Show I 1 copyright secured HISTORY OF JOSEPH SMITH anul AMUL 1842 saturday 2 21 I 1 paid hugh rhodes 1150 for a farm the fourth regiment of the second cohort of the nauvoo legion was organized jonathan dunham was elected colonel james brown lieu lieutenant tenant colo coio colonel nel nei and jesse P harmon major of the same bame consisting of four companies monday 4 transacted business at my house with butterfield concerning the lawrence estates and closed a settlement with william marks in the counting room and paid him off principal and interest to the last farthing for all that myself or the church had had of him tuesday 5 settled with brother wednesday 6 of april 1842 1642 being the first lay day of the year of the rise of the church of jesus christ of latter day saints a special conference had been appointed at the city of nauvoo but it was so wet and cold it was not prudent ji for me to go out as my health was not good and I 1 spent the day with my family brother H hyrum rum and E elders d ers brigham young heber C kimball cimball and willard richards called on me rne in the morning and I 1 gave them instructions liow ilow low to organize and adjourn the conference before they left brother hyrum and tile the twelve present bore testimony that they had never heard me teach any principles but those of the strictest virtue either in public or private 11 conference minutes special conference of the ahe church of jesus christ of latter day saints city of nauvoo april 6 1842 the day being wet the fiest presidency did dia not mot attend and elder page addressed those present upon the subject of the charges against him and said lie he I 1 would be happy to have all an opportunity of laying his statement before the conference at a convenient time president william law general bennett Ben nett nelt president pro tem tern and president hyrum smith all spoke upon the subject of military affairs showing the necessity of a well organized and efficient force that as we were bound lo 10 serve our country if required in a common with all good citizens we ought not to be behind any of our neighbors in point of good order neat uniforms and equipments and a well organized and thoroughly disciplined legion thursday 7 11 met president joseph smith had bad the several quorums put in lii order and seated he ile then made some very appropriate remarks concerning the duties of the church the necessity of unity of purpose in regard to the building of the houses lio iio uses and aud the blessings connected with doing the will of god and the inconsistency folly and danger of murmuring against the dispensations of jehovah ile ha said that the principal object of the meeting was to bring the case of elder page before them and that another object was to choose young men and alid ordain them and send them out to ji preach reach that they may have an opportunity of proving and of enduring the tarring and feathering and such things as those of us who have gone before them have had to elder page paga having arrived was called upon and addressed the congregation in relation to the performance nonperformance non of his mi ml gion bion to jerusalem ile he said that when lie he started with elder hyde nde joy filled their hearts and they were aware of the responsibility of their mission elder hydes hides vision was that he should be in jerusalem alone elder page considered elder eder hyde to be his father and guida gulda in tiie the and felt it his duty to submit to elder hydes hides opinion in all things no elders ever were wera more wore in concert on a mission than they were while together they mader a covenant in quincy to stand by each other while on the mission that if it they were in hl salted or imposed upon they tiley would stand stancl by each other even unto death and not va t parate separate unless to go a few miles to preach a sermon that all moneys should go into one purse and it dil so elder hyde in indiana first said baid lie he would go to visit brother knight arid nid t at elder page should stav slay and preach he assented and went and returned to indianapolis India ludia eider page had a cnare given him on account of both boll elder Elde ade then took the mare went on left his li s I 1 miln ith elder eidex page while away le ie sod bod so d the mare for 10 and received 60 more as a donation from the tile man to whom lie ho sold the ther mare oare he lie returned they preached at ut dayton da ton and received a handbore hand gome tome contribution elder page paga preached 16 miles off and raised a branch elder hyde went to cincinnati revised the missouri persecutions got moo copies printed paid for them aud and took pirt part of them with him and left a it large box fall fiill and about loose copies with elder page elder hyde started for pini adelph it durpos eg to d visit churche churches s on the way lie lle I 1 left e ft elier liter page 2331 elder page returned to dayton and milton and sold cold books bocks with the inte intention ution of following elder hyde as soon as practicable but he stayed staved a day da or two too long and the river cosed closed by the frost from one to two wo weeks earlier than tim usual elder hyde told him that I 1 it was possible they might be from one cne to two years before betone they would leave america as it would won id take upwards of 1000 each to take them to jerusalem and back that it would be slow flow gleaning in england and assigned this as a reason for not ir immediately mediately following elder hyde yde thinking that he lie would ba be sure of seeing h him 1 in the tile spring a elder page accused himself of not using better economy iu in proceeding on his journey there came out a piece in the paper stating the displeasure of the lord respecting elder hyde and elder page he sat down and wrote a piece to put in the paper acknowledging the justice of the charge but wisdom prevented its being baing published preached about washington ac gathered funds for the mission in west Wesl westchester W est chester and in in philadelphia elder hyde raised funds on behalf of the tile mission by applauding elder pages talents wisdom ac but they were disappointed ia la him when they saw him he be raised funds for the mission the most liberal was in philadelphia he intended to sail on oil the of july but the brethren said that if lie would remain two weeks they would raise funds for him they found that it would take longer and he decided to stay a month lie he then received a command through a letter from president hyrum smith to an official character in philadelphia requesting him to return lie he wrote to ascertain tile the reason but did not get all an answer he ans was then called in by president joseph smith and elder brigham young elder hyde alyd would often renew the covenant between them to never part with each other in that mission elder page had no blame to attach to elder hyde he supposed he had done right but if lie he had been in his place he be would have tarried for him until the spring tile reports of his having apostatized ac returned even from this place to new york many reproved him for leaving cincinnati for dayton president joseph smith then arose and stated that it was wrong to make the covenant referred to by him that it created a lack of confidence for two men to covenant to reveal all acts of secrecy or otherwise to each other and elder page showed a little grann granny ism he said that no two men when they agreed to go ought to separate that the prophets of old would not and quoted the circumstance of elijah and elisha ad kings gei gel chapter when about lo 10 go to giggal also when about to go to jericho ana to jordan that elisha could not get clear of elijah that he clung to his big garment until lie he was taken to heave heaven n and that elder page should have stuck by elder hyde and he might might have gone gona to jerusalem that there is nothing very bad in it but by the experience let us profit again the lord made mado use of elder page as a goat goal to procure funds for elder hyde when elder hyde returns we will reconsider the matter and perhaps send tend them back to jerusalem we will fellowship elder page until elder hyde comes and we will wilt then weld them together and make them one A vote was then put and slid carried that we hold elder page in full fall fellowship voted that elder page be sent to pittsburgh sang a hymn adjourned for one hour and a half at one met agreeable to adjournment choir sung a hymn hemr prayer frayer by elder 11 C kimball elder L wight called to know if there w were ere any present of the rough and weak things who wished to bd be ordained and go and preach who have not been before ordained elder L wight tieni nar aAr caressed essed those who intended to be ordained oil on the subject of their duty and requirements to go and preach president hyrum smith spoke concerning the elders who went forth to preach from kirt kirtland land and were afterwards called in for the washing and anointing at the dedication of the house and those who go now wi w I 1 be called in also when this temple is 13 about to be dedicated and will then be endowed to go forth with mighty power having the same anointing that all may go forth and have llave the same power the tho first second and so on of the seventies and ail all those formerly ordained this wil wll be an important and beneficial mission and not many years until those now sent will be called in again ile he then spoke in contradiction of a report in circulation ab about elders 11 C kimball brigham young hims and tiie ithe i the tile a of the twelve alleging that a sister had been shut in a room for several days and that they had endeavored to induce her to believe in laving two wives also cautioned the tile sisters against going to the steamboats president joseph smith spoke upon the subject of the stories respecting elders kimball and showing the folly and inconsistency of spending any time lime in conversing about such stories tries or hearkening to them for turere is no person that is acquainted with our principles would believe such lies except sharp the editor of the 11 warsaw signal baptisms for the dead aud and far for the healing bealing of or tile the body must be in tha the folit those coming coining into the church and te those a iced may be done in ia the river A box should d be prepared for the use cf of the font that the clerk may be paid and a book procured by the tha moneys to be put therein by thos baptized the remainder to go to the use of the temple sung a hymn ordinations to take place tomorrow morning baptisms in a the font al aio alo also o therb there were ordained to the office of elder under the tile hands of the twelve the conference friday 8 conference assembled sung a by hymn prayer by elder 11 C kimball elder eider der page then addressed the assembly upon several subjects made many interesting remarks concerning being called to the ministry labor in the vineyard ac spoke of his own travels and the fruits of his labors as an all encourage encouragement e men to the young elders who were going into t the h e vineyard president joseph smith said the baptisms would be attended to also the ordinations sung a hymn elder john taylor preached a sermon while the ordinations and baptisms were going 01 01 1 on oil the subject of infidelity showing that the tile arguments used against the bible were reamona reasonably bly scientifically and philosophically false I 1 the stand wes occupied in the after afternoon n oan by elder amasa lyman who was folio followed wed b by y elder william Willi arri smith then theu the conference CI closed ased by the benediction of president joseph still smith ti i JAMES SLOAN SWAN clerk saturday 9 in the morning I 1 attended the funeral of brother ephraim marks and it in tile the evening attended city council the foli following oving brief extract is from elder wilford woodruffs journal the saints in nauvoo assembled at the house of president marks at an early hour in the tile morning to pay their last respect to the body of eph bairn marks son of president william marks who died on the evening of the ath A large procession formed and walked to the grove where a numerous congregation had assembled bled bied president joseph smith spoke upon the occasion with much feeling and interest among his remarks ho he said it is a very solemn and awful time I 1 never felt more solemn it calls to mind the death of my oldest brother alvin who died in in new york and my youngest brother don carlos smith who died in nauvoo it has been hard for me to live on earth and see these young men upon epou whom we have leaned for support and comfort taken from us in the midst of their youth yes it has been to be reconciled to these things I 1 have sometimes thought that 1 should have felt more reconciled to have been called away myself if it had been the will of god yet 1 know we ought douht to be still and know it is is of god and be reconciled to his will all is right it will be but a short time before we shall alt all in like manner be called it may be the case with me as well as you some have supposed that brother joseph could not die but this is is a mistake it is is true there have been times when I 1 have llave had lied the promise of my life to accomplish such and such ah things u abut but having now accomplished those things I 1 have llo ilo not t at present any lease of my life I 1 am am as liable ilabe to die as other men I 1 can say in my heart that I 1 have not done anything against ephraim marks that I 1 am sorry for and I 1 would ask any of his companions if they have done an anything athing against him that they are sorry for or that they would not like lo 10 meet and answer for at the baff bar of god if so let it prove as a warning to all to deal justly before god and with all mankind then we shall be clear in in the da dax day 0 of J judgment when V 1 1 eli we lose a near and dear friend upon whom we have set our hearts lie ile arts it should be a caution unto us not to set our affections too firmly upon others knowing that they may in in like manner be taken from us our affections should be placed upon god and his ins work vv ork more intensely than upon our fellow beings sunday loi 10 I 1 preached in in the groveland grove and pronounced liou ilou n ced a curse upon all adulterers and fornicator and persons and those who have made use of my name to carry oil on their iniquitous designs des gns agns the following brief synopsis Is s from the journal oi of elder wilford woodruff Woo druff draff joseph the seer arose in the power of god reproved and ad rebuked wickedness duess before the people in the name of the tho lord god ile he wished v islieb to say a fw faw words to suit the condition of the general mass and I 1 shall speak with aut but bority of the prist priesthood hood in m the name of tile llie lord god aich which shall prove a savor of life unto life or of death unto death notwithstanding this con congregation re profess to be saints yei yet f I 1 stand in tile the midst of all characters and classes of men it you wish to go where god is igou lson you must be like god or possess the principles which god possesses for if we are not drawing dra ning tovar tomar Ji 13 god in in principle we weare wears are going from him and drawing to varde ward the devil yes I 1 am sLa sua standing in tile tiie laidet of ad bil kincs kinds of people search your our hearts and see if you are lie god I 1 have hive searched mine and feel to repent repeat of all my sins fins we have hate thieves among us adulterers liars hypo cAtes if god should speak from heaven b bo would command you not to steal not to commit adultery not to covet nor deceive dec eive tive lve ive but bt b faithful over a few thins 0 ings As far as we degener ate from god we descend to the devil and lose knowledge alli au I 1 without knowledge we cannot be 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