Autobiography 1857 Draft 1
I visited the office of the Kirtland Safety Society and saw the first paper
that was issued from that institution it was given to Jacob bump in exchange for
other notes. He was the first to circulate it I herd President Joseph Smith declare
in the presence of F. G. Williams D Whitmer E Smith W Parrish & others that he
had received that morning the word of the Lord upon the subject of the Kirtland Safety
Society. He was alone in a room by himself he not ownly had the voice of the spirit
but an audible voice upon the subject and said if we wo the people would give heed
