July 13, 1840 ~ Monday

July 13^th I received a lengthy & interesting Letter from
[FIGURE] Letter from Phebe W W Phebe W. Woodruff from which I made some
extracts to be inserted in the Star which will appear in
the 4^th No. My wife informs me in this Letter that
the Rev Mr Bogart a Methodist Preacher who was the
Leader of the Missouri mob in the persecution of
the Saints, has shot a man during the Election who
died in few hours. Mr Bogart has had his trial &
is to be hung on the 4^th day of July next. Also that
an Indian with his wife & daughter has embraced
the fulness of the gospel & Been Baptized in Commerce
the Indian is an Interpreter of six tribes, & the Indian
says all of those tribes will receive the work, & two
Elders with their families (Brothers Butler & Emmit)
have gone out among the Indians on a mission &c
As this is the first commencment of the work among
the Lamanites I Pray God the Eternal Father in the
name of Jesus Christ to roll on his work among that
people & turn ther captivity & spedily overshadow
them with the light of the fulness of the gospel of
Jesus Christ. Roll on O ye mighty wheel of the Kingdom
of God untill ye becom a mountain & fill the whole
earth. [Daniel 2:34-35] Let the day which has now broke close no more
untill Judah rejoices & Israel is made glad &
Ephraim's Nobles are of himself & his Governour procede
forth out of the midst of him. [Jeremiah 30:21] Let the prayer of
the widow, & the cry of the orphan assend into
the ears of the Lord of Sabaoth, let the heavens
witness their tears & record them on high, untill
the Almighty shall come out of his hiding place
& avenge those widows & orphens of the spilt Blood
of their Martered husbands & Fathers which was
shed by the Iron hand of the Inhabitants of Missouri
for the word of God & the testimon of Jesus Christ
Let the American Nation spedily learn that their is
still a God in Israel who holds the destinies of
all nations in his own hand & at whose command
goes forth the issues of life & death. O Lord cloth
thy Saints with salvation & thine Elders with the
power of God. Give thy Prophets wisdom, means, &
power, to esstablish Zion & her stakes to be throne down
no more forever; Make thy no Apostles men after thine
own heart & swift witnesses to the nations of the
earth let council, wisdom, & the fear of God rest
upon them untill all thy purposes are accomplished
concerning them which thou wilt Deign to perform!!

July 13, 1840 ~ Monday

July 13th I received a lengthy & interesting Letter from [FIGURE] Letter from Phebe W W Phebe W. Woodruff from which I made some extracts to be inserted in the Star which will appear in the 4th No. My wife informs me in this Letter that the Rev Mr Bogart a Methodist Preacher who was the Leader of the Missouri mob in the persecution of the Saints, has shot a man during the Election who died in few hours, Mr Bogart has had his trial & is to be hung on the 4th day of July next. Also that an Indian with his wife & daughter has embraced the fulness of the gospel & Been Baptized in Commerce the Indian is an Interpreter of six tribes, & the Indian says all of those tribes will receive the work, & two Elders with their families (Brothers Butler & Emmit) have gone out among the Indians on a mission &c As this is the first commencment of the work among the Lamanites I Pray God the Eternal Father in the name of Jesus Christ to roll on his work among that people & turn ther captivity & spedily overshadow them with the light of the fulness of the gospel of Jesus Christ. Roll on O ye mighty wheel of the Kingdom of God untill ye becom a mountain & fill the whole earth. Let the day which has now broke close no more untill Judah rejoices & Israel is made glad & Ephraim's Nobles are of himself & his Governour procede forth out of the midst of him. Let the prayer of the widow, & the cry of the Orphan assend into the ears of the Lord of Sabaoth, let the heavens witness their tears & record them on high, untill the Almighty shall come out of his hiding place & avenge those widows & orphens of the spilt Blood of their Martered husbands & Fathers which was shed by the Iron hand of the Inhabitants of Missouri for the word of God & the testimon of Jesus Christ Let the American Nation spedily learn that their is still a God in Israel who holds the destinies of all nations in his own hand & at whose command goes forth the issues of life & death. O Lord Cloth thy Saints with Salvation & thine Elders with the Power of God. Give thy Prophets wisdom, means, & power, to esstablish Zion & her stakes to be throne down no more forever; Make thy Apostles men after thine own heart & swift witnesses to the nations of the earth let council, wisdom, & the fear of God rest upon them untill all thy purposes are accomplished concerning them which thou wilt Deign to perform!!