Dear brother, you
will pardon I trust an aged person who
has a zeal for thise cause we are engaged
in. Do not I entreat you say I
am raiseing my hand to steady the
Ark: Oh no! Only like the harlot Rahab who wished to save her fathers
house from a people more powerful
than themselves. As her efforts
were acceptable, so I hope mine
may be. You know the Lord said
that the weak ones of this earth shou
should do a good work for Him
in these last days. Accordingly I
crave your charity,
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knowing as I do, that I am the
weakest of the weak, I make this
effort that we may be saved from
another severe chastisement. You
know as well as I do, that we have
had several chastisements during
the last fifty years: Should not our
age and experience prove beneficial
at this time; my age being over 73 years.
You know the Lord
will not permit Isreal to do that
which other nations are doing. They
are ignorant of the designs and pur-
poses of God our Father; but Israel
has been taught, His laws, and will
be the instruments in His hands, to do
this great work, and perform this stra-
nge act. Accordingly we must not
grieve the good spirit by our neglect
in obeying the laws given to Israel.
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You know King David a man after
Gods own heart, made a mistake when
he numbered Israel, & would have
given the glory to them which belonged
to God. If left to ourselves we are
sure to make mistakes.
We must be fit temples
for this holy spirit or we are not worthy
instruments to do this work, and
when accomplished who has the
praise or glory. Is it not the operator.
What would our efforts accomplish
without His help.
We read in Doc. & covenants
In the secret chambers they are
planing your destruction and
you know it not. Yet we know
the God of heaven and earth overrules
our destiny, yet we must be humble and
give heed to the wisdom given us.
We read in Luke 10 chap
when the seventies returned saying, Lord
the devils are subject to us through
thy name. Jesus said rejoice but
not that they are subject to you,
but rejoice that your names are written
in heaven.
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We also read in Revelations
when St. John was listening
to the Angel who was showing
him things which should be
hereafter, he was about to fall
down to worship him; but the
angel says to him, See thou do
it not, for I am one of thy fellow
servants the prophets. Worship God [Revelation 22:9]
Dec. 20th To day we know that
Gen Connor is to be buried at his Military
post, which he erected 30 years ago,
designing to thrash the Mormons:
Yet our father has preserved us by
giving heed to the wisdom His good
spirit imparts. Let us give to Him
all the glory and honor and praise
We can not do without
this good spirit and be happy.
But I am not telling you any news,
you know ^all^ this and much more.
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I shall never forget Johnsons army wthen we listened attentively to President Young's counsel, Yes we were united
in the thought to burn up our homes
and many precious things, and go
where we could find a home in these mountains to serve God as best we could.
Did we give Br. Lot Smith
the praise for their defeat? Could he
have done it without the wisdom God
gave him, and also blessed his efforts?
No never: Our Father overrules our
destinies, there was not a drop of blood
shed here. No their blood was shed
at home. Do not we know that
God was in all this? Yes the same
as it was with Ammon, who was
so greatly abused by the Lamanites
he thought he could bear no more
and was about to leave, when the
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voice of the Spirit said to him go
back and bear your afflictions pati-
ently and I will give you success.
He did so. They spit
upon him; and bound him with
cords & put him in prison without
food for days: yet he firmly believed
the Lord would give him success.
He did so. The understanding of those
Lamanites was touched by the Spirit
of the Lord; they saw the subject in
its own true light. They repented &
buried their weapons of war. They
would suffer death rather than sin
by sheding blood. Now Ammon could
not do this, yet he was the instrument
by which the Lord could do it, and
we give God the glory. These are
the lessons given to Israel, and are
not we of the blood of Israel: these
are our lessons and must be obeyed.
This is Pres. Woodruffs faith, I know.
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Please forgive me when I say I firmly
believe that Pres. Woodruff will never
give his consent, that we unitedly make
an image in the likeness of any thing
in heaven or on earth, to commemorate
the success of Pres. Young and his brethren
while he was filling his position here
Pres. Young was a fit temple
for that Spirit which gave him success.
We can love him as we ever have done
without this image, which would be
cap sheaf; a head of Isreal of old, who
never made an image for this purpose.
Will not the Lord withdraw
His spirit from us, as he did from Solomon
when he entered into Idolatry; then all
will be vanity and vexation of spirit
when we are left alone with our enemies
No we can not endure this:
rather let us cling to the iron rod which
teaches us, that God is the same yesterday
and forever. Let us keep his commands
more perfectly is the daily prayer of
your aged sister in the gospel.
ZionsConvert.
Wishing you, a happy New Year.
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Please tell me, have I offended you:
if so please send me a line to that
effect. Direct to 55 1/2 First South St. West.
to Mary E. Kimball.
When I do wrong I wish to be corrected.
May I not grieve the Spirit of our
heavenly Father, or any one who has this
spirit and is acting in His authority.
I do earnestly desire to obtain
the true riches: for the vain things of
earth will never satisfy, it is not food
for the soul, no only for the body.
Please tell me if a wicked
spirit prompted these impressions in
my mind. They were so impressive I
could not resist telling you.
No one knows what I have
written or to whome I am writing.
These imperfections are known only to
myself and to you, my counselor and friendIhope. M. E. K.
and firmly believe. & br. Cannon also the same