lord in the power of their mission giving diligent dili zent heed to the direction of the holy spirit we say be strong in the lord and in the power of hi his might knight for great things await jou you and great blessings are in in store for you let the power of the two t wo be upon the seventy seve nty until the two make full satisfaction for the seventy shall be blessed and are blessed that man that presumes evil of the dignities which God has set in his church to his family or to any body else shall be cursed in his generation remember the psalm his bishoprick hoprick is shall be taken from him unless be speedily repents be it known that god is god and when he speaks let all the congregation say amen we have evil insinuations enough in kirtland to grapple grapple with that are suggested by the father of lies ies i without having them dieni from those who are sen sent t out to put down insinuations may |