-- (Sat) May 18, 1839
Matilda Spalding Davison statement from the Boston Recorder (reprinted in the New York Observer) was published in the Quincy Whig. (1)
Smith finished his business at Quincy and starts back for Commerce. He probably leaves before the newspaper is printed that day. Thus he probably left town unaware of the Matilda Spalding Davison article in the Whig. (1)
-- May 18, 1839
Joseph Smith in Commerce, laying out the city [per Brigham Young]. (2)
[Wilford Woodruff] Moves family to Montrose, Iowa (3)
-- (Sun) May 19, 1839
Joseph Smith arrived back home in Commerce in the evening. (1)
-- About 19-May 20, 1839
Joseph Smith is in Commerce, laying out the city [Brigham Young]. (1)
-- May 19, 1839
Popular author Edward Bickersteth preaches a series of sermons (printed in 'The Time to Favour Zion; or, an Appeal to the Gentile Churches in Behalf of the Jews' 1840). He considers 'the signs of these latter days, which are preparatory steps to the establishment of Christ's kingdom." He lists 4 steps:
1. The Consuming of Popery (Catholicism)
2. The Wasting of the Turkish Empire (which controlled Palestine), "that the mystical Babylon, or the Papal kingdoms, may fall, and the Jews return."
3. Preaching to the Gentiles. "The Preaching to the Gentiles fulfils that plain prophecy: 'I saw an angel fly in the midst of heaven, having the everlasting Gospel to preach unto them that dwell on the earth, and to every nation and kindred, and tongue, and people, saying with a loud voice, fear God and give glory to him, for the hour of his judgment is come, and worship him that made heaven and earth, and the sea, and the fountains of waters.' And delightful, most delightful, is it, to witness the extended preaching of the Gospel through the world."
4. "The Preaching to the Jews," Dubbed "another sign of these times"
In subsequent sermons he talks of modern fulfillment of "the mind of Christ" from Isaiah. "The Gentiles, indeed, chiefly receive him and bring forth fruits, ... They are grafted into the Jewish olive-tree." ... "What are all the Churches of Christ among the Gentiles but the seed of Abraham? What is the Saviour's prayer for his people, both from [sic] Jew and Gentile? - that they all may be one. And when Israel is restored, and when the saints are gathered, and when the heavenly Jerusalem is completed, what will be the enraptured triumphs of the Jewish church, looking back on the time of its widowhood, and seeing that, in that very time, the Lord was doing so much for her!"
"...beginning to appear of the restoration of Israel. The silence of eighteen centuries is broken; the prejudices of eighteen centuries are giving way. Jews and Christians are beginning to sympathise in one hope" (4)
-- May 21, 1839
Montrose, Iowa. With the First Presidency and several others, Joseph Smith rode out on a land excursion to view the territory for many miles in the regions round about Montrose. (5)
-- (Fri) May 24, 1839
Smith approved the plan for sending the Council of the Twelve to England. (1)
-- May 24, 1839
Joseph Smith signed a document as "Presiding Elder of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints." (6)
-- (Sat) May 25, 1839
Sidney Rigdon, Joseph Smith, Hyrum Smith wrote their letter on Church and politics to be published in the Quincy Whig. While they probably had the Matilda Spalding Davison statement before them by this time, the contents of their letter does not indicate that they were responding to any element of that statement. (1)
-- May 25, 1839
William Smith is dropped from the Quorum of the Twelve (7)
[Quorum of the Twelve] William Smith restored to Quorum by vote of the Church. (8)
Footnotes:
1 - Broadhurst, Dale R., Mormon Chronology, http://olivercowdery.com/history/morchrn2.htm
2 - Tidd, N. R., "Mormon Chronology," http://mo-hist-tidd.gu.ma
3 - Kenny, Scott (editor), Wilford Woodruff's Journals 1833-1898, Chronology Signature Books, Midvale, Utah
4 - Grunder, Rick, Mormon Parallels: A Bibliographic Source
5 - BYU Studies Journal, volume 46, no. 4: A Chronology of the Life of Joseph Smith
6 - Quinn, D. Michael, The Mormon Hierarchy: Origins of Power, Appendix 7: Selected Chronology of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1830-47"
7 - Kenny, Scott, "Mormon History 1830-1844," http://saintswithouthalos.com/dirs/d_c.phtml
8 - Wikipedia, Chronology of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles (LDS Church), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chronology_of_the_Quorum_of_the_Twelve_A...)
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