Joseph Smith preached to the British Saints, who had arrived at Nauvoo the day previous. (1)
-- Apr 14, 1843
[Apostle Wilford Woodruff Journal] 14th 12th The $teem Boat Maid of Iowa arived with about 250 saints who had been in St Louis through the winter. Many were my old friends & acquaintance. P P Pratt & Dr Levi Richards were among the number. The Saints were made welcome & were glad to arive in Nauvoo. (2)
[Joseph Smith Diary] Friday April 14th 1843 Went out to the farm and beyond and sold 20 acres of land and returned.
Started to go again and in the Side hill broke the carriage and returned home. (3)
-- April 14th 1843
[High Council Minutes]
Council met according to adjournment at A. Mill's Masonic Hall. W. Marks & C.C. Rich presiding.
present 1) Bent 2) Allred 3) Wilson 4) Cutler 5) Fulmer 6) Harris 7) Grover 8) Johnson 9) Numan G. Blogett pro tem 10) Philo Dibble pro tem 11) Zebidee Coultrin pro tem 12) Sherwood.
Prayer by Thomas Grover
Graham Coultrin against Anson Mathews and wife
Charge
"To the High Council in and for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints.
I hereby prefer a charge against Anson Matthews & Elizabeth Matthews his wfie for unchristian-like conduct
Specification 1st For a failure in refusing to perform according to contract respecting the sale of a piece of land by him sold to me.
Specification 2nd. For tranfering his property in a way to enable him to bid defiance to the result and force of law to compel him to abide the aforesaid contract thereby wronginging me out of my just due to the same and for lying &c (4)
-- Apr 15, 1843
[Apostle Wilford Woodruff Journal] 15th The New emegrants assembled at the Temple & received an interesting discourse from President Joseph Smith which was truly interesting to the Saints in general. (2)
[Joseph Smith Diary] Saturday, April 15th Attended court Martial at his house. Gave instructions to have an notice written to John F. Cowan of Shokokon appointing him his aiddecamp as L[i]eut[enant] Gen[eral]. 4.05 P.M. Rode out with Emma. (3)
-- Apr 16, 1843
[Joseph Smith] Joseph receives a letter supposedly by the order of John Tyler, the president of the United States, which accuses him of high treason. It turns out to be a farce. He preaches on the death of Lorenzo D. Barnes. He explains the importance of burial, some details about the resurrection, and forbids anyone from leaving a meeting just before it closes: "I don't care who does it, even if it were the king of England. I forbid it." (History of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (7 volumes) 5:360-63.) (5)
(Sunday Morning). In Temple.
Joseph Smith Diary, by Willard Richards
Meeting at the Temple. A. M. 10 . o. C
Joseph read Bro Pratts letters to the Editors of "T. & Seasons" concerning the death of Lorenzo Barns. & remarked he read it because it was so appropriate to all who had died in the faith.---Almost all who have fallen in these last days, in the church, have fallen in a strange land, this is a strange land. to those who have come from a distance. we should cultivate sympathy for the afflicted among us.
If there is a place on earth. where men should cultivate this Spirit & pour in the oil & wine in the bosom of the afflicted it is this place. and this spirit is manifest here, and although he is a stranger & afflicted when he arrives, h[e] finds a brother & friend ready to administer to his necessities.---another remark, I would esteem it one of the greatest blessings, if I am to be afflicted in this world, to have my lot cast where I can find brothers & friends all around me. but this is not thing referred to it is to have the privilige of having our dead buried on the land where god has appointed to gather his saints together.---& where there will be nothing but saints, where they may have the privilege of laying their bodies where the Son will make his appearance. & where they may hear the sound of the trump that shall call them forth to behold him, that in the morn of the resurrection they may come forth in a body. & come right up out of their graves, & strike hands imme
diately ineternal glory & felicity rather than to be scattered thousands of miles apart. There is something good & sacred to me. in this thing. The place where a man is buried has been sacred to me.---this subject is made mention of In Book of Mormon & Scriptures. to the aborigines [DEL: regard :DEL] the burying places of their fathers is more sacred than any thing else.
When I heard of the death of our beloved bro Barns it would not have affected me so much if I had the opportunity of burying him in the land of Zion. I believe, those who have buried their friends here their condition is enviable. Look at Joseph in Egypt how he required his friends to bury him in the tomb of his fathers.---see the expence & [DEL: great company & :DEL] which attended the embalming and the going up of the great company. to his burial. It has always been considered a gret curse not to obtain an honorable buryal. & one of the greatest curses the ancient prophets could put on any one was that man should go without a burial.
I have said, father, I desire to be buried here, & before I go home, but if this is not thy will [DEL: not :DEL] may I return, or find some kind friend to bring me back, & gather my friends, who have fallen in foreign lands, & bring them up hither, that we may may all lie together.---
I will tell you what I want, if to morrow I shall be called to lay in yonder tomb. in the morning of the resurrection, let me strike hands with my father, & cry, my father, & he will say my son, my son,---as soon as the rock rends. & before we come out of our graves.
& may we contemplate these things so? Yes, if we learn how to live & how we die when we lie down we contemplate how we may rise up in the morning and it is pleasing for friends to lie down together locked in the arms of love, to sleep, & rocked in each others embrace & renew their conversation.
would you think it strange that I relate what I have seen in vision in relation this interesting theme. Those who have died in Jesus Christ, may expect to enter in to all that fruition of Joy when they come forth, where they have possessed here. so plain was the vision I actually saw men, before they had ascended from the tomb, as though they were getting up slowly, they took each other by the hand & it was my father & my son. my mother & my daughter, my brother & my sister when the voice calls, suppose I am laid by the side of my father.---what would be the first joy of my heart? where is my father---my mother---my sister. they are by my side I embrace them & they me.
It is my meditation all the day & more than my meat & drink to know how I shall make the saints of God to comprehend the visions that roll like an overflowing surge, before my mind.
O how I would delight to bring before you things which you never thought of, but poverty & the cares of the world prevent. but I am glad I have the privilige of communicating to you some things, which if grasped closely will be a help to you when the clouds are gathering. & the storms are ready to burst upon you like peals of thunder. lay hold of these things & let not your knees tremble. nor your hearts faint. what can Earthquakes [DEL: do. :DEL] wars. & tornados do? nothing.---all your losses will be made up to you in the resurrection provided you continue faithful. by the vision of the almighty I have seen it.---More painful to me the thought of anhilitation than death. if I had no expectation of seeing my mother Brother & Sisters & friends again my heart would burst in a moment & I should go down to my grave. The expectation of seeing my friends in the morning of the resurrection cheers my soul. and make be bear up against the evils of life. it is like their taking a lon
g journey.& on their return we meet them with increased joy.
God has revealed his son from the heavens. & the doctrine of the resurrection also. & we have a knowledge that these we [DEL: lay :DEL] bury here God bring them up again. clothed upon & quickened by the spirit of the great god. & what mattereth it whether we lay them down, or we lay down with them. when we can [DEL: live :DEL] keep them no longer
Then let them sink down; like a ship in the storm. the mighty anchor holds the storm so let these truths sink down in our hearts, that we may even here begin to enjoying that which shall be in full hereafter.
Hosanna. Hosanna. Hosanna, to Almighty god that rays of light begin to burst forth upon us even now. I cannot find words to express myself I am not learned. but I have as good feelings as any man. O that I had the the language of the archangel to express my feeling. once to my friends. but I never expect to [DEL: see :DEL]
when others rejoice I rejoice. when they mourn I would mourn ---
to Marcellus Bates. let me administer comfort, you shall soon have the company of your companion in a world of glory --- & the friend of Bro. Barns.---& all the saints who are mourning. this has been a warning voice to us all, to be sober & diligent & lay aside mirth & vanity & folly.---& be prepared to die tomorrow. (preached about 2 hours)
ÃÂPresst. Joseph said as president of this house. I forbid any man's leaving this house just as we are going to close the meeting. he is no gentleman who will do it. I dont care who it comes from.---if it were from the King of England. I forbid it.---
Wilford Woodruff Diary
President J. Smith Addressed the assembly of the saints at the temple of the Lord upon the subject of the [DEL: saints :DEL] death burial & resurrection of the saints. He had been requested to preach a funeral sermon by several persons who had [DEL: died :DEL] lost friends & he had Just Received information that Elder Lorenzo Barnes had died in England we received this information by a letter from Elder P. P. Pratt. After reading the letter he addressed the assembly in a vary feeling interesting & edefying manner among many other remarks he said he should have been more reconciled to the death of Elder barnes Could his bodey have been laid in the grave in Nauvoo or among the Saints, he said he had vary peculiar feelings relative to recieving an honorable burial with his father he Considered Nauvoo would be a burying place of the Saints & Should he die he considered it would be a great Blessing to be buried with the saints & esspecially to be buried with his father yes he wan
ted tolie by the side of his father that when the trump of God should sound & the voice of God should say ye Saints arise that when the tomb should birst he could arise from the grave & first salute his father & say O my father! & his father say O my son as they took each other by the hand he wished next to salute his brothers & sisters & then the Saints & he said it was upon this principle that the ancients were so particular to have an honorable burial with their fathers as in the case of Joseph, before his death he made his kindred promise to carry his bones to the land of Canann & they did so they embalmed his body took it to the land of Canaan & buryed it with his fathers their is a glory in this that many do not comprehend. It is true that in the resurrection [DEL: that :DEL] the bodies will be caught up to meet the Lord & the Saints will all be brought together though they were scattered upon the face of the whole earth yet they would not as readily salute each other
as thoughthey lay down & rose up together from the same bed, To bring it to the understanding it would be upon the same principle as though two who were vary friends indeed should lie down upon the same bed at night locked in each other embrace talking of their love & should awake in the morning together they could immediately renew their conversation of love even while rising from their bed but if they were alone & in seperate apartments they could not as readily salute each other as though they were together He remarked that should he live & have an opportunity of gathering his friends who had died together he intended to do it but if he should not live to do it himself he hoped that some of his [DEL: frie :DEL] friends would. He wished all of the saints to be comforted with the victory they were to gain by the resurrection it is sufficient to encorage the saint to overcome in the midst of evry trial trouble & tribulation though thunders roar & earthquakes bellow, lightni
ngs flash & warsare upon evry hand yet suffer not a joint to tremble nor let not your heart faint for the great Eloheem will deliver you & if not before the resurrection will set you eternally free from all these things from pain sorrow & death. I have labored hard & sought evry way to try to prepare this people to comprehend the things that God is unfolding to me In speaking of the resurrection I would say that God hath shown unto me a vission of the resurrection of the dead & I saw the graves open & the saints as they arose took each other by the hand even before they got up or while getting up & great Joy & glory rested upon them.
William Clayton Diary
Heard Pres. J preach on the ressurection shewing the importance of being buried with the saints & their relatives in as much as we shall want to see our relatives first & shall rejoice to strike hands with our parents, children &c when rising from the tomb.
Levi Richards Diary
Forenoon meeting in the Temple Pres Smith preached on the resurrection &c.
Rhoda Richards Diary
Brother Wd [Willard Richards] says he has heard the sweetest sermon from Joseph he ever heard in his life. (6)
Footnotes:
1 - Jenson, Andrew, Church Chronology
2 - Wilford Woodruff's Journal: 1833-1898 Typescript, Volumes 1-9, Edited by Scott G. Kenney, Signature Books 1993
3 - Faulring, Scott (ed.), An American Prophet's Record: The Diaries and Journals of Joseph Smith: Joseph Smith Diary, 1843
4 - Minutes of the High Council of the Church of Jesus Christ of Nauvoo Illinois: Nauvoo Hancock County Illinois
5 - Conklin, Christopher J., Joseph Smith Chronology
6 - The Words of Joseph Smith by Joseph Smith by Andrew F. Ehat and Lyndon W. Cook
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