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... court - martial of the Missouri State militia had condemned him and his companions to be shot in the public square at Far West . They had seen him and his fellow - prison- ers torn away from their parents and families , and their people ...
... court - martial of the Missouri State militia had condemned him and his companions to be shot in the public square at Far West . They had seen him and his fellow - prison- ers torn away from their parents and families , and their people ...
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... courts , and the injustice of drunken juries , and at last from the prison's gloom , a kind Providence had delivered him , and he was again in their midst , again with them to still their fears and direct their movements . His presence ...
... courts , and the injustice of drunken juries , and at last from the prison's gloom , a kind Providence had delivered him , and he was again in their midst , again with them to still their fears and direct their movements . His presence ...
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... dency of the stake preside . This high council constitutes the judi- cial power ( ecclesiastical ) of the stake , to which appea's lie from the bishops ' courts . CHAPTER IV . " AS FLIES IN THE OINTMENT . 32 RISE AND FALL OF NAUVOO .
... dency of the stake preside . This high council constitutes the judi- cial power ( ecclesiastical ) of the stake , to which appea's lie from the bishops ' courts . CHAPTER IV . " AS FLIES IN THE OINTMENT . 32 RISE AND FALL OF NAUVOO .
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... courts ? They were , at the time , citizens of the State of Missouri . Shall they apply to the courts of the State of Missouri ? Whom shall they sue ? The order for their destruction , their extermination , was granted by the exec ...
... courts ? They were , at the time , citizens of the State of Missouri . Shall they apply to the courts of the State of Missouri ? Whom shall they sue ? The order for their destruction , their extermination , was granted by the exec ...
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... courts of judicature , either of Missouri or of the United States , whichever might have jurisdiction in the case . " Or , " said the report , " the petitioners may , if they see proper , apply to the justice and magnanimity of the ...
... courts of judicature , either of Missouri or of the United States , whichever might have jurisdiction in the case . " Or , " said the report , " the petitioners may , if they see proper , apply to the justice and magnanimity of the ...
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Page 28 - No person demeaning himself in a peaceable and orderly manner, shall ever be molested on account of his mode of worship or religious sentiments, in the said territory.
Page 12 - Rose from a hundred hearths, the homes of peace and contentment. Thus dwelt together in love these simple Acadian farmers — Dwelt in the love of God and of man. Alike were they free from Fear, that reigns with the tyrant, and envy, the vice of republics.
Page 211 - By faith Abel offered unto God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, by which he obtained witness that he was righteous, God testifying of his gifts: and by it he, being dead, yet speaketh.
Page 215 - And every creature which is in heaven, and on the earth, and under the earth, and such as are in the sea, and all that are in them, heard I saying, Blessing, and honor, and glory, and power, be unto him that sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb for ever and ever.
Page 185 - And I saw another angel fly in the midst of heaven, having the everlasting gospel to preach unto them that dwell on the earth, and to every nation, and kindred, and tongue, and people...
Page 203 - Jesus answered them, Is it not written in your law, I said, Ye are gods ? If he called them gods, unto whom the word of God came, and the Scripture cannot be broken; say ye of Him, Whom the Father hath sanctified, and sent into the world, Thou blasphemest ; because I said, I am the Son of God ? If I do not the works of My Father, believe Me not.
Page 168 - Therefore leaving the principles of the doctrine of Christ, let us go on unto perfection ; not laying again the foundation of repentance from dead works, and of faith toward God, of the doctrine of baptisms, and of laying on of hands, and of resurrection of the dead, and of eternal judgment.
Page 198 - So likewise the Father is Almighty, the Son Almighty, and the Holy Ghost Almighty; And yet they are not three Almighties, but one Almighty.
Page 210 - And he said, I heard thy voice in the garden, and I was afraid, because I was naked, and I hid myself.
Page 198 - Faith is this : that we worship one God in Trinity, and Trinity in Unity, neither confounding the Persons, nor dividing the substance. For there is one Person of the Father, another of the Son, and another of the Holy Ghost. But the Godhead of the Father, of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost, is all one ; the glory equal, the- majesty coeternal.