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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This trade of tatling vile we must despise

If we desire to be upright and wise

Each man may have a copy of the wrench

If Joseph casts it not beneath the bench

11 O saints let not your tongues the vi<le assist>

Who love so well their tongues with his <to twist>

Who love so well to persecute the just

Who in the Lord supreme put all their <trust>

O friends we must the Lord of Hosts obey

And walk in peace along the perfect way

The saints a tatling tale should never tell

Nor on the tatlers subjects learn to dwell

12 The wrench in proper place we ought to use

And not its goodly powr to much abuse

This wrench to hold the tatling tongue was <made>

And now we want of upright men Their aid

That we the tongues of tatlers vile may hold

That they may not to us their wrath unfold

Im sure the saints in This will be agreed

Perhaps the wrench is good we stand in <need>

End of the 2nd book [p. [12]]
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Poem from “Mr. Fare Play,” circa Late 1842
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