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Essential
Microbiology
Stuart Hogg
The University of Glamorgan, UK
Essential
Microbiology
Essential
Microbiology
Stuart Hogg
The University of Glamorgan, UK
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Contents
Preface ix
Acknowledgements xi

Part I Introduction 1
1 Microbiology: What, Why and How? 3
What is microbiology? 3
Why is microbiology important? 3
How do we know? Microbiology in perspective: to the ‘golden age’ and beyond 4
Light microscopy 10
Electron microscopy 15
2 Biochemical Principles 17
Atomic structure 17
Acids, bases, and pH 25
Biomacromolecules 27
Test yourself 48
3 Cell Structure and Organisation 51
The procaryotic cell 54
The eucaryotic cell 65
Cell division in procaryotes and eucaryotes 72
Test yourself 75

Part II Microbial Nutrition, Growth and Metabolism 77

4 Microbial Nutrition and Cultivation 79
Nutritional categories 81
How do nutrients get into the microbial cell? 83
Laboratory cultivation of microorganisms 84
Test yourself 89
5 Microbial Growth 91
Estimation of microbial numbers 91
Factors affecting microbial growth 96
The kinetics of microbial growth 101
vi CONTENTS

Growth in multicellular microorganisms 105

Test yourself 106
6 Microbial Metabolism 109
Why is energy needed? 109
Enzymes 110
Principles of energy generation 118
Anabolic reactions 148
The regulation of metabolism 154
Test yourself 155

Part III Microbial Diversity 157

A few words about classification 158
7 Procaryote Diversity 163
Domain: Archaea 164
Domain: Bacteria 169
Bacteria and human disease 192
Test yourself 195
8 The Fungi 197
General biology of the Fungi 198
Classification of the Fungi 199
Fungi and disease 208
Test yourself 209
9 The Protista 211
‘The Algae’ 211
‘The Protozoa’ 224
The slime moulds and water moulds (the fungus-like protists) 230
Protistan taxonomy: a modern view 234
Test yourself 234
10 Viruses 237
What are viruses? 237
Viral structure 238
Classification of viruses 243
Viral replication cycles 244
Viroids 255
Prions 256
Cultivating viruses 256
Viral diseases in humans 259
Test yourself 264

Part IV Microbial Genetics 267

11 Microbial Genetics 269
How do we know genes are made of DNA? 269
DNA replication 271
 CONTENTS vii

What exactly do genes do? 275

Regulation of gene expression 285
The molecular basis of mutations 288
Genetic transfer in microorganisms 299
Test yourself 312
12 Microorganisms in Genetic Engineering 315
Introduction 315
Plasmid cloning vectors 319
Bacteriophages as cloning vectors 323
Expression vectors 326
Eucaryotic cloning vectors 328
Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) 333
Test yourself 335

Part V Control of Microorganisms 337

13 The Control of Microorganisms 339
Sterilisation 339
Disinfection 344
The kinetics of cell death 347
Test yourself 351
14 Antimicrobial Agents 353
Antibiotics 355
Resistance to antibiotics 364
Antibiotic susceptibility testing 367
Antifungal and antiviral agents 368
The future 371
Test yourself 372

Part VI Microorganisms in the Environment 375

15 Microbial Associations 377
Microbial associations with animals 377
Microbial associations with plants 379
Microbial associations with other microorganisms 383
Test yourself 386
16 Microorganisms in the Environment 389
The carbon cycle 390
The nitrogen cycle 390
The sulphur cycle 393
Phosphorus 394
The microbiology of soil 394
The microbiology of freshwater 396
The microbiology of seawater 397
Detection and isolation of microorganisms in the environment 398
Beneficial effects of microorganisms in the environment 399
viii CONTENTS

Harmful effects of microorganisms in the environment 402

Test yourself 403

Part VII Microorganisms in Industry 405

17 Industrial and Food Microbiology 407
Microorganisms and food 407
Microorganisms as food 413
The microbial spoilage of food 414
Microorganisms in the production of biochemicals 414
Products derived from genetically engineered microorganisms 418
Microorganisms in wastewater treatment and bioremediation 420
Microorganisms in the mining industry 420
Test yourself 422

Glossary 425
Appendix 447
Further Reading 449
Index 454
Preface
Every year, in UK universities alone, many hundreds of students study microbiology
as part of an undergraduate course. For some, the subject will form the major part
of their studies, leading to a BSc degree in Microbiology, or a related subject such as
Bacteriology or Biotechnology. For the majority, however, the study of microbiology
will be a brief encounter, forming only a minor part of their course content.
A number of excellent and well-established textbooks are available to support the
study of microbiology; such titles are mostly over 1000 pages in length, beautifully
illustrated in colour, and rather expensive. This book in no way seeks to replace or
compete with such texts, which will serve specialist students well throughout their three
years of study, and represent a sound investment. It is directed rather towards the second
group of students, who require a text that is less detailed, less comprehensive, and less
expensive! The majority of the students in my own classes are enrolled on BSc degrees
in Biology, Human Biology and Forensic Science; I have felt increasingly uncomfortable
about recommending that they invest a substantial sum of money on a book much
of whose content is irrelevant to their needs. Alternative recommendations, however,
are not thick on the ground. This, then, was my initial stimulus to write a book of
‘microbiology for the non-microbiologist’.
The facts and principles you will find here are no different from those described
elsewhere, but I have tried to select those topics that one might expect to encounter in
years 1 and 2 of a typical non-specialist degree in the life sciences or related disciplines.
Above all, I have tried to explain concepts or mechanisms; one thing my research for
this book has taught me is that textbooks are not always right, and they certainly don’t
always explain things as clearly as they might. It is my wish that the present text will give
the attentive reader a clear understanding of sometimes complex issues, whilst avoiding
over-simplification.
The book is arranged into seven sections, the fourth of which, Microbial Genetics,
acts as a pivot, leading from principles to applications of microbiology. Depending on
their starting knowledge, readers may ‘dip into’ the book at specific topics, but those
whose biological and chemical knowledge is limited are strongly recommended to read
Chapters 2 and 3 for the foundation necessary for the understanding of later chapters.
Occasional boxes are inserted into the text, which provide some further enlightenment
on the topic being discussed, or offer supplementary information for the inquisitive
reader. As far as possible, diagrams are limited to simple line drawings, most of which
could be memorised for reproduction in an examination setting. Although a Glossary is
provided at the end of the book, new words are also defined in the text at the point of
x PREFACE

their first introduction, to facilitate uninterrupted reading. All chapters except the first
are followed by a self-test section in which readers may review their knowledge and
understanding by ‘filling in the gaps’ in incomplete sentences; the answers are all to be
found in the text, and so are not provided separately. The only exceptions to this are
two numerical questions, the solutions to which are to be found at the back of the book.
By completing the self-test questions, the reader effectively provides a summary for the
chapter.
A book such as this stands or falls by the reception it receives from its target reader-
ship. I should be pleased to receive any comments on the content and style of Essential
Microbiology from students and their tutors, all of which will be given serious consid-
eration for inclusion in any further editions.

Stuart Hogg
January 2005
Acknowledgements
I would like to thank those colleagues who took the time to read over individual chapters
of this book, and those who reviewed the entire manuscript. Their comments have been
gratefully received, and in some cases spared me from the embarrassment of seeing my
mistakes perpetuated in print.
Thanks are also due to my editorial team at John Wiley, Rachael Ballard and Andy
Slade, and production editor Robert Hambrook for ensuring smooth production of this
book.
I am grateful to those publishers and individuals who have granted permission to
reproduce diagrams. Every effort has been made to trace holders of copyright; any
inadvertent omissions will gladly be rectified in any future editions of this book.
Finally, I would like to express my gratitude to my family for allowing me to devote
so many weekends to ‘the book’.
Part I
Introduction
Other documents randomly have
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neither does the name of O. P. Rockwell appear in the affidavit, nor
does Boggs say Smith fled. Yet the governor says he has fled to the
state of Illinois. But Boggs only says he is a citizen or resident of the
state of Illinois. The governor of Illinois responding to the demand of
the executive of Missouri for the arrest of Smith, issues his warrant for
the arrest of Smith, reciting that "whereas Joseph Smith stands charged
by the affidavit of Lilburn W. Boggs with being accessory before the
fact to an assault, with intent to kill, made by one O. P. Rockwell, on
Lilburn W. Boggs, on the night or the 6th day of May, 1842, at the
county of Jackson, in said state of Missouri; and that the said Joseph
Smith has fled from the justice of said state, and taken refuge in the
state of Illinois."

Those facts do not appear by the affidavit of Boggs. On the contrary, it

does not assert that Smith was accessory to O. P. Rockwell, nor that he
had fled from the justice of the state of Missouri, and taken refuge in
the state of Illinois.

The court can alone regard the facts set forth in the affidavit of Boggs
as having any legal existence. The mis-recitals and over-statements in
the requisition and warrant are not supported by oath, and cannot be
received as evidence to deprive a citizen of his liberty and transport
him to a foreign state for trial. For these reasons Smith must be
discharged.

At the request of J. Butterfield, counsel for Smith, it is proper to state,

in justice to the present executive of the state of Illinois, Governor
Ford, that it was admitted on the argument that the warrant which
originally issued upon the said requisition was issued by his
predecessor; that when Smith came to Springfield to surrender himself
up upon that warrant, it was in the hands of the person to whom it had
been issued at Quincy, in this state; and that the present warrant which
is a copy of the former one, was issued at the request of Smith, to
enable him to test its legality by writ of habeas corpus.

Let an order be entered that Smith be discharged from his arrest.

At the close I arose, and bowed to the court, which adjourned
to ten o'clock tomorrow. I accepted an invitation to see Judge The Prophet's
Pope in his room, and spent an hour in conversation with his Hour with
honor, in which I explained to him that I did not profess to be Judge Pope.
a prophet any more than every man ought to who professes to
be a preacher of righteousness; and that the testimony of Jesus is the spirit
of prophecy; and gave the judge a brief but general view of my principles.
Esquire Butterfield asked me "to prophesy how many inhabitants would
come to Nauvoo." I said, I will not tell how many inhabitants will come to
Nauvoo; but when I went to Commerce, I told the people I would build up a
city, and the old inhabitants replied "We will be damned if you can." So I
prophesied that I would build up a city, and the inhabitants prophesied that I
could not; and we have now about 12,000 inhabitants. I will prophesy that
we will build up a great city; for we have the stakes and have only to fill up
the interstices.

The judge was very attentive and agreeable, and requested of me that my
secretary, Dr. Richards, would furnish him a copy of his decision for the
press. Dined at General Adams', and in the afternoon visited Mr. Butterfield
with Brother Clayton. In the evening visited Mr. Groves, and lodged at
General Adams' with Dr. Richards.

Friday, 6.—In the morning went to see Judge Pope with Dr.
Richards, who presented the judge with a report of his The Advice of
decision, called on Mr. Butterfield, and gave him two notes of Governor Ford.
two hundred and thirty dollars each, having paid him forty
dollars as fee for his service in my suit. I took certified copies of the doings
of the court, and waited on Governor Ford for his certificate thereto, after
which he offered me a little advice, which was, that I "should refrain from
all political electioneering." I told him that I had always acted upon that
principle, and proved it by General Law and Dr. Richards: and that the
"Mormons" were driven to union in their elections by persecution, and not
by my influence: and that the "Mormons" acted on the most perfect
principle of liberty in all their movements.

During the day I had considerable conversation in the court

room with the lawyers and others, on various topics and Sundry
particularly on religion. Judge Pope's son wished me well, and Conversations.
hoped I would not be persecuted any more, and I blessed him.
Mr. Butterfield said I must deposit my discharge and all my papers in the
archives of the Temple when it is completed. My discharge, here referred to,
commenced with my petition for habeas corpus and closed with the
certificate of Thomas Ford, governor of Illinois, including all the documents
relating to my trial on separate sheets of paper, attached by a blue ribbon,
and secured by the seal of the court, and reads as follows:

Official Papers Relating to the Prophet's Trial at

Springfield, Ill., Before Judge Pope.

I.

Pleas before the Circuit Court of the United States for the district of
Illinois, at the December term, A. D., 1842, December 31st.

In the matter of Joseph Smith: Petition for habeas corpus.

Justin Butterfield, attorney for said petitioner, comes and moves the
court for the allowance of a writ of habeas corpus, and files the
annexed petition and the papers referred to therein.

To the Honorable the Circuit Court of the United States for the district
of Illinois:

The petition of Joseph Smith respectfully showeth that he has been

arrested, and is detained in custody by William F. Elkin, sheriff of
Sangamon county, upon a warrant issued by the governor of the state
Illinois, upon the requisition of the governor of Missouri, as a fugitive
from justice, a copy of the said warrant and the requisition and
affidavit upon which the same was issued, is hereto annexed. And your
petitioner is also arrested by Wilson Law, and by him also held and
detained in custody, (jointly with the said sheriff of Sangamon county)
upon a proclamation issued by the governor of the state of Illinois, a
copy of which proclamation is hereunto annexed. Your petitioner prays
that a writ of habeas corpus may be issued by this court directed to the
said William F. Elkin and Wilson Law, commanding them forthwith
and without delay to bring your petitioner before this honorable court,
to abide such order and direction as the said court may make in these
premises. Your petitioner states that he is arrested and detained as
aforesaid under color of a law of the United States, and that his arrest
and detention is illegal and in violation of law; and without the
authority of law, in this, that your petitioner is not a fugitive from
justice, nor has he fled from the state of Missouri. And your petitioner,
as in duty bound, will ever pray.

JOSEPH SMITH.

II.

The Governor of the State of Missouri to the Governor of the State of

Illinois—greeting:

Whereas it appears by the annexed document, which is hereby certified

as authentic, that one Joseph Smith is a fugitive from justice, charged
with being accessory before the fact, to an assault with intent to kill,
made by one O. P. Rockwell on Lilburn W. Boggs, in this state; and it
is represented to the executive department of this state, has fled to the
state of Illinois:

Now, therefore, I, Thomas Reynolds, governor of the state of Missouri,

by virtue of the authority in me vested by the Constitution and laws of
the United States, do, by these presents demand the surrender and
delivery of the said Joseph Smith to Edward R. Ford, who is hereby
appointed as the agent to receive the said Joseph Smith on the part of
this state.

In testimony whereof, I, governor of the state of Missouri, have

hereunto set my hand and caused to be affixed the great seal of the
state of Missouri.
Done at the city of Jefferson, this 22nd day of July, in the year of our
Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty-two; of the Independence
of the United States, the sixty-seventh, and of this state the twenty-
third.

By the Governor,

[Seal] THOMAS REYNOLDS.

Jas. L. Minor, Secretary of State.

III.

#Affidavit of Lilburn W. Boggs.

STATE OF MISSOURI,

County of Jackson, ss.

This day personally appeared before me, Samuel Weston, a justice of

the peace within and for the county of Jackson; the subscriber, Lilburn
W. Boggs, who being duly sworn, doth depose and say, that on the
night of the sixth day of May, 1842, while sitting in his dwelling, in the
town of Independence, in the county of Jackson, he was shot, with
intent to kill; and that his life was despaired of for several days, and
that he believes, and has good reason to believe, from evidence and
information now in his possession, that Joseph Smith, commonly
called the Mormon Prophet, was accessory before the fact of the
intended murder; and that the said Joseph Smith is a citizen or resident
of the state of Illinois, and the said deponent hereby applies to the
governor of the state of Missouri to make a demand on the governor of
the state of Illinois to deliver the said Joseph Smith, commonly called
the Mormon Prophet, to some person authorized to receive and convey
him to the state and county aforesaid, there to be dealt with according
to law.

LILBURN W. BOGGS.
Sworn to and subscribed before me, this 20th day of July. 1842.

SAMUEL WESTON, J. P.

IV.

#Certificate of Secretary of State of Illinois.

STATE OF ILLINOIS,

Office of Secretary of State.

I, Lyman Trumbull, secretary of state, of the state of Illinois, do hereby

certify the foregoing to be a true and perfect copy of the demand of the
governor of the state of Missouri upon the governor of this state, for
the apprehension and surrender of Joseph Smith, who is charged with
being a fugitive from justice, and the affidavit of Lilburn W. Boggs
attached to the same, which are on file in this office.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the

great seal of state at Springfield, this thirty-first day of December, A.
D., one thousand eight hundred and forty-two.

[Seal.] LYMAN TRUMBULL,

Secretary of State.

December 31, 1842.

I do hereby certify the foregoing to be true copies of the demand and

affidavit upon which the writ for the apprehension of Joseph Smith
was this day issued.

L. TRUMBULL,

Secretary of State.

December 31, 1842.

 V.

#Governor Ford's Order for the Prophet's Arrest.

The people of the State of Illinois to the Sheriff of Sangamon County,

greeting:

Whereas it has been made known to me by the executive authority of

the state of Missouri, that one Joseph Smith stands charged by the
affidavit of one Lilburn W. Boggs, made on the 20th day of July, 1842,
at the county of Jackson, in the state of Missouri, before Samuel
Weston, a justice of the peace within and for the county of Jackson
aforesaid, with being accessory before the fact to an assault with intent
to kill, made by one O. P. Rockwell on Lilburn W. Boggs, on the night
of the sixth of May, A.D. 1842, at the county of Jackson, in said state
of Missouri; and that the said Joseph Smith has fled from the justice of
said state, and taken refuge in the state of Illinois:

Now, therefore, I, Thomas Ford, governor of the state of Illinois,

pursuant to the Constitution and laws of the United States, and of this
state, do hereby command you to arrest and apprehend the said Joseph
Smith, if he be found within the limits of the state aforesaid, and cause
him to be safely kept and delivered to the custody of Edward R. Ford,
who has been duly constituted the agent of said state of Missouri to
receive said fugitive from the justice of said state, he paying all fees
and charges for the arrest and apprehension of said Joseph Smith, and
make due return to the executive department of this state, the manner
in which the writ may be executed.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the

great seal of the state to be affixed.

Done at the city of Springfield, this 31st day of December, in the year
of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty-two; and of the
Independence of the United States, the sixty-seventh.

By the Governor,
[Seal.] THOMAS FORD.

LYMAN TRUMBULL, Secretary of State.

VI.

#Governor Carlin's Proclamation.

EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT, ILLINOIS,

September 20, 1842.

Whereas a requisition has been made upon me, as the executive of this
state, by the governor of the state of Missouri, for the apprehension
and surrender of O. P. Rockwell, who is charged with the crime of
shooting Lilburn W. Boggs, with intent to kill, in the county of Jackson
and state of Missouri, on the night of the sixth day of May, A. D.,
1842:

And whereas a demand has also been made by the governor of

Missouri upon me for the apprehension and surrender of Joseph Smith,
commonly called the Mormon Prophet, who is charged with the crime
of being accessory to the shooting of said Boggs at the time and place
aforesaid, with intent to kill:

And whereas, in obedience to the Constitution and laws of the United

States, and of this state, executive warrants have been issued, and the
said Rockwell and Smith arrested as fugitives from justice from the
state of Missouri; and whereas the said Rockwell and Smith resisted
the laws by refusing to go with the officers who had them in custody as
fugitives from justice, and escaped from the custody of said officers:

Now, therefore, I, Thomas Carlin, governor of the state of Illinois, in

conformity to an act entitled "An Act concerning fugitives from
justice," approved January 6, 1827, do offer a reward of two hundred
dollars to any person or persons for the apprehension and delivery of
each or either of the above-named fugitives from justice, viz., O. P.
Rockwell and Joseph Smith, to the custody of James M. Pitman and
Thomas C. King, or to the sheriff of Adams county, at the city of
Quincy.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and caused the

great seal of state to be affixed, the day and the date above mentioned.

By the Governor,

[Seal.] THOMAS CARLIN.

LYMAN TRUMBULL, Secretary of State.

The Fulton Advocate, Quincy Herald, Galena Sentinel, and Rockford

Pilot, will copy the above for two weeks.

VII.

#Petition of the Prophet for Writ of Habeas Corpus.

In the United States' Circuit Court, District of Illinois, of December

Term, 1842, December 31st day.

In the matter of Joseph Smith, on petition of Habeas Corpus.

And now at this day comes the said Joseph Smith by Justin Butterfield,
his attorney, and presents to the court his petition, setting forth that he
has been arrested and is detained in custody by William F. Elkin,
Sheriff of Sangamon county, upon a warrant issued by the governor of
the state of Illinois, upon the requisition of the governor of Missouri,
as a fugitive from justice; and that he is also arrested by Wilson Law,
and by him also held and detained in custody (jointly with the sheriff
of Sangamon county), upon a proclamation issued by the governor of
the state of Illinois; that he is arrested and detained as aforesaid, under
color of a law of the United States; and that his arrest and detention is
illegal and in violation of law, and without the authority of law in this,
that the said petitioner is not a fugitive from justice, nor has he fled
from the state of Missouri; and praying that a writ of habeas corpus
may be issued by this court, directed to the said William F. Elkin and
Wilson Law, commanding them forthwith and without delay to bring
the petitioner before this court to abide such order and direction as this
court may make in the premises: upon reading and filing of which said
petition, it is considered and ordered by the court that a writ of habeas
corpus be issued as prayed for in said petition, returnable forthwith.

And thereupon a writ of habeas corpus was issued in the words and
figures following,—to wit:

VIII.

#Writ of Habeas Corpus.

The United States of America to William F. Elkin, Sheriff of

Sangamon County, State of Illinois, and Wilson Law, greeting.

We command you that you do forthwith, without excuse or delay,

bring or cause to be brought, before the Circuit Court of the United
States for the district of Illinois, at the District Court-room, in the city
of Springfield, the body of Joseph Smith, by whatever name or
addition he is known or called, and who is unlawfully detained in your
custody, as it is said, with the day and cause of his caption and
detention, then and there to perform and abide such order and direction
as the said court shall make in that behalf. And hereof make due return
under the penalty of what the law directs.

Witness, Roger B. Taney, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the

United States at Springfield, in the district of Illinois, this 31st day of
December, A. D., 1842, and of our Independence the sixty-seventh
year.

[Seal.] JAMES F. OWINGS, Clerk.

IX.

#Returns on the Above Writ of Habeas Corpus.

And afterwards, on the said 31st day of December aforesaid, the said
writ of habeas corpus was returned, with returns endorsed thereon in
the words and figures following:—

I, William F. Elkin, sheriff of Sangamon county, do hereby return the

within writ, that the within named Joseph Smith is in my custody, by
virtue of a warrant issued by the governor of the state of Illinois upon
the requisition of the governor of the state of Missouri, made on the
affidavit of L. W. Boggs, and a copy of the said warrant, requisition,
and affidavit is hereunto annexed, dated December 31, 1842.

WM. F. ELKIN,

Sheriff S. C., Illinois.

I, Wilson Law, do return to the within writ that the said Joseph Smith
is in my custody by virtue of an arrest made by me of his body under
and by virtue of a proclamation of the governor of the state of Illinois;
a copy whereof is hereunto annexed, dated December 31, 1842.

WILSON LAW.

The return to the within writ of habeas corpus appears by the foregoing
returns and the schedule hereunto annexed, and the body of the said
Joseph Smith is in court.

WM. PRENTISS,

U.S. Marshal, district of Illinois.

December 31, 1842.

IX.

#Orders of the Court.

And afterwards, to wit, on the same day aforesaid, upon the return of
the said writ of habeas corpus, the following orders were made in this
cause:—

In the matter of Joseph Smith, on Habeas Corpus.

William F. Elkin and Wilson Law having made return to the writ of
habeas corpus issued in this cause, and brought the body of the said
Joseph Smith into court, on motion of Justin Butterfield, his attorney, it
is ordered that the said Joseph Smith be admitted to bail; and
thereupon came the said Joseph Smith in proper person, principal, and
James Adams and Wilson Law, sureties, and severally acknowledge
themselves to owe and be indebted to the United States of America, in
the sum of two thousand dollars each, to be levied of their respective
goods and chattels, lands and tenements; but to be void on condition
that the said Joseph Smith shall be and appear before the Circuit Court
of the United States for the district of Illinois, now sitting from day to
day, and shall not depart without leave of the court. And thereupon it is
ordered that this cause be set for hearing on Monday next; and it is
further ordered that the governor of Illinois and the attorney-general be
informed by the marshal that Joseph Smith, arrested on a warrant
issued for his apprehension by the governor of Illinois, 31st December,
1842, is before this court on habeas corpus, and that the case will be
heard on Monday, January 2nd, 1843, and that a copy of this order be
handed to each of those officers.

It is ordered that the governor of Illinois and the attorney-general be

informed by the marshal that Joseph Smith, arrested on a warrant
issued for his apprehension by the governor of Illinois, 31st December,
1842, is before this court on a writ of habeas corpus, and that the case
will be heard on Monday, 2nd January, 1843, and that a copy of this
order be handed to each of those officers.

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

District of Illinois.

I, James F. Owings, clerk of the Circuit Court of the United States for
the district aforesaid, do certify that the foregoing is a true copy of an
order passed by said court, the 31st day of December, 1842.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed
the seal of said court at Springfield, this 31st day of December, A. D.,
1842.

[Seal.] JAMES F. OWINGS, Clerk.

Delivered a copy of the within order to Thomas Ford, governor, and

Josiah Lamborn, attorney-general of the state of Illinois, December
31st, 1842.

WM. PRENTISS, Marshal.

In the matter of Joseph Smith on habeas corpus; copy of order,

marshal's fees for serving on two, $4.00; returning twelve, $4.12.

X.

#Denials of the Prophet.

And afterwards, to-wit, on the 2nd day of January, A. D. 1843, Justin

Butterfield, attorney of said petitioner, filed the written denials of the
said petitioner of the matters and things set forth, in the return to the
said writ of habeas corpus, which denial is in the words and figures
following,—viz.:

Circuit Court of the United States,

District of Illinois,

In the matter of Joseph Smith upon habeas corpus.

Joseph Smith, being brought up on habeas corpus before this court,

comes and denies the matter set forth in the return to the same in this,
that he is not a fugitive from the justice of the state of Missouri; but
alleges and is ready to prove, that he was not in the state of Missouri at
the time of the commission of the alleged crime set forth in the
affidavit of L. W. Boggs, nor had he been in said state for more than
three years previous to that time, nor has he been in said state since
that time; but, on the contrary, at the time the said alleged assault was
made upon the said Boggs, as set forth in the affidavit the said Smith
was at Nauvoo, in the county of Hancock, in the state of Illinois, and
that he has not fled from the justice of the state of Missouri, and taken
refuge in the state of Illinois, as is most untruly stated in the warrant
upon which he is arrested, and that the matter set forth in the
requisition of the governor of Missouri, and in the said warrant, are not
supported by oath.

JOSEPH SMITH.

State of Illinois, ss.

Joseph Smith being duly sworn, saith that the matter and things set
forth in the foregoing statement are true.

JOSEPH SMITH.

Sworn and subscribed to before me, this second day of January, 1843.

JAMES F. OWINGS, Clerk.

XI.

#Procedure of the Court.

And afterwards, to-wit, on the same day and year last aforesaid, the
following order was made in this cause,—viz.:

In the matter of Joseph Smith on habeas corpus.

At this day comes the said Joseph Smith, and, by Justin Butterfield, his
attorney, files his written denial, verified by affidavit, of the matters
and things set forth in the return to the writ of habeas corpus issued in
this cause; and at the same time also comes Josiah Lamborn, attorney-
general of the state of Illinois, and on his motion it is ordered that this
cause be continued for hearing until Wednesday morning next.
And afterwards, to-wit, on the fourth day of January, 1843, Josiah
Lamborn, attorney-general of the state of Illinois, filed his objections
to the jurisdiction of this court in this cause, and moved to dismiss the
proceedings herein, which said motion and objections are in the words
and figures following—viz.:

United States of America,

In the Circuit Court of the State of Illinois.

In the matter of Joseph Smith.

J. Lamborn, attorney-general of Illinois, moves the court to dismiss the

proceedings herein, for the reason that this court has no jurisdiction.

1st. The arrest and detention of said Smith was not under or by color of
authority of the United States, or any of the officers of the United
States, but under and by color of authority of the state of Illinois, and
by the officers of Illinois.

2nd. When a fugitive from justice is arrested by authority of the

government of any state, upon the requisition of any other governor of
another state, the courts of justice, neither state nor federal have any
authority or jurisdiction to inquire into any facts behind the writ.

J. LAMBORN,

Attorney-General of Illinois.

And afterwards, to-wit, on the same day and year last aforesaid, the
following order was made in this cause,—viz.:

In the matter of Joseph Smith, on habeas corpus.

And now, again, at this day, comes the said Joseph Smith, by Justin
Butterfield, his attorney; and at the same time also comes Josiah
Lamborn, attorney-general of the state of Illinois, and enters his
motion to dismiss the proceedings herein, for want of jurisdiction; and
the court having heard the allegations and proofs herein, and the
argument of counsel upon the same, and also upon the aforesaid
motion, and not being sufficiently advised took time, &c.

XII.

#Affidavits of Sundry Witnesses.

And afterwards, to-wit, on the same day and year aforesaid, Justin
Butterfield, attorney for said petitioner, filed the affidavits, of which
the following are copies:

Circuit Court of the United States,

District of Illinois.

In the matter of Joseph Smith, upon habeas corpus.

District of Illinois, ss.

Stephen A. Douglas, James H. Ralston, Almeron Wheat, J. B.

Backenstos, being duly sworn, each for himself, says that they were at
Nauvoo in the county of Hancock, in this state on the seventh day of
May last; that they saw Joseph Smith on that day reviewing the
Nauvoo Legion at that place in the presence of several thousand
persons.

J. B. BACKENSTOS,

STEPHEN A. DOUGLAS.

Sworn to and subscribed in open court, this 4th day of January, 1843.

JAMES F. OWINGS, Clerk.

Circuit Court of the United States, District of Illinois.

In the matter of Joseph Smith upon habeas corpus.

District of Illinois:—Wilson Law, Henry G. Sherwood, Theodore
Turley, Shadrach Roundy, Willard Richards, William Clayton, and
Hyrum Smith, being duly sworn, say that they know that Joseph Smith
was in Nauvoo, in the county or Hancock, in the state of Illinois,
during the whole of the sixth and seventh days of May last; that on the
sixth day of May, aforesaid, the said Smith attended an officer-drill at
Nauvoo, from ten o'clock in the forenoon to about four o'clock in the
afternoon, at which drill the said Joseph Smith was present. And these
deponents, Hyrum Smith, Willard Richards, Henry G. Sherwood, John
Taylor, and William Clayton, were with the said Smith at Nauvoo
aforesaid, during the evening of the sixth day of May last, and sat with
the said Joseph Smith in Nauvoo Lodge from six until nine o'clock of
said evening. And these deponents, Hyrum Smith, Willard Richards,
and William Marks, were with the said Smith at his dwelling house, in
Nauvoo, on and during the evening of the fifth day of May last, and
conversed with him; and all of the deponents aforesaid do say that, on
the seventh day of May aforesaid, the said Smith reviewed the Nauvoo
Legion, and was present with the said Legion all that day, in the
presence of many thousand people, and it would have been impossible
for the said Joseph Smith to have been at any place in the state of
Missouri at any time on or between the sixth or seventh days of May
aforesaid. And these deponents, Willard Richards, William Clayton,
Hyrum Smith, and Lorin Walker, say that they have seen and
conversed with the said Smith at Nauvoo, aforesaid, daily, from the
tenth of February last, until the first day of July last, and know that he
has not been absent from said city of Nauvoo, at any time during that
time, long enough to have been in the state of Missouri; that Jackson
county in the state of Missouri is about three hundred miles from
Nauvoo.

WILSON LAW,

HENRY G. SHERWOOD,

THEODORE TURLEY,

SHADRACH ROUNDY,
WILLARD RICHARDS,

WILLIAM CLAYTON,

JOHN TAYLOR,

WILLIAM MARKS,

LORIN WALKER.

Sworn to and subscribed in open court, this 4th January, 1843.

OWINGS, Clerk.

XIII.

#Denial of the Court to Dismiss the Case.

And afterwards, to wit on the 5th day of January, 1843, the following
order was made in this cause,—viz.:

In the matter of Joseph Smith on habeas corpus.

And now, at this day, comes again the said Joseph Smith, by Justin
Butterfield, his attorney, and at the same time also comes Josiah
Lamborn, attorney-general of the state of Illinois; and the court being
now sufficiently advised of and concerning the motion heretofore
entered to dismiss the proceedings in this cause, it is considered that
said motion be denied; and the court having fully considered the
petition of the said Joseph Smith, and the matters and things set forth
in the return made to the writ of habeas corpus issued herein, and
being now sufficiently advised of and concerning the same, it is
considered and adjudged that the matters and things set forth in the
return to the said writ of habeas corpus are wholly insufficient in law
to authorize the arrest and detention of the said Joseph Smith; and it is
further considered, ordered, and adjudged by the court that the said
Joseph Smith be fully released and discharged from the custody of
William F. Elkin, sheriff of Sangamon county, under the warrant of the
governor of the state of Illinois, mentioned in the said return, and also
from the custody of Wilson Law, on the proclamation of the said
governor mentioned in the said return, and that he go hence without
delay.

United States of America

District of Illinois. ss.

I, James F. Owing, clerk of the United States Circuit Court for the
district of Illinois, do certify that the foregoing is a true and correct
copy of the record and proceedings before said court, in the matter of
Joseph Smith, on petition, to be discharged on habeas corpus, as the
same remain on the record and files of said court.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name, and

affixed the seal of said court at Springfield, this sixth day of January,
A. D. 1843, and of our independence the 67th year.

[Seal] JAMES F. OWING, Clerk.

XIV.

#Executive's Order of Release.

I do hereby certify that I have inspected the foregoing record, and there
is now no further cause for arresting or detaining Joseph Smith, therein
named, by virtue of any proclamation or executive warrant heretofore
issued by the governor of this state; and that since the judgment of the
Circuit Court of the United States for the district of Illinois, all such
proclamations are inoperative and void.

Witness my hand and seal, at Springfield, this 6th day of January,

1843.

[Seal] THOMAS FORD,

Governor of Illinois.
The opinion of Judge Pope as recorded in this history, was
copied from the Sangamon Journal, and believed to be Judge The Prophet's
Pope's opinion, as corrected and altered by him from the Comment on
Judge Pope's
report furnished him by my secretary.
Opinion.
In the judge's opinion on the bench, he remarked like this:
—"Were it my prerogative to impeach Congress for any one thing, it would
be for granting power for the transportation of fugitives on affidavit, and
not on indictment alone." He also passed several severe strictures on the
actions of different governors and others concerned in my case, but which I
suppose he thought proper to omit in his printed copy.

I received many invitations to visit distinguished gentlemen in Springfield,

which time would not permit me to comply with; also a ticket from the
manager to attend the theatre this evening; but the play was prevented by
the rain.
 CHAPTER XIII.
THE PROPHET AGAIN IN NAUVOO—
CELEBRATION OF HIS RELEASE FROM
OPPRESSION—"VADE MECUM"—
REINSTATEMENT OF ORSON PRATT—
DISCOURSES OF THE PROPHET, "THE
KINGDOM OF GOD;" "THE MISSION
AND GREATNESS OF JOHN THE
BAPTIST;" "INTERPRETATION OF
SCRIPTURES."

Saturday, January 7, 1843.—At half-past eight in the

morning, we left Judge Adams' to return to Nauvoo, and The Start for
arrived at Captain Dutch's at four in the evening. Traveling Nauvoo.
very bad, with snow and mud, and yet so cold as to whiten the
horses with frost. While riding this day, General Law and Dr. Richards
composed a Jubilee Song, which they wrote and sang in the evening, and
"dedicated to all lovers of Illinois' liberties," as printed on the first page of
37th Number of The Wasp.

Recent accounts from Alexandria, in Egypt, state the mortality (murrain)

among the cattle still continues; and it was estimated that upwards of
200,000 oxen had already died.

Sunday, 8.—At eight in the morning we left Captain Dutch's, and, passing
through Geneva and Beardstown, and crossing the Illinois river on the ice,
arrived at Rushville at four in the evening. After supper, I went to Mr. Uriah
Brown's, with several of the brethren and spent the evening very agreeably,
partly in examining drafts of improvements he had made in some operative
and defensive machinery.

Monday, 9.—At half-past eight in the morning, started for Plymouth: roads
very hard, smooth and icy. When about two miles west of Brooklyn, at half-
past twelve p.m., the horses of the large carriage slipped and
became unmanageable; and horses and carriage, with Lorin An Accident
Walker and Dr. Richards in it, went off the embankment some by the Way.
six or eight feet perpendicular, doing no damage except
breaking the fore-axletree and top of the carriage. It was a remarkable
interposition of Providence that neither of the brethren were injured in the
least. The company agreed that Lilburn W. Boggs should pay the damage;
cut down a small tree, spliced the axle, drove on, and arrived at Brother
Samuel Smith's in Plymouth, about four p. m. After supper, I visited my
sister, Catherine Salisbury, accompanied by Dr. Richards and Sister Durphy.
This was the first time I had visited my sister in the state of Illinois, and the
circumstance brought vividly to my mind many things pertaining to my
father's house, [A] of which I spake freely, and particularly of my brother
Alvin. He was a very handsome man, surpassed by none but Adam and
Seth, and of great strength. When two Irishmen were fighting, and one was
about to gouge the other's eyes, Alvin took him by his collar and breeches,
and threw him over the ring, which was composed of men standing around
to witness the fight.
[Footnote A: "While there," said Dr. Richards, "my heart was pained to see a sister of
Joseph's almost barefoot, and four lovely children entirely so, in the middle of a severe
winter. What has not Joseph and his father's family suffered to bring forth the work of
the Lord in these latter days!"]

We returned to Brother Samuel's just before the close of the meeting at the
schoolhouse, where Elder John Taylor preached. After passing the usual
salutations with several who had called to see me, singing the Jubilee Song,
etc., retired to rest.

Tuesday, 10.—At half-past eight in the morning, we started

for Nauvoo, and, stopping only to water at the public well at Arrival in
Carthage, arrived at my house at half-past two p. m.; found Nauvoo.
my family well, who, with many friends assembled to greet us
on our safe return and my freedom. My aged mother came in and got hold
of my arm before I saw her, which produced a very agreeable surprise, and
she was overjoyed to behold her son free once more.
Wednesday, 11.—I rode out with Emma this morning, designing to go to
Brother Daniel Russel's, and apologize for breaking his carriage on our
return from Springfield: but broke a sleigh-shoe, and returned home, where
I received a visit from a company of gentlemen and ladies from
Farmington, on the Des Moines river, who left at half-past two p. m.

I directed letters of invitation to be written from myself and

lady for a dinner party at my house on Wednesday next, at ten A Dinner Party
a. m., to be directed to Brothers Wilson Law, William Law, at the Prophet's
Home.
Hyrum Smith, Samuel Bennett, John Taylor, William Marks,
Peter Haws, Orson Hyde, Henry G. Sherwood, William
Clayton, Jabez Durphy, H. Tate, Edward Hunter, Theodore Turley, Shadrach
Roundy, Willard Richards, Arthur Millikin, Brigham Young, Heber C.
Kimball, Wilford Woodruff, George A. Smith, Alpheus Cutler, Reynolds
Cahoon, and ladies; also Mr. Levi Moffat, and Carlos Granger, and ladies;
my mother, Lucy Smith, and Sisters Eliza R. Snow and Hannah Ells.

On hearing of my invitation for dinner, the Twelve Apostles issued the

following

PROCLAMATION.

To the Saints in Nauvoo.

Feeling a deep sense of gratitude to our Heavenly Father for the great
blessings which He has conferred on us in the deliverance of our
beloved President, Joseph Smith, from the oppression with which he
has so long been bound, the Traveling High Council invite the brethren
in Nauvoo to unite with them in dedicating Tuesday, the 17th day of
January instant, as a day of humiliation, fasting, praise, prayer, and
thanksgiving before the great Eloheim, that He will continue the
outpouring of His Holy Spirit upon this people, that they may ever
walk humbly before Him, seek out and follow the counsels given
through His servant, and ever be united, heart and hand, in building up
this stake of Zion and the Temple, where God will reveal Himself to
this people; that no strife or confusion may ever be found in our midst,
but peace and righteousness may be our companions; and as the Lord
has hitherto sustained His Prophet in all the difficulties he has had to
encounter, so He will continue to do, until the Prophet has finished the
great work committed to his charge; and that all those who have been
called to his assistance in the holy ministry, may be diligent and
faithful in all things, that his hands may be stayed on high, like unto
Moses; that our enemies, if such we have, may repent and, turning
away from their enmity, get forgiveness and salvation; and that they
may have no dominion over the servants of God or His Saints, but that
Zion may flourish upon the mountains and be exalted on the hills, and
that all nations shall flow unto it and be saved—we will humble
ourselves with fasting and supplication and sing praises unto our God
with the voice of melody and thanksgiving, for the deliverance He has
wrought out for His servant Joseph, through the legally constituted
authorities of our government.

The bishops of the several wards are requested to see that meetings are
appointed sufficient for the accommodation of the brethren, and make
a report unto us immediately of the same; and it may be expected that
some one of the brethren who visited Springfield will be present at the
different meetings, and give a history of the proceedings.

In our fastings, humiliations and thanksgivings, let us not forget the

poor and destitute, to minister to their necessities; and respectfully
would we suggest to the consideration of the brethren the situation of
our President, who has long had all his business deranged, and has
been recently obliged to expend large sums of money in procuring his
release from unjust persecution, leaving him destitute of necessaries
for his family and of means for prosecuting the History of the Church
and the translations which he is anxious should be in the hands of the
brethren as speedily as possible. We therefore recommend that
collections be taken at the different meetings for his benefit; and such
as have not cash will recollect that provisions will be an excellent
substitute, whenever it is convenient to bring them in: and we hope our
brethren who are farmers in La Harpe, Ramus, Zarahemla, etc., and the
region around, will have the opportunity of reading these few hints. A
word to the wise is sufficient. The Lord loveth a cheerful and a
 bountiful giver, and will restore an hundredfold; for the laborer is
worthy of his hire.

BRIGHAM YOUNG, President.

W. RICHARDS, Clerk.

Nauvoo, January 11, 1843.

Thursday, 12.—At home all day.

Friday, 13.—At home till near sunset; then went to Brother William Marks
with Dr. Richards, to see Sophia Marks, who was sick: heard her relate her
vision or dream of a visit from her two brothers who were dead, touching
the associations and relations of another world.

Saturday, 14.—Rode out with Emma in the morning. At ten attended city
council, and in the evening called the quorum of the Twelve together in my
chamber, to pray for Sophia Marks, who was very sick.

Sunday, 15.—I spent at home with my family.

Monday, 16.—I was about home, and directed a letter to be written as

follows:—

Letter of the Prophet to Josiah Butterfield—On

Bennett's Movements.

NAUVOO, January 16, 1843.

Josiah Butterfield, Esq.

DEAR SIR:—I now sit down to inform you of our safe arrival home
on Tuesday last, after a cold and troublesome journey of four days. We
found our families well and cheerful. The news of our arrival was soon
generally known; and when it was understood that justice had once
more triumphed over oppression, and the innocent had been rescued
from the power of mobocracy, gladness filled the hearts of the citizens
of Nauvoo, and gratitude to those who had so nobly and manfully
defended the cause of justice and innocence was universally manifest;
and of course I rejoiced with them, and felt like a free man at home.

Yesterday, a letter was received by Sidney Rigdon, Esq., from John C.

Bennett, which was handed to me this morning. From that letter it
appears that Bennett was at Springfield a few days after we left there,
and that he is determined, if possible, to keep up the persecution
against me. I herewith transmit a copy of his letter, and shall rely upon
your counsel, in the event of any further attempt to oppress me and
deprive me of liberty; but I am in hopes that Governor Ford will not
gratify the spirit of oppression and mobocracy so glaringly manifest in
the conduct of John C. Bennett.

The following is a copy of his letter:—

Letter of John C. Bennett to Sidney Rigdon and

Orson Pratt.

SPRINGFIELD, ILLINOIS, January 10, 1843.

Mr. Sidney Rigdon and Orson Pratt.

DEAR FRIENDS:—It is a long time since I have written to you, and I

should now much desire to see you; but I leave to-night for Missouri,
to meet the messenger charged with the arrest of Joseph Smith, Hyrum
Smith, Lyman Wight, and others, for murder, burglary, treason, &c.,
&c., who will be demanded, in a few days, on new indictments found
by the grand jury of a called court on the original evidence, and in
relation to which a nolle prosequi was entered by the District Attorney.

New proceedings have been gotten up on the old charges, and no

habeas corpus can then save them. We shall try Smith on the Boggs
case, when we get him into Missouri. The war goes bravely on; and,
although Smith thinks he is now safe, the enemy is near, even at the
door. He has awoke the wrong passenger. The governor will relinquish
Joe up at once on the new requisition. There is but one opinion on the
case, and that is, nothing can save Joe on a new requisition and
demand predicated on the old charges on the institution of new writs.
He must go to Missouri; but he shall not be harmed, if he is not guilty:
but he is a murderer, and must suffer the penalty of the law. Enough on
this subject.

I hope that both of your kind and amiable families are well, and you
will please to give them all my best respects. I hope to see you all
soon. When the officer arrives, I shall be near at hand. I shall see you
all again. Please to write me at Independence immediately.

Yours respectfully,

JOHN C. BENNETT.

P.S. Will Mr. Rigdon please to hand this letter to Mr. Pratt, after
reading?

J. C. B.

This is his letter verbatim et literatim.

In the foregoing the designs of Bennett are very plainly manifest; and,
to see his rascality, you have only to read some articles from his pen,
published in the Times and Seasons about two years ago, on the subject
of the Missouri affair. I shall be happy to hear from you on this subject
as soon as convenient; also if you have received any communication
from Washington. We are ready to execute the mortgage at any time.

Yours very respectfully,

JOSEPH SMITH.

By WILLIAM CLAYTON, Agent.

P.S. I would just remark, that I am not at all indebted to Sidney Rigdon
for this letter, but to Orson Pratt, who, after he had read it, immediately
brought it to me.
 J. S.

The ship Swanton sailed from Liverpool with a company of Saints for New
Orleans, led by Elder Lorenzo Snow.

Tuesday, 17.—This being the time appointed by the Twelve as

a day of humiliation, fasting, praise, prayer, and thanksgiving A Day of
before the great Eloheim, I attended a public meeting in my Fasting and
Prayer.
own house, filled to overflowing. Many other meetings were
held in various parts of the city, which were well attended,
and there was great joy among the people, that I had once more been
delivered from the grasp of my enemies. In the evening I attended a referee
case, with six others, on a land case of Dr. Robert D. Foster's.

Wednesday, 18.—At ten o'clock in the morning, the party invited began to
assemble at my house, and before twelve they were all present, except Levi
Moffatt and wife, and Brother Hyrum's wife, who was sick. I distributed
cards among them, printed for the occasion, containing the Jubilee Song of
Brothers Law and Richards; also one by Sister Eliza R. Snow, as printed on
the 96th page, 4th volume of Times and Seasons, which were sung by the
company with the warmest feelings.

I then read John C. Bennett's letter to Messrs. Sidney Rigdon and Orson
Pratt, of the 10th instant, and told them that Mr. Pratt showed me the letter.
Mr. Rigdon did not want to have it known that he had any hand in showing
the letter, but wanted to keep it a secret, as though he were holding a private
correspondence with Bennett; but as soon as Mr. Pratt got the letter, he
brought it to me, which proves that Mr. Pratt had no correspondence with
Bennett, and had no fellowship for his works of darkness. I told them I had
sent word to Governor Ford, by Mr. Backenstos, that, before I would be
troubled any more by Missouri, I would fight.

Conversation continued on various topics until two o'clock, when twenty-

one sat down to the dinner-table, and Emma and myself waited on them,
with other assistants. My room was small, so that but few could be
accommodated at a time. Twenty sat down to the second table, which was
served as the first, and eighteen at the third, among whom were myself and
Emma; and fifteen at the fourth table, including children and my household.
Many interesting anecdotes were related by the company, who were very
cheerful, and the day passed off very pleasantly. President Brigham Young
was present, although very feeble. This was the first time that he had been
out of his house since he was taken sick. His fever had been so severe, that
he had lain in a log-house, rather open, without fire most of the time, when
it was so cold that his attendants, with great coat and mittens on, would
freeze their toes and fingers while fanning him. One thing more, which
tended to give a zest to the occasion, was, that it was fifteen years this day
since I was married to Emma Hale.

The brethren dispersed about six o'clock, with many thanks and expressions
of gratitude; and in the evening I attended the Lodge.

Thursday, 19.—I was at home, excepting a short out in the city in the
forenoon.

Friday, 20.—Visited at Brother William Marks' this morning; returned at

ten a. m., and gave Dr. Richards and W. W. Phelps some instructions about
the History, when I received the following communication:—

VADE MECUM.

From W. W. Phelps to Joseph Smith, the Prophet.

Go with me, will you go to the Saints that have died,

To the next better world, where the righteous reside,
Where the angels and spirits in harmony be,
In the joys of a vast paradise? Go with me.

Go with me, where the truth and the virtues prevail,

Where the union is one, and the years never fail:
Not a heart can conceive—not a natural eye see
What the Lord had prepared for the just. Go with me.
 Go with me, where there is no destruction nor war,
Neither tyrants nor mobbers, nor nations ajar,—
Where the system is perfect, and happiness free,
And the life is eternal, with God. Go with me.

Go with me, will you go to the mansions above,

Where the bliss and the knowledge, the light and the love,
And the glory of God do eternally be?
Death, the wages of sin, is not there. Go with me. [B]

[Footnote B: After the martyrdom of the Prophet both the title and the phraseology of
this hymn were changed by the author of it, to "Come to me, will ye come," etc., as it
now stands in the Latter-day hymn book, page 326, Deseret News edition of 1905; also
the following stanzas were added by Elder Phelps:

Come to me; here are Adam and Eve at the head

Of a multitude quickened and raised from the dead;
Here's the knowledge that was, or that is, or will be,
In the gen'ral assembly of worlds. Come to me.

Come to me; here's the mysteries man hath not seen,

Here's our Father in heaven, and Mother, the Queen;
Here are worlds that have been, and the worlds yet to be,
Here's eternity, endless; amen. Come to me.

Come to me, all ye faithful and blest of Nauvoo.

Come, ye Twelve, and ye High Priests, and Seventies, too,
Come, ye Elders, and all of the great company,
When your work you have finished on the earth, come to me.

Come to me; here's the future, the present and past;

Here is Alpha, Omega, the first and the last,
Here's the "Fountain," the "River of Life," and the "Tree!"
Here's your Prophet and Seer, Joseph Smith. Come to me.]

In the afternoon I attended a council of the Twelve, at

President Young's. There were present, Brigham Young, Council
Heber C. Kimball, Orson Hyde, Orson Pratt, John Taylor, Meeting of the
Twelve.
Wilford Woodruff, George A. Smith, Willard Richards, and
Brother Hyrum Smith. We had conversation on a great variety
of subjects. I related my dream:—"I dreamed this morning that I was in the
lobby of the Representatives' Hall, at Springfield, when some of the
members, who did not like my being there, began to mar, and cut, and
pound my shins with pieces of iron. I bore it as long as I could, then jumped
over the rail into the hall, caught a rod of iron, and went at them, cursing
and swearing at them in the most awful manner, and drove them all out of
the House. I went to the door, and told them to send me a clerk, and I would
make some laws that would do good. There was quite a collection around
the State House, trying to raise an army to take me, and there were many
horses tied round the square. I thought they would not have the privilege of
getting me; so I took a rod of iron, and mowed my way through their ranks,
looking after their best race-horse, thinking they might catch me where they
could find me. Then I awoke." To dream of flying signifies prosperity and
deliverance from enemies. To dream of swimming in deep water signifies
success among many people, and that the word will be accompanied with
power.

I told Elder Hyde that when he spoke in the name of the Lord, it should
prove true; but he must not curse the people—rather bless them.

I prophesy, in the name of the Lord God, as soon as we get the Temple built,
so that we shall not be obliged to exhaust our means thereon, we will have
means to gather the Saints by thousands and tens of thousands.

This council was called to consider the case of Orson Pratt

who had previously been cut off from the Church for The Case of
disobedience, and Amasa Lyman had been ordained an Orson Pratt
Before the
Apostle in his place. I told the quorum: you may receive
Council.
Orson back into the quorum of the Twelve and I can take
Amasa into the First Presidency. President Young said there
were but three present when Amasa was ordained, the rest of the Twelve
being either on a mission or sick. I told them that was legal when no more
could be had. I told the council that from the sixth day of April next, I go in
for preparing with all present for a mission through the United States, and
when we arrive at Maine we will take ship for England and so on to all
countries where we shall have a mind to go. We must send for John E. Page
to come home, and have all the quorum to start from this place.
Let the Twelve be called on, on the 6th of April, and a notice be given for a
special conference on the platform of the House of the Lord. If I live, I will
yet take these brethren through the United States and through the world, and
will make just as big a wake as God Almighty will let me. We must send
kings and governors to Nauvoo, and we will do it.

At three o'clock, council adjourned to my house; and at four I baptized

Orson Pratt and his wife, Sarah Marinda, and Lydia Granger in the
Mississippi river, and confirmed them in the Church, ordaining Orson Pratt
to his former office in the quorum of the Twelve.

Saturday, 21.—At home, except going out in the city with Elder Orson
Hyde to look at some lots.

Sunday, 22.—I preached at the Temple on the setting up of the kingdom of

God. The subject arose from two questions proposed at a lyceum meeting.

1st. Did John baptize for the remission of sins?

2nd. Whether the kingdom of God was set up before the day of Pentecost,
or not till then? [C]

[Footnote C: This was the contention of the sect of the Disciples, or Campbellites;
especially was it the view of Alexander Campbell, founder of said sect.]

[The following is a synopsis of this sermon, as reported by Elder Wilford

Woodruff]:

The Kingdom of God.

Some say the kingdom of God was not set up on the earth until the day
of Pentecost, and that John did not preach the baptism of repentance
for the remission of sins; but I say, in the name of the Lord, that the
kingdom of God was set up on the earth from the days of Adam to the
present time. Whenever there has been a righteous man on earth unto
whom God revealed His word and gave power and authority to
administer in His name, and where there is a priest of God—a minister
who has power and authority from God to administer in the ordinances
of the gospel and officiate in the priesthood of God, there is the
kingdom of God; and, in consequence of rejecting the Gospel of Jesus
Christ and the Prophets whom God hath sent, the judgments of God
have rested upon people, cities, and nations, in various ages of the
world, which was the case with the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah,
that were destroyed for rejecting the Prophets.

Now I will give my testimony. I care not for man. I speak boldly and
faithfully and with authority. How is it with the kingdom of God?
Where did the kingdom of God begin? Where there is no kingdom of
God there is no salvation. What constitutes the kingdom of God?
Where there is a prophet, a priest, a righteous man unto whom God
gives His oracles, there is the kingdom of God; and where the oracles
of God are not, there the kingdom of God is not.

In these remarks, I have no allusion to the kingdoms of the earth. We

will keep the laws of the land; we do not speak against them; we never
have, and we can hardly make mention of the state of Missouri, of our
persecutions there, &c., but what the cry goes forth that we are guilty
of larceny, burglary, arson, treason, murder, &c., &c., which is false.
We speak of the kingdom of God on the earth, not the kingdoms of
men.

The plea of many in this day is, that we have no right to receive
revelations; but if we do not get revelations, we do not have the oracles
of God; and if they have not the oracles of God, they are not the people
of God. But say you, what will become of the world, or the various
professors of religion who do not believe in revelation and the oracles
of God as continued to His Church in all ages of the world, when He
has a people on earth? I tell you, in the name of Jesus Christ, they will
be damned; and when you get into the eternal world, you will find it
will be so, they cannot escape the damnation of hell.

As touching the Gospel and baptism that John preached, I would say
that John came preaching the Gospel for the remission of sins; he had
his authority from God, and the oracles of God were with him, and the
kingdom of God for a season seemed to rest with John alone. The Lord
promised Zacharias that he should have a son who was a descendant of
Aaron, the Lord having promised that the priesthood should continue
with Aaron and his seed throughout their generations. Let no man take
this honor upon himself, except he be called of God, as was Aaron; and
Aaron received his call by revelation. An angel of God also appeared
unto Zacharias while in the Temple, and told him that he should have a
son, whose name should be John, and he should be filled with the Holy
Ghost. Zacharias was a priest of God, and officiating in the Temple,
and John was a priest after his father, and held the keys of the Aaronic
Priesthood, and was called of God to preach the Gospel of the
kingdom of God. The Jews, as a nation, having departed from the law
of God and the Gospel of the Lord, prepared the way for transferring it
to the Gentiles.

But, says one, the kingdom of God could not be set up in the days of
John, for John said the kingdom was at hand. But I would ask if it
could be any nearer to them than to be in the hands of John. The
people need not wait for the days of Pentecost to find the kingdom of
God, for John had it with him, and he came forth from the wilderness
crying out, "Repent ye, for the kingdom of heaven is nigh at hand," as
much as to say, "Out here I have got the kingdom of God and I am
coming after you; I have got the kingdom of God, and you can get it,
and I am coming after you; and if you don't receive it, you will be
damned;" and the scriptures represent that all Jerusalem went out unto
John's baptism. There was a legal administrator, and those that were
baptized were subjects for a king; and also the laws and oracles of God
were there; therefore the kingdom of God was there; for no man could
have better authority to administer than John; and our Savior submitted
to that authority Himself, by being baptized by John; therefore the
kingdom of God was set up on the earth, even in the days of John.

There is a difference between the kingdom of God and the fruits and
blessings that flow from the kingdom; because there were more
miracles, gifts, visions, healings, tongues, &c., in the days of Jesus
Christ and His apostles, and on the day of Pentecost, than under John's
administration, it does not prove by any means that John had not the
kingdom of God, any more than it would that a woman had not a
milkpan because she had not a pan of milk, for while the pan might be
compared to the kingdom, the milk might be compared to the blessings
of the kingdom.

John was a priest after the order of Aaron, and had the keys of that
priesthood, and came forth preaching repentance and baptism for the
remission of sins, but at the same time cries out, "There cometh one
mightier than I after me, the latchet of whose shoes I am not worthy to
stoop down and unloose," and Christ came according to the words of
John, and He was greater than John, because He held the keys of the
Melchisedek Priesthood and kingdom of God, and had before revealed
the priesthood of Moses, yet Christ was baptized by John to fulfill all
righteousness; and Jesus in His teachings says, "Upon this rock I will
build my Church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it."
What rock? Revelation.

Again he says. "Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he

cannot enter into the kingdom of God;" and, "heaven and earth shall
pass away, but my words shall not pass away." If a man is born of
water and of the Spirit, he can get into the kingdom of God. It is
evident the kingdom of God was on the earth, and John prepared
subjects for the kingdom, by preaching the Gospel to them and
baptizing them, and he prepared the way before the Savior, or came as
a forerunner, and prepared subjects for the preaching of Christ; and
Christ preached through Jerusalem on the same ground where John
had preached; and when the apostles were raised up, they worked in
Jerusalem, and Jesus commanded them to tarry there until they were
endowed with power from on high. Had they not work to do in
Jerusalem? They did work, and prepared a people for the Pentecost.
The kingdom of God was with them before the day of Pentecost, as
well as afterwards; and it was also with John, and he preached the
same Gospel and baptism that Jesus and the apostles preached after
him. The endowment was to prepare the disciples for their missions
unto the world.

Whenever men can find out the will of God and find an administrator
legally authorized from God, there is the kingdom of God; but where
these are not, the kingdom of God is not. All the ordinances, systems,
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