Thomas
B. Marsh letter (purporting to be a revelation from Marsh to Brigham Young,
commanding Marsh’s reinstatement):
Behold I say unto thee Brigham
young! There is the servant of the Lord, Thomas Marsh, Chief of the 12 to whom
the Lord gave the keys of the kingdom? from whom they have not been taken; Who
was driven out from among you because of the iniquity of his brethren who
hunted for his blood but did not obtain it because he his life was hid
with Christ in God, because he had made the Lord, who was the God of David, his
habitation! because he abode in the secret place of the Most High, under the
shadow of the Almighty! Nevertheless his blood hath been required at the hands of
those who sought it for know ye not that the word of the Lord faileth not? now
if ye would prosper in the land which the Lord thy God hath given thee ye shall
speedily take with thee two wise & faithful servants of the Lord and go to
the land of Missouri and enquire in the County of Howard for his son Edward
Marsh, who will, if ye are prudent direct you to his father; but if ye act not
discreetly, he will fear lest ye seek the life of his father, and withhold from
thee the desired information. Behold ye shall take with you means for his
conveyance and an outfit to this place and ye shall be both wise and harmless
and when ye have found the servant of the Lord, ye shall confer with him in a
kind and friendly manner and he shall rejoice and be glad to see you for I will
prepare his mind for the meeting and ye shall shew unto him this writing and
when all things are in readiness he will accompany you and ye shall bring him
to this land even to your chief City. And ye shall call together the
Congregations of the faithful and when they are assembled ye shall take this
your brother and shall stand forth with him in the sight of them all and thus
shall ye present him unto them, saying Let us rejoice and be glad for this our
brother was dead and is alive! was lost and is found; then behold thou Brigham
then with two others, faithful servant Shall lay thy hands upon his head with
prayer and Consecrate him to the office of High Priest of the Most High God to
Minister to the Spiritual wants of the Church And this thy Brother and thou
Brigham and one more whom the Lord Shall appoint Shall be and constitute a
Council which Shall be called the Supreme Counsel on earth to counsel together
on all important matters relating to the welfare of Israel And thou shalt
attend to the Government of Utah and govern according to the constitution of
the United States which ye shall study to know and understand, And be ye
Patriotic and use the strict observance of the laws and Constitution of their
United states for the Lord whom ye worship instituted these things, Gave to the
people this land of freedom and put His blessing upon it. And this thy brother
shall labor in the Church to put out iniquity and ignorance and the Brigham
shall use all your energies to enable him to do so by your influence; by your
example! by your voice! and by the Love of God! And inasmuch as the Supreme
Council shall walk humbly and Righteously before the Lord they shall obtain the
word of the Lord through the mouth of Thomas for he is accepted Page 3 of the
Lord. and inasmuch as ye attend faithfully and diligently to these things
iniquity shall be rooted out of the Church, and thine enemies shall cease out
of the land and ye shall prosper and flourish and spread abroad and shall be
the head and not the foot; but if ye do not these things which I have commanded
none of these blessings shall be enjoyed by you but ye shall cease to be a
people! Now therefore see ye to it! that ye show not this spirit to any untill
ye return with thy brother then ye shall read all of this to the assembled
multitude and let all the Church say Amen
The back of the letter reads:
Letter
Revelation in favor of reinstating
Thomas B. Marsh
--Nonsense—
