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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

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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"

Name: 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"
Author: Smith, Joseph Fielding

Smith, Joseph Fielding

Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints -- History

Samuel Tillery, the jailer at Liberty, told the prisoners that the
persecutions against the Saints was a "concocted plan," framed by the
various officers who took part in it, from the governor down. It was
first planned in the fore part of the year 1838, but was not fully
carried out until the militia was sent down against the Saints in
Caldwell and Daviess Counties. "But," said Tillery, shortly before
the removal of the brethren to Daviess County from Liberty Prison,
"you need not be concerned, for the governor has laid a plan for your
release." He also said that the governor was now ashamed enough of the
whole transaction, and would be glad to set the prisoners at liberty,
if he dared to do it. Without question the conspirators became alarmed.
They did not plan the escape of the Prophet and associates because of
any repentance, or remorse of conscience, but because of the fear of
public sentiment, without as well as within the state. Knowledge of
the dastardly actions of the officers of Missouri, who were pledged by
oath to uphold and honor their constitution, which grants liberty to
all citizens[2] in their religious worship, spread abroad into other
commonwealths. The citizens of western Illinois received the exiled
Saints with open arms, and invited them to make their homes among them.
The governor of Iowa, Robert Lucas, wrote and spoke in a vehement
manner in opposition to the treatment the "Mormon" people received in
Missouri. He invited the Saints to make their homes within the borders
of the territory of Iowa. All these things had their effect on the
assassins in Missouri, and caused them to fear and tremble. Governor
Boggs, himself, became sick of the reproach brought upon the state, and
reached the point where he would have gladly released Joseph Smith and
his fellow prisoners, but feared that such an action would properly be
interpreted as an acknowledgment of his unlawful course. He preferred
to have it so arranged that they could escape and appear before the
world as fugitives from justice.

Escape of Parley P. Pratt

Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.

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History

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

Samuel Tillery, the jailer at Liberty, told the prisoners that the
persecutions against the Saints was a "concocted plan," framed by the
various officers who took part in it, from the governor down. It was
first planned in the fore part of the year 1838, but was not fully
carried out until the militia was sent down against the Saints in
Caldwell and Daviess Counties. "But," said Tillery, shortly before
the removal of the brethren to Daviess County from Liberty Prison,
"you need not be concerned, for the governor has laid a plan for your
release." He also said that the governor was now ashamed enough of the
whole transaction, and would be glad to set the prisoners at liberty,
if he dared to do it. Without question the conspirators became alarmed.
They did not plan the escape of the Prophet and associates because of
any repentance, or remorse of conscience, but because of the fear of
public sentiment, without as well as within the state. Knowledge of
the dastardly actions of the officers of Missouri, who were pledged by
oath to uphold and honor their constitution, which grants liberty to
all citizens[2] in their religious worship, spread abroad into other
commonwealths. The citizens of western Illinois received the exiled
Saints with open arms, and invited them to make their homes among them.
The governor of Iowa, Robert Lucas, wrote and spoke in a vehement
manner in opposition to the treatment the "Mormon" people received in
Missouri. He invited the Saints to make their homes within the borders
of the territory of Iowa. All these things had their effect on the
assassins in Missouri, and caused them to fear and tremble. Governor
Boggs, himself, became sick of the reproach brought upon the state, and
reached the point where he would have gladly released Joseph Smith and
his fellow prisoners, but feared that such an action would properly be
interpreted as an acknowledgment of his unlawful course. He preferred
to have it so arranged that they could escape and appear before the
world as fugitives from justice.

Escape of Parley P. Pratt

Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.

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"

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"

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