Chronology of the Restoration (Complied by Douglas Maughan Ed. D.)

The fingerprints of God on the parchment of history reveal a love story, fraught with enough faith, sacrifice and divine intervention, to ignite an everlasting flame of gratitude, and patriotism in the hearts of all who seek to understand the invisible hand of divine providence. (Douglas Maughan , CES Utah North Area Inservice June 26, 2002)  “I have always thought it helpful to the student to have an overview of the entire course to begin with. If he has an overview of the course or the subject, then the teacher can go back and fill in the details and a lot more will be taught. (Teach Ye Diligently, Boyd K. Packer, {Salt Lake City: Deseret Book Co., 1975, p.119).

Date (Josephs Age) Significant Event Location Source Reference

0-33AD Christ organized a church with a “foundation of the apostles and prophets”(Ephesians 2:20, Article of Faith 6; JST Eph. 2:18-19; Eph. 4:11-14

Martyrdom of the Apostles (The Great Apostasy, James Talmage; Foxe’s Book of Christian Martyrs)

33 AD JerusalemJudas committed suicide (Matt. 27:3-5)

54 AD Heliopolis in PhyrgiaPhilip was scourged thrown into prison and afterwards crucified

60 AD Nadabah EhtiopiaMatthew was slain with a Halberd (battle Axe)

?James the Less was beat and stoned by the Jews and had his brains dashed out with a fullers club

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? JerusalemMatthias (chosen to replace Judas) was stoned then beheaded

? EdessaAndrew (brother of Peter) was crucified

After 65 AD AlexandriaMark was dragged to pieces in the streets

64-65 AD RomePeter crucified upside down

Spring 65AD RomePaul was beheaded by order of Nero

72 AD EdessaThaddeus Crucified (Brother of James)

? IndiaMatthew was beaten and crucified by impatient idolaters

? Parthia and India

Thomas Called Didimus preached and excited the rage of pagan priests, he was thrust through with a spear.

? GreeceLukeHe is supposed to have been hanged on an olive tree by the idolatrous Priests.

74 AD BritainSimon Zelotes was Crucified-

73 ADBarnabas (we no details)

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John Still Alive - (see D&C 7) History tells us that the venerable Apostle John who wrote the Book of Revelation, was sentenced by the Emperor Domitian of the Roman Empire, to be scalded to death in a cauldron of boiling oil; that this cruel sentence was carried out as fully as it was in the power of men to execute it. The cauldron of oil was heated to boiling heat, and the great apostle was submerged in the scalding fluid, but through Divine interposition he was delivered like Daniel from the “lion’s den,” and Shadrach, Meshack and Abednego from the “fiery furnace,” by the power of that God, whom he served and obeyed; so that he suffered no harm and simply looked like he had been anointed. The cruel Emperor was so enraged at this wonderful deliverance, that he instantly sentenced the doomed Apostle to banishment on the Isle of Patmos. (Journal of Discourses, Vol. 20, pg. 205, Elder C.W.Stayner) 100-1820 ADEvidences of the Great Apostasy-

Rejection and Removal of Priesthood Keys The Bible Ends and Manuscripts CorruptedAbsence of Spiritual GiftsPrimitive Church Organization lostEvils of the Great and Abominable ChurchUnenlightened kingdoms of the earthRetrogression of Civilization and Science

175 AD ChinaHistory of Printing – Chinese are credited with first carving wooden blocks and using them to print symbols and images. (Keith J. Wilson; From Gutenberg to Grandin, p.271; From 33rd Annual Sperry Symposium- Prelude to the Restoration)

100-200 AD History of the Bible Ends and Manuscripts Corrupted- During this long period of confusion Christianity could only be taught from handwritten manuscripts, which had been translated and laboriously copied from other languages than those with which the translator was familiar. It is unreasonable to suppose that at a much later period these manuscripts could be collected together, again translated and written by hand into our own language without error, or deviation from the original. Anthony W. Ivins, Relationship of "Mormonism" and Freemasonry, p.641 Nephi 13:24-

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27;Ehartman Misquoting Jesus, Margret Barker- We have seen this pattern of uninspired purge before in the time of Josiah…; see also 1 Ne.13:24-28; D&C 42:56)

150-300 ADBaptism for the Dead Practiced than discontinued-Whatever its source, the ancient church received it gladly, as it did another Jewish text attributed to Jeremiah and quoted by Justin and (no less than five times) by Irenaeus: "The Lord God hath remembered his dead among those of Israel who have been laid in the place of burial, and has gone down to announce to them the tidings of his salvation." Justin, Dialogue with Trypho 4, 6, in PG 6:645; Irenaeus, Against Heresies III, 20, 4, in PG 7:945; IV, 22, in PG 7:1046; IV, 33, 1, in PG 7:1208; it is also cited by Jerome, Commentarius in Evangelium Mattheum (Commentary on Matthew) 4, 27, in PL 26: 213.The Christians angrily accused the Jews of having expunged this passage from their scripture in order to damage the Christian cause, from which it would appear that the doctrine of salvation for the dead was a major issue in those early times, and a most precious possession of the church. Justin, Dialogue with Trypho 4, 6, in PC 6:645; cf. Jerome, Commentary on Matthew 4, 27, in PL 26:213.

150 ADHistory of Astronomy – Ptolemy- The earth is the center of the universe, and the sun and moon revolve around it. Such was the authoritative pronouncement of Ptolemy about 150 AD. His declaration was universally accepted. But there was one major problem: he was wrong absolutely wrong. Nonetheless, this theory of an earth centered universe flourished for fourteen hundred years as “gospel truth”. The Inevitable Apostasy and Promised Restoration, Tad Callister, 1, note p.404-05. Pope Paul V declared, “That the earth moves daily is absurd, philosophically false and theologically at least erroneous in faith. J. Rueben Clark added, “this decree of Paul V was confirmed by Pope Urban VIII (1623-1644)” On the Way to Immortality and Eternal Life, 337). Even Martin Luther a opposed Copernicus and supported the Catholic viewpoint: “people give ear to an upstart astrologer who strove to show the earth revolves, not the heavens of firmament, the sun and the moon… This fool wishes to reverse the entire scheme of astrology; but sacred scripture tells us that Joshua commanded the sun to stand still not the earth” (Manchester, a world lit only by fire, 117)

June , 325 AD History of Christianity - Council of Nicaea

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Emperor Constantine called the Nicaea Council, held way back in 325 A.D. when 318 bishops spent four weeks in discussion and debate over the divinity and personality of Jesus Christ and God. Think of that! Their minds were confused and corrupted or else they would have followed the simple teachings of the scriptures and there would have been no need of their spending four weeks in debate to decide that question. The Creed of Nicaea, the "incomprehensible mystery" of which its originators seemed so proud precisely because it could not be understood, substituted for the personal God of love and for Jesus of the New Testament an immaterial abstraction.

The Roman emperor Constantine convened the Council of Nicaea to address—among other things—the growing issue of God’s alleged “trinity in unity.” What emerged from the heated contentions of churchmen, philosophers, and ecclesiastical dignitaries came to be known (after another 125 years and three more major councils) as the Nicene Creed, with later reformulations such as the Athanasius Creed. These various evolutions and iterations of creeds—and others to come over the centuries—declared the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost to be abstract, absolute, transcendent, immanent, consubstantial, coeternal, and unknowable, without body, parts, or passions and dwelling outside space and time. In such creeds all three members are separate persons, but they are a single being, the oft-noted “mystery of the trinity.” They are three distinct persons, yet not three Gods but one. All three persons are incomprehensible, yet it is one God who is incomprehensible.

We agree with our critics on at least that point—that such a formulation for divinity is truly incomprehensible. With such a confusing definition of God being imposed upon the church, little wonder that a fourth-century monk cried out, “Woe is me! They have taken my God away from me, … and I know not whom to adore or to address.” (Jeffery R. Holland Oct. 2007; Quoted in Owen Chadwick, Western Asceticism (1958), 235)

400-800 ADHistory of Dark ages – Retrocession of Civilization It is a well known historical fact that from about 400 to 800 A. D., a period known as the Dark Ages…there was a retrocession in the civilization of the Old World. Schools became almost extinct, war was continuous, literature was forgotten, priceless records were willfully destroyed, a chaotic condition pervaded the civilized world. Both the church and state were drunk with debauchery, licentiousness and unbridled ambition. During these centuries of confusion many different religious organizations, each professing to be the Church of Christ, had their origin. This confused condition continued until the period of the Renaissance, or Rebirth of Europe, under Henry I of Saxony, first of the Saxon kings. Anthony W. Ivins, Relationship of

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"Mormonism" and Freemasonry, p.64

400 ADRetrogression of Civilization-European sewage and sanitation regressed back to primitivism during this era. Human waste products were often thrown out the window and into the street or simply dumped in local rivers. (By contrast, ancient Rome had been significantly more advanced: “major cities of the Empire installed drainage systems to which latrines were connected”—and the “wealthy enjoyed such luxuries as indoor plumbing . . . even the indigent had access to public baths.”) With the streets strewn with garbage and running with urine and feces—and with the same horrifying conditions permeating the rivers and streams from which drinking water was drawn—vermin and germs multiplied, and disease of every kind, untreatable by the primitive medical knowledge of the day, proliferated. A Florentine writer of the era referred to it simply as “the exterminating of humanity.” Finally, the early Middle Ages witnessed a stupefying decline in levels of education and literacy from the Roman period. In the endemic warfare of the period, human beings lost the skill of writing and, largely, of reading. “In the time of Augustine’s youth [4th century AD] . . . even a Christian got a reasonably good classical education. A few generations later, literacy was a rarity even among the ruling classes.” (William Berenstien, Birth of Plenty)

800 – 1500 ADEvidence of Apostasy-Charlemagne maintained that even the clergy knew insufficient Latin to understand the Bible or to properly conduct Church services. The Tragedy of Theology: How Religion Caused and Extended the Dark Ages A Critique of Rodney Stark’s The Victory of Reason Andrew Bernstein."Beyond the city walls, lawlessness reigned absolute. . . Highwaymen plied their trade . . . with near impunity.  Soldiers, when not engaged in Crusades, dynastic feuds, or papal ambitions, periodically swelled the ranks of highwaymen.  Only walls provided a town with effective protection against its lawless environs.  Since walls were expensive, town life crammed itself into as little space as possible.  The streets, nothing more than narrow, open sewers, teemed with townspeople and disease; the first demographers documented death rates from infectious diseases that were twice as high inside the walls as they were outside."Most people lived in tiny villages and worked small adjacent fields. 

Not until 1500 did farmers clear the wolf-infested forests.  Everyone, from toddlers to the aged, performed backbreaking field work, usually unaided by the plow.  Until A.D. 900, it was the rare peasant who could afford to

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harness horses and oxen with collars for fieldwork. "The squalor of medieval dwellings was unimaginable.  According to the greatest of all Renaissance humanists, Erasmus of Rotterdam, 'Almost all the floors are of clay and rushes from the marshes, so carelessly renewed that the foundation sometimes remains for twenty years, harboring, there below, spittle and vomit and wine of dogs and men, beer . . . remnants of fishes, and other filth unnamable.  Hence, with the change of weather, a vapor exhales which in my judgment is far from wholesome.' "Families slept together in one foul bed, and chimneys were almost unknown.  Soot covered the walls of all but the newest huts.  Lack of proper exhaust resulted in house fires that brought roaring death to large numbers of villagers, particularly women, who, clad in highly flammable dresses, tended wood-fired pits and stoves. "The past few paragraphs describe the circumstances of peasants who were relatively well-off.  The less fortunate had little or no shelter at all.  In the subsistence-level premodern society, famine and pestilence knocked constantly at the door.  During times of extreme famine, cannibalism was not unknown; travelers were occasionally killed for their flesh, and there were even reports of gallows being attacked for sustenance. "Pestilence regularly engulfed the continent.  The most famous episode occurred in 1347 . . . Within a few decades it [bubonic plague] had killed nearly one in three Europeans. (William Berenstien, Birth of Plenty)

The Reformation and Age of Discovery: A Candle lit in Darkness (No Modern light)…Prelude to the Restoration-Eph. 1:9-10; D&C 5:10; Dan. 2:44;Moses 7:58-62;1 Ne. 13:10, 13, 15-16, 17, 18-20;1 Ne. 13:35-40; 1 Ne.14:25-26; D&C 107:56; Ether 3:25-26; Joel 2:28-29; Isa. 2:1-2; Isa. 29; Isa. 49:1; Dan 7 Ezekiel 37:15-17; Gen. 49:26

1225-1274 Naples ItalyReformation - Thomas Aquians The supreme theologian of Catholicism, was born near Naples in 1225 to a noble family, he was enrolled in the Benedictine monastery of Monte Cassino at the tender age of five, and at seventeen became a Dominican novice. Soon after this he was kidnapped and detained for nearly two years by his own brothers. At the instigation of his mother, they tried to turn him away from his vocation, and even tempted him with a woman. He drove her from his room with a brand snatched from the fire. After more than a year and a half of captivity, it became apparent that he would not relent, and he was released back to the Dominicans. After studies in Naples and Paris he was appointed as a master at the University of Paris in 1257. His period

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of writing was a brief sixteen years, but extraordinarily productive. On December 6 1273, while celebrating mass in the chapel of St Nicholas in Naples, he had a heavenly revelation: “I can do no more. Such things have been revealed to me that all that I have written seems to me as so much straw.” From that day he wrote no more. He died shortly afterwards, on March 7, 1274, at the age of 49.(consider also Galileo, Jon of Arc, see Eph. 1:9-10; D&C 5:9-10)

1316-1334 Roman EmpireHistory of Christianity – Apostasy The Sale of Indulgences under John XXII"Bishops and cardinals amassed fabulous fortunes from the sale of tithes and indulgences. . . . John XXII, who wore the papal tiara from 1316 to 1334, exhibited a legendary appetite for gold cloth and fur.  [that's right - cloth made of gold!]  Noble families purchased appointments to the priesthood for small children, and twenty-year-old archbishops were not unknown.  Of 624 papal dispensations of legitimacy granted in 1342-43, 484 went to the offspring of clergy.  In parts of sixteenth-century England, the clergy were indicted for almost a quarter of all sex crimes, more than ten times their proportion of the population. (William Berenstien, The Birth of Plenty p. 33-34)

1329-84 EnglandReformation Bible History - John Wycliffe English reformer who opposed the Catholic Church and the doctrine of transubstantiation; Felt that priests were not needed to mediate with God for people. Through the influence of the Holy Ghost, an interest in learning began to grow in the hearts of people. This Renaissance or “rebirth” spread throughout Europe. In the late 1300s, a priest named John Wycliffe initiated a translation of the Bible from Latin into English. Because English was then an emerging, unrefined language, church leaders deemed it unsuitable to convey God’s word. Some leaders were certain that if people could read and interpret the Bible for themselves, its doctrine would be corrupted; others feared that people with independent access to the scriptures would not need the church and would cease to support it financially. Consequently, Wycliffe was denounced as a heretic and treated accordingly. After he died and was buried, his bones were dug up and burned. But God’s work could not be stopped.

“To Lutterworth they come, Sumner, Commissarie, Official, Chancellour, Proctors, Doctors, and the Servants … take, what was left, out of the grave, and burnt them to ashes, and cast them into Swift a Neighbouring Brook

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running hard by. Thus this Brook hath conveyed his ashes into Avon; Avon into Severn; Severn into the narrow Seas; they, into the main Ocean. And thus the Ashes of Wickliff are the Emblem of his Doctrine, which now, is dispersed all the World over.”

In 1382, a synod of Bishops met at Blackfriars in London to discuss Wycliffe’s literary achievements. It was theater and not very good theater at that. Their minds were made up before the meeting began. Wycliffe’s translation

was declared heretical… To make sure the skull and bones were burned to

ashes, the executioner broke them up with a mattock. At last the ashes were carefully swept into a barrow and taken to the little bridge and cast into the Swift, a tributary of the Avon.

The vexation was deep. And old The Catholic Church understood exactly what Wycliffe’s presence meant, that there was something insidious and unstoppable about this trouble making little man. (David Teems, Majestie: The King behind the King James Bible, P.220-222)(Robert D. Hales, “Preparations for the Restoration and the Second Coming: ‘My Hand Shall Be over Thee’,” Liahona, Nov 2005, 88–92)

Vernacular Bible Some paid whatever they could for the scriptures in English, “to taste the sweetness of God’s Holy Word…Some paid more, some paid less: some gave a load of hay for few chapters of St. Paul or St. James. Thousands (perhaps tens of Thousands) read of went into secret readings of them…(Wide as the Waters, The Story of the English Bible and the Revolution it Inspired; Benson Bobrick. P.73)

1347-1350 Western EuropeEvidence of Dark ages - The Bubonic Plague-The bubonic plague—the infamous “Black Death”—spread by the fleas that infest rats, ravaged Western Europe, obliterating roughly 20 million people, fully one-third of the human population. Norman Cantor, the leading contemporary historian of the Middle Ages, states: “The Black Death of 1348–49 was the greatest biomedical disaster in European and possibly in world history.” “Darkness shall cover the earth and gross darkness the people” (Isa. 60:2). For centuries, disease was rampant and poverty reigned. The Black Death killed some 50 million people during the 14th century. Was not this a season of terrible peril? I wonder how humanity survived. But somehow, in that long season of darkness, a candle was lighted. The age of

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Renaissance brought with it a flowering of learning, art, and science. There came a movement of bold and courageous men and women who looked heavenward in acknowledgment of God and His divine Son. We speak of it as the Reformation. President Gordon B. Hinckley, The Dawning of a Brighter Day, Ensign (CR), May 2004, p.81

1374-1415Reformation - Jan Hus He was a Martyr for the cause of reformation and Czech Nationalism. Stressed the role of scripture as authoritative for doctrine; defended the clergy but taught that only God can forgive sin. He condemned the corruptness of the clergy and the sale of indulgences.

1412Renaissance - Joan of Arc FranceIt was around 1424, when she was 12, that Joan said she began to have visions.( Personal Epiphanies; James E. Faust fireside address was given at Brigham Young University on 7 January 1996).

1450 Mainz, GermanyRenaissance -Moveable TypeJohannes Gutenberg invented the printing press and independently developed a movable type system in Europe, along with innovations in casting the type based on a matrix and hand mould. The more limited number of characters needed for European languages were an important factor. Gutenberg was the first to create his type pieces from an alloy of lead, tin, and antimony—the same components still used today.( Encyclopaedia Britannica, November 27, 2006).

1456 Mainz, GermanyRenaissance - Gutenberg Bible A Latin Bible produced at Mainz, Germany. First book produced in Moveable metal Type. First bible that could be mass produced. Within just Fifty years of his first press, over twelve Million books had been printed in more than one thousands print shops. Five years after his invention , he was forced into bankruptcy. He died in relative obscurity about ten years later. (From Gutenburg to Grandin, Keith Wilson; Prelude to the Restoration, p.269-285)

1483-1546 Wittenberg, GermanyReformation - Martin Luther Posted 95 thesis on the door at Wittenberg; Wrote out spoke out against the

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Papacy for the sale of indulgences and the churches material preoccupations. He translated the New Testament form Greek into German so that the Bible might be read by the common people. Spoke against Holy Relics and worshipping saints. When Luther was ordered to give up his work, he boldly declared: “Unless I be refuted by Scriptural testimonies, or by clear arguments—for I believe neither the Pope nor the councils alone, since it is clear that they have often erred and contradicted one another—I am convinced by the passages of Scripture, which I have cited, and my conscience is bound in the word of God. I cannot and will not recant anything; since it is insecure and dangerous to act against conscience.”

In fact, my son recently discovered that one of our family lines connects back to Martin Luther himself. (Dieter F. Uchtdorf, Ensign May 2008)

1481-1808History of Christianity - Martyrdom of Rank and file Christians (1 Ne. 13:4-7)1481-1808 340,0000 Tortured32,000 Burned at the stakeNations captive to false doctrine and priestcrafts…(The Hand of Providence E. Ward p.121; Foxes Book of Christian Martyr’s)

1484-1531Switzerland

Reformation - Huldreich Zwingli Swiss reformer; Died in battle against the Catholics; He rejected much of Catholicism and Lutheranism; He believed that Christ was spiritually present at the Eucharist and that the secular ruler had a right to act in church matters.

1492-1536England

Reformation - William Tyndale He was the first to complete a translation of the Bible in English. It’s his words we read in James 1:5. He became very active in the promulgation of his ideas and the sale of his publications. The Church forbade the publication of the scriptures, declaring both the writings and doctrines taught by Tyndale to be heretic. His reply was: "I defy the Pope and all his laws," and declared that if God would spare his life he would make the plow-boy to know more of the scriptures than the Pope himself knew.

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1492 Spain & the Americas Renaissance age of discovery - Christopher ColumbusThe spirit of God came down and wrought upon the man 1 Nephi 13; “The Lord was well disposed to my desire, and he bestowed upon me courage and understanding. Knowledge of… the Lord unlocked my mind, sent me upon the sea, and gave me fire for the deed. Those who heard of my enterprise called it foolish, mocked me and laughed. But who can doubt but that the Holy Ghost inspired me”? (Boston: Little, Brown, and Co., 1930, pp.19-20;1 Ne.13) God will cause thy name to be wonderfully resounded throughout the earth; and will give thee the keys to the ocean which are held with strong chains. (The Hand of Providence, J.H. Ward 1883, p.80)

1522Rome

History of Christianity - Commentary Pope Adrian VI to the Diet of Nuremburg“At every level of church life…there were signs of grave disorganization and decay.”…every thing could be obtained for money…however hurtful it might be to the general welfare of the Church”.(Wide as the Waters, The Story of the English Bible and the Revolution it Inspired; Benson Bobrick. P.31)

Francesco Petrarch (a devout Catholic)Rome

Described the Papal court as, “ a receptacle of all that is most wicked and abomnible. What I tell you is not from hearsay, but from my own knowledge and experience. In this city there is no piety, no reverance or fear of God, no faith, no charity, nothing that is holy, just, equitable, or humane.”(1 Nephi 13:4 – 9; Wide as the Waters, The Story of the English Bible and the Revolution it Inspired; Benson Bobrick. P.34)

 1543Renaissance Astronomy - Nicolaus Copernicus (German: Nikolaus Kopernikus; in his youth, Niclas Koppernigk; Polish: Mikołaj Kopernik; Italian: Nicolò Copernico; 19 February 1473 – 24 May 1543) was a Renaissance astronomer and the first to formulate a comprehensive heliocentric cosmology, which displaced the Earth from the center of the universe.

1509-64 GenevaReformation - John Calvin Genevan reformer devoted much of his energy to settling differences with

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Protestantism; Claimed that even before the Creation God chose some of his creations for salvation and others for destruction.

1560Switzerland

The Publication of the Geneva BibleThe Geneva Bible was the Bible of the Puritans and the Pilgrims, who fled to the religious freedom of the New World in the early 17th century. The first edition of the Geneva Bible was published in 1560 in Geneva, Switzerland, after many of the English reformationists fled there because public reading of the Bible had been prohibited in England. Although never officially adopted in England, for three generations the Geneva Bible was the most popular of all English versions, 140 editions being published between 1560 and 1640. This version was read by Shakespeare and Bunyan and was of cardinal importance for its influence on the English language, literature, and thought.

1505-72 ScotlandReformation - John Knox Helped awaken Scotland to Lutheranism; studied under Calvin; attacked the Papacy ; the Mass and the Catholic Idolatry; consolidated the Scotts reformation with his writings.

1607 Founding of Jamestown (The Light and the Glory)

1611 King James Version of the Bible

1620 Age of Discovery - Pilgrims land at Plymouth Rock The Lord was writing the story of the restoration and the birth of this nation long before the ink was dry on the parchment of the Mayflower compact. Hidden among those signatures were men and women whose foreordained descendant’s would fulfill the prophecies of the ancients, revolutionize religious and political thought, and change the course of history forever. God had his eyes upon these families from before the foundations of the earth. One of Gordon B. Hinckley’s ancestors Stephen Hopkins sailed on the Mayflower in 1620, he was the forth signature on the Mayflower compact. (Note:Thomas Hinckley progenitor of President Hinckley became governor of

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Plymouth colony)

Seven of Joseph Smiths progenitors sailed with the Pilgrims on the Mayflower; three of the seven signed the Mayflower Compact which contained the words “in the Name of God”. This would prove the beginning of American Religious Democracy. The Saints had arrived at the Peninsula of Living Waters. The first Hinckley to arrive in America was Samuel Hinckley, in 1635, fifteen years after the Mayflowers landing at Plymouth bay. Samuel’s son Thomas would become the Governor of the Plymouth Colony from 1681-1692. He was considered “a man of more than ordinary ability and influence” (see Governors of New Plymouth, p.202; 1 Ne. 13).

1620Age of Discovery - John HowlandDuring their Atlantic voyage John, fifth great grandfather of the Prophet Joseph, narrowly escaped drowning at sea. During a violent storm, the Mayflower was pitching and rolling with the waves, young John was walking above the gratings on deck, and his youthful body was hurled into the briny sea. “But it pleased God wrote the ‘Pilgrim Chronicler’ “that he caught hold of the top sail Hilliard’s which hung overboard”. Holding with a vice like grip to the rope, he was plunged into the water. In the fury of the storm he hung on until some of his friends managed to rescue him by pulling him back into the boat. For days he suffered after this harrowing experience. The ships finally arrived in Cape Cod on a Saturday. However the did not disembark until Monday so they could worship God on Sunday. Him whom they had come to trust and serve. As a youth John Howland was a servant of John Carver first governor of Plymouth colony. John Howland died at Plymouth in February 1673, in his words he described why he had come to America: “to keep a good conscience, and to walk in such a way as God has prescribed in His words is the thing to which I prefer to life itself.(Walter C. Erdman, Sources of Power in Famous lives, (Nashville Cokesbury Press, 1937)

1630 Founding of Boston

1631Evidence of Errors in Biblical Translations-The Wicked Bible, sometimes called The Adulterous Bible or The Sinners' Bible, is a term referring to the Bible published in 1631 by Robert Barker and Martin Lucas, the royal printers in London, which was meant to be a reprint of the King James Bible. The name is derived from the compositors' mistake: in the Ten Commandments (Exodus  20:14) the word not in the sentence "Thou shalt not commit adultery" was omitted, thus changing the sentence into "Thou shalt commit adultery". This blunder was spread in a number of copies. About a year later, the

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publishers of the Wicked Bible were fined £300 (roughly equivalent to 33,800 pounds today) and were deprived of their printer's license.

1632 Egerton, England Seekers - John Lathrup He was arrested fettered and confined to the Newgate prison in Egerton England Reverend Lathrup was a minister in the town of Egerton in the early 17th century. When he could no longer assent to what was taught by the church of England he became the leader to a large group of “Seekers”. So called because they were seeking for the a religion which taught the faith of the ancients with apostles, prophets the Holy Ghost and a fulness of the truths found in the scriptures. The seekers who followed Lathrup were called Independents. For eight years they met in London until the persecution got so bad they could no longer meet publicly. When the hiding place of the Independents was discovered by the Bishop of London. During the beginning of the evening service of rev. Lathrup the officers of the state church of London rushed in and arrested Rev. Lathrup and 42 members of the Independent faith. They were fettered and taken to the old Clink Prison in Newgate. Two years later all were released except Rev. Lathrup. While he languished in the filthy old prison his wife succumbed to a terminal sickness. He was allowed to see her before her death and provide tender comfort as she passed away. After his wife’s internment he returned to the loathsome confinement of the Clink Prison. His children were now left without a father or mother, orphaned, wretched and starving, and uncared for by the community, perhaps because of the threat of state reprisal When their destitute circumstances were made known to the Bishop of London, he had sympathy on John and released him.Rev. Lathrup fled with his children to America where he could worship God according to the dictates of his own conscience. In New England he became widely known as the “Beloved Pastor”. (Archibald F. Bennett, Lathrup genealogy, The Utah Genealogical and Historical Magazine, Salt Lake City Utah: The Utah genealogical Society. April 1929 p. 49-51)

1633 ItalyEvidence of Apostasy – Suppression of TruthIn 1633 Galileo was formally interrogated for 18 days and on April 30 Galileo confesses that he may have made the Copernican case in the Dialogue too strong and offers to refute it in his next book. Unmoved, the Pope decides that Galileo should be imprisoned indefinitely. Soon after, with a formal threat of torture, Galileo is examined by the Inquisition and sentenced to prison and religious penances, the sentence is signed by 6 of the 10

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inquisitors. In a formal ceremony at a the church of Santa Maria Sofia Minerva, Galileo abjures his errors. He is then put in house arrest in Sienna. After these tribulations he begins writing his Discourse on Two New Sciences. Galileo remained under house arrest, despite many medical problems and a deteriorating state of health, until his death in 1642. The Church finally accepted that Galileo might be right in 1983.

1638Massachusetts

Joseph Smith’s AncestorsRobert Smith Joseph Smith’s first paternal ancestor to leave England for America arrived in Massachusetts (JS-R,p.15)

1639Seekers waiting for New Apostles-In the tumultuous years of the first settlements in this nation, Roger Williams, my volatile and determined 10th great-grandfather, fled—not entirely of his own volition—from the Massachusetts Bay Colony and settled in what is now the state of Rhode Island. He called his headquarters Providence, the very name itself revealing his lifelong quest for divine interventions and heavenly manifestations. But he never found what he felt was the true New Testament church of earlier times. Of this disappointed seeker the legendary Cotton Mather said, “Mr. Williams [finally] told [his followers] ‘that being himself misled, he had [misled them,’ and] he was now satisfied that there was none upon earth that could administer baptism [or any of the ordinances of the gospel], … [so] he advised them therefore to forego all … and wait for the coming of new apostles.” 8 Roger Williams did not live to see those longed-for new Apostles raised up, but in a future time I hope to be able to tell him personally that his posterity did live to see such.( Magnalia Christi Americana (1853), 2:498; Jeffery R. Holland Oct. 2004)

1669Joseph Smith’s AncestorsJohn Mack Joseph Smith’s first maternal ancestor to leave England for America arrived in Massachusetts.

1681-1692 Plymouth Colony

Governor of Plymouth Colony is Thomas Hinckley (Ancestor of Gordon B. Hinckley Who married Ruth Merrick great grand

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daughter of Stephen Hopkins who sailed on the Mayflower in 1620 at age 35 he was the fourteenth signer of the Mayflower compact)

1686 EnglandPolitical History - King James II revokes the Massachusetts Bay Colony’s Charter and installs Sir Edmunds Andros as Governor.

1689 Boston

Political History - Bostonians force Gov. Andros to resign

1734 First Awakening

1756-1763 AmericaSeven Years War (French and Indian War) Drains the British

Treasury

1761 BostonColonial Protests James Otis argues against the writs of assistance in a court trial at the Old State House.

1763 Boston

Faneuil HallDedicated to the “Cause of Liberty” by Otis

1765 American Colonies Stamp Act passedThe Stamp Act of 1765 (short title Duties in American Colonies Act 1765; 5 George III, c. 12) was the fourth Stamp Act to be passed by the Parliament of Great Britain and required all legal documents, permits, commercial contracts, newspapers wills, pamphlets, and playing cards in the American colonies to carry a tax stamp. The Act was enacted in order to defray the cost of maintaining the military presence protecting the colonies. Britain also needed money to repay the suppliers from the War, which had been very costly, even though Great Britain had been victorious in 1763 (see Treaty of Paris (1763)). Riots occur in Boston and other cities. An effigy of the stamp agent, Andrew Oliver, was hanged and then burned. His home

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was broken into, and his office, along with the stamps, was burned. The mob even went on to vandalize the home of Lieutenant Governor Thomas Hutchinson, destroying records and forcing him and his family to seek refuge at Fort William. (The elm tree used to hang Oliver's effigy later became known as the "Liberty Tree" (Wikipedia) The Stamp Act was Parliament's first serious attempt to assert governmental authority over the colonies. Great Britain was faced with a massive national debt following the Seven Years War. That debt had grown from £72,289,673 in 1755 to £129,586,789 in 1764*

1766 American Colonies Stamp Act RepealedGreat celebrations

1767 American Colonies Townsend Acts Passed

Taxes on glass, paint, oil, lead, paper, and tea were applied with the design of raising £40,000 a year for the administration of the colonies. The result was the resurrection of colonial hostilities created by the Stamp Act. Reaction assumed revolutionary proportions in Boston, in the summer of 1768, when customs officials impounded a sloop owned by John Hancock, for violations of the trade regulations. Crowds mobbed the customs office, forcing the officials to retire to a British Warship in the Harbor. Troops from England and Nova Scotia marched in to occupy Boston on October 1, 1768. Bostonians offered no resistance. Rather they changed their tactics. They established non-importation agreements that quickly spread throughout the colonies. British trade soon dried up and the powerful merchants of Britain once again interceded on behalf of the colonies non importation boycott begins

June 10, 1768 Boston

John Hancock’s ship Liberty is seized in a disagreement over payment of customs duties-Violent Protests against unpopular British taxes. Oct. 1 The British arrive in Boston to maintain order.

1770 Boston

Boston Massacre Royal troops fired on a belligerent crowd

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1772 American ColoniesCommittees of Correspondence This was formed to oppose “despotism” of Gov. Hutchinson in a dispute over his salary.

December 16(Thursday), 1773 BostonTea Act &Boston Tea Party - Master Rotche’s Ship Dartmouth Gould not get a permit from governor Hutchinson to return to England with his cargo of tea. The Committee of Correspondence met with him and Samuel Adams concluded “This meeting can do no more to save this country”. (Old South Mtg. House) 40 or 50 Disguised as Indians repaired to Griffen’s Warf and in and orderly fashion deposited the tea in the Harbor.

1774 EnglandIntolerable ActsThey were passed to punish Boston for the destroyed tea, closed the towns port and abolished all elected popular government. Gen. Thomas Gage appointed Gov. by King George III; Patriots practice military art and organize the Minute Men.

September, 1774 The First Continental Congress Meets in Philadelphia

April 19,1775 Lexington and ConcordThe American Revolution begins British Troops March to Concord to seize rebel supplies. Alarmed by Paul Revere and William Dawes (Robert Newman) The minute men stand on Lexington Green. After the Boston Tea Party, the confrontation on Lexington Green, on the morning after Paul Reveres famous midnight ride, the “shot heard round the world” unleashed in Lexington and Concord later that day sparked the American Revolution (RNH, Old Palmyra p. 32) Siege of Boston Begins

June 17, 1776 Breeds Hill The Battle of Bunker Hill Americans fortify Charlestown overlooking Boston from the North. The British suffer over 1054 casualties as they take the Americans fort. Dr.

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Joseph Warren and Salem Poor are killed Israel Putnam leads the engagement. (David McCollough, 1776)

July 2, 1776 Cambridge

Gen. George Washington arrives to take command of the Continental Army

July 8, 1776 Birth of Lucy Mack

January , 1776Common Sense was first published anonymously by Thomas PaineIt is regarded as the most influential piece of literature leading to the

American Revolution.Paine wrote that: “We have it in our power to begin the world over again.”

March 4-5, 1776 Boston

Americans fortify Dorchester HeightsThey build a prefabricated fort and raise it in one night using the Cannons taken be Gen. Know from Ft. Ticonderoga carried at great risk through storm over lake George. This gives them and overlook to Boston from the south. Severe weather prevents military engagements.

March 17, 1776 Boston

Evacuation DayThe British troops and government officials and loyalists sail out of Boston Harbor, never to return.

July 4, 1776 Declaration of Independence Signed and adopted in Philadelphia

August 29, 1776 N.Y.

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Battle of Long Island, Also Called The Battle of Brooklyn-

"It was like the parting of the seas," said David McCullough, the historian and familiar narrator of television epics, as we looked out on Brooklyn below and Manhattan in the distance.

He was recalling the retreat of Washington's army across the East River on Aug. 29, 1776, a daring escape from advancing British forces. The harbor was filled with a huge force of British ships, but a strong wind kept them anchored, unable to sail upstream to engage the Americans. The Americans gathered small boats for the river crossing, and a fog allowed this makeshift armada to leave Long Island safely. "It was a miracle," Mr. McCullough said. "If the wind had been blowing in a different direction that day, we'd all be sipping tea and singing 'God Save the Queen.' " In the morning when they could have been seen fog covered their retreat. Washington evacuated the entire army to Manhattan without the loss of materiel or a single life. (McCullough, 1776)

1777-1782Bible Published for Colonial Army Authorized by Congress-The first complete English Bible printed in America was published in 1782 by Robert Aitken. Up until the American Revolution, all Bibles in English had been imported to the Colonies from England. But during the Revolution, Bibles were not available because of the embargo on English imported goods. The printing of the New Testament started with preliminary copies in 1777 and the final copies printed in 1781. The addition of the Old Testament followed in 1782. Aitken's printing of the King James Version came to be called the "Bible of the Revolution" because it was small enough to fit into the coat pocket of the soldiers of the Continental Army. This Bible was the only one ever authorized by the United States Congress, part of whose resolution said: "they recommend this edition of the Bible to the inhabitants of the United States, and hereby authorize him [Mr. Aitken] to publish this recommendation in the manner he shall think proper."

October 19, 1781 Virginia Battle of Yorktown

French alliance at Chesapeake which was a draw… in the sea battle pushed Admiral grave to Return to New York would open the way to the miraculous end to the American Revolution.

1776-83 American Revolution

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May 18, 1783Martin Harris is born

1787 The Constitution of the United States(See D&C 101)

1791 The Bill of Rights

January 24, 1796 Joseph Smith Sr. Married Lucy Mack 1797 Second Awakening (1800 - 7% of American’s belong to an organized religion; The Prophet Joseph, Porter and Black p.23)

December 23 (Monday), 1805 Sharon, Vermont Birth of Joseph Smith- The Smith Family lived in seven locations between Joseph’s birth and the first vision, Sharon, Tunbridge and South Royalton Vermont; West Lebonon New Hampshire; Norwich Vermont; the village of Palmyra and Palmyra Township, New York)

March 24, 1810 4 Personal Life –Joseph’s brother, Ephraim, dies at the age of 11 days old (HofJS;p. 350)

Personal Life Humor- The boys enjoyed homemade sports such as playing ball, wrestling, and pulling sticks. One neighbor described Joseph as "a real clever, jovial boy"; another neighbor said that the Smiths were "the best family in the neighborhood in case of sickness," and said that Young Joe, as he called him, worked for him "and he was a good worker" (William H. and E. L. Kelley interviews, Saints' Herald [1881], 161–68, quoted in Richard L. Anderson, "A Corrected View of Joseph Smith's New York Reputation").

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1811 Lebanon New HampshireSmith family move Joseph Smith Sr. has a series of 7 inspired dreams (CHFT, p.22)

Personal Life Brigham Young- VermontBrigham Young, who was five years older than the Prophet, described how he was brought up: When I was young [he said], I was kept within very strict bounds, and was not allowed to walk more than half-an-hour on Sunday for exercise. [In fact, he said], the proper and necessary gambols of youth [were] denied me. . . . I had not a chance to dance when I was young, and never heard the enchanting tones of the violin, until I was eleven years of age; and then I thought I was on the high way to hell, if I suffered myself to linger and listen to it. . . . The Christian world of my youth considered it very wicked to listen to music and to dance. [Journal of Discourses, 2:94] 1812

WashingtonThe War of 1812 –Washington is Burned Including the White House; Martin Harris fights in 2 battles

1812-13 7 Personal Life-Seven year old Joseph suffered from complications of typhoid. He was operated on by Nathan Smith Dartmouth College (CHFT, p.23; HofJS p. 54)

1813 Personal Life- Joseph went to Salem Massachusetts to recover, he remained on crutches for three years (CHFT, p.23; HofJS p. 54)

1816 Vermont to Palmyra NY Personal Life-Smith’s moved from Norwich Vermont to Palmyra NY; Joseph walked 40 miles a day in snow with his bad leg because of Caleb Howard.

1817Joseph’s grandma, Lydia Mack, dies; age 83

1818 Palmyra

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Vision & Revelations of Martin Harris-Smith’s purchased a farm in Farmington township; Martin Harris has a Revelation he is told that he is to join no organized church, the true Church did not yet exist he would fulfill the prophecy of Isaiah 29 ( Joel Tiffany Interview)

Personal Life - Peddler of Palmyra-In Palmyra, before they moved to the farm, Joseph’s father opened a cake and root beer shop and sold gingerbread, pies, boiled eggs, and other items, sometimes peddling them from door to door in a homemade handcart. Joseph probably assisted. Later he sold firewood, as well as such homemade products as chairs, baskets, birch brooms, and maple syrup. The Smiths peddled their cake and root beer at public occasions, including revivals and holiday celebrations. As he grew older, Joseph found opportunities for employment away from home, hoeing corn, digging wells, and removing rock. One neighbor who employed him said of Joseph: “His noble deportment, his faithfulness, and his kind address could not fail to win the esteem of those who had the pleasure of his acquaintance. In all his boyish sports and amusements, I never knew anyone to gain advantage over him, and yet he was always kind and kept the good will of others.” (James B. Allen, New Era Jan. 1971)

1819 Palmyra Revivals intensified in Palmyra vicinity

1819 Visions & Revelations of Joseph Smith Sr.-Joseph Smith Sr. has his last visit from the messenger of his dreams and tells him he has one thing in his life that is still needful for Salvation (CHFT, p.22)

1820Seeker- Thomas JeffersonThomas Jefferson wrote a Letter to a friend about the need for

restoration…. “I hope that the genuine and simple religion of Jesus Christ may be restored, for it hath become so muffled up in mysteries that it is concealed from the vulgar eyes. (Ivan J. Barrett, Joseph Smith and the Restoration ,p.5)

Personal Life - World in Joseph’s Day Commentary William J. Berenstein: Beginning around 1820, the pace of economic advance picked up noticeably, making the world a better place to

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live in. What happened? An explosion in technological innovation the likes of which had never before been seen. The lot of the average individual, measured as real per capita GDP, did not change at all during the first millennium after the birth of Christ. Over the next 500 years, between A.D. 1000 and 1500, things did not get much better. Before 1820, there had been only minuscule progress from decade to decade and century to century. After 1820, the world steadily became a more prosperous place…[The] growth of the global economy took off, bringing prosperity despite the repeated devastation of war, civil strife, and revolution. (William J. Berenstein, The Birth of Plenty, pp 15, 18-19) We live in a period of history to which that misunderstood and much overused word, “awesome,” truly applies. This is the season of fulness and fulfillment. The world has been linked together as never before. Scientific understanding has reached ever greater heights and most of the technical inventions of mankind have occurred since 1820. Most of the per capita wealth of mankind has been generated since 1820, as have 85% of all the people that have ever lived. It is hard for a Latter-day Saint to think that this onrush of knowledge, invention, wealth, population, and political-economic integration since 1820 is but coincidental. What an exciting time to live, an age in which prophets and seers of ancient time wished to have lived! (see Isa. 29:13-14)Note from the Hebrew-Joseph…)

The First Visitation –JSH

1820 Palmyra, N.Y.Visions and Revelations- John Alger AccountSpring Joseph’s Theophony with the Father and the Son Manchester

Township, OntarioCounty, New York. [February 2, 1893] Brother John Alger said while speaking

of the Prophet Joseph Smith, that when he, John, was a small boy he heard the Prophet

Joseph relate his vision of seeing the Father and the Son, [and] that God touched his eyes

with his finger and said "Joseph, this is my Beloved Son, hear Him." As soon as the Lord had

touched his eyes with his finger he immediately saw the Savior. After meeting, a few of us

questioned him about the matter and he told us at the bottom of the meeting house steps

that he was in the house of Father Smith in Kirtland when Joseph made this declaration,

and that Joseph while speaking of it put his finger to his right eye, suiting the action with the

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words so as to illustrate and at the same time impress the occurrence on the minds of

those unto whom he was speaking. We enjoyed the conversation very much, as it was something

that we had never seen in church history or heard of before. Heard Joseph testify of the

First Vision, saying God the Father appeared first and touched his eye, enabling him to

see the Son. (A. Karl Larson and Katharine Miles Larson, Diary of Charles Lowell Walker, 2

vols. Logan, Utah: Utah State University Press, 1980, 2:540; Doctrine and Covenants130:22)

Bruce R. McConkie Commentary:Now and then in a peaceful grove, apart from the gaze of men, heaven and earth share a moment of intimacy, and neither are ever the same. Such a moment occurred on that beautiful clear morning, in the spring of 1820 in a grove of trees near Palmyra New York. Man asked and God answered. Joseph Smith saw the Father and the Son. (Bruce R. McConkie, En. Nov. 1975, p.18)

1820 14Joseph’s grandfather, Solomon Mack, (Aug 23)dies; age 87

1821-1828Preparatory Period Summary-These eight years may be termed the preparatory period preceding the restoration of the Priesthood and the organization of the Church of Christ on the earth. The angel Moroni appeared to the Prophet Joseph Smith, jr., several times and finally delivered to him the plates of the Book of Mormon. The translation of the sacred records was begun, and Joseph commenced to receive revelations. (Andrew Jenson, Church Chronology Deseret News, 1914)

September 21-22, 1823 17Palmyra, N.Y.

Visions & Revelations-Moroni Appears Joseph Smith History September 21, 1823 (Sunday)he appears to Joseph Smith in his room and in the fields and at the hill Cumorah. (JSH 1:27-54; D&C 2- Promise of Elijah)

Nov. 19 17 Alvin Smith died at 25 of gangrene of the intestines (HofJS p. 86-89)

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1824 Martin Harris Built a new farm house and hired the Smith’s to hoe corn at .50 cents a daySept. 22 Moroni Tutors Joseph

1825 Martin Harris hires Joseph Sr. and Hyrum to dig a well he learns of Joseph’s First VisionSept.22 Moroni Tutors JosephOct. Joseph Worked for Josiah Stowell, Boards with the

Issac Hale in Harmony and met Emma Smith. Joseph is accused of using magic and being a money digger.

Dec. 23 Personal Life - Current world events:On December 23, 1825, a handsome, six-foot, young American, with blue eyes and light brown hair, celebrated his twentieth birthday. His name was Joseph Smith, Jr. For a young man of twenty, it was a fascinating time to be alive. In the United States, General Andrew Jackson, whom Joseph later admired as one of America’s greatest leaders, lost his first bid for the presidency. The Erie Canal was opened, ready to become the most important economic development in America since the invention of the cotton gin. In South America, the last republics to win separation from Spain were celebrating their first year of independence. In Russia, Nicholas I became czar, and in Japan, the government, alarmed at the unwanted influence of outsiders, was trying to expel nearly all foreigners.(James B. Allen, New Era Jan. 19710

1826 Mar.20th; Joseph is tried and acquitted on the fanciful charge of being a “disorderly person” , South Bainbridge, Chenango County, New York. The law defined a disorderly person as a vagrant, or a

seeker of “lost goods”. The prophet had been accused of both; the first charge was false and was made simply to cause trouble; Joseph’s use of the Seer Stone to see things others could not see with the naked eye

brought the second charge. Josiah Stowell, Joseph’s employer, testified that Joseph could be trusted. (Its believed that

Joseph found a seer stone digging a well for Willard Chase)

Sept. 22 Moroni Tutors Joseph

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1827 Marriage - Gold Plates

Jan. 18 21 Marriage of Joseph and Emma Hale South Bainbridge, NY

Sept.27 21 Joseph entrusted with the Golden Plates (HofJS p. 102-3)

Dec. Joseph Moves to Harmony Pennsylvania1828 Isaiah Fulfilled-Harmony Penn.

Feb. Martin Harris visited Charles Anthon in New York City

12 April Joseph Smith commences translation of the Book of Mormon with Martin Harris as his scribe, Harmony Sequehanna County, Pennsylvannia (Story of Martin making it dark as Egypt)

Feb.-June 116 pages translated and Lost Manuscript

14 June Martin Harris leaves Harmony with 116 pages (the Book of Lehi) Pages are stolen altered and it is suggested that they were burned.

15 June 22 Joseph and Emma lost their first born son Alvin or Alva dies on date of birth. ( HofJS p. 125)

July D&C - 3 - Lost 116- Joseph First recorded Revelation

July Interpreters and plates are taken from the prophet by the angel Moroni

Summer D&C 10 - Wicked Designs -Foreknowledge of God (see Words of Mormon 1:7); Joseph learns that the manuscripts arelost—loses power to translate (HofJS p. 129)

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Sept. 22 Joseph regained the gift to translate and the Urim and Thummim from Moroni ; Emma Served as scribe (HofJS p. 135)

1829During this year the translation of the Book of Mormon

was completed by Joseph Smith, jun., who was assisted by Oliver Cowdery as scribe; the plates were shown to the Three Witnesses and the Eight

Witnesses; the Aaronic Priesthood was restored to the earth by John the Baptist, and, later, the Melchizedek Priesthood by Peter, James and John; Joseph Smith, jun., and Oliver Cowdery also commenced to preach and baptize1829 Harmony, Pennsylvania

Vision Revelation: Oliver Cowdery The Prophet's first history states the "Lord appeared unto…Oliver Cowdery and shewed unto him the plates in a vision and…what the Lord was about to do through me, his unworthy servant. Therefore he was desirous to come and write for me to translate" (PJS 1:10).

Feb. D&C - 4 - To Joseph Smith Sr.

March D&C - 5 -Three Witnesses-

April 5, (Sunday) Joseph Smith, jr., and Oliver Cowdery met for the first time.

April 7, (Tuesday) Joseph Smith, jr., resumed the translation of the Book of Mormon, assisted by Oliver Cowdery as scribe, at Harmony.

April D&C 6 -Oliver to serve as Scribe; 7 -John the Beloved is a Translated being; Sec. 8 The Gift to Translate; Sec. 9 Oliver Admonished to be Patient.

May 15 (Friday) John the Baptist restores the Aaronic Priesthood; D&C - 13

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May D&C 11- To Hyrum; 12 Joseph Knight

May-June 23 Adam-Peter, James and John restore the Melchezedek Priesthood and the Holy Apostleship (HofC Vol 1:41)

June D&C 14, 15 ,16 -To David John and Peter Whitmer; 17 -Three Witnesses; 18 the Three to Choose the Twelve; the first apostles in 1800 years

Move From Harmony to Fayette

June 1 23 Joseph, Oliver and Emma move to Fayette to complete the translation Miracle of the sowing of Plaster at the Whitmers; Moroni appeared along the way and later to sister Whitmer (HofJS p. 151)

June 23 Three witnesses view the plates, see the angel Moroni, and hear the Voice of God in the Chamber of Old father Whitmer (DC 128:19-21; Testimony of the three Witnesses; HofJS p. 151-3)

June 23 The eight witnesses view the plates (Testimony of the Eight Witnesses)

11 June Copyright of the Book of Mormon obtained

June - July Joseph returned home to be with Emma

August Martin Harris Mortgages his farm to EB Grandin -$3,000 for 5,000 copies of the Book of Mormon 1830

In the beginning of this year the Book of Mormon was printed and published in the English language. This first edition of the book, consisting of 5,000 copies, was printed by Egbert Grandin, at Palmyra, N. Y. Soon afterwards the Church was organized; the first conferences

were held, the first missionaries sent out to preach the fulness of the gospel, and several revelations given for the government of the Church; a large branch was established at Kirtland, Ohio, etc.

(Andrew Jenson, Church Chronology: A Record of

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Important Events Pertaining to the History of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints [Salt Lake City: Deseret News, 1914],) 1830early The Reflector (Palmyra) prints extracts from the unpublished Book of Mormon, in Jan. The prophet travels to Palmyra from Harmony to stop the unauthorized publishing. Squire Cole

March 26 First publication of The Book of Mormon (EB Grandin Press)

Organization of the Church6 April (Tuesday)

D&C 20; 2111 Apr. First public discourse

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Apr. 18 (Sunday) First miracle - JS cast a devil out of Newel Knight (CHFT, p.69-70)

26-28 June Baptisms and persecution (CHFT, p.71)

28 June Joseph Smith was arrested twice (CHFT, p.72-73)

28 Emma was Baptized (CHFT, p.71)

June 24 Joseph receives Moses 1 . The translation of the Bible (JST) is an ongoing project (RofP p. 4)

9 June First Conference of the Church Newell Knight saw the Savior seated on the right hand of the Father (CHFT, p.70-71)30 June-1830

Mar. 1831 Moses 2-8 (CHFT, p.72)-Last week of August Emma moves to Fayette from

Harmony

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Harmony1830

June Joseph Smith Translation of the Bible was begun Moses 1 (JS-R,p.96)

July D&C 24 -Because of Persecution

July D&C 25 -Emma an Elect Lady

July D&C 26 - Law of Common Consent

Aug. D&C 27 -Sacrament

Late Aug. With Emma Joseph Smith left Harmony for Fayette for the last time

1830 Manchester Area

March D&C 19 -Martin Harris -Christ’s Atonement

April D&C 22 on Rebaptism; 23 Oliver Hyrum and Joseph Knight

April, June Samuel Smith labored as a missionary

July Joseph Smith, Sr., and Don Carlos Smith left to do missionary work (CHFT, p.67, 75)

1 Sept. Parley P. Pratt Conversion and baptized (CHFT,p.67, 75)

26 Sept. Second conference Oct. Oliver Cowdery and others leave on Mission to the Indians

Oct 31 24 Joseph’s grandpa, Asael Smith, dies at the age of 86 (HofJS p. 348)

Fayette, New York

1830Sept. D&C 28 - Hiram Page Peep Stone; 29 to six elder’s

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before Conference 30, 32 - Mission Call to the Lamanites; 31 Thomas B. Marsh Mission Call

Oct. D&C 33

Nov. 4 D&C -34 - Orson Pratt

Dec. 24 D&C 35 - Sidney Rigdon Scribe for New Testament Translation; 36 Edward Partridge

Dec. D&C 37 saints are to Gather at Ohio

1831

2 Jan. D&C 38 (After Moses 8) The Lord promises his Law and His endowment

5 Jan. D&C 39, 40 - James Covill

1831The first Elders arrived in Jackson County, Mo., and the

Saints from the State of New York and other places commenced to build up Kirtland, O., where the Prophet Joseph also located with his family. Jackson County,

Mo., was named by the Lord a land of Zion where the New Jerusalem should be built, and where the Saints were to gather. The land was dedicated for that purpose, a Temple site selected and dedicated, and the building of a settlement commenced. The Elders also began to preach the

gospel with great zeal.

Gathering to Ohio1831 2 Jan. Third General Conference of the Church was held in Fayette

Early Feb. 25 Joseph Smith arrived in Ohio By sleigh with Emma “Thou art the Man”(CHFT, p. 90)

4, 9 Feb. D & C 41, 42 : Law of consecration revealed Feb. D&C 43 False Revelations (D&C Institute Manuel,

p.87); 44 Conference set for June

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7 March D&C 45- Promise of Peace Safety and Refuge During the Judgements

8 March D&C 46 -Gifts of the Spirit; 47 John Whitmer Appointed Historian

March D&C 48 -Mode of Land Purchase

March D&C 49-Leman Copley and shakers

30 April 25 Louisa and Thaddeus the Twins of Joseph and Emma die

Spring Earthquake in Peking China predicted By young Mormon girl this convinced Symonds Ryder to join the church (CHFT, p. 93)

9 May Joseph and Emma Adopt the Murdock twins (CHFT, p .100)

Thompson OhioMay D&C 51 - Edward Partridge

May-June New York immigrants arrived in Ohio, Lucy Mack’s Miracle of opening the ice.(Lucy Mack Smith, History of Joseph Smith, p. 199-205)

May Revelation on false spirits given

1831 Kirtland

June D&C 53 Sidney Gilbert Land Agent

3 June Fourth general conference of the Church was held in Kirtland, Ohio; Isaac Morely Farm in the little school house the Man of sin is revealed and the First High Priests ordained.

7 June D&C 52 Commandment was given to go to Missouri

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June D&C 54 Be patient in Tribulation

June D&C 55 To a Non member W. W. Phelps; He is Chosen to write Children’s books and go to Missouri; 56 Ezra Thayre

19 June 25 Joseph Starts for Missouri to designate the land of Zion

9 Aug. Leaves Independence; Arrives in Kirtland 27 Aug.

late Aug. D&C 63 Gathering Saints and land Purchase

11 Sept. D&C 64 Forgiveness and Tithing

12 Sept. 25 Joseph moves to Hiram, Ohio John Johnson farm

4 Dec. D&C 72 Newell K. Whitney called as Bishop, his duties

Hiram1831Oct. D&C 65 A Prayer

25 Oct. 25 D&C 66 (Orange, Ohio) First Day of an important Conference

Oct.–Dec. 1831 Ezra Booth attacked the Church in the press (CHFT, p. 113-114)

Nov. D&C 67 Book of Commandments to be Published

Nov. D&C 68 Speak as Moved by the spirit and Presiding Bishopric

Nov. D&C 69 John Whitmer to Accompany Oliver to Missouri and to record the History as they travel.

12 Nov. D&C 70 4 Conferneces were held to consider the Revelations in the Book of Commandments; “the

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foundation of the Church in these latter-days...showing that the keys of the mysteries of the kingdom

of our Savior are again entrusted to man”.1 Nov. D&C 1

3 Nov. D&C 133 Appendix Second Coming

1 Dec. D&C 71 Joseph and Sidney are to stop translating and reach to allay the bad feelings caused by the Newspaper articles by Ezra Booth who

apostatized.1832 Hiram

10 Jan. D&C 73 Joseph and Sidney are to return to the Translation of the Bible.

Jan. D&C 74 (1 Cor. 7:14)

Amherst, Ohio

1832

25 Jan. D&C 75 Joseph had been ordained President of the High Priesthood and the Elders wanted to know their duties

Hiram

183216 Feb. D&C 76 The Vision

Mar. D&C 77 Explanation of the Revelation of John

Mar. D&C 78 The Saints should Organize a storehouse for the poor

Mar. D&C 79 Jared Carter

Mar. D&C 80 Stephen Burnett and Eden Smith

Mar. D&C 81 Frederick G. Williams is to Replace Jesse Gause in the First Presidency

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24 Mar. 26 Joseph and Sidney Rigdon, tarred and feathered at Hiram. His adopted son of John Murdock dies on 29 March 1832 in consequence of exposure at the time (CHFT, p.115; JS-R, p.140-141; HC 1:265)

25 Mar. Emma faints at the sight of Joseph; they spent the night scraping off the tar. The next day Joseph preaches a sermon on brotherly love and kindness, mobbers are in the congregation. The Prophet

baptized three people that day. Tar and Feathering (DHC 1:261)

1 April Travels back to Jackson County Missouri (CHFT, p.115)

Aug. D&C 99 To John Murdock Mission Call

Apr 14, 1832 26 Brigham Young and Heber C. Kimball baptized(CHFT, p.75)

Gathering to Zion

1831

July Colesville Saints arrived in Missouri, (JS-R, p.100, 128)

20 July D&C 57 Independence Missouri - Zion

1 Aug. D&C 58 To Colesville Branch

2 Aug. Sidney Rigdon dedicated the land for a place of gathering (CHFT, p. 102, 107)

3 Aug. 27 Joseph Smith dedicated the temple site in Independence (CHFT, p. 102, 107)

7 Aug. D&C 59 Sabbath Return to the garden of Eden Reinstating the Commandments

8 Aug. D&C 60 Travel Routes

Mcllwaines Bend, Missouri River

12 Aug. D&C 61 WW Phelps saw the destroyer

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13 Aug. D&C 62 Revelation to a passing group of Elders

1832 Jackson, County 26 April D&C 82 Much Given- Joseph Sustained as President of High Priesthood

30 April 26 D&C 83 Women have claim on their Husbands

May 6, 1832 (Sunday)Joseph Smith, jun., Sidney Rigdon and Newel K. Whitney

left Independence, Mo., for Ohio. On the journey Bro. Whitney broke his leg and was miraculously healed. Joseph was poisoned by his

enemies, but was restored in an instant. Andrew Jenson, Church Chronology Deseret News, 1914.)Joseph Smith

was poisoned. He vomited so profusely that he dislocated his jaw. He replaced it himself and then made his way to the bedside of Newel K. Whitney where Newel

administered to him and he was healed instantly. The Prophet Joseph Smith indicated that the effect of the poison was so powerful it caused much of the hair of his head to be loosened. He was grateful to be alive,

however, and said, “thanks be to my Heavenly Father for his interference.” (DHC 1:271-2 for the instance of writing An Impressive Letter from the Pen of Joseph Smith by Lamar C. Berrett Fn, BYU Studies, vol. 11 (1970-

1971), Number 4 - Summer 1971 .)

June First edition of the Evening and Morning Star (CHFT, p.109)

Kirtland, Ohio

22, 23 Sept. D&C 84 Oath and Covenant of the Priesthood (Unlocks Malachi 2)

Oct. - Nov. Joseph serves a mission to Albany, New York City, and Boston with Newel K. Whitney (See D&C 84:114)

November 6, 1832 (Tuesday)Joseph Smith returned home from a rapid journey to

Albany, New York and Boston. On the day of his return his son Joseph 3rd was born.(Andrew Jenson, Church Chronology Deseret News, 1914], .)

Nov 8, 1832 26 Joseph meets Brigham Young and Heber C. Kimball

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for the first time Joseph prophecies that Brigham will one day lead the church after hearing Brigham pray in the Adamic language(JS-R, p.144;JSC p. 36)

27 Nov. D&C 85 To W. W. Phelps in Zion: Land Inheritances

6 Dec. D&C 86 While translating the Bible Joseph received this revelation which unlocks the Parable of the wheat and the tares

Dec 18, 1832 26 Joseph gives Oliver Cowdery a patriarchal blessing. The first one given in the church (KofGR p.180)

25 Dec. D&C 87 Civil War Prophecy was given s the brethren were pondering slavery of the children of men on Christmas Day

27 Dec. D&C 88 The Olive Leaf

1833

During this year the First Presidency of the Church was organized and the translation of the Bible finished by the Prophet Joseph; the corner stones of the Kirtland Temple were laid, and the Saints driven by a mob from

their homes in Jackson County, Mo. The Church printing office having been destroyed by the mob in Missouri, a new press

and type were secured, and the publication of the Evening and Morning Star was recommenced at Kirtland, O.(Andrew Jenson, Church Chronology Deseret

News, 1914], .)

1833 Kirtland

22-23 Jan School of the prophets is organized (D&C 88:70-80, 117-141)

January 22, 1833 (Tuesday)Joseph Smith, jun., Sidney Rigdon, Frederick G. Williams,

Newel K. Whitney, Hyrum Smith, Zebedee Coltrin, Joseph Smith, sen., Samuel H. Smith, John Murdock, Lyman E. Johnson, Orson Hyde, Ezra

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Thayer, Levi W. Hancock and William Smith assembled in conference at Kirtland, O. On this occasion the Prophet

Joseph, Zebedee Coltrin and Wm. Smith spoke in tongues, “after which the Lord poured out his spirit in a miraculous manner, until all the Elders and

several members, both male and female, spoke in tongues.” (Andrew Jenson, Church Chronology Deseret News, 1914], .)

Jan 1833 27 J.S. writes to Bp. Partridge that he feels more like weeping over Zion than rejoicing over her (KofGR p. 172)

January 23, 1833 (Wednesday)The conference was continued at Kirtland. “After much

speaking, singing, praying and praising God, all in tongues,” the brethren “proceeded to the washing of feet, as commanded of the Lord,” according to the practice

recorded in John 13:4-15. (See History of Joseph Smith.)

February 2, 1833 (Saturday)Joseph Smith, jun., completed the translation of the New

Testament. JST(Andrew Jenson, Church Chronology Deseret News, 1914], .)

27 Feb. D&C 89 The Word of Wisdom

8 Mar. D&C 90 Revelation on the First Presidency

9 Mar. D&C 91 The Lords feelings about the Apocrypha

15 Mar. D&C 92 To Frederick G. Williams recently called member of the First Presidency

March 18, 1833 (Monday)

Sidney Rigdon and Frederick G. Williams were appointed and set apart by President Joseph Smith to be his Counselors in the Presidency of the Church, according to the revelation given March 8th. On

the same occasion “many of the brethren saw a heavenly vision of the Savior and concourses of angels.” John Murdock and Zebedee Coltrin see the Father and the Son (See History of Joseph Smith.)

(Andrew Jenson, Church ChronologyDeseret News, 1914], .)

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6 May D&C 93 Those who are begotten through Christ are the Church of the Firstborn

6 May D&C 94 Church Building Committee Appointed

1 June D&C 95 Saints Chastised for not building the temple

4 June D&C 96 Disposition of the French Farm

July 2, 1833 (Tuesday)Joseph the Prophet finished the translation of the

Bible. JST- O.T. (Andrew Jenson, Church Chronology Deseret News, 1914], .)

23 July Cornerstones of the Kirtland temple laid

18332 Aug. D&C 97 Revelation given in response to the Persecutions in Missouri

6 Aug. D&C 98 The Law of War and Retaliation

3 Oct.-4 Nov. Joseph’s mission to Canada

Perrysburg, New York1833

12 Oct. D&C 100 Your Families are well

Kirtland, Ohio183322 Nov. Joseph learns of Saints expulsion from Jackson County

16 Dec. D&C 101 The Lord promise that he will own the righteous saints Who are persecuted for his name. Saints have been driven from Jackson County to Clay County and some to Van Buren. Threats and Destruction of personal property were prevalent

18 Dec. Office of evangelist or patriarch announced, first patriarchal blessings given

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Expulsion from Jackson County

1833Apr 1833 27 300 meet at Independence Courthouse to (KofGR p. 173) Expel Mormons; get drunk—fight insteadSummer School of the Elders was heldJuly “Secret constitution” distributed by Jackson County citizens

(CHFT, p. 130-134)

20 July 27 First edition of Book of Commandments printed. Mob of 500 demands Mormon evacuation of Jackson. Destroy press burn most Books of Commandments. Tar and feather Bp. Partridge and Charles Allen

(CHFT, p.133; KofGR p. 175) 23 July Six elders offered their lives for the safety of the Saints

Personal Life of Samuel Gifford Humor Clay County, Missouri

He was twelve years old during the harassment in Clay county, Missouri , when Mormon families seemed at the mercy of the unchecked hostility. He and his friends were hiding in a corral when a crowd passed by on their way home from organizing a raid against Samuels family and neighbors…He apologized for his thoughts—to wish harm to anyone even an enemy, was shameful, he wrote later “but nevertheless I said I hope they will get drowned before they get across the river. The first news of the morning, sure enough, was that the ferry had sprung a leak in midstream and sank. Among those lost were two of the ringleaders. The other survived by stripping and swimming to the shore several miles downstream. His fate however was almost as satisfying: He was naked and far from home and had to pass through a large bottom of nettles that were dense and thick. T The Lord, or some accident, knocked a hole in the bottom of the boat. When they discovered it, says Commander Owen to the company on the ferry boat, "We must strip to the bone, or we shall all perish." Mr. Campbell replied, "I will go to hell before I will land naked." He had his choice, and went to the bottom. Owen stripped himself of every article of clothing, and commenced floating down the river. After making

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several attempts he finally landed on the Jackson side of the river, after a swim of about fourteen miles. He rested some time, being perfectly exhausted, and then started into the nettles, which grow very thick and to a great height, in the Missouri bottoms, and which was his only possible chance in making from the river to the settlements. He had to walk four miles through the nettles, which took him the remainder of the night, and when he got through the nettles, he came to a road, and saw a young lady approaching on horseback, who was the belle of Jackson County. In this miserable condition he laid himself behind a log, so that she could not see him. When she arrived opposite the log, he says, "Madam, I am Samuel C. Owen, the Commander-in-Chief of the mob against the Mormons; I wish you to send some men from the next house with clothing, for I am naked." The lady in her philanthropy dismounted, and left him a light shawl and a certain unmentionable under garment, and passed on. So His Excellency Samuel C. Owen, took up his line of march for the town, in the shawl and petticoat uniform, after his expedition against the "Mormons." My young friends, have the goodness to use every man so, who comes into your country to mob and oppress the innocent; and LADIES, DON'T LEND HIM ANY CLOTHING. ((Gods Justice and Samuel Owen-as told by George A. Smith Journal of Discourses, 26 vols., 2:24)

CanadaOctober 26, 1833 (Saturday)

Joseph Smith, jr., preached and baptized twelve persons at Mount Pleasant, Upper Canada.

Dec. 1833 27 Joseph and Emma receive patriarchal blessings from Joseph Smith Sr.Dec 10, 1833 27 Joseph first learn about the Missouri persecutions

(KofGR p. 179)December 18, 1833 (Wednesday)

Joseph Smith, sr., was ordained Patriarch to the whole Church.

(Andrew Jenson, Church Chronology Deseret News, 1914)

December 31, 1833 (Tuesday)

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Wilford Woodruff was baptized at Richland, N. Y., by Zera Pulsipher.

(Andrew Jenson, Church Chronology Deseret News, 1914], .)

MissouriOctober 31, 1833 (Thursday)

Personal Life - Parley P. Pratt, Persecution in Jackson County

A mob attacked a branch of the Church, west of the Big Blue, in Jackson County, Mo., destroyed ten houses, and beat several of the brethren in a most brutal manner. Parley P. Pratt said: It was evening. I was out in the act of posting guards a short distance from the dwellings, when two men [Robert Johnson and one Harris] assailed us, armed with guns and pistols; and supposing it against our principles to make any defence, they attacked the guards. I was without arms, but stepped forward to interfere between them, when one of them drew his gun backwards, and, with both hands, struck the barrel of it across the top of my head. I staggared back, but did not fall; the blood came streaming down my face, and I was for an instant stunned by the blow; But, recovering myself, I called help from the house and disarmed them, and put them under guard till morning. Their arms were then restored, and they let go in peace. (PPP, p.97)

Oct. 31 Personal Life - Sister Whitmer: The Mob Came to the house of David Whitmer and drew his wife out of the house by the hair of the head and proceeded to throw down the house they then went to other houses throwing them down until they had demolished ten dwelling houses amidst the shrieks and screams of women and children (Clark V. Johnson, ed., The Mormon Redress Petitions: Documents of the 1833-1838 Missouri Conflict, p.525 – 527)

` Personal Life- Partridge Allens and Rockwell’s

A few days later the Rockwells were told that unless they renounced their "doctrine and religious faith as Mormons," they would share the same fate as Partridge and Allen. Rockwell, too, related how the wife of David

Whitmer was dragged from her home by the hair of her head

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and watched helplessly as her domicile was demolished. (Arnold K. Garr and Clark V. Johnson, eds., Regional Studies in Latter-day Saint History: Missouri ,

p.211)

November 1, 1833 (Friday)The Saints at Independence were attacked by a mob, and

Gilbert & Whitney’s store was partly destroyed, besides many private dwellings.

November 2, 1833 (Saturday)The mob attacked the Saints on the Big Blue, Jackson

County, and beat David Bennett severely.4 Nov. Became known as “bloody day” of conflict (CHFT, p. 136)

Nov.-Dec. Saints expelled from Jackson County

November 4, 1833 (Monday)A skirmish took place between a company of Saints and a

mob, several miles west of the Big Blue, in Jackson County. Andrew Barber, one of the Saints, was mortally wounded, two of the mobs were killed, and several

others wounded on both sides.(CHFT, p. 136)

November 4, 1833 (Monday)Joseph Smith, jun., returned to Kirtland, O., from his

mission to Canada.

(Andrew Jenson, Church Chronology Deseret News, 1914)

Nov 1-14, 27 Boggs orders weapons taken away from Mormons 1200 Mormons driven out. 203 homes burned. Trail of blood left by 190 exiled across 30 miles of frosted ground. Meteor storm in the sky.

Leonids(PPP, p. ; KofGR p. 177) 1834

The first High Council of the Church was organized at Kirtland, O. Zion’s Camp made its famous march to Missouri, and a High Council was organized in Clay County, Mo., where most of the Saints, who had been

expelled from Jackson County, had located (Andrew Jenson, Church Chronology Deseret News, 1914.)

Zions Camp1834 Kirtland, Ohio

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17 Feb. D&C 102 High council Procedures- Sanctioned plan to organize army to help Missouri Saints24 Feb. D&C 103 After Parley and Lyman Arrived in Kirtland the Lord revealed about the redemption of ZionMar.-May Members recruited for Zion’s Camp

1834 KirtlandMarch 27Personal Life -"Remained at home and had great joy with my family." Indeed, according to a cousin, George A. Smith, one convert family apostatized because, when they arrived in Kirtland from the East, Joseph came downstairs from the room "where he had been translating by the gift and power of God" and began to romp and play with his children (Journal of Discourses, 2:214). In their view, this was not proper behavior for a prophet! The Prophet's journal mentions going with his family to musical concerts, the theater, and circus performances, and taking excursions on Mississippi riverboats. Leonard J. Arrington was Church Historian for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints when this devotional address was given at Brigham Young University on 19 November 1974

April 29Personal Life - Wilford Woodruff first met the Prophet at KirtlandHe wrote: I saw him out in the field with his brother Hyrum: he had on a very

old hat. . . . I was introduced to him, and he invited me home with him. I accepted the

invitation, and I watched him pretty closely, to see what I could learn. He remarked, while

passing to his house, that this was the first hour he had spent in recreation for a long time.

Shortly after we arrived at his house, he went into an adjoining room, and brought out a wolf-skin,

and said, "Brother Woodruff, I want you to help me to tan this." So I pulled off my coat, went to

work and helped him, and felt honoured in so doing. He was about going up with the brethren

to redeem Zion, and he wanted this wolf-skin to put upon his waggon seat, as he had no

buffalo robe. . . . Well, we tanned it, and used it. . . . This was my first introduction to the Prophet

Joseph Smith. . . . I

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rejoiced to behold his face and to hear his voice. I was fully satisfied that Joseph was a Prophet.

[Journal of Discourses, 7:101; also Millennial Star 53 (1891): 627–28]).

April 10, 1834 (Thursday)The United Order at Kirtland was dissolved

(Andrew Jenson, Church Chronology Deseret News, 1914)

23 April D&C 104 United Order to be temporarily dissolved

May Zion’s Camp began March (CHFT, p.143-151)

8 June Zion’s Camp obtained maximum numerical strength of 207 people

9-15 June Governor Dunklin refused to cooperate with Zion’s Camp

June 16, 1834 (Monday)A large meeting of the citizens of Clay County, Mo., held at

the Liberty court house, failed to adjust the difficulties between the Saints and the Jackson County people. From the meeting Samuel C. Owens, James

Campbell and about thirteen other mob-leaders started for Jackson County to raise a mob, in which, however, they failed, as Mr. Campbell and six others were drowned in attempting to cross the Missouri River.

(Andrew Jensen, Chronology)

Fishing River, Missouri183419 June Violent storm protected Zion’s Camp from enemies

22 June D&C 105 The Lord set forth conditions for future redemption of Zion

21-29 June Cholera attacked Zion’s Camp (CHFT, p. 149)

3 July Presidency and stake high council were created in Clay County

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July David Whitmer named as successor: While the conference was in session, Joseph Smith presiding, he arose and said that the time had come when he must appoint his successor in office. Some have supposed that it

would be Oliver Cowdery; but, said he, Oliver has lost that privilege in consequence of transgression. The Lord has made it known to me that David Whitmer is the man. David was then called forward, and Joseph and his counsellors laid hands upon him, and ordained him to his station, to

succeed him. Joseph then gave David a charge, in the hearing of the whole assembly. Joseph then seemed to rejoice that that work was done, and said, now brethren, if anything should befall me, the work of God will roll on with more power than it has hitherto done. Then brethren, you will have a

man who can lead you as well as I can. He will be Prophet, Seer, Revelator, and Translator before God. (Ensign

of Liberty 1, no. 3 [December 1847]: 43-44; see also History of the Church, 3:32.)

Hoyt W. Brewster, Jr., Prophets, Priesthood Keys, and Succession, p.36

Evidently Joseph had not discussed this with his newly designated successor, for David was later to say, "I did not know what he was going to do until he laid his hands upon me and ordained me." (An Address to all

Believers in Christ [Richmond, Virginia: David Whitmer, 1887], p. 55.)

Glorious days in Kirtland 1834-36

1834Aug. 28 Zion’s Camp returned (CHFT, p. 151)

Oct. Joseph visits saints in Pontiac Michigan

Nov. School of the Elders opened in Kirtland (CHFT, p.153)

22 Nov. D&C 106 The Second Coming shall not overtake the Children of Light as a Thief in the night (To Warren Cowdery)

5 Dec. Oliver Cowdery was set apart as Assistant President of the Church

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1835The Council of Twelve Apostles and the First Quorum of

Seventy were organized at Kirtland, O. The Book of Doctrine and Covenants was accepted by the Church, and Joseph Smith, jun., obtained some Egyptian rolls of papyrus containing the writings of Abraham, etc.

(Andrew Jenson, Church Chronology Deseret News, 1914)

1835 Kirtland14, 28 Feb. 29 Quorum of the Twelve and Quorum of the Seventy were called

(CHFT, p.154)

(Saturday) 29

At a special meeting held in Kirtland twelve Apostles were chosen by the Three Witnesses to the Book of Mormon according to revelation (Doc. And Cov., Sec. 18:37), namely: Thos. B. Marsh, David W. Patten, Brigham Young, Heber C. Kimball, Orson Hyde, Wm. E. McLellin, Parley P. Pratt, Luke S. Johnson, Wm. Smith, Orson Pratt, John F. Boynton and Lyman E.Johnson. Brigham Young and Heber C. Kimball were ordained and blessed the same day. First apostles called in1800 years.

28 Mar. D&C 107 Revelation on priesthood was received

July Mummies and scrolls purchased from Michael Chandler (HC 2:235; CHFT, p.159)

17 Aug. D&C 134 Special conference approved Doctrine and Covenants

Nov. Plastering on temple began (CHFT, p.164)

Nov. Emma Smith’s hymnal was published (CHFT, p. 74, 153, 161)10 Dec. Healing-Joseph Said: “This afternoon I was called, in company with President David Whitmer, to visit Angeline Works. We found her very sick, and so much deranged that she did not recognize her friends and intimate acquaintances. We prayed for her and laid hands on her in the name of Jesus Christ, and commanded her in His name to receive her senses, which were immediately restored. We also prayed that she might

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be restored to health; and she said she was better. (Joseph Smith, History of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 7 vols. 2:328)26 Dec. 30 D&C 108 Lyman Sherman - Strengthen Your Brethren

1836

The Kirtland Temple was dedicated, and the Savior, Moses, Elias and Elijah the Prophet appeared to the Elders in that building and committed the keys of their respective dispensations to the Prophet Joseph Smith. The Saints who had resided temporarily in Clay County, Mo., removed to

another location on Shoal Creek, which was organized into Caldwell County.(Andrew Jenson, Church Chronology Deseret

News, 1914)

1836 Kirtland21 Jan. 30 Spiritual manifestations received in Kirtland Temple, including vision of celestial kingdom. (D&C 137; The Heavens Resound, Milton Bachman, p. )Feb 16, 1836 30 Joseph enjoys the day sleighing (JSC p.87)

Mar 3, 1836 30 Joseph gives a black man the priesthood (JSC p.87)

27 Mar. D&C 109 Kirtland Temple dedicated and spiritual outpourings received

29-30 Joseph Presides in the Kirtland Temple as an Endowment of power falls upon a large group of priesthood leaders (CHFT, p. 164-165)3 Apr. 30 Easter Sunday D&C 110 Jesus Christ, Moses, Elias, and Elijah appeared to accept the temple and restore priesthood keys(HC 2:435- 436)May 27, 1836 30 Joseph’s grandma, Mary Smith, dies

(HofJS p. 34)

May-Jun 1836 30 John Taylor and Lorenzo Snow baptized (CHFT p. 153)

due to PPP mission to CanadaJun 16, 1836 30 First Missionary tract published by Orson Hyde

(JSC p.91)

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1836 Salem, Massachusetts6 April D&C 111 Treasure in the city-Nathaniel Felt

May-June Two future Church presidents—John Taylor and Lorenzo Snow—were baptized

20 June Joseph’s Son, Frederick Granger Williams smith is born at Kirtland

25 July-Sept. Joseph Mission to Salem Massachusetts

The Church in Northern Missouri 1836-381836 Far WestSummer Saints began settling Far West (CHFT, p. 181-187)

September 22, 1836 (Thursday)Peter Whitmer, jun., one of the Eight Witnesses to the

Book of Mormon, died near Liberty, Clay County, Mo.

(Andrew Jenson, Church Chronology Deseret News, 1914)

26 Dec. Caldwell County was created (CHFT, p. 187-192)

December 31, 1836 (Saturday)Dr. Willard Richards was baptized at Kirtland, by Brigham

Young.

1837Far West, Caldwell Co. Mo., was surveyed, and the first

foreign mission of the Church called and sent to England, where a successful opening was made. A great apostasy took place in the Church, both in Kirtland, O., and

in Missouri. 1837

Far West

Nov. Joseph Smith briefly visited Far West

Apostasy In Kirtland 1836-381836

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July-Aug. Mission to New York and Salem, Massachusetts, in search of funds

Kirtland18372 Jan. Kirtland Safety Society opened for business (CHFT, p. 169-180)

Jan 2, 1837 31 Kirtland Safety Society opens(CHFT p. 169)

Feb 1837 31 Leaders meet in temple to usurp JosephBrigham valiantly defends him. Brigham Young was invited

by some of these men who were trying to depose the Prophet Joseph from his position as President of the Church; but they made a mistake by inviting President

Brigham Young into their circle. Brigham Young said, “You cannot destroy the appointment of a prophet of God, but

you can cut the thread that binds you to the prophet of God, and sink yourselves to hell” (in Conference Report, May 1963, p. 81). Elder John A. Widtsoe said: “The

most important prophet in any age is the living prophet. … To follow the living prophet, the interpreter of the past, is the essence of wisdom. The very strength of the Church lies in the doctrine of continuous revelation through a living prophet” (Evidences and Reconciliations, 3 vols. in 1, arr.

G. Homer Durham, Salt Lake City: Bookcraft, 1960, p. 352).

6 April Solemn assembly in the Kirtland Temple

May Panic of 1837 hit Ohio Banks fail, Mass apostacy (CHFT, p. 169)

June First Missionaries sent to England Orson Hyde, Heber C. Kimball, Isaac Russell; Conversion of Peter Maughan(CHFT, p. 225-239)

Jul [7] 183731 J.S. drops Fredrick G. Williams from the First Presidency, he was excommunicated shortly thereafter19 July First missionaries arrived to preach the gospel in Great Britain

23 July D&C 112 To Thomas B. Marsh on the day the 12

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Began preaching in England27 July Joseph Leaves to visit saints in Toronto Canada

July 30, 1837 31 England Elders have incident w/Satan (CHFT p. 175) J.S. “if you would have held on for another ½ hour, you would have seen Christ” convert members of John Feildings bro’s church. John Watt wins foot race to be first person baptized in England (KofGR p. 211) Heber C. feels tingling in streets of England. J.S. “some of the old Prophets travelled and dedicated that land, and their blessing fell upon you.Aug. “Old Standard” apostates broke up a meeting in the Kirtland Temple

27 Sept. -10 Dec. Joseph travels to Conference in Missouri and Returns

Dec 10, 1837 31 J.S. and company return from Missouri. Hyrum’s wife had died. (KofGR p. 214)Dec 1837 31 Martin Harris, John Boynton excommunicated Nearly 50 leaders excommunicated. B.Y. flees Kirtland to save his life for defending Joseph (RofP p.9)Dec 22, 1837 32 B.Y. flees to Missouri (KofGR p. 215)

1838Joseph Smith, jun., and most of the faithful Saints left

Kirtland, O., on account of apostasy and persecution, and removed to Missouri. Adam- ondi-Ahman, in Daviess County, Mo., was surveyed, and organized into a Stake of Zion; the revelation on tithing was given; persecutions were

renewed against the Saints in Missouri, and DeWitt, Adam-ondi-Ahman and Far West were taken and sacked by the mob; nearly a score of Saints were massacred at Haun’s Mill, Joseph the Prophet and other Elders

imprisoned, and all the Saints ordered out of Missouri, under pain of death by the exterminating order of Gov. Lilburn W. Boggs.

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1838 Far West & Adam-Ondi - Ahman14 Mar. 32 Prophet arrived to settle in Far West (CHFT, p.181-192)

May Adam-ondi-Ahman was founded

June Town of DeWitt was settled

19 June Sidney Rigdon gave his “Salt Sermon”

4 July Sidney Rigdon gave his Independence Day speech

8 July Four new Apostles were called, and the law of tithing was revealed in a period of poverty

Kirtland183812 Jan. Joseph Smith fled from his enemies hiding in a box in an oxcart

Jan 12, 1838 32 Joseph, family and Sidney R. flees to Missouri. Emma 4 mo’s pregnant. Mob follows for 200 miles

(CHFT p. 169)

Feb 10, 1838 32 W.W.Phelps and John Whitmer excommunicated by leaders in Missouri

(CHFT p. 185)

March D&C 113 (Isaiah 11) Lineage of Joseph Smith

Mar 10, 1838 32 John Whitmer ex’ed, possibly W.W. Phelps also

(HC 3:8,248)

Mar 14, 1838 32 Joseph hailed as he enters Far West

Apr 12, 1838 32 Oliver Cowdery ex’d at his own request (CHFT p. 186)

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Apr 13, 1838 32 David Whitmer, Hyram Page, Lyman and Luke Johnson ex’ed (KofGR p.224)

Apr 27, 1838 32 J.S. starts writing the History of Church (CHFT p. 187)

July-Oct. Kirtland Camp 500 journeyed to Missouri (CHFT, p.179) Apostacy rampent. 50 leading members exed. 3 witnesses, F.G.W., 4 Apostles, several 70’s, 2-300 members left church (CHFT p. 177)

Jul 1838 32 Fredrick G. Willaims re-baptized Missouri Persecutions and Expulsion183814 Mar. Joseph Arrives with his Family in Far West (Emma moves to a new home again, she is 5 months pregnant)

17 April D&C 114 (Far West, Missouri) Unfaithful shall be replaced

26 April D&C 115 (Far West, Missouri) The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints...Commanded to Build a Temple

May 11, 1838 32 William Mclellin excommunicated, at Far West

Wight’s Ferry, Davies County Missouri183819 May D&C 116 Adam Ondi Ahman Revealed

Far West, Missouri1838 Massachusetts Emerson at Harvard Divinity School-“It is my Duty to say to you that the need was never greater for new revelation than now.” “The Doctrine of inspiration is lost…Miracles prophecy the Holy life, exist as ancient history only…men have come to speak of revelation as somewhat long ago given and done, as if God were dead… It is the office of the true teacher”, he warned “to show us that God is , not was;

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that he speaketh not spake, If you persist in handing out stones when people ask for bread they will eventually stop coming to the bakery. (Elder Jeffery R. Holland CR November 2004 p. 8)

2 June Emma gives birth to Alexander Hale Smith (son)

Jun 1838 32 Sidney Rigdon’s Delivers Salt Sermon. Apostate Mormons threatened and leave Far West. (CHFT p. 191)Jun 1838 32 DeWitt founded (CHFT, p. 181)

July 4, 1838 32 Foundation layed for Far West Temple. Rigdon Threatens the Mobbers. (CHFT p.

192)8 July D&C 117 Forsake Littleness of Soul

8 July D&C 118 Lord’s Will concerning the Twelve

8 July D&C 119 One tenth Annual Interest

8 July D&C 120 Disposition of Properties

Gallatin6 Aug. 32 Election day battle at Gallatin

Aug 8, 1838 32 J.S. and others ask Missouri leaders to sign proclamation of peace (CHFT p. 194)

Aug 10, 1838 32 Missouri leaders swear an affidavid that J.S. and army of 500 threatened them (CHFT p. 195)

7 Sept. Joseph Smith and Lyman Wight were tried before Judge Austin King

Oct 1838 32 Kirtland Camp arrives in Far West (CHFT p. 179)

Oct 11, 1838 32 Seventy wagons of saints abandon DeWitt Some Mormons dieing of deprivation (CHFT p. 197)

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Oct 17-18 1838 32 Saints being driven and whipped in Davies County. Bad snow storm three petitions for help sent and ignored by Boggs

(CHFT p. 198) Dewitt

1-7 Oct. Battle of DeWitt

9 Oct. The prophet records that in answer to Latter day saint pleas for protection from increasing mob violence, Missouri Gov. Lilburn Boggs replied “the quarrel was between the Mormons and the mob and that we might

fight it out”.11 Oct. Joseph Leads saints from Dewitt, Carroll County to Far West

Oct 18, 1838 32 Thomas Marsh and Orson Hyde apostatize swear out affidavits against J.S. that he plans to tread down his enemies. No church action taken against them until 17 Mar 1839 (CHFT p. 199)18-19 Oct. Guerrilla warfare in Daviess County

25 Oct. Battle of Crooked River- David W. Patten

27 Oct. Governor Boggs’s “extermination order”

Oct 27, 1838 32 Ignoring the truths of what was happening the Mormons, Boggs orders the EXTERMINATION ORDER 300-400 Mormons murdered in all. (CHFT p. 201; HofJS p. 287)Oct 30, 1838 32 About 240 mobbers attack HAUN’S MILL 17 people

killed, 13 wounded (CHFT p. 203)Far West

183830 Oct-6 Nov. Siege of Far West31 Oct. The Prophet and other Church leaders are taken prisoners at What they are told will be a peace talk with leaders of the Missouri State militia besieging Far West

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Over 2000 mobbers surround Far West Mormons outnumbered 5-1 (CHFT p. 201)

Oct 31, 1838 32 J.S., S.R., L.W., P.P.P., G.R. arrested (CHFT p. 205) Hyrum and Amasa Lyman arrested shortlyafter.1 Nov. Arbitrarily and without any foundation, the prophet is sentenced to death “as a warning to the Mormons” after an irregular court martial; the Prophets life is spared through the courage of general Alexander W. Doniphan. Members of the state militia plunder the town. (CHFT, p.205)Nov 1, 1838 32 Mobs ransack Far West, women violated (CHFT p. 206)Nov 2, 1838 32 Soldiers try to Murder Joseph, but guns misfire. (HofJS p. 275)

Personal Life Humor: Support of Lyman White“Lyman resided in Jackson County, Missouri, until mobs forced him to flee to Clay County. He volunteered to go and inform the Prophet in Kirtland of the suffering of the Missouri Saints, although he had only three days' provisions for the journey; and he went with Parley P. Pratt. The answer to the problems of the Saints in Missouri was to raise a potential military force, Zion's Camp, to march from Kirtland in the redemption of Zion (see D&C 103:30). Lyman journeyed to Pennsylvania, New York, Indiana, Illinois, and Michigan mustering volunteers for Zion's Camp. He marched as second only to Joseph Smith in the camp, walking from Michigan to Clay County, Missouri, without stockings on his feet.

“According to Benjamin F. Johnson, ‘By Apostle Lyman Wight we were taught to `pray for our enemies,' that God would damn them, and `give us power to kill them.’ Lyman's bold statements such as ‘Boys, eat, drink and be merry for to-morrow we-fight’ caused him to be greatly feared by the Missourians. His explosive expressions of retaliation brought difficulties to the Saints as tempers flared…

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John Smith, president of the Adam-ondi-Ahman Stake. Four months later he was a captive of the mob militia and was charged with treason and murder. Missourian General Wilson confided: ‘Col. Wight, we have nothing against you, only that you are associated with Joe Smith. He is our enemy and a damned rascal.… If you will come out and swear against him, we will spare your life.’

“Lyman defiantly replied: ‘Joseph Smith is not an enemy to mankind, he is not your enemy, and is as good a friend as you have got. Had it not been for him, you would have been in hell long ago, for I should have sent you there, by cutting your throat, and no other man but Joseph Smith could have prevented me, and you may thank him for your life.’

“Wilson responded, ‘Wight, you are a strange man; but if you will not accept my proposal, you will be shot tomorrow morning at 8.’

“Lyman said, ‘Shoot and be damned.’ (Susan Easton Black, Who's Who in the Doctrine and Covenants [Salt Lake City: Bookcraft, 1997], 342)

Nov 2, 1838 32 Prisoners permitted to return to Far West and bid families fare well (CHFT p. 206)

32 Joseph rebukes the guards at Richmond Jail. “You or I die this instant”(Pratt, Autobiography PPP, p. 179-180;CHFT p. 208)Nov 6, 1838 32` General Clark tells Far West they must leave in the Spring and that the prisoners will die.

(CHFT p. 206)

1 Dec. After an irregular trial court of inquiry in Richmond, the Prophet and several other brethren are imprisoned first in Richmond and then some are transferred to Liberty Jail, Clay County, Missouri

to await later trial on false charges of “treason” and “murder”.

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The charge of treason had to do with the saints resisting the mob militia, and the charge of murder had to do with the death of one

of the militia men during the Battle of Crooked river. Joseph was accused of being an accessory though he was not present

Dec. 1838 32 Luke Johnson Ex’ed (RofP p.6)

Dec 19, 1838 32 The four Apostles replaced. W. Woodruff, John Page, Williard Richards and John Taylor join Quorum of 12.

(CHFT p. 190)D&C 118:6

1839Feb. 7 Emma Leaves Far west Missouri, she crosses the thin ice with Little Alexander and Frederick in her arms and Joseph III and Julia holding to her Skirt.(RNH, Old Mormon Kirtland and Missouri p.16-17) Emma also carried with her the manuscripts of Joseph's translation of the Bible carried in two cotton bags and tied under her long skirt which she received from Ann Scott. Ann had received the manuscripts from the Prophet's secretary James Mulholland (James giving the manuscripts to Ann in hopes the mobs wouldn't search her). 

1839 Liberty, MissouriMarch 20 D&C 121-123 Endure Well...The Temple Prison16 April On the way to the trial at Colombia, Boone County Missouri (After winning a change of venue) Joseph is allowed to escape by guards.

Washington D.C. Area

Nov.-Feb. Joseph Petitions the Government for redress of Missouri Grievances

Quincy, Illinois1839Feb. First saints arrive in Quincy

March 31 Personal Life: Balancing Seriousness and HumorIn a letter to Emma, "I pray that I may steer my own bark safe" (Joseph Smith to Emma Smith, 21 March 1839, Church Archives). The point I am making is that the

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Prophet was also concerned about extremes--becoming so concerned about the danger of overexuberance that one swings the pendulum back and focuses too heavily on repressing wrong desires. For Joseph did insist on self-control and righteous living. He was not the happy-go-lucky companion who would let his friends get away with anything: "The Saints need not think because I am familiar with them and am playful and cheerful, that I am ignorant of what is going on," he said on one occasion. "Iniquity of any kind cannot be sustained in the Church, and it will not fare well where I am; for I am determined while I do lead the Church, to lead it right" (quoted in Wilford Woodruff journal, History of the Church, 5:411).

22 April Joseph Smith arrives in Quincy after 6 months in Liberty JailApr. - Aug. Land purchases in Commerce and Iowa Negotiated May First saints arrive in Commerce10 May Joseph moves with the saints to Commerce June Clearing of Swaps, first log houses and sickness is prevalent27 June-8 Aug. Joseph Trains the Twelve21- 22 July Miraculous Healings in Nauvoo and at Montrose

Nauvoo Era Reminiscence- Edwin Rushton On another occasion, with serious intent but humorous overtones, the Prophet dressed up in rough clothes, got on a horse and rode down to meet a group of converts who had just arrived from England. He stopped one of them who was heading for the town. "Are you a Mormon?" the Prophet asked. Yes sir," said Edwin Rushton. “What do you know about old Joe Smith?" "I know that Joseph Smith is a prophet of God."

"I suppose you are looking for an old man with a long, gray beard. What would you think if I told you I was Joseph Smith?"

"If you are Joseph Smith, I know you are a prophet of God." "I am Joseph Smith," the Prophet said, this time in gentle tones. "I came to meet those people, dressed as I am in rough clothes and speaking in this manner, to see if their faith is strong enough to stand the things they must meet. If not, they should turn back right now." Truman G. Madsen,

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1839 Nauvoo

Sept. The twelve and others leave on MissionsNov. Joseph Smith travels to Washington to meet with Martin Van Buren And to present to Congress a petition for the redress of grievances 15 Nov. First Edition of the “Times and Seasons”

1840Unknown Reminiscence-

NauvooWords of Jesse W. Crosby: One day when the Prophet carried to my house a sack of flour he had borrowed, my wife remarked that he had returned more than he had received. He answered that it should be so; that anything borrowed should be returned always with interest to the lender. "Thus," he said, "the borrower, if he be honest, is a slave to the lender." Some of the home habits of the Prophet-such as building kitchen fires, carrying out ashes, carrying in wood and water, assisting in the care of the children, etc.-were not in accord with my idea of a great man's self-respect. The above incident of the Prophet carrying the sack of flour gave me the opportunity to give him some corrective advice which I had desired to do for a long time. I reminded him of every phase of his greatness and called to his mind the multitude of tasks he performed that were too menial for such as he; to fetch and carry flour was too great a humiliation. "Too terrible a humiliation," I repeated, "for you who are the head, and you should not do it." The Prophet listened quietly to all I had to say, then made his answer in these words: "If there be humiliation in a man's house, who but the head of that house should or could bear that humiliation?" Sister Crosby was a very hardworking woman, taking much more responsibility in her home than most women take. Thinking to give the Prophet some light on home management, I said to him, "Brother Joseph, my wife does

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much more hard work than does your wife." Brother Joseph replied by telling me that if a man cannot learn in this life to appreciate a wife and do his duty to her, in properly taking care of her, he need not expect to be given one in the hereafter. His words shut my mouth as tight as a clam. I took them as terrible reproof. After that I tried to do better by the good wife I had and tried to lighten her labors. (Hyrum L. Andrus and Helen Mae Andrus, comps., They Knew the Prophet, p. 145)

Spring By this time 250 homes had been built in Nauvoo

Summer Dr. John C. Bennett comes to Nauvoo

August 10 Ecclesiastical Duty – Nauvoo

Seymour Brunson, one of the first settlers of Nauvoo, Died. He had been one of the earliest missionaries in the Church and had served on the high council in Far West and Nauvoo. Joseph Smith’s history states that Brunson “died in the triumph of faith, and in his dying moments bore testimony to the Gospel that he had embraced.” 15 August, the Prophet read much of 1 Corinthians 15, including verse 29 which refers to the practice of baptism for the dead. Joseph announced to the congregation that the Lord would permit the Saints to be baptized in behalf of their friends and relatives who had departed this life. He told the Saints that “the plan of salvation was calculated to save all who were willing to obey the requirements of the law of God.”Following the sermon, Jane Neyman asked Harvey Olmstead to baptize her in the Mississippi River in behalf of her deceased son, Cyrus. Joseph Smith asked what words were used in performing the ordinance, and then he approved what had taken place. In the ensuing weeks, several more baptisms for the dead were performed in the river or in nearby streams. On 19 January 1841, the Lord commanded the Saints to build a temple with a baptismal font for these vicarious ordinances. The Lord stated that baptism for the dead belongeth to my house, and cannot be acceptable to me, only in the days of your poverty, wherein ye are not able to build a house unto me” (D&C 124:30).

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Sepember. Joseph Smith Sr. Passes away after giving each of his children a blessing Joseph’s blessing promises that he will live to fulfill his mission5 Oct. At the Prophet’s request, his scribe, Robert B. Thompson, reads in General Conference Joseph Smith’s “Treatise on the Priesthood”,

apparently the only discourse of the Prophet for which we have an exact text.(Words of Joseph Smith, Ehat and Cook, p. 38-44, 50-51) 17 Dec. Nauvoo Charter is signed in Springfield Illinois

Life in the City Beautiful Nauvoo

1841Reminisence –After I had returned from my second mission to England in 1841, the Prophet Joseph came to me one evening and said, Brother Heber, I want you to give Vilate to me to be my wife, saying that the Lord desired this at my hands." Heber said that in all his life before he had never had anything take hold of him like that. He was dumbfounded. He went home, and did not eat a mouthful of anything, nor even touch a drop of water to his lips, nor sleep, for three days and nights. He was almost continually offering up his prayers to God and asking Him for comfort On the evening of the third day he said, "Vilate, let's go down to the Prophet's" and the went down and met him in a private room. Heber said, "Brother Joseph, here is Vilate." The Prophet wept like a child, said Heber, and after he had cleared the tears away, he took us and sealed us for time and all eternity, and said, "Brother Heber, take her, and the Lord will give you a hundredfold.“ Heber C. Kimball and Family, the Nauvoo Years Fn by Stanley B. Kimball , BYU Studies, vol. 15 (1974-1975), Number 4 - Summer 1975, p.463O. F. Whitney, Life of Heber C. Kimball, pp.

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439-40.

Personal Life: Wrestling in Nauvoo with a non Mormon minister -According to Elder Grant, a certain minister, out of curiosity, came to see the Prophet in Nauvoo and carried this sanctimonious spirit so far that the Prophet finally suggested to the minister that they engage in a little wrestling. The minister was so shocked that he just stood there rigid and dumbfounded, whereupon the Prophet playfully acted as though to put him on the floor and help him get up and then called attention to the so-called Christian "follies" of the time, the absurdity of the long, solemn, "asslike" tone of speaking and acting, and the dangers of excessive piety and fanaticism (Journal of Discourses, 3:66–67).

Personal Life Humor: Teaching Parley P. Pratt to Dance NauvooI shall endeavor, the Lord being my helper, to modulate my voice according to the Spirit of God that I may have when speaking, and not go beyond it, neither fall short. At the same time, I do not want my mind so trammeled as brother Parley P. Pratt's once was, when dancing was first introduced into Nauvoo among the Saints. I observed brother Parley standing in the figure, and he was making no motion particularly, only up and down. Says I, "Brother Parley, why don't you move forward?" Says he, "When I think which way I am going, I forget the step; and when I think of the step, I forget which way to go." [Journal of Discourses, 6:150]

15 Jan. First Presidency issued a proclamation urging all Saints “scattered abroad” to gather to Nauvoo19 Jan. D&C 124 Revelation outlined the work to be accomplished in Nauvoo

1 Feb. Nauvoo Charter takes effect; Joseph Elected to Nauvoo city council

4 Feb. Joseph Elected Lieutenant General of the Nauvoo Legion

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spring Joseph Performs (First?) Eternal Marriage Sealing

March D&C 125 To the Saints in Iowa

April 5 Plural Marriage to Louisa Beaman, First of several Nauvoo Plural Marriages

6 Apr. Cornerstones of Nauvoo Temple laid

Spring First Presidency calls for all saints to gather to Nauvoo

Growing Conflict in Illinois1841June Anti-Mormon political party organized in Hancock County

June First Missouri extradition order against Joseph Smith dismissed by Illinois Court5 June Joseph is arrested again on false charges of treason and murder dating from his arrest and imprisonment at Liberty Jail, the intent being to return him to Missouri for trial; writ for arrest is dismissed on 10 June 1841. The prophet said his defense relied in part on the fact “that the indictment, in Missouri, was obtained by fraud, bribery and duress, all of which I was prepared to prove.”Summer Twelve return from missions in England (Orson Hyde takes a walk with Joseph) British converts begin arriving (Joseph shabbily dressed); 1200 buildings exist now in the city

9 July D&C 126 Brigham had served 9 missions by now and he was counseled to take especial care of his family

7 Aug. Don Carlos Smith dies, at Nauvoo

16 Aug. Joseph Smith gave the Twelve new responsibilities in general Church leadership

2 Oct. Cornerstones of Nauvoo House laidOriginal Manuscript of the Book of Mormon placed inside.

Nov. 8 Baptismal Font dedicated; 21 Nov. First baptism

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performed in the font

November 22 Reminiscence – Sarah Kimball Nauvoo

My eldest son was born in Nauvoo, November 22nd, 1841; when the babe was three days old a little incident occurred which I shall mention. The walls of the Nauvoo Temple were about three feet above the foundation. The Church was in need of help to assist in raising the Temple walls. I belonged to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints; my husband did not belong to the Church at that time. I wished to help on the Temple, but did not like to ask my husband (who owned considerable property) to help for my sake. My husband came to my bedside, and as he was admiring our three days’ old darling, I said, “What is the boy worth?” He replied, “O, I don’t know, he is worth a great deal.” I said, “Is he worth a thousand dollars?” The reply was “Yes, more than that if he lives and does well.” I said, “Half of him is mine, is it not?” “Yes, I suppose so." “Then I have something to help on the Temple.” He said pleasantly, “You have?” “Yes, and I think of turning my share right in as tithing.” “Well, I’ll have to see about that.” Soon after the above conversation Mr. Kimball met the Prophet Joseph Smith, President of the Church, and said, “Sarah has got a little the advantage of me this time, she proposes to turn out the boy as Church property.” President Smith seemed pleased with the joke, and said, “I accept all such donations, and from this day the boy shall stsand recorded, Church property.” Then turning to Willard Richards, his secretary, he said, “Make a record of this, and you are my witness.” Joseph Smith then said, “Major, (Mr. Kimball was major in the Nauvoo Legion) you now have the privilege of paying $500 and retaining possession, or receiving $600 and giving possession.” Mr. Kimball asked if city property was good currency. President Smith replied that it was. Then said Mr. Kimball, “How will that reserve block north of the Temple suit?” President Smith replied, “It is just what we want.” The deed was soon made out and transferred in due form. President Smith said to me, “You have consecrated your first born son, for this you are blessed of the Lord. I bless you in the name of the Lord God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Jacob. And I seal upon you all the blessings that pertain

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to the faithful. (Biography by Lydia Dibble Granger)

Nauvoo, Illinois1842

Personal Reminiscence- Howard Coray

On another occasion, Howard had a deep spiritual experience as he watched the Prophet Joseph at work: One morning, I went as usual into the office to go to work. I found Joseph sitting on one side of a table and Robert B. Thompson on the opposite side, and the understanding I got was that they were examining or hunting in the manuscript of the new translation of the Bible for something on priesthood, which Joseph wished to present or have read to the people the next conference. Well, they could not find what they wanted and Joseph said to Thompson, "Put the manuscript to one side and take some paper and I will tell you what to write." Brother Thompson took some foolscap paper that p.335] was at his elbow and made himself ready for the business. I was seated probably six or eight feet on Joseph's left side, so that I could look almost squarely into Joseph's left eye, I mean the side of his eye. Well, the spirit of God descended upon him and a measure of it upon me, insomuch that I could fully realize that God, or the Holy Ghost, was talking through him. I never, neither before or since, have felt as I did on that occasion. I felt so small and humble I could have freely kissed his hand. H. Dean Garrett, ed., Regional Studies in Latter-day Saint History: Illinois , p.334-335

Personal Reminiscence – Joseph broke the leg of Howard Coray The incident most widely known in the Coray family, from the time Howard lived with the Smiths, was the time the Prophet broke Howard's leg while wrestling with him. While Howard was working as a clerk for the Prophet, Joseph said he wished Howard were a larger man so they could wrestle. Howard said they could do it regardless of his size and, as they wrestled in the street in front of the office, Joseph broke Howard's leg. Howard said it was foolhardy to wrestle with the Prophet, who weighed over 200 pounds while he scarcely weighed 130. One other

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thing no one seems to have mentioned, and certainly Howard never did, though Hyrum Smith alludes to it in the Patriarchal Blessing he gave Howard in 1840, is the fact that Howard had only one hand. Even though he was of small stature, having only a right hand never slowed Howard down a bit as he did manual labor almost all of his life. After the Prophet had carried Howard into the house and placed a splint on the broken leg, Howard noted that Jacob received a blessing from the angel that injured him in their wrestle, and asked the Prophet to bless him. Joseph said his father, Joseph Smith, Sr., was the patriarch and he would ask him to bless him. Howard wrote of this incident: "In nine days after my leg was broken, I was able to get up and hobble about the house, by the aid of a cane, and in two weeks thereafter, I was about recovered-nearly as well as ever-so much so that I went to meeting on foot, a distance of a mile." He considered that experience a miraculous healing since he had expected to be laid up for at least three months. (H. Dean Garrett, ed., Regional Studies in Latter-day Saint History: Illinois , p.335)

5 Jan. Joseph Smith’s Red Brick Store opens

Feb. Joseph Smith becomes the managing editor of the “Times and Seasons”

7 Feb. Son of Joseph and Emma dies at birth No name given)

1 Mar. Begin of the publishing of the Book of Abraham

15 Mar. Freemasonry Lodge organized in Nauvoo

17 Mar. Relief Society founded

April Joseph Applies for Bankruptcy (Joseph Smith, Richard Bushman Chronology)

May 2000 Men of the Nauvoo Legion march in review for Gov. Carlin and Judge Stephen A. DouglasMay John C. Bennett exposed for his wickedness and

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excommunicated

May Murder attempt on former Governor Boggs of Missouri

4-25 May Joseph Introduced the Endowment in the upper room pf the Red Brick store; nine men were endowed that day (May 4, Brigham

Young, Heber C. Kimball and Willard Richards) later he held 52 Meetings to Give the Temple Endowment

19 May Joseph is elected Mayor of Nauvoo

Aug. Joseph Smith went into hiding to elude enemies in second Missouri extradition attempt

Nauvoo, Illinois1842Date Unknown

Reminiscence-The father of Dimick was named William. One night the Prophet learned from Shadrack Roundy, who stood guard at his gate,that a mob was on the river. Shadrack Roundy's "rascal beater," which we would call a billy club, would not be enough against twenty men. The Prophet went down the street to William's house, woke him up, and said, "A mob is coming, counsel me." William said: "I know what to do. You climb in my bed. I'll go back and get in yours." That is what they did The mob came and dragged William out. Down by the river they discovered they had the wrong man. Their viciousness knew no bounds. In wrath, they "stripped him, roughed him up, tarred and feathered him, and herded him back into Nauvoo like a mad dog." When he finally staggered into his own home the Prophet embraced him and said with all the power of his soul, "Brother William, in the name of the Lord I promise you will never taste of death." That prophecy was fulfilled. Diary of Oliver B. Huntington p.9; Truman G. Madsen, Joseph Smith the Prophet , p.40 (Compilers Note: the term rascal beater was usually identified with the club of Stephen Markham)

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suffer persecution and will be driven to the Rocky Mountains8 Aug. Joseph goes into hiding after arrest warrants without foundation are issued, falsely accusing him with complicity in an attempt to assassinate Missouri Gov. Lilburn BoggsAug.-Nov. While in hiding Joseph records his feelings of gratitude for those who have helped him throughout his ministry1 Sept. D&C 127 Joseph Glories in Persecution

6 Sept. D&C 128 Baptism for the dead the most Glorious truth of the restoration

Nov. Martin Harris is rebaptized in Kirtland Ohio

26 Dec. Joseph Smith went to Springfield, Illinois, where Missouri charges were dropped against him…Judge Nathaniel Pope

December 31Springfield Illinous

Legal Humor – One more specimen of his [Justin Butterfield] wit, and I will give no more. On the trial of Joe Smith, the great Mormon prophet, at Springfield, before His Honor Judge [Nathaniel] Pope, of the United States District Court, the court room was crowded, and a large number of ladies were seated on both sides of the judge, upon the bench. Butterfield, who had been employed to defend the prophet, in opening the case, bowing to the judge and waving his hand to the ladies, said: "May it please your Honor, I appear before the Pope, in the presence of angels, to defend the prophet of the Lord!" Note: The "large number of ladies seated on both sides of the judge" were the "angels" to whom Butterfield made reference. Among their number was Mary Todd Lincoln, the young bride of Illinois Congressmen, Abraham Lincoln. Linder F. Usher, Reminiscences of the Early Bench and Bar of Illinois (Chicago: The Legal News Company, 1879), 88.

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1843Feb. 8 Personal Life Humor: Stopped a Fight Nauvoo

Joseph said that once when he was in his office, he saw two boys fighting in the street. He ran out, "caught one of the boys (who had begun the fight with clubs,) and then the other; and, after giving them proper instruction," as he termed it, "gave the bystanders a lecture" for egging the boys on instead of stopping the fight, and finally concluded the matter by saying that nobody was allowed to fight in Nauvoo but himself (History of the Church, 5:282–83). Joseph Smith favored music, drama, debating, hiking, boating, athletics, parties, dancing, and picnics. He liked going for long walks, horseback riding, and getting out into the beauty of nature. Here is the account of his activities for Wednesday, February 8, 1843:

This morning, I read German, and visited with a brother and sister from Michigan, who thought that "a prophet is always a prophet;" but I told them that a prophet was a prophet only when he was acting as such. After dinner Brother Parley P. Pratt came in: we had conversation on various subjects. At four in the afternoon, I went out with my little [son] Frederick, to exercise myself by sliding on the ice. [History of the Church, 5:265]

Feb.9 D&C 129 The Three Grand Keys of distinguishing Ministering Spirits

Feb. 20 Personal Life : a "wood-cutting bee" was held at the Prophet's home. Seventy brethren attended. They sawed, chopped, split, and piled up a large stack of wood in the yard, which served not only the Prophet's family, but also the many persons they helped out. "The day was spent by them with much pleasantry, good humor and feeling," says the record. "A white oak log, measuring five feet four inches in diameter was cut through with a cross-cut saw, in four-and-a-half minutes, by Hyrum Dayton and brother John Tidwell." This tree had been previously cut by the Prophet himself, and he had hauled it to the yard with his team (Joseph Smith, History of the Church, 5:282).

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Jan. 5 Joseph Discharged from arrest in Boggs case (Joseph Smith, Richard Bushman- Chronology)2 April D&C 130 When the Savior Appears..

16, 17 May D&C 131 Celestial Marriage

May 21 “I am like a rough stone roling down a hill” Joseph Smith

28 May Joseph is sealed to Emma for time and All Eternity

Emma's lot must have been a difficult one, for he was always bringing home a group to dinner. But she was a good cook. "When I want a little bread and milk," Joseph told William W. Phelps, "my wife loads the table with so many good things it destroys my appetite. Leonard J. Arrington was Church Historian for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints when this devotional address was given at Brigham Young University on 19 November 1974.

June 11 “I am a rough stone. The sound of the hammer and chisel was never heard on me nor never will be. I desire the learning and wisdom of heaven alone.” Joseph Smith

Personal Life Thoughts on Piety: "I am not a very pious man [in terms of the superpiety of Christian ministers of his day]. I do not wish to be a great deal better than anybody else" (compare History of the Church, 5:401).

June 23 Joseph Smith was arrested in Dixon, Illinois, in third Missouri extradition attempt

Nauvoo1843

Legal Humor: Journal entry in the handwriting of Willard Richards noted what Joseph had said about certain legal proceedings that resulted in his release following a Habeas Corpus hearing.

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According to an earlier published transcription, Joseph described those involved as a “spiritually minded circuit judge and a few fit men,” thus seeming to praise them. In a more careful transcription, however, we see that he was rather disgusted (or perhaps amuse) by them, mocking them as a spindle-shanked circuit judge and a few fat men. The Joseph Smith Papers, Journals, Vol. 1: 1832-39; 48:3

21 May “I am like a rough stone rolling down a hill.”(Joseph Smith Jr.)11 June “I am a rough stone. The sound of hammer and

chisel was never heard on me nor ever will be. I desire the learning and wisdom of heaven alone”. (Joseph Smith Jr.)

4 July A huge celebration was held in Nauvoo. Steamers from St. Louis bring 1000 visitors to Nauvoo

Covenant of Marriage

Fall Prominent members of the Church, including William Law, became dissenters; Anti-Mormon articles appear in Hancock County newspapers9 Sept. This is the case with Joseph Smith. He

never professed to e a dressed smooth polished stone but was rough out of the mountain & has been rolling among the rocks & trees & has not hurt him at all. But he will be as a smooth and polished in the end as any other stone. Brigham Young

Sept. Endowment of Women beginning with Emma Smith

Dec. Joseph puts Brigham in charge of Temple ordinances in his absenceDec. 25 Smith said that as long as Porter Rockwell remained loyal

and true to his faith, he need fear no enemy: "Cut not thy hair and no bullet or blade can harm thee!"1844

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20 Feb. Joseph instructs the Twelve Apostles to oversee the organization and outfitting of exploring parties to search out a new location in the West

Feb. James Strange is baptized by Joseph as a Latter day Saint. Sent on a mission to Wisconsin.

25 Feb. Joseph Smith prophecies; the saints will be out of the hands of their enemies within five years.

Mar. 26 Joseph delivers his last charge to the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles

In the Upper room of the Brick store. 8or 9 of the 12 were there Erastus Snow Lorenzo snow Franklin D. Richards many of the council of the 50

Bathseba Smith Zina, …7 April King Follet Discourse

14 May Josiah Quincy Jr. and Charles Francis Adams visit Nauvoo.

On 15 May 1844 Josiah and his cousin Charles Francis Adams visited Joseph Smith at the Mansion House in Nauvoo. The Mormon Prophet autographed the Book of Mormon Josiah had purchased, which is now owned by the LDS Church. The two visitors paid 25 cents each to have Lucy Mack Smith show them the mummies of Pearl of Great Price fame. Soon after this visit, Quincy served as Mayor of Boston (1845-49).

Quincy wrote after arriving at the two story frame house with a white picket fence.

Pre-eminent among the stragglers by the door stood a man of commanding appearance, clad in the costume of a journeyman carpenter when about his work. He as hearty, athletic fellow with blue eyes standing prominently out upon his light complexion, a long now and a retreating forehead, He wore striped pantaloons, a linen jacket, which had not lately seen the washtub and a beard of some three day's growth."

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instinctively have murmured.Quincy Figures of the Past,380-381

Before his death in 1882, he wrote a book, Figures of the Past, whose final chapter is entitled "Joseph Smith at Nauvoo." While Quincy's evaluation of Joseph Smith is generally skeptical, he did make some statements in praise of the Mormon prophet. He wrote: "It is by no means improbable that some future text-book, for the use of generations yet unborn, will contain a question something like this: What historical American of the nineteenth century has exerted the most powerful influence upon the destinies of his countrymen? And it is by no means improbable that the answer to that interrogatory may be thus written: Joseph Smith, the Mormon Prophet" Quincy, 376). Quincy died in 1882.

Josiah Quincy, later mayor of Boston, said to him, "You have too much power." Joseph replied, according to Quincy: "In your hands or that of any other person, so much power would, no doubt, be dangerous. I am the only man in the world whom it would be safe to trust with it." Then five words spoken as a "rich, comical aside," Quincy says: "Remember, I am a prophet!"

Joseph Smith proposed to pay slave owners to free slaves from the sale of public properties. This was a proposal worthy of a Christian statesman.

If the reader does not know just what to make of Joseph Smith…I can not help him out of the difficulty. I myself stand helpless before the puzzle. Quincy, Figures of the Past, 397.

16 May Joseph is nominated by the Nauvoo Conventionas U.S. presidential candidate; supporters carry him on their shoulders their progress lighted by a barrel of burning tar. Rough Stone Rolling Prologue-Emma makes cream puffs calls them politicians. (Because they are full of hot air)

Spring Warsaw Signal launched anti-Mormon diatribe

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The Martyrdom184424 Mar. Joseph Smith revealed to Saints a conspiracy against him

6 Apr. Joseph Smith thwarted designs of conspirators at general conference

7 June Conspirators published the first and only edition of Nauvoo Expositor June Forgery of James Strange letter to appoint him successor of Joseph Smith

Strange is excommunicated, John E. Page and William Smith Follow him.10 June Nauvoo city council ordered destruction of Expositor

18 June Joseph Smith placed Nauvoo under martial law

22 June Governor Ford insisted Joseph and Hyrum Smith go to Carthage to answer charges against them (Treason and Riot)

24 June Joseph and Hyrum went to Carthage

26 June The Nauvoo Neighbor Publishes an advertisement recommending A book on the Religious Denominations of America, Edited by Israel Daniel Rupp. It included an unedited copy of the Wentworth letter and Joseph Received a copy in Nauvoo and praised the editor’s work.

27 June D&C 135 Joseph and Hyrum murdered in Carthage by a mob

The Twelve Bear Off the Kingdom18443 Aug. Sidney Rigdon arrived in Nauvoo from Pittsburgh claiming to be “guardian” of the Church6 Aug. Members of the Twelve arrived in Nauvoo from the East, Parley P. Pratt’s Vision8 Aug. Brigham Young was transfigured before the people, and the Twelve were sustained as the presiding quorum in the Church

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1845Jan. Nauvoo Charter revoked

Spring/summer Nauvoo experienced new growth and development

Sept. Antagonism against Saints renewed in Hancock County

Oct. Church leaders announced intention to move to the West

Dec. Endowment ordinance work began in completed Nauvoo Temple

Winter 1845-46 Saints prepared for exodus to the West

18464 Feb. First group crossed the Mississippi River

Mid-Feb. Brigham Young and others of the Twelve left Nauvoo

The Trek Across Iowa18464 Feb. Saints began crossing Mississippi River

1 Mar. Camp of Israel left Sugar Creek

26 Mar. Reorganization of Camp of Israel at Chariton River

15 Apr. Song “All Is Well” composed at Locust Creek

24 Apr. Garden Grove founded

16 May Mount Pisgah founded

14 June Original Pioneer Company reached Missouri River

1-20 July Mormon Battalion recruited

Sept. Winter Quarters established

Sept. Battle of Nauvoo and evacuation of poor Saints Pioneers to the West

4 Feb. Saints began voyage on the Brooklyn

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21 July March of Mormon Battalion commenced

31 July Brooklyn arrived in San Francisco Bay

Aug. Mississippi Saints arrived in Pueblo, Colorado

Sept.-Nov. Three detachments of Mormon Battalion went to Pueblo, Colorado, because of illness

Winter 1846-47 Preparations proceeded at Winter Quarters to outfit the Pioneer Company to the West184714 Jan. D&C 136 The word and will of the Lord concerning the trek was revealed to Brigham Young

15 Apr. The Pioneer Company began its trek west

24 July Brigham Young arrived in Salt Lake Valley27 Dec. New First Presidency sustained by Church in Kanesville, Iowa

1848- 1856 Germany- England- SLC, UtahOctober 4Personal Life- Ellen Breakell NeibaurOne of my favorite stories is about a woman named Ellen Breakell Neibaur. She was an English girl. She married a German, Alexander Neibaur, who had come to England to study dentistry. They were in Preston, England, when Heber C. Kimball went on his first English mission. Ellen and Alexander were converted. Eventually they came to America and settled in Nauvoo. When it came time to leave on the westward journey, the Neibaurs were extremely poor. It took all of their money to buy a team and wagon and enough supplies to get them through. She didn't even have enough money to buy a pair of shoes, so she wrapped her feet in rags and came all the way across the plains barefoot. After they reached Salt Lake, traveling in the second company with Brigham Young in 1848, her husband became a teacher. She took in laundry. For the next eight years, any time she could save a penny or two she put it aside. After eight long years, she finally had reached the point where she could buy a pair of commercially made shoes from a mail order house. She ordered a pair of high-top patent leather button shoes. They arrived sometime in September 1856.

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Just a few days later, on October 4, a company led by Franklin D. Richards of the Quorum of the Twelve rode into Salt Lake with some very disturbing news. They said, "President Young, we have two more handcart companies stranded out on the plains, with over a thousand people." Brigham Young was stunned; three companies had already come in safely, and he assumed that was it for the season. He had no idea there were more, so he had called all the supply wagons back to Salt Lake. The news reached him on Saturday afternoon, October 4. In general conference on the next day, October 5, Brigham Young stood up and said, "I will now give this people the subject and the text for the Elders who may speak to-day and during the conference. It is this. On the 5th day of October, 1856, many of our brethren and sisters are on the plains with handcarts, and probably many are now seven hundred miles from this place, and they must be brought here, we must send assistance to them. The text will be, 'to get them here.'"11 President Young then called for teams, wagons, food, and clothing to help those who were stranded. And Ellen Neibaur, after eight years of waiting, had not lost sight of what the covenant was and what mattered. She took that brand-new pair of shoes down to the wagon team and gave them to the rescue effort. It was customary, when a new company came into the Valley, for all the Saints to go out and line the streets and greet them. When this particular company came in, everyone went out to greet them, because this was the first of the two besieged handcart companies to be rescued. Ellen Neibaur went out. Normally the Saints watched the faces of the people coming in to see who they were. What do you think Ellen Neibaur was watching that day? She wasn't looking at faces. She was looking at feet. She wanted to know who had gotten her shoes.

Now, here comes the beautiful end to this true story, a great example of faith and covenant, and an example of the power that follows. When Ellen Neibaur saw her shoes, she looked up and, to her absolute amazement, wearing them was an old friend from Preston, England, who had joined the Church since Ellen had left England! Ellen's sacrifice had helped to save her friend's life and had helped her come to the Valley safely. (Gerald N. Lund, Selected Writings of Gerald N. Lund: Gospel Scholars Series , p.320 – 321)

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Salt Lake City, Utah19183,4, 31 Oct. D&C 138 Joseph F. Smith Vision of the Spirit World

1870 Edward Stevenson brings Martin Harris to Utah he arrives August 30th is rebaptized speaks in General Conference and in a carriage driven by John Henry Smith with George A. Smith on the way to take a bath at

warm springs near SLC , while passing over a hill, President Smith directed the curtains of the carriage be raised, giving

a magnificent view of the city below. The tabernacle and the temple and in fact a beautiful full view of the city. He looked out across the valley and said “who would have thought that the Book of Mormon could have done all this?”

18906 Oct. Official Declaration 1

197830 Sept. Official Declaration 2

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