Pioneers and prominent men of Utah : comprising photographs, genealogies, biographies, Part 270

Author: Esshom, Frank Ellwood, b. 1865
Publication date: 1913
Publisher: Salt Lake City, Utah : Utah pioneers book publishing company
Number of Pages: 1336

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Late in August, the Saints were commanded by revela- tion, through Joseph the Prophet, to purchase lands in Jackson County, Mo., and the future persecutions of the Church were foreshadowed, (Doc. and Cov., Sec. 63).

Verily, I say unto you, there are those among you who seek signs, and there have been such even from the beginning;

But. hehold, faith cometh not by signs, but signs foiiow those that believe.

Nevertheless, I give commandments, and many have turned away from my commandments and have not kept them. *

Nevertheless, I, the Lord, rendereth unto Caesar the things which are Caesar's:

Wherefore, I the Lord, willeth that you should purchase the lands that you may have advantage of the world, that you may have ciaim on the world, that they may not be stirred up unto anger;

For Satan putteth it into their hearts to anger against you, and to the shedding of blood;

Wherefore the land of Zion shall not be obtained but by purchase or by blood, otherwise there is none inheritance for you.

And If by purchase, behold you are blessed;

And if by blood, as you are forbidden to shed blood, lo. your enemies are upon you, and ye shall be scourged from city to city, and from synagogue to synagogue, and but few shail stand to receive an inheritance .- Doc. and Cov. 63:8, 9, 13, 26-31.

September. Sun. 11 .- The Saints were commanded by revelation through Joseph Smith, Jr., to forgive one an- other; and the Lord. in speaking of the present time, said it was a day of sacrifice and a day of tithing for His people. (Doc, and Cov., Sec. 64.)

Mon. 12 .- Joseph Smith, Jr., removed with his family from Kirtland to Hiram, Portage Co., Ohio, about thirty miles from Kirtland, where he continued the translation of the Bibie.

Ezra Booth, formerly a Methodist minister, came out as an apostate.

A conference was held in Hiram, at which Wm. W. Phelps was instructed to purchase a press and type, at Cincinnati, Ohio, for the purpose of establishing and publishing a monthly

paper at Independence, Jackson Co., Mo., to be called the Evening and Morning Star.

October .- Early in this month the revelation on prayer was given. (Doc, and Cov., Sec. 65.)

Tues. 11 .- A conference was heid at Father John John- son's house, in Hiram, at which the Elders were instructed about the ancient manner of holding meetings.

Tues. 25 .- An important conference was held at Orange, Cuyahoga Co., Ohio. Wm. E. McLellin and Samuel H. Smith were called by revelation through Joseph the Prophet to preach the gospel. (Doc. and Cov., Sec. 66.)

November. Tues. 1 .- At a special conference held at Hiram, Oliver Cowdery was appointed to go to Inde- pendence, Jackson Co., Mo., with the revelations which Joseph the Prophet had received up to that time and get them printed. The revelation known as the Preface to the Doctrine and Covenants was given. (Doc. and Cov., Sec. 1.)

Some of the brethren having criticised the language used in some of the revelations, given through Joseph the Prophet, the Lord gave the wisest among the Eiders per- mission to write a revelation like the least of those the Prophet had received, on certain conditions. (See Doc. and Cov., Sec. 67.)

Wm. E. McLellin, as the "wisest man in his own estima- tion," failed in his attempt to write a revelation. (See

History of Joseph Smith.)

Thurs, 3 .- The revelation called the Appendix was given through Joseph Smith, Jr. (Doc. and Cov., Sec. 133.)

In a revelation given through Joseph Smith, Jr., at Hiram, to Orson Hyde, Luke S. Johnson, Lyman E. Johnson and Wm. E. McLellin, the Lord explained the nature and author- ity of the Aaronic Priesthood, the duties of parents towards their children, etc. (Doc, and Cov., Sec. 68.)

There remaineth hereafter, in the due time of the Lord, other bisbops to be set apart unto the church, to minister even according to the first;

Wherefore they shall be High Priests who are worthy, and they shall be appointed by the First Presidency of the MeichIsedek Priesthood, except they be literal descendants of Aaron,

And If they be literal descendants of Aaron, they have a legal right to the bishoprlc, If they are the firstborn among the sons of Aaron;

For the firstborn holds the right of the presidency over this priesthood, and the keys of authority of the same.

No man has a legal right to this office to hoid the keys of this priesthood, except he be a literai descendant and the firstborn of Aaron;

But as a High Priest of the Melchisedek Priesthood has authority to officiate in all the lesser offices, he may officiate in the office of bishop when no iiterai descendant of Aaron can be found, provided he Is called, and set apart and ordained unto this power under the hands of the First Presidency of the Meichisedek Priesthood.

And a literai descendant of Aaron, also, must be designated by this Presidency, and found worthy, and anointed, and ordained under the hands of this Presidency, otherwise they are not iegaily authorized to officiate in their priesthood;

But by virtue of the decree concerning their right of the priesthood descending from father to son, they may claim their anolnting, If at any time they can prove their lineage, or do ascertain It by revelation from the Lord under the hands of the above named Presidency.

And again, no bishop or High Priest who shall be set apart for this ministry, shail be tried or condemned for any crime, save it be before the First Presidency of the church;

And Inasmuch as he Is found guilty before this Presidency, by testimony that cannot be Impeached, he shall be condemned:

And if he repents he shail be forgiven, according to the covenants and commandments of the church.

And again, inasmuch as parents have children In Zion, or in any of her Stakes which are organized, that teach them not to under- stand the doctrine of repentance. faith In Christ the son of the living God, and of baptism and the gift of the Holy Ghost by the laying on of the hands wben elght years old, the sin be upon the heads of the parents;

For this shall be a law unto the inhabitants of Zion, or. In any of her Stakes which are organized;

And their children shall be baptized for the remission of their sins when eight years old, and receive the laying on of the hands,

And they shall also teach their children to pray and to walk uprightly before the Lord .- Doc. and Cov. 68:14-28.

John Whitmer was called by revelation to accompany Oliver Cowdery to Missouri, and to travel among the dif- ferent branches of the Church in order to obtain informa- tion in his capacity as Church Historian.

Wherefore, I the Lord will that my servant, John Whitmer, should go with my servant Oliver Cowdery;

And aiso that he shall continue in writing and making a history of all the Important things which he shall observe and know concerning my church:

And aiso that he receive counsel and assistance from my servant Oliver Cowdery and others.

And aiso my servants who are abroad in the earth, should send forth the accounts of their stewardships to the land of Zion;

For the land of Zion shall be a seat and a place to receive and do ail these things;

Nevertheless, ict my servant, John Whitmer, travel many times from piace to place, and from church to church, that he may the møre easily obtain knowledge;

Preaching and expounding, writing, copying, selecting. and obtaining ali things which shall be for the good of the church, and for the rising generations, that shali grow up on the land of Zion, to possess it from generation to generation, for ever and ever. Amen .- Doc. and Cov. 69:2-8.

Joseph Smith, Jr, Martin Harris, Oliver Cowdery, John Whitmer, Sidney Rigdon and Wm. W. Phelps were appointed by revelation "to be stewards over the revelations and com- mandments" which had been given.

Behold, and hearken, O ye inhabitants of Zion, and all ye people of my church, who are far off, and hear the word of the Lord which I give unto my servant Joseph Smith, Jr., and aiso unto my servant Martin Harris, and aiso unto my servant Oliver Cowdery, and also unto my servant John Whitmer, and aiso unto my servant Sidney Rigdon, and aiso unto my servant William W. Phelps, by the way of commandment unto them:

For I give unto them a commandment; wherefore hearken and hear, for thus saith the Lord unto them-

I, the Lord, have appointed them, and ordained them to be

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stewards over the revelations and commandmente which I bave given unto them, and which I shall hereafter give unto them .- * - Doc. and Cov. 70:1-3.

Oliver Cowdery and John Whitmer started for Missouri with the revelations, after which Joseph the Prophet, as- sisted by Sidney Rigdon as scribe, resumed the translation of the Scriptures.

December. Thurs. 1 .- Joseph Smith, Jr., and Sidney Rig- don were called by revelation to go out and preach the gospel.

Behold, thus saith the Lord unto you my servants, Joeeph

Smith, Jr., and Sidney Rigdon, that the time has verily come, that it is necessary and expedient in me that you should open your mouths in proclaiming my gospel, the things of the kingdom, expounding the mysteries thereof out of the scriptures, according to that portion of Spirit and power which shall be given unto you, even as I will.

Verily, I say unto you, proclaim unto the world in the regions round about, and in the church also, for the space of a eeason, even until it shall be made known unto you .- Doc. and Cov. 71:1-2.

Sat. 3 .- Joseph Smith, Jr., and Sidney Rigdon went to Kirtiand in obedience to revelation.

Sun. 4 .- Joseph Smith, Jr., and a number of other Eiders and members of the Church assembled at Kirtland to learn their duties. Newel K. Whitney was called by revelation to act as Bishop in Kirtland, and the duties of that calling were made known. (Doc. and Cov., Sec. 72.)

And the duty of the bishop shall be made known by the com- mandments which have been given, and the voice of the conference. And now, verlly I say unto you, my servant Newel K. Whitney is the man who shall be appointed and ordalned unto this power. This is the will of the Lord your God, your Redeemer. Even so. Amen,

The word of the Lord, in addition to the law which hae been given, making known the duty of the bishop which has been ordained unto the church in this part of the vineyard, which is verily this :-

To keep the Lord's storehouse; to receive the funds of the church in this part of the vineyard;

To take an account of the elders as before has been commanded; and to administer to their wants, who ehali pay for that which they receive, inasmuch as they have wherewith to pay;

That this also may be consecrated to the good of the church, to the poor and needy;

And he who hath not wherewith to pay, an account shall be taken and handed over to the bishop of Zion, who shall pay the debt out of that which the Lord shall put into his hands;

And the labore of the falthful who labor in spiritual things, in administering the gospel and the things of the kingdom unto the church, and unto the world, shall answer the debt unto the bishop in Zion. * * * - Doc, and Cov, 72:7-14.

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January .- Joseph Smith, Jr., preached in Shalersville, Ra- venna and other places in Portage County, Ohio,

Tues. 10 .- The Eiders were commanded by revelation to continue their preaching till the next conference. (Doc. and Cov., Sec. 73.)

Later in the month, a revelation, explaining 1 Cor. 7:14, was given to Joseph Smith, Jr., at Hiram. (Doc. and Cov., Sec. 74.)

Wed. 25 .- A conference was held at Amherst, Loraine Co., Ohio, at which a number of Elders were called by revela- tion on special missions and to preach the gospel in dif- ferent parts of the country. (Doc. and Cov., Sec. 75.) [In this revelation, William E. McLeilin, Luke Johnson, Major N. Ashley and Burr Riggs were called to preach in the "south country"; Orson Hyde, Samuel H. Smith, Lyman Johnson and Orson Pratt, in the "eastern countries"; and Asa Dodds and Calves Wilson, in the "western countries."-Ed.]

February. Thurs. 16 .- The revelation known as the "Vision" was given at Hiram, in which the beautiful doc- trine of the three glories was explained. In this vision Joseph Smith, Jr., and Sidney Rigdon "beheld the glory of the Son on the right hand of the Father," and "saw the holy angels and they who are sanctified before His throne." And after the many testimonies which had been given of the Son, they, last of all, gave this testimony, that he lived, for they "saw him, even at the right hand of God," and "heard the voice bearing record that he is the Only Begotten of the Father."

We, Joseph Smith, Jr., and Sidney Rigdon, being in the Spirit on the sixteenth of February. in the year of our Lord, one thousand elght hundred and thirty-two,

By the power of the Spirit our eyes were opened and our under- standings were enlightened, so as to eee and underetand the things of God-

Even those things which were from the beginning before the world was, which were ordained of the Father, through his Only Begotten Son, who was In the bosom of the Father, even from the beginning,

Of whom we bear record, and the record which we bear is the fullnese of the gospel of Jesus Christ, who is the Son, whom we saw and with whom we conversed in the heavenly vision;

For while we were doing the work of translation, which the Lord had appointed unto us, we came to the twenty-ninth verse of the fifth chapter of John, which wae given unto us as follows. Speaking of the resurrection of the dead, concerning those who shall hear the voice of the Son of Man, and shail come forth;

They who have done good in the resurrection of the just, and they who have done evil in the resurrection of the unjust.

Now this caueed us to marvel, for it was given unto us of the Spirit;

And while we meditated upon these things, the Lord touched the eyes of our understandinge and they were opened, and the glory of the Lord shone round.

And we beheld the glory of the Son, on the right hand of the Father, and recelved of his fullness;

And saw the holy sngels, and they who are sanctified before his throne, worshiping God, and the Lamb, who worship him for ever and ever.

And now, after the many testimonies which have been given of him, this Is the testimony last of all, which we give of him, that he lives;

For we eaw him, even on the right hand of God, and we heard

the voice bearing record that he is the Only Begotten of the Father-

That by him and through him, and of him the worlds are and were created, and the inhabitants thereof are begotten sons and daughters unto God.

And this we saw also, and bear record, that an angel of God who was in authority in the presence of God, who rebeiled against the Only Begotten Son, whom the Father loved, and who was in the bosom of the Father-was thrust down from the presence of God and the Son.

And was called Perdition, for the heavens wept over him-he was Lucifer, a son of the morning.

And we beheld, and lo, he is fallen! is fallen! even a son of the morning.

And while we were yet in the Spirit, the Lord commanded us that we should write the vision, for we beheld Satan, that old serpent-even the devil-who rebelled against God, and eought to take the kingdom of our God, and his Christ,

Wherefore he maketh war with the saints of God, and encom- passes them round about.

And we saw a vision of the sufferings of those with whom he made war and overcame, for thus came the voice of the Lord unto us.

Thus saith the Lord, concerning all those who know my power, and have been made partakers thereof, and suffered themselves, through the power of the devil, to be overcome, and to deny the truth and defy my power-

They are they who are the eons of perdition, of whom I say that it had been better for them never to have been born,

For they are vessels of wrath, doomed to suffer the wrath of God, with the devil and his angels in eternity;

Concerning whom I have said there is no forgiveness in this world nor in the world to come,

Having denied the Holy Spirit after having received it, and having denied the Only Begotten Son of the Father-having crucified him unto themselves, and put him to an open shame.

These are they who shall go away into the lake of fire and brimstone, with the devil and his angeis,

And the only ones on whom the second death shall have any power;

Yea, verily, the only ones who shall not be redeemed in the due time of the Lord. after the sufferings of his wrath;

For all the rest shall be brought forth by the resurrection of the dead, through the triumph and the glory of the Lamb, who was slain. who was in the bosom of the Father before the worlds were made.

And this ie the gospel, the glad tidings which the voice out of the heavens bore record unto us,

That he came into the world, even Jesus, to be crucified for the world, and to bear the sins of the world, and to sanctify the world, and to cleanee it from all unrighteousness;

That through him all might be saved whom the Father had put into his power and made by him.

Who glorifies the Father, and saves all the works of his hands, except those sons of perdition, wbo deny the Son after the Father has revealed him;

Wherefore, he eaves all except them: they shall go away into everlasting punishment, which is endlees punishment, which is eternal punishment, to reign with the devil and his angels in eternity, where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched, which Is their torment;

And the end thereof, neither the place thereof, nor their torment no man knowe,

Neither was it revealed, neither Is, neither will be revealed unto man, except to them who are made partakers thereof:

Nevertheless I, the Lord, show it by vision unto many, but straightway ehut it up again:

Wherefore the end, the width, the beight, the depth, and the misery thereof, they understand not, neither any man except them who are ordained unto this condemnation.

And we heard the voice, saying, Write the vision, for lo! this ie the end of the vision of the sufferings of the ungodly!

And sgain, we bear record, for we saw and heard, and this is the testimony of the gospel of Christ, concerning them who come forth in the resurrection of the just;

They are they who received the testimony of Jesus, and believed on his name and were baptized after the manner of his burlal being buried in the water in his name, and this according to the commandment which he has given,

That by keeping the commandments they might be washed and cleansed from all their eine, and receive the Holy Spirit by the laying on of the hands of him who Is ordained and sealed unto this power,

And who overcome by faith, and are sealed by the Holy Spirit of promise, which the Father sheds forth upon all those who are just and true.

They are they who are the church of the first born.

They are they into whose hands the Father has given all things They are they who are Priests and Kings, who have received of hie fullnees, and of his glory,

And are Prlests of the Most High, after the order of Melchisedek, which was after the order of Enoch, which was after the order of the Only Begotten Son;

Wherefore, as it is written. they are Gods, even the sons of God- Wherefore all things are thelrs, whether life or death. or things present, or things to come, all are theire and they are Christ's and Christ is God's.

And they shall overcome all things;

Wherefore let no man glory in man. but rather let him glory in God, who shall subdue all enemies under his feet-

These shall dwell in the presence of God and his Christ for ever and ever.

These are they whom he shall bring with him, when he shall come In the clouds of heaven, to reign on the earth over his people. These are they who shall have part in the first resurrection.

These are they who shall come forth in the resurrection of the just.

These are they who are come unto Mount Zlon, and unto the city of the living God, the heavenly place, the holiest of all.

These are they who have come to an innumerable company of angels, to the general assembly and church of Enoch, and of the firstborn.

These are they whose names are written in heaven, where God and Christ are the judge of all.

These are they who are just men made perfect through Jesus the mediator of the new covenant, who wrought out this perfect atonement through the ehedding of hle own blood.

These are they whose bodies are celestial, whose glory is that of the sun, even the glory of God, the highest of all. whose glory the sun of the firmament is written of as being typical.

And again, we esw the terrestrial world, and behold and lo, these are they who are of the terrestrial, whose glory differs from that of the church of the firstborn, who have received the fullness of the Father, even as that of the moon differs from the sun in the firmament,

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Behold, these are they who died without law,

And also they who are the spirits of men kept in prison, whom the Son visited, and preached the gospel unto them, that they might be judged according to men In the flesh,

Who received not the testimony of Jesus In the flesh, but after- wards received it.

These are they who are honorable men of the earth, who were blinded by the craftiness of men.

These are they who receive of his glory, but not of his fullness. These are they who receive of the presence of the Son, but not of the fullness of the Father;

Wherefore they are bodles terrestrial, and not bodies celestial, and differ in glory as the moon differs from the sun.

These are they who are not valiant In the testimony of Jesus: whereforc they obtain not the crown over the kingdom of our God. And now this is the end of the vision which we saw of the terrestrial, that the Lord commanded us to write while we were yet In the Spirit.

And again, we saw the glory of the telestial, which glory is that of the lesser, even as the glory of the stars differs from that of the glory of the moon in the firmament.

These are they who received not the gospel of Christ, neither the testimony of Jesus.

These are they who deny not the Holy Spirit.

These are they who are thrust down to hell.

These are they who shall not be redeemed from the devil, until the last resurrection, until the Lord, even Christ the Lamb shall have finished his work.

These are they who receive not of his fullness in the eternal world, but of the Holy Spirit through the ministration of the terrestrial;

And the terrestrial through the ministration of the celestial;

And also the telestial receive it of the administering of angels who are appointed to minister for them, or who are appointed to be ministering spirits for them, for they shall be heirs of salvation. And thus we saw in the heavenly vision, the glory of the telestlal, which surpasses all understanding.

And no man knows it except him to whom God has revealed It. And thus we saw the glory of the terrestrial, which excels In all things the glory of the telestial, even In glory, and in power, and in might, and in dominion.

And thus we saw the glory of the celestlal, which excels in all things-where God, even the Father, reigns upon his throne for ever and ever;

Before whose throne all things bow in humble reverence and give him glory for ever and ever.

They who dwell in his presence are the church of the firstborn, and they see as they are seen, and know as they are known, having received of his fullness and of his grace:

And he makes them equal In power, and In might, and in dominion.

And the glory of the celestial is one, even as the glory of the sun Is one.

And the glory of the terrestrial is one, even as the glory of the moon is one.

And the glory of the telestlal Is one, even as the glory of the stars is one. for as one star differs from another star in glory, even so differs one from another in glory in the telestlal worid:

For these are they who are of Paul, and of Apollos, and of Cephas.

These are they who say they are some of one and some of another-some of Christ and some of John, and some of Moses, and some of Ellas, and some of Esaias, and some of Isalah, and some of Enoch;

But recelved not the gospel. neither the testimony of Jesus. nelther the prophets. nelther the everlasting covenant.

Last of all, these all arc they who will not he gathered with the saints, to be caught up unto the church of the firstborn, and received into the cloud.

These are they who are liars, and sorcerers, and adulterers, and whoremongers, and whosoever loves and makes a lie.

These are they who suffer the wrath of God on the earth.

These are they who suffer the vengeance of eternal fire.

These are they who are cast down to hell and suffer the wrath of Almighty God, until the fullness of times when Christ shall have suhdued all enemies under his feet and shall have perfected his work.

When he shall deliver up the kingdom, and present it unto the Father spotless, saylng-I have overcome and have trodden the wine-press alone. even the wine-press of the flerceness of the wrath of Almighty God.

Then shall he he crowned with the crown of his glory, to sit on the throne of his power to reign for ever and ever.

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Pioneers and prominent men of Utah : comprising photographs, genealogies, biographies, Part 270

Author: Esshom, Frank Ellwood, b. 1865 Publication date: 1913 Publisher: Salt Lake City, Utah : Utah pioneers book publishing company Number of Pages: 1336

Author: Esshom, Frank Ellwood, b. 1865
Publication date: 1913
Publisher: Salt Lake City, Utah : Utah pioneers book publishing company
Number of Pages: 1336