12/7/2018 - Section 127:1-12
December 7, 2018 Section 127:1-12 Persecution Living With, Callings in Hard Circumstances, Family History Work, Genealogy, Section 127 is a letter from Joseph Smith who is in hiding due to accusations that he had been behind an attempt to kill Governor Bogg. This was later proved to be a conspiracy to extradite Joseph to Missouri, in which the governor of Illinois was a co-conspirator. Brigham Young wrote “ Why was [Joseph Smith] hunted from neighborhood to neighborhood, from city to city, from state to state, and at last suffered death? Because he received revelations from the Father, from the Son, and was ministered to by holy angels, and published to the world the direct will of the Lord concerning his children on the earth. Again, why was he persecuted? Because he revealed to all mankind a religion so plain and so easily understood, consistent with the Bible, and so true. It is now as it was in the days of the Savior, let people believe ...