Mormon History, Dec 6, 1845

Another joint prayer circle of aposdes and high priests in the temple, with Aposdes Brigham Young, Heber C. Kimball, George A. Smith, Amasa M. Lyman, John Taylor, and High Priests Alpheus Cutler, Reynolds Cahoon, Isaac Morley, John Smith, William W. Phelps, Newel K. Whitney, George Miller, William Clayton, Lucien Woodworth, Joseph C. Kingsbury, Orson Spencer, again with a high priest (Phelps) "being Mouth" .
7 Dec.--The first Sunday prayer circle in the temple in which women participated, and the first time in months that Brigham Young allowed women to join in a prayer circle. Anointed Quorum (including women) met for the first time in the Nauvoo temple to pray, including: Brigham Young, Mary Ann Angel Young, Heber C. Kimball, Vilate Murray Kimball, Orson Hyde, Marinda Nancy Johnson Hyde, Parley P. Pratt, Mary Ann Frost Pratt, John Taylor, Leonora Cannon Taylor, George A. Smith, Bathsheba W. Biglet Smith, Willard Richards, John Smith, Clarissa Lyman Smith, Alpheus Cutler, Lo
uis Lathrop Cutler, Reynolds Cahoon, Thirza Stiles Cahoon, Newel K. Whitney, Elizabeth Ann Smith Whitney, Cornelius P. Lott, Permelia Darrow Lott, Isaac Morley, Lucy Gunn Morley, Orson Spencer, Catharine Curtis Spencer, William Clayton, Agnes Coolbrith Smith, George Miller, Catharine Fry Miller, Joseph Young, Mercy R. Fielding Thompson, Levi Richards, Mary Fielding Smith, Joseph Fielding, William W. Phelps, Sally Waterman Phelps, Joseph C. Kingsbury, Lucien Woodworth, Phebe Watrous Woodworth, and John M. Bernhisel. Heber C. Kimball listed the following as those who had not received the second anointing: Lucien Woodworth, Phebe Woodworth, Mercy R. Fielding Thompson (Smith), William Clayton, John M. Bernhisel, Marinda Nancy Hyde, Agnes C. Smith, and Joseph C. Kingsbury (whose journal claimed that all members of the Anointed Quorum received it during Joseph Smith's life). Orson and Catharine Spencer, Joseph Fielding, Levi Richards (who were present) must therefore have received
it at some previous but unrecorded date. The list also suggests that Orson Hyde (who received his second anointing during Smith's lifetime) did so with another woman (possibly deceased) rather than his first and legal wife Marinda, who was Joseph Smith's plural wife . Joseph Smith, History of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Period I: History of Joseph Smith the Prophet, andÂ…Period II: From the Manuscript History of Brigham Young and Other Original Documents, ed. B. H. Roberts, 7 vols. [Salt Lake City: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1902-32; 2d ed. rev. -Salt Lake City: Deseret Book Co., 1978]. mentions only "the Twelve and others," without any reference to the female participants.

[source: 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]

No comments:

Post a Comment