| Show I 1 I 1 copyright Se secured curett HISTORY OF JOSEPH SMITH may MAT 1843 sunday 21 at foi fol am I 1 arrived at the temple and had to press my way through the bowd crowd in the aisles to get to the stand when I 1 remarked that there were some people who thought it a terrible thing that any body should I 1 exercise xer cise a little power I 1 thought it a pity that ny N ny y body b yd should give occasion to have power exercised e r ie and requested the people to kee hee keep P out of th the e alleys for if they did not I 1 might gome come time run up and down and hit some of them and called on two constables to keep the alleys clear after singing and pray prayer er I 1 read ch of 2nd and epistle of peter and rid lid preached thereon the ile following synopsis was written by dr richards I 1 ir do not know when I 1 shall have the privilege oe o e of speaking in a houke large la e enough to i convene convene the pe people ople opie I 1 find my cly flings are failing I 1 n with continual preaching preach ipg in the open air to large assemblies I 1 do not think there have been many good min men on the earth since the days of adam but there was one good man and his name was lesus jesus many manx persons think a prophet must be a 2 great gret deal better than any body else suppose I 1 would condescend yes I 1 will call it condescend to be a great deal better than any of you your I 1 would be raised up to the highest heaven and who should I 1 have to accompany me inc I 1 love that man mail better who swears a stream as long as my arm yet deals justice stice to his neighbors and mercifully deals his bis sul bui substance stance to the poor than the long smooth faced hypo trite I 1 dont want you to think I 1 am very right sous tous for I 1 am not i god judges men according to the use they make nake of the light which he gives them we have a more sure word of prophecy whereunto you do well to take heed h e ed as unto a light L that in a dark place we were yc ye witnesses of his majesty and heard the voice of his excellent glory and what could be more sure when he was transfigured trans figured on ca the mount what could be more sure to them divines have been quarreling for ages about rhe meaning mean in of this I 1 am like ike I 1 a huge rough stone rolling rolling down dowa from a high mountain and the only polishing ashing I 1 ret et is when some corner gets rubbed off by b y camill co mill a in contact with something else striking 9 with accelerated force against religious bigotry raft lawyer craft doctor craft lying editors suborned sub orned judges and jurors and the authority hut iut hority of perjured executives backed by mobs blasphemers blaspheme rs licentious and corrupt men and women all hell bell knocking ot off a corner here and a corner there thus I 1 will become a smooth and polished shaft in the quiver of f the almighty who will give me dominion over oyer all and ever everyone of them when their ref ter a e of lies shall shail fail fall and their hiding place ohalf ahall be destroyed hiie while hile these smooth polish ad d scones stones with which I 1 come in contact become marred there are three grand secrets lying in this th li apter which no man can dig out unless by the tha light of revelation and which unlocks the whole chapter as the thi things that are written gre ire only hints of things which w X ch existed in the prophets mind which are not written con arning eternal glory I 1 am going goin to take up tip this subject by virtue I 1 f 0 the know knowledge edge of god in me which I 1 have hav e 1 received from heaven the opinions of men so far as I 1 am concerned concerned concer new I 1 are to me as the crackling of thorns under the pot or the whistling of I 1 uce the wind I 1 break the ground I 1 lead the way like columbus I 1 when he was invited to a banquet where he was assigned the most honorable hono bono rable rabie place lace at table and served with the ceremonials aich which were observed towards sovereigns A hallow courtier present who was meanly 1 I 1 jealous of hit bit him abruptly asked him whether he ought thought hat that in in case he had not discovered the indies there were not other men in spain who would have been capable of the enter enterprise prize columbus made no reply but took an egg and invited the company to make it stand on end ia all attempted ity but in vain whereupon n he struck it upon the table so as to break one end and left it standing on the broken part pait il lustra t I 1 that at when he had once shown the way to the new W world orld orid nothing was easier than to follow it paul ascended into the third heavens and he bie could understand the three principal rounds of jacob jacobus Is ladder the the terrestrial terr estial and the celestial glories or kingdoms where paul saw raw and heard things which were not lawful for him to utter I 1 could explain a hundred fold more than I 1 ever have of the glories of the kingdoms b manifested to me in the vision were I 1 permitted and were the people prepared to receive it the lord deals with this people as a tender parent with a child communicating light and intelligence and the know knowledge knowledg led e of Is his ways as they can bear it the inhabitants of the earth are asleep they know not the day of their visitation the lord hath set the bow in the cloud for a si bin sin sign n that while it shall be seen seed geed time and ad harvest summer and winter shall not fail but when it shall disappear woe to that generation genera tion for behold theand the end cometh quickly contend earnestly forthe like precious r e c ous faith with the apostle peter and ad add t to 0 your faith virtue knowledge temperance patience tle tie celd godliness brotherly kindness charity for if these things be enyou and ab abound odrid ye shall neither be barren or unfruitful in the knowledge of our lord jesus christ another point after having all these qualifications he lays this injunction upon the P people p I 1 but rather make your calling and election sure lie ile is emphatic upon the tOe subject after addi adding n m all this virtue knowledge ac make your calling and election sure what is the se secret eret cret the starting point according to his divine power which hath bath given unto us all things that pertain to life and godliness od how did he obtain all things through the knowledge of him who hath called him there could not anything be given pertaining to life and godliness without knowledge woe woe woe to christendom especially the divines and priests if this be true salvation is for a man to be saved from all his enemies for until a man can triumph over death he is not saved a knowledge of the priesthood alone will wiki vi I 1 do this the ile spirits in the eternal world are like the spirits in this world when those spirits have come into this world and received tabernacles then ihen died and again have risen and received glorified b bodies they will have an ascendancy over the spirits idies irit who have no bodies or kept not their girst first estate tafe like the devil the punishment ish merit of the devil was that he should not have a habitation like men the devils retaliation is isa he comes into this world binds up mens bodies and bocc occupies u them thern himself when the authorities come N along 0 lel iel they eject him from a stolen habitation the design of the creat god in sending us into this world and organizing us to prepare us for the eternal worlds I 1 shall keep in my ohn own bosom at present we have no claim in our eternal compact in relation to eternal things unless our actions and contracts and all things C tend to this end but after all al I 1 this you have got to ma make ke your your calling and election sure if this injunction I 1 aou would lay largely on those to whom it was spoken how bow much more those of the present enervation ene ration key knowledge is the power of salvation 2nd and key make your calling and election sure 3rd ard key it ig Is one thing to be on the mount and hear the excellent voice ac ac and another to hear the voice declare to you you have a part and lot in that kingdom judge adams adama arrived at my house from springfield monday nonday 22 called at ai the office at 9 am having received letters from sisters armstr armstrong oreg and nicholson Mc holson hoison of philadelphia complaining of the slanderous conduct of benjamin Ben janlin winchester and I 1 directed the twelve apostles to act u upon pa ogis the matter this morning received a large hickory walking in stick having a silver head with the motto B E W A R E rode node 11 1 d e out 0 ut to my farm dined at cornelius P letts lettle then rode to the lima road and arid returned home at 71 i pm wrote editor of times and seasons dear brother in answer to yours of may fth concerning the latter da day saints forming a temperance society we would say as paul said be not unequally yoked joked with ers but contend for the faith aith 0 once delivered to the saints and as peter advises so say we add to your knowledge temperance As paul said lie he had to become all things to all men that he might thereby save some soine so must the elders of the last days do and being sent out to preach the gospel and warn the world of the judgments to come we are sure when they teach as directed by the spirit according to the he revelations of jesus christ that they will preach the truth and prosper pro s per without complaint thus we have no new commandment to give but admonish elders ciders and members to live by every word that edeth forth from the mouth of god lest they come short of the glory that is reserved for the faithful W RICHARDS RICHA clerk tuesday 23 in conversation with judge adams and others at 8 am rode out to visit the sick two pm B young II 11 C kimball P P pratt 0 pratt 0 hyde W woodruff ir J taylor geo A smith IV richards and others met in tlde tide office elder addison pratt was ordained into the seventies and blessed and set apart to go to the society isles by president young assisted by H C kimball 6 0 llyde hyde P P pratt that he should be a swift messenger to the nations of the earth have power over the thelie thelle elements ments and not fear when when tempests arise do not be hasty and passionate but acknowledge goodness in all where you find it hearken ye they will say one to another to this man and they will carry you and give you presents ac shall have power over the ab ships ps course and shall return again to this land ind with your family il if f you are faithful I 1 elder noah rogers of or the seventies was blessed by the same elder kimball being being mouth that he might have power to discern between good and evil be filled with the power of god have faith to heal the sick cast out devils cause the lame to walk and have the heavens opened and have an appointment from on high even from god if thou art faithful except thou art willing to be led thou shaft never lead leady thou return to this place and set apart to accompany bro pratt t to the sandwich islands elder benjamin F r grouard was ordained into the seventies by the same brethren 0 hyde llyde mouth prayed that the angel of god might watch over him and deliver him from his enemies ene and the tempest and troubles of the sea bea hont a that ha t he might perform the mission i I 1 with honor or to himself and be returned in safet safety err elder eider knowlton F hanks was also set apart to the islands reuben reubert bedlock Hed lock high priest was blessed a and nd set zet a apart to go to 0 england elder john cairns was ordained high priest and set apart to accompany brother hed lock president young said to brother addison pratt and his associates we commit the key keys of opening the gospel to the society isles to you yon when all the twelve said aye elder ejder rogers was kp appointed pointed president of the mission reuben hemlocks Hed ned locks locka mission was to preside over the churches in england over the emigration mi and over business bubines s in general by vote of the quorum elder young said he wanted the funds in in liverpool to pay the passage of those who were expected to be sent for by brother john benbow and his wife on account of arion moneys ays eys lent by him to commence the printing of the book of mormon millennial star stay hymn book ac and to send the worthy poor saints to this country and let brother bedlock use what is necessary for his own convenience and voted unanimously that the foregoing be carried into execution let the books of mormon be le sold as fast as they can in england and the avails avalis be retained by elder bedlock till further orders ordis voted that sister ann dawson and her family sister ann braddock and her family william bradbury with his family brother leech I 1 of preston and family brother anderson of trent and all the poor saints be brought over to this country voted on reading elder wards letters of march island and letb to the first presidency and twelve that the printing in england be sto ant stopped ped according to V previous instructions instruction and elders ward and fielding I Z come to this place and the funds referred to in wards letters be expended by elder bedlock Hed lock as before stated |
