Section 136, Place: Winter Quarters (Nebraska).
Historical Note: After the Saints' exodus from Nauvoo in 1846, Mormon settlements soon spanned the state of Iowa and dotted the west bank of the Missouri River in Nebraska. Section 136 was received by Brigham Young in January 1847 after Church leaders had discussed and deliberated upon the "best manner of organizing companies for emigration." On Thursday, 14 January 1847, members of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles met at Heber C. Kimball's dwelling, where.
President Young proposed that letters be written to instruct brethren how to organize companies for emigration. . . . President Young commenced to give the Word and Will of God concerning the emigration of the Saints and those who journeyed with them. At 4:30 P.M. the council adjourned.
At seven, the Twelve met at Elder Benson's. President Young continued to dictate the word and will of the Lord. Council adjourned at ten P.M., when President Young retired with Dr. Richards to the Octagon and finished writing the same.
At a meeting of the Twelve Apostles and the Winter Quarters high council on 16 January 1847, the following discussion transpired:.
Present of the Twelve.
Brigham Young H.C. Kimball Willard Richards.
present of the [High] Council.
George W Harris President Reynolds Cahoon C.P.
Lott Ezra Chase Daniel Russel Alonzo Eldrige Thomas.
Grover Isaac Morley Winslow Farr.
Council was opened by Prayer by G.W. Harris . . . .
The mind & will of God as written by the Twelve of the.
14th of January 1847 was read by Dr. Richards.
Co[uncilo]r Reynolds Cahoon moved that the com-.
munication be received as the mind & will of God as it.
purports. Second by Isaac Morley.
Co[uncilo]r A Eldrige approved it--Come to his un-.
derstanding.
Co[undlojr Morley--approved it.
Co[uncilo]r Cahoon--said it was the same voice as all.
other righteous come from.
Co[uncilo]r Farr--Said it reminded him of the first.
reading of the Book of Mormon, he was perfectly.
satisfied that it was from the Lord.
Co[uncilo]r Lott--perfectly satisfied--it give peace.
Co[uncilo]r D. Russel--feels as he did the first M[ormon].
sermon he ever head says that it is true & glories in them.
& means to stand & sustain all these things.
Co[uncilo]r Chase is perfectly satisfied.
President Harris was so well satisfied that he wanted to.
say Amen at once.
Co[uncilo]r Grover--felt that it was the voice of the spirit.
has the same confidence as he has in every thing we have.
called revelation.
Vote found to be unanimous.
Horrace S. Eldrige. . . says he felt to receive it as the.
word & will of the Lord & that it would prove our.
salvation if carried out. Hosea Stout the Clerk says if.
there is any thing in Mormonism that is the voice of the.
Lord to this people & means to live up to it.
Alter much conversation & the second reading of the.
word & will the council adjourned.
During the rest of the month of January 1847, the revelation was presented to members of the church in Nebraska and Iowa, where it was approved unanimously.
Publication Note. Section 136 was first published in the Millennial Star (1 May 1852) and was included as section 136 in the 1876 edition of the Doctrine and Covenants.
[source: Cook, Lyndon, Revelations of the Prophet Joseph Smith: A Historical and Biographical Commentary of the Doctrine and Covenants, http://amzn.to/RevelationsofJosephSmith]
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