This was the beginning of Law’s apostasy, but for some months an open break was avoided. Like so many other disaffected members, Law believed Joseph to be not a false but a fallen prophet, led into iniquity by the teachings of John C. Bennett and his own hot passions. He clung to Joseph’s earliest revelations — to the original purity of the gospel message which had made him a convert — and hoped that something would bring the prophet to his senses.
