The endowed quorum meets and four new members receive temple ordinances; William W. Phelps, Levi Richards, Cornelius P. Lott, and Joseph Fielding. (1)
William Wines Phelps: Received endowment 9 December 1843. (2)
-- Dec 10, 1843
[Anointed Quorum] Sunday prayer meeting in the upper room of Joseph Smith's store; "Joseph not present," and "Brigham Young presided," apparently for the first time .
"B Young was called to the chair who addressed the meeting in a vary feeling manner & interesting to our minds, he reasoned clearly that we should follow our file leaders & our savior in all his law & commandments without asking any questions why they were so[--]He was followed by P. P. Pratt & others who expressed their minds freely[--]several sick were prayed for" (which was source for Elden Jay Watson, ed., Manuscript History of Brigham Young, 1801-1844 [Salt Lake City: Smith Secretarial Service, 1968].). (3)
[Apostle Wilford Woodruff Journal] 10th Sunday I spent the day at home. Elder G. A. Smith & his wife spent the day with me.
In the evening I met with the quorum. Br Joseph was not present. B Young was Called to the Chair who addressed the meeting in a vary feeling manner & interesting to our minds. He reasoned Clearly that we should follow our file leader & our savior in all his law & commandments without asking any questions why they were so. He was followed by P. P. Pratt & others who expressed their minds freely. Several sick were Prayed for. (4)
[Brigham Young] --10-- I attended prayer meeting in the Assembly Room. President Joseph Smith being absent, I presided and instructed the brethren upon the necessity of following our file leader, and our Savior, in all his laws and commandments, without asking any questions why they were so. I was followed by P. [Parley] P. Pratt and others, who expressed their minds freely. Several sick persons were prayed for. (5)
[Joseph Smith Diary] Sunday, December 10th 1843 At home. [several lines left blank] Eve prayer Meeting over the store. Joseph not present. [several lines left blank] Warm and rainy. (6)
[Joseph Smith] Young presides over the regular prayer circle meeting of the Anointed Quorum for the first time. (7)
The endowed quorum meets for prayer. Joseph Smith is not present and Brigham Young takes the lead of the meeting. (1)
-- Dec 11, 1843
[Apostle Wilford Woodruff Journal] 11th I spent the day at home. (4)
[Joseph Smith Diary] Monday, December 11th 1843 At home. [several lines left blank] Wrote the Gov[ernor] with Sission A. Chase's affidavit on kidnapping. (6)
Nauvoo, Illinois. Joseph Smith sent an affidavit to Thomas Ford, governor of Illinois, reporting conditions surrounding the recent kidnapping of Daniel Avery. (8)
-- Dec 12, 1843
[Apostle Wilford Woodruff Journal] 12, 13, 14, & 15 I spent the week at work on my house. (4)
[Brigham Young] --12-- Attended city council. (5)
John Smith: Ramus Branch requested he be ordained patriarch 12 December 1843. (2)
John Taylor: Sealed to Elizabeth Kaighin 12 December 1843. Three children: Josephine, Thomas Edward, and Arthur Bruce. (2)
[Joseph Smith Diary] Tuesday, December 12th 1843 At home. At 9 [A.M.] in the office. Directed a letter to be written [to] Uncle John Smith /granting the petition of the Macedon Branch—that Uncle John be ordained Patriarch/, At 10 [A.M.] in City Council in the office. Passed an ordinance for the health and convinience of Travellers &c. "For selecting 40 Policemen," and for amending an ordinance concerning the public revenue. (6)
Footnotes:
1 - Hales, Brian C., Joseph Smith's Polygamy: History and Theology, 2 vols., Salt Lake City: Greg Kofford Books, 2011 (www.JosephSmithsPolygamy.com)
2 - 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, http://amzn.to/RevelationsofJosephSmith
3 - Quinn, D. Michael, The Mormon Hierarchy: Origins of Power, Signature Books, 1994, Appendex: Meetings and Initiations of the Anointed Quorum, 1842-45, http://amzn.to/origins-power
4 - Wilford Woodruff's Journal: 1833-1898 Typescript, Volumes 1-9, Edited by Scott G. Kenney, Signature Books 1993, http://amzn.to/newmormonstudies
5 - Manuscript History of Brigham Young, 1801-1844, ed. Elden Jay Watson (Salt Lake City: Smith Secretarial Service, 1968).
6 - Faulring, Scott (ed.), An American Prophet's Record: The Diaries and Journals of Joseph Smith: Joseph Smith Diary, 1843-44, http://amzn.to/jsdiaries
7 - 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, http://amzn.to/origins-power
8 - Joseph Smith Resource Center: Daily Events in the Life of Joseph Smith, http://josephsmith.net/josephsmith/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=e581001cfb340010VgnVCM1000001f5e340aRCRDlocale=0
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