[Apostle Willard Richards Journal] Garden Grove. Very pleasant. Presidents Young and Kimball engaged in fitting up wagons, and from 10 to 12 a.m. at William ClaytonÂ's with Dr. Richards, helping him to some cordage, shovel, spade, saw, etc., etc. Amasa Lyman and George A. Smith come up with their companies and passed on with P. P. Pratt, O. Pratt and Father Smith, who went over the creek west and encamped on the prairie. Pioneers daily arriving from Missouri to go on. Report arrived from Nauvoo that O. P. Rockwell had made his escape. Andrew Cahoon returned to Nauvoo this morning with a mail of 12 letters. Dr. Richards weighed 1 wagonload of goods. Sunset very red and the moon rose the same. Brethren building houses.
[source: Apostle Willard Richards Journal]
Mormon History, May 11, 1846 (Monday)
Part of the camps continued the journey from Garden Grove, and on the 18th arrived at the middle fork of Grand river, on the land of the Pottawattamie Indians, where another temporary settlement was established, called Mount Pisgah. This was 172 miles from Nauvoo.
[source: Jenson, Andrew, Church Chronology]
[source: Jenson, Andrew, Church Chronology]
Mormon History, May 11, 1846
[Lucy Mack Smith] William and Lucy both write letters to Reuben Hedlock in England assuring him that Strang is Joseph's rightful successor.
[source: Anderson, Lavina Fielding, Editor, Lucy's Book: A Critical Edition of Lucy Mack Smith's Family Memoir, 2001, Signature Books, http://bit.ly/lucys-book]
[source: Anderson, Lavina Fielding, Editor, Lucy's Book: A Critical Edition of Lucy Mack Smith's Family Memoir, 2001, Signature Books, http://bit.ly/lucys-book]
Mormon History, May 11, 1846
[Apostle Wilford Woodruff Journal] 11th I again crossed the river to montrose & bought 2 yoke of fat oxen. Paid $50 each yoke. Total $100. I drove them up to the Camp whare my waggons were And returned Home. I saw Br Hyde. 15 m.
[source: Wilford Woodruff's Journal: 1833-1898 Typescript, Volumes 1-9, Edited by Scott G. Kenney, Signature Books 1993, http://amzn.to/newmormonstudies]
[source: Wilford Woodruff's Journal: 1833-1898 Typescript, Volumes 1-9, Edited by Scott G. Kenney, Signature Books 1993, http://amzn.to/newmormonstudies]
Mormon History, Sunday, May 10, 1846.
[Apostle Willard Richards Journal] Garden Grove. Warm and pleasant, wind northerly. [At] 11 a.m., about 400 Saints were addressed by Elder Jedediah M. Grant on first principles, followed by P. P. Pratt. Adjourned 1 ½ [1:30] to 3 p.m. Sacrament by Samuel Bent and Aaron Johnson. Address by President Young, referred to the pleasant weather, that this was the first Sabbath since we left Nauvoo that we had not been interrupted with rain or storm. That those who are to leave this place have fenced the lots, built the bridges, houses, etc., and have the right of possession. Samuel Bent motioned that those who are about to leave this place hold the right of possession. Voted unanimously. President Young said anyone might go by themselves who choose, but those who do shall not come here to beg, and anyone who withdraws will dry up and wither like a dead branch fit only to cast into the fire, that those who come to this place from Nauvoo shall have an equal privilege with those now here. Motioned by Elder Kimball, second by Elder Richards, that Samuel Bent preside in all matters at this location, with the privilege of choosing his 2 counselors. Voted unanimously. Meeting adjourned at 5, after the President had spoken of several articles borrowed, lost, or found, and instructing everyone to return when they had borrowed, etc. The sky hazy and a little cloudy in the p.m. [afternoon], but very pleasant and comfortable.
[At] 7 p.m., council at H. C. KimballÂ's tent. Present: Young, Kimball, P. P. and O. Pratt, W. Richards, captains of hundreds, fifties, and high council. Voted that C. C. Rich go to the next location. Conversation on a variety of subjects. Voted that each man have his land assigned him by the Presidency proportionate to the size of his family. President Young: if a man will not work his land, take it from him. If he will not gather his crops, let Father Beeman (Bent) put it into his own storehouse. Let tithing be continued for the benefit. Ezra T. Benson and David Fullmer were voted counselors to Samuel Bent. Voted that all who will not work on the Garden Grove farm shall be cast out among the dogs and sorcerers.
[source: Apostle Willard Richards Journal]
[At] 7 p.m., council at H. C. KimballÂ's tent. Present: Young, Kimball, P. P. and O. Pratt, W. Richards, captains of hundreds, fifties, and high council. Voted that C. C. Rich go to the next location. Conversation on a variety of subjects. Voted that each man have his land assigned him by the Presidency proportionate to the size of his family. President Young: if a man will not work his land, take it from him. If he will not gather his crops, let Father Beeman (Bent) put it into his own storehouse. Let tithing be continued for the benefit. Ezra T. Benson and David Fullmer were voted counselors to Samuel Bent. Voted that all who will not work on the Garden Grove farm shall be cast out among the dogs and sorcerers.
[source: Apostle Willard Richards Journal]
Mormon History, May 10, 1846 (Sunday)
About three thousand Saints met in the Temple at Nauvoo. Apostle Wilford Woodruff preached.
[Jenson, Andrew, Church Chronology]
[Jenson, Andrew, Church Chronology]
Mormon History, May 10, 1846
[Brigham Young Sermon] Afternoon, Sacrament was administered by Elders Samuel Bent and Aaron Johnson. I said that this was the first Sabbath since we left Nauvoo that we had not been interrupted by rain or storm. I moved than inasmuch as those who are to leave this place and return to Nauvoo for their families have fenced the lots, built the bridges, houses, etc. that they should have the right of possession. I remarked that any person who chose might go and locate by himself, but those who did should not come here to beg. Such would dry up and wither like a dead branch. Those who came to this place from Nauvoo should have equal privileges with those here. Elder Samuel Bent was appointed president at this location. [Garden Grove - MHBY 157]
[Elden J. Watson, ed. Brigham Young Addresses, 1801-1877: A Chronological Compilation of Known Addresses of the Prophet Brigham Young, 6 vols. (Salt Lake City: Privately published, 1971)]
[source: Elden J. Watson, ed. Brigham Young Addresses, 1801-1877: A Chronological Compilation of Known Addresses of the Prophet Brigham Young, 6 vols. (Salt Lake City: Privately published, 1971)]
[Elden J. Watson, ed. Brigham Young Addresses, 1801-1877: A Chronological Compilation of Known Addresses of the Prophet Brigham Young, 6 vols. (Salt Lake City: Privately published, 1971)]
[source: Elden J. Watson, ed. Brigham Young Addresses, 1801-1877: A Chronological Compilation of Known Addresses of the Prophet Brigham Young, 6 vols. (Salt Lake City: Privately published, 1971)]
Mormon History, May 10, 1846
[Apostle Wilford Woodruff Journal] 10th Sunday I wrote A letter to Mr Roe at Farmington. I recieved 3 letters one from Br E. H. Davis London one from B Young Camp of Israel And one from Mr Rowe. I went to the Temple at an early hour. Found the House filled. Elder Phelps opened by Prayer. I Addressed the Saints from the words of Solomon "There is a time to all things And for evry purpose under heavens there is a season."
I was followed by A. Fielding B. Clapp And others. I had a good day. Perhaps the last time I shall preach in that House.
[source: Wilford Woodruff's Journal: 1833-1898 Typescript, Volumes 1-9, Edited by Scott G. Kenney, Signature Books 1993, http://amzn.to/newmormonstudies]
[Wilford Woodruff's Journal: 1833-1898 Typescript, Volumes 1-9, Edited by Scott G. Kenney, Signature Books 1993, http://amzn.to/newmormonstudies]
I was followed by A. Fielding B. Clapp And others. I had a good day. Perhaps the last time I shall preach in that House.
[source: Wilford Woodruff's Journal: 1833-1898 Typescript, Volumes 1-9, Edited by Scott G. Kenney, Signature Books 1993, http://amzn.to/newmormonstudies]
[Wilford Woodruff's Journal: 1833-1898 Typescript, Volumes 1-9, Edited by Scott G. Kenney, Signature Books 1993, http://amzn.to/newmormonstudies]
Mormon History, May 10, 1846
[Brigham Young Discourse] There was another meeting in the afternoon. President Brigham Young spoke on the subject of the ownership of the farm least there might be some difficulty about it hereafter. It was however voted by the congregation that as it was made by those who were going on for the benefit of the poor who should follow that those who go on would own it subject to the Presidency who should be left in charge of affairs here. -- Garden Grove, Iowa [On the Mormon Frontier, the Diaries of Hosea Stout. Juanita Brooks, ed. Salt Lake City: University of Utah Press, 1964. 1:161]
[source: The Complete Discourses of Brigham Young, Ed. Richard S. Van Wagoner, Smith-Pettit Foundation, Salt Lake City (2009)]
[source: The Complete Discourses of Brigham Young, Ed. Richard S. Van Wagoner, Smith-Pettit Foundation, Salt Lake City (2009)]
Mormon History, Saturday, May 9, 1846.
[Apostle Willard Richards Journal] Garden Grove. Clear, warm, pleasant. President Young engaged in fitting wagons. About 9 a.m., walked to Elder KimballÂ's with Dr. Richards, thence to Elder ClaytonÂ's, and thence to a log where they all sat and read letter from Emeline Harris, and one from Israel Barlow. Thence to Mother BarlowÂ's and read, thence Young and Richards had conversation with Thomas Williams, and told him it was best for him to go over the mountains. Then conversation with Peter Haws about Erastus H. Derby, etc., etc. Young, Kimball, Richards, and Haws walked to headquarters at 12 and chatted a while.
Brethren were engaged in building houses on the east, north, and west sides of the south lot. Four were put up on the west under the direction of Captain Stephen Markham. President Young finished putting his biscuit in his wagons, and about sunset carried one end of a block of 4 boards to Elder KimballÂ's. Not a cloud to be seen this day, and the third day of the 15 we have been at this encampment that it has not rained. Elder Kimball sent 3 wagons across the creek to where his cattle were herded. Brother Samuel Lewis, returning from Missouri, was bit by a rattlesnake about 11 a.m. on his great toe. It bled freely. He bound on a tobacco leaf and walked into camp 7 miles with very little swelling on the part at first. Hyrum, son of Hosea and Louisa Stout, born at Nauvoo July 4, 1844, died at Garden Grove May 9, 1846, of whooping cough and black canker. Historian wrote history. Peter McLaughlin, horse thief, in camp.
[source: Apostle Willard Richards Journal]
Brethren were engaged in building houses on the east, north, and west sides of the south lot. Four were put up on the west under the direction of Captain Stephen Markham. President Young finished putting his biscuit in his wagons, and about sunset carried one end of a block of 4 boards to Elder KimballÂ's. Not a cloud to be seen this day, and the third day of the 15 we have been at this encampment that it has not rained. Elder Kimball sent 3 wagons across the creek to where his cattle were herded. Brother Samuel Lewis, returning from Missouri, was bit by a rattlesnake about 11 a.m. on his great toe. It bled freely. He bound on a tobacco leaf and walked into camp 7 miles with very little swelling on the part at first. Hyrum, son of Hosea and Louisa Stout, born at Nauvoo July 4, 1844, died at Garden Grove May 9, 1846, of whooping cough and black canker. Historian wrote history. Peter McLaughlin, horse thief, in camp.
[source: Apostle Willard Richards Journal]
Mormon History, May 9, 1846
[Apostle Wilford Woodruff Journal] 9th Our company from the east arived At night with our bagage.
[source: Wilford Woodruff's Journal: 1833-1898 Typescript, Volumes 1-9, Edited by Scott G. Kenney, Signature Books 1993, http://amzn.to/newmormonstudies]
[source: Wilford Woodruff's Journal: 1833-1898 Typescript, Volumes 1-9, Edited by Scott G. Kenney, Signature Books 1993, http://amzn.to/newmormonstudies]
Mormon History, May 8, 1846. Friday.
[William Clayton Journal] The weather fine and pleasant. Spent the day fixing wagon covers and wagons. Andrew Cahoon arrived from Nauvoo with the mail but no letter from Diantha or father. He says the troops arrested O. P. Rockwell last Thursday evening and took him to Carthage and thence to Quincy jail. It is doubtful whether he will now escape their cruel vengeance. This morning the mare had a colt. I have felt quite unwell all day. Evening went to President Youngs to get records to look for a deed from Hiram Kimball to Ira S. Miles. Searched till near 10 o'clock but the deed is not on record. Kimball seems disposed to take all the advantages he can from everyone.
[source: George D. Smith, An Intimate Chronicle; The Journals of William Clayton, Signature Books in association with Smith Research Associates, Salt Lake City, 1995, http://amzn.to/william-clayton]
[source: George D. Smith, An Intimate Chronicle; The Journals of William Clayton, Signature Books in association with Smith Research Associates, Salt Lake City, 1995, http://amzn.to/william-clayton]
Mormon History, May 8, 1846
[Nauvoo Temple] During a Sabbath service, Orson Hyde explained why the Saints were compelled to finish the Temple, "It we move forward and finished this house we should be received and accepted as a church with our dead, but if not we should be rejected with our dead. These things have inspired and stimulated us to action in the finishing of it which through the blessing of god we have been enabled to accomplish and prepare it for dedication." Wilford Woodruff concluded the meeting, "The Saints had labored faithfully and finished the temple and were now received as a Church with our dead. This is glory enough for building the temple and thousands of the Saints have received their endowment in it. And the light will not go out."
[source: Brown, Lisle (compiler), Chronology of the Construction, Destruction and Reconstruction of the Nauvoo Temple]
[source: Brown, Lisle (compiler), Chronology of the Construction, Destruction and Reconstruction of the Nauvoo Temple]
Mormon History, May 8, 1846
[Hosea Stout Diary] Friday May the 8th 1846. Clear & cool good weather. This fore noon I assisted Br E. T. Benson to hew some timber to be sawed into plank to fix his waggons to move on West.In the after noon was not able to be out.The mail came in to day from Nauvoo bringing news that Br O. P. Rockwell had been taken prisoner in Nauvoo and taken to Carthage but have not learned the particulars[.] I suspect that there has been some treachery used by some or he could not have been taken as it seems to me.
Good clear dry weather. I was sick in the fore noon.In the after noon I went out in company with Benjn Jones into the wood being very lonesome and was talking over our feelings when I was sent for and informed that my little son Hyrum was dying.I returned immediately home and found the poor little afflicted child in the last agonies of death.He died in my arms about four oclock.This was the second child which I had lost both dying in my arms.He died with the hoping cough & black canker[.] He had worn down ever since he first took it as before mentioned.I shall not attempt to say anything about my feelings at this time because my family is still afflicted.My wife is yet unable to go about & little Hosea my only son now is wearing down with the same complaint and what will be the end thereof.I have fearful forboding of coming evil on my family yet[.] We are truly desolate & and afflicted and entirely destitute of any thing even to eat much less to nourish the sick & just able to go about my self. Arraingements were made to bury him this evening.
Business was lively at this time. There was a long string of log houses now being put up on the East & on the west of the farm for the accommodation of those who were going to stay which gave the appearance of a civilized country again.
[source: Diaries of Hosea Stout]
Good clear dry weather. I was sick in the fore noon.In the after noon I went out in company with Benjn Jones into the wood being very lonesome and was talking over our feelings when I was sent for and informed that my little son Hyrum was dying.I returned immediately home and found the poor little afflicted child in the last agonies of death.He died in my arms about four oclock.This was the second child which I had lost both dying in my arms.He died with the hoping cough & black canker[.] He had worn down ever since he first took it as before mentioned.I shall not attempt to say anything about my feelings at this time because my family is still afflicted.My wife is yet unable to go about & little Hosea my only son now is wearing down with the same complaint and what will be the end thereof.I have fearful forboding of coming evil on my family yet[.] We are truly desolate & and afflicted and entirely destitute of any thing even to eat much less to nourish the sick & just able to go about my self. Arraingements were made to bury him this evening.
Business was lively at this time. There was a long string of log houses now being put up on the East & on the west of the farm for the accommodation of those who were going to stay which gave the appearance of a civilized country again.
[source: Diaries of Hosea Stout]
Mormon History, May 8, 1846
[Apostle Wilford Woodruff Journal] 8th I went over the river to the camp.
[source: Wilford Woodruff's Journal: 1833-1898 Typescript, Volumes 1-9, Edited by Scott G. Kenney, Signature Books 1993, http://amzn.to/newmormonstudies]
[source: Wilford Woodruff's Journal: 1833-1898 Typescript, Volumes 1-9, Edited by Scott G. Kenney, Signature Books 1993, http://amzn.to/newmormonstudies]
Mormon History, Friday, May 8, 1846.
[Apostle Willard Richards Journal] Garden Grove. Wind north and cool, sky clear, morning beautiful. The commissary of the first 50 distributed a load of flour and meal, which was very refreshing, as bread stuffs had been scarce in camp for weeks. Trading commissaries were busy in gathering up beds, harnesses, saddles, etc., loading 2 or 3 wagons. Left camp about 9 oÂ'clock in company with Brother WoolseyÂ's relatives on an exchange for cows, etc. [At 4:30] 4 ½ p.m., Brother Andrew Cahoon arrived with Nauvoo mail of 33 letters and reported that O. P. Rockwell had been arrested for shooting Worrell and was in Quincy Jail. President Young was employed through the day in fixing wagons and packing bread for the mountains. The fence around the south lot was completed. The day and evening were clear and delightful, no rain. Peter Haws returned this p.m. [afternoon] from trading in Missouri. Brother Aaron Johnson come up with 3 wagons and passed over the creek.
[source: Apostle Willard Richards Journal]
[source: Apostle Willard Richards Journal]
May 5 - May 7, 1846
-- Tuesday, May 5, 1846.
[Apostle Willard Richards Journal] Garden Grove. Morning fair, warm, and pleasant. At 7 o’clock, the President shouldered his cross [axe] and walked to the creek, where he was engaged at chopping and raising the bridge till about 11. At 10, the historian and clerk quit writing and about ½ past 11, accompanied by the President, who directed an order to be written to the trustees in Nauvoo to have his buggy painted, which he was about to send back to Brother Aaron Roger to exchange for a wagon, etc. In the afternoon the historian was editing history for Phillip B. Lewis to write. President Young was directing the manner in which his wagons should be fitted up for the mountains so as to preserve his provisions from wet, etc. At 6, the historian and Young Doyle went to the creek to catch some fish for Amelia E. Pearson, who has been severely sick with a lung fever from Locust Creek encampment and just beginning to eat. The water was so high the fish would not bite. The day has been pleasant. Between sunset and dark, the clouds appeared in the southwest, and about 10 o’clock a heavy shower of rain. (1)
-- May 6, 1846
[Brigham Young Discourse] President Brigham Young counseled the brethren. -- Garden Grove, Iowa [Journal History of the Church, Selected Collections from the Archives of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints DVD 2 (2002)] (2)
[Hosea Stout Diary] Wednesday May the 6th 1846. Clear and warm again. Had nothing to eat again.Hunted for flour till noon but got none
Worked in the after noon.
About 4 oclock there came another storm and the wind blew from the south. East to the North West at first but it shifted entirely around before it was done[.] It blew like a huricane the trees fell all round the camp some close to my tent one fell on one of Br Lees Mules and some on some cows.We had to hold up my tent in the storm for my wife and child was sick and it seemed that it would blow down every moment but no harm was done.At dark it came off cleare and warm.I had nothing to eat now (3)
[Nauvoo Temple] The Quincy Whig reported on Strang's resolutions, which claimed that the Trustees had "no right to convey title to any property of the Church and caution[ed] all against buying of them." Strang's assertions made the Trustees' work much more difficult, especially when Strang published information from the Hancock County Book of Mortgages and Deeds, attempting to show that Joseph Smith's successor was the President of the Church, who was the Trustee-in-Trust, and only he had the right to convey title to Church property. Apparently when Strang raised the question of who held legitimate title to the temple, it clouded the issue and often prevented the temple's sale. (4)
-- Wednesday, May 6, 1846.
[Apostle Willard Richards Journal] Garden Grove. Wind southeast, light clouds flying. President Young was principally engaged through the day in counseling the brethren and fitting up his wagons for the mountains. The historian was editing history. The brethren generally very diligent fencing the farm. About 10, the sun shone out warm and pleasant. Between 4 and 5 p.m., a violent storm of wind arose from the east which blew down trees that was girdled in and about camp. One tree fell on a mule, another on a cow, and others very near to the tents and the wagons, and no serious injury was sustained. President Kimball assisted in getting the mule out from under the tree, and Young and Richards, and almost every man, woman, and child were engaged in holding down the tents, etc. A large tree fell within 5 inches of P. P. Pratt’s wagon without touching it. Captain C. C. Rich, seeing his family in danger from a waving tree, called for them to run out of the tent to secure themselves from the storm. They rushed into the wagons. Before he could get them out of the wagon, the tree began to fall. The men caught limbs of the tree, a large hickory, and by violent exertion bore it off from the tent and the wagon. In 10 or 15 minutes the wind changed to the southwest, attended with a heavy thundershower and some hail. The storm abated about 6. (1)
-- May 7, 1846
[Apostle Wilford Woodruff Journal] 7th I had an interview with Elder Taylor who returned to the city to settle his private business. (5)
[Hosea Stout Diary] Thursday May the 7th 1846. Warm still and cloudy. We have nothing to eat yet.This morning Br Ephraim Greens wife was brought in to camp from Grand river dead & was buried here[.] About nine oclock I got parched meal enough to make one mess
Took a walk over the bridge with W. J. Earl both being very lonesome.
Last night Erastus H. Derby was caught in bed with a certain girl in camp and a lot of boys upset the waggon putting them to an uncommon nonpluss and disappointment. The girl afterwards threw a hot coffee in the face and eyes of a young man whom she suspected to be engaged in it and almost scalded his eyes out.I understand that Derby has since denied the faith and went off whining into Missouri. (3)
-- Tuesday, May 7, 1846.
[Apostle Willard Richards Journal] Garden Grove. Morning cloudy, cool wind from the north, a little sprinkling of rain in the forenoon. Brother David Sessions interfered with the business of the trading commissaries while they were transacting business with some Iowagians (reported by J. D. Lee) in the forenoon. Presidents Young, Kimball, and Richards, walked out to examine the new bridge and from thence to look a road onto the prairie. Found the earth very wet, apparently impassable for teams, and returned to camp about 10. Light shower of rain. President Young went to packing Scott’s wagon with sea bread for the mountains, which employed him until about 4 p.m. Three strangers came into camp to trade, relatives of Thomas Woolsey and John D. Lee’s wife.
[At] 5 p.m. one of the teams that was sent to Missouri for provisions 13 days since returned with the flour of 35 bushels of wheat, 4 bushels meal. President Young had a horse bit by a rattlesnake. Brother Daniel Hendrick’s horse died, which was probably bitten the evening before. Many horses have been bit in the camp. Two only have died and it is believed that theirs’ was occasioned more by over-doctoring than by the bite. Several of Elder Kimball’s beasts have been bit. He has done little for them except lay on hands and pray for them, and they have soon recovered. Between 6 and 7 p.m. President Young was chatting in his tent. At 7, weather cloudy, winds north. Sister Fedelia Green, wife of Ephraim Green, died of canker near Miller’s Mills, Mercer County, Missouri, on the 3rd of May, and was buried at Garden Grove this morning on the south side of Brother Thomas’ grave, which is on the side hill a few rods southwest of the northwest corner of the G. Lot. Her original name was Fedelia Thompson, born in the town of Rodman, county of Jefferson, state of New York, January 12, 1818. (1)
Endnotes:
1 - Apostle Willard Richards Journal
2 - The Complete Discourses of Brigham Young, Ed. Richard S. Van Wagoner, Smith-Pettit Foundation, Salt Lake City (2009)
3 - Diaries of Hosea Stout
4 - Brown, Lisle (compiler), Chronology of the Construction, Destruction and Reconstruction of the Nauvoo Temple
5 - Wilford Woodruff's Journal: 1833-1898 Typescript, Volumes 1-9, Edited by Scott G. Kenney, Signature Books 1993, http://amzn.to/
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[Apostle Willard Richards Journal] Garden Grove. Morning fair, warm, and pleasant. At 7 o’clock, the President shouldered his cross [axe] and walked to the creek, where he was engaged at chopping and raising the bridge till about 11. At 10, the historian and clerk quit writing and about ½ past 11, accompanied by the President, who directed an order to be written to the trustees in Nauvoo to have his buggy painted, which he was about to send back to Brother Aaron Roger to exchange for a wagon, etc. In the afternoon the historian was editing history for Phillip B. Lewis to write. President Young was directing the manner in which his wagons should be fitted up for the mountains so as to preserve his provisions from wet, etc. At 6, the historian and Young Doyle went to the creek to catch some fish for Amelia E. Pearson, who has been severely sick with a lung fever from Locust Creek encampment and just beginning to eat. The water was so high the fish would not bite. The day has been pleasant. Between sunset and dark, the clouds appeared in the southwest, and about 10 o’clock a heavy shower of rain. (1)
-- May 6, 1846
[Brigham Young Discourse] President Brigham Young counseled the brethren. -- Garden Grove, Iowa [Journal History of the Church, Selected Collections from the Archives of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints DVD 2 (2002)] (2)
[Hosea Stout Diary] Wednesday May the 6th 1846. Clear and warm again. Had nothing to eat again.Hunted for flour till noon but got none
Worked in the after noon.
About 4 oclock there came another storm and the wind blew from the south. East to the North West at first but it shifted entirely around before it was done[.] It blew like a huricane the trees fell all round the camp some close to my tent one fell on one of Br Lees Mules and some on some cows.We had to hold up my tent in the storm for my wife and child was sick and it seemed that it would blow down every moment but no harm was done.At dark it came off cleare and warm.I had nothing to eat now (3)
[Nauvoo Temple] The Quincy Whig reported on Strang's resolutions, which claimed that the Trustees had "no right to convey title to any property of the Church and caution[ed] all against buying of them." Strang's assertions made the Trustees' work much more difficult, especially when Strang published information from the Hancock County Book of Mortgages and Deeds, attempting to show that Joseph Smith's successor was the President of the Church, who was the Trustee-in-Trust, and only he had the right to convey title to Church property. Apparently when Strang raised the question of who held legitimate title to the temple, it clouded the issue and often prevented the temple's sale. (4)
-- Wednesday, May 6, 1846.
[Apostle Willard Richards Journal] Garden Grove. Wind southeast, light clouds flying. President Young was principally engaged through the day in counseling the brethren and fitting up his wagons for the mountains. The historian was editing history. The brethren generally very diligent fencing the farm. About 10, the sun shone out warm and pleasant. Between 4 and 5 p.m., a violent storm of wind arose from the east which blew down trees that was girdled in and about camp. One tree fell on a mule, another on a cow, and others very near to the tents and the wagons, and no serious injury was sustained. President Kimball assisted in getting the mule out from under the tree, and Young and Richards, and almost every man, woman, and child were engaged in holding down the tents, etc. A large tree fell within 5 inches of P. P. Pratt’s wagon without touching it. Captain C. C. Rich, seeing his family in danger from a waving tree, called for them to run out of the tent to secure themselves from the storm. They rushed into the wagons. Before he could get them out of the wagon, the tree began to fall. The men caught limbs of the tree, a large hickory, and by violent exertion bore it off from the tent and the wagon. In 10 or 15 minutes the wind changed to the southwest, attended with a heavy thundershower and some hail. The storm abated about 6. (1)
-- May 7, 1846
[Apostle Wilford Woodruff Journal] 7th I had an interview with Elder Taylor who returned to the city to settle his private business. (5)
[Hosea Stout Diary] Thursday May the 7th 1846. Warm still and cloudy. We have nothing to eat yet.This morning Br Ephraim Greens wife was brought in to camp from Grand river dead & was buried here[.] About nine oclock I got parched meal enough to make one mess
Took a walk over the bridge with W. J. Earl both being very lonesome.
Last night Erastus H. Derby was caught in bed with a certain girl in camp and a lot of boys upset the waggon putting them to an uncommon nonpluss and disappointment. The girl afterwards threw a hot coffee in the face and eyes of a young man whom she suspected to be engaged in it and almost scalded his eyes out.I understand that Derby has since denied the faith and went off whining into Missouri. (3)
-- Tuesday, May 7, 1846.
[Apostle Willard Richards Journal] Garden Grove. Morning cloudy, cool wind from the north, a little sprinkling of rain in the forenoon. Brother David Sessions interfered with the business of the trading commissaries while they were transacting business with some Iowagians (reported by J. D. Lee) in the forenoon. Presidents Young, Kimball, and Richards, walked out to examine the new bridge and from thence to look a road onto the prairie. Found the earth very wet, apparently impassable for teams, and returned to camp about 10. Light shower of rain. President Young went to packing Scott’s wagon with sea bread for the mountains, which employed him until about 4 p.m. Three strangers came into camp to trade, relatives of Thomas Woolsey and John D. Lee’s wife.
[At] 5 p.m. one of the teams that was sent to Missouri for provisions 13 days since returned with the flour of 35 bushels of wheat, 4 bushels meal. President Young had a horse bit by a rattlesnake. Brother Daniel Hendrick’s horse died, which was probably bitten the evening before. Many horses have been bit in the camp. Two only have died and it is believed that theirs’ was occasioned more by over-doctoring than by the bite. Several of Elder Kimball’s beasts have been bit. He has done little for them except lay on hands and pray for them, and they have soon recovered. Between 6 and 7 p.m. President Young was chatting in his tent. At 7, weather cloudy, winds north. Sister Fedelia Green, wife of Ephraim Green, died of canker near Miller’s Mills, Mercer County, Missouri, on the 3rd of May, and was buried at Garden Grove this morning on the south side of Brother Thomas’ grave, which is on the side hill a few rods southwest of the northwest corner of the G. Lot. Her original name was Fedelia Thompson, born in the town of Rodman, county of Jefferson, state of New York, January 12, 1818. (1)
Endnotes:
1 - Apostle Willard Richards Journal
2 - The Complete Discourses of Brigham Young, Ed. Richard S. Van Wagoner, Smith-Pettit Foundation, Salt Lake City (2009)
3 - Diaries of Hosea Stout
4 - Brown, Lisle (compiler), Chronology of the Construction, Destruction and Reconstruction of the Nauvoo Temple
5 - Wilford Woodruff's Journal: 1833-1898 Typescript, Volumes 1-9, Edited by Scott G. Kenney, Signature Books 1993, http://amzn.to/
LDS History Timeline
About this site: http://bit.ly/mhist
May 3, 1846 - May 5, 1846
-- May 3, 1846
[Nauvoo Temple] The third day of dedicatory services, when the "dedication of the Temple closed." The Hancock Eagle reporting that 5,000 persons attended on the third day, which was reserved for the Latter-Day Saints. During these services the Saints approved a resolution to sell the Temple and use the funds to help the poor in their move West. (1)
-- May 3, 1846. Sunday.
[William Clayton Journal] The morning fair, windy and cloudy, S.E. wind. Spent the morning making a list of all the company who have made their reports, also fixing tents. At 10 went to meeting. O[rson] Spencer talked a while and was followed by President Young who exhorted the camp to diligence in getting in crops for that will be our salvation the next winter. He said no company should start from here until the South field was made and some houses built. It commenced raining as this meeting closed and about 3 o'clock came on a thunder storm which lasted till near 5 o'clock. I spent the afternoon reading []. Soon after 5 it cleared off some and the sun shone again. While at supper President Young called and stated that he wanted I should [go] to council with him. I started and the council met opposite his tent. It was decided that his fifty build the bridge tomorrow and all the rest go to making rails and also that [Henry] Sherwood and O[rson] Pratt go about 25 or 30 miles southwest to seek out another section. (2)
-- May 04, 1846
After three months of sailing, the ship Brooklyn, transporting over two hundred Latter-day Saints to California, drops anchor off the Island of Juan Fernandez, near the coast of Chile, the island made famous by Alexander Selkirk (Robison Crusoe). (3)
-- May 4, 1846
[Apostle Wilford Woodruff Journal] 4th I spent the day morning in the City vary busy getting ready to go about 30 miles into the Country to visit Br & Sister Scammans. I started with my mules & carriage & got 4 miles out of the city & got stalled in a mud hole & had to get oxen to draw us out. I then returned home coverd with mud & gave it up for a bad Job. Spent the remainder of the day Cleaning the Mules & Harness &c. (4)
[Hosea Stout Diary] Monday May the 4th 1846. This morning I was called out of my bed by Col Rockwood to go to work after being up untill one and having a sick family to attend to the rest of the night. The weather was clear and cool.I went to girdling timber with Br Benson.The boys came back with Jones things today.I did not work in the afternoon because I was out of provisions however I got some flour from Br Thomas Grover before night & some meat from the Commissary. (5)
-- May 4, 1846. Monday.
[William Clayton Journal] Finished my letter to Diantha and sent it by John Richards. [John] Horlick has concluded to tarry till my wagons are fixed. I spent the day examining my flour and crackers and helping [Margaret] to fix the tent as considerable of my crackers and flour are damaged on account of having poor wagons. I dreamed last night that I saw Diantha and her babe. Her babe was dres[se]d in white and appeared to be [layed] down with its eyes closed. She was bent over it apparently in sorrow. When I went to her she flew to me earnestly but the babe seemed to be kept still and I awoke. This dream has troubled me considerable. Evening met the clerks of 50's in my tent and instructed them how to make their reports &c. (2)
-- Monday, May 4, 1846.
[Apostle Willard Richards Journal] Garden Grove. Morning clear, wind southwest. William Young arrived at headquarters on return from Missouri, leaving his wagon back 5 miles on the prairie on account of the mud, and that the water was so high no grinding could be had short of a week’s dry weather. About 10 a.m., Brothers John Richards and D. Hill received honorable discharge from the first 50 and started for Nauvoo for their families, having labored faithfully through the storm the previous week at making rails. President Young was laboring through the day on the bridges. The sound of the axes and malls was like the music of a great band echoing and re-echoing all round the south lot of the farm where there was any timber, and the brethren commenced fencing at the northwest corner and run south a great distance. The historian was engaged most of the day editing history; the day clear and pleasant. William Young brought in his wagon in the course of the day, having 540 lbs. bacon, 2 barrels flour, and 5 bushels shorts. The brethren were very diligent in their several occupations. This is the first day of the last 9 that it has not rained at Garden Grove. (6)
-- May 5, 1846
[Apostle Wilford Woodruff Journal] 5th & 6 I spent making preperations for the Journey. (4)
[Hosea Stout Diary] Tuesday May the 5th 1846. Clear, Cool, drying weather road some better[.] Girdled timber with Benjn Jones and W. J. Earl. In the evening we had another thunder storm and hard rain. (5)
-- May 5, 1846. Tuesday.
[William Clayton Journal] The weather is fine. I spent the day preparing to enter the reports on the record. Went over to J[ohn] D. Lees and learned that some of the clerks had been to the president and told him that I had ordered that they should include in their reports each wife a man has got. I did not do any such thing, only requested each name should be in full according to the order of a previous Council. The President said it did not matter about the names being in full but I think [] after days it will prove it does. Dr. [Willard] Richards thinks as I do. The president I understand appeared quite angry. Many of the band are entirely destitute of provisions and my flour is so near down I have concluded to eat biscuit. I have given the band considerable of my biscuit already. At 9 o'clock evening fixing my wagons. Expected a storm, which soon after commenced, thundered hard and rained very [] the night. (2)
Endnotes:
1 - Brown, Lisle (compiler), Chronology of the Construction, Destruction and Reconstruction of the Nauvoo Temple
2 - George D. Smith, An Intimate Chronicle; The Journals of William Clayton, Signature Books in association with Smith Research Associates, Salt Lake City, 1995, http://amzn.to/william-clayton
3 - The Woodland Institute 'On This Day Historical Database,' http://www.woodlandinstitute.
4 - Wilford Woodruff's Journal: 1833-1898 Typescript, Volumes 1-9, Edited by Scott G. Kenney, Signature Books 1993, http://amzn.to/
5 - Diaries of Hosea Stout
6 - Apostle Willard Richards Journal
LDS History Timeline
About this site: http://bit.ly/mhist
[Nauvoo Temple] The third day of dedicatory services, when the "dedication of the Temple closed." The Hancock Eagle reporting that 5,000 persons attended on the third day, which was reserved for the Latter-Day Saints. During these services the Saints approved a resolution to sell the Temple and use the funds to help the poor in their move West. (1)
-- May 3, 1846. Sunday.
[William Clayton Journal] The morning fair, windy and cloudy, S.E. wind. Spent the morning making a list of all the company who have made their reports, also fixing tents. At 10 went to meeting. O[rson] Spencer talked a while and was followed by President Young who exhorted the camp to diligence in getting in crops for that will be our salvation the next winter. He said no company should start from here until the South field was made and some houses built. It commenced raining as this meeting closed and about 3 o'clock came on a thunder storm which lasted till near 5 o'clock. I spent the afternoon reading []. Soon after 5 it cleared off some and the sun shone again. While at supper President Young called and stated that he wanted I should [go] to council with him. I started and the council met opposite his tent. It was decided that his fifty build the bridge tomorrow and all the rest go to making rails and also that [Henry] Sherwood and O[rson] Pratt go about 25 or 30 miles southwest to seek out another section. (2)
-- May 04, 1846
After three months of sailing, the ship Brooklyn, transporting over two hundred Latter-day Saints to California, drops anchor off the Island of Juan Fernandez, near the coast of Chile, the island made famous by Alexander Selkirk (Robison Crusoe). (3)
-- May 4, 1846
[Apostle Wilford Woodruff Journal] 4th I spent the day morning in the City vary busy getting ready to go about 30 miles into the Country to visit Br & Sister Scammans. I started with my mules & carriage & got 4 miles out of the city & got stalled in a mud hole & had to get oxen to draw us out. I then returned home coverd with mud & gave it up for a bad Job. Spent the remainder of the day Cleaning the Mules & Harness &c. (4)
[Hosea Stout Diary] Monday May the 4th 1846. This morning I was called out of my bed by Col Rockwood to go to work after being up untill one and having a sick family to attend to the rest of the night. The weather was clear and cool.I went to girdling timber with Br Benson.The boys came back with Jones things today.I did not work in the afternoon because I was out of provisions however I got some flour from Br Thomas Grover before night & some meat from the Commissary. (5)
-- May 4, 1846. Monday.
[William Clayton Journal] Finished my letter to Diantha and sent it by John Richards. [John] Horlick has concluded to tarry till my wagons are fixed. I spent the day examining my flour and crackers and helping [Margaret] to fix the tent as considerable of my crackers and flour are damaged on account of having poor wagons. I dreamed last night that I saw Diantha and her babe. Her babe was dres[se]d in white and appeared to be [layed] down with its eyes closed. She was bent over it apparently in sorrow. When I went to her she flew to me earnestly but the babe seemed to be kept still and I awoke. This dream has troubled me considerable. Evening met the clerks of 50's in my tent and instructed them how to make their reports &c. (2)
-- Monday, May 4, 1846.
[Apostle Willard Richards Journal] Garden Grove. Morning clear, wind southwest. William Young arrived at headquarters on return from Missouri, leaving his wagon back 5 miles on the prairie on account of the mud, and that the water was so high no grinding could be had short of a week’s dry weather. About 10 a.m., Brothers John Richards and D. Hill received honorable discharge from the first 50 and started for Nauvoo for their families, having labored faithfully through the storm the previous week at making rails. President Young was laboring through the day on the bridges. The sound of the axes and malls was like the music of a great band echoing and re-echoing all round the south lot of the farm where there was any timber, and the brethren commenced fencing at the northwest corner and run south a great distance. The historian was engaged most of the day editing history; the day clear and pleasant. William Young brought in his wagon in the course of the day, having 540 lbs. bacon, 2 barrels flour, and 5 bushels shorts. The brethren were very diligent in their several occupations. This is the first day of the last 9 that it has not rained at Garden Grove. (6)
-- May 5, 1846
[Apostle Wilford Woodruff Journal] 5th & 6 I spent making preperations for the Journey. (4)
[Hosea Stout Diary] Tuesday May the 5th 1846. Clear, Cool, drying weather road some better[.] Girdled timber with Benjn Jones and W. J. Earl. In the evening we had another thunder storm and hard rain. (5)
-- May 5, 1846. Tuesday.
[William Clayton Journal] The weather is fine. I spent the day preparing to enter the reports on the record. Went over to J[ohn] D. Lees and learned that some of the clerks had been to the president and told him that I had ordered that they should include in their reports each wife a man has got. I did not do any such thing, only requested each name should be in full according to the order of a previous Council. The President said it did not matter about the names being in full but I think [] after days it will prove it does. Dr. [Willard] Richards thinks as I do. The president I understand appeared quite angry. Many of the band are entirely destitute of provisions and my flour is so near down I have concluded to eat biscuit. I have given the band considerable of my biscuit already. At 9 o'clock evening fixing my wagons. Expected a storm, which soon after commenced, thundered hard and rained very [] the night. (2)
Endnotes:
1 - Brown, Lisle (compiler), Chronology of the Construction, Destruction and Reconstruction of the Nauvoo Temple
2 - George D. Smith, An Intimate Chronicle; The Journals of William Clayton, Signature Books in association with Smith Research Associates, Salt Lake City, 1995, http://amzn.to/william-clayton
3 - The Woodland Institute 'On This Day Historical Database,' http://www.woodlandinstitute.
4 - Wilford Woodruff's Journal: 1833-1898 Typescript, Volumes 1-9, Edited by Scott G. Kenney, Signature Books 1993, http://amzn.to/
5 - Diaries of Hosea Stout
6 - Apostle Willard Richards Journal
LDS History Timeline
About this site: http://bit.ly/mhist
May 1, 1846 - May 3, 1846
(due to a problem with mail2blogger, these are being posted manually until google fixes the problem)
-- May 1, 1846
Nauvoo (Destroyed) Temple; Location: Nauvoo, Illinois; Announcement: August 1840; Dedication: 1 May 1846 by Orson Hyde; Style: Greek revival; Notes: Some sources claim a private dedication on 30 April 1846 by Joseph Young. Abandoned in 1846, destroyed by fire on 19 November 1848, rebuilt in 2002 (1)
-- May 2, 1846
[Apostle Wilford Woodruff Journal] 2d I spent the day in doing business in the city. (2)
[Hosea Stout Diary] Saturday May the 2nd 1846. Sent James Allred & Green Taylor to Pleasant Point after Jones things with an ox team which left me and Hunters family destitute of any help for my men were now gone and I had to herd cattle today though I was scarcely able to walk[.] It was a lonesome day to me after being so much accustomed to the hum of public life to be in the prairie confined to a herd of cattle and sick at that[.] I came in before night almost fainting with the sick headache. In fact during my stay here I was almost confined to my bed & some times felt that my constitution was giving away. (3)
[Nauvoo Temple] Second day of dedicatory services. (4)
-- Saturday, May 2, 1846.
[Apostle Willard Richards Journal] Garden Grove. Morning pleasant. President Young engaged fitting up his wagons for the mountains. The brethren were making rails and building a bridge. The earth is too wet to dig wells or more house logs. President Young wrote to the trustees at Nauvoo requesting them to credit the orders of John Taylor settling his affairs in the city. President Young was employed about 4 hours in chopping and scoring some white maple logs to make boards to fit his wagons for the mountains. The historian walked down to the bridge to see him labor. The historian wrote to William Clayton, general clerk, requesting him to report the whole number of persons in the Camp of Israel, agreeable to the order of a council of the 27 of March last. Presidents Young and Richards spent a part of the evening with Captain Elijah Averett in Young Doyle’s (John Doyle Lee Young) tent. Captain Averett reported that the feelings of the Missourians were softened towards us, that himself and Brother Elisha Averett and their company of about 30 men had received about 100 dollars worth of grain and bacon in exchange for clearing land, building 2 barns, etc., and they had furnished our provision teams with about 40 lbs. of bacon, 10 bushel corn, and 35 of wheat, that the water was so high the mill could not grind. Evening warm and cloudy with a south wind. Brother Samuel Thomas died in camp of consumption at 15 minutes past 10 this evening, having been sick from Sugar Creek. (5)
-- May 3, 1846
[Apostle Wilford Woodruff Journal] 3d May + Sunday The Saints began to gather at the Temple at an early hour And by ten oclock the House was filled to a great extent. My wife, Father, Mother, Cousin & others took A seat in front of the Melchezidec Priesthood. I occupied the uper stand in company with Br Hyde & Stratton. After singing Elder J A. Stratton opened the meeting by Prayer After which Elder Orson Hyde Arose And Addressed the Assembly from the following words:
"What is man that thou art mindful of him or the sun of man that thou visits him." My object says the speaker is to inquire what kind of A being man is. Man is As Eternal as God himself And is Just As much in Eternity now as he ever will be after Death. The period called time is ownly one portion of Eternity the same as the outer wall of A building incloses many rooms within or As the months Days, Hours minutes or seconds in a year. While in any portion of them we are in the year still. While we exhist before the world was, or in the flesh or after Death, it is all in eternity.
The world opposes the principle of Revelation and does not wish man to obtain knowledge in that way. But what Earthly Father that feels interested in the welfare of his Children but what desires to teach his Children & reveal to them the knowledge He possesses And would feel interested in there Advancement? So with the Lord. He gives gifts & knowledge to his Children and the more intelligence men get the more refined are there feelings. The knowledge [of God] is great & so was his sympathy in giving his Son Jesus Christ to save man The world may oppose Revelation but God does not. We have recieved Revelation & visions & God hath shown us many things.
It is true these blessings have cost us great sacrafizes. We have been oppressed all the day long And at last are now driven to the wilderness. But we will go & not stay with the world. And when we go we remove the candle light from there midst And take it to the sons of Nature who have not shed the blood of Prophets. I will leave my testimony with you though it should be like A Harpoon.
As respects the finishing of this House I will ask why have we laboured to Complete it when we were not expecting to stay. There is two sides to every thing but Mormonism. As to that there is but one side on earth. The other is in Heaven. If we moved forward & finished this House we should be recieved & accepted as A Church with our dead but if not we should be rejected with our dead. These things have inspired And stimulated us to Action in the finishing of it which through the blessing of God we have been enabled to accomplish And prepared it for dedication. In doing this we have ownly been saved as it were by the skin of our teeth. The enemy Prophe-syed we should not get the roof on but we have finished it And on Thursday night we met in this temple prayed in our white robes & dedicated it unto God And truly An interesting season we enjoyed. I am willing to live And Die for the Cause.
You may wish to know what we have been doing in this house. I will tell you. We have been anointing And ordaining Kings And Priest unto God. I have been Anointed A king & Priest unto God. If any one wishes to kill me for it let them do it.
We have laboured hard to ordain kings & Priest unto God to reign here on the earth but not now, but I will tell you when it will be. When the LORD JESUS CHRIST comes to reign and recieve his Crown And sit upon his Throne. The Twelve Apostles will sit upon there Thrones & Judge the Twelve tribes of Israel. Then is the time we expect to recieve our crown And inherit this earth. We look forward for A new Heaven & earth but it will be the old Concern made gloriously and renewed. Those who have been ordained unto this office will be born at the resurrection in the royal linage.
If this religion Gospel & Priesthood has not power to bind on earth and in heaven, it is good for nothing. When A man has recieved this gospel Anointing And endowments let him go to the dust but He will arise And take his place on his throne. Then will the Nations serve And obey us. They are now Persecuting us And there Persecutions Are bringing gray hairs upon the Saints but the Heads of the persecutors will be coverd with blackness.
Men may have been ordained from before the foundation of the world to have performed certain works.
There are different stations in the next world And men will be delt with here according to the deeds done in the body. A man ought to be good Here as he grows older. A man that does his duty And obtaines the Priesthood and honors it will have his reward His exhaltation thrones & dominions according to his faithfulness. We like our Master have desended below all things. So shall we arise above all things. I have seen this by vision. We shall be connected with the kingdom of Jesus Christ to the vary place And station will A man arise in the resurrection to which He Has been sealed & anointed on earth.
It is Said that God will judge the world. So will the Saints. On earth Presidents & Govornors do not Judge but Judges Apointed for the purpose. So in Heaven we shall judge the world Holding the keys of the kingdom And will rise in judgment against our enemies who are heaping there persecutions upon our heads. So with the Ancient Twelve. They will judge Israel for they brought evil upon them.
I see the thousands of poor Saints going out to the wilderness in there oppressions drove out by wicked men. Such men I will not bless but testify against them. They may kill me but I will speak my mind. That man that has the Priesthood and honors it, is God Himself as much as Moses was to the People. We are sons of God And Saviors on Mt Zion. If ye are the sons of God ye shall have all things. He that over cometh shall inherit all things, sit down upon my throne &c. The Lord owns all the Thrones & will give us some.
A man in the Priesthood has persons sealed to him in his kingdom And is subject to him in the dominions of God. Worlds and dominions are continually being formed which adds to the glory of God. Blessed is he who escapes the second death.
Evry Saint has A guardian Angel with him so death cannot kill him. The Angels accompanied the Ancients. So they do us. The Angels of the waters & there was 4 on the cornors of the earth. When the guardian Angel is called away we are left to grapple with death. So with Jesus. He said my God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? In three days the Angel returned rolled back the stone And raised the Lord. The Angels will [not] stay away forever but will all come with Jesus Christ to raise all the bodies every man in his own order.
This is the way the resurrection is brought about. Jesus Christ was slain And buried yet Arose, assended on high And was crowned Lord of all. So with the Prophets martered in Carthage Jail. They must come forth And be Crowned And sit upon there thrones And Judge there persecutors. If ye were of the world the world would love its own but because I have chosen you out of the world therefore they hate you but they must be judged of you at last.
Man is destined to occupy A great place toincrease in dominion And Power And this is thesecret spring of our Action.I have A word of Caution to all. For one I feel to resign my citizenship because I Cannot enjoy it. I would Advise all the Saints that they Cast not another vote in this state but resign alloffices that they hold And all our friends to do thesame. I do not say they shall do it but advise them to. There is a foundation in this that may serve usin days to come. As our father And Mother or the Nation that has bourn us has rejected us And driven us out there is A Nation of Calamity At the door. All things are not known at once. This Temple was built for A certain purpose. That is gained.Will we now sell? A vote was taken last fall not to sell it, but A key that will not open a door And shut it again is not A good one. So if we have to sell the Temple to remove the Poor the People that make us do it must pay the bill & meet the consequences. All who are in favor of selling this House if it meets with the Council of the Twelve manifest it by raising the right hand. It was A unanimous vote save one. Elder Hyde Closed his remarks And was follow by Elder W. Woodruff [ ] who backed up the testimony of Elder Hyde. And in speaking of the martydom of the Smiths Said they would rise in Judgment against this Nation, the State of Illinois Hancock Co And esspecially Carthage And the murderers it contains. They are the most Suitable persons to rise in judgment against them, for they were martered by them. Yes the mob of Hancock Co had not yet got through with Joseph Smith for He was in the Presence of God and the Lamb in Company with Abram Isaac & Jacob And was our senator in the Court of Heaven And would plead our Cause And his own And knowing the Cause to be a just [one] will do sum-thing that will have effect.
The Saints had laboured faithfully & finished the Temple & were now recieved as A Church with our dead. This is glory enough for building the Temple And thousands of the Saints have recieved there endowment in it. And the light will not go out. Many other remarks were made by Elder Woodruff when the meeting & dedication of the Temple Closed. (2)
Endnotes:
1 - Wikipedia, List of Temples of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints,http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
2 - Wilford Woodruff's Journal: 1833-1898 Typescript, Volumes 1-9, Edited by Scott G. Kenney, Signature Books 1993, http://amzn.to/
3 - Diaries of Hosea Stout
4 - Brown, Lisle (compiler), Chronology of the Construction, Destruction and Reconstruction of the Nauvoo Temple
5 - Apostle Willard Richards Journal
-- May 1, 1846
Nauvoo (Destroyed) Temple; Location: Nauvoo, Illinois; Announcement: August 1840; Dedication: 1 May 1846 by Orson Hyde; Style: Greek revival; Notes: Some sources claim a private dedication on 30 April 1846 by Joseph Young. Abandoned in 1846, destroyed by fire on 19 November 1848, rebuilt in 2002 (1)
-- May 2, 1846
[Apostle Wilford Woodruff Journal] 2d I spent the day in doing business in the city. (2)
[Hosea Stout Diary] Saturday May the 2nd 1846. Sent James Allred & Green Taylor to Pleasant Point after Jones things with an ox team which left me and Hunters family destitute of any help for my men were now gone and I had to herd cattle today though I was scarcely able to walk[.] It was a lonesome day to me after being so much accustomed to the hum of public life to be in the prairie confined to a herd of cattle and sick at that[.] I came in before night almost fainting with the sick headache. In fact during my stay here I was almost confined to my bed & some times felt that my constitution was giving away. (3)
[Nauvoo Temple] Second day of dedicatory services. (4)
-- Saturday, May 2, 1846.
[Apostle Willard Richards Journal] Garden Grove. Morning pleasant. President Young engaged fitting up his wagons for the mountains. The brethren were making rails and building a bridge. The earth is too wet to dig wells or more house logs. President Young wrote to the trustees at Nauvoo requesting them to credit the orders of John Taylor settling his affairs in the city. President Young was employed about 4 hours in chopping and scoring some white maple logs to make boards to fit his wagons for the mountains. The historian walked down to the bridge to see him labor. The historian wrote to William Clayton, general clerk, requesting him to report the whole number of persons in the Camp of Israel, agreeable to the order of a council of the 27 of March last. Presidents Young and Richards spent a part of the evening with Captain Elijah Averett in Young Doyle’s (John Doyle Lee Young) tent. Captain Averett reported that the feelings of the Missourians were softened towards us, that himself and Brother Elisha Averett and their company of about 30 men had received about 100 dollars worth of grain and bacon in exchange for clearing land, building 2 barns, etc., and they had furnished our provision teams with about 40 lbs. of bacon, 10 bushel corn, and 35 of wheat, that the water was so high the mill could not grind. Evening warm and cloudy with a south wind. Brother Samuel Thomas died in camp of consumption at 15 minutes past 10 this evening, having been sick from Sugar Creek. (5)
-- May 3, 1846
[Apostle Wilford Woodruff Journal] 3d May + Sunday The Saints began to gather at the Temple at an early hour And by ten oclock the House was filled to a great extent. My wife, Father, Mother, Cousin & others took A seat in front of the Melchezidec Priesthood. I occupied the uper stand in company with Br Hyde & Stratton. After singing Elder J A. Stratton opened the meeting by Prayer After which Elder Orson Hyde Arose And Addressed the Assembly from the following words:
"What is man that thou art mindful of him or the sun of man that thou visits him." My object says the speaker is to inquire what kind of A being man is. Man is As Eternal as God himself And is Just As much in Eternity now as he ever will be after Death. The period called time is ownly one portion of Eternity the same as the outer wall of A building incloses many rooms within or As the months Days, Hours minutes or seconds in a year. While in any portion of them we are in the year still. While we exhist before the world was, or in the flesh or after Death, it is all in eternity.
The world opposes the principle of Revelation and does not wish man to obtain knowledge in that way. But what Earthly Father that feels interested in the welfare of his Children but what desires to teach his Children & reveal to them the knowledge He possesses And would feel interested in there Advancement? So with the Lord. He gives gifts & knowledge to his Children and the more intelligence men get the more refined are there feelings. The knowledge [of God] is great & so was his sympathy in giving his Son Jesus Christ to save man The world may oppose Revelation but God does not. We have recieved Revelation & visions & God hath shown us many things.
It is true these blessings have cost us great sacrafizes. We have been oppressed all the day long And at last are now driven to the wilderness. But we will go & not stay with the world. And when we go we remove the candle light from there midst And take it to the sons of Nature who have not shed the blood of Prophets. I will leave my testimony with you though it should be like A Harpoon.
As respects the finishing of this House I will ask why have we laboured to Complete it when we were not expecting to stay. There is two sides to every thing but Mormonism. As to that there is but one side on earth. The other is in Heaven. If we moved forward & finished this House we should be recieved & accepted as A Church with our dead but if not we should be rejected with our dead. These things have inspired And stimulated us to Action in the finishing of it which through the blessing of God we have been enabled to accomplish And prepared it for dedication. In doing this we have ownly been saved as it were by the skin of our teeth. The enemy Prophe-syed we should not get the roof on but we have finished it And on Thursday night we met in this temple prayed in our white robes & dedicated it unto God And truly An interesting season we enjoyed. I am willing to live And Die for the Cause.
You may wish to know what we have been doing in this house. I will tell you. We have been anointing And ordaining Kings And Priest unto God. I have been Anointed A king & Priest unto God. If any one wishes to kill me for it let them do it.
We have laboured hard to ordain kings & Priest unto God to reign here on the earth but not now, but I will tell you when it will be. When the LORD JESUS CHRIST comes to reign and recieve his Crown And sit upon his Throne. The Twelve Apostles will sit upon there Thrones & Judge the Twelve tribes of Israel. Then is the time we expect to recieve our crown And inherit this earth. We look forward for A new Heaven & earth but it will be the old Concern made gloriously and renewed. Those who have been ordained unto this office will be born at the resurrection in the royal linage.
If this religion Gospel & Priesthood has not power to bind on earth and in heaven, it is good for nothing. When A man has recieved this gospel Anointing And endowments let him go to the dust but He will arise And take his place on his throne. Then will the Nations serve And obey us. They are now Persecuting us And there Persecutions Are bringing gray hairs upon the Saints but the Heads of the persecutors will be coverd with blackness.
Men may have been ordained from before the foundation of the world to have performed certain works.
There are different stations in the next world And men will be delt with here according to the deeds done in the body. A man ought to be good Here as he grows older. A man that does his duty And obtaines the Priesthood and honors it will have his reward His exhaltation thrones & dominions according to his faithfulness. We like our Master have desended below all things. So shall we arise above all things. I have seen this by vision. We shall be connected with the kingdom of Jesus Christ to the vary place And station will A man arise in the resurrection to which He Has been sealed & anointed on earth.
It is Said that God will judge the world. So will the Saints. On earth Presidents & Govornors do not Judge but Judges Apointed for the purpose. So in Heaven we shall judge the world Holding the keys of the kingdom And will rise in judgment against our enemies who are heaping there persecutions upon our heads. So with the Ancient Twelve. They will judge Israel for they brought evil upon them.
I see the thousands of poor Saints going out to the wilderness in there oppressions drove out by wicked men. Such men I will not bless but testify against them. They may kill me but I will speak my mind. That man that has the Priesthood and honors it, is God Himself as much as Moses was to the People. We are sons of God And Saviors on Mt Zion. If ye are the sons of God ye shall have all things. He that over cometh shall inherit all things, sit down upon my throne &c. The Lord owns all the Thrones & will give us some.
A man in the Priesthood has persons sealed to him in his kingdom And is subject to him in the dominions of God. Worlds and dominions are continually being formed which adds to the glory of God. Blessed is he who escapes the second death.
Evry Saint has A guardian Angel with him so death cannot kill him. The Angels accompanied the Ancients. So they do us. The Angels of the waters & there was 4 on the cornors of the earth. When the guardian Angel is called away we are left to grapple with death. So with Jesus. He said my God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? In three days the Angel returned rolled back the stone And raised the Lord. The Angels will [not] stay away forever but will all come with Jesus Christ to raise all the bodies every man in his own order.
This is the way the resurrection is brought about. Jesus Christ was slain And buried yet Arose, assended on high And was crowned Lord of all. So with the Prophets martered in Carthage Jail. They must come forth And be Crowned And sit upon there thrones And Judge there persecutors. If ye were of the world the world would love its own but because I have chosen you out of the world therefore they hate you but they must be judged of you at last.
Man is destined to occupy A great place toincrease in dominion And Power And this is thesecret spring of our Action.I have A word of Caution to all. For one I feel to resign my citizenship because I Cannot enjoy it. I would Advise all the Saints that they Cast not another vote in this state but resign alloffices that they hold And all our friends to do thesame. I do not say they shall do it but advise them to. There is a foundation in this that may serve usin days to come. As our father And Mother or the Nation that has bourn us has rejected us And driven us out there is A Nation of Calamity At the door. All things are not known at once. This Temple was built for A certain purpose. That is gained.Will we now sell? A vote was taken last fall not to sell it, but A key that will not open a door And shut it again is not A good one. So if we have to sell the Temple to remove the Poor the People that make us do it must pay the bill & meet the consequences. All who are in favor of selling this House if it meets with the Council of the Twelve manifest it by raising the right hand. It was A unanimous vote save one. Elder Hyde Closed his remarks And was follow by Elder W. Woodruff [ ] who backed up the testimony of Elder Hyde. And in speaking of the martydom of the Smiths Said they would rise in Judgment against this Nation, the State of Illinois Hancock Co And esspecially Carthage And the murderers it contains. They are the most Suitable persons to rise in judgment against them, for they were martered by them. Yes the mob of Hancock Co had not yet got through with Joseph Smith for He was in the Presence of God and the Lamb in Company with Abram Isaac & Jacob And was our senator in the Court of Heaven And would plead our Cause And his own And knowing the Cause to be a just [one] will do sum-thing that will have effect.
The Saints had laboured faithfully & finished the Temple & were now recieved as A Church with our dead. This is glory enough for building the Temple And thousands of the Saints have recieved there endowment in it. And the light will not go out. Many other remarks were made by Elder Woodruff when the meeting & dedication of the Temple Closed. (2)
Endnotes:
1 - Wikipedia, List of Temples of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints,http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
2 - Wilford Woodruff's Journal: 1833-1898 Typescript, Volumes 1-9, Edited by Scott G. Kenney, Signature Books 1993, http://amzn.to/
3 - Diaries of Hosea Stout
4 - Brown, Lisle (compiler), Chronology of the Construction, Destruction and Reconstruction of the Nauvoo Temple
5 - Apostle Willard Richards Journal
Mormon History, May 1, 1846
[Minutes, ] We met for a public dedication of the Temple this Morning. Entrance was $1 each to pay the hands that worked on the Temple. I paid $7 for 7 tickets. My company consisted of myself, wife, Father, Mother, one Cousin and Mary Jackson. At the appointed hour I opened the Meeting by prayer. Was followed in remarks by Br [Orson] Hyde who also offered up the dedicatory prayer after which Elder Almon Babbit was called upon to address the meeting which he did to the edefycation of the Saints. * Wilford Woodruff journal, May 1, 1846. [Orson Hyde's dedicatory prayer:] Holy and Everlasting Father, before Thee this morning we present ourselves and acknowledge Thy mercy that has been extended to us since we have been on Thy footstool, and [give thanks] for this opportunity of dedicating this house. We thank Thee that Thou hast given us strength to accomplish the charges delivered by Thee. Forgive us our sins and the sins of thy people. Thou hast seen our labors and exertions to accomplish this purpose. By the authority of the Holy Priesthood now we offer this building as a sanctuary to Thy Worthy Name. We ask Thee to take the guardianship into Thy hands and grant that Thy Spirit shall dwell here and may all feel a sacred influence on their hearts that His Hand has helped this work. Accept of our offering this morning, and that soul that blesses this temple[,] let blessings rest on his posterity to the latest generation, and that soul that shall practice evil against this temple and Thy House, set Thy face against him and let evil take the portion of his inheritance. Administer to Thy people and let Thy honor and glory fall on our heads, not in the eyes of men but in the day when the world shall become Thy dominion. May we have the honor to tune the lyre [in thanks] that Thou hast redeemed us from every nation and made us holy and pure and that we have washed our robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb. [If] it must needs be that offenses come, we offer it as the fruit of our labors and may the oppression under which they [we] groaned be to our good. We ask that the angel of mercy may be round about this temple and that light may descend upon us and let us pass to the courts of the heavenly [host]. Let Thy Spirit rest upon those who have contributed to the building of this temple, the laborers on it that they may come forth to receive kingdoms and dominions and glory and immortal power. Accept of us we pray Thee, inspire every bosom to do Thy will, cause that truth may lead them[,] for [at] the glorious coming of the Son of God when you come in the name of the King, the Lord of Hosts shall be the King. Gather us in Thy Kingdom through Jesus Christ, our Lord, Amen. May 1, 1846
[source: Anderson, Devery; The Development of LDS Temple Worship, 1846-2000: A Documentary History, http://amzn.to/TempleWorship]
[source: Anderson, Devery; The Development of LDS Temple Worship, 1846-2000: A Documentary History, http://amzn.to/TempleWorship]
Mormon History, May 1, 1846
[Manuscript History of Brigham Young, ] The Temple at Nauvoo [Illinois] was publicly dedicated by Elder Orson Hyde; Elders W[ilford] Woodruff, A[lmon] W. Babbitt, and Joseph A. Stratton were present and took part in the services. Fee for admission one dollar, to pay the hands employed on the Temple. May 1, 1846
[source: Anderson, Devery; The Development of LDS Temple Worship, 1846-2000: A Documentary History, http://amzn.to/TempleWorship]
[source: Anderson, Devery; The Development of LDS Temple Worship, 1846-2000: A Documentary History, http://amzn.to/TempleWorship]
Mormon History, May 1, 1846
[Nauvoo Temple] Public dedication of the temple under the direction of Apostles Orson Hyde and Wilford Woodruff. "The Temple was dedicated in the presence of strangers and all who would pay one dollar for admittance." Orson Hyde read the dedicatory prayer.
[source: Brown, Lisle (compiler), Chronology of the Construction, Destruction and Reconstruction of the Nauvoo Temple]
[source: Brown, Lisle (compiler), Chronology of the Construction, Destruction and Reconstruction of the Nauvoo Temple]
Mormon History, May 1, 1846
[Hosea Stout Diary] Friday May the 1st 1846. Foggy, muddy, miry, wet wether; too bad Langley and Shumway started on their mission mentioned last night and Jessee D. Hunter & Job Hall & others to Grand river to work for Rockwood had called on Hunter to go there to hew timber. I was round the camp today & done but little only explored the windings of the creek & visited the bridge now in progress of building.Anna Jones came in today she had no word from Benjamin Jones her husband since he went to the settlements to peddle.Their things were yet at Pleasant Point on Medicine Creek & she wanted them brought on here.
[source: Diaries of Hosea Stout]
[source: Diaries of Hosea Stout]
Mormon History, May 1, 1846
The Nauvoo Temple is completed and dedicated, despite the majority having already left Nauvoo.
[source: Wikipedia, 19th Century (Mormonism), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/19th_century_(Mormonism)]
[source: Wikipedia, 19th Century (Mormonism), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/19th_century_(Mormonism)]
Mormon History, May 01, 1846
Elders Orson Hyde and Wilford Woodruff preside at the public dedicatory services of the Nauvoo Temple.
[source: The Woodland Institute 'On This Day Historical Database,' http://www.woodlandinstitute.com]
[source: The Woodland Institute 'On This Day Historical Database,' http://www.woodlandinstitute.com]
Mormon History, Friday, May 1, 1846.
[Apostle Willard Richards Journal] Garden Grove. Wind north. Cloudy and very damp. At 8, Brothers Shumway and Langley received a letter for Hendrick, Dana, and Herring, and departed immediately on their mission. At 9, President Young cut down a tree in front of his tent. At ½ past 9 he gave an address to the lazy who gathered around in front of his omnibus on the western expedition. At ½ past ten, proposed to swap wagons with Young Doyle. At 3 a.m., Sister Adeline, a wife of Ezra T. Benson, was delivered of a son named Samuel. About 3 p.m. Brother John Gleason started for Nauvoo, taking a letter from the Twelve at Garden Grove to Elders Hyde and Woodruff. About 5, ScottÂ's company number 3 arrived in camp by doubling teams, President Young having sent back 5 miles on the prairie to help draw their wagons through mud. Evening mild. Sun set clear after a showery day. Light northwest winds. The survey of the Garden Grove farm was completed and reported as follows (maps of two farms, one 390 acres, one 325 acres, etc.)
[source: Apostle Willard Richards Journal]
[source: Apostle Willard Richards Journal]
Mormon History, spring of 1846
John Taylor: Left Nauvoo for West in . spring of 1846
[source: 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]
[source: 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]
Mormon History, Spring 1846
[Nauvoo Temple] Lucian Woodworth made two daguerreotypes of the Temple. The first was taken from his gallery in lower Nauvoo, showing the Temple in the distance on the bluffs above the city. The second was a close-up view of the Temple. Both daguerreotypes are presently housed in the Church Archives, Salt Lake City, Utah.
[source: Brown, Lisle (compiler), Chronology of the Construction, Destruction and Reconstruction of the Nauvoo Temple]
[source: Brown, Lisle (compiler), Chronology of the Construction, Destruction and Reconstruction of the Nauvoo Temple]
Mormon History, Spring 1846
Orson Hyde starts journey West. From Council Bluffs the Government calls for 500 men to go to Mexico.
[Tidd, N. R., "Mormon Chronology"]
[source: Tidd, N. R., "Mormon Chronology"]
[Tidd, N. R., "Mormon Chronology"]
[source: Tidd, N. R., "Mormon Chronology"]
Mormon History, April 1846
Lyman Wight: In moved south to point on Colorado River four miles north of Austin, Texas. April 1846
[source: 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]
[source: 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]
Mormon History, April 1846
The U.S-Mexican War (1846-1848) begins.
[source: Sherry Baker: Mormon Media History Timeline: 1827-2007, http://byustudies.byu.edu/showTitle.aspx?title=7984]
[source: Sherry Baker: Mormon Media History Timeline: 1827-2007, http://byustudies.byu.edu/showTitle.aspx?title=7984]
Mormon History, April 1846
The Saints in England suffered spiritually and financially on account of the Joint Stock Company business, which was urged upon them by speculating Elders.
[source: Jenson, Andrew, Church Chronology]
[source: Jenson, Andrew, Church Chronology]
Mormon History, Apr. 1846
[Lucy Mack Smith] The church deeds Lucy the Joseph Noble home. She lives here with eight-year-old granddaughter Mary Bailey Smith, Samuel's daughter.
[source: Anderson, Lavina Fielding, Editor, Lucy's Book: A Critical Edition of Lucy Mack Smith's Family Memoir, 2001, Signature Books, http://bit.ly/lucys-book]
[source: Anderson, Lavina Fielding, Editor, Lucy's Book: A Critical Edition of Lucy Mack Smith's Family Memoir, 2001, Signature Books, http://bit.ly/lucys-book]
Mormon History, Apr 1846
[Nauvoo Temple] James J. Strang's followers approved resolutions in their conference that the Trustees were illegally formed and that they possessed no legal authority to sell the temple. He cautioned anyone in making a purchase from them. Strang made up a special edition of Voree Herald with the resolutions and his followers distributed the newspaper throughout the region around Nauvoo.
[source: Brown, Lisle (compiler), Chronology of the Construction, Destruction and Reconstruction of the Nauvoo Temple]
[source: Brown, Lisle (compiler), Chronology of the Construction, Destruction and Reconstruction of the Nauvoo Temple]
Mormon History, 1846, April to May
[Wilford Woodruff] Returns to Nauvoo and later joins the Saints in their exodus west.
[source: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Teachings of Presidents of the Church: Wilford Woodruff, Salt Lake City, Utah]
[source: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Teachings of Presidents of the Church: Wilford Woodruff, Salt Lake City, Utah]
Mormon History, Apr 30, 1846
[Wilford Woodruff] Private dedication of nearly-completed Nauvoo temple
[source: Kenny, Scott (editor), Wilford Woodruff's Journals 1833-1898, Chronology Signature Books, Midvale, Utah, http://bit.ly/wwjournal]
[source: Kenny, Scott (editor), Wilford Woodruff's Journals 1833-1898, Chronology Signature Books, Midvale, Utah, http://bit.ly/wwjournal]
Mormon History, Apr 30, 1846
[Wilford Woodruff journal, Apr. 30, 1846] At the edge of Evening I repaired to the Temple And dressed in our Priestly robes in company with Elder Orson Hyde And about 20 others of the ^Nobility^ Elders of Israel. We dedicated the Temple of the Lord built by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, unto His Most Holy name. We had an interesting time. Notwithstanding the many fals[e] Prophecies of Sidney Rigdon and others that the roof should not go on nor the House be finished and the threats of the mob that we should not dedicate it yet we have done both and we had an interesting time. At the close of the dedication we raised our voices in the united Shout of Hosannah to God and the Lamb which entered the Heavens to the joy and consolation of our hearts. We prayed for the Camp of Israel, for good weather, that we might not be disturbed by any mob untill the dedication was over. I returned home thankful for the privilege of assisting in the dedication of the Temple of the Lord.
[source: Anderson, Devery; The Development of LDS Temple Worship, 1846-2000: A Documentary History, http://amzn.to/TempleWorship]
[source: Anderson, Devery; The Development of LDS Temple Worship, 1846-2000: A Documentary History, http://amzn.to/TempleWorship]
Mormon History, Apr 30, 1846
[Samuel W. Richards journal, Apr. 30, 1846] Met at sundown in the temple for prayers as usual, after which (with our [temple] clothing) we repaired to the lower room for the purpose of dedicating the same. [A total of] 30 men selected for that purpose were present. After some conversation and singing[,] a prayer circle was formed immediately in front of the Melchizedek stand. O[rson] Hyde was President, and Joseph Young, mouth, after which those present were seated in the stands to represent the order of the Priesthood; myself being seated in the Teachers Stand, and a Dedicatory prayer was offered by O[rson] Hyde to which all responded "amen." After the prayer ended all shouted with a loud voice, "Hosannah, Hosannah, Hosannah to God and the Lamb, Amen, Amen, Amen!" which was repeated three times * After the services of the evening were over, by proposition of Bro. Hyde, we all went into the attick storey of the Temple and enjoyed a feast of rasins, cakes, and wine * and there decided that the temple hands should meet [the] next day at 2 oclock to enjoy themselves with cakes and wine. When about 12 we dispersed having enjoyed the blessings [and] privilege of dedicating the second Temple, built upon the Land of Zion in the last days, unto the Lord, and it was accepted by him.
[Anderson, Devery; The Development of LDS Temple Worship, 1846-2000: A Documentary History, http://amzn.to/TempleWorship]
[Anderson, Devery; The Development of LDS Temple Worship, 1846-2000: A Documentary History, http://amzn.to/TempleWorship]
Mormon History, Apr 30, 1846
[Manuscript History of Brigham Young, Apr. 30, 1846] The Temple at Nauvoo was dedicated this evening. Elders Orson Hyde, Wilford Woodruff, John [Young], Joseph [Young][,] and Phineas H. Young, J[ohn] M. Bernhisel, J[oseph] L. Heywood, and several others were present. Elder Joseph Young [Orson Hyde] offered up the dedicatory prayer, dedicating the Temple, and all that pertained thereto to the Lord, as an offering to Him, as an evidence of the willingness of His people, to fulfill His commandments, and build His holy house, even at the risk of their lives, and the sacrifice of their labor and earthly goods. He prayed for the Twelve [Apostles] and all the authorities of the Church, and for the workmen that had wrought upon the Temple in the midst of persecution, want and suffering, for the deliverance of the poor; that the Lord would direct the brethren of the camp of Israel, open the way before them and lead them to a place of His own appointment for the gathering of all the Saints, that God would avenge the blood of His servants, the prophets and of the Saints who had been slain for the testimony of the truth and mete out to our enemies the same measure which they had meted out to us.
[source: Anderson, Devery; The Development of LDS Temple Worship, 1846-2000: A Documentary History, http://amzn.to/TempleWorship]
[source: Anderson, Devery; The Development of LDS Temple Worship, 1846-2000: A Documentary History, http://amzn.to/TempleWorship]
Mormon History, Apr 30, 1846
[Nauvoo Temple] At 7:45 p.m. Joseph Young, assisted by twenty-five men who had remained behind to finish the temple, gathered in the first floor hall for a private dedication of the building by the men who had labored so hard to finish the building. During the services Orson Hyde and Wilford Woodruff joined them. The men occupied the priesthood stands, representing the order of the Priesthood. Joseph Young offered the dedicatory prayer. The men ended the services with the Hosanna Shout and retired to the attic, where there was a delightful banquet set for them.
[Brown, Lisle (compiler), Chronology of the Construction, Destruction and Reconstruction of the Nauvoo Temple]
[source: Brown, Lisle (compiler), Chronology of the Construction, Destruction and Reconstruction of the Nauvoo Temple]
[Brown, Lisle (compiler), Chronology of the Construction, Destruction and Reconstruction of the Nauvoo Temple]
[source: Brown, Lisle (compiler), Chronology of the Construction, Destruction and Reconstruction of the Nauvoo Temple]
Mormon History, Apr 30, 1846
Joseph Young, brother of Brigham Young and one of the First Seven Presidents of the Seventy, privately dedicates the completed Nauvoo Temple.
[source: The Woodland Institute 'On This Day Historical Database,' http://www.woodlandinstitute.com]
[source: The Woodland Institute 'On This Day Historical Database,' http://www.woodlandinstitute.com]
Mormon History, Apr 30, 1846
In the midst of the plans to abandon the temple, President of Seventy Joseph Young dedicates the building in a private ceremony attended by about twenty "Elders of Israel" This was only time a temple has been dedicated by someone other than a member of the First Presidency or Quorum of the Twelve Apostles. On May 1, Orson Hyde dedicates the temple in a public ceremony requiring paid admission of $1.00 per person.
[source: On This Day in Mormon History, http://onthisdayinmormonhistory.blogspot.com]
[source: On This Day in Mormon History, http://onthisdayinmormonhistory.blogspot.com]
Mormon History, Apr 30, 1846
The Nauvoo Temple is completed and dedicated. During the days and nights of the following ten months, great numbers of Latter-day Saints go through the temple to receive their "Endowments" and a substantial number of polygamous marriages are solemnized in its sealing rooms.
[source: Whitney, Helen, Timeline: The Early History of the Mormons, A Frontline and American Experience Co-Production, //www.pbs.org/mormons/timeline/]
[source: Whitney, Helen, Timeline: The Early History of the Mormons, A Frontline and American Experience Co-Production, //www.pbs.org/mormons/timeline/]
Mormon History, Apr 30, 1846
[Apostle Willard Richards Journal] , Thursday. Garden Grove. Dark, cloudy, rainy. Camp nearly destitute of flour and bread stuffs. Water in the creek so high teams cannot cross nor mills grind. Historian in bed dictating history this forenoon. [At] 1 p.m. Shadrach Roundy left camp for Nauvoo (as he contemplated 2 days since, but was detained by the rain) with a mail of 59 letters and a traveling letter from the council to the Saints, dated April 30 (on file). President Young dined with John D. Lee on pea soup. At 2 p.m., directed a letter to be written to Captain Hendrick and one to Lewis Dana and one to George L. M. Herring, to be sent by Shumway and Langley, which letters were dictated by Dr. Richards (on file). Also, a letter introducing Brother John Gleason to the Saints on the road as their pilot up the northern divide. At 6, President Young received a letter from John W. Binley of present date (on file) requesting 16 men to be sent to his assistance for completing a job in the neighborhood of MillerÂ's Mills. Atmosphere very light, rains continue, though not quite as heavy. A few rails were split this day.
[source: Apostle Willard Richards Journal]
[source: Apostle Willard Richards Journal]
Mormon History, Apr 30, 1846
[Apostle Wilford Woodruff Journal] 30th + I finished loading my waggons And took them over the river to Ioway. I took over two waggons two yoke of oxen & two cows And sent Br Fergeson to take care of the Same.
At the edge of the evening I repaired to the Temple And dressed in our Priestly robes in company with Elder Orson Hyde And about 20 others of the Nobility Elders of Israel. We dedicated the Temple of the Lord built by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, unto His Most Holy name. We had An interesting time. Notwithstanding the many fals Prophesies of Sidney Rigdon And others that the roof should not go on nor the House be finished And the threats of the mob that we should not dedicate it yet we have done both and we had An interesting time.
At the Close of the dedication we raised our voices in the united Shout of Hosanna to God And the Lamb which entered the Heavens to the joy And consolation of our hearts. We prayed for the Camp of Israel, for good weather, that we might not be disturbed by any mob untill the dedication was over. I returned home thankful for the privilege of Assisting in the dedication of the Temple of the Lord.
[source: Wilford Woodruff's Journal: 1833-1898 Typescript, Volumes 1-9, Edited by Scott G. Kenney, Signature Books 1993, http://amzn.to/newmormonstudies]
At the edge of the evening I repaired to the Temple And dressed in our Priestly robes in company with Elder Orson Hyde And about 20 others of the Nobility Elders of Israel. We dedicated the Temple of the Lord built by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, unto His Most Holy name. We had An interesting time. Notwithstanding the many fals Prophesies of Sidney Rigdon And others that the roof should not go on nor the House be finished And the threats of the mob that we should not dedicate it yet we have done both and we had An interesting time.
At the Close of the dedication we raised our voices in the united Shout of Hosanna to God And the Lamb which entered the Heavens to the joy And consolation of our hearts. We prayed for the Camp of Israel, for good weather, that we might not be disturbed by any mob untill the dedication was over. I returned home thankful for the privilege of Assisting in the dedication of the Temple of the Lord.
[source: Wilford Woodruff's Journal: 1833-1898 Typescript, Volumes 1-9, Edited by Scott G. Kenney, Signature Books 1993, http://amzn.to/newmormonstudies]
Mormon History, Wednesday, Apr 29, 1846.
[Apostle Willard Richards Journal] Garden Grove. Heavy rain through the night, morning raining, wind northwest. President Young quite unwell. Historian comfortably sick in bed from 9 to 12 dictating. Rains continued, but rather lighter, waters high, ground muddy. 1/4 to 1 p.m. the brethren came together at the blowing of the horn a short distance south of headquarters. President P. P. Pratt told the brethren that they had been called together to ascertain the available means in camp to fit out a company of 100 young men to go over the mountains and put in a crop. The suggestion was sanctioned unanimously, a few others were made. Rain continued and the business was cut short. President Young, though yet sick, said that 250 lbs. flour would be required to each person, salt, etc., 1 wagon, 4 oxen or mules, and 1 cow to every 4 persons.
Elder O. Pratt read a bill of particulars for an outfit of 15 months. Elder Kimball laid before the meeting the propriety of selling the temple at Nauvoo for the purpose of helping the poor Saints away from that place, also the temple in Kirtland and all other Church property. The meeting unanimously voted to sell. President Young directed the captains of fifties and tens to ascertain who can go and what means could be furnished. Young Doyle [John Doyle Lee], clerk. About 7 evening, President Young came into the post office and instructed his clerk to write a letter back to read to all the Saints east of this who are traveling west, instructing them to furnish themselves with flour and provisions before they left the settlements in Iowa, and travel a northerly route. Rain continued. At 1 p.m., Harriet, wife of Wilbur I. Earle, was delivered of a son named Wilber Joseph while traveling on the prairie between Pleasant Point and Camp Creek encampment.
[Apostle Willard Richards Journal]
Elder O. Pratt read a bill of particulars for an outfit of 15 months. Elder Kimball laid before the meeting the propriety of selling the temple at Nauvoo for the purpose of helping the poor Saints away from that place, also the temple in Kirtland and all other Church property. The meeting unanimously voted to sell. President Young directed the captains of fifties and tens to ascertain who can go and what means could be furnished. Young Doyle [John Doyle Lee], clerk. About 7 evening, President Young came into the post office and instructed his clerk to write a letter back to read to all the Saints east of this who are traveling west, instructing them to furnish themselves with flour and provisions before they left the settlements in Iowa, and travel a northerly route. Rain continued. At 1 p.m., Harriet, wife of Wilbur I. Earle, was delivered of a son named Wilber Joseph while traveling on the prairie between Pleasant Point and Camp Creek encampment.
[Apostle Willard Richards Journal]
Mormon History, Apr 29, 1846
[Temple] [Samuel W. Richards journal, Apr. 29, 1846] In the afternoon met in the attick story of the temple with the members[,] who formed a prayer circle in [Room] No. 1 and apart in [Room] No. 2 with our wives and had a feast of cakes, pies, wine & where we enjoyed ourselves with prayer, preaching, administration for healing, blessing children, and music and dancing untill near midnight.
[source: Anderson, Devery; The Development of LDS Temple Worship, 1846-2000: A Documentary History, http://amzn.to/TempleWorship]
[Anderson, Devery; The Development of LDS Temple Worship, 1846-2000: A Documentary History, http://amzn.to/TempleWorship]
[source: Anderson, Devery; The Development of LDS Temple Worship, 1846-2000: A Documentary History, http://amzn.to/TempleWorship]
[Anderson, Devery; The Development of LDS Temple Worship, 1846-2000: A Documentary History, http://amzn.to/TempleWorship]
Mormon History, Apr 29, 1846
[Minutes, Apr. 29, 1846] Minutes of the Dedication of the [Nauvoo] Temple April 30th, 1846. 7:45 p.m. Present at the dedication of the House of the Lord this evening[:] Zebedee Coltrin Mephibosheth [S]i[rr]in[e] spec- Graham Coltrin tator through the mistake & John Coltrin invitation of Joseph Young Thomas Bullock William W. Phelps Wandle Pace [Mace] John Kempton Charles W. Patten Joseph Young William Anderson Phineas [H.] Young Phineas Richards John M. Bernhisel Samuel W. Richards Jesse K. Nichols Franklin D. Richards J[acob] W Beech Benjamin Brown John Young Curtis Bolton Abel Lamb Truman O. Angel John S. Fullmer As the quorum entered the room for dedication the hymn was sung in a solemn and very impressive manner and we beheld over the stand of the Melchizedek Priesthood The Lord has beheld our Sacrifice = Come after Us - in beautiful gold letters - [and] after conversation on the subject of "Eternity" another hymn was sung. (Orson Hyde & Joseph L. Heywood entered while [we were] singing). Elder Hyde remarked that he [was] left [feeling the] same as he did as he landed at J[erusalem] & descended the Mount of Olives. He was alone. Pres[iden]t [Brigham Young] was anxious and felt glad * & feels that this Temple is built to the opposition of half headed apostates and blood thirsty opponents & laughs and feels thankful to God that he sees this hour for the world preys upon [us] "and my prediction is that the poor shall be blessed" [and] we all see for ourselves the folly of Rigdonism (A[lmon] W Babbitt came in) [and] Strangism will be a stink in their own noses. I feel solemn and childlike, that silence is the most impressive * With regarding to Major [William B.] Warren and [Illinois] Governor [Thomas] Ford[,] I feel that they are in a course [that is] impossible. We never asked them to convey [escort Mormon emigrants] They come here against our petition. Major Warren wants us to petition for 10 men to stay here where they like, we have a deal depending upon the next court at Carthage [Illinois][.] If we retain this sway it will perhaps prevent a more swarm from coming on. (I speak confidently[.] When Porter Rockwell came in with mail I met him. The last time he came[,] [he] was intoxicated.) Elder Hyde then called for the brethren to clothe themselves which they did & they called for a hymn when "Glorious Things of Thee Are Spoken" was sung. Elder Hyde then requested the brethren to form a circle [and] offer the signs and then dedicate the House, they moved to the front part of the Melchizedek Stand and formed a circle. Elder O[rson] Hyde President (Elder Wilford Woodruff entered). This temple has been built in 5 years and the Gov[ernmen]t has oppressed us more and more every year and now they drive us away from it and now"I prophesy in the name of the Lord God of Hosts that this Government shall begin to be oppressed and be oppressed more and more every year and at the end of five years they shall be as badly oppressed as this people now is and they shall not know which way to look for Sunday""It is the general government." (Amen.) The circle again formed & offered the signs. After the signs were offered Joseph Young was appointed mouth who offered prayer to our Father in Heaven * & all responded heartily. J[oseph] Young said he felt real praise and not feather praise[.] Felt well. O[rson] Hyde [said] if we take a course to break down [the] unruly and aid the * the Lord will - * W[ilford] Woodruff[:] I feel well and happy that I am in the house of my friends and that there has been a great victory gained over the devil and that there are many evil people and now coming into Nauvoo[.] We have gained a great victory building this Temple and as great as any in the world [have] received [persecution][,] [none] have borne as much as the Latter Day Saints. I have seen hours at midnight when I have offered up the signs in the closet alone and not a soul in all the east room. I could enter into [a] connection with [these signs] as to the blessings of God. I am thankful to be in the Council of the Honored Ones of Israel * when we can't wade[,] let no one swim. God is on our side. I have felt that the prayers of this circle have been offered up for me - * W[illiam] Anderson says as Brother Hyde has prophesied he would tell what was spoken in tongues and give the translation of it and he fully believed it. I rejoice in this thing and am willing to do all in our power to accomplish these things [and] get away [with] the brethren - * The following are designations of where the people sat in the Stands: PH [Presiding High Priesthood] Wilford Woodruff[,] Orson Hyde[,] Joseph Young[;] PSQ [Presiding Seventies Quorum] Almon W. Babbitt[,] Joseph L Heywood[,] John S. Fullmer[;] PHQ [Presiding High Priests Quorum] John M. Bernhisel and A[bel] Lamb[,] Zebedee Coltrin[;] PEQ [Presiding Elders Quorum] F[ranklin] D Richards[,] C[urtis] E Boltin[,] Wandle Mace[,] W[illiam] W Phelps[,] Thomas Bullock[;] PAQ [Presiding Aaronic Quorum] Phineas Young[,] Truman O Angell[,] Jesse K Nichols[;] PPQ [Presiding Priests Quorum] C[harles] W Patten[,] John Coltin[,] W[illiam] A Anderson[;] PTQ [Presiding Teachers Quorum] Phineas Richards[,] John Thompson [Kempton?][,] Samuel W. Richards[,] Benjamin Brown[;] PDQ [Presiding Deacons Quorum] M[ephiboseth] Irvine [Sirrine][,] John Young[,] Graham Coltrin[,] Jacob Beech[.] O[rson] Hyde[:] May we rise before we close. We shall offer up our Hosannahs and where there's [time, to] shout out the ranks of the [priesthood this] evening. The order of it is Hosannah, Hosannah, Hosannah to God and the Lamb Amen Amen and Amen[,] and I don't know that there'll be any hour [available] if we should speak it out [in] the angels voices [tongues]. We belong to God. [I] feel like giving one shout in the House of God. If this is your mind signify it by rising upon your feet (all upright). The signs and shouts (thank God [for] being [here][.] You are dismissed with the blessings of thy Lord and your God Amen.) - * The brethren adjourned to the attic story where a table was spread and loaded with "A Feast of Fat Things For the Righteous" in the shapes of wine, grapes[,] intestines [?] cakes &c &c which made a delightful banquet & was blessed by Elder Wilford Woodruff after which the feast was partaken of in great good harmony & happiness in testimony of the occasion of the dedication of the House of the Lord. Elder Hyde gave out for the Temple hands [officiators] to enjoy themselves tomorrow at 2 p.m. F[ranklin] D. Richards received [gave] thanks to Elder Hyde in behalf of the Quorum #1 for the invitation to meet with them in the dedication of the House of the Lord. Elder Hyde met to reciprocate the kindness and desired [for it] to be continued[,] to be remembered that God may bless us & so in the day when he shall bring the righteous to himself.
[source: Anderson, Devery; The Development of LDS Temple Worship, 1846-2000: A Documentary History, http://amzn.to/TempleWorship]
[source: Anderson, Devery; The Development of LDS Temple Worship, 1846-2000: A Documentary History, http://amzn.to/TempleWorship]
Mormon History, Apr 29, 1846
[Nauvoo Temple] Workmen and their wives met in the attic to celebrate the completion of the Temple. They had a banquet of cakes, pies and other goods. They spent the evening in prayer, testimony bearing, preaching and some brought their children in for blessings. The festivities lasted until mid-night.
The Iowa Capital Reporter ran an article about a "wealthy gentleman from the South," who had recently been in St. Louis and was on his way to Nauvoo to purchase the Temple as an "asylum for widows and destitute females."
[source: Brown, Lisle (compiler), Chronology of the Construction, Destruction and Reconstruction of the Nauvoo Temple]
The Iowa Capital Reporter ran an article about a "wealthy gentleman from the South," who had recently been in St. Louis and was on his way to Nauvoo to purchase the Temple as an "asylum for widows and destitute females."
[source: Brown, Lisle (compiler), Chronology of the Construction, Destruction and Reconstruction of the Nauvoo Temple]
Mormon History, Apr 29, 1846
A public meeting in Iowa approves Brigham Young's proposal to sell the Nauvoo temple to Roman catholic priests.
[source: On This Day in Mormon History, http://onthisdayinmormonhistory.blogspot.com]
[source: On This Day in Mormon History, http://onthisdayinmormonhistory.blogspot.com]
Mormon History, Apr 29, 1846
[Brigham Young Discourse] I said that two hundred and fifty pounds of flour, salt and so forth would be required by each person. One wagon, four oxen or mules and one cow to every four persons. Elder O. Pratt read a bill of particulars for an outfit for fifteen months. Elder Kimball laid before the meeting the decision of the Council in relation to selling the Temples at Nauvoo and Kirtland, and all other Church property at those places, for the purpose of getting means to help the poor saints from Nauvoo. William C. Staines Journal. Spoke of the time when the brute creation would be perfectly docile and harmless. It would be brought about by our faith and patience. That we should not kill the rattlesnakes but should cultivate the spirit of peace with them. Saw two of them in his travels, told them to move out of the way and they did, that Brother Joseph taught this when the camp went to Missouri thirteen years ago. As long as the brute creature sees anything to harm them, so long the enmity will exist. -- Garden Grove, Iowa [Manuscript History of Brigham Young, 1846- 1847. Elden J. Watson, ed. Salt Lake City: Smith Secretarial Service, 1971.:146-147]
[The Complete Discourses of Brigham Young, Ed. Richard S. Van Wagoner, Smith-Pettit Foundation, Salt Lake City (2009)]
[source: The Complete Discourses of Brigham Young, Ed. Richard S. Van Wagoner, Smith-Pettit Foundation, Salt Lake City (2009)]
[The Complete Discourses of Brigham Young, Ed. Richard S. Van Wagoner, Smith-Pettit Foundation, Salt Lake City (2009)]
[source: The Complete Discourses of Brigham Young, Ed. Richard S. Van Wagoner, Smith-Pettit Foundation, Salt Lake City (2009)]
Mormon History, Apr 29, 1846
[Apostle Wilford Woodruff Journal] 29th I spent the day Preparing my waggons to cross the river.
[source: Wilford Woodruff's Journal: 1833-1898 Typescript, Volumes 1-9, Edited by Scott G. Kenney, Signature Books 1993, http://amzn.to/newmormonstudies]
[Wilford Woodruff's Journal: 1833-1898 Typescript, Volumes 1-9, Edited by Scott G. Kenney, Signature Books 1993, http://amzn.to/newmormonstudies]
[source: Wilford Woodruff's Journal: 1833-1898 Typescript, Volumes 1-9, Edited by Scott G. Kenney, Signature Books 1993, http://amzn.to/newmormonstudies]
[Wilford Woodruff's Journal: 1833-1898 Typescript, Volumes 1-9, Edited by Scott G. Kenney, Signature Books 1993, http://amzn.to/newmormonstudies]
Mormon History, Tuesday, Apr 28, 1846.
[Apostle Willard Richards Journal] Garden Grove. Rained through the night and this morning. President Young sick in bed until 8 oÂ'clock. At 9, had a counsel in his tent with President Kimball and John D. Lee and decided that his trading commissaries should tarry at home till the storm abated or until the camp arrived at the next settlement when they would be nearer the inhabitants of the Des Moines River than they now are to the Missourians, who they heard were training and preparing to fight the Saints.
About 10, the rain abated a few moments when the council and Dr. Richards walked to the creek to view the spot where the foundation of the new bridge was then being laid. About 1 p.m., Bishop Miller and his commissary, Richardson, started on a trading tour to Missouri. At 1½ [1:30] p.m., President Young, Kimball, P. P. Pratt, O. Pratt, Richards and Taylor, and three others of the council of YTFIF, met in council in John D. LeeÂ's tent. President Young suggested the propriety of sending a company of young men directly over the mountains, and with them send a part of the camp west of the Missouri River to put in crops this season for the camp to subsist upon, and the remainder of the camp to go 40 miles west of Garden Grove to make another settlement. Elder P. P. Pratt said he should like to go across the mountains if he could be permitted to take his family. President Young replied to take families; it would take double the teams and provisions to sustain the company, and if Brother Parley takes his family, all the Twelve will want to take theirs.
Bishop Whitney and Brother Lee and Brother Rockwood will want to take their families, and when and wherever we go they will want to go. We want to send Brother O. Pratt over to take observations. Brother Pratt said he would go, provided his family could be taken care of. President Young replied, leave your family and situate them where they take care of themselves. We will send George Herring and Lewis Dana along with that company, for they are acquainted with all the Indian tongues and can get along safely. President Young said he would fit out and send four men out of his family with teams and provisions. He would turn out 50 dollars in cash for the outfit. Elder Kimball said that he would 3 or 4 more. Elder P. P. Pratt said that he would fit out 3 men, and so on. Dr. Richards said that he would fit out l man. President Young said that he would call a general council tomorrow noon to learn how many could, or would fit out men for the expedition over the mountains. From 5 to 6, the historian was indighting [editing?] history for J. D. Lee to write. [At] 6, wind northwest, still raining as usual through the day, which mostly prevented labor on the rails, wholly on other jobs.
[source: Apostle Willard Richards Journal]
About 10, the rain abated a few moments when the council and Dr. Richards walked to the creek to view the spot where the foundation of the new bridge was then being laid. About 1 p.m., Bishop Miller and his commissary, Richardson, started on a trading tour to Missouri. At 1½ [1:30] p.m., President Young, Kimball, P. P. Pratt, O. Pratt, Richards and Taylor, and three others of the council of YTFIF, met in council in John D. LeeÂ's tent. President Young suggested the propriety of sending a company of young men directly over the mountains, and with them send a part of the camp west of the Missouri River to put in crops this season for the camp to subsist upon, and the remainder of the camp to go 40 miles west of Garden Grove to make another settlement. Elder P. P. Pratt said he should like to go across the mountains if he could be permitted to take his family. President Young replied to take families; it would take double the teams and provisions to sustain the company, and if Brother Parley takes his family, all the Twelve will want to take theirs.
Bishop Whitney and Brother Lee and Brother Rockwood will want to take their families, and when and wherever we go they will want to go. We want to send Brother O. Pratt over to take observations. Brother Pratt said he would go, provided his family could be taken care of. President Young replied, leave your family and situate them where they take care of themselves. We will send George Herring and Lewis Dana along with that company, for they are acquainted with all the Indian tongues and can get along safely. President Young said he would fit out and send four men out of his family with teams and provisions. He would turn out 50 dollars in cash for the outfit. Elder Kimball said that he would 3 or 4 more. Elder P. P. Pratt said that he would fit out 3 men, and so on. Dr. Richards said that he would fit out l man. President Young said that he would call a general council tomorrow noon to learn how many could, or would fit out men for the expedition over the mountains. From 5 to 6, the historian was indighting [editing?] history for J. D. Lee to write. [At] 6, wind northwest, still raining as usual through the day, which mostly prevented labor on the rails, wholly on other jobs.
[source: Apostle Willard Richards Journal]
Mormon History, Apr 28, 1846
[Apostle Wilford Woodruff Journal] 28th I Am still vary busy in trying to prepare to leave.
[source: Wilford Woodruff's Journal: 1833-1898 Typescript, Volumes 1-9, Edited by Scott G. Kenney, Signature Books 1993, http://amzn.to/newmormonstudies]
[source: Wilford Woodruff's Journal: 1833-1898 Typescript, Volumes 1-9, Edited by Scott G. Kenney, Signature Books 1993, http://amzn.to/newmormonstudies]
Mormon History, Monday, Apr 27, 1846.
[Apostle Willard Richards Journal] Camp of Israel Garden Grove. Morning rainy. At 6, the horn sounded for the brethren who assembled at the stand. Their names were called and disposed of agreeable to the decision of the council the previous evening. At 9, President Young, Kimball, O. Pratt, P. P. Pratt, Richards, and Taylor, and nine others, and seven others of the council of YTFIF, met in council in John D. LeeÂ's tent. Council decided that Charles Shumway and George W. Langley proceed immediately to Fort Leavenworth and notify Lewis Dana, and thence 200 miles south and notify George Herring to meet us at Council Bluffs without delay to act as Lamanitish interpreters. The council decided to sell the temple at Kirtland and at Nauvoo, and all other public property of the Church, and help the poor Saints move west. The council considered that the temple would be of no benefit to the Church unless they possess their private dwellings, and if the time should come that they should return and redeem their inheritances, they could redeem the temple also; that a sale would secure it from the judgments of unjust claims for debts, mobbing, fire, etc., more effectually than for the Church to retain it in their own hands.
Bishop Whitney had some doubts as to the propriety of selling the temple. President Young related a dream he had the previous night, which in substance as follows: I saw myself employed in the service of an aged man, a Lord superintending and managing the whole affairs of his dominions (assisted by the council) among which I instructed some responsible things to be done which I considered actually necessary, notwithstanding the Lord had not instructed me to do so. By and by the Lord came to me smiling, his hair was white as the pure wool. I told him what I had done and asked him if I had done right. Pausing for a moment, [he] turned to me with a smile on his countenance, [and] said you have done well. I intend to buy a large store filled with all kinds of commodities, all of which shall be under your guidance and control, as you understand the affairs of my government and will do good. But whether Bishop WhitneyÂ's doubts were removed or not, after hearing the dream, voted to sell. The council wrote Elder Hyde their decision by Brother Roundy, who left about 3 oÂ'clock the same day for Nauvoo.
Elder Taylor read the copy of a letter which he had previously written and sent on (while absent from headquarters) by order of the council in reply to Elder HydeÂ's letter of the 6th and 14th instant, approbating his proceedings at Nauvoo, etc. (copy filed). Council decided that their present location be called Garden Grove. Rained constantly through the day. Some of the Brethren labored at the rails all the time.
[source: Apostle Willard Richards Journal]
Bishop Whitney had some doubts as to the propriety of selling the temple. President Young related a dream he had the previous night, which in substance as follows: I saw myself employed in the service of an aged man, a Lord superintending and managing the whole affairs of his dominions (assisted by the council) among which I instructed some responsible things to be done which I considered actually necessary, notwithstanding the Lord had not instructed me to do so. By and by the Lord came to me smiling, his hair was white as the pure wool. I told him what I had done and asked him if I had done right. Pausing for a moment, [he] turned to me with a smile on his countenance, [and] said you have done well. I intend to buy a large store filled with all kinds of commodities, all of which shall be under your guidance and control, as you understand the affairs of my government and will do good. But whether Bishop WhitneyÂ's doubts were removed or not, after hearing the dream, voted to sell. The council wrote Elder Hyde their decision by Brother Roundy, who left about 3 oÂ'clock the same day for Nauvoo.
Elder Taylor read the copy of a letter which he had previously written and sent on (while absent from headquarters) by order of the council in reply to Elder HydeÂ's letter of the 6th and 14th instant, approbating his proceedings at Nauvoo, etc. (copy filed). Council decided that their present location be called Garden Grove. Rained constantly through the day. Some of the Brethren labored at the rails all the time.
[source: Apostle Willard Richards Journal]
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