-- February 4th 1843
[High Council Minutes]
Winslow Farr"
Two were to speak on a side viz (9) N. Knight (10) G.W. Harris in the place of Norton (11) Soby and (12) Kingsberry
The charge was decided to be illegal as it did not come as an appeal from the Bishop's Court and was rejected by the Council unanimously
After which, as the difficulties lay between Br Clements and his wife, and not from any hardness &c on the part of Bro Farr, the parties (ie) Clements & wife), agreed to submit all their difficulties to the decision of the High Council and a bide their advise, which if they did not do they were to be no longer members of the Church. The case was then investigated at length and it appearing that the grounds of difference between them were that sister Clemets was not willing to abide the advise of her husband in the in some of his views in his temporal concerns &c. The Council decided that it was her duty to be in subjection to her husband according to the scriptures & also gave him some instruction relative to his duty towards his wife. Adjourned till Saturday at 10 o'clock A.M. Hosea Stout Clerk (1)
-- 1843 February 4
Saturday, February 4th 1843 At home. 1 o'clock P.M. attended the General City election caucus at the Temple where all things were amicably settled and mutual good feelings were restored to all parties. Bro[ther] Clapp made a public confession for the speech which he made at a former caucus./4 1/4 [P.M.]/ [Joseph] told Amasa Lyman he had restored Orson Pratt to his former standing [and] that he had concluded to make Amasa counciler to the First Presidency. (Municipal court in the eve[ning] on a case of assault and Battery) *
-- 1843 February 5
Sunday, February 5th 1843 Home all day studying German. [two lines left blank] *
-- Feb 5, 1843
[Apostle Wilford Woodruff Journal] Feb 5th Sunday Spent the time at home. (2)
[Polygamy] William D. Huntington polygamous marriage to Harriet Clark (3)
-- Feb 6, 1843
[Apostle Wilford Woodruff Journal] 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, & 11 Spent this week in the printing office with the exception of Monday. Was the election & a warm contest it was esspecially in the evening. (2)
Joseph Smith prophesied that that within five years the people sitting around the table at which he made this prophesy would be able to live without cooking. The official history of the Church deletes this entry from Joseph Smith's diary. (4)
Nauvoo, Illinois. After spending the forenoon at the city election held at his brother Hyrum Smith's office, Joseph Smith was elected mayor of Nauvoo. (5)
[Joseph Smith] City elections are held and Joseph is elected mayor by a unanimous vote. (6)
[Joseph Smith] Joseph is re-elected as mayor of Nauvoo. (7)
[Lucy Mack Smith] Joseph is unanimously elected mayor of Nauvoo. (8)
Orson Pratt: Elected to Nauvoo city council 6 February 1843. (9)
-- Feb 6th 1843
[High Council Minutes]
Nauvoo Truman Gilbert
The parties plead not guilty. one wer appointed to speak on a side Viz Hawes and Allred
The charge a[g]ainst Noble Rogers was not sustained
The charge against his wife was sustained
Decided by the President that the hand of fellowship be withdrawn from her untill she make satisfaction which she did without calling for a vote of the Council or the President's decision
Council adjourned one hour and convened again acording to adjournment.
David Winding took the place of James Allred during the remainder of this session.
The case of Enoch King & wife was again taken up for trial. They were unanimously acquited by the Council in Council of the whole.
Adjourned till next Saturday at 9 o'clock A.M.
Hosea Stout Clerk (1)
-- 1843 February 6
Monday, February 6th At the fore noon at the city election of Mayor, Alderman, and Council for next two years at Pres[iden]t Hiram's office. One o'clock dined at home. After dinner Thomas Mo[o]re came in and enquired about a home and received this blessing. "God bless you forever and ever. May the blessings of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob rest upon you forever, and may you be set on thrones high and lifted up in the name of Jesus Christ Amen." Returned to city election. *
-- 1843 February 7
Tuesday, February 7th 1843 [In the forenoon] At a council of the Twelve [Apostles] at B[righam] Young's. In the afternoon sent a warrant to Hiram Kimball's for the book of blessings given by Father Smith which was stolen from Far West. The affidavit /warrant/ was issued on affidavit of Johnathan Holmes and the book obtained. When Hiram Kimball came to Joseph's and heard a general expose of the frauding of Oliver Granger. [rest of page blank] *
-- Feb 7, 1843
Parley Parker Pratt: Returned to Nauvoo from England 7 February 1843. (9)
-- Feb 7, 1843 (Tuesday)
Apostle Parley P. Pratt arrived at Nauvoo from his mission to England. (10)
-- Feb 8, 1843
Nauvoo, Illinois. After visiting with a man and woman from Michigan, Joseph Smith recorded, I went out with my little Frederick, to exercise myself by sliding on the ice. (5)
[Joseph Smith] Joseph studies German and tells a visiting couple from Michigan "that a prophet was a prophet only when he was acting as such." In the afternoon he goes sliding on the ice with his son. (History of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (7 volumes) 5:265.) (6)
Joseph Smith "talked with a brother and sister from Michigan, who thought that 'a prophet is always a prophet;' but I told them that a prophet was a prophet only when he was acting as such." (11)
-- 9Feb43
[Joseph Smith Sermon] Informal meeting between Joseph Smith, Parley P. Pratt, Williard Richards and others (12)
-- 1843 February 8
Wednesday, February 8th Lesson in German. Visited with brethren and Sisters from Michigan [and told them,] "A Prophet is not always a Prophet" only when he is acting as such. After dinner Bro[ther] Parley Pratt came in from England. Conversation [regarding] a bill [which] was reported in the Legislature to divorce a man or women. W[illia]m Smith said they could not repeal the Nauvoo Charter and the divorce [issue] had better be referred to the courts.
One Gentleman said he understood it was very fruitful at Nauvoo. Two women from his neighborhood who had no children went to Nauvoo and since have families. W[illia]m Smith said he would explain the lives [or births? as originating?] in the gentlemen's neighborhood before they came to Nauvoo.
John C. Bennett was like Jonah's gourd. He came up like Jonah out of the whale's belly, but when the sun arose he withered. 4 P.M. went out with Frederick [Smith] to slide on the ice. [rest of page blank] *
-- 1843 February 9
Thursday, February 9th 1843 Was at the Masonic Hall some time in the forenoon. Conversing with Mr. Remick and trying to effect a Settlement. Remick promised to let Joseph have some notes on a paper Maker in Louisville to pay him and then went off contrary to promise.
/Conversation with Martin Nye and W[illiam] W. Phelps went to Keokuk/ Read many letters, one from Judge Young. Gave a relation of the Mob in Hyrum which was written for the History. [blank] Parley Pratt and others came in.
Joseph explained the following: "There are 3 administrater[s]: Angels, Spirits, [and] Devils. One [manner of] dress in heaven. Angels [are] the spirits of Just men made perfect. Innumerable co[mpany] of angels and spirits of Just men made perfect. [If] an Angel appears to you how will you prove him? Ask him to shake hands. If he has flesh and bones he is an angel. 'Spirit hath not flesh and bones.' Spirit of a Just man made perfect. Person[age] in its tabernacle could [not] hide its glory. If David Patten or the Devil come how would you determine? Should you take hold of his hand you would not feel it. If it were a false administrater he would not do it. True spirit will not give his hand. The Devil will. 3 keys.
"A man came to me in Kirtland and told me he had seen an angel dressed so and so. I told him he had seen no angel. There was no such dress in heaven. He got mad and went out in the street and commanded fire to come down out of heaven and consume me. I laughed at him and told him he was one of Baal's prophets. His God did not hear him. Jump up and cut yourself and he commanded fire from heaven to consume my house.
"When I was preaching in Philadelphia a Quaker wanted a sign. I told him to be still. After sermon he wanted a sign. I told the congregation the man was an adulterer. 'A wicked and adulterous generation' and the Lord to[ld] me in a revelation that any man who wanted a sign was [an] adulterous person. 'It is true' said one 'for I caught him in the very act which he afterward confessed when he was baptized.'"
Parley Pratt asked for some council and tomorrow evening was appointed before the Quorum of the Twelve [Apostles]. [rest of page blank] *
Footnotes:
1 - Minutes of the High Council of the Church of Jesus Christ of Nauvoo Illinois: Nauvoo Hancock County Illinois
2 - Wilford Woodruff's Journal: 1833-1898 Typescript, Volumes 1-9, Edited by Scott G. Kenney, Signature Books 1993
3 - Smith, George D (Spring 1994), "Nauvoo Roots of Mormon Polygamy, 1841-46: A Preliminary Demographic Report", Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought 27
4 - McQue, Bob; Religious Faith: Enlightening or Blinding?: Timeline of Key Events in Mormon History
5 - BYU Studies Journal, volume 46, no. 4: A Chronology of the Life of Joseph Smith
6 - Conklin, Christopher J., Joseph Smith Chronology
7 - More Good Foundation, Timeline, http://www.prophetjosephsmith.org/joseph_smith_timeline
8 - Anderson, Lavina Fielding, Editor, Lucy's Book: A Critical Edition of Lucy Mack Smith's Family Memoir, 2001, Signature Books
9 - Cook, Lyndon W., The Revelations of the Prophet Joseph Smith: A Historical and Biographical Commentary of the Doctrine and Covenants, Seventy's Mission Bookstore, Provo UT, 1985
10 - Jenson, Andrew, Church Chronology
11 - 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"
12 - The Parallel Joseph, http://www.boap.org/LDS/Parallel/
* Faulring, Scott (ed.), An American Prophet's Record: The Diaries and Journals of Joseph Smith: Joseph Smith Diary, 1842-43
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