ed and was immediately mounted on a
hard riding horse, rode 15 miles and came
to me.
The last days of June I spent with my
old Jackson County friends in the western part
of Clay County.
~ Tuesday
On the first of July Jesse J. Smith died. I
crossed the Missouri River in company with a
few friends into Jackson County, to set my
feet once more on the "goodly land;" and on
the I went down near Liberty and visited
the brethren. A considerable number of the
camp met me at Lyman Wight's. I told
them if they would humble themselves before
the Lord and covenant to keep His command-
ments, and obey my counsel, the plague should
be stayed from that hour and there should
not be another case of the cholera among
them. The brethren covenanted to that effect
and the plague was stayed. W. Woodruff
says, I was present at the meeting of Joseph
with his brethren at Lyman Wights and the
Prophet seemed more bowed down with sorrow
at the loss of his brethren than I ever saw
him in my life. At the same time he
was clothed with the Spirit of God and
with humility; and when all the Brethren
ed and was immediately mounted on a
hard riding horse, rode 15 miles and came
to me.
The last days of June I spent with my
old Jackson County friends in the western part
of Clay County.
~ Tuesday
On the first of July Jesse J. Smith died. I
crossed the Missouri River in company with a
few friends into Jackson County, to set my
feet once more on the "goodly land;" and on
the I went down near Liberty and visited
the brethren. A considerable number of the
camp met me at Lyman Wight's. I told
them if they would humble themselves before
the Lord and covenant to keep His commandments, and obey my counsel, the plague should
be stayed from that hour and there should
not be another case of the cholera among
them. The brethren covenanted to that effect
and the plague was stayed. W. Woodruff
says, I was present at the meeting of Joseph
with his brethren at Lyman Wights and the
Prophet seemed more bowed down with sorrow
at the loss of his brethren than I ever saw
him in my life. At the same time he
was clothed with the Spirit of God and
with humility; and when all the Brethren
