John Hawleys testimony of what Br Marks said to him in July 1868 at Plano Kendall Co Illinois on the Subject of the Poligamy revelattion, I John H I was a folower of B Young at that time, when the conversation came up between us on the subject of the Revelation of 43 on Poligamy, he told me he knew the very day that Revilation was given, he Said one morning Br Hiram, was walking down the Streat pritty fast, and I haled him and Said Br Hiram which way, and he toald me he was going downe to Josephs, and wase going to get a Revelation on Patriarchal marage to day if we can, an in the eavning he came along back and handed him the revelation and asked him to call the High Counsel together and read it to them, and said Br Marks did So and asked them to express their beleafe or disbleaf of it, and the high Counsel all said they beleaved it to be of God, but he did not and from that time on he said the leading men in the Church looked upon him as on the eav of apostasyy but times sent on tell Joseph saw it would be the means of the distruction of the Church, and he came to me and said, Br Marks I wish to talk with you on the Subject of the revelation on Poligamy we have got to put that Revelation down or it will be the means of the distruction of the Church, and Said he, you must go in the high Counsel and I will prefer Charges againce all that have gon into Poligamy, and if thay do not repent you must cut them off, but I said to him, Br Joseph it is not my plase and I refused to obey his Counsel, and he Marks said this was the first Counsel that Joseph gave to me that I refused to obey, I toald him he was the one to put it down as he was the one that it was given thrue, and some time elapsed when he came to me the 2nd time an toald me the Church would go to distruction if we did not put it down, and we must proclaims againse it, Some more time passed by and I met Joseph on the beach of the River and hear we had our 3rd talk on the revelation and he toald me that this wicked practes had gonto fare to try to put a stop it to it, and I must now give my life for this Revelation, I am now going to Carthage and deliver my Self up to the Slaughter, this is Br. Marks testimony to me as made as I can remember

Jno Hawley