[Joseph Smith Diary] A large majority of the Saints in Kirtland have and are arriving here [Missouri] every day. Kirtland has been broken up by those who have professed the name of Latter Day Saints and have denied the faith which they once preached and by their preaching gathered many Saints into this land, and now have betrayed them. O Justice where hast thou fled And thou administrations whither hast thou concealed thyself.
[Source: Faulring, Scott (ed.), An American Prophet's Record: The Diaries and Journals of Joseph Smith: Joseph Smith Diary, 1838, http://amzn.to/jsdiaries]
pp.198-199. Sunday.
ReplyDeleteNote Joseph Smith's whining which occurred only 2 days after he formed his thug militia and goon squad version of "Murder Incorporated" - the Danites.
ReplyDeleteJoseph Smith became his own worst enemy.