Pioneers and prominent men of Utah : comprising photographs, genealogies, biographies, Part 277

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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The blasphemy against the Holy Ghost, which shall not be for- given in the world, nor out of the world, is in that ye commit murder, wherein ye shed innocent blood, and assent unto my desth, after ye have received by new and everlasting covenant, saith the Lord God; and he that ahideth not this law, can in no wise enter into my glory, but shall be damned, ssith the Lord.

I am the Lord thy God, and will give unto thee the law of my Holy Priesthood, as was ordained by me, and my Father, before the world was.

Abraham received all things, whatsoever he received, by revela- tion snd commandment, by my word, saith the Lord, and hath entered into his exaltation, and sitteth upon his throne.

Abraham received promises concerning his seed, and of the fruit of his loins,-from whose loins ye are, namely, my servant Joseph,-which were to continue so long as they were in the world; and as touching Abraham and his seed, out of the world they should continue; both in the world and out of the world should they continue as innumerable as the stars; or, if ye were to count the sand upon the sea shore, ye could not number them.

This promise is yours, also, because ye are of Abraham, and the promise was made unto Abraham; and by this law are the continustion of the works of my Father, wherein ho glorifleth himself.

Go ye, therefore, and do the works of Abraham; enter ye into- my law, and ye shall be saved.

But if ye enter not into my law ye cannot receive the promise of my Father, which he made unto Abraham.

God commanded Abraham, and Sarah gave Hsgar to Abraham to wife. And why did she do it? Because this wss the law. and from Hagar sprang msny people. This, therefore, was fulfilling, among other things, the promises.

Was Abraham, therefore, under condemnation? Verily, I' ssy unto you, Nay; for I, the Lord, commanded it.

Abrshsm was commanded to offer his son Isaac; nevertheless, it was written, thou shalt not kill. Abraham, however, did not refuse, and it wss accounted unto him for righteousness.

Abraham received concubines, and they bear him children, and it was accounted unto him for righteousness, because they were given unto him, and he abode in my law, as Isaac also, and Jacob did none other things than that which they were commanded; and because they did none other things than that which they were commanded, they have entered into their exaltation. according to the promises, and sit upon thrones, and are not angels, but are Gods, David also received many wives and concubines, as also Solomon and Moses my servants; as also many others of my servants, from the beginning of creation until this time; and in nothing did they sin, save in those things which they received not of me.

David's wives and concubines were given unto him, of me, by the hand of Nathan, my servant, and others of the prophets who had the keys of this power; and in none of these things did he sin against me, save in the case of Uriah and his wife; and, therefore

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he hath fallen from his exaitation, and received his portion; and he shall not Inherlt them out of the world; for I gave them unto anotber, saith the Lord.

I am the Lord thy God, and I gave unto thee, my servant Joseph, an appointment, and restore ali things; ask what ye will, and It sbail be given unto you according to my word:

And as ye have asked concerning adultery-verily, verily I say unto you, If a man receiveth a wife in the new and everlasting covenant, and If she be with another man, and I have not appointed unto ber by the holy anointing, she bath committed adultery, and shall be destroyed.

If she be not in the new and everlasting covenant, and she be with another man, she has committed adultery;

And If her husband be with another woman, and he was under a vow, he hath broken his vow. and hath committed adultery.

And If she hath not committed adultery, but Is innocent, and hath not broken her vow, and she knoweth It, and I reveal It unto you, my servant Joseph, then shall you have power, by the power of my Holy Priesthood, to take her. and give her unto him that hath not committed adultery, but hath been faitbful for he shall be made ruler over many;

For I have conferred upon you the keys and power of the Priest- hood, wherein I restore all things, and make known unto you all things In due time.

And verlly, verlly I say unto you, that whatsoever you seal on earth, shail be sealed in heaven; and whatsoever you bind on earth, in my name, and by my word, saith the Lord, It shall be eternally bound in the heavens; and whosesoever sins you remit on earth shall be remitted eternally in the heavens; and whosesoever sins you retain on earth, shall be retained In heaven.

And again, verlly I say, whomsoever you biess, I will bless, and whomsoever you curse. I will curse, salth the Lord; for I, the Lord, am thy God.

And again, verily I say unto you, my servant Joseph, that what- soever you give on earth, and to whomsoever you give any one on earth, by my word, and according to my law, it shall be visited with blessings, and not cursings, and with my power, saith the Lord, and shall be without condemnation on earth, and In heaven;

For I am the Lord thy God, and wili be with thee even unto the end of the world, and through all eternity; for verily, I seal upon you your exaitatlon, and prepare a throne for you in the kingdom of my Father, with Abraham your father.

Behold, I have seen your sacrifices, and will forgive all your sins; I have seen your sacrifices, in obedience to that which I have told you; go, therefore, and I make a way for your escape, as I accepted the offering of Abraham, of his son Isaac.

Verily, I say unto you, a commandment I give unto mine hand- mald, Emma Smith, your wife, whom I have given unto you. that she stay herself, and partake not of that which I commanded you to offer unto her; for I did it, saith the Lord, to prove you ail, as I did Abraham; and that I might require an offering at your hand, by covenant and sacrifice;

And let mine handmaid,, Emma Smith, recelve all those that have been given unto my servant Joseph, and who are virtuous and pure before me; and those who are not pure, and have sald they were pure, shall be destroyed, saith the Lord God;

For I am the Lord thy God, and ye shall obey my voice; and I give unto my servant Joseph, that he shall be made ruler over many things, for he hath been faithful over a few things, and from henceforth I will strengthen hlm.

And I command mine handmald, Emma Smith, to abide and cleave unto my servant Joseph, and to none else. But If she will not ablde this commandment. she shall be destroyed, salth the Lord; for I am the Lord thy God, and will destroy her, If she abide not in my law:

But if she will not ablde this commandment, then shall my servant Joseph do all things for her. even as he hath sald; and I will bless him and multiply him and give unto him an hundred- fold in this world, of fathers and mothers, brothers and sisters, houses and lands, wives and children, and crowns of eternal lives In the eternal worlds.

And again, verlly I say, let mine handmaid forgive my servant Joseph his trespasses; and then shall she be forgiven her trespasses, whereln she has trespassed against me; and I, the Lord thy God, will bless her, and multiply her, and make her heart to rejoice.

And again, I say, let not my servant Joseph put his property out of his hands, lest an enemy come and destroy him; for Satan seeketh to destroy; for I am the Lord thy God, and he Is my servant; and behold! and lo. I am with him. as I was with Abra- ham, thy father, even unto his exaltation and glory.

Now, as touching the law of the Priesthood, there are many things pertalning thereunto.

Verlly, If a man be called of my Father, as was Aaron, by mine own voice, and by the voice of him that sent me: and I have endowed him with the keys of the power of this Priesthood, if he do anything in my name, and according to my law, and by my word, he will not commit sin, and I will justify him.

Let no one, therefore, set on my servant Joseph; for I will justify hlm; for he shall do the sacrifice which I require at his hands, for his transgressions, saith the Lord your God.

And again, as pertaining to the law of the Priesthood: If any man espouse a virgin, and desire to espouse another, and the first give her consent; and If he espouse the second, and they are virgins, and have vowed to no other man, then Is he justlfled; he cannot commit adultery, for they are given unto him; for he cannot commit adultery with that that belongeth unto him and to no one else;

And if he have ten virgins given unto him by this law, he cannot commit adultery, for they belong to him, and they are given unto hlm, therefore Is he justified.

But If one or elther of the ten virgins, after she is espoused, shall be with another man; sbe has committed adultery, and shall be destroyed; for they are given unto him to multiply and replenish the earth, according to my commandment, and to fulfill the promise which was given by my Father before the foundation of the world; and for their exaltation In the eternal worlds, that they may bear the souls of men; for herein is the work of my Father continued. that he may be glorified.

And again, verily, verlly I say unto you. If any man have a wife, who holds the keys of this power, and he teaches unto her the law of my Prlesthood, as pertaining to these things, then shall she believe, and administer unto him, or she shall be destroyed, salth the Lord your God. for I will destroy her: for I will magnify my name upon all those who receive and abide In my law.

Therefore, It shall be lawful In me, if she recelve not this law. for him to receive all things. whatsoever I. the Lord his God, will give unto him, because she did not administer unto him according to my word; and she then becomes the transgressor; and he is exempt from the law of Sarah, who administered unto Abraham according to the law, when I' commanded Abraham to take Hagar to wife.

And now, as pertalning to this law. verily, verily I say unto you, I will reveal more unto you, hereafter; therefore, let this suffice for the present. Behold, I am Alpha and Omega. Amen .- Doc. and Cov. Dec. 182.

August. Fri, 11 .- General James Adams, of Springfield, dled at Nauvoo.

Thurs. 31 .- Joseph Smith moved into the Nauvoo Mansion. September. Tues. 5 .- The ship "Mitoka" sailed from Liver- pool with 280 Saints, bound for Nauvoo.

Wed. 6 .- At an anti-Mormon meeting, held at Carthage, Hancock Co., Iil., resolutions were adopted against Joseph Smith and the Saints in Nauvoo.

Fri. 15 .- Joseph Smith opened the Nauvoo Mansion as a hotel.

Sat. 30 .- Reuben Hedlock and other missionaries from Nauvoo arrived at Liverpool, England.

October. Tues. 3 .- Joseph Smith gave a dinner party In the Nauvoo Mansion to about two hundred Saints.

Fri. 6 .- A special conference of the Church, which con- tinued its sessions on the 8th, was commenced at Nauvoo, Iil. Serious complaints were made against Sidney Rigdon,

Sun. 8 .- At a meeting of the special conference at Nauvoo, Sidney Rigdon was sustained as a Counselor to Joseph Smith, although the Prophet said, "I have thrown him off my shoulders, and you have again put him on me; you may carry him, but I will not."

Mon. 9 .- Addison Pratt, Noah Rogers. Benjamin F. Grouard and Knowlton F. Hanks sailed from New Bedford, Mass., on board the ship "Timoleon," for the Pacific Islands.

Fri. 20 .- John P. Greene returned to Nauvoo, from a mission to the State of New York, with about one hundred emigrants.

Sat. 21 .- The ship "Champion" sailed from Liverpool with 91 Saints, bound for Nauvoo.

Sun. 22 .- Apostles Brigham Young, Heber C. Kimball and George A. Smith returned to Nauvoo from a mission to the Eastern States.

November. Fri. 3 .- Knowlton F. Hanks, one of the mis- sionaries to the Facific Islands, died. He was the first Lat- ter-day Saint Elder who died and was buried at sea.

Mon. 6 .- Erastus Snow returned to Nauvoo with a com- pany of emigrants from Massachusetts.

Sun. 19 .- Philander Avery was kidnaped from the neigh- borhood of Warsaw and carried forcibly across the Mis- sissippi river to Missouri.

December. Sat. 2 .- Apostles Orson Hyde, Parley P. Pratt, Wilford Woodruff and George A. Smith and Elder Orson Spencer received their endowments at Nauvoo, Ill .; 35 per- sons were present.

-Daniel Avery was kidnaped from Bear Creek, Hancock Co., Ill., by a company of Missourians, and imprisoned in Monticello jail, Lewis Co., Mo., where his son Philander was already confined.

Thurs. 7 .- The German brethren met at the Assembly Room at Nauvoo, chose Bishop Daniel Garn as their presid- ing Elder, and organized to have preaching done In their own language.

Mon. 18 .- John Ellioth, a schoolmaster, was arrested and brought to Nauvoo, where he was tried and found guilty of having kidnaped Daniel Avery and son.

Tues. 19 .- The Nauvoo Legion paraded near the Temple, was inspected by the officers and instructed to prepare for meeting the mob, which was gathering in the neighborhood.

Thurs. 21 .- The city council of Nauvoo signed a petition to Congress, praying for redress for the Missouri persecu- tions.

Fri. 22 .- David Holman's house, near Ramus, Hancock Co., Ill., was burned by the mob.

Mon. 25 .- O. Porter Rockwell arrived in Nauvoo from nearly a year's imprisonment in Missouri without conviction, during which time he was subjected to very cruel treatment. -Daniel Avery was liberated from his imprisonment in Missouri, his son having previously escaped.

Fri. 29 .- Forty policemen were sworn into office in the city of Nauvoo.

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January. Tues. 2 .- Jonathan Pugmire, Sr., and Thos. Cartwright, who had been imprisoned In Chester, England, about six weeks, for the accidental drowning of Mrs. Cart- wright during an attempt to baptize her, Nov. 23, 1843, were acquitted.

Wed. 3 .- A special session of the city council was held at Nauvoo because of Wm. Law's intimation that his life was in danger.

Frl. 5 .- Wm. Marks, president of the Nauvoo Stake of Zion, being alarmed on account of a fire being kindled near his house, made statements before the city council; his fears were unfounded.

Tues. 9 .- Elder Horace S. Eidredge, a county constable, was prevented by mob force from performing an official duty at Carthage.

Wed. 10 .- John Smith, uncle to Joseph Smith, the Prophet, was ordained a Patriarch.

Tues. 16 .- Francis M. Higbee was tried before the mu- nicipal court of Nauvoo for slandering Joseph Smith.

Tues. 23 .- The ship "Fanny" sailed from Liverpool, Eng- land, with 210 Saints under the direction of Wm. McKay, bound for Nauvoo. It arrived at New Orleans, March 7th.

Mon. 29 .- At a political meeting, held at Nauvoo, Joseph Smith was nominated a candidate for the Presidency of the United States. Soon afterwards a large number of Elders were sent to the various States of the Union to electloneer for him.

February. Tues. 6 .- The ship "Isaac Alierton" sailed from Liverpool with 60 Saints, bound for Nauvoo.

Wed. 7 .- Joseph Smith completed his address to the people of the United States, entitled: "Views of the Powers and Policy of the Government of the United States."

Sun. 11 .- The ship "Swanton" sailed from Liverpool with 81 Saints, bound for Nauvoo, where they arrived April 18th. Sat. 17 .- The anti-Mormons heid a convention at Carthage, Ill., the object being to devise ways and means for ex- peliing the Saints from the State.

Tues. 20 .- Joseph Smith Instructed the Twelve Aposties

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to send a delegation to California and Oregon, to search for a good location, to which the Saints couid remove after the completion of the Tempie.

Wed. 21 .- A meeting of the Apostles was held at Nauvoo for the purpose of selecting "a company to explore Oregon and California and select a site for a new city for the Saints." Jonathan Dunham, Phinehas H. Young, David D. Yearsley and David Fullmer volunteered to go; and Al- phonso Young, James Emmett, Geo. D. Watt and Daniel Spencer were requested to go.

Fri. 23 .- Another meeting was held at Nauvoo, in favor of the California and Oregon expedition. Several of the brethren volunteered to go; among whom were Samuel Bent, John A. Kelting, Samuel Rolfe, Daniel Avery and Samuel W. Richards.

Sun. 25 .- Joseph Smith prophesied that in five years the Saints would be out of the power of their old enemies, whether apostates or of the world.

Thurs. 29 .- Moses Smith and Rufus Beach volunteered to join the Oregon exploring expedition.

March. Mon. 4 .- It was decided in council at Nauvoo to cease work on the Nauvoo House until the Temple was completed.

Tues. 5 .- The ship "Glasgow" sailed from Liverpool with 150 Saints, led by Hiram Clark, bound for Nauvoo, where they arrived April 26th.

Mon. 11 .- Joseph Smith and the leading authorities of the Church heid another council at Nauvoo about the Saints moving to the mountains.

Sun. 24 .- Joseph Smith spoke in public meeting against Chauncey L. Higbee, Robert D. Foster, Wm. and Wilson Law and others, as conspirators against his life.

Tues. 26 .- Joseph Smith petitioned Congress to protect the citizens of the United States, emigrating west; this he did in view of the Saints going to the mountains in the near future.

April. Fri. 5 .- The Masonic Temple, which had been erected at Nauvoo, was dedicated. About five hundred and fifty members of the Masonic fraternity from various parts of the world were present.

Sat. 6 .- A conference, which lasted five days, commenced at Nauvoo. The Prophet spoke to 20,000 Saints on the 7th, and on the 8th declared the whole of North and South America to be the land of Zion.

Sat. 13 .- Under the leadership of Wm. Kay, 210 British Saints arrived at Nauvoo.

Thurs. 18 .- Wm. and Wilson Law, Robert D. Foster and other apostates, formerly prominent in the Church, were excommunicated.

Frl. 26 .- Augustine Spencer, Robert D. Foster, Charles Foster and Chauncey L. Higbee were arrested and fined, in Nauvoo, for assault and resisting the officers.

May. Wed. 1 .- Elders Addison Pratt, Noah Rogers and Benjamin F. Grouard landed on the island of Tubuai (one of the Austral group), as the first missionaries of the Church to the islands of the Pacific.

Mon. 6 .- Joseph Smith was arrested at Nauvoo on com- plaint of Francis M. Higbee, but took out a writ of habeas corpus, and was tried on the 8th before the municipal court of Nauvoo, which resulted in Joseph's acquittal, and Higbee was sentenced to pay the cost of suit.

Tues. 14 .- Elders Noah Rogers and Benjamin F. Grouard landed at Papeete, Tahiti, Society Islands, as the first Lat- ter-day Saint missionaries to that group.

Wed. 15 .- Anthon H. Lund was born at Aalborg, Denmark. Fri. 17 .- A State convention was held at Nauvoo, Ill., In which Joseph Smith was nominated as a candidate for the Presidency, and Sidney Rigdon for the Vice Presidency of the United States.

Sat. 18 .- The first number of "The Prophet," a weekly paper devoted to the interests of the Church, was issued in New York City, by a society of Saints.

Tues. 21-Apostles Brigham Young, Heber C. Kimbali and Lyman Wight, and about a hundred other Elders. left Nauvoo, Ill., on political missions to the East. Aposties Wilford Woodruff and Geo. A. Smith and others had left on the 9th.

Thurs. 23 .- Joseph Smith had a talk with a number of Sac and Fox Indians at Nauvoo.

Sat. 25 .- Joseph Smith iearned that the grand jury at Carthage had found two indictments against him, one of them for polygamy.

Mon. 27 .- Joseph Smith, accompanied by a number of friends, went to Carthage to have the indictments against him investigated by the circuit court, but, the prosecution not being ready, the case was continued until next term.

June. Fri. 7 .- The first and only number of the "Nauvoo Expositor" was published, edited by Sylvester Emmons.

Mon. 10 .- The paper and printing material of the "Nauvoo Expositor" were destroyed, according to the proclamation of the city council, declaring it a nuisance.

Wed. 12 .- Joseph Smith was arrested on a charge of de- stroying the "Expositor," tried before the municipal court of Nauvoo. and acquitted. The following day the other mem- bers of the city council were tried before the same court, on a similar charge, and honorably acquitted.

Fri. 14 .- Joseph Smith communicated the facts connected with the removal of the "Expositor's" printing materials, by letter, to Gov. Thos. Ford.

Sun. 16 .- In a public meeting, held at Nauvoo, a number of delegates were called to visit the different precincts In Hancock County. Iil., to lay a truthful statement of the troubles in Nauvoo before the people. Joseph Smith, as mayor of the city, also stated the facts in a proclamation. -Addison Pratt baptized Ambrose Alexander, a white man, on the island of Tubuai, as the first convert to "Mor- monism" on the Pacific Isies.

Mon. 17 .- Joseph Smith and a number of others were ar- rested. on complaint of W. G. Ware, for riot In destroying the "Expositor." tried before Justice Daniel H. Wells, and after a long and close examination, acquitted.

-Mobs began to gather in the surrounding country, threatening to drive the Saints from Nauvoo.

Tues. 18 .- The Nauvoo Legion was ordered out and the city deciared under martial law, by the prociamation of the mayor, Joseph Smith. The Prophet delivered his last pub- lic address. An extra of the "Warsaw Signal" was read, in which all the "old citizens were called upon to assist the mob in driving away the Saints.

Wed. 19 .- Mobs were gathering at different points to at- tack Nauvoo.

Thurs. 20 .- General Joseph Smith, with other officers of the Legion, examined the approaches to Nauvoo as a prepar- atory measure for defense. The Prophet also sent for the Twelve Apostles, who were on missions, to come home Immediately.

Sat. 22 .- Late in the evening Joseph and Hyrum Smith and Willard Richards left Nauvoo and crossed the Mis- sissippi river, with the Intention to fiee to the West, and thus escape from their enemies.

Sun. 23 .- Through the solicitation of Emma Smith, and several supposed friends, Joseph Smith and his companions returned to Nauvoo.

Mon. 24 .- Joseph and Hyrum Smith, accompanied by seventeen friends, started for Carthage, to submit to an- other trial, under pledge of protection from Gov. Thos. Ford. On the way they received a demand from the gov- ernor to surrender the State arms in possession of the Nauvoo Legion; Joseph returned and complied with the request, and then proceeded to Carthage.

Tues. 25 .- Joseph Smith and his brethren surrendered themselves to a constable at Carthage and submitted to a triai, after which they were, contrary to law, remanded to prison.

Wed. 26 .- Gov. Thos. Ford had a long interview with the prisoners in Carthage jail. He renewed his promises of protection and said, if he went to Nauvoo, he would take them with him.

Thurs. 27 .- Gov. Thos. Ford went to Nauvoo, leaving the prisoners in jail to be guarded by their most bitter enemies, the "Carthage Greys." About 5:20 p. m. an armed mob with blackened faces surrounded and entered the jail, and mur- dered Joseph and Hyrum Smith in cold blood; Apostle John Taylor was severely wounded, while Apostle Willard Rich- ards only received a slight wound on his ear.

To seal the testimony of this book and the Book of Mormon, we announce the Martyrdom of Joseph Smith the Prophet, and Hyrum Smith the Patriarch. They were shot in Carthage jall. on the 27th of June, 1844. about five o'clock p. m., by an armed mob, painted black-of from 150 to 200 persons. Hyrum was shot first and fell calmly, exclaiming, "I am a dead man!" Joseph leaped from the window. and was shot dead In the attempt. exclaiming, "O Lord, my God!" They were both shot after they were dead in a brutal manner, and both received four balls.

John Taylor, and Willard Richards, two of the Twelve, were the only persons In the room at the time: the former was wounded in a savage manner with four balls, but has since recovered; the latter, through the providence of God, escaped "without even a hole in his robe." .

When Joseph went to Carthage to deliver himself up to the pretended requirements of the law, two or three days previous to his assassination, he sald, "I am going like a iamb to the slaughter; but I am calm as a summer's morning; I have a conscience void of offence towards God. and towards all men. I SHALL DIE INNOCENT, AND IT SHALL YET BE SAID OF ME-HE WAS MURDERED IN COLD BLOOD." The same morning, after Hyrum had made ready to go-shall it be sald to the slaughter? Yes, for so it was,-he read the following paragraph, near the close of the fifth chapter of Ether, in the Book of Mormon, and turned down the leaf upon it :-

"And it came to pass that I prayed unto the Lord that he would give unto the Gentiles grace, that they might have charity. And It came to pass that the Lord said unto me, if they have not charity, it mattereth not unto you, thou hast been falthful; where- fore thy garments are clean. And because thou hast seen thy weakness, thou shalt be made strong, even unto the sitting down In the place which I have prepared in the mansions of my Father. And now I- -bld farewell unto the Gentiles; yea and also unto my brethren whom I love. until we shall meet before the Judgment-seat of Christ. where all men shall know that my garments are not spotted with your blood." The testators are now dead, and their testament is in force .- Doc. and Cov. (Appendix) Sec. 135.

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Pioneers and prominent men of Utah : comprising photographs, genealogies, biographies, Part 277

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