to the free states & mostly to New England
o& the Canidas not to go to any of the indians
ofr slave states

The result was that a
special conference was called & three or
four hundred Elders were called upon to
go into the vineyard & about 400 Elders have
since gone & many others are going their
has never at any time been as great a
turn out into the vineyard since the
foundation of the Church. Br J. Taylor & my-
self are the ownly ones of the Twelve that
have not gone out into the vineyard we being
sick could not go besides it was thought
wisdom for us to continue in the printing
Business.

There was a counsel of the
Twelve held for four days with Elder
Orson Pratt to labour with him to
get him to recall his sayings against Joseph
& the The Twelve but he persisted in his
wicked course & would not recall any of his
sayings which were made in public against
Joseph & others sayings which were unjust
& untrue. The Twelve then rejected
him as a member of their quorum & he
was cut off ^from the quorumChurch^ Dr John Cook Bennet was
the ruin of Orson Pratt. ^He was cut off from
the Church Aug 20, 1842^

President Joseph
Smith has been much persecuted of late
by being hunted & sought for by sheriffs
& officers from Missouri & Illinoise
by the orders of Governors Reynolds &
Carlin under pretence of taking him to Missouri
to try him for being accessary to the shootin
of ex Gov. Bogg but it is no more or less than
the spirit of persecution But though Joseph
has been deprived of the privilege of appearing
openly & deprived of the society of his own
family Because sheriffs are hunting him to
destroy him without cause Yet the LORD is
with ^him^ as he was upon the Isle of Patmos
with John. Joseph has presented the Church
of late with some glorious principles from the
Lord concerning Baptism for the dead

to the free States & mostly to New England & the Canidas not to go to any of the indians or Slave States. The result was that a special conference was called & three or four hundred Elders were called upon to go into the vineyard & about 400 Elders have since gone & many others are going their has never at any time been as great a turn out into the vineyard since the foundation of the Church, Br J. Taylor & myself are the ownly ones of the Twelve that have not gone out into the vineyard we being sick could not go besides it was thought wisdom for us to continue in the printing Business. There was a Counsel of the Twelve held for four days with Elder Orson Pratt to labour with him to get him to recall his sayings against Joseph & the The Twelve but he persisted in his wicked course & would not recall any of his sayings which were made in public against Joseph & others sayings which were unjust & untrue. The Twelve then rejected him as a member of their quorum & he was cut off from the Church Dr John Cook Bennet was the ruin of Orson Pratt, He was Cut off from the Church Aug 20, 1842 President Joseph Smith has been much persecuted of late by being hunted & sought for by sheriffs & officers from Missouri & Illinoise by the orders of Governors Reynolds & Carlin under pretence of taking him to Missouri to try him for being accessary to the shoot in of ex Gov Bogg but it is no more or less than the spirit of persecution but though Joseph has been deprived of the privilege of appearing openly & deprived of the society of his own family Because sheriffs are hunting him to destroy him without cause. Yet the LORD is with him as he was upon the Isle of Patmos with John. Joseph has presented the Church of late with some glorious principles from the Lord concerning baptism for the dead