[Footnote 56: "Who Wrote the Book of Mormon?" 9. Supplement 14, _Millenial Star_, 43.] [Footnote 57: Supplement 14, _Millenial Star_, 43.] [Footnote 58: "Who Wrote the Book of Mormon?" 12.] [Footnote 59: "The Spaulding Story Examined and Exposed," 4, by J.E. Page. "Mormonism Exposed," 2 exact date, January 28, 1822.] [Footnote 60: Supplement 14, _Millenial Star_, 43.] [Footnote 61: "Who Wrote the Book of Mormon?" 8.] [Footnote 62: Supplement 14, _Millenial Star_, 45.] [Footnote 63: "The Spaulding Story Examined and Exposed," p. 8.] [Footnote 64: "Who Wrote the Book of Mormon?" 7. "Myth of the Manuscript Found," 26.] [Footnote 65: Supplement 14, _Millenial Star_, 44. _Times and Seasons_ 418.] [Footnote 66: "The Spaulding Story Examined and Exposed," 10.] [Footnote 67: _Historical Record_, 992. Bancroft's "History of Utah," 202] RIGDON'S PRIOR RELIGIOUS DISHONESTY. There are two circumstances of the above narrative which need a little further elucidation, since the impressions which Rigdon made upon his discerning intimates during his earlier life may have some bearing upon the force to be given to the circumstantial evidence concerning his after life. As to Rigdon's conversion to the Baptist Church so very soon after the time when Spaulding expressed the suspicion that Rigdon had stolen his manuscript, the Rev. Samuel Williams, in his "Mormonism Exposed," says: "He [Rigdon] professed to experience a change of heart when a young man, and proposed to join the church under the care of Elder David Phillips. But there was so much miracle about his conversion, and so much parade about his profession, that the pious and discerning pastor entertained serious doubts at the time in regard to the genuineness of the work. He was received, however, by the church and baptized by the pastor with some fears and doubts upon his mind. Very soon, Diotrephes-like, he began to put himself forward and seek pre-eminence, and was well-nigh supplanting the tried and faithful minister who had reared and nursed and led the church for a long series of years. So thoroughly convinced was Father Phillips by this time that he was not possessed of the spirit of Christ, notwithstanding his miraculous conversion and flippant speech, that he declared his belief 'that as long as he [Sidney Rigdon] should live, he would be a curse to the church of Christ.'" [68] [Footnote 68: "Mormonism Exposed," by Williams, copied in "Who Wrote the Book of Mormon?" page 13.]