[Joseph Smith Sermon] David Whitmer as Successor Joseph Smith Ratifies Previous High Council Proceedings (1)
-- Mar 15, 1838
Meeting of the high council and bishopric in Zion: Joseph gives "a history of the ordination of David Whitmer, which took place in July 1834, to be a leader or a prophet to this church, which was on condition that he did not live to God himself." (2)
-- 1838 March [16-18]
Joseph and others sign "The Motto of the Church of Latter-day Saints." (2)
-- 1838 March [16]
Samuel H. Smith arrives in Far West. (2)
-- Mar 16, 1838
Far West, Missouri. At about this time, Joseph Smith composed what later became known as The Political Motto of the Church of Latter-day Saints, proclaiming a love of peace and good order in society. (3)
-- Mar 17, 1838
[Lucy Mack Smith] Samuel Smith and his family arrive at Far West. Mary is four and a half months pregnant. (4)
-- Mar 22, 1838
The Ohio Repository reprints Warren Parrish's letter about Joseph hearing the voice of the Lord instructing him to establish the "Banking-Anti-Banking Institution." (2)
-- Mar 29, 1838
Joseph writes the presidency of the church in Kirtland, "The saints at this time are in union & peace & love prevails throughout, in a word Heaven smiles upon the saints in Caldwell." (2)
Wilford Woodruff records that "Mr. Ebenezar Carver had been earnestly investing the subject of the gospel as we set it forth . . . walked to the sea shore desireing that he might have some sign. and while the word of God was for him to meditate upon that there should no sign be given but the sign of the Prophet Jonas on a sudden there was a large fish arose on the water in the seat at a distance from him & suddenly sunk out of sight. He much desired to again see the sight. Immediately the fish again arose on the top of the water accompanied with another fish of the same specie & size & one of them swam on a strait line on the top of the water towards Mr Carver as he stood upon the beach. When the fish Came as near his feet as the water would permit him the fish looked at the man with a Penetrating eye as though he had a message for him. . . Mr carver had dreams at night to Confirm him that these things was a sign to him." (5)
Far West, Missouri. Joseph Smith wrote a letter to the presidency of the Church in Kirtland. (3)
-- Mar 30, 1838
Wilford Woodruff reports, "I was still sick in the morning. I had Prayers & was much better after my wife laid hands on me and asked the Lord to heal me." (5)
-- Mar 31, 1838
Henry Root and David Thomas, owners of land in DeWitt, Carroll county write Joseph, proposing a Mormon settlement on a bluff overlooking the confluence of the Grand Missouri rivers. It would be a convenient location for a port. The first Mormons arrived in July. Several hundred Canadian Saints under John E. Page arrived in September, but all were expelled in Octobe. (2)
-- During Mar. 1838
John F Boynton: " publicly repudiated the Book of Mormon Mar. 1838 (6)
Footnotes:
1 - The Parallel Joseph, http://www.boap.org/LDS/Parallel/
2 - Kenny, Scott, "Mormon History 1830-1844," http://saintswithouthalos.com/dirs/d_c.phtml
3 - BYU Studies Journal, volume 46, no. 4: A Chronology of the Life of Joseph Smith
4 - Anderson, Lavina Fielding, Editor, Lucy's Book: A Critical Edition of Lucy Mack Smith's Family Memoir, 2001, Signature Books
5 - On This Day in Mormon History, http://onthisdayinmormonhistory.blogspot.com
6 - Quinn, D. Michael, The Mormon Hierarchy: Origins of Power, Appendix 6, Biographical Sketches of General Officers of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1830-47
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