Sidney Rigdon preached to the Saints at Nauvoo, declaring that a guardian should be appointed to build up the Church to Joseph, intimating that he was the man who should lead the Saints. (1)
-- Aug 4, 1844, Sunday
[William Clayton Writings] On the 4th of August, Elder Rigdon returned from Pittsburg and laid a plan to draw away the minds of the Saints by proposing or instructing the Saints that they must now choose a guardian--intimating that he himself was the proper person. (2)
[William Clayton Writings] Sunday 4th. A.M attended meeting. Er Rigdon spoke on the words My ways are not as your ways &c. He related a vision which the Lord had shown him concerning the situation of the Church and said there must be a Guardian appointed to build the Church up to Joseph as he has begun it. P.M at home bro. Whitney came. Evening Charles C. Rich came to my house to enquire about some revelations. He said brother Marks had notified the public that next Thursday there would be a meeting to choose a Guardian inasmuch as Er Rigdon was in a hurry to go home again. I do not feel satisfied with this move because it is universally understood that the Twelve have been sent for and are expected here every day and it seems a plot laid for the saints to take advantage of their situation. (2)
-- Aug 05, 1844
Sidney Rigdon meets with Elders Parley P. Pratt, Willard Richards, George A. Smith, John Taylor, and Amasa Lyman and argues that a guardian must be appointed over the Church. (3)
-- Aug 5, 1844
[Apostle Wilford Woodruff Journal] Aug 5th Monday This is the day of election in this state. Their will probably be some fighting and perhaps some blood shed as men are geting wicked and about ripe for judgment. Their was some fighting in the bar room below last evening but nothing vary serious. Elder Kimball had a dream last evening. Thought he was preaching to a large Congregation. Said the Prophet Joseph Smith had laid the foundation for a great work and it was now for us to build upon it. He thought Br Joseph was present and appeared natural. We took the steemer st Croix and left Galena for Nauvoo. We had a plesant sail through the day and evening, though some unplesant feelings during the evening. (4)
James J. Strang announces to his Michigan branch that he is Joseph Smith's successor through a letter of appointment. The branch president denounces the letter as a forgery and excommunicates Strang. William Clayton writes in his journal: "This last night I dreamed that Joseph and Emma came to me and appeared very much dissatisfied and displeased because I had kept back the money sent by Brother [Heber C.] Kimball. I thought I explained the reason and told them I had been councilled to do so." On Tubuai, an island in the South Pacific, missionary Addison Pratt administers the sacrament: "for wine I substituted cocoa nut milk, that was a pure beverage, which never had come to the open air, till we broke the nut for that purpose." (5)
-- Aug 6, 1844
[Apostle Wilford Woodruff Journal] 6th We stoped at various places on the river among others Burlington, after which we prepared our minds to once more behold the City of Nauvoo & embrace our families & friends. We arived in the city of Nauvoo at 8 oclock in the evening at the upper stone house. We were hailed with Joy by all the Citizens we met. I accompanied the quorum of the Twelve to their families after which I was conveyed to my own and truly felt to rejoice to once more embrace my wife and Children.
I spent the night at home with my family. Thus it is with me. I have not spent but one summer either at home or with the church, for the last 10 years as my lot has been all the day long in the vineyard. I go and come from year to year. Distance from Galenia to Nauvoo 250 m.
When we landed in the City there was a deep gloom seemed to rest over the City of Nauvoo which we never experienced before. (4)
Brigham Young: Returned to Nauvoo 6 August 1844. Five children: Jeanette, Nabbie, Jedediah G. Albert J. and Charlotte. Four children: Mary Eliza, Clarissa Maria, Willard, and Phebe Louisa. Seven children: Edward P. Emily Augusta, Caroline, Joseph Don Carlos, Miriam, Josephine, and Lura. (6)
Brigham Young arrives in Nauvoo and in private meetings begins defending the succession right of the Twelve. (5)
[Heber C. Kimball] Returns to Nauvoo, Illinois. (7)
Footnotes:
1 - Jenson, Andrew, Church Chronology
2 - 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
3 - The Woodland Institute 'On This Day Historical Database,' http://www.woodlandinstitute.com
4 - Wilford Woodruff's Journal: 1833-1898 Typescript, Volumes 1-9, Edited by Scott G. Kenney, Signature Books 1993, http://amzn.to/newmormonstudies
5 - On This Day in Mormon History, http://onthisdayinmormonhistory.blogspot.com
6 - 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
7 - Kimball, Stanley B. (editor), On the Potter's Wheel: The Diaries of Heber C. Kimball, Chronology, Signature Books in association with Smith Research Associates, Salt Lake City, 1987, http://bit.ly/heberckimball
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