Poem from “Mr. Fare Play,” circa Late 1842

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Poem from “Mr. Fare Play,” circa Late 1842
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“Mr. Fare Play,” Poem, to JS, [
Nauvoo
Principal gathering place for Saints following expulsion from Missouri. Beginning in 1839, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints purchased lands in earlier settlement of Commerce and planned settlement of Commerce City, as well as surrounding areas....
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, Hancock Co., IL], ca. late 1842; unidentified handwriting; twenty pages; JS Collection, CHL.

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Or did they come out here to seek the Lord

And understand the misteres of his word

19 For what O saints did you come to the west

Was it to seek the Lord your souls to bless

Or was it to pursue the tatling trade

At which Im sure but little can be made

The tatlers are much worse than little frogs

And make more fuss than all the little dogs

The little dogs that bark in parlours gay

Where oft they do their wilde gambols <play>

20 O friends we ought to dwell in peace & <love>

And serve the Lord supreme who dwels above

Our prayers should up ascend to God supreme

And truth divine should be our greatest theme

We have no right a tatling tale to tell

But always should in peace together dwell

And all the great commands of God obey

And walk in peace along the narrow way

End of the first book [p. [8]]
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Poem from “Mr. Fare Play,” circa Late 1842
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