ut anyone knowing who did it. This did not succeed. Then
he began to commit sin, and say that Joseph upheld him in it. Bennett was
of course cut off from the Church, after which he wrote many false things
against Joseph and the Saints and was the means of bringing much
persecution on them.

In May, 1842, Ex-Governor Boggs of Missouri was shot at and wounded by some
person in Independence. Although at this time they were hundreds of miles
from Independence, Joseph Smith and O.P. Rockwell were charged with this
crime, and again papers were issued for their arrest. They were tried in
Nauvoo and acquitted. As the Missourians were trying many schemes to take
Joseph to Missouri and there kill him, he went in hiding for a time. Every
effort was made to take Joseph, and rewards were offered for his capture.
Elder Rockwell was kidnapped and taken to Missouri, where he was
ill-treated, but at last escaped.

Thomas Ford now became governor of Illinois and to him Joseph went. The
governor prevailed upon Joseph to stand another trial, which was held at
Springfield, Illinois. Joseph was again proved innocent and released.

But the fiends from Missouri would not give up. Once again he was taken
while away from Nauvoo, by two officers, who abused him shamefully. I
cannot tell you all about his exciting adventures--that you must read in a
larger history--but at last he arrived safe again in Nauvoo.

Persecution continued. Mobs now gathered around Nauvoo. Threats were made
that mobs would come from Missouri, and join with those of Illinois,
against the "Mormons." There was great unrest. When Joseph was spoken to
about the danger he was in, he said he was not exposed to as much danger
from outside enemies as from traitors within. "_We have a Judas in our
midst_," he said.

Thus ended the year 1843.

Topics.--1. Settlement at Nauvoo. 2. The healing of the sick. 3. City of
Nauvoo. 4. Attempts to take Joseph to Missouri.

Questions and Review.--1. Locate Nauvoo. 2. What was its name before it
was called Nauvoo? 3. Relate how Joseph healed the sick. 4. When did Joseph
go to Washington? 5. What was his mission there? 6. What answer did
President Martin Van Buren make? 7. Why was it useless to expect justice
from Missouri? 8. What kind of city did Nauvoo become? 9. What was the
Times and Seasons? 10. What was the Nauvoo Legion? 11. Name some of the
causes that led to the new persecution. 12. Who was Dr. Bennett, and what
did he do? 13. T