Pres^t. Joseph Smith opened the meeting by addressing the Society. ... He said that great exertions had been made on the part of our enemies, but they had not accomplished their purpose— God had enabled him to keep out of their hands— he had war'd a good warfare inasmuch as he had whip'd out all of [John C.] Bennett's host— his feelings at the present time were, that inasmuch as the Lord Almighty had preserv'd him today. He said it reminded him of the Savior, when he said to the pharisees, "Go ye and tell that fox, Behold I cast out devils, and I do cures today and tomorrow, and the third day I shall be perfected." &c. ...
Pres^t. S. continued by saying, I shall triumph over my enemies— ...
[This is the last time he addressed the Relief Society]
[1.2.17 August 31, 1842, Sixteenth Meeting of the Society, as quoted in Matthew J. Grow, Jill Derr, Carol Madsen, and Kate Holbrook, editors, The First Fifty Years of Relief Society: Key Documents in Latter-day Saint Women's History, The Church Historian's Press, 2016, https://churchhistorianspress.org/the-first-fifty-years-of-relief-society/]
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