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Letter to the Presidency in Kirtland, 29 March 1838
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to this place, but have prevailed nothing, We have no uneaseness
about the power of our enimies in this place to do us harm Br Samuel H Smith &
family arrived here soon after we did in go[o]d health. Br B[righam] Young Br D[aniel] S. Miles & Br L[evi] Richards arrivd
here when we did, They were with us on the last of our journey which
ad[d]ed much to our sattisfaction, They also are well They have
provided places for their families & are now about to break the
ground for seed, Being under the hand of wicked vexatious
Lawsuits for seven years past my buisness was so dangerous that
I was not able to leave it, in as good a situation as I had antisipated,
but if there are any wrongs, They shall all be noticed so far
as the Lord gives me ability & power to do so, say to all the
brotheren that I have not forgotten them, but remember them in my pr ayers,
Say to Mother [Sarah] Beaman that
I remembr her, Also Br Daniel Carter Br Stong [Ezra Strong] & family Br [Oliver] Granger &
family, Finally I cannot innum erate them all for the want of room I
will just name Br Knights [Vinson Knight] the
Bishop &c.
My best respects to them all for the want of room &
I commend them and the Church of God in Kirtland to our Heavenly Father &
the word of his grace, which is able to make you wise unto Salvation
I would just say to Br. [William] Marks,
that I saw in a vision while on the road that whereas he was closely
persued by an innumerable concource of enimies and as they pressed
upon him hard as if they were about to devour him, It <&> had seemingly attained
some degre[e] of advantage over him But about this time a chariot of fire
came and near the place and the Angel of the Lord put forth
his hand unto Br. Marks &
said [p. 25]
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