Joseph, in a letter dated September 4, 1837, reports that John F. Boynton believed the Kirtland Safety Society was instituted by command of God and would not fail.
Joseph Smith, Letter to John Corrill, September 4, 1837, The Joseph Smith Papers website, accessed December 5, 2023
. . . Elder Boynton again arose & still attributed his difficulties to the failure of the Bank, stating that he had understood the Bank was instituted by the will of God, and he had been told that it never should fail let men do what they would . . .