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A Dialogue Between Joseph Smith and the Devil

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Smith: Here to his Satanic Majesty; may he be driven from the earth and be forced to put to sea in a stone canoe with an iron paddle, and may the canoe sink, and a shark swallow the canoe and its royal freight and an alligator swallow the shark and may the alligator be bound in the northwest corner
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Devil: Here's to my good friend, Joe Smith, may all sorts of ill-luck befall him, and may he never be suffered to enter my kingdom, either in time or eternity, for he would almost make me forget that I am a devil, and make a gentleman of me, while he gently overthrows my government at the same time
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All the liars, swindlers, thieves, robbers, incendiaries, murderers, cheats, adulterers, harlots, blackguards, gamblers, bogus makers, idlers, busy bodies, pickpockets, vagabonds, filthy persons, and all other infidels and rebellious, disorderly persons, for a crusade against Joe Smith and the
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Mormons! Be quick, be quick, I say or our cause will be ruined and our kingdom overthrown by the d----d fool of an imposter and his associates, for even now all earth and hell is in a stew.
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They engage in a conversation which manages wit while still engaging in Pratt's proselytory purposes. The two part on friendly terms:
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The date is frequently erroneously cited as January 1, 1844, but the August date is correct.
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Devil: (Holding up glass) Come, Mr. Smith, your good health. I propose we offer a toast.
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of hell, the door be locked, key lost, and a blind man hunting for it.
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Dialogue between Joseph Smith and the Devil
Parley P. Pratt
Mormon fiction
closet drama
dialogue
the devil
handbills
New York Herald
Parley P. Pratt: Father of Mormon Pamphleteering
Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought
Cracroft, Richard H.
"The Humor of Mormon Seriousness: A Celestial Balancing Act"
Sunstone Magazine
the original
Happy Birthday, Mormon Fiction
Full text
BYU
Stub icon
book
Latter Day Saint movement
stub
expanding it
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t
e
Categories
Religious studies book stubs
Latter Day Saint movement stubs
1844 short stories
American short stories

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