Show I 1 I 1 copyright secured HISTORY OF JOSEPH SMITH JULY 1839 monday tuesday and wednesday ath eth and I 1 was with the twelve selecting hymns for the purpose of hymn book about this time sickness began to manifest itself much among the brethren us well as among the inhabitants of the place so that this week and the following was generally spent in visiting the sick and administering to them some had faith enough and abil were healed others had not sunday there was no meeting on account of hilch rain and much sic sickness knese however many athe sick were thi day raised up by tile lie power of god the instrumentality inspru mentality of the elders of israel ministering unto them in tile the name of jesus christ monday and tuesday and the sick bick were administered unto with gr great P at success but many rema remain in sic sick and nd diew new cas casis 08 are occurring daily d aily I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 sunday sheeting meeting was held as aa usual elder purley parley P pratt preached on the lite gathering of israel and tit in the I 1 afternoon orson pratt ad I 1 ja J a d the ch churchon belfon the necessity of keeping the baid Y tac mr ev 1 iday ant M altol ih i h T byg y an and d aid admonished m e it c Q to set their 1 houses in order to make clean the inside of the pl blitter itter and to meet on the next next sabbath to partake of life sacrament in order that by our obedience to the ordinances we might be enabled prevail with bod against the destroyer and tiie the sick might be healed all this week aie chiefly fly spent among the sick who in hi general are gaining strength and recovering health sunday aug ath aile the church can came lie toge for prayer meeting and sacrament I 1 ili fhi church at length concerning the necessity bing righteous and clean at heart before tile the lord many others alsop also spoke poke especially some of werl were present pro n ss to proceed on their mission to earo europe e without either purse or scrip ac the sacrament was administered a spirit of humility and harmony harmany prevailed and the church passed a resolution that the twelve proceed as aa soon as possible an and d that they would provide for their families during their absence I 1 I 1 monday anday ath commerce hancodk hancock county comity illinois ath august 1839 9 dear sir I 1 have been requested bested to write you on b behalf of the twelve who are just on the eve of their departure for Engla england md and inform you that this thing which you you have thought proper to write as a revelation to the church in ili alston and the bri branches round about to which you yourself administered baff basal already roady come to the knowledge of the churches both here and elsewhere and lest iest you should have any doubt concerning the fact we send you a copy of your you r revelation to that church I 1 am sir with all respect yours vours truly JAMES revelation P S isaiah L chap lind and alth verses in my own behalf I 1 wish to state that I 1 sincerely wish that it may soon come to pass that vou sir and all our friends at far west may perceive that you are w walking n aki i ng I 1 1 in n 1 the hie light ofa fire and barks s sparks that yo you it have i va y yourselves 0 ur kindled and ayou you may turn round and fear ft ar the lord obey the voice of his servant and thereby eseau escape the sentence lye ye shall lie down in ili sorrow borrow 1 J M to mr isaae isaac russell far west mo friday ath A conference was hild held at brother caleb hadnett county rew j ariar y elder john P green presiding and brooklyn branches were represented by the president in good fellowship there were depre seated tit at this conference the following branc hesby elder ball shrewsbury new jersey numbering twenty meni members lers montage three Minis sink new ham hampshire two w 0 albany eighty eight holliston massachusetts e chu hu sixteen elder dunham represented resented Hu hamilton nilton madison county forty six 9 samuel 1 james Leech burgh pennsylvania forty sunday I 1 alth I 1 th I 1 Otten attended oed meeting in the forenoon n and heard a sermon b by parley P pratt in the afternoon there was one baptized and four confirmed namely gamely brother hibbard his wife little s son and daughter and the sacrament was administered this week I 1 chiefly spent in visiting the sick sickness much decreased sunday rode out in the forenoon orson orsan pratt preached upon the order and plan of erea creation tion and three were baptized afternoon three confirmed nud and ae one ordained an elders elder this week 1 I spent chiefly amo among ag the sick jck the church chorch made a purchase of eighty acres from william will white ite for four thou thousand ild dollars 0 lying I 1 directly north of ottele thil hugh MUM purchase I 1 1 I 1 I 1 11 1 sunday I 1 att attended tended meeting sickness sickles decreasing thursday I 1 elders parley r P pratt and family orson pratt and hiram dark started on their mission nois aion to england in their own two horse carriage carnage their route lying illinois indiana and to detroit the capital of michigan about five hundred and eighty miles distant situated near the head of lake erier erie saturday th The work is spread sub ingin i I 1 n E england ng elder Xi richards chardi went to the staffordshire potteries this day and Prebi presidents dents fielding and clayton were visiting and setting in order many of the branches and ardi ordaining biting many to the mitti stry who are dell gent in preaching as they have opportunity on the sabbath iu in the surrounding villages I 1 sunday september I 1 attended meeting I 1 and spoke concerning some errors in hi parley P pratts writings ac ac this week sickness much decreased creased dp monday ath and greater part of the week I 1 spent in visiting the sick and qt tending to the settlement of our new town wednesday I 1 alth I 1 ali commerce ill 11 Uth tit sept 1839 dear brother galland we have had tile the great pleasure of receiving your favor of the sath i july uly and learning thereby that you and your family had arrived at chillicothe Chilli in safety and in health we perceive that you have had rather a narrow escape from a serious accident and doubtless I 1 the hand of the lord is to be acknowledged I 1 I 1 in the matter altho unperceived by mortal eye I 1 time and experience will teach us more and more I 1 how easily falsehood gains credence with mankind tit in general rather than the truth but especially in taking into consideration the plan of salvation the plain simple order of the gospel of jesus christ never has been discerned or acknowledged as tile the truth except by a few among whom were not many wise men after the flesh not many mighty not many noble whilst the majority have contented themselves with their own private opinions or have adopted those of others ac maag tl tv JJ J vi al 11 1 1 ft limy formula their policy or their finesse may have attracted their attention or pleased their taste but sir of all ail the other criterions crite rions whereby we may judge of the vanity of these things one will be always found true namely that we will always find such characters glorying in ili their own wisdom and their own works whilst the humble saint gives all the glory to god the father and to his son jesus christ chrisi whose yoke is easy and whose burden is light and who told his disciples that unless they become became like little children they could not enter the kingdom of heaven As to the situation of the church here matters go with us ds as well its as can reason reasonably aby be expected we have had considerable sickness amongst us but very few deaths and as the greater part are now recovering we yet hope to have shelters provided before the winter shall set in since you left herece here we have mr hotchkiss interest hereu hereabouts bouts his farm we have laid out additional to our town nauvoo and the town of commerce we ulso also hope to build up some of the twelve and others have already started for europe and the remainder of that thai mission we expect will go now in a few days according to intelligence received since you left the work of the lie lord rolls on in a very pleasing manner both in this and in the old Coun country tTy lii it englund england many hundreds have of late been added to I 1 our or numbers but so even so it must be fr arr 0 I 1 I ephraim lie he hath mixed himself among the people and the savior he hath said my sheep hear my voice and also lie he that heareth you heareth me and 41 behold I 1 will bring them again from the north country and gather them from tile coasts of the earth ac and as john heard the voice saying come out ont of lier ter my people even so must all be fril fulfilled filled that the p people ople of the lord may live when babylon the great is lilen filen f ilen is fallen there havi hav quite quita a number of families gathered up here already and we anticipate a continuance especially as upon enquiry we have found that we have not had bad more than a ratio of sickness I 1 here notwithstanding anding the alie trials ti ids we have had and I 1 the hardships to which we have been exposed calculating as we do upon the mercy and power of god in our behalf we hope to persevere on oil in tit every good and useful work wen even unto the end that when we ve come to be tried in the bu balance lanct we ma may not flot be found wanting I 1 and eternal I 1 i ial salv salvation i a arid your family as well as 0 of f all the honest in ili heart over the face of the earth we remain sir with sincerity your friends and brethren JOSEPH SMITH jr addressed to isaac galland esq Kirti kirtland and dauga county ohio friday I 1 left home for brother william smiths place saturday prest brigham young started from his home at montrose Montro sefor for england his herlth heal tit was vary poor lie he was unable to go thirty rods to the river without assip assistance tance after he had e crossed got c irry him ou on his horse behind beliinda him to heber C kimballs Kini Kim balls where he remained sick until the lelh he left his wife sick with a babe ouy only ten days old and all his children sick unable to wait upon each other I 1 returned home this evening sunday lath I 1 was visiting the alie sick monday and tuesday and was engaged in in arran arranging gring the town lots edged wednesday edues day went to burlington iowa territory Teni tory elders you young ng and kimball left sister kimball and all glicr ter children sick except little heber went thirteen miles on their journey towards england and were left at brother duels who lived in a small cabin cabill near the railway between commerce and warsaw they were so feeble as to be unable to carry their thair trunks into the houlb without the assistance of sister duel due who received them kindly prepared a bed for them to lie on oil and made them a cup of tea thursday I 1 returned this evening from 1 burlington hirling tou brother other duel carried elders young and kimball in his wagon to lima sit sixteen teen miles where another brother received them and carried them to father Mike sells near quincy about twenty miles the fatigue ft igue of this da day was too all much h for their feeble health they were prostrated and obliged to tarry a few days to tb recruit I 1 friday and Satur saturday dai ath and at home abt attending end ing to domestic and chuich business r elder d e r george A smith reuben H hadlock kloek and theodore turley started for england and upset their wagon anthe on the bank of the river before they 9 got ot out of sight of commerce smith and turley we were re so weak they could not get up tip and bedlock had toliff to lift them iu in ag again a iu soon after some ien gentlemen met them and iid aak d who i lida roti J bi bing ng so was appearance sickness sunday aday I 1 presided at the meeting and 8 concerning the other comforter ae us as I 1 had previously taught the twelve this ahli week I 1 spent in transacting arf ins acting vari various ous business at home except when visiting the sick who are in general I 1 recovering reco wring I 1 tho some of them but slowly wednesday ath president young went to charles C richs to brother ath brother wither wilber carried elders young dud and kimball to pittsfield sunday held meeting at my myown own house after others had bad spoken spoke ii I 1 spoke and explained concerning uselessness of preaching to the world about great judgments but rather to preach the simple i gospel explained concerning conc eining the coming of the son of man ac also that it is a i fulse false ide that the saints will escape all the judgments whilst the wicked s suffer u fler for all flesh is subject to suffer and the righteous shall hardly escape still many of the saints will escape for the just shall live by edith yet many of the righteous shall fall a prey to disease to pestilence ac by reason of the weakness of faiq flesh aud and yet be ba saved in the jn gf 0 an principle to iby that such and such have transgressed because they have been preyed upon by disease ox of death for all ali flesh is subject to td death and the savior has said judge not ast est ye be I 1 judged 11 monday the fore part of this week I 1 was at home preparing for conference elders young and kimball went to brother deckers and MX mr murrays Mur rays sister kimballs Kim balls father tuesday october elders young an and kimball Kiin ball went to brother lorenzo youngs I 1 thursday ad I 1 wat wae in council with the brethren friday ath lorenzo carried elders young and kimball to lo jacksonville t saturday fth I 1 attended a general conference of the church of jesus christ of latter day I 1 saints at commerce hancock county illinois of w aich the following are the minutes the meeting was opened by prayer by president joseph smith jr after which hie be was appointed president and javies sloan clerk of the conference by a unanimous voice of the meeting the president then spoke at some length upon the situation of the church the difficulties they have had to contend with and the manner in which they had been led to this place and wished to know the views of the brethren whether they wished to appoint this a stoke stake or not stating that he believed it to be a good place and suited for the saints it was then unanimously agreed upon that it should be appointed a stake and a place of gathering for the saints the following officers were then appointed 7 namely william marks to be president bishop whitney VV hitney to be bishop of middle ward bishop partridge to be bishop of ippei ward bishop knight to be bishop of lower ward george W harris simuel samuel bent henry Q sherwood i david fulmer alpheus alphaus cutler william huntington thomas Thor grover newel knight charles C rich david doit seymour brunson Bru tison lewis D vy 1 bo 10 hk hit cincil who va being respectfully called upon accepted their it was then voted that a branch of tile the church be established on the other side of tile the river in ill iowa territory orv over which elder john smith was appointed ripley bishop and smith john M burke A owen smoot richard howard willard snow erastus snow dvid pettigrew elijah fordham edward fisher elias smith john patten stephen chase were elected high council don C smith sinith was elected to be continued as president deni of the high priesthood orson hyde to stand in ili his former office and william smith to be continued in his standing letters were then read respecting the absence of members from ill health it was voted that harlow redfield be suspended until lie be can have a trial and in inthe the meantime that he should not act us as president of ofa a branch or preach voted that john daley james daley calev and milo A adrus retain their station in tile the ca church u reh voted that ephraim owens confession confession for disobeying the alie word of wisdom b be e accepted brothers brother edward johnston Johi iston benjamin johnston samuel musick john S fulmer jabez |