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Letter to William W. Phelps and Others, 18 August 1833
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and thus the testimony of the Kingdom must go unto all and there are many ways that God disigns to bring about his ritious purposes and in the day of Judgment he disigns to make us the Judges of the whole world generation in which we live O how unsearchable are the depths of his mysteries and his ways past finding out Brotheren the testamony which you have given of your honesty and the truth of this work will be felt Etenaly [eternally] by this generation for it will be proclaimed to [the] ends of the Earth that there are men now liveing who have offered up their lives for this as a testimony of their religion our Brotheren in the East will handle this testimony to good advantage it seems to inspire every heart to a lively sence of faith and to arm them <with> double fortitude and power and the harder the persicution the greater the gifts of God upon his chirch yea all things shall work together for good to them who are willing to lay down their lives for Christ sake we are suffering great persicution on account of one man by the name of Docter Hurlburt [Doctor Philastus Hurlbut] who has been expeled from the chirch for lude and adulterous conduct and to spite us he is lieing in a wonderful manner and the peopl are running after him and giveing him mony to brake down mormanism which much endangers <our lives> at pre asnt but god will put a stop to his carear soon and all will be well my heart this momen[t] <is made> glad for Zion we have Just received you[r] letter containing the bond with which our enemies bound themselves to distroy Zion and also the blessing <of> god in poreing out upon his spirit upon you and we have had the word of the Lord that you shall [be] deliverd from you[r] dainger and <shall> again flurish in spite of hell god has communicated to me by the gift of the holy ghost that this should be <the case> after much p[rayer] and suplication and also that an other printing office must be built the Lord knows how and also it is the will of the Lord that the Store shou[ld] be kept and that <not> one foot of <land> the perchased should <be> given to the enimies of god or sold to them but if any is sold let it be sold to the chirch we cannot git the consent of the Lord that we shall give the ground to the enemies yet let those who are bound to leave the land to make a show as if to do [it] untill the Lord delivr[.] a word to the wise is sufficien<t> therefore Jud[g]e what I say for know assuredly that every foot of ground that falls into the hands of the enimies with consent is not easy to be obtained again O be wise and not let the knowledge I give unto <you> be known abroad for your sak[e]s hold fast that which you have received trust in god considder Elijah when he prayed for rain go often to your holy plases and <look> for a cloud of light to apper to your help O God I ask thee in the name of Jesus of nazereth to save all things concerning Zion and build up her wai t [waste] places and restore all things O god send forth Judge ment unto victory O come down and cause the mou tans [mountains] to flow down at thy presance and now I conclude by telling you that we wait the Comand of God to do whatever he plese and if <he> shall say go up to Zion and defend thy Brotheren by <the sword> we fly and we count not dear our live[s] dear to us I am your Brother in Christ
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Includes Edward Partridge endorsement.
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