| Show copyright Se secured sic bic cured curea HISTORY OF JOSEPH SMITH OCTOBER 1841 tuesday 12 ig AN EPIS EPISTLE OF TH THE TWELVE APOSTLES TO THE BRETH REN SCATTERED ABROAD ON THE CONTINENT OF AA AMERICA GREETING beloved Bret brethren hren bren it seel netti ll good to us to iyott write writs unto you at this time lime concerning th the great things of the tha kingdom of conr an god and more especially sis 13 we have been beien called upon u oa by the tho ite general conference sd to ho do that the work may not be hindered iut bat that all may understand hid fid der stand their privilege and duty dimity in this tills day dax da of lorous events eve lits aits no so that by exercising g ra themselves therein they may attain unto hase t blessings which god has in ill storo store for hi hu people in the last day I 1 1 1 1 1 L alays S we NV q have abundant occasion and we rejoice rejo ide exceedingly at the privilege we have had of beholding holdi gig fig so edny many thousands of or our brethren and sisters as were assembled at thelah the tha iad lad laid conference inference and for foi the most perfect harmony and good feeling which prevailed throughout all their deliberations for the ire great ireat at amount of vai val valuable daule dable instructions by president joseph smith and slid others and for the disposition which we have seen manifested by all till who were present presen tto to carry carri ined essect effect all those noble nobie plans iana lana and principles which were derived from froni heaven and have been handed down to barthl earth to carry forward the great and glorious work which is already di commenced and which bo consummated to secure the salvation of israel n shird wlllie the minute sor of the general conference are before you which will bo be read with interest by every eiery lover of zion we w shall recapitulate some items and detail more particularly to the brider of those who had not hot the lege lage ke of being present nf oil on that interesting inie resting occasion ciori the past ast pre preAd sen fht fit tand and future situation and prospects or orthe alis chucci Chu cil cli and the stakes and ind thase iliin things s which dia dla did tely concern their thor best interests alls urt time since and ana the saints ware were fl fleeing ee 1 n from their enemies whips fm imprison meals t tortures and death stared them in t the tha e face afra and they ward I 1 elied to 0 o seek itri iiri an asylum in a land of strangers they sought th ey found nouna it ft within the peaceful bosom bosgra of liu IlU illinois nois a d state stafi whose citizens aret aref inspired with 4 loveon love of liberty whose chos e so souls bouls his bis als are endowed with those noble phiny priny ples rles of af chirita aud gild and pe benevolence which ever gid bid the tree stran stranger ar welcome hud bud minister inister rM to hla hia wants in whose is 13 viebig V II 11 dg with ma lis citizens in all aft that ia is goo good lood d and lovely the have found aMi aul amiling a resting ting place where freel freed from tyranny and thayl th eyare arti arii beginning to aliza the fulfillment fulfilment of thea cUrit prophets they snail build houes and abd inhabit thmia them plant vineyards and eat ta ane fruit thereof notier molest or inake arrild Int liia city the church chu I 1 roif reif has fias succeeded in se 49 cuang several extensive plats of if land winch have W 1 e bee beeh ii ml 1911 but outsie in city lots a part of which have been sold a part has been distributed to the widow fidow and orphan anday ait alt nemai nic for sai sal 1 alese lots are nor for the 10 loua inheritance othe the baill saints tia a resti laing ng place for r far or the god of Y aco ano jacob far oar here hire he commanded has a house to be built bulli unto until his nan name ab where hamay he may manifest himself unto his people as am in former fottner tims timo when he caused the tha ark the tabernacle aud the temple to iw ba reared rented and tit tha cloud and tho tha fire to ret reat and not that hit ther temple W b buila dalit onry only v nry bu but t that it 11 bo be quickly qu lelly a and tid that alu i no 1 no i er fere fete eidew be beis heis till it shall snail be I 1 leid and that til ill ho nauvoo house te gin fin shed for the accommodation of the tee brethren bre lliran from afar afir alir aini and the stranger who chmir ap hither to inquire the worl work f of the lord and wor ship in ills hit temple r i scores of brethren id la this city ralty lavo have off red to board onet and two laborers tach till the temple tempia is itma irma many bany to labor continually afta thi tho brethren generally are giving one tenth lentil part of their time ois or ono ODO tenth tenth lenth part bl their according to circumstances white thosa those sisters who can cart do more tire are knitting socks and mittens hind eind aind preparing 11 ariaen gri girt ments hents hen Aen for the laborers so that they maybe may be made as comfortably comfor table tabla as during the doming coming winter in iff view of themo thene things we would our bret brel brethren hren fon for anan many miles dhzant around us to their learns teams for dra draisin tsin ivin stone ineser and nia rias for the building buildings and aud at the samp kamp time load their wagons with all ail kind kinds of grain arld aind meat provision and aud clot clotin in gand and hay and proven der in ab abundance un dance that the laborer faint botand not no tand and tha teams be made strong also that journeymen slone alone cutters mci comey comel come fhi fbi bringing ringIng their thein tools litif them and enlist in tile the glo gio glorious ri enterprise most of the plats in this city before referred to as well as several farms and large lots of land in ili this and adjoining counties are paid for and secured to the church by good and sufficient titles while the town plat for the town pf af wart warl t reny ren near warsaw is secured on such buch conditions th atthe brethren can be accommodated with will hotl lot on very reasonable reason abia abla teros terms but plat piat iu in Nati nali nauvoo narvoo purchased of hotchkiss tuttle Tv lttie title co of how new liven ilven connecticut 1 qt remains unpaid for and tha the time has now arrived when n it is very desirable on the part of the church as will well as on the part of the gentlemen of whom it was purchased haged that payment should be neade and a warrantee title ditl secured to 1 accomplish which we have cave been called upon by the tre united voie vole of the general colare conference hence tence to adar adt adf dress ess the churches in 14 the eastern st states ates to advise with the brethren in ia those Xe regions gions and devise deviso ways v avs and means whereby thea this debt lilay may be liquidated Hotch hotchriss lish kish co sais ked fed the plat flat secured to tha the church and tae brethren breth inthe the east at the same time trail irali transfer sher their illein real estate fram in the place w cheri tile r ft ligia now is is to 0 o this city or 1 of country according to their desire the contract for the hotchkiss purchase in nauvoo consisting of upwards ot of five hundred acres j was entered into on or about the ath th of august for the specified sun suo surn burn of thod thousand sand five fiva hundred dollars and security was given to horace R sinith smith tuttle and john gillet for the tho amount of aue jue 11 sa same meIn in two notes of e ual aril arli amount dunt one payable in fit ten tell deuis and tha the olli erin twenty year years from the dato date thereof signa signed by hyrum smith joseph smith ai and 1 id sidney rigdon id ih august au last interest to the he amount of or six I 1 thousand s dollars ollars or ul upwards wards had acau accumulated on said notes which it has not been in the power powers lif the churchro church to pay up to the present time ape ane nature of this purchase and the situa situation tion tiou 1 of ane church is such thai itis necessary that thu the notes nofe should e p laken up tap the interest stopped tf and a warrantee tille tilled secured seared immediately a co corres free tree ion pon dence is 13 1 now in progress with notch hotch ion Kon kiss iss ao to effect this aling n mg ani an firing bring forbid fori ard avinal settlement 1 I 1 botsay but say youw you yon what acan caniedo can wedo lo 10 accomplish this great and desirable object kletthe let det the brethren in the eastern states stales itaho ho have hive lands which they 1 I 1 wish to dispose of vo so that ilia t they may remove ov elther either and ana ang secure to t themselves an inheritance among the saint saints e eitner th in ah the 66 cities 0 or farm farms 1 a kile the and are ate wil wll willing i to have their lands lahd f in tl the tho east made over to hotchkiss hotch Holch kiss co to towards the parm payment nf of the forego mg notes com munica tui fei fet aithus f rn ly place stating ti 11 7 tout jouit the tie he extent an avalne valne t tae 0 of deir their property I 1 then as soon as vs wa we sill have receiver communications concerning property sufficient to cancel lancel acel tho obligations and the necessary preliminaries are bre understood nith with rith co coi goi we will dispatch all an agent to new flaten 0 o q complete ah the tha e transfer you property take up the tile notes and secure a deed ava thosa those ehtee whose property properly is thus transferred car can have the tho colue thereof hereon herein city lots or lands ju a the viCinity yin vin ity its and thus your property will prove to you as at glod as money inasmuch as yoa yra desire to emigrate and you yot will no Ipp gerbo gerbe obliged to tarry afar mit because that hat money is fo avo scarce your doia ga cannot connot 0 not beit beli and ard get your pay if therease ther eare opre amoda you tal towson to whon god ila lla has given elven ili in abundance and they desire to appropriate som somo portion on thereof for the benefit of af ili hh people for the tile T of zinner zion zinn fr for ables elig to the tiie of those wiio wilo have been baen klijn for fop tho the word of god and been lin tin a well welt fona fora a their thelt fatherless childred child ren red and pro lda ide tlde vide for thein them q a habitation they canno tedo it more than ithan by devoti devoting og a t portion af pf their substance towards liquidating this thib thi claim r f s to those brethren who lizaso tiyo tive so far distant that they cannot send aa m their loaded teams teama and aad yet to assist in building tle tie tib lords hoase house wp wo would say gather your yourselves avs together of our substance olver olyer and anet appart apparel 1 and of your cast lido injo into th treasury of th file lord ard aid ard see seo iche if he wilt not poux pour V oili oil oll t 4 till thero there is not room enough tp it il 1 i nl ij brethren tho iho blessings of thel thet kingdo rif are for you for the thet body of christ for alf alt the tile member 4 und und and god will help thos tho who will swill heily belly themselves aind kind raid bles bless tho who will biess bless each other n and nd da do as they would ba dune oune unto the gold and the silver sliver lithe lords all the tile treas treasures ures unes of the earth he the flocks flock B and the berds herds of tild thel fi fields eldir olid the cattle of thal tho thotis thousand and ana hlll hilt ard lda ida it ho he were hungry would he tie crave thy food or hel he agil sail thy drlak drink nay lie tie would ahir isk ak tta that which was I 1 01 his owna ia lie would frast oil on hi idis iris sown flocks hocks and quench hta thirst ar his 0 ws this god is the god cod of vila the saints lie ia your god and lie has made you stewards of all that liag lias been committed to houi and an d will fre ills Ms own and will you yot tilot be fait falt brulli a little that you abu maybe maybo ade rulers ovet mally maily e cities yes you will we w know you wilt the and gatherings of tile the saints are aro noth ilig new and as thy they are ie expecting looking 11 and praying tying for the tha completion of the dispensation of the tho falness of times they 1 must als ais also 0 exp eap expect I 1 that thai h a I 1 their h i 1 progress yo gre ss will will be bd on onward gardo or r tiley they wili lii ill be of no io avail for what is id not of faith falth is siniann ca 14 yilth you beli keil believe vp that goer goy will hear bear your I 1 prayers I 1 and br bring in g you oil a your journey journey gather coq and build your houses and you na not put forth forth your hand band or make one ex exertion r to ee help heip yourselves no There therefore foie fote inasi much as th ibe fhe saints q e 1 jeye joye that fa father ther abdalla abraham in journeyed to ft distant land at the command of tile the highest where hlat hial himself seif self and household whose household we weare are jf if we keep fila the commandments might oe he pf af their labors unmolested andal and worship god goi of heaven heiden ic cording according to th the dictate dictates of their heir ow own n conscience and und ilia law lawn bilat his seed see V afterwards att colm pat gat gainer galner ered ed to canaan tha iha laud land of promise that david was vas corn commanded to 0 o build wid a house where the son of man mun might have a place to lay la his head and the dis dh caplea be endower endowed with power fram on high and hlib were with wi th one aar ord in one place they mus must t also believe belleve that ims ifil compre h ep epo epa A sail aall all ail t tre tie e great wirl wire 0 of all former dispensa i tion tian I 1 and that the cil children ildren must gather as 18 afi 14 the r fathers must build a lipase house where they may be endowed aud and be found together war worshipping wor ship shipping P illg and doing a as their bil fil fathers did when wh en jehovah soke and abe tie tle angers of or heaven beaven ministered unto I 1 them em and ana if it these things bilings are no noi nol in in this generation I 1 then Jv we have pot not ari art arrived ived at the pi ot tiie the falness ful fui ness of or times as we anticipate and bur gaith faith abid prayers rs are vain T Is ii if possible ossidro th that thal at we tabor id tit vain and to toll toil for ridi nought calit add and aud chwe shall shail bo be disappointed at tife life last knowl assuredly that the set time to tol favor zion has come and her het sons aud and daughters iri iff her hei glory the time has hiis conie tonie come when the great jehovah would have d resting place on earth a habitation for his chosen I 1 where his hil lawshall law shall shail be revealed and aud his servants be endowed from on high to bring together the hone honest tru fa heart from the four winds where the saints may gay may enter tile the baptismal font far dead i relations elation si so that they may be judged accor ding nhi hi the flesh and live ilive according lo 10 god jn in the spirit and come forth foith in the bel bei celestial estial kin lin kingdom adorn a place over which tha thet heavelin hea F mes mess s watch and trouble the waters wavers as in ia days day hof pid gid that they i ibe mapp made auoe a all tile the ordinal ordinances ties cies shall be made manifest and shay unite unito jil the tha songs of zion even praise and aad hallelujahs 0 o god goa and the hie I 1 lamb that he has wrought out their deliverance and id bau bound d pai paa fast fit ii chains 1 I I 1 ta ha tt than henn dh we vve doi dot dol dot let ug us all ail al arise arile and ivi ivl etli on n a u unite nitea 3 ank ani ion lon mighty jaty i exertion artioli by py the strength of of IAre lare lareis israels ls G god gol od oppose oppose the powers of didirka darkness ers ets aa and every aing king and principle that hat may way ay aril arll arise up against usina usand us and compi complete ete eta if the le borr forkal ala aia ali re realy ready y c comin ened N let ils us |
