| Show correspondence THE wize josepn JOSEPH none nome or hys HIS SAYINGS SPANISH SPA sra FORK feb editor deseret nees neus 1 I noticed in the NEWS yesterday a communication from brother lucius luclus N scovil my father made known to me that he received the blessings of the holy ordinances in the days of the prophet joseph as I 1 understand in the place I 1 a ce indicated by brother scovil tt at the e t time lime me the nauvoo legion was drawn up in front of the mansion house at nauvoo the prophet spoke from the top of the frame on the opposite side from the mansion I 1 stood close to the mansion on the top rail of the fence holding to an apple tree limb brother joseph laid his hands on my fathers shoulders and said brethren I 1 the lord has this day revealed something to me that I 1 never fully comprehended before that is that I 1 have friends f who have always kept at a respectful distance ready to ward off the blows of the enemy while others who have pretended much friendship have crawled into my bosom and become my most bitter enemies he called us his boys and said we should be his boys to all eternity I 1 looked with joy and pride on the scene lad ad as I 1 was at that time none but god could tell the swellings of my heart I 1 wished d that I 1 might be as great a friend and brother to youn young joseph as my father was to his father when I 1 returned home I 1 to m my ay father my feelings concerning young joseph he said to me moshih Mosi ih brother joseph feels bad for his son joseph for he said to me brother levi you will live to see the day that my son joseph will be the cause of drawing many away from this church after him you sustain the twelve as you sustained me I 1 roll this kingdom on to the shoulders of the twelve and they shall bear and send the gospel to every nation on the earth and when see a people clamoring for the blood of their fel you may know they are not the church of christ t t my father having taught me these things I 1 could not depart from them and when I 1 got an opportunity to say a good word to a wayward soul I 1 tried to do so still I 1 could not buncom but compare the imbecility of thought thought in those who had once tasted of the t e word of god and departed with the nobility of t those hose who remained firm to the work of the lord when I 1 learned of the efforts made by what is called the reorganized church to endeavor with the howlers bowlers of the day to incite our government to destroy us I 1 thought of what the prophet said concerning V those who clamor for the blood 1 of I their f fel fei ellOW men MeD concerning the doctrine of celestial marriage the prophet told my father in the days of kirtland that etwas it was the dillof will of the lord for his servants who were faithful faitha ua to step forth in that order but said brother joseph brother levi if I 1 should make known to my brethren what god has made known to me they would seek my life I 1 my Fath ermade some things known to me concerning those days and the part he took with the prophet in trying to assist him to start the principle with a few chosen friends in those days my father has required of me to bear testimony of these things at a proper time shall I 1 always keep still when I 1 see those things which are revealed by the god of heaven for the exaltation of men and women trampled in the dust when I 1 reflect of the majestic mien and towering form of the prophet in times of the greatest danger and contrast the sneaking disposition of the traduce traducers rs of this people well do I 1 remember when brother brigham returned f front frony rom row the east to nauvoo after the martyrdom of the prophet I 1 sat in front but a short distance from where he arose and I 1 bear my testimony that his voice and look a at t that time was as brother josephs I 1 knew the mantle of joseph had fallen on brigham yo young respectfully R 1 1 ully hancock |
