Chapter IV

Trial and Conviction of Hurlburt--Efforts in Behalf of the Redemption of Zion--Dissolution of the United Order of Zion and Kirtland,

[Sidenote: The Whipping of Ira J. Willis.]

_Monday, March 31_.--This day, Ira J. Willis, a young man who had been in the Church for some time, and who was driven from Jackson county into Clay county, returned thither to look for a stray cow, and while at the house of Esquire Manship, a justice of the peace (where he had called with Brother John Follet, to prove his title to the cow), was caught by that unhung land pirate and inhuman monster, Moses Wilson, and whipped in a most cruel and savage manner, while surrounded by some half dozen of the old mobbers. This was an unpardonable act; all that know Mr. Willis can bear testimony that he is a young man, honest, peaceable and unoffending, working righteousness, and molesting no one, May God reward Moses Wilson according to his works.

I went to Chardon today to attend the court in the case of "Doctor" Philastus Hurlburt.

[Sidenote: The Trial of "Doctor" Hurlburt for Threatening the Prophet's Life.]

_April 1_.--This day at Brother Rider's in Chardon. The court has not brought forward Hurlburt's trial yet, and we were engaged in issuing subpoenas for witnesses. My soul delighteth in the law of the Lord, for He forgiveth my sins, and will confound mine enemies. The Lord shall destroy him who has lifted his heel against me, even that wicked man Dr. Philastus Hurlburt; He will deliver him to the fowls of heaven, and his bones shall be cast to the blasts of the wind, for he lifted his arm against the Almighty, therefore the Lord shall destroy him.

{47} Wednesday, April the 2nd, and Thursday, the 3rd, attended the court. Hurlburt was on trial for threatening my life. Friday morning I returned home, and in the evening attended Council, of which the following are the minutes:

_Minutes of Council_.

Kirtland, April 4, 1834.

This evening a Council of High Priests assembled at the house of
President Joseph Smith, Jun., to reconsider the case of brother
George F. James. President Joseph Smith, Jun., presiding.

Brother George said that he had often promised to take up his cross
and magnify his calling, but had failed, and ought to have written
to the President ere this time and given him the information
that this pecuniary affairs called his attention at home, which
prevented his fulfilling the promise he made to President Joseph
Smith, in going out to proclaim the Gospel; and he sincerely asked
pardon of the Lord, and of his brethren, and particularly of
Brother Joseph. He also said he was willing to ask the forgiveness
of this Church. He said relative to certain charges, which were,
that he "had not attended meetings, and had treated lightly some
of the weak," etc.; that he had attended meetings generally; and
as far as speaking or treating lightly any brother because of his
weakness, that was foreign from his mind, and was that which he had
never done, nor could he ever and such principles in his bosom.

President Joseph Smith said he had no hardness; he only wished
Brother George to consider this as a chastisement, and that the
Council were bound to take notice of his conduct heretofore; but
now, if Brother George was willing to walk according to the new
covenant, he should have his hand of fellowship. The Council then
expressed their satisfaction at Brother George's confession.

(Signed) Oliver Cowdery, Clerk.

_April 5--_I went to Chardon as a witness for Father Johnson, and returned in the evening. Mr. Russell, the state's attorney for Portage county, called on me. He approached me in a gentlemanly manner, and treated me with great respect.

[Sidenote: Special Prayer.]

_April 7_.-Bishop Whitney, Elder Frederick G. Williams, Oliver Cowdrey, Heber C. Kimball, and myself, met in the council room, and bowed down before the Lord, and prayed that He would furnish the means to deliver the Firm from debt, that they might be set at liberty; also, that I might prevail {48} against that wicked man Hurlburt, and that he might be put to shame.

The Presidency wrote Elder Orson Hyde, who yet remained in the state of New York, as follows:

Kirtland, April 7, 1834.

Dear Brother Orson:--We received yours of the 31st ultimo in due
course of mail, and were much grieved on learning that you were not
likely to succeed according to our expectations. Myself, Brothers
Newel, Frederick and Oliver, retired to the translating room, where
prayer was wont to be made, and unbosomed our feelings before God;
and cannot but exercise faith yet that you, in the miraculous
providences of God, will succeed in obtaining help. The fact is,
unless we can obtain help, I myself cannot go to Zion, and if I do
not go, it will be impossible to get my brethren in Kirtland, any
of them, to go; and if we do not go, it is in vain for our eastern
brethren to think of going up to better themselves by obtaining so
goodly a land, (which now can be obtained for one dollar and one
quarter per acre,) and stand against that wicked mob; for unless
they do the will of God, God will not help them; and if God does
not help them, all is vain.

Now the fact is, this is the head of the Church and the life of the
body; and those able men, as members of the body, God has appointed
to be hands to administer to the necessities of the body. Now if a
man's hand refuses to administer to the necessities of his body,
it must perish of hunger; and if the body perish, all the members
perish with it; and if the head fail, the whole body is sickened,
the heart faints, and the body dies, the spirit takes its exit, and
the carcase remains to be devoured by worms.

Now, Brother Orson, if this Church, which is essaying to be the
Church of Christ will not help us, when they can do it without
sacrifice, with those blessings which God has bestowed upon them, I
prophesy--I speak the truth, I lie not--God shall take away their
talent, and give it to those who have no talent, and shall prevent
them from ever obtaining a place of refuge, or an inheritance upon
the land of Zion; therefore they may tarry, for they might as well
be overtaken where they are, as to incur the displeasure of God,
and fall under His wrath by the way side, as to fall into the hands
of a merciless mob, where there is no God to deliver, as salt that
has lost its savor, and is thenceforth good for nothing, but to be
trodden under foot of men.

We therefore adjure you to beseech them, in the name of the Lord,
by the Son of God, to lend us a helping hand; and if all this will
not soften their hearts to administer to our necessity for Zion's
sake, turn your back upon them, and return speedily to Kirtland;
and the blood of {49} Zion be upon their heads, even as upon the
heads of her enemies; and let their recompense be as the recompense
of her enemies; for thus shall it come to pass, saith the Lord of
Hosts, who has the cattle upon a thousand hills, who has put forth
His Almighty hand to bring to pass His strange act; and what man
shall put forth his hand to steady the ark of God, or be found
turning a deaf ear to the voice of His servant? God shall speak in
due time, and all will be declared. Amen.

Your brethren in the New Covenant,

Joseph Smith, Jun.,

Frederick G. Williams,

Oliver Cowdery.

[Sidenote: Judgment Against Hurlburt.]

_April 9_.--After an impartial trial, the court decided that Dr. Philastus Hurlburt be bound over, under two hundred dollar bonds, to keep the peace for six months, and pay the cost, which amounted to nearly three hundred dollars, all of which was in answer to our prayers, for which I thank my Heavenly Father. [1]

[Sidenote: Dissolution of the United Order in Kirtland.]

On the 10th, had a council of the United Order, in which it was agreed that the Order should be dissolved, and each one have his stewardship set off to him.

The same day the brethren in Clay county, Missouri, executed the following letters and petitions, according to the revelation. [2]

{50} _Friday, April 11_.--I attended meeting, and Father Tyler was restored to the fellowship of the Church.

On the 12th, I went to a place near Lake Erie, and spent the day in fishing, and visiting the brethren.

_Sunday, 13_.--Was sick, and unable to attend meeting.

_Monday, 14_.--I purchased some hay and oats, and got them home.

_Tuesday, 15_.--Hauled a load of hay; and on Wednesday plowed and sowed oats for Brother Frederick G. Williams,

[Sidenote: Deliverance of Zion Considered.]

_Thursday, April 17_.--I attended a meeting agreeable to appointment, at which time the important subjects of the deliverance of Zion and to building of the Lord's House in Kirtland were discussed by Elder Rigdon. After the lecture, I requested the brethren and sisters to contribute all the money they could for the deliverance of Zion; and received twenty-nine dollars and sixty-eight cents.

[Sidenote: An Assault Thwarted by the Spirit.]

_April 18_.--In company with Elders Sidney Rigdon, Oliver Cowdery and Zebedee Coltrin, I left Kirtland for New Portage, to attend a conference; dined at W. W. Williams', in Newburg, and continuing our journey, after dark, we were hailed by a man who desired to ride. We were checked by the Spirit, and refused. He professed to be sick, but in a few minutes was joined by two others, who followed us hard, cursing and swearing; but we were successful in escaping their hands, through the providence of the Lord, and stayed that night at a tavern, where we were treated with civility.

[Sidenote: An Occasion of Prayer and Blessing.]

_April 19_.--Continuing our journey, dined at Brother Joseph Bosworth's, in Copley, Medina County. Brother Bosworth was strong in the faith, and if faithful may do much good. We arrived the same day at Brother Jonathan Taylor's, in Norton, where we were received with kindness. We soon retired to the wilderness, where we united in prayer and supplication for the blessings of the Lord to be given unto His Church. We {51} called upon the Father in the name of Jesus, to go with the brethren who were going to the land of Zion; and that I might have strength, and wisdom, and understanding sufficient to lead the people of the Lord, and to gather and establish the Saints upon the land of their inheritances, and organize them according to the will of Heaven, that they may be no more cast down forever, We then united in the laying on of hands.

Elders Rigdon, Cowdery and Coltrin laid their hands on my head, and conferred upon me all the blessings necessary to qualify for me stand before the Lord, in my calling, and return again in peace and triumph, to enjoy the society of my brethren.

Those present then laid their hands upon the head of Elder Rigdon, and confirmed upon him the blessings of wisdom and knowledge to preside over the Church in my absence, also to have the Spirit to assist Elder Cowdery in conducting the _Star_, in arranging the Book of Covenants; and pronounced the blessings of old age and peace upon him, till Zion is built up, and Kirtland established, till all his enemies are under his feet, and he receive a crown of eternal life in the kingdom of God with us.

Previous to blessing Elder Rigdon, we laid hands on Elder Oliver Cowdery, and confirmed upon him the blessings of wisdom and understanding sufficient for his station that he be qualified to assist Elder Rigdon in arranging the Church Book of Covenants, which is soon to be published, and have intelligence in all things to do the work of printing.

After blessing Elder Rigdon, we laid our hands upon Brother Zebedee Coltrin, and confirmed the blessings of wisdom to preach the Gospel, even till it spreads to the islands of the seas, and to be spared to see three score years and ten, and see Zion built up, and Kirtland established forever, and even at last to receive a crown of life. Our hearts rejoiced, and we were comforted with the Holy Spirit.

{52} _Sunday, April 20_.--Elder Rigdon entertained a large congregation of Saints with an interesting discourse upon the Fullness of Times.

_April 21_.--I attended conference, and had a glorious time. Some few volunteered to go to Zion, and others donated sixty-six dollars and thirty-seven cents for the benefit of the scattered brethren in Zion. The following is an extract from the minutes of the conference:

_Minutes of Conference_.

Norton, Medina County, Ohio, April 21, 1834.

This day a conference of Elders assembled at the dwelling house of
Brother Carpenter. President Joseph Smith, Jun., read the second
chapter of Joel's prophecy, prayed, and addressed the conference as
follows:

"It is very difficult for us to communicate to the churches all
that God has revealed to us, in consequence of tradition; for we
are differently situated from any other people that ever existed
upon this earth; consequently those former revelations cannot be
suited to our conditions; they were given to other people, who
were before us; but in the last days, God was to call a remnant,
in which was to be deliverance, as well as in Jerusalem and Zion.
Now if God should give no more revelations, where will we find Zion
and this remnant? The time is near when desolation is to cover
the earth, and then God will have a place of deliverance in His
remnant, and in Zion."

The President then gave a relation of obtaining and translating
the Book of Mormon, the revelation of the Priesthood of Aaron, the
organization of the Church in 1830, the revelation of the High
Priesthood, and the gift of the Holy Ghost poured out upon the
Church; and said:

"Take away the Book of Mormon and the revelations, and where is
our religion? We have none; for without Zion, and a place of
deliverance, we must fall; because the time is near when the sun
will be darkened, and the moon turn to blood, and the stars fall
from heaven, and the earth reel to and fro. Then, if this is the
case, and if we are not sanctified and gathered to the places God
has appointed, with all our former professions and our great love
for the Bible, we must fall; we cannot stand; we cannot be saved;
for God will gather out His Saints from the Gentiles, and then
comes desolation and destruction, and none can escape except the
pure in heart who are gathered."

Elder Rigdon addressed the conference, and said:

"On two points hang all the revelations that have ever been given,
{53} and these are the two advents of the Messiah. The first is
past, and the second is now just before us; and consequently those
who desire a part in this era which the angels desired to look
into, have to be assembled with the Saints; for if they are not
gathered, they must wail because of His coming. There is no part of
His creation which will not feel a shock at this grand display of
His power, for the ancient Saints will reign with Christ a thousand
years. The gathered Saints will dwell under that reign, and these
who are not gathered may expect to endure His wrath that length of
time; for the rest of the dead are not to live till the thousand
years are ended.

"It is vain for men of this generation to think of laying up and
providing inheritances for their children, except they lay it up
in the place where deliverance is appointed by the voice of God;
for these are the days of vengeance, as were the days of Jeremiah;
because, before his eyes were closed in death, the Jews were led
captive, and the land possessed by another people. And so in this
day; while the father is laying up gold for his son, the destroyer
may lay him lifeless at his feet, and where then is all his
treasure? Therefore if we, the islands of the sea, and all the ends
of the earth, desire an inheritance for ourselves and our children,
and themselves and their children, it must be obtained where God
has appointed the places of deliverance."

Elder Rigdon adverted to the former covenants to Abraham, Isaac,
and Jacob, and others of the ancients, which were to be realized
in the last days; and spoke at some length upon the deliverance of
Zion, the endowment of the Elders with power from on high according
to former promises, and the spreading of the word of the Lord to
the four winds. He first referred to the situation of the brethren
in Missouri, and urged the importance of those who could, giving
heed to the revelations by going up to their assistance; and those
who could not go, to help those who are going with means for their
expenses.

Elder Cowdery gave a brief relation of the mobbing in Missouri, and
called for a contribution.

Elders Ambrose Palmer and Salmon Warner followed on the same
subject.

Brother Joseph Bosworth spoke on the deliverance of Zion, and said
he had no property, but if necessary for her deliverance he would
sell his clothes at auction, if he might have left him as good a
garment as the Savior had in the manger.

Others also spoke on the deliverance of Zion.

President Joseph Smith, Jun., prophesied.

"If Zion is not delivered, the time is near when all of this
Church, wherever they may be found, will be persecuted and
destroyed in like manner."

{54} Elder Rigdon gave an account of the endowment of the ancient
apostles, and laid before the conference the dimensions of the
House to be built in Kirtland, and rehearsed the promise to the
Elders in the last days, which they were to realize after the House
of the Lord was built.

Brother Bosworth then related a few items of a vision, as a
testimony of those things contained in the revelation read by Elder
Rigdon, and his remarks thereon.

President Smith explained the revelation concerning the building of
the Lord's House.

Elder Rigdon then spoke on the spreading of the word of the Lord;
followed by several of the brethren.

The conference voted that Thomas Tripp be excluded from the Church
in consequence of his imprudent conduct, with the privilege of an
appeal to the Bishop's Council in Kirtland.

President Smith then laid hands on certain children, and blessed
them in the name of the Lord.

Elder Rigdon administered the Sacrament.

There were present seven High Priests, and thirteen Elders.

Adjourned to the Monday preceding the second Sunday in September

Closed by singing "Now my remnant of days," etc.

(Signed) Oliver Cowdery,

Clerk of the Conference.

_April 22_.--I returned to Kirtland.

[Sidenote: Return of the Prophet and Party to Kirtland.]

_April 23_.--Assembled in Council with Elders Sidney Rigdon, Frederick G. Williams, Newel K. Whitney, John Johnson, and Oliver Cowdery; and united in asking the Lord to give Elder Zebedee Coltrin influence over Brother Jacob Myres, to obtain the money which he has gone to borrow for us, or cause him to come to this place and bring it himself. I also received the following:

_Revelation given April 23, 1834, to Enoch [Joseph Smith, Jun.,]
concerning the Order of the Church for the benefit of the poor_. [3]

1. Verily I say unto you, my friends, I give unto you counsel, and
a commandment, concerning all the properties which belong to the
order which I commanded to be organized and established, to be an
{55} united order, and an everlasting order for the benefit of my
Church, and for the salvation of men until I come,

2. With promise immutable and unchangeable, that inasmuch as those
whom I commanded were faithful, they should be blessed with a
multiplicity of blessings;

3. But inasmuch as they were not faithful, they were nigh unto
cursing.

4. Therefore, inasmuch as some of my servants have not kept the
commandment but have broken the covenant through covetousness,
and with feigned words, I have cursed them with a very sore and
grievous curse;

5. For I, the Lord, have decreed in my heart, that inasmuch as any
man belonging to the order shall be found a transgressor, or, in
other words, shall break the covenant with which ye are bound, he
shall be cursed in his life, and shall be trodden down by whom I
will,

6. For I, the Lord, am not to be mocked in these things;

7. And all this, that the innocent among you may not be condemned
with the unjust, and that the guilty among you may not escape,
because I, the Lord, have promised unto you a crown of glory at my
right hand.

8. Therefore, inasmuch as you are found transgressors, ye cannot
escape my wrath in your lives;

9. Inasmuch as ye are cut off for transgression, ye cannot escape
the buffetings of Satan until the day of redemption.

10. And now I give unto you power from this very hour, that if any
man among you, of the order, is found a transgressor, and repenteth
not of the evil, that ye shall deliver him over unto the buffetings
of Satan, and he shall not have power to bring evil upon you.

11. It is wisdom in me; therefore, a commandment I give unto
you, that ye shall organize yourselves and appoint every man his
stewardship,

12. That every man may give an account unto me of the stewardship
which is appointed unto him;

13. For it is expedient that I, the Lord, should make every man
accountable as a steward over earthly blessings, which I have made
and prepared for my creatures.

14. I, the Lord, stretched out the heavens, and built the earth, my
very handy-work, and all things therein are mine;

15. And it is my purpose to provide for my Saints, for all things
are mine;

16. But it must needs be done in mine own way; and behold this is
the way that I, the Lord, have decreed to provide for my Saints,
that the poor shall be exalted, in that the rich are made low;

{56} 17. For the earth is full, and there is enough and to spare;
yea, I prepared all things, and have given unto the children of men
to be agents unto themselves.

18. Therefore, if any man shall take of the abundance which I
have made, and impart not his portion, according to the law of my
gospel, unto the poor and the needy, he shall, with the wicked,
lift up his eyes in hell, being in torment.

19. And now, verily I say unto you, concerning the properties of
the order.

20. Let my servant Pelagoram (Sidney Rigdon) have appointed unto
him the place where he now resides, and the lot of Tahhanes (the
tannery) for his stewardship, for his support while he is laboring
in my vineyard, even as I will, when I shall command him;

21. And let all things be done according to the counsel of the
order, and united consent or voice of the order, which dwell in the
land of Shinehah (Kirtland).

22. And this stewardship and blessing I, the Lord, confer upon my
servant Pelagoram (Sidney Rigdon), for a blessing upon him, and his
seed after him;

23. And I will multiply blessings upon him, inasmuch as he will be
humble before me.

24. And again, let my servant Mahemson (Martin Harris) have
appointed unto him, for his stewardship, the lot of land which my
Servant Zombre (John Johnson) obtained in exchange for his former
inheritance, for him and his seed after him.

25. And inasmuch as he is faithful, I will multiply blessings upon
him and his seed after him.

26. And let my servant Mahemson (Martin Harris) devote his moneys
for the proclaiming of my words, according as my servant Gazelam
(Joseph Smith, Jun.,) shall direct.

27. And again, let my servant Shederlaomach (Frederick G. Williams)
have the place upon which he now dwells.

28. And let my servant Olihah (Oliver Cowdery) have the lot
which is set off joining the house, which is to be for the
Laneshine-house (printing office), which is lot number one, and
also the lot upon which his father resides.

29. And let my servants Shederlaomach (Frederick G. Williams) and
Olihah (Oliver Cowdery) have the Laneshine-house (printing office),
and all things that pertain unto it;

30. And this shall be their stewardship which shall be appointed
unto them:

31. And inasmuch as they are faithful, behold I will bless, and
multiply blessings upon them.

{57} 32. And this is the beginning of the stewardship which I have
appointed them, for them and their seed after them;

33. And inasmuch as they are faithful, I will multiply blessings
upon them, and their seed after them, even a multiplicity of
blessings.

34. And again, let my servant Zombre (John Johnson) have the house
in which he lives, and the inheritance--all, save the ground which
has been reserved for the building of my houses, which pertains
to that inheritance, and those lots which have been named for my
servant Olihah (Oliver Cowdery).

35. And, inasmuch as he is faithful, I will multiply blessings upon
him.

36. And it is my will that he should sell the lots that are laid
off for the building up of the city of my Saints, inasmuch as
it shall be made known to him by the voice of the Spirit, and
according to the counsel of the order, and by the voice of the
order.

37. And this is the beginning of the stewardship which I have
appointed unto him, for a blessing unto him, and his seed after him;

38. And inasmuch as he is faithful, I will multiply a multiplicity
of blessings upon him.

39. And let my servant Ahashdah (Newel K. Whitney) have appointed
unto him the houses and lot where he now resides, and the lot and
building on which the Ozondah (mercantile establishment) stands,
and also the lot which is now on the corner south of the Ozondah
(mercantile establishment), and also the lot upon which the Shule
(ashery) is situated.

40. And all this I have appointed unto my servant Ahashdah (Newel
K. Whitney) for his stewardship, for a blessing upon him and
his seed after him, for the benefit of the Ozondah (mercantile
establishment) of my order which I have established for my Stake in
the land of Shinehah (Kirtland).

41. Yea, verily, this is the stewardship which I have appointed
unto my servant Ahashdah (N. K. Whitney), even this whole Ozondah
(mercantile establishment), him and his agent, and his seed after
him;

42. And inasmuch as he is faithful in keeping my commandments which
I have given unto him, I will multiply blessings upon him, and his
seed after him, even a multiplicity of blessings.

43. And again, let my servant Gazelam (Joseph Smith, Jun.,) have
appointed unto him the lot which is laid off for the building of
my house, which is forty rods long, and twelve wide, and also the
inheritance upon which his father now resides.

44. And this is the beginning of the stewardship which I have
appointed unto him, for a blessing upon him, and upon his father.

45. For, behold, I have reserved an inheritance for his father, for
his {58} support; therefore he shall be reckoned in the house of my
servant Gazelam (Joseph Smith, Jun.)

46. And I will multiply blessings upon the house of my servant
Gazelam (Joseph Smith, Jun.,) inasmuch as he is faithful, even a
multiplicity of blessings.

47. And now, a commandment I give unto you concerning Zion, that
you shall no longer be bound as an United Order to your brethren of
Zion, only on this wise:

48. After you are organized, you shall be called the United Order
of the Stake of Zion, the city of Shinehah (Kirtland). And your
brethren, after they are organized, shall be called the United
Order of the City of Zion.

49. And they shall be organized in their own names, and in their
own name; and they shall do their business in their own name, and
in their own names;

50. And you shall do business in your own name, and in your own
names.

51. And this I have commanded to be done for your salvation, and
also for their salvation, in consequence of their being driven out
and that which is to come.

52. The covenants being broken through transgression, by
covetousness and feigned words;

53. Therefore you are dissolved as a United Order with your
brethren, that you are not bound only up to this hour unto them,
only on this wise, as I said, by loan as shall be agreed by this
order in council, as your circumstances will admit and the voice of
the council direct.

54. And again a commandment I give unto you concerning your
stewardships which I have appointed unto you.

55. Behold, all these properties are mine, or else your faith is
vain, and ye are found hypocrites, and the covenants which ye have
made unto me are broken;

56. And if the properties are mine, then ye are stewards, otherwise
ye are no stewards.

57. But, verily I say unto you, I have appointed unto you to be
stewards over mine house, even stewards indeed;

58. And for this purpose I have commanded you to organize
yourselves even to shinelah (print) my words, the fullness of my
scriptures, the revelations which I have given unto you, and which
I shall hereafter, from time to time, give unto you,

59. For the purpose of building up my Church and Kingdom on the
earth, and to prepare my people for the time when I shall dwell
with them, which is nigh at hand.

{59} 60. And ye shall prepare for yourselves a place for a
treasury, and consecrate it unto my name;

61. And ye shall appoint one among you to keep the treasury, and he
shall be ordained unto this blessing;

62. And there shall be a seal upon the treasury, and all the sacred
things shall be delivered into the treasury, and no man among you
shall call it his own, or any part of it, for it shall belong to
you all with one accord;

63. And I give it unto you from this very hour; and now see to
it, that ye go to and make use of the stewardship which I have
appointed unto you, exclusive of the sacred things, for the purpose
of shinelane (printing) these sacred things as I have said;

64. And the avails of the sacred things shall be had in the
treasury, and a seal shall be upon it, and it shall not be used
or taken out of the treasury by any one, neither shall the seal
be loosed which shall be placed upon it, only by the voice of the
order, or by commandment.

65. And thus shall ye preserve the avails of the sacred things in
the treasury for sacred and holy purposes:

66. And this shall be called the sacred treasury of the Lord; and a
seal shall be kept upon it that it may be holy and consecrated unto
the Lord.

67. And again, there shall be another treasury prepared, and a
treasurer appointed to keep the treasury, and a seal shall be
placed upon it;

68. And all moneys that you receive in your stewardships, by
improving upon the properties which I have appointed unto you, in
houses, or in lands, or in cattle, or in all things save it be the
holy and sacred writings, which I have reserved unto myself, for
holy and sacred purposes, shall be cast into the treasury as fast
as you receive moneys, by hundreds, or by fifties, or by twenties,
or by tens, or by fives;

69. Or in other words, if any man among you obtain five talents
(dollars), let him cast them into the treasury; or if he obtain
ten, or twenty, or fifty, or an hundred, let him do likewise;

70. And let not any among you say that it is his own, for it shall
not be called his, nor any part of it;

71. And there shall not any part of it be used, or taken out of the
treasury, only by the voice and common consent of the order.

72. And this shall be the voice and common consent of the order;
that any man among you say to the treasurer, I have need of this to
help me in my stewardship;

73. If it be five talents (dollars), or if it be ten talents
(dollars,) or twenty, or fifty, or a hundred, the treasurer shall
give unto him the sum which he requires, to help him in his
stewardship.

{60} 74. Until he be found a transgressor, and it is manifest
before the council of the order plainly, that he is an unfaithful
and an unwise steward;

75. But so long as he is in full fellowship, and is faithful,
and wise in his stewardship, this shall be his token unto the
treasurer, that the treasurer shall not withhold.

76. But in case of transgression, the treasurer shall be subject
unto the council and voice of the order.

77. And in case the treasurer is found an unfaithful and an unwise
steward, he shall be subject to the council and voice of the
order, and shall be removed out of his place, and another shall be
appointed in his stead.

78. And again, verily I say unto you, concerning your debts, behold
it is my will that you shall pay all your debts;

79. And it is my will that you shall humble yourselves before me,
and obtain this blessing by your diligence and humility, and the
prayer of faith;

80. And inasmuch as you are diligent and humble, and exercise the
prayer of faith, behold, I will soften the hearts of those to
whom you are in debt, until I shall send means unto you for your
deliverance.

81. Therefore write speedily to Cainhannoch (New York), and write
according to that which shall be dictated by my Spirit, and I will
soften the hearts of those to whom you are in debt, that it shall
be taken away out of their minds to bring affliction upon you.

82. And inasmuch as ye are humble and faithful, and call upon my
name, behold I will give you the victory.

83. I give unto you a promise, that you shall be delivered this
once out of your bondage;

84. Inasmuch as you obtain a chance to loan money by hundreds, or
thousands, even until you shall loan enough to deliver yourselves
from bondage, it is your privilege:

85. And pledge the properties which I have put into your hands,
this once, by giving your names by common consent or otherwise, as
it shall seem good unto you

86. I give unto you this privilege, this once, and behold, if you
proceed to do the things which I have laid before you, according to
my commandments, all these things are mine, and ye are my stewards,
and the master will not suffer his house to be broken up. Even so.
Amen.

Footnotes

1. The closing paragraph of the order of the court in the Hurlburt case is as follows: "Wherefore it is ordered and adjudged by the court that the said Doctor P. Hurlburt enter into a new recognizance, with good and sufficient security, in the sum of two hundred dollars, hereafter to keep the peace and be of good behavior to the citizens of the state of Ohio generally, and to the said Joseph Smith, Junior, in particular, for the period of six months; and it is further ordered, that the said Doctor P. Hurlburt pay the costs of this prosecution, taxed at the sum of one hundred and twelve dollars and fifty-nine cents. And thereupon came the said Doctor P. Hurlburt, with Charles A. Holmes and Elijah Smith as his sureties, in open court, entered into a recognizance in the penal sum of two hundred dollars each, conditioned that the said Doctor P. Hurlburt shall, for the period of six months from and after this day, keep the peace and be of good behavior to all the citizens of the state of Ohio generally, and to the said Joseph Smith, Jun., in particular.

(Signed) "M. Birchard, P. J."

2. See vol. I., pp. 483-488. The papers alluded to include a second petition to the President of the United States; a letter from A. S. Gilbert _et al_. accompanying same; one from W. W. Phelps _et al._ to Governor Dunklin, informing him of the petition to the President; and one from W. W. Phelps to Senator Thomas H. Benton, informing him of the petition to the President, etc.

3. Doctrine and covenants, sec. 104.

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