Daybook (31 December 1835 - 3 January 1837)
19 Rode to Col Solomon Copeland Henry Co Tenn Whare I learned that Elders David Pattien
& Warren Parrish had addressed a Letter to Col Copeland stateing that the sheriff &
& other officers of Benton County Tenn had issued a writ or warrant against them
& myself the crime alleged against us was that we had taught that Christ would come
in this generation & that we said some individuals would receieve the Holy Ghost i[n] twenty
four hours But as I was absent myself I was not taken but Brothers Patten & Parrish
was taken by an arm[e]d company say 50 in number they were bound under $1500
fifteen hundred dollars bond which Brothers Seth Utley & Albert Petty was their bondsman
on Tuesday following they appeared at court Pled their own cause like St. Paul &
was cleared by the Law for their was no cause of guilt found in them but when the
ungodly mob found the Law would not condemn them they desired to beat them but they were
not permited O thou God of Israel stretch fourth thy hand & save thy Saints O America
hide thy face in shame & disgrace as the day dawns while thy sons are Persecuting beating
& Putting to death the Latter Day Saints of God for worshiping God after the dictates of
their own conscience for thou wast built upon the pillars of freedom Rode from Col Copelands
to Br Tailors after visiting the Academy branch of Church distance of the day 10 miles
