are not willing to bear the scoffs of the world
any longer unnessarily had we told openly
& talked openly of the things of God that have
& will come to pass our Blood would have
been shed we should not have been here
this day. But we hid ourselves up in secret.
there we talked, wept, & prayed & the Angels
Administered unto us & the Spirit of God was
with us & the heavens opened unto us, but we
should now have been in our grave had we
proclaimed unto the world what God showed
unto us, notwithstanding it was for the benef-
it of man, & for his salvation, & not for evil
The appearance of this congregation this day
shows the fulfillment of the revelations of
Jesus Christ given in those days. No incident has
taken place in this day but what we spoke
of at that early period. all those things were
deeply impressed upon the mind by the God of
Heaven. How could you be made to believe tha[t]
you did not live in Nauvoo & have not got habit-
ations. Neither could we disbelieve this to be the
Church of God. We cannot disbelieve it for we
see hear & feel. I have always known it to be
I cannot see otherwise. Have I not seen Gods
glory by the visions of Heaven yea I have. then
what have we to do with the little difficulties
on earth nothing. Those were the beginning
of Good days shut up in a little shop with
nothing to eat but a little CJonnycake & milk & water
ownly as we would occasionlly shoot a squirrel
& we lived in an old smokey house. still we
rejoiced in the things God was revealing unto
us: many thicnk it hard to live in Nauvoo, but
we counted those good days God had given

are not willing to bear the scoffs of the world any longer unnessarily had we told openly & talked openly of the things of God that have & will come to pass our blood would have been shed we should not have been here this day. But we hid ourselves up in secret, there we talked wept, & prayed & the Angels Administered unto us & the spirit of God was with us & the heavens opened unto us, but we should now have been in our grave had we proclaimed unto the world what God showed unto us, notwithstanding it was for the benefit of man, & for his salvation, & not for evil The appearance of this congregation this day shows the fulfillment of the revelations of Jesus Christ given in those days. No incident has taken place in this day but what we spoke of at that early period, all those things were deeply impressed upon the mind by the God of Heaven. How could you be made to believe that you did not live in Nauvoo & have not got habitations. Neither could we disbelieve this to be the Church of God, we cannot disbelieve it for we see hear & feel. I have always known it to be I cannot see otherwise. Have I not seen Gods glory by the visions of heaven yea I have then what have we to do with the little difficulties on earth nothing. Those were the beginning of Good days shut up in a little shop with nothing to eat but a little Jonnycake & milk & water ownly as we would occasionlly shoot a squirrel & we lived in an old smokey house, still we rejoiced in the things God was revealing unto us: many think it hard to live in Nauvoo but we counted those good days God had given