CHAPTER XIII.
After the conflict had subsided in Jackson Co., two or three High Priests repaired with all possible speed to the prophet in Kirtland, magnifying greatly the events that had taken place. These new, unexpected and extraordinary circumstances, must be met in an extraordinary manner.—They were trying times, requiring the combined wisdom of the prophet and his head men, in bringing out a revelation upon the subject, which would astonish his dupes and strengthen their faith in the imposition, which had been so far shaken in many, that they proposed selling their new "eternal inheritance," in Jackson County, for a "mess of pottage." But the prophet more readily discovered the new advantages that would ultimately accrue to his cause, by a little perseverance. He well knew that the laws could not continue to be violated in our country for any length of time, and that he and his followers would, in the end, be the greatest gainers, by the cry of persecution which they could raise, and by showing to the world, in their ultimate triumph, that the Lord was on their side and directed all their movements in putting their enemies to flight. The following was accordingly issued from their press in Kirtland, in the form of a handbill:
"Verily, I say unto you, concerning your brethren who have been afflicted and persecuted, and cast out from the land of their inheritance: I the Lord hath suffered the affliction to come upon them, wherewith they have been afflicted in consequence of their transgressions; yet, I will own them, and they shall be mine in that day when I shall come to make up my jewels.
