[9]. Doc. and Cov., sec. 30.

[10]. Latter-day Saints Biographical Encyclopaedia, p. 278.

[11]. History of the Prophet Joseph, by Lucy Smith, ch. 19.

[12]. History of the Church, vol. I, p. 15.

[13]. See Doc. and Cov., sec. 11.

[14]. Rise and Fall of Nauvoo, p. 146; also History of the Church, vol. II, p. 338.

[15]. Book of Mormon, Ether 12:36-38. Also Doc. and Cov. 135:5.

CHAPTER XXI.

DIRECT EXTERNAL EVIDENCE—REFLECTIONS ON THE TESTIMONY OF THE ELEVEN WITNESSES.