Autobiography 1857 Draft 1
person was injured soon all was calm again. On Sunday Joseph Smith
addressed the people in the Temple upon the subject of the apostacy in the Church in Kirtland
the spirit of murmuring complaining, and aposticy had increased throughout Kirtland
untill it was almost difficult to tell who was Joseph friends and who were not
this spirit had been incresed in the family circle in secret chambers, and in the streets
untill many ^had apostitized^ were apostitizing not both in high places and through the whol body
of the Church and many were taking strong grounds against Joseph they were
trying to cast him down and destroy his influence. This grieved Joseph to the
heart to have to pass through such perils among fals brethren. But notwithstanding
this thick cloud of darkness which hung over Kirtland Joseph ^He^ remained unmoved
in the cause of God and was determined to magnify his calling and leave the evil
in the hand of God. At this time the number of his friends that occupied high station
in the Church that had faith and moral courage to stand by him shoulder to shoulder
were vary few among the number was Brigham Young who stood by him in evry
trial he was also sustained by Heber C Kimball Sidney Rigdon and a few others
it was in the midst of this scene of things that Joseph entered the stand
congregation and arose in the stand and spoke to the people in the name of the Lord in his
own defence the Lord was with him by his power and spirit to the convincing of the
honest in heart that he would stand while his enemies would fall. Sidney
Rigdon followed him as he did several others and sustained him in his position
Warren Parrish spoke against him in the bitterness of his heart as had some of the
twelve before, but the people could discern the difference of the spirit between Joseph and
his enemies. But Joseph came off triumphant in all of his difficulties and accusations
that came from fals brethren or his persecution from the world
While in the mist of this scene of things in Kirtland I felt impressed to go out upon
a mission the spirit that was upon me lead me to go to Fox Islands called
