William Harris reports that Joseph and other brethren got drunk.

Date
1841
Type
Book
Source
William Harris
Critic
Non-LDS
Hearsay
2nd Hand
Reference

William Harris, Mormonism Portrayed; Its Errors and Absurdities Explosed (Warsaw, Illinois: Sharp and Gamble, Publishers, 1841), 31-32

Scribe/Publisher
Sharp and Gamble, Publishers
People
Joseph Smith, Jr., William Harris
Audience
Reading Public
Transcription

In the evening, they met for the endowment. The fast was then broken by eating light whet bread, and drinking as much wine as they saw proper. Smith knew well how to infuse the spirit which they expected to receive; so he encouraged the brethren to drink freely, telling them that the wine was consecrated, and would not make them drunk.

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