Scraps of Biography: Tenth Book of the Faith-Promoting Series. Designed for the Instruction and Encouragement of Young Latter-day SaintsVarious
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Scraps of Biography: Tenth Book of the Faith-Promoting Series. Designed for the Instruction and Encouragement of Young Latter-day Saints
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Latter Day Saints -- Biography
Question.--"Did the prisoner, Joseph Smith, Jun., cast the devil out of
you?"
Answer.--"No, sir."
Q.--"Why, have you not had the devil cast out of you?"
A.--"Yes, sir."
Q.--"And had not Joseph Smith some hand in it being done?"
A.--"Yes, sir."
Q.--"And did he not cast him out of you?"
A.--"No, sir, it was done by the power of God, and Joseph Smith was the
instrument in the hands of God on this occasion. He commanded him to
come out of me in the name of Jesus Christ."
Q.--"And are you sure it was the devil?"
A.--"Yes, sir."
Q.--"Did you see him after he was cast out of you?"
A.--"Yes, sir, I saw him."
Q.--"Pray, what did he look like?"
(Here one of the lawyers on the part of the defense told me I need not
answer that question). I replied:
"I believe, I need not answer you that question, but I will do it if I
am allowed to ask you one, and you can answer it. Do you, Mr. Seymour,
understand the things of the Spirit?"
"No," answered Mr. Seymour, "I do not pretend to such big things."
"Well, then," I replied, "it will be of no use for me to tell you what
the devil looked like, for it was a spiritual sight and spiritually
discerned, and, of course, you would not understand it were I to tell
you of it."
The lawyer dropped his head, while the loud laugh of the audience
proclaimed his discomfiture.
Mr. Seymour now addressed the court and in a long and violent harrangue
endeavored to blacken the character of Joseph, and bring him in guilty
of the charges preferred against him.
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