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Show ( C r" \ Page 9 Neither bars, gates, chains, or prison doors shall be able to hold thee tor the Angels shall be with thee, and by them thou shalt be delivered in time of trial. 'rb.ou shalt return to Zion with songs of everlasting joy upon thy head bearing thy sheaves with thee. Thou shalt behold the coming of thy Redeemer, the reign of pe·ace upon the earth, delight l>.hy self in the blessings ot the vine olive yard. Thou shalt enter the · Temple of Zion, receive many blessi~gs and priviledges, therein, be numbered with the hundred forty and tour thousands, reoe1 ve thy kingdom, dominion, power and eternal in_crease which is the reward of the faithful, reign with thy Redeemer upon the earth. Be thou faithful, yield to no temptations and these blessings shall be sure unto thee. I seal them upon thy head ?-ll connection with thy former blessings and thou shalt realize the fulfillment thereof, in the name of Jesus of Nazareth. Even so, Amen." James Whitaker Clark, Recorded in Book A, paie 390 and 391 by Thomas A. Dowell. I said I got to Nauvoo about the 3rd day of July 1843 and was just in time to see 'the return of the Prophet Joseph Sm1 th from Dixion where he had been kidnapped and I beard him preach, and he introduced to tae people the Hon • . w. G. Goforth, an old Congressman fran St. Clare county, Illinois who had come to Nauvoo to see the prophet and the Mormons. This same Senator was the one who introduced into congress a resolution to exonerate General Jackson from all blame for his martial law and for arrest-ing a certain ·citizen who was a son of a certain Judge Hall of a court fining him one tho.:usand dollars. I ~ill ne~essarily have to pass over much that should be written in regards to the martyrdom ot the Prophet Joseph Smith and his brother Hyrum as the same is written in Church History, and will sa.y the Twelve _,with Brigham Young as President continued work upon the Temple where I |
