Show I 1 copyright secured HISTORY OF JOSEPH josepe SMITH 1843 feb eeb saturday 19 mostly about home end at tile office arveral called for counsel on points of law esq est warren of quincy called on me he had hurt his borse horse and ana said sald it was not the first had missed it by nob nol following my advice while at dinner I 1 remarked to my family and friends present that when the tho earth eurth was sanctified and h came ilke like a sea of glass it would bo oue great arim and and the saints could fook in it and see as they are seen the twelve to th church of jesus jebus of latter day saints in la harpe greeting beloved bretl iren we wish to present briefly one important item for lor our serious consideration our beloved president joseph smith is now de livered from the prosecution und and oppression hrom from vath out by which he has been bound boung and also aiso by the same process lias ilas veen been relieved of his property so eliat he has now to hinder his his time to the history of tiie tile church and tile spiritual interest thereof except he has to spend his llin liin in gathering food for hla hia family this is the point brethren whether you will do youn your duty in supplying tiie tile president with food that he may attend to the business of the church and devote his whole time to the spiritual affairs thereof or shall he attend to your business by running here aud there for a bushel of wheat or a pound of be ber f and pork ahila the revelations to the church cease this question is for the church to answer therefore we call cali upon the brethren in li at teme time for immediate relief you are all ali well weli aware that we j do not raile raise wheat corn beel beef pork tallow lard butter butten eggs and provisions and vegetables in the city such as you all ail use you sou are all ail veil eeli acquainted with and we are the same kind beings in Nauvoo as in the country and what you raise and eat in la ilarae we would eat pat ill ili nauvoo if we could get it our president botex celled and every thing which is required to fill a larder iu la ilarae is required in this place and by this you yon may know what la wanting by our president to prosecute the lords work and bring about your salvation not except mg cotton or woollen goods or groceries brethren we hope you will give live an immediate answer to this by loaded eams cams or letter ietter B YOUNG president W richards clerk sundar sunday 19 spent the day das from nine in the morning till midnight in he high council who were attending to the case of wilson liw and uriel C nickerson wiio wilo were an fn dispute abent the lill lilli i to cert cerl niti alti lands on the island after hearing the tho testimony I 1 explained tiie tile laws of the united states iowa lowa and illinois and showed that had tilo tile oldest claim and best light and ifft sl UK lw to say how much nick eison fison should have and tha parties hands 11 token of a 0 all ali difficulties th following ts from the times and seasons v nauvoo luv luy felb feli 19 1813 mr aifred alfred ed stokes daar sir in obedience to your request I 1 one number of each of the papers pub place ram well weli aware that designing men meu for sinister purposes have put in circulation cu lation reports arb people hee which arb are so monstrous that it is a matter maiter of sur belleve any rational being could profess to believe theart at ail all if I 1 s even to profesa to belleve believe uch incredible und ridiculous nonsense about eniy 1 the public would have Cr to acorn scorn ine lne as tle tie inre toot of ame ate foil od dram t ut any thing to stop th progress 0 th it annot adnot truth that inana must irow irve a taree targe of moral who dare dire in nicy wis belief beller in buch such ont out lindali lin dili as are male malf in the public tia tie eona popa pona f and aud and designing men mem the old beetle story about common stock j anca of and ana ruth if appear by your tetter leiter brud ot your is j disbelieved by the tha people in the vicinity of this falsehood was invented by an ignorant blockhead by the name of malthew clapp who for want of any other means to stop the progress of truth in its more incipient stages invented this falsehood and filding it took with persons of his own stamp circulated it with un tiring perseverance in direct opposition to tile tellin ony of his senses knowing at the time lime lie lle commenced circulating it aliat it was fatse false he was a preacher of the faith falth it would require the ignorance jg norance of barbarians and the credulity af pf savages to attempt a belie belle in falsehoods which are circulated against the saints with great zal by many mans 1 have never supposed eliat tiie tile authors of these defamatory matory tates tales ever expected tilo tile public would believe belleve them but they expected that men of corrupt minds like ilke themselves would profess to believe belleve them neither do I 1 now believe belleve that those who profess to believe belleve them do actually believe one word of them but they profess to odo flo it thinking thit by so doing they can make mahe some headway against us but it is a vain attempt for every attempt of tiie tile kind has hab only elc cited inquiry awakened curiosity and caused investigation which bave have in every instance resulted in an increase of member to the churi churl so that we grant full ruil license to ril nil defamers def amers to do their utmost our city is a great people of all ali classes are crowding into it multitudes who do not belong to the church of latter day saints paints are seeking locations where they can prosecute their thein respective callings if you wish the papers you can oan put the money mones into a letter ietter and the postmaster at sour your place will send it without expense yours with respect SIDNEY PM mider hider henshaw having been directed by elder lorenzo snow to go to south wales he commenced preaching privately to several families in pen y darren near merthyr merthyn tydvil Glamorgan shire in the english a number of whom believed his testimony and aud this daiy diy baptized william rees advis his wife and two iwo of llis liis son aud and commenced preaching publicly in br davia davis house about one third of the people only understanding the english language monday 20 about 70 of the brethren came together according 0 o previous notice and draped sawed chopped split moved and piled plied up a large lot of wood in my yard the tho day was spent by them in much good humor and feeling A whito oak log measuring five feet and aud foun four inches in diameter was cut through with a cross cut saw ill four and a hair half minutes by dayton and br john tidwell this tree bad had been previously cut and hauled by my own hands and team from 9 to 11 this mornine morning I 1 was reading in german and from 11 to 12 held mayors court on assumpsit charles charies R dana dann v william B brink which was adjourned ten days last night arthur had a quantity of books stolen aud and found them tilis tills afternoon in br hyrams hay loft two boys thomas morgan and robert taylor were arrested on suspicion add and brought before me for examination after a brier brief investigation tiie tile court adjourned until 10 tomorrow to morrow morning while the court vas in I 1 raw caw two boys fighting la the street near mills tavern I 1 lert left the business of the court ran over immediately caught one of the boys who had begun the fight with clubs and then tiie tiye other othen and after giving them proper instruction I 1 gave the bystanders a leatine for not interfering in such cases and tod them to quell all ail disturbances in the street at the finst first onset I 1 returned to the court and told them eliat nobody was allowed to fight in nauvoo but myself self in the evening eve called at br jolin kuincy adams 0 o the house of united states a petition signed by citizens of massachusetts praying congress 0 o pbs such euch acta acts and propose bach sach amendments to alie constitution as would separ uta ata the petitioners petition ers from with wilh the institution of slavery flavery tuesday 21 opened mayors masors court at 10 forenoon according to adjournment taylor was azin brought up for and morgan fon for receiving the hook book and each sentenced to sax months imprisonment in carthage jall jail I 1 went p alif temple tempie and found a large largo assembly aad br haws preaching clout the nauvoo house after which mr lecun woodworth the architect of the bouse continue the subject and eaid laid when I 1 havo bavo had a of fedt or a quart of meui meol I 1 bave have divided with the workmen pretta good doctrine for paganism said sald I 1 at ili ill time mr woodworth worth was not baptized and caled liin ilin iscil the agan prophet wo havo have bad had about men on alie job and some of the best men in tile world those that have not complained t want to continue with me und and those that hate bate and everything else good I 1 want them to get thein their and run aviv as poi aima warn mr li hsei one am akier aki akl nr 1 addressed the multitude i stance aa follows weil well the vagan pagan has hag preached vi a pretty good sermon this morning and J cynt dynt know as I 1 can better it huoh hut but I 1 feel to break ott the of say bay what I 1 ibave a inird to if the pagans and the agan prophet e more for our prosperity than we do for ourselves it is curious I 1 am almost con v averted to fis he lias ilas prophesied thess bulu buli Hogs go down it will curse tiie place I 1 verily know it is true let iet as budd the temple tempie there may be some speculations about the NIU house say some some say bay because we live on the hill we must build up this part on the hill does that coat git fit you dr foster pretty well weli put it on then this is the wy people swell like irke the toad in the fabie fable come down under the hill hlll among little folks und kiy br joseph how I 1 love iove you cau can 1 do for vou you and then go away secretly and getup opposition and sing bing out our oun names to strangers and scoundrels with an evil influence I 1 want all ali men to feel fon for me when I 1 llave shook the busl busi aud and borne the burden in libat of the day and if they do noi not I 1 spells in authority in the name of tiie tire lord god they ba damned some say that thai the people 0 i the flats are ag grand izing themselves by the nauvoo house noure but who laid the foundation of the tho temple tempie br joseph in the name of the lord not for ilia ag but for the good of the whole of the saints our say poor folks on the flat are down and keep them down how the nauvoo house cheats this mail maii and thit man say siy tiie tile speculators those who report such things as facts ought to ilde lida their heads in a hollow pumpkin and never take tahe them out again the tha first principle drought into consideration is aggrandizement some think it unlawful eliut it is lawful with any min ahil he har has a disposition to aggrandize all ail around him it is a false principle for fon a man to aggrandize himself at the expense of another everything tint god apes is to and how does hs lay the fonn cation build a temple tempie to my great name and call gail the attention of the great til rich and the noble but where shall we lay our ie ids in an 0 log jog cai cat in I 1 will whip hiram kimbrill and squire wells and every body else eise over dr fosters head who instead of building the nauvoo house build a groit greit nany little skeletons see dr foster mammoth skeletons rising all ali over but there i no flesh on them they are all ali for personal interest and aggrandizement but I 1 do not care how many bones there are arm in the city somebody anny come along and clothe them see seo the bones of the elephant yonder asi pointed to th big house kouse on ind street preparing for a tavern as yet the crocodiles and man eaters all ali about the tho city lucli as grog shops and card shops and shop ac got up for their own t and all ali for speculation while tile nauvoo honse house is neglected those wilo live in glass honiff should not throw the building of ulu nauvoo house is just as si cred in my view as tiie llie temple I 1 want tile nauvoo house bulli it must be built our salvation depends upon it when m what they aan pan or wili will do for the temple tempie let iet them do what for the nauvoo house we never can cin accomplish our work at the expense of another thre is a great deai deal of murmuring in the chirch about me but I 1 dont care cara in thing about t I 1 like ilke to afar it thunder ord ond 1 like ilke to hear the saints stints grumble for the growling dog gets the sorest head if am man i poor and afflicted let iet him come find iund tell teil of it and nat complain or grumble about it the of the nauvoo honse house is ilke like n man finishing a fight if he gives up he is killed if he hilj out ont a longer he may live ill lii tell teil you a story a non nun who whips his wife wide is a coward when I 1 was a boy bos I 1 once fought billi a man min who llad whipped his wife it was a hard contest but I 1 still remembered lie ile had hla hia wite wife and tin s encouraged me and I 1 whipped him til ill lit iii said sald he had enough brethren on to tho nauvoo house tiiu aud and yoi yol wil wll build it you will then be on ills lils top and the great men will com efrom the four quarter of the earh will pie ale the gold and into it till you are weary of receiving alim and if yon you are not careful sou you will be lifted ap and ond become full fuli of pride and will bi ready to destroy yourselves and they wili will cover coven up and clothe all ail your former tins and nc cording to the scripture a multi mulli ude of und and you yon will shine shide forth dair fair as the bun sun clear cleor as w moon and you will become terrible like ilke an army with bannera ban derf I 1 will sy 0 o those who have labored on the eions and cannot get ahr pay bo patient and if rny man ta the meang means ure set apart for t e building bail boli dine ding of that house and apply it to his own us let iet him bim fer for ho will destroy himself if any nna la hungry let iet him acme to me and I 1 wil wll fed ln ni at my table if any apy axe are hungry or ruke inke dont take away the ancl timber and materi 9 that belong to eliat lin irn lif tue nue tuc but come and tell teli n e ar d I 1 wall divider wilh with them to ohp tast last margel and then if the tho man ia not satisfied I 1 will kick lick ims ins bac bar kide there Is grent great naise in lh cita and amny be FO marh wui out sone fine fire well weil ba at so if the storie about JQ saliah are true anen the of jedin C Benn tum tun taM rne rno rue lut iut lul of nauvoo and he sya that the ladies ladles relief society are ati ayi organized of tio alo P who are ane 0 o be lie tie lle wives of JL Lii nii nil fr yoa yea know vi healier aliis is true or not I 1 is of c i ne tn ne hoes hogs without a snout fits flis allia gen men other iannot lannot endure awny away with it for gad biks bils stop it there is on tiling mafe I 1 wish to brab brav sp ak almut an 1 thi t is pott poUt icil floron y it is eur fur adny to all ail eur our to mut nut ab nb kopor aliat blikh is cound sound aid ald cofod and that whip h it unsound nis right politically for aan who lias influence to ue it as for a man who lias ilas no inui ence to use his bis from henceforth I 1 will maintain all ail the influence I 1 can get in relation to politics I 1 will speak as a man but in relation to religion I 1 will speak in en thorny ir a man lifts a dagger to kiil hill me 1 wili lift my tongue when I 1 last preached I 1 heard such a groaning I 1 thought of the paddys gaddys eel when he tiled to hill kill him bim he could not contrive any better way to do it so he put it in tha tho water to frown him and as he begin 0 o come to see sail he blut pain he i 3 in liow ilow he his tail tali so it with |