| 358 "Q.-What was the condition of feeling between you and Father?
"A.-It was good.
"Q.-Were you in the habit of quarreling?
"A.-No. There was no necessity for any quarreling. He knew that I wished for nothing but what was right; and, as he wished for nothing else, we did not disagree. He usually gave some heed to what I had to say. It was quite a grievous thing to many that I had any influence with him.
"Q.-What do you think of David Whitmer?
"A.-David Whitmer I believe to be an honest and truthful man. I think what he states may be relied on.
"Q.-It has been stated sometimes that you apostatized at Father's death, and joined the Methodist Church. What do you say to this?
"A.-I have been called apostate; but I have never apostatized, nor forsaken the faith I at first accepted; but was called so because I would not accept their new-fangled notion.
"Q.-By whom were you baptized? Do you remember?
"A.-I think by Oliver Cowdery, at Bainbridge.
"Q.-You say that you were married at South Bainbridge, and have used the word Bainbridge. Were they one and the same town?
"A.-No. There was Bainbridge and South Bainbridge; some distance apart; how far I don't know. I was in South Bainbridge.
"These questions, and the answers she had given to them, were read to my mother by me, the day before my leaving Nauvoo for home, and were affirmed by her. Major Bidamon stated that he had frequently conversed with her on the subject of the translation of the Book of Mormon, and her present answers were substantially what she had always stated in regard to it.
Joseph Smith."
-The Saints' Herald, vol. 26, pp. 289, 290.
In the speech quoted from above Elder Young stated: "Though that doctrine has not been practiced by the elders, this people have believed it for years."
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