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7 July 1839 (Sunday)
Wilford Woodruff Diary[1]
Joseph addressed us in few words & says remember brethren that if you are imprisiond Brother Joseph has been imprisiond before you. if you are placed whare you can ownly see your Brethren through the gates of a window while in Irons because of the gospel of Jesus Christ remember Brother Joseph has been in like [2] circumstances also after other similar remarks the meeting closed.
—7 July 1839
Notes
[1] The following instructions, probably given to members of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles prior to their leaving for England, are here published for the first time.
[2] An obvious allusion to the Prophet's Missouri incarceration from November 1838 to April 1839.
