| 301 used for the purposes of the church, and not as a weapon of power in the hands of one man for the oppression of others, or for the purposes of self-aggrandizement by anyone, be he whomsoever he may be.
"As I live, saith the Lord, in the manner ye execute this matter, so shall ye be judged in the day of judgment.
"JOSEPH SMITH,
"President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. SANDWICH, Illinois, October 7, 1861."
-True Latter Day Saints' Herald, vol 2, p. 162.
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