Pioneers and prominent men of Utah : comprising photographs, genealogies, biographies, Part 275

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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And it shall be for a house for boarding, a house that strangers may come from afar to lodge therein: therefore let it be a good house, worthy of all acceptation, that the weary traveler may find health and safety while he shall contemplate the word of the Lord; and the corner stone I have appointed for Zion.

But I command you, ali ye my saints, to build a house unto me: and I grant unto you a sufficient time to build a house unto me, and during this time your baptisms shall be acceptable nnto me.

But behold, at the end of this appointment, your baptisms for your dead shall not be acceptable unto me; and if you do not these thinga at the end of the appointment, ye shall be rejected as a church, with your dead, saith the Lord your God.

Verlly I say unto you, I now give unto you the officers belonging to my Priesthood, that ye may hold the keys thereof. even the Priesthood which is after the order of Melchisedek, which is after the order of my Only Begotten Son.

First, I give unto you Hyrum Smith. to be a Patriarch unto you, to hold the sealing bleasings of my church, even the Holy Spirit of promise, whereby ye are sealed up unto the day of redemption, that ye may not fall, notwithstanding the hour of temptation that may come upon you.

I give unto you my servant Joseph, to be a presiding elder over all my church, to be a translator, a revelator, a seer, and prophet. I give unto him for counselors my servant Sidney Rigdon, and my servant William Law, that these may constitute a quorum and First Presidency, to receive the oracles for the whole church.

I give unto you my servant Brigham Young, to be a Preaident over the Twelve traveling Council,

Which Twelve hold the keys to open up the authority of my kingdom upon the four corners of the earth, and after that to send my word to every creature:

They are-Heber C. Kimball, Parley P. Pratt. Orson Pratt. Orson Hyde, William Smith, John Taylor. John E. Page, Wilford Woodruff, Willard Richards, George A. Smith:

David Patten I have taken unto myself; behold, his Priesthood no man taketh from him; but, verily I say unto you, another may be appointed unto the same calling.

And again. I say unto you, I give unto you a High Council, for the corner stone of Zion:

Viz., Samuel Bent, H. G. Sherwood, George W. Harris, Charles C. Rich. Thomas Grover, Newel Knight. David Dort, Dunbar Wilson; (Seymour Brunson I have taken unto myself, no man taketh his Priesthood, but another may be appointed unto the same Priesthood in his stead and verily I say unto you let my servant Aaron Johnson be ordained unto this calling in his stead;) David Fullmer, Alpheus Cutler, William Huntington.

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And again, I give unto you Don C. Smith, to be a president over a quorum of High Priests:

Which ordinance is Instituted for the purpose of qualifying those who shall be appointed standing presidents or servants over different Stakes scattered abroad.

And they may travei also if they choose, but rather be ordalned for standing presidents, this Is the office of their calling, saith the Lord your God.

I give unto him Amasa Lyman, and Noah Packard for counselors. that they may preside over the quorum of High Priests of my church, saith the Lord.

And again, I say unto you, I give unto you John A. Hicks, Samuel Williams, and Jesse Baker. which Priesthood is to preside over the quorum of elders, which quorum is instituted for standing ministers. nevertheless they may travel, yet they are ordained to be standing ministers to my church, saith the Lord.

And again, I give unto you Joseph Young, Josiah Butterfield. Daniel Miles, Henry Herriman, Zera Pulsipher. Levl Hancock, James Foster, to preside over the quorum of seventies.

Which quorum is instituted for traveling elders to bear record of my name in all the world, wherever the traveling High Council, my apostles, shall send them to prepare a way before my face.

The difference between this quorum and the quorum of eiders is. that one is to travel continually, and the other is to preside over the churches from time to time: the one has the responsibility of presiding from time to time, and the other has no responsibllity of presiding, saith the Lord your God.

And again, I say unto you I give unto you Vinson Knight, Samuel H. Smith. and Shadrach Roundy, if he will receive it. to preside over the bishopric: a knowledge of said bishopric is given unto you in the Book of Doctrine and Covenants.

And again, I say unto you, Samuel Rolfe and his counselors for priests, and the president of the teachers and his counselors, and aiso the president of the deacons and his counselors, and also the president of the stake and his counselors;

The above offices I' have given unto you, and the keys thereof, for helps and for governments, for the work of the ministry, and the perfecting of my saints;

And a commandment I give unto you that you should fill all these offices and approve of those names which I have mentioned, or else disapprove of them at my general conference .- Doc. and Cov. 124:20-23. 31-32. 123-144.

Sun. 24 .- Hyrum Smith succeeded his father, Joseph Smith, Sr., as Patriarch to the Church, and Wm. Law was ap- pointed a Counselor in the First Presidency, succeeding Hyrum Smith In that capacity, according to revelation.

Sat. 30 .- At a meeting heid at Nauvoo, Ili., Joseph Smith was elected sole Trustee for the Church, to hold the office during life, his "successors to be the First Presidency" of the Church,

February. Mon. 1 .- The first election took piace for members of the city council of Nauvoo. John C. Bennett was elected mayor; Wm. Marks, Samuel H. Smith, Daniel H. Weiis and Newel K. Whitney, aidermen; Joseph Smith, Hyrum Smith, Sidney Rigdon, Charles C. Rich, John F. Bar- nett. Wilson Law, Don Carlos Smith, John P. Greene and Vinson Knight, councilors.

Wed. 3 .- The city council of Nauvoo elected Henry G. Sherwood, marshai; James Sioan, recorder; Robert B. Thompsen, treasurer; James Robinson, assessor; Austin Cowies, supervisor of streets.

Thurs. 4 .- The Nauvoo Legion, originally consisting of six companies, was organized with Joseph Smith as lieutenant- general.

Sun. 7 .- The ship "Sheffield" sailed from Liverpool, Eng- land, with 235 Saints, under the leadership of Hiram Ciark.

Sat. 13 .- Apostle Orson Hyde salled from New York for Liverpool, on his mission to Jerusalem.

Sun. 14 .- The London (England) conference was organized with Lorenzo Snow as president.

Tues. 16 .- The ship "Echo" sailed from Liverpool, England, with 109 Saints, under the direction of Daniel Browitt.

March .- The Saints were commanded by revelation to build a city In Iowa Territory, opposite Nauvoo, to be called Zarahemla. (Doc. and Cov .. Sec. 125.)

Let them bulid up a city unto my name upon the land opposite to the city of Nauvoo, and iet the name of Zarahemia be named upon it .- Doc. and Cov. 125:3.

Mon. 1 .- The city council divided the city of Nauvoo into four wards. An ordinance was passed, giving frec tolera- tion and equal privileges in the city to ail religious sects and denominations.

Wed. 10 .- Gov. Thos. Cariin, of Illinois, commissioned Joseph Smith lieutenant-general of the Nauvoo Legion.

Wed. 17 .- The ship "Uleste" sailed from Liverpool, England, with 54 Saints, under the direction of Thomas Smith and Wm. Moss, bound for America.

Mon. 29 .- Charies C. Rich and Austin Cowles were chosen counselors to Wm. Marks, president of the Nauvoo Stake of Zion.

April. Tues. 6 .- A general conference of the Church was commenced at Nauvoo, and the corner stones of the Nauvoo Temple were laid. The conference was continued till the 11th.

Thurs. 8 .- Lyman Wight was chosen one of the Twelve Apostles, in place of David W. Patten, martyred in Mis- souri.

Wed. 21 .- Apostles Brigham Young. Heber C. Kimball, Orson Pratt, Wilford Woodruff, John Taylor, Geo. A. Smith" and Willard Richards sailed from Liverpool, England, on the ship "Rochester," accompanied by 130 Saints. They ar- rived at New York May 20th.

May. Sat. 22 .- At a conference held at Kirtland, Ohio, Almon W. Babbitt was chosen president of the Kirtiand Stake, with Lester Brooks and Zebedee Coitrin as coun- seiors.

Mon. 24 .- The First Presidency at Nauvoo called upon all scattered Saints to gather to Hancock County, Ill,, and Lee County, Iowa. Ail neighboring Stakes outside of these two counties were discontinued.

June. Sat. 5 .- Joseph Smith was arrested on a requisition from the State of Missouri. He was tried on the 9th and liberated on the 10th on a writ of habeas corpus, at Mon- mouth, Warren Co., Ill.

Tues. 22 .- Theodore Curtis, who had been under arrest in Gloucester. England, five days for preaching the gospel, was acquitted.

Juiy. Thurs. 1 .- Aposties Brigham Young, Heber C. Kim- ball and John Taylor arrived at Nauvoo from their missions to England.

Fri. 9. - By revelation, through Joseph the Prophet, Apostie Brigham Young was commanded to send the "word" abroad, and to take special care of his family. (Doc. and Cov., Sec. 126.)

Tues. 13 .- Apostle Geo. A. Smith returned to Nauvoo from his mission to Engiand.

Sun. 25 .- Wm. Yokum lost his leg by amputation, as the resuit of a wound received in the massacre at Haun's Mill, Mo.

August. Sat. 7 .- Don Carlos Smith, the youngest brother of the Frophet, died at Nauvoo.

Thurs. 12 .- Joseph Smith preached to about one hundred Sac and Fox Indians (among whom were the chiefs Keo- kuk, Kiskuhosh and Appenoose), who had come to visit him at Nauvoo.

Mon. 16 .- Apostle Willard Richards arrived at Nauvoo from his mission to England.

Wed. 25 .- Oliver Granger died at Kirtland. Ohio.

Fri. 27 .- Robert B. Thompson, Joseph Smith's scribe, died at Nauvoo.

September. Tucs. 21 .- The ship "Tyrean" saiied from Liverpool for New Orleans with 204 Saints, under the direc- tion of Joseph Fielding, bound for Nauvoo.

Wed. 22 .- A company of brethren left Nauvoo for the Pineries, Wisconsin. about five hundred miles north, to procure lumber for the Nauvoo Temple.

October. Sat. 2 .- An important general conference was commenced in the Grove at Nauvoo. It was continued till the 4th. Joseph Smith declared, as the will of the Lord, that the Church should not hold another general conference until the Saints could meet in the Temple. James Sioan was elected Church clerk, instead of Robert B. Thompson, deceased.

Wed. 6 .- Apostie Wilford Woodruff arrived at Nauvoo from his mission to England.

Thurs. 7 .- In a council of the Twelve, a number of brethren were called on missions. among whom were Joseph Ball to South America and Henry Harrison Sagers to Jamaica, West Indies.

Sun. 24 .- Apostle Orson Hyde, who had arrived at Jeru- salem, ascended the Mount of Olives and dedicated the land of Palestine by prayer for the gathering of the Jews.

November. Mon. 8 .- The temporary baptismal font in the Nauvoo Tempie was dedicated.

-The ship "Chaos" saiied from Liverpool with 170 Saints, under the direction of Peter Meiling, bound for Nauvoo.

Sun. 21 .- Baptisms for the dead were commenced in the font in the basement of the Nauvoo Tempie.

Wed. 24 .- The "Tyrean" company of British Saints arrived at Warsaw, intending to settie Warren, a new town site, one mile south of Warsaw, which had been selected for a settlement of the Saints, but they soon afterwards removed to Nauvoo, because of oppression on the part of anti-Mor- mons.

December. Sat. 4 .- The Stake organization at Ramus, Hancock Co., Ill., was discontinued.

Mon. 13 .- Apostle Willard Richards was appointed Joseph Smith's private secretary and general clerk for the Church. Wed. 22 .- John Snider was called by revelation on a special mission to Europe, bearing a message from the Twelve.

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January. Thurs. 6 .- A conference was heid at Zarahemia, Iowa, opposite Nauvoo, when a Stake of Zion, previously organized there, was discontinued, and a branch organized in its stead, with John Smith as president.

Wed. 12 .- The ship "Tremont" saiicd from Liverpool with 143 Saints bound for Nauvoo via New Orleans.

February. Wed. 2 .- Moses Thatcher was born in Sanga- mon County, Iil

Thurs. 3 .- Apostie Wilford Woodruff took the superin- tendency of the printing office and Apostle John Taylor the editorial department of the "Times and Seasons." at Nauvoo. Sat. 5 .- The ship "Hope" sailed from Liverpool for New Orleans with 270 Saints.

Sun. 20 .- The ship "John Cumming" sailed from Liverpool with about 200 Saints.

March .- The "Millennial Star" office in Engiand was moved from Manchester (No. 47 Oxford Street) to the Church emi- gration office in Liverpool (No. 36 Chapel Street).

Sat. 12 .- The ship "Hanover" sailed from Liverpool with about two hundred Saints, under the direction of Amos Fieiding.

Tues. 15 .- Joseph Smith took charge of the editorial de- partment of the "Times and Seasons."

Thurs. 17 .- The organization of the Female Relief So- ciety of Nauvoo was commenced. It was completed on the 24th, with Emma Smith as president and Mrs. Elizabeth Ann Whitley and Mrs. Sarah M. Cleveland, counselors; Miss Elvira Cowles, treasurer; and Eliza R. Snow, secretary.

Sun. 20 .- Joseph Smith baptized eighty persons for the . dead in the Mississippi river, after which he confirmed about fifty.

Sat. 26 .- John Snider left Nauvoo on his special mission to England.

Sun. 27 .- Joseph Smith baptized 107 persons for the dead in the Mississippi river.

April. Wed. 6 .- A special conference of the Church was held at Nauvoo; it was continued till the 8th, and during its sessions 275 brethren were ordained Eiders.

Wed. 13 .- About two hundred Saints arrived at Nauvoo from Great Britain.

Sat. 16 .- The "Wasp" a miscellaneous weekly newspaper, was first published at Nauvoo; Wm. Smith, editor.

Fri. 29 .- Joseph Smith wrote: "A conspiracy against the peace of my household was made manifest, and it gave me some trouble to counteract the design of certain base indi- viduals and restore peace. The Lord makes manifest to me

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many things, which it is not wisdom for me to make public until others can witness the proof of them."

May. Wed. 4 .- Joseph Smith gave James Adams, Hyrum Smith, Newel K. Whitney, George Miller, Brigham Young, Heber C. Kimbaii and Willard Richards instructions about holy endowments.

Fri. 6 .- Ex-Governor Lilburn W. Boggs, of Missouri, was shot, but not killed, at Independence, Mo.

Sat. 7 .- The Nauvoo Legion, now numbering 26 companies, or 2,000 men, was reviewed and it fought a sham battie. in which John C. Bennett conspired against the Prophet's life, but failed to carry out his design.

Thurs. 19 .- John C. Bennett having resigned the mayor- ship of Nauvoo, Joseph Smith was elected by the city coun- cil to fili the vacancy.

Tues. 24 .- Chauncy L .. Higbee was excommunicated from the Church by the High Council of Nauvoo, for unchaste and unvirtuous conduct.

Wed. 25 .- The authorities of the Church had at this time withdrawn their fellowship from John C. Bennett, who soon afterwards left Nauvoo.

June. Wed. 1 .- At a general conference held in Man- chester, Engiand, 8,265 officers and members of the Church were represented.

July. Sun. 3 .- Joseph Smith spoke to eight thousand people at Nauvoo.

August .- Apostie Orson Hyde published a pamphlet of 120 pages in the German language, in Germany, entitled "A Cry in the Wilderness," etc., setting forth the rise, progress and doctrines of the Church.

Sat. 6 .- Joseph Smith prophesied that the Saints would be driven to the Rocky Mountains, where they should be- come a mighty people.

(As recorded in his own words. "I prophesied that the Saints would continue to suffer much affliction. and would be driven to the Rocky Mountains. Many would apostatize; othere would be put to death by our persecutore, or lose their lives in consequence of exposure or disease; and some would live to go and assist in making settlements and building cities, and see the Saints become a mighty people in the midst of the Rocky Mountains.")

Mon. 8 .- Joseph Smith was arrested by a deputy sheriff at ' Nauvoo, by requisition from Gov. Thos. Reynolds, of Mis- souri, falsely accused of being accessory to the shooting of ex-Governor Boggs. O. Porter Rockwell was aiso arrested as principal. A writ of habeas corpus was issued by the municipal court of Nauvoo, by which the prisoners were released for the time being.

Wed. 10 .- The deputy sheriff returned to Nauvoo to re- arrest Joseph Smith and O. Porter Rockwell, but they could not be found. To escape imprisonment the Prophet had to keep concealed for some time. His first retreat was the house of his uncle John Smith, at Zarahemla, Ja.

Thurs. 11 .- Joseph Smith concealed himseif in the house of Edward Sayer, in Nauvoo.

Thurs. 18 .- Rumors being afloat that the Prophet's hiding place was discovered, he changed his quarters from the house of Edward Sayer to that of Carlos Granger, who lived in the northeast part of Nauvoo. Great excitement prevailed among the people around Nauvoo on account of John C. Bennett's iies.

Fri. 19 .- Joseph Smith returned to his own house.

Sat. 20 .- Amasa M. Lyman was ordained one of the Twelve Apostles.

Sun. 21 .- Sidney Rigdon testified in public meeting, at Nauvoo, that his daughter, Eliza, had been raised from the dead by the power of God.

Mon. 29 .- After not showing himself in public for three weeks, Joseph Smith spoke to an assembly of Saints at Nauvoo; 380 Elders volunteered to take missions to the various States of the Union for the purpose of refuting John C. Bennett's lies.

Septemher. Thurs. 1 .- Joseph Smith wrote an address to the Saints at Nauvoo concerning baptism for the dead. (Doc. and Cov., Sec. 127.)

Verily, thus saith the Lord unto you concerning your dead: When any of you are baptized for your dead, iet there be a Recorder, and let him be eye witness of your baptisms; let him hear with his ears, that he may testify of a truth, saith the Lord; . *- Doc. and Cov., 127:6.

Sat. 3 .- Another effort was made to arrest Joseph Smith without legal process. His house was searched, but he eiuded pursuit, and afterwards kept himself hid for some time in the house of Edward Hunter.

Tues. 6 .- Joseph Smith wrote another important address to the Saints in relation to baptism for the dead, and the necessity of keeping records. (Doc. and Cov., Sec. 128.)

Address to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, dated Nauvoo, Sepiember 61h. 1842.

As I stated to you in my letter before I left my place, that I would write to you from time to time, and give you information in relation to many subjects, I now resume the subject of the baptism for the dead, as that subject seems to occupy my mind, and press itself upon my feelings the etrongest, eince I have been pursued by my enemies.

I wrote a few words of revelation to you concerning a recorder. I have had a few additional views in relation to this matter, which I now certify. That is, it was declared in my former letter that there should be a recorder, who should be eye witness, and also to hear with his ears, that he might make a record of a truth before the Lord.

Now, in relation to this matter, it would be very difficult for one recorder to be present at all timee, and to do all the businese. To obviate this difficulty, there can be a recorder appointed in each ward of the city, who is well qualified for taking accurate minutes; and let him be very particular and precise in taking the whole proceedings, certifying in his record that he saw with his eyes, and heard with his ears, giving the date and names, etc., and the history of the whole transaction; naming also, eome three indi- viduals that are present. if there be any present, who can at any time when called upon, certify to the same, that in the mouth of two or three witnesses, every word may be established.

Then let there be a general recorder, to whom these other records can be handed. being attended with certificates over their own signatures, certifying that the record they have made is true. Then

the general church recorder, can enter the record on the general church book, with the certificates and all the attending witnesses, with hie own etatement that be verlly believes the above statement and records to be true, from his knowledge of the general character and appointment of those men by the church. And when this is done on the general church book, the record shall be just as holy, and shall answer the ordinance just the eame as if he had seen with his eyes, and heard with his ears, and made a record of the same on the general church book.

You may think this order of things to be very particular, but let me tell you, that it is only to answer the will of God, by con- forming to the ordinance and preparation that the Lord ordained and prepared hefore the foundation of the world. for the saivation of the dead who should dle without a knowledge of the gospel,

And further I want you to remember that John the Revelator was contemplating this very subject in relation to the deed, when he declared, as you will find recorded in Revelations xx. 12-"And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God: and the booka were opened; and another book was opened, which wae the book of life; and the deed were judged out of those thinge which were written in the books, according to their works."

You will discover in this quotation, that the books were opened; and another book was opened, which was the book of life: but the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works; consequently the books spoken of must be the books which contained the record of their works; and refer to the records which are kept on the earth. And the book which was the book of life, Is the record which is kept in heaven; the principle agreeing precisely with the doctrine which Is com- manded you in the revelation contained in the letter which I wrote to you previously to my leaving my place-that in ail your recordings it may be recorded in heaven.

Now the nature of this ordinance consists in the power of the Priesthood, by the revelatlon of Jesus Christ, wherein it is granted, that whatsoever you bind on earth, shall be bound in heaven, and whatsoever you loose on earth, shall be loosed In heaven. Or, in other words, taking a different vlew of the translation, whatsoever you record on earth, shall be recorded in heaven; and whatsoever you do not record on earth, shall not be recorded in heaven; for out of the books shall your dead be judged, according to their own works, whether they themselves have attended to the ordinances in their own propria persona, or by the means of their own agents, according to the ordinance which God has prepared for their saiva- tlon from before the foundation of the world. according to the records which they have kept concerning their dead.

It may seem to some to be a very boid doctrine that we talk of- a power which records or binds on earth, and binds in heaven. Nevertheless in all ages of the world, whenever the Lord has given a dispensation of the Priesthood to any man by actual revela- tlon, or any set of men. this power has always been given. Hence,

whatsoever those men did in authority, in the name of the Lord, and did it truly and faithfully, and kept a proper and faithful record of the same, it became a law on earth and in heeven, and could not be annulled, according to the decrees of the great Jehovah. This is a faithful saying! Who can hear it?

And again, for the precedent, Matthew xvi. 18, 19, "And I also eay unto thee, that thou art Peter: end upon this rock I will bulld my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it; and I will give unto thee the keys of the kingdom of heaven, and what- soever thou shalt bind on earth, shall be bound in heaven; and whatsoever thou shalt loose on earth. ehall be loosed in heaven."

Now the great and grand secret of the whole matter, and the summum bonum of the whole subject that is lying before us, consists In obtaining the powers of the Holy Priesthood. For him to whom these keye are given, there is no difficulty in obtaining a knowledge of facts in relation to the saivation of the children of men, both as well for the dead as for the living.

Hercin is glory and honor, and immortality and eternal life. The ordinance of baptism by water, to be immersed thereln in order to answer to the likeness of the dead, that one principle might accord with the other. To be Immersed in the water and come forth out of the water is in the likenese of the resurrection of the deed in coming forth out of their graves; hence this ordinance was insti- tuted to form a relationship with the ordinance of baptism for the dead, being in likeness of the dead.

Consequently the baptismal font was instituted as a simile of the grave, and was commanded to be in a place underneath where the living are wont to assemble, to show forth the living and the deed; and that all things may have their likeness, and that they may accord one with another; that which is earthly conforming to that which is heavenly, as Paul hath declared. 1 Corinthians xv. 46, 47, and 48.

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Pioneers and prominent men of Utah : comprising photographs, genealogies, biographies, Part 275

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