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ASAEL SMITH'S LETTER, Page 10 The text of the letter located in the right column was taken from Richard Lloyd Anderson, Joseph Smith's New England Heritage, 124-129. |
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Jacobs
Letter to Rev. Wright |
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you live. See
God's providence in the appointment of the Federal Constitution, and hold union and order
as a precious jewel. And for the Church of Christ: neither set her above her
husband nor below her children; give her that honor, obedience and respect that is her
due. And if you will be my children and heirs of my comfort in my dying age, be
neither another's nor factious of any party or faction or novelty. It is true, this
is not a rising way, but it is a free, fair, comfortable way for a man to follow his own
judgment without wavering to either hand. I make no doubt but you will hear divers
opinions concerning me, both before and after I shall sleep in silence; but do not be
troubled at that. I did what in my circumstances seemed best for me for the present;
however, the event hath not in some points answered my expectation. Yet I have
learned to measure things by another rule than events and satisfy myself in this, that I
did all for the best as I thought. And if I had not so much foresight as some
others, I cannot help it. Sure I am my Savior, Christ, is perfect, and never will fail in one circumstance. To him I commit your souls, bodies, estates, names, characters, lives, deaths |