Show I 1 copyright setu becu secured red HISTORY OF JOSEPH jam SMITH seith JULY 1843 about 4 pm elders brigham youn youns W woodruff Wood ruif ruil feo reo A smith and EH eli P aia ala maginn 11 inn started on the hie steamer rapid on their castern extern mi million stion saturday 8 municipal court sat tat and up ed of the ilie copies of the he evidence heard on T ane eroded mi abbas corpus and revised it for the pre press in the afternoon shadrack roundy started with the affidavits of hyrum smith P P pratt prati B young L wight ald aid ard G W pitkin to carry to the governor bishop miller arrived from the pinery with feet of lumber and shingles C for tle temple elders voun youn woodruff and smith arrived at saint louis and re resl reil shipped ripped or board the hie lancet for cincinnati sunday 9 meeting at the grove in the morning I 1 addressed the saint saints the following i 1 a brief synopsis as reported by dr willard richard richardq i joaeph soseph remark remarked pd that all was well between him hira and th ill heavens that kc ke had no enmity against any one and anti as the prayer of jesus or ills tiia pattern so prayed joseph father rather forgive ms me my trespasses as I 1 forgive those who tre trespass spats spits against me for I 1 freely forgive all men it if we would secure and cultivate the love of other othero we maust must love others even our enemies as well weil as friends sectarian priests cry out conc cone concerning arning i me and arki ask why is willis it ibis babbler gains eo so many followers and retain them themy I 1 answer it is because I 1 poes the principle of love all I 1 can offer the world is a nood good heart and a good hand the saints can testify whether I 1 am willing tilling to lay jay down my life for my brethren if it it has been demonstrated that I 1 have been willing to die for a mormon I 1 am bold to declare before heaven that I 1 am just as ready to die in defending the rights of a presbyterian a baptist or a good nau nan of any other denomination for me tle same principle which would trample upon the rights of the latter day saints would trample upon lle ile the lie hights righta of the roman Cat catholics holica or of any other denomination who mav may be unpopular and too weak to defend themselves it ii iq a love of liberty which inspires inspire my soul civil and aud religious liberty to the whole of the human race love of liberty was diffused into ny my soul toul by my grandfathers while they candled dandled me on their knee knees and shall I 1 want friends no the inquiry is frequently made madeck cf me wherein 10 lo flo you vou differ from others in your religious views in reality and arid essence we do not differ so far ill in our religious views but that we could all drink into gone bone principle of love one of the grand fundamental da mental principles of mormonism is to receive truth let it come from whence it may W wa 0 believe in lle ile lie the great elvheim El who sits enthroned n ed in yonder heavens hc avene avens so do the presbyter inns ians it if a skilful mechanic in taking a welding be het heat bet t uses borax alim ac and succeeds eucce da in in wailing willing welding weiding together ther iron or steel more per pei perfectly estly than an mechanic is he not dot deservi deserving nat nAf nSf praise and it if bv by ile the lie lle principles of 0 truth I 1 succeed in uniting afi a denominations in the bonds of lov iov lov hait halt I 1 not have attained a good object it if I 1 esteem mankind 0 fo o be in error shall I 1 bear them down no I 1 will lift them up and in their own way wat too it if I 1 cla cabaot ribot persuade them my way is better ana and I 1 will dot not seek peek to compel any man to believe belleve a as I 1 do only by the force of reasoning for or truth will cut its own way do you believe in 10 jesus christ and the he gospel of salvation which so do 1 I christians should cease case jingling man win gling lifie and contention with gack aach other and the principles princ prine p I 1 es of union finio and friendship in M their thell midst ian tan and 1 I 1 they le V will 1 I do du it before afore the tiie anil can cac be us ushered he re in and christ takes pos pas session nesson of his kin kingdom adorn do yoli yon believe in lle ile lie the baptism of infants uli awk s the presbyterian no chy why because eti ne no where written in the liale circum circumcision cisIn is not baptism Neit nelt tier iier was ba baptism plis m instituted in the place of circumcision baptism is fon for rc re Bi sni ision sion slon of sins sans children have no eins tins jesus web UCB them tileen and said do what you have seen inc ine do 0 1 children are all made alive it in christ andi liose of riper years through faith and repentance so far we are agreed with other othen Cli cil christian ristian de ile dominations they all preach faith falth fait fail it and repentance the rhe gospel requires baptism b by y immersion i for be remission of t sims silis which is the meaning of the word in me original lan ian language rage page viz lo 10 bury or kalse jaa gerse we aik the sects do you yon believe this they answer no I 1 believe in being converted I 1 b believe e in this his i tenaciously so did the apostle peter and aud the disciples of jesu jesus but I 1 further believe in the gift of the holy ghost by the laying on of hand evidence by peters petera preaching on the day of pentecost acts 2138 2 38 might as well bap t ze a bag of sand as a man if not done ih view of the remission of sins and get petting fing of the holy ghost baptism by water is but half a baptism and is good for nothing without the other ollier half that hat i lle ile the lie baat am aai of uie the holy ghost I 1 am free toda today to da day messengers mes men engers have returned with offers of peace from the governor the savior says except a man be korp koru again of water and of the he spirit he can in no wise enter into the he kingdom of heaven P though we or an angel from heaven preach any other gospel unto you than that which we have preached unto you 1 11 t him be accursed 5 according to galatians I 1 ch 8 v I 1 this morning esquire enquire patrick and 4 col coi oa 01 markham returned from springfield markham markhan stated that on the ath they drove to beardstown Beards Beard town slown hired fresh horses and got to sprin aprin springfield field miles about 7 on the morning of the ath in advance of the carthage cartilage mail carrying Rey ray reynold raynold noldi and anti wilson about two ho hours ursand and ri ready to see the governor with the document documents the affidavits were in the possession of cyrus walker who refused to give them up tip on account of a political squib in the state Rp gister i charging chargin g I 1 valker walker with making capital sto stock ck out of my arrest to favor his election to markham Mari marl cham tham then demanded them is as my agent telling him that if lie he would not dot give them nhem up tip he would take them from him walker then turned anti and said 1 I will do my duty if it takes my head and len then went with him and arid delivered the papers to the governor when they received the decision of the governor started oa on their return home when chev returned to rushville they learned that gen moses closes wilson had bad been staying slaying there two or three weeks with teli fell en or twelve men waiting wailing for an opportunity cf me to jackson county and hed bed only left gjere nere the rooming ous when they learned leartic d the decision of governor ford in jn the evening Shad jack roundy started for springfield to carry further affidavits and set gov ford monday loi 10 I 1 rode out with emma to the farm arm the following piece cf poetry was composed by miss bil all s eliza 11 snow on oil the occasion of my late tale arrest me like bloodhounds fiercely prowling with pistols ready drawl with oaths like tempests howling those kidnappers kid came on lle fie bared his breast before them but as they hurried near A fearfulness tearfulness came oer oer oen them then it 11 was wag wa the cowards fear well might their dark souls wither when he their courage dared their pity fled 0 whither whiter when he bis his bosom bared death has las to me no I 1 terrors errors he herald sald paid 41 hate a life S 83 3 subject to the horrors of your ungodly chife what mearim mearin 3 your savage avage conduct have you a lawful writ to any negal LEGAL groces I 1 submit 11 5 here herf ere erp 11 ald aid said these the e lawless ruffians ruffian Is our oar authority and drew their pistols nearer neater in rude ferocity with more than savage wildness like hungry beasts of prey tuey bore la in alibis all ail lils mild mildness nebs the man of Godawa Goda jl with brutish haste they tore him birn from her he loves BO so well and far away they bore bare him with scarce the word farewell lil ill their thein hearts are ire seats where blind blindness nem oer foul corruption reigns the milk mill of human kindness flows not within their veins thein their conduct w wag aa unworthy rhe the e meanest raco race of m men en atwould better belter fit the tiger from its deill deril missouri dils Alis sourd 0 missouri yott yon thus prolong your shaine chaise by sending such as abroad to bear soui your nain name conid could jackson county furnish flit nish no tamer shrub than he must blust legal office bUrli bunnah fah such wild barbarity baiba rity go search lle ile lie file rudest forests the panther and ani the bear As well would grace your As well deserve a share then might the heartless wison WISOR M thy shame 0 illinois become with them A ad 4 teach them to detro delro de tro so much ferocious nature should join the brutish clan AM and not disgrace til ill the a f feature ea tures that claim to be a man but hear bear it 0 Misso missouri uril once more the prophets free your ill directed fury brings fort forth ai a I jubilee tuesday I 1 11 I 1 I 1 rode o it with my roy family in the he carriage wednesday 12 the following revelation e in the presence of my brother hyrum and elder william clayton verily thus saith the lord unto you my ray ser cr vant joseph that ilasin inasmuch ich as you have inquired of my hand to know and understand wherein I 1 the lord justified my servants abraham isaac a and nd jacob as also moses david and solomon my servants as touching the principle arid and doctrine of their having many wives and concubine concubines behold and lo 10 I 1 am the lord thy god and will ili ill answer awer thee as touching this matter therefore prepare thy he artto receive arid and obey the instructions which I 1 am about to give unto 3 you ou j for all those who have thi this law revealed unto them hem must obey the sanle same for I 1 reveal unto you a ne new w and an everlasting covena covenant nt and if ye abide not that covenant then are ye damned for no one can re reject eject this covenant and be permitted to enver enter en er into in my y g glory jory for fur all who will have a blessing at my ray handay handas hands shall abide the bw which was appointed for that hat ble bie blesing blessing sing and ohp lh conditions thereof as wa wag instituted from before the foundation of the world and as pertaining to the new arid and everlasting covenant it was instituted for the falness of my ray glory and he lie that receiver a falness thereof must oust and shall abide ili ill tho law or he lie shall be damned saith faith the lord god and verily I 1 say gay ay unto you that the condition of this law are these all ail i ll 11 covenants contracts I 1 bonds obligations oah vows performances connections association associations or expectation that are not nade made and anti entered into and seal sealed scaled eci col by the holy spirit of promise of him who is anoint ed both as well for time and or all eternity eternit eternity ty and that too most cost holy by revea revelation tion and commandment through the medium of mine anointed whom I 1 have bare appointed on the earth to hold this power and I 1 bavo nave appointed unto my servant joseph to hold this power in tila the last days day and there is never but one on the earth carth at a time on whom this power and the keys of this priesthood are conferred are of no efficacy virtue or force in and after the resurrection from the dead for all contracts that are hot made unto this end have an end when mm are dead behold mine house bouse is a house of order saith the ibe lord god and not a houe house of confusion co fusion will I 1 accept of an offering saith the lord that is not made in my name or will I 1 receive at your hands that which 1 I have not cot appoint appointed edl and will I 1 appoint unto you yoli saith the lord except c e pt it be by law even as I 1 and my in father ordained you before the world wai ward wal I 1 am the lord thy god and I 1 give unto you this commandment man nd dment ment that no man shall come unto the F ather father but hy by me or by my word vit which aich i is is my roy law smith gaith the lord and everything that is in the world whether it be ordained of men by thrones throne or principalities or or things thins of name whatsoever they may be that are not by me roe or by my roy word alth aith the lord hall shall be thrown down and khail hall not remain after men inen are dead neither in nor after the resurrection resurrect ign saith the lord your god for whatsoever things re ma mainetti maln main ineth etli etil are by bv me and whatsoever things are not by me shall be shaken and destroyed therefore if a man marry him a wife in the world anti and lie marry her not by me nor by iny my word and he covenant with her so ion lon long iong ts as he is in the world and she the with bima bimo biro their covenant and marriage is not of foice when they the are tre dead and when they are out of the world therefore zere they are not bound by any law when they are out of the world therefore when they are out of the world they neither marry nor are given in marriage but are appointed angels in it beave heayn which angels an eis pis are ministering servants to mini sterl for those who are worthy of a far fur more and an exceeding and an eternal weight of glory for these angels did not abide my law therefore they i cannot be enlarged but remain separately tely and singly without exaltation in their sa saved gaved ved condition lo 10 all e eternity tern ity and biorn henceforth are not cods gods but are angele angela ot god forever and ever and anti again verily I 1 say unto you if a matl man marry a wife and anti make a covenant with her for bitne and for all eternity if that covenant is dot not by bv me or b by my woid which is my law and is not nt sealed av by the holy spirit of pro promise taise through him whom I 1 have lave anointed and op pointed unto this thia power then it ia is not valid vali dp neither of force when they are out of the world because they are not joined by me saith the lord neither by my my word when they are out of the world it can cannot rot be received there because the ilia angels and the gods are appointed there by whom they cannot pas pasc they cannot therefore Ui inherit my roy glory for my roy home houge is a hoise of order saith raith the lord god and again verily I 1 say unto you your if it a aritt marry nari a W wife by my word which la Is my roy law and by I 1 ibe the e new and everlasting covenant ard it is I 1 sealed unto them by the holy spirit of promise by bim him who wild is ij anointed unto whom I 1 have ap minted linked clil power and the keys of this priest prie t awl it shall shail shall rhall be sal bal sail I 1 unto them ye shall come forth in the grit resurrection and if it le ie atter after the be first rr resurrection in the axt at tion lon ion and shall eh ili ill inherit thrones kingdom principalities phil pali ties and cowets dominions all heights height and depths then shall it be written wn ten in the embla 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