History of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Volume 5Smith, Joseph, Jr.
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History of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Volume 5
Smith, Joseph, Jr.
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints; Smith, Joseph, Jr., 1805-1844
I shall triumph over my enemies: I have begun to triumph over them
at home, and I shall do it abroad. All those that rise up against
me will surely feel the weight of their iniquity upon their own
heads. Those that speak evil of me and the Saints are ignorant or
abominable characters, and full of iniquity. All the fuss, and
all the stir, and all the charges got up against me are like the
jack-a-lantern, which cannot be found.
Although I do wrong, I do not the wrongs that I am charged with
doing: the wrong that I do is through the frailty of human nature,
like other men. No man lives without fault. Do you think that even
Jesus, if He were here, would be without fault in your eyes? His
enemies said all manner of evil against Him--they all watched for
iniquity in Him. How easy it was for Jesus to call out all the
iniquity of the hearts of those whom He was among!
The servants of the Lord are required to guard against those things
that are calculated to do the most evil. The little foxes spoil
the vines--little evils do the most injury to the Church. If you
have evil feelings, and speak of them to one another, it has a
tendency to do mischief. These things result in those evils which
are calculated to cut the throats of the heads of the Church.
When I do the best I can--when I am accomplishing the greatest
good, then the most evils and wicked surmisings are got up against
me. I would to God that you would be wise. I now counsel you, that
if you know anything calculated to disturb the peace or injure the
feelings of your brother or sister, hold your tongues, and the
least harm will be done.
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