[Joseph Smith] Sunday. Joseph preaches in the grove, stating that "the same spirit that crucified Jesus is in the breast of some who profess to be Saints in Nauvoo. I have secret enemies in the city intermingling with the Saints, etc. Said I would not prophesy any more, and proposed Hyrum to hold the office Prophet to the Church, as it was his birthright." (History of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (7 volumes) 5:510.) (1)
[Joseph Smith Diary] Sunday, July 16th 1843 Preached all day or A.M. and P.M. at the stand in the grove, near and west of the Temple concerning a man's foes being they of his own house, such as having secret enemies in the city. Intermingling with the Saints &c. and [said he would not prophesy anymore,] proposing Hyrum as a prophet that he might be (a priest) so the hearers tell the story. (2)
[Joseph Smith Sermon] Joseph said July 16th All Blessings that were ordained for man by the Council of Heaven were on conditions of obedience to the Law there of. No man can obtain an eternal Blessing unless the contract or covenant be made in view of Eternity All contracts in view of this Life only terminate with this Life. Case of the woman & 7 husbands Luke 20-29 &c Those who keep no eternal Law in this life or make no eternal contract are single & alone in the eternal world (Luke 20-35) and are only made Angels to minister to those who shall be heirs of Salvation never becoming Sons of God having never kept the Law of God ie eternal Law The earthly is the image of the Heavenly shows that is by the multiplication of Lives that the eternal worlds are created and occupied that which is born of the flesh is flesh that which is born of the Spirit is Spirit.
William Clayton Diary
P.M. went to the Grove and heard Pres. J. preach on the law of the priesthood. He stated that Hyrum held the office of prophet to the church by birth-right & he was going to have a reformation and the saints must regard Hyrum for he has authority. He showed that a man must enter into an everlasting covenant with his wife in this world or he will have no claim on her in the next. He said that he could not reveal the fulness of these things untill the Temple is completed &c.
Levi Richards Diary
P.M. spoke of contracts & covenants made from life end with life. the necessity of the Temple that the Servants of God may be sealed in their foreheads. --the 4 Angels not permitted to destroy the earth till it was done --weather warm & dry
Letter of Willard Richards to Brigham Young
Said he would not prophecy any more.--Hyrum should be the prophet--(did not tell them he was going to be a priest now, nor a King by and by) --told the elders not to prophecy when they went out preaching
Joseph Smith Diary, by Willard Richards
Proposing Hyrum as a prophet--that he might be (a priest) --so the hearers tell the story. [Joseph Smith Diary, by Willard Richards] (3)
[Joseph Smith Sermon] Sunday 16 Joseph preached all day.--A.M. 27th Matthew & c.--did not hear him.--"Mans foes they of his own house. --the spirit that crucified Christ, same spirit in Nauvoo. refered particularly to--I wont say who--was it Bro Marks? --did not Say.--bro Cole [Cowles]? or bro [DEL: P.P.P :DEL] did not hear the sermon, why ask me. nothing new same as when you left. --the spirit was against Christ because of his innocence.--So in the present case.
Joseph Smith Diary, by Willard Richards
preached all day. or A.M. & P.M. at the Stand, in the grove, near & west of the temple concerning a mans foes being they of his own house. Such as having secret enemies in the city--intermingling with the saints &c.
Levi Richards Diary
16 July AM at Temple stand heard Pres. Joseph Smith read the 27th Chapt. Math. spoke of the persecution of the innocent the guilty might [DEL: go free :DEL] escapes
Willard Richards Diary
Joseph Pr[eached]--all day--constituted Hyrum prophet [Franklin D. Richards "Scriptural Items"] (3)
-- Jul 16, 1843, Sunday
[William Clayton Writings] Sunday 16th. A.M. at home writing bro. Kimballs lecture. (4)
-- Jul 17, 1843
[Apostle Wilford Woodruff Journal] 17th I felt quite unwell in the morning with my cold. We went down to the Raspbury patch with Mr James Colbertson & saw the manner they Cultivated & picked the buries. After Conversing a while with him we left him & started back for Cincinnati on foot.
We had got about half way, when we were over-taken by Br Collins Penberton who had been to kirt-land & was returning home. Was within two miles of his house & wished us to go home with him & spend the night. We did so, & found him in a valley a little like the valley of Peidmont. Their was three or four families with him that had come up with Elder Blakesley & all got out of money on the way & they had gone up in that valley near the licking river to Cut wood to Boat down to Cincinnati Market to Get money to go to Nauvoo. They all appeared glad to see us. We had a meeting in the evening & Blessed their Children, 8 in No. Elder Blakesley had got money & gone on to Nauvoo. Had just arived when we left. We had a hard Shower of rain during the evening & night which made it much Cooler. (5)
Nauvoo, Illinois. Joseph Smith spent much of the day at home with his brother Hyrum Smith conversing about the priesthood. (6)
Footnotes:
1 - Conklin, Christopher J., Joseph Smith Chronology
2 - Faulring, Scott (ed.), An American Prophet's Record: The Diaries and Journals of Joseph Smith: Joseph Smith Diary, 1843-44
3 - The Words of Joseph Smith by Joseph Smith by Andrew F. Ehat and Lyndon W. Cook
4 - Fillerup, Robert C., compiler; William Clayton Nauvoo Diaries and Personal Writings, A chronological compilation of the personal writings of William Clayton while he was a resident of Nauvoo, Illinois. http://www.boap.org/LDS/Early-Saints/clayton-diaries
5 - Wilford Woodruff's Journal: 1833-1898 Typescript, Volumes 1-9, Edited by Scott G. Kenney, Signature Books 1993
6 - BYU Studies Journal, volume 46, no. 4: A Chronology of the Life of Joseph Smith
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