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
Go with me, will you go to the mansions above,
Where the bliss and the knowledge, the light and the love,
And the glory of God do eternally be?
Death, the wages of sin, is not there. Go with me. [B]
[Footnote B: After the martyrdom of the Prophet both the title and the
phraseology of this hymn were changed by the author of it, to "Come to
me, will ye come," etc., as it now stands in the Latter-day hymn book,
page 326, _Deseret News_ edition of 1905; also the following stanzas
were added by Elder Phelps:
Come to me; here are Adam and Eve at the head
Of a multitude quickened and raised from the dead;
Here's the knowledge that was, or that is, or will be,
In the gen'ral assembly of worlds. Come to me.
Come to me; here's the mysteries man hath not seen,
Here's our Father in heaven, and Mother, the Queen;
Here are worlds that have been, and the worlds yet to be,
Here's eternity, endless; amen. Come to me.
Come to me, all ye faithful and blest of Nauvoo.
Come, ye Twelve, and ye High Priests, and Seventies, too,
Come, ye Elders, and all of the great company,
When your work you have finished on the earth, come to me.
Come to me; here's the future, the present and past;
Here is Alpha, Omega, the first and the last,
Here's the "Fountain," the "River of Life," and the "Tree!"
Here's your Prophet and Seer, Joseph Smith. Come to me.
]
[Sidenote: Council Meeting of the Twelve.]
In the afternoon I attended a council of the Twelve, at President
Young's. There were present, Brigham Young, Heber C. Kimball, Orson
Hyde, Orson Pratt, John Taylor, Wilford Woodruff, George A. Smith,
Willard Richards, and Brother Hyrum Smith. We had conversation on a
great variety of subjects. I related my dream:--"I dreamed this morning
that I was in the lobby of the Representatives' Hall, at Springfield,
when some of the members, who did not like my being there, began to
mar, and cut, and pound my shins with pieces of iron. I bore it as long
as I could, then jumped over the rail into the hall, caught a rod of
{255} iron, and went at them, cursing and swearing at them in the most
awful manner, and drove them all out of the House. I went to the door,
and told them to send me a clerk, and I would make some laws that would
do good. There was quite a collection around the State House, trying
to raise an army to take me, and there were many horses tied round the
square. I thought they would not have the privilege of getting me; so I
took a rod of iron, and mowed my way through their ranks, looking after
their best race-horse, thinking they might catch me where they could
find me. Then I awoke." To dream of flying signifies prosperity and
deliverance from enemies. To dream of swimming in deep water signifies
success among many people, and that the word will be accompanied with
power.
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