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Show J, --10-- of seeing him acquitted. At tJ1.e time he crossecL the river and 'ivas actively making arrangements to go beyond. the Roc:Ky Mountains, he said, ur have the r::rromise of life for five years if I listen to the voice of the s11iri t. n But when Emma t:.1.nd some of his bre tb.ern besought him to return, he said, nrf my life is worth nothing to you it is worth nothing to me.n He well knew it was in the programme that he must sacrifice his life for the princil;les God had revealed t~rough him. Death had no terrors for him although life was dear. I have of ten hearo_ him say he ex pee ted to seal his testimony with his blood. He anticipated great joy in meeting his parents and frlends beyon.d the grave. He believed that as soon as the spirit left the body we were shaking hands with and greeting our friends. He often referred to the feelings that should exist between husband =tnd wives, that they, his wives, should be his bosom companions, the nearest and dearest objects on earth in every sense of the word. He said. men must beware how they treat their wives. They were given them for a holy purpose that the myriads of spirits vtai ting for tabernacles might have pure and healthy bodies. He also said many would. awake in the mor.nlng of the resurrection sactly disappointed; for they, by transgression, woula_ have neither \Vives nor children, for they sLlrely would be taken from them and given to those who should prove themselves wort.hy. Again he said a woman sl10L1ld have her choice; this was a privilege that could not be denied her. In the year 1842 President ~Tosep.b. 3mi th sought an intervie:;,y vvi th me and. said_, rrr have a message for you. I have |
