Essentials in Church History: A History of the Church from the Birth of Joseph Smith to the Present Time (1922), with Introductory Chapters on the Antiquity of the Gospel and the "Falling Away"Smith, Joseph Fielding
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Essentials in Church History: A History of the Church from the Birth of Joseph Smith to the Present Time (1922), with Introductory Chapters on the Antiquity of the Gospel and the "Falling Away"
Smith, Joseph Fielding
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints -- History
The result of this conflict brought sorrow to the Church at Far West.
Joseph and Hyrum Smith and Lyman Wight met the brethren on their
return, at Log Creek, where they did all that could be done for Captain
Patten before his death. "Brother Patten," said the Prophet, "was a
very worthy man, beloved by all good men who knew him. He was one
of the Twelve Apostles, and died as he had lived, a man of God, and
strong in the faith of a glorious resurrection, in a world where mobs
will have no power or place. One of his last expressions to his wife
was--'what ever you do else, O do not deny the faith.' How different
his fate to that of the apostate, Thomas B. Marsh, who this day vented
all the lying spleen and malice of his heart towards the work of God,
in a letter to Brother and Sister Abbot, to which was annexed an
addendum by Orson Hyde." The funeral of Brothers Patten and O'Banion
was held at Far West, Saturday, October 27, 1838. On that occasion the
Prophet said of Elder Patten: "There lies a man that has done just as
he said he would--he has laid down his life for his friends."
Apostasy of Thomas B. Marsh
Thomas B. Marsh, President of the council of the Twelve Apostles,
suddenly left Far West in October, 1838, and went to Richmond in an
ugly mood. He had been offended over a trivial matter and thereupon
left the Church and made false accusations against his former brethren.
Orson Hyde, in the same spirit, followed him on the 18th of October.
On the 24th, Marsh went before Henry Jacobs, justice of the peace at
Richmond, and made an affidavit the gist of which is as follows:
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