Joseph Smith is raised to the office of Fellow Craft Mason and then to Master Mason one day after being initiated into the Nauvoo Masonic Lodge as an Entered Apprentice Mason. He writes in his journal: "I was with the Masonic Lodge and rose to the sublime degree." (1)
-- 17Mar42
[Joseph Smith Sermon] Presidency Elected
Parlementary Rules
Name of the Society; Members to be Received by Vote (2)
-- 1842. March 17
(Emma Smith) : Called to be the first president of the Relief Society. (3)
-- Mar 17, 1842
[Anointed Quorum] Smith formally organized the Female Relief Society in the Masonic "Lodge Room" of his Red Brick Store, and he referred to the Society's president as "the Elect Lady," a phrase from the New Testament, from an 1830 revelation, and from an unconventional degree for women recognized by French Masonry since 1774 (HC, NRS, MWH). (4)
Relief Society is organized; Emma chosen as president. (5)
Joseph Smith organized the Female Relief Society of Nauvoo, with Emma Smith, Sarah M. Cleveland and Elizabeth Ann Whitney as its presidency, to look after the poor and sick. (6)
Oliver Olney disfellowshipped for setting himself up as a prophet. (7)
Nauvoo, Illinois. Joseph Smith organized the Relief Society of Nauvoo, with Emma Smith, his wife, as the president. (8)
[Joseph Smith] Female Relief Society of Nauvoo organized. (9)
[Lucy Mack Smith] The all-female Relief Society is organized with eighteen women. Emma is appointed president with counselors Elizabeth Ann Whitney and Sarah M. Cleveland, and with Eliza R. Snow as secretary. Membership reaches 1,142 by September 1842. (10)
[Nauvoo] The Relief Society is organized on the second floor of Joseph Smith's Red Brick Store on Water Street. The sisters then joined with the bishops in helping the poor and sick within the city. (11)
-- Mar 19, 1842
Wilford Woodruff records: "Spent the day in the printing Office. WE struck off about 100 No of the 10 No 3 vol of Times & Seasons which contained the portion of the Book of Abraham that gave his account of Kolob, Oliblish, God siting upon his Throne The Earth, other planets & many great & glorious things as revealed to Abraham through the power of the priesthood." (1)
-- 20Mar42
[Joseph Smith Sermon] Life Uncertain - Death of Children
Infant Baptism Incorrect
Serve God in Youth - Death-Bed Repentance not Pleasing to God
Baptism a Sign for Believer to Enter Kingdom
Ordinance Forms are Signs Which Must Be Observed
Distinction Between Holy Ghost and Gift of Holy Ghost (2)
Footnotes:
1 - On This Day in Mormon History, http://onthisdayinmormonhistory.blogspot.com
2 - The Parallel Joseph, http://www.boap.org/LDS/Parallel/
3 - Van Wagoner, Richard and Walker, Steven C., A Book of Mormons
4 - Quinn, D. Michael, The Mormon Hierarchy: Origins of Power, Signature Books, 1994, Appendex: Meetings and Initiations of the Anointed Quorum, 1842-45
5 - Emma Smith, Woman of Faith, http://emmasmithmormon.com
6 - Church News: Historical Chronology of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, http://www.ldschurchnews.com/articles/58765/Historical-chronology-of-The-Church-of-Jesus-Christ-of-Latter-day-Saints.html
7 - Tidd, N. R., "Mormon Chronology"
8 - BYU Studies Journal, volume 46, no. 4: A Chronology of the Life of Joseph Smith
9 - Wikipedia, Joseph Smith Chronology, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chronology_of_Joseph_Smith,_Jr.
10 - Anderson, Lavina Fielding, Editor, Lucy's Book: A Critical Edition of Lucy Mack Smith's Family Memoir, 2001, Signature Books
11 - LDS Church News: Nauvoo -- The City of Joseph, http://www.ldschurchnews.com/articles/58063/Church-history--Nauvoo.html
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