History, 1834–1836

  • Source Note
  • Historical Introduction
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Jehovah, Thou who sitteth upon the throne before whom all things are present, Thou Maker, Moulder and Fashioner of all things, visible and invisible, breathe I O breathe into the ears of thy servant, the Prophet, words suitably adapted to my case and situation. Speak once more Make known thy will concerning me, which favors I ask in the name of the Son of God, Amen.
N.B. I hope you will not let any business hinder you from answering this letter in haste.
Yours Respectfully
To Joseph Smith
Nov. 16th. 1835
Brother ,
I have received your letter <​of​> the 28th. of Sept. 1835 and I have read it twice, and it gave sensations that are better imagined than described. let it suffice that I say the very flood-gates of my heart were broken up: I could not refrain from weeping. I think <​thank​> God that it has entered into your heart to return to the Lord and to his people, if it so be that he will have mercy upon you.
I have inquired of the Lord concerning your case. These words came to me.
Verily thus saith the Lord unto you: Let him who was my servant , return unto me, and unto the bosom of my church, and forsake all the sins, wherewith he has offended against me, and pursue from hencforth a virtuous and upright life, and remain under the directions of those I have appointed to be pillars, and heads of my Church, and behold saith the Lord your God, his sins shall be blotted out from under Heaven, and shall be forgiven from among men, and shall not come up in mine ears nor be recorded as a memorial against him. but I will lift him up as out of deep mire, and he shall be exalt[ed] upon the high places, and shall be county [counted] worthy to stand among princes, and shall yet be made a polished shaft in my quiver, of bringing down the strong hold of wickedness among those who set themselves up on high. that they may take council against me and against my anointed ones, in the [p. 132]
Jehovah, Thou who sitteth upon the throne before whom all things are present, Thou Maker, Moulder and Fashioner of all things, visible and invisible, breathe O breathe into the ears of thy servant, the Prophet, words suitably adapted to my case and situation. Speak once more Make known thy will concerning me, which favors I ask in the name of the Son of God, Amen.
N.B. I hope you will not let any business hinder you from answering this letter in haste.
Yours Respectfully
To Joseph Smith
Nov. 16th. 1835
Brother ,
I have received your letter of the 28th. of Sept. 1835 and I have read it twice, and it gave sensations that are better imagined than described. let it suffice that I say the very flood-gates of my heart were broken up: I could not refrain from weeping. I thank God that it has entered into your heart to return to the Lord and to his people, if it so be that he will have mercy upon you.
I have inquired of the Lord concerning your case. These words came to me.
Verily thus saith the Lord unto you: Let him who was my servant , return unto me, and unto the bosom of my church, and forsake all the sins, wherewith he has offended against me, and pursue from hencforth a virtuous and upright life, and remain under the directions of those I have appointed to be pillars, and heads of my Church, and behold saith the Lord your God, his sins shall be blotted out from under Heaven, and shall be forgiven from among men, and shall not come up in mine ears nor be recorded as a memorial against him. but I will lift him up as out of deep mire, and he shall be exalted upon the high places, and shall be county counted worthy to stand among princes, and shall yet be made a polished shaft in my quiver, of bringing down the strong hold of wickedness among those who set themselves up on high. that they may take council against me and against my anointed ones, in the [p. 132]
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