Show f copyright secured LIVE LIFE OF JOSEPH SMITH 1 sunday aith went to meeting at the usava hour dideon carter preached a splendid dis dig doarse course in the afternoon we had an exhort exhortation and communion some two pr weeks since brother draper iQ aisted oa da leaving the meet mg bea before ore communion and would n ner be prevailed upon to tar tarry ry a few moments v although ie we invited him to do so as we did not adt 1 wish t to have hae the house throws thrown into confusion I 1 he observed that he would now nt dawe P if v excluded him from the church today to day he attempt ed to make a confession but it s satisfactory to me and I 1 was constrained by the spirit to deliver him over to the buleti bugs of satan until he should humble himself and repent ent of his sins and make a satisfactory confession fles sion before the church I 1 1 monday ath received a letter from a holmes and andwan was much rejoiced to hear from him and of his bis success ik i k i proclaiming aimin t 4 he 6 gospel wrote him a letter re requesting him to return to kirtland spent the day in reading hebrew mr john called to tike take the parti parting fig 0 hand with me and remarked that fia had been in darkness all his days but wl had now found the light and intended to obey it this evening a number of brethren called to see the I 1 d 1 records which I 1 exhibited and ex explained plaine d fine i sleighing tuesday morning nor ning ath at home read hebrew in company wi with th doctor williams president cowdery low dery brother hyrum amt and orson pratt in the evening preached at the school house housa as usual had great liberty i in n g speaking baking ea congregation ration attentive after the se es elo clo so sod d the brethren proposed to draw wood for ME wednesday ath at home bome w wind ina s south oaths strong and chilly elder packard game atra e i in n this thi mor 10 and d mede me a present of twelve dol 1 lara a r w which h he held in afi a note against me may god bless blesa him for his liberality also james al draeb arieh sent ma my note by the hand of jesse ou on which th there ore was twelve dollars due and may god bless him for his kindness to me also alao the bi brethren ethren whose names are wr written it below opened their hearts in great liberality and paid me at the committees committee store the I 1 sums set opposite their respective ec tive names to I 1 wit john conill con ill 5 00 emer harris 41 1 l 00 led lev jackman 3 25 truman jackson I 1 00 elijah fordham 5 25 samuel rolf 1 25 james jamea emmet 5 00 elias febee 1 00 newel knight 2 00 abort brown 3 00 truman 0 angel 3 00 wm F cahoon 1 00 william Fol felshaw shaw 3 00 harlow crosier 50 salmon gee 75 george morey 1 00 harvey sm stanley neey 1 00 john rudd budd 50 zemira draper 1 00 alexer badlam 1 00 I 1 1 with the addition of the two notes above 24 21 00 my heart swells with gratitude inexpressible when I 1 realize the great con condescension af my heavenly father in a pening opening the hearts of these my beloved brethren to administer so liberally to in my T wants and I 1 ask god in the name of J jesus e christ to multiply blessings without number upon their heads and bless me with euph wisdom and understanding and dispose of me to the best advantage for ray my brethren and the advancement of thy cause and kingdom and whether my days are maneor few whether in life or in death I 1 say in my heart 0 lord let me on enjoy j 0 th the e I 1 society of such brethren elder tanner tann er brought me half of a fatted batted hog for the benefit of my family a few days since eldr elder S roundy brought me a quarter of beef and may all the blessings named above be poured upon their heads for their kindness toward me thursday this morning a cambor of brethren called to see the records which I 1 exhibited to their satisfaction this day my brethren met according arding to previous arrangement to chop and haul wood for me beautiful porn jB oming ingi I 1 indeed and fine sleighing this afternoon I 1 was called in company with president david whitmer to visit angeune angeline works we found her bar very sick and so much deranged that she did not recognize her friends and intimate acquaintances we prayed for and laid hands on her in the name of jesus christ and commanded her in his name name to receive her he sen ses sea which were immediately restored we al bo ap prayed that she might might be restored to health and she said she was better otter the board kiln had taken fire and on an our return we found the breth brethren engaged in extinguishing gui shing the flames after laboring about one boar against this ibia destructive element we succeeded in in conquering ebu it and probably saved a about bo a t one fo fourth arth part of the himber famber I 1 do not know the amount of loss the committee have sustained but considerable as there was waa much lumber in the kiln there were about two haldred brethren engaged on this occasion who displayed much activity and interest and deserve much credit they have also been very industrious and supplied me with my winter wood for which I 1 am sincerely grateful to each and every one of them and shall remember with warm emotions this expression of their goo goodness duess to me and in the name of I 1 jesus christ I 1 I 1 invoke invoice the rich benediction of heaven to 0 rest upon them and their families and I 1 ask in my heavenly father to preserve their healtha healt hs Voy asad those of their wi wives ves and children that they may have strength of body to perform their labors in their several occupations in lire life and the use baud ami activity of their limbs also powers of intellect and understands under understanding standi hearts that they may treasure up wis dota io understand ing and intelli intelligence gince above af measure tsure and be preserved from plagues ge pestilence and famine sofrom from the the adversary and the hands of evil designing men and uve hare power over all their enemies and the way be prepared for them that they may J journey bourney to the land of zion and be established on then their in inheritances to eno enjoy 3 undisturbed peace and happiness i forever ai and n Y ultimate ultimate be crowned with everlasting life in the celistial celestial kingdom of god which blessing I 1 ask in the name of jesus of nazareth amen I 1 I 1 would remember elder leonard rich Rioh who was the first one that proposed to the brethren to assist me in obtain obtaining int wood for the use of my family 2 for which I 1 fray pray my heavenly father to bless him with all thi the blessi blessings bs named above and I 1 shall ever ref remember him with much gratitude for this testimony of benedo lence and respect and thank the great I 1 AM for putting I 1 into his heaxt to do me this kindness n ess and I 1 1 as say y in in my r heart I 1 will trust in thy goodness and mercy forever for thy wisdom and benevolence alord 0 lord is unbounded and beyond the comprehension of men and all of thy ways cannot be found ont oat the petitions of the people aogle 1 I from all parts arts of ri th the e united states to t toe C governor oreaner of I 1 missouri to red restore the saints minto to their possessions won were I 1 winged and mai mailed leVat at kirtland this day for far missouri 8 soitry the petitions were numerous and the package a large the postage thereon being ive ive 4 dollars it was greeted to the governor CiO vernor t friday morning alth a fire broke out in a shoe makers shoo owned by orson johnson Job st jeche flames oon moon extinguished extinguish by the motive ostive L exert exertions ious oi of the brethren A pleasant ai aning ebent ther the day in reading and instructing I 1 those who cal ledfor advice I 1 saturday fth spent the forenoon 1 n reading about 12 a num berof I 1 ung oung persons ns called to see the edv egyptian etian rec I 1 I 1 ITT my scribe scribe exhibited them one of the nag ladies who bad been examining them ras asked it if they had the appearance of anti I 1 aty alty adeo h an air of contempt atiat at they did not on heating hearing this I 1 su sur I 1 at mhd ignoble ig noBce she bisp displayed and observed to her that dait she was an anomaly in treat I 1 creation rea tion on for all the wise w ie and learn learned that had kaminek them without lit hesitation sital lion pronounced en ani ancient I 1 f tuther further remarked that it was arish ignorance bigotry and eldi which caus edher to make the re vms ww biet I 1 bearid put it on record aud and itoe leowe leow 8 it raft i ot he prevailing spirit of the times show that t the victims of and superstition would not believe though C one should rise from the de dead ad at evening attended a debate at a brother Willi william willialm aln Smi smiths on the following question was waa it necessary for god to reveal himself to man in ba order fo for their happiness I 1 was wag on the Arma affirmative tive and and the last to speak on that side of thadd the question estioc but bt while ening fifth interest to the i ingenuity Ing eunity displayed on both sides I 1 was I 1 called cabeda away to visit sister angeline anderl no works arks who was supposed to be dangerously sick elder corrill find myself went and d pray prayed ad f for or and laid handson her in the name of jesus C christ a and d leav leaving ink her apparently better returned sunday at the usual hour 10 forenoon attended meeting at the school house on i the flats el elder d jesse a a hitchcock it a b cock preached a latsi becote in v very ery feeling ee n d i t w in t the h e afternoon elder peter whitmer atmer related his experience after which president J ey 0 Willit williams ms re fated his also they both spoke of many things F con needed with the rise and progress pf af this thi a charch which were interesting after this the sacra meet meat of the lords sapper was administered under the superintendence of president dent david whitmer after which I 1 made some remarks respecting prayer meetings and our oar meeting wt was is closed by invoking the blessing of heaven I 1 returned home and ordered my horse and myself and so scribe i rib rode erode to mr mi E jennings w where h e arki I 1 joined oi u emd ebenezer b denezer robinson and an angeline g el in e works re s i in n matrimony tr i m 0 13 Y aecil according ding to previous engagements mi miss as work had so far recovered from her illness as to be able to sit in her easy chair while I 1 pronounced the marriage ceremony I 1 we then rode to mr hys a dist distance ance of about three miles from town where I 1 had been solicited to attend another marriage we found a large and respectable number of the friends present I 1 had been requested to make some preliminary remarks on the s subject of matrimony boue touching the design of the almighty in this institution also the duties of bus husband band and wives wives towards each other and after opening our inter interview yiew with singing and prayer I 1 delivered a lecture of about abot it forty minutes in which all seemed interested except one or two individuals who manifested a spirit of grovelling gro velling contempt which I 1 was con strained to reprove and rebuke sharply after I 1 had closed my remarks I 1 sealed the matrimonial engagements between mr E R webb and 1 his I E A Mo in the name of god and pronouncing the bles blessings isings of heaven upon their heads closed by returning thanks A sumptuous feast was then spread and the company in invited to seat themselves at the table b by y pairs male and female commencing with the eldest the interview was conducted with propriety and decorum and cheerfulness prevailed after spending the oe evening ag agreeably until 9 we pronounced a blessing upon the company and returned home this day the board kiln took fire are again monday lith a number of brethren from now new york called to visit me and see sethe the egyptian records also elder harris returned from palmyra new york and bro brother ther francis ea ton toa of the same place and sister harriet howe hawe called to visit viau me as after dinner attended the funeral of Sylv sylvester ter smiths youngest child and in the evening met according to pre previous i notice to n mate arrange arrangements debts to guard against fire and organize a company compa n for this purpose also counselled counseller coun selled on other affairs i irs ofa temporal nature samuel barnum came to my house much afflicted with a swollen arm 7 as he had not sufficient faith to be healed my wife applied pt aed poultice of herbs and ke he tar tarried r aed over night spent the day at homed home reading hebrew and visiting friends who called to see me tuesday at home and as usual was blessed with much company samuel barnum is very sick his arm much inflamed this afternoon ter noon older elder orson hyde handed me a letter the purport of which was that he is dissatisfied fied with the committee in their dealings with him in temporal affairs that is that they do not deal as liberally with him as they do with elder william smith mith also requested me to r reconcile the revelation givenco gi vento the twelve since they their return from the east that unless these things and others named in letter could be reconciled to his mind his honor would not stand united with them this I 1 believe is toe the amount of the contents of the letter although much was written my feelings on this mcew occasion tion were much lacerated knowing that I 1 had bad dealt in righteousness with him in all things and endeavored to promote his happiness and welt being as much as lay jay in my power and I 1 feel that these eions we are ungrateful and founded in jea jealousy lousT and that the adversary 1 is is striving wi with th all his 2 subtle devices and i u lenee to destroy him by 0 causing a division among the twelve whom god has hag chosen to open the gospel kingdom in all nations but I 1 pray my hoa heavenly venly father in the name of jesus of nazareth that he may be delivered from he e power of the destroyer that his hia faith fail not in this hour of temptation and prepare him and all the elders to receive an endowment in thy house even according to thine own order fron from time to time as aa thou see seest a t t them bein worthy to be called into thy solemn as assembly aed wednesday bl Y aday morning weather weather extremely dold cold I 1 went to the council room to lay before the presidency the letter that I 1 received yesterday from e elder er orson oraon hydea alyde but when I 1 arrived I 1 found that 1 I had lost loot said letter but I 1 laid the substance of af it as far as I 1 could recollect before the Con bonneil Co ancil neil but they had not time to attend to it on account of other business accordingly abed adjourned until monday eve taing ning the SOth instant returned home elders eldera mcclellin Mc Mb Lellin B young and I 1 L carter called and paid me a visit with which I 1 was much I 1 gratified I A exhibited at and id eap exp explained ined the egyptian Z records to them and explained 1 many wa n things concer concerning n tv il the he dealings of god wit with h t the hy e ancients and the formation or mation ol 01 the planetary system I 1 I 1 tuis this evening according to adjournment I 1 went to brother william Willia nf to take aake part in the debate that was wa s commenced an on saturday evening last after the debate wag concluded and a decision given in favor of the cheif af i formative firma tive of the qa question estion some altercation took place upon the impropriety of continuing the school debate fearing that it would na not 4 I 1 result in good brother wilhiam 0 opposed thebe I 1 measures and insisted on having another question I 1 ti on proposed sed abdat length became muen much enraged j cropo rage particularly par t te 1 r ly at me and used violence upon my person and also upon elder J L carter arter and some others ethers for which I 1 am grieved beyond 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