Carthage Jail - quote from Joseph Smith to my Ancestor




Letter to Joseph L. Heywood, 13 February 1844


"I never feel to force my doctrines upon any person. I rejoice to see prejudice give way to truth, and the traditions of men dispersed by the pure principles of the Gospel of Jesus Christ."


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