Minutes, 27 May 1843, as Reported by Wilford Woodruff
Source Note
, Minutes, [, Hancock Co., IL], 27 May 1843. Version copied [ca. 27 May 1843] in Wilford Woodruff, Journal, vol. 5, 1 Jan. 1843–31 Dec. 1844, pp. [36]–[39]; handwriting of ; Wilford Woodruff Journals and Papers, CHL. For more complete source information, see the source note for Discourse, 17 Jan. 1843, as Reported by Wilford Woodruff.
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*Minutes, 27 May 1843
Page [38]
or of Br Joseph had not altered it as for himself he would not sit upon the case another day he considered it an insult upon his office & calling as an of Jesus Christ & he would not bear it as for the rest of the Twelve might do as they pleased as for himself he would not do it has despised & rejected the council of the & the Twelve had said they had no Jurisdiction over him in & to say whare he should go to but he & others will find their is power in the Twelve we know through whom we have received our power & who are our benefactors & we are thankful for it has never for the first time received our council but has gone contrary to it no <one> is safe in his hands he calls an old granny & slanders evrybody he says their is a contradiction betwen & the Twelve, their is no contradiction betwee[n] us & is there , ( answe[r]s No) After closed President J. Smith said he would give us a little counci[l] if we saw fit to except [accept] it, he thought it proper for us to silence take his & have him come to & if he would not do that let him go out of the , it was then Mooved & Seconded that be silenced & give up his lisence & come with his family to which was carried unanimously
Br Joseph then addressed the & said that in all our councils esspecially while on trial of any one we shoold see & [p. [38]]