Mormon History, Aug 6, 1842

-- Aug 6, 1842
Joseph Smith prophesied that the Saints would be driven to the Rocky Mountains, but that he would not go with them. (1)

Rocky Mountain prophecy given by Joseph Smith. (2)

While attending a Masonic ceremony Joseph Smith prophesies that Mormons would settle in the Rocky Mountains. (3)

[Joseph Smith] Prophesies Saints will continue to suffer persecution and will be driven to Rocky Mountains. (4)

[Wilford Woodruff] 6th I left the Boat. Took stage. Arived at Montrose in the midst of a Masonic possession. A lodge was instituted in Montrose. I had an interview with Joseph then crossed to Nauvoo home again & was thoroughly pickled with the Billious fever.
But notwithstand[ing] my sickness I could not stop to rest for on my return I found the printing Office had stood still for about 10 day for the want of paper & the Boat was 5 days getting over the rapids during which time I went down the River with a skiff 6 miles to the Boat & got what paper we needed for the present use. We were untill midnight rowing over the rapids back again & in addition to my fever I had a sever cough. Distance to St Louis & Back 400 mils. (5)

-- about Aug 6, 1842
Nauvoo, Illinois. Joseph Smith prophesied that the Saints would be driven to the Rocky Mountains, endure many afflictions, and become a mighty people. (6)

-- Aug 08, 1842
John Morgan, later one of the First Seven Presidents of the Seventy, is born in Greenburg, Indiana. (7)

-- Aug 8, 1842
John C Bennett: Expelled from Nauvoo Lodge 8 Aug. 1842 (8)

Joseph Smith is arrested as an accessory to the attempted murder of ex-Governor Liburn Boggs. Nauvoo's municipal court claims jurisdiction over Smith and discharges him. The earliest reference to the special undergarment worn by the Holy Order of the endowment reads for this date: "they have oil poured on them, and then a mark or hole cut in the breast of their shirts . . . to keep the Destroying Angel from them and their families." From the eighteenth century to the 1840's, "shirt" referred to an undergarment which was often worn with a separate, tight-fitting underpant reaching to the knees. (9)


Footnotes:
1 - Church News: Historical Chronology of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, http://www.ldschurchnews.com/articles/58765/Historical-chronology-of-The-Church-of-Jesus-Christ-of-Latter-day-Saints.html
2 - Hemidakaota, "Church Chronology from 1800-2000," http://www.lds.net/forums/scripture-study-forum/12108-church-chronology-1800-2000-part-1-a.html#post214550
3 - Quinn, D. Michael, The Mormon Hierarchy: Origins of Power, Appendix 7: Selected Chronology of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1830-47"
4 - Highlights in the Prophet's Life, Ensign, June 1994
5 - Wilford Woodruff's Journal: 1833-1898 Typescript, Volumes 1-9, Edited by Scott G. Kenney, Signature Books 1993
6 - BYU Studies Journal, volume 46, no. 4: A Chronology of the Life of Joseph Smith
7 - The Woodland Institute 'On This Day Historical Database,' http://www.woodlandinstitute.com
8 - Quinn, D. Michael, The Mormon Hierarchy: Origins of Power, Appendix 6, Biographical Sketches of General Officers of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1830-47
9 - On This Day in Mormon History, http://onthisdayinmormonhistory.blogspot.com


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