Letter to Edward Partridge and Others, 10 December 1833

  • Kirtland Mills Ohio December 10th 1833

    Beloved brethren E[dward] Partridge, W[illiam] W. Phelps J[ohn] Whitmer  A S[idney] Gilbert J Corril [John Corrill] I[saac] Morley, and all the saints  whom it may concern.

    This morning the mail brought bros.  Partridge & Carrels letters & also bro Williams, all  mailed at Liberty Nov. 19th which gave us  the melancholy inteligence of your flight from  the land of your inheritance having been dri ven before the face of your enemies in that place

    From previous letters we had learned that a  number of our brethren have been slain, but  we could not learn from those refered to above  as there had been but one, that was bro [Andrew] Barber  and bro [Philo] Dibble wounded in the bowels, we were  thankful to learn that no more were slain, and  our daily prayers are, that the Lord will not suf fer his saints who have gone up to his land to keep  his commandments, to stain his holy mountain [p. 70]

JS wrote this letter in response to dispatches just received from Bishop Edward Partridge, William W. Phelps, and John Corrill, all dated 19 November 1833, describing the church’s displacement in Missouri. JS expressed his feelings regarding the turn of events in Jackson County, Missouri; his interest in having an account written of Zion and its tribulation; his continuing commitment to build Zion; and his firm confidence in God.

JS wrote this letter from Kirtland, Ohio, to Partridge, Phelps, Sidney Gilbert, Corrill, Isaac Morley, and members in Missouri. Frederick G. Williams copied the text into JS Letterbook 1.

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Letter to Edward Partridge and Others, 10 December 1833
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