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Source: Church History Vol. 1 Chapter 13 Page: 379 (~1833)

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379 thank my heavenly Father."-Times and Seasons, vol. 6, p. 881.

On November 19, Joseph expressed his opinion of and pronounced blessing upon Sidney Rigdon and F. G. Williams. (Times and Seasons, vol. 6, p. 899.)

About December 1, 1833, Elder Oliver Cowdery and Bishop Whitney arrived at Kirtland, Ohio, with a new press and type, and on the 4th they began to distribute type preparatory to issuing from Kirtland the Evening and Morning Star which had been suppressed at Independence, Missouri.

On the 5th Joseph wrote thus to Bishop Partridge:-

"We are now distributing the type and calculate to commence setting to-day, and issue a paper the last of this week, or beginning of next."

On the 6th he says:-

"Being prepared to commence our labors in the printing business, I ask God, in the name of Jesus, to establish it forever, and cause that his name may speedily go forth to the nations of the earth to the accomplishment of his great work, in bringing about the restoration of the house of Israel."-Ibid., p. 915.

On December 10 Joseph wrote to Edward Partridge and others, and we give place to the letter here because it gives a fair idea of the counsel given to the exiled members of the church; and, as in every other such case, an appeal to the law is recommended as the proper way to gain redress for wrongs. 4

4 Kirtland Mills, Ohio, Dec. 10, 1833.

Beloved Brethren--E. Partridge, W. W. Phelps, J. Whitmer, A. S. Gilbert, J. Corrill, I. Morley, and all the saints whom it may concern:-

This morning's mail brought Bishop Partridge's and Elders Corrill's and Phelps' letters, all mailed at Liberty, November 19, which gave us the melancholy intelligence of your flight from the land of your inheritance, having been driven before the face of your enemies in that place.

From previous letters we learned that a number of our brethren had been slain, but we could not learn from those referred to above, as there had been but one, and that was Brother Barber, and Brother Dibble was wounded in the bowels. We were thankful to learn that no more had been slain, and our daily prayers are that the Lord will not suffer his saints, who have gone up to his land to keep his commandments, to stain his holy mountain with their blood.

I cannot learn from any communication by the Spirit to me that Zion

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