to do his work, for all the power the nations
will soon have is to destroy each other, for soon
nation will be against nation party against party
the rich against the poor & the poor against the rich
untill they are destroyed from under heaven
Tradition says the pope destroyed the Church
of God. Rome followed the Church as long as
their was a Saint & now you say the pope killed
fifty millions of Christians you lie sir their was
not a Christian on Earth, for when rome killed
the kChristians & would not have God rule they
wanted a pope & God gave them one or permitted
them to have one & he killed fifty millions. its
true but they were not Christians for they wer
already dead, but it was of their own number
ownly differed from them in sentiment here was
power with a vengance. But as soon as God sends
a man to use the power of God, then they are
afraid of power. now the world says the religion
of Jesus shed this blood & the bible &c but
men must be vary ignorant of the bible & the
religion of Jesus Christ to, to say such things for
it was for the want of religion & the bible that
caused the blood to be shed, for God Jesus
Christ nor religion had any more hand in it
than you had. The power of God & Jesus
Christ & religion would have saved if they had
had it.

[Joseph Smith Papers Document] President Joseph Smith again arose & said
In relation to the power over the minds of the
mankind which I hold, I would say it is in
consequence of the power of truth in the
doctrins which I have been an instrument in
the hands of God of presenting unto them, & not
because of any compulsion on my part. I will
ask if I ever got any of it unfair. If I have

to do his work, for all the power the nations will soon have is to destroy each other, for soon nation will be against nation party against party the rich against the poor & the poor against the rich untill they are destroyed from under heaven Tradition says the pope destroyed the church of God. Rome followed the Church as long as their was a saint & now you say the pope killed fifty millions of Christians you lie sir their was not a Christian on Earth, for when rome killed theChristians & would not have God rule they wanted a pope & God gave them one or permitted them to have one & he killed fifty millions. its true but they were not Christians for they wer already dead, but it was of their own number ownly differed from them in sentiment here was power with a vengance. But as soon as God sends a man to use the power of God, then they are afraid of power. now the world says the religion of Jesus shed this blood & the bible &c but men must be vary ignorant of the bible & the religion of Jesus Christ too, to say such things for it was for the want of religion & the bible that caused the blood to be shed, for God Jesus Christ nor religion had any more hand in it than you had. The power of God & Jesus Christ & religion would have saved if they had had it.

President Joseph Smith again arose & said In relation to the power over the minds of mankind which I hold, I would say it is in consequence of the power of truth in the doctrins which I have been an instrument in the hands of God of presenting unto them & not because of any compulsion on my part. I will ask if I ever got any of it unfair. If I have