Intelligence that the state of Illinois will
not Protect them & the ownly terms of
Peace thay can have at all is to remove from
the state And the Presidency of the Church
with the Church itself has been under the
Necessity of Agreeing to leave the state next
spring thus the state of Illinois And the
whole United States have filled up there cup
of Iniquity And well may the Saints go out
of her midst As did Lot out of Sodom [Genesis 19:15-17] for
her Judgment and destruction is equally sure
The Saints having built the Temple of the
Lord & the city of Joseph Are now about
to be drove out of it By the American Nation
this is a strange Age we live in the Bible &
Book of Mormon Doctrins & Covenants are
fast fulfilling upon the heads of this generation
thus has American liberty with her proud
eagle found a sepulchre there to remain
untill resurrected by some power who
will be promped by virtue to Administer
those laws in equity & Justice that the
present Administrators have not
moral courage enough to maintain
against the power of Mobocracy 4 [miles]
~ Wednesday
19th[FIGURES] I recieved 4 letters &
wrote 8 I sent letters to all the
American Elders in this land 4
~ Thursday
20th[FIGURES] I recieved 4 letters & wrot
10th Almost all the public Journals have
sumthing to say upon the persecution of
the Saints
Intelligence that the State of Illinois will
not Protect them & the ownly terms of
Peace thy can have at all is to remove from
the State And the Presidency of the Church
with the Church itself has been under the
Necessity of Agreeing to leave the State next
spring thus the State of Illinois And the
whole United States have filled up there cup
of Iniquity And well may the Saints go out
of her midst As did Lot out of Sodom for
her Judgment and destruction is equally sure
The Saints having built the Temple of the
Lord & the City of Joseph Are now about
to be drove out of it By the American Nation
this is a strange Age we live in the Bible &
Book of Mormon Doctrins & Covenants are
fast fulfilling upon the heads of this generation
thus has American liberty with her proud
eagle found a sepulchre there to remain
untill resurrected by some power who
will be promped by virtue to Administer
those laws in equity & Justice that the
present Administrators have not
moral courage enough to maintain
against the power of Mobocracy 3
~ Wednesday
19th FIGURES I recieved 4 letters &
wrote 8 I sent letters to all the
American Elders in this land 4
~ Thursday
20th FIGURES I recieved 4 letters & wrote
10th Almost all the public Journals have
sumthing to say upon the persecution of
the Saints
"Journal (January 1, 1845 – December 31, 1846)," November 18, 1845 - November 20, 1845, The Wilford Woodruff Papers, accessed October 9, 2024, https://wilfordwoodruffpapers.org/p/DkwB