History of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Volume 6Smith, Joseph, Jr.
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History of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Volume 6
Smith, Joseph, Jr.
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints; Smith, Joseph, Jr., 1805-1844
His own good, his family's good, his neighbor's good, his country's
good, and all good seem to whisper to every person--The governor
has told you what to do. Now do it.
The constitution expects every man to do his duty; and when he
fails the law urges him; or should he do too much, the same master
rebukes him.
Should reason, liberty, law, light, and philanthropy now guide the
destinies of Hancock county with as much sincerity as has been
manifested for her notoriety or welfare, there can be no doubt that
peace, prosperity, and happiness will prevail, and that future
generations as well as the present one will call Governor Ford _a
peacemaker._ The Latter-day Saints will, at all events, and profit
by the instruction, and call upon honest men to help them cherish
all the love, all the friendship, all the courtesy, all the kindly
feelings, and all the generosity that ought to characterize clever
people in a clever neighborhood, and leave candid men to judge
which tree exhibits the best fruit--the one with the most clubs and
sticks thrown into its boughs and the grass trodden down under it,
or the one with no sticks in it, some dead limbs, and rank grass
growing under it; for by their signs ye can know their fruit, and
by the fruit ye know the trees.
Our motto, then, is Peace with all! If we have joy in the love of
God, let us try to give a reason of that joy, which all the world
cannot gainsay or resist. And may be, like as when Paul started
with recommendations to Damascus to persecute the Saints, some one
who has raised his hand against us with letters to men in high
places may see a light at noonday, above the brightness of the sun,
and hear the voice of Jesus saying, "It is hard for thee to kick
against the pricks."
Intelligence is sometimes the messenger of safety. And, willing to
aid the governor in his laudable endeavors to cultivate peace and
honor the laws, believing that very few of the citizens of Hancock
county will be found in the negative of such a goodly course, and
considering his views a kind of manifesto, or olive leaf, which
shows that there is rest for the soles of the Saints' feet we give
it a place in the _Neighbor,_ wishing it God speed, and saying,
God bless good men and good measures! And as Nauvoo has been, so
it will continue to be, a good city, affording a good market to
a good country; and let those who do not mean to try the way of
transgressors, say "Amen."
The High Council met and settled several cases of difficulty betwixt
brethren.
[Sidenote: Anti-Mormon Convention at Carthage.]
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