The following is from the October 1849 issue of the Melchisedek & Aaronic Herald. It is an early witness to the “Oath of Vengeance”:
THE CONSPIRACY OF THE SALT LAKE MORMONS AGAINST THE
GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED STATES
We have obtained numerous disclosures concerning the treasonable,
blasphemous, licentious, and heaven daring wickedness of Brigham Young, Orson Hyde
and Co., which they were the guilty perpetrators of, in the temple of God at Nauvoo.
If we had room we would give these disclosures in full at this time, but as we have
not space we will give a extract of the disclosures of a man and his wife which
has been testified to under oath by them, according to the laws of the land.
These individuals testify that in going through the endowment
in the temple, the following were part of the proceedings.
“The man and woman are ordered to kneel at an altar, on
which is the Bible. On it they lay their hands, when the following oath is
administered:
THE OATH.
You do solemnly swear, in the presence of Almighty God,
his holy angels, and these witnesses, that you will avenge the blood of Joseph Smith
on this nation, and teach your children; and that you will, from this time
henceforth and forever, begin and carry out hostilities against the nation, and
to keep the same intent a profound secret, now and forever. So help you God.” (“The
Conspiracy of the Salt Lake Mormons Against the Government of the United States,”
Melchisedek
& Aaronic Herald 1, no. 7 [October 1849]: [4])
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