Show 1 I 1 copyright secured 1 HISTORY OF 0 E JOSEPH SMITH AUGUST 1843 ellier elijer elder young said that if elders or high priests are so situated that they cannot get pet word from the prophet br tor the twelve apostles Apos tres they the may inay get a revelation concerning the themselves r the twelve may get a refa revelation tion in any anar part of the world concerning the buil bull building din L up lip of the kinz kinq kingdom dom as they have hare to establish R it in all parts of the world so joany any person can ask the lord for a witness concerning himself and get an answer but not to lead the church that belongs to the head of the church conference met at half past ten according to adjournment meeting opened by singing Pra yerby elder J AL grant rant J the congregation was then addressed by elder VV IV woodruff from 2 peter I 1 ch 20 21 verses Ki knowing lowing this first that DO prophecy of the scripture is of any private interpretation for the prophecy came not in old time by the will wil I 1 of man b but holy men of god as they were moved by the holy ghost it the prophecies that had been fulfilled were ful fal rde d literally in like manner would those prophecies which are still unfulfilled be fulfilled literally the gathering gathe of the saints tife the building bail ding up of zion the gA gathering hering of the jews the rebuilding of jerusalem Jeru Jerusal baima salta Wm the establish im of the church and of god in t alast last days and the preaching of 1 the he gospel ea to a all ali I 1 the world are events looked for fol gol by the ill lil latter day saints and notwithstanding these things are unpopular and not looked for or believed in by the world yet we ye feel encouraged tp persevere and press forward in assisting to accomplish accompli sh these great and glorious thins thin ti lings s with mith a firm flim belief that they will as truly be e brought to pass and perfected as those things were ivere which were ivere prophesied in ancient days also bore testimony of the truth of the be yo ook af mormon book of doctrine and covenants aud of joseph smith being a prophet of god elfr eier eler kimball gave his bis testimony when the meeting took a recess for two hours in n the afternoon after elder J E page had a dressed the meeting elder george T each leach was appointed to preside over the church io D new nevy york in place of elder L it foster who was about to remove to nauvoo after which several children were blessed and the meeting adjourned until evening at which time timer elder 0 pratt addressed the people in an edifying manner concerning the book of mormon its ita history what it was ac that it was ank a ais tory of nearly one half of the 0 globe obe and ibe e people e that inhabited it that it gave a history and names of all those cities which have bun of late discovered by catherwood catherino od and Step steh stephens heins that it spoke of the establishing of oun our government and what is more highly interesting it reveals its final fate arid alid destiny so that ty by reading the book of mormon you can clearly see what nhat will becal this nation and arfa wh atwill be its final end in that book you yoa will divid find recorded the pure principles of the gospel of jesus jesua christ as taught by himself on the continent of or america so plain that no two persons could digree disagree as to the points of doctrine set forth ile he then bore testimony of the truth of joseph smith jun being a prophet of god and that the book of mormon was true also that the church of the latter day saints was the church of god ile he spoke about two tivo hours and after he closed five children were blessed and then the people were dismissed I 1 attended meeting at the tile stand at 10 am and made a few remarks the following report of which is by dr willard richards 0 two weeks ago today to day something w was a s said about elder sidney rigdon and a vote was taken to him and to demand bs license on account of a report brought by elder hyde from quincy ile he then read a letter from thomas carlin cariln to S rigdon as follows I 1 quincy ills llis A august u gust 18 1818 1813 18 13 dear sir sin yours of the dinst was received but not in time to answer it by return yon you say that a mr orson if hyde yde on board of the steamboat anaman a short time since was told by an officer of the boat that a mr I 1 prentice in the vicinity of quincy said that some person in hio hip high ah standing in the church of latter day saints in this itis place nauvoo had an interview with you me said he would use all the influence that his circumstances would admit of ta have joseph smith arrested and delivered into the hands of the missourians Missour ians ac this interview is said to have taken place at the time the first warrant was issued against smith and that since the last warrant was issued that the same person had written to you me or had bad an interview with you giving ving ling the same assurances it h has s been publicly said in this town that I 1 sidney rigdon was the person who had this interview or interviews and correspondence pon dence with you now sir sir bir it gives me pleasure to be perfectly able to disabuse you I 1 have not seen you to my recollection nor had any correspondence with you until the present resent since 1839 and in all the intercourse I 1 lave have had with you I 1 have always looked upon up on you 0 U as one of the most devoted followers of 1 joseph seph smith and one of the pillars of the church ok 0 the latter day saints I 1 never sought through the aid of any person to entrap joseph smith a faithful discharge of my official duties was all that I 1 attempted or desired very respectfully your obedient servant IF THOS CARLIN he then resumed the letter is one of the most evasive things and carries with it a design to hide the abe truth has any man been concerned in a conspiracy to deliver joseph smith to missouri if so who ile he then read the fth chap hebrews salem is designed for a hebrew term it should be Shi loam which signifies righteousness and peace as it is it is nothing neither hebrew jurcek greek latin french or any other language I 1 say to all those disposed to set up st stakes akes for the almighty you will come short of the glory of god to become a joint heir of the of the son he away all his tradition I 1 prophecy and bear record this morning that al all ali the c combined om Z n d powers of earth and hell shall not and cannot ever overthrow or overcome this boy for I 1 have a promise from the eternal god if I 1 have sinned I 1 have sinned outwardly but surely I 1 have contemplated the things of god respecting the mai Mal prie priel hood the sectarians sect arians never professed to nave have have it consequently they never could save any one 1 and would all be damned together there w was as an episcopalian priest who said chehad he had the priesthood of aaron but had not the priesthood of and I 1 bear this testimony that I 1 never have lound found the man who claimed the vl priesthood i strood of the me power of the priesthood ia ii to have the power of endless lives for the everlasting covenant cannot be broken the law was glyen giren under aaron for the he purpose of P pouring out judgments and destructions tons the secta sectarian sec tari tarl rian rinn in world are a going to hell by hundreds by thousands and by millions there are three grand orders of priesthood referred to here the ile king of salem had power and authority over that of abraham holding the key and the power of endless life an angels els eis des desire i re to look into it bul but but they have 13 bet set et up too many mady stakes god cursed the children of israel because they would not receive the last law from moses broses the sacrifice required of abraham in the offering ulof up of isaac shows that if a man would ouid attain to the keve keys of the kingdom of an endless life he must sacrifice all things when god offers a blessing or knowledge to a man and he refuses to receive it he will be damned the israelites prayed that god would speak to moses and a nd not to them in consequence of which he cursed them with a carnal law what was the power of not the priesthood of aaron which administers in outward ordinances and the offering of sacrifices those holding the falness of the priesthood are kings and priests to the most brost high nigh god holding the keys of power and blessings in fact that priesthood is a perfect law of of theocracy and stands as god to give laws to the people administering endless lives to the sons and daughters of adam abram says to niel Alel I 1 believe all that thou hast taught me concerning the priesthood and the comin coming of the son of ivi III man uan s so ordained abram and sent him him away abram rejoiced saying now I 1 have a priesthood salvation could not come to the world without the mediation of jesus christ how shall god come to the rescue of this j generation ile he will send fiend elijah the prophet the law revealed to moses in horeb hareb never was revealed to the children of israel as a nation elijah shall reveal the covenants to seal the 1 hearts of the fathers lo 10 to the hie children and the children to the fathers the anointing and sealing is to be called elected and made sure Wit Wi hoot thoat father without mother without descent having neither beginning of day days nor end of life but made like unto the son of god arideth a priest r i est continually the dec priest priesthood 0 d holds the right from the eternal god and not by descent from father and mother and that priesthood is eternal as god himself having neither beginning of days nor end of life the 2nd and priesthood is patriarchal authority go to and finish the temple and god will fill it with power ower and you will then receive more eru erh knowl knowledge concert concerning ng this priesthood thea the ard 3rd h 3 what is called the priesthood consisting of priests to administer in outward ordinances made without an oath but the priesthood of is by an oath and covenant the holy ghost ig is gods messenger to administer in all those priest hoods jesus christ is the heir of this kingdom the only begotten of the father according to the flesh and cind holds the ke keys overall this world men ha have haye to sulee suffer t blat at they may come up on arburt zion and be exalted above the heavens I 1 know a man that has been caught up to the third heavens and can say with paul that we have seen and heard things 0 that are not lawful to utter fifteen minutes past one closed my address sidney ri rigdon don said 1 I never saw governor carlin hut but ut three times and never exchanged a word with any man living on the subject 1 I ask pardon for having done anything which should give occasion to make you think so in the he evening attended council and prayer meeting with my brother hyrum N K whitney willard richards william law and wil liam llam Marks Af arks monday 28 1 I was visited by a deputation of indians tuesday 29 elder brigham young paid a visit to james arlington bennett arlington I 1 house long island and baptized and confirmed him next day I 1 held mayors court and tried several cases erastus II 11 derby was bound over to keep the peace for six months previous to the close of the trial he cave gave up his license as an elder to the Church recorder wednesday 30 the nauvoo nig neighbor abor publishes the following article the following is extracted from the boston bee and reflects great credit upon the wr writer iter lter whoever IVia viator tory torl is he has proven himself to be a man of sound sense Bense and discernment and of no ordinary legal talen talents tm the sentiments advocated are those have alway always s contended for it is theon the only com common 0 n sense bense view of the subject that C can an be e taken I 1 and we think that on a sober second thought when the film of and prejudice is removed ved it is I 1 the on only light that it will wiil be seen in by all intelligent I 1 tell igent men I 1 VESTED nao rac nights RIGHTS ilITS OF or NAUVOO mr editor editon after an abrupt leave I 1 am in nauvoo a again ain aln aad having becil for many years I 1 what is ca called lied a constitutional man and feeling I 1 a deep interest in the common welfare of all 1 so far as the rights of life libert ilbert liberty and the cernel pursuit of happiness are concerns con cor cerne d you will pardon ardon arlon me as a legal advocate of vested rights tn nob not ot your religious tenets or any others for I 1 consider timm them as a matter connected with the soul for bince ance more of offering fiering 0 you a little dee bee braad bread I 1 am much pleased with the liberal powers 1 of the charter of the goodly cil city cily ly of W nauvoo the vested rights in that public document aro ato sufficient for all necessary purposes ses of a poi people I 1 le whose greatest eanest object appears to be to benefit benefit mankind in this this world and them in the next it is evident on th eface of the instrument in question that the legislature 0 of f illinois or more properly property the people of illinois lil ili through their representatives have vested in the corporate body of nauvoo 0 ov er a certain district of territory which may be increased in size at pleasure all the rights privileges and powers which the said state possessed assessed oss essed in in h her er constitutional capacity or could claim under the broad folds of the fhe constitution of the united states when I 1 first read the charter I 1 supposed it was circumscribed by the statutes of flie the state stafe but upon a second reading I 1 saw the beauty of that magma magna charta I 1 saw that the le legislature of illinois had ceded to the c city ity council of the city of nauvoo the power to legislate for the common weal of nauvoo for a part of the lith section of that bet ulet reads as follows the city council shall have power and authority to make ordain establish and aind execute all such ordinances not repugnant to the constitution ution of the united states or of this state as they may deem necessary for the peace benefit good order regulation convenience and cleanliness of said city now if words mean anything here certainly taini are vested rights as sacred as substantial lat lar and according 11 to the terms of the charter perpetual ual succession as durable as those of the tile state a t e or united states for the benefit and convenience of the citizens of nauvoo and her posterity ad infinitum it is a wise liberal and substantial foundation for those who may aay be so fortunate as to share the tile salutary effects of its ordinances and to partake of its growing blessings if illinois has power to enact law laws s for the benefit and convenience of her inhabitants so iro has nauvoo for jor forber her ier citizens it if the constitution of the united states protects illinois in her vested rights nauvoo has the same claim and the same to control it and if the city ity council of nauvoo should pass an unconstitutional act or ordinance literally repugnant to the constitution of the united states or of this state all that could be done would be to declare it void by some court having competent jurisdiction and there the matter ends without any recourse upon the charter any more than there ig is recourse upon the constitution of the state for unconstitutional acts that so frequently dis disgrace race the statutes of the several states wh wll en I 1 heard that the legislature last winter was laboring to repeal or modify the said charter it put me in mind of a father and a son who owned a horse which they were too lazy to prove and bring out his good qualities but a gentleman observing him purchased and in a few days passed by with the nobie noble animal in full fall mounted harness attached to an elegant carriage attracted the attention of all that saw him the bon son immediately sought the father to sue and get the |