Exodus 21:18 And if men strive together, and one smite another with a stone, or with his
fist, and he die not, but keepeth his bed;
Isaiah 58:4 Behold, ye fast for strife and debate, and to smite with the
fist of wickedness; ye shall not fast as ye do this day, to make your voice to be heard on high.
DC 126:13 It will be seen that there is an apparent invasion of the rule which has been supposed to govern the selection of evangelical ministers, but for this I am not responsible; and the whole matter is hereby submitted for the approval or disapproval of the church. JOSEPH SMITH. LAMONI, IOWA April 18, 1902
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