The Missionary Movements of the LDS Church in New England,

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1 Brigham Young Universiy BYU ScholarsArchive All Theses and Disseraions 1969 The Missionary Movemens of he LDS Church in New England, Richard Shelon Williams Brigham Young Universiy - Provo Follow his and addiional works a: hp://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/ed Par of he Missions and World Chrisianiy Commons, and he Mormon Sudies Commons BYU ScholarsArchive Ciaion Williams, Richard Shelon, "The Missionary Movemens of he LDS Church in New England, " (1969). All Theses and Disseraions hp://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/ed/5215 This Thesis is brough o you for free and open access by BYU ScholarsArchive. I has been acceped for inclusion in All Theses and Disseraions by an auhorized adminisraor of BYU ScholarsArchive. For more informaion, please conac scholarsarchive@byu.edu.

2 40 THE missionary MOVEMENTS OF THE LDS CHURCH IN NEW ENGLAND A hesis presened o he deparmen of graduae sudies in he college of religious insrucion brigham young universiy in parial fulfillmen of he requiremens for he degree maser of ars by richard shelon williams june 1969

3 effor he wriing of his work has been possible only hrough he effors cooperaion and help of many people he wrier would like o express special appreciaion o he following follcming o dr russell R rich who so willingly save gave offer many kindd and helpful suggesions gava of his ime dava ims cims o o drs hyrum andrus and chauncey C riddle for heir paience in reading he ex ferinz and offering ferenz valuable criicisms o he saff a he LDS church hisorians library especially A william lund for his help and encouragemen o ny wig vw wifea li helen heien who consanly encouraged he wrier o lae lee vork complee his work vock C and who paienly read and yped for him o our children who were willing o forego many of heir own lee pleasures in order ha heir faher could complee his hio hib work o hese and any ohers who have assised in any way he wrier em expresses his hanks lii iii lil

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5 v cha ch& CHMTBR psge bage BAGS PAGE orson oron kyda sammi HR hyda and samuel samual smih saih swih 19 orm ora pra and lyau lyan B19 johnson 29 gideon carer sar Sylvo sylveser aor suar saigh saih smih ho jarod jared carer 34 and jaked newell novell K ah whiney and joseph bah h 39 IV kxjfaiion ns0k OP hissionm MUSICKRY ACTIVITY nrrfn of joka john joha carger S carar carez carer 41 saag saak rl role rele reie miaaloaafy wssionary effors f orow hyde and of oraon lymn 5 aad lyman jehn johnsen johnson johnsoa jehnsen Johnswa soa 43 Mosoury miaaionary mosoury effors f jha jhn PF of jehn john ean boynon and evar evan kvan KH grew grna 45 nias niss miabiooary wock call gor ryvwkjul&u work weck ia a 0 f far for rec sec ger mal may nal misslonarlaa nix mix nisgio sio glonariss narles 56 sionarles niaaioaaxy braio kraio Kr sra ira gra rha eha hw nov nev new wsslosul aio ornixa&n orsaulzaion of ha he ghe khe gha kha quorum of he ir wive apales uke hala wala 1wive apoalaa laxly hisslonary miaaionary effors of arasus braeus grasus sal saw special caslon hiaaioa waslon of biahoo Us hdward kdward z4vard frrldp snew 75 parrdga 78 ofchar ofckar gisslow miaaioaa hisslow of DO 0 11an b V IMPORXAHT CP OF a dzubm yemos briflmr dzuba yemss hl192 miaaioa 1oma o wem how www sem mem england 90 a 0 e a 0 0 fek ek hasar 31 h C usballs klriballa Us mission o uhe ho khe uke zhe nw rug kagusd rus new kalusd suagee 96 saes joseo muhs muka smihs muha wasion o now eol&nd do ah joaeph joseph jeseph smiha smih& sr aad jehs swih smih england 106 and johs jaba jobs jeha jeka sih sieh ga lp o naw kaw nov nav ersland erbland ohar xlslow hiaiiaoa of VI IMPORTANT acarman an missionary mi8sionary niss miss movxmbn8 TH 1840 from froh nok broh kom kak 1837 THROUGH ill brigam brigui yoax reas rems brighm cowig WLI d klcherda f19 serva sarve serve in yowig and wll willard richarda Rie rieharda heeda kle ln he ho ghe uhe ha cha now inland saes ill lii

6 vi vl ch&fbr cak R rege hiin missiu of cliford wilord he ho hilm missia hiim jonal jenal wliford woodruff aad and jonahas jonafckaa jonabas Jonabaa H hal bale heia hsia 115 couformce coaforonoo a lyman bphlr havoure 128 now savoure proainon filas iea lea F wo prndnof filfs jein join jelu ch he church new now england C la no 130 Mo mowi hievowl lowi persevlew pfeoiions affa arf aff affoc nv now new cogland coglaad pxoeiyin 133 eugbwd fwelylag owk owh olk maden gaden again in lu mw new mew ingland oow oklmff was obw mifidlfoery a & work ia is a 0 lys 1840 VII MKSIONAAY WORK vork IN MW NEW mew mev ENGIAM MMUND DURING DMIM rhe early ely emy THE EAKLY vhwoopzpigd nkwoo PERIOD f e e 0 e 0 k brur irur mfua lemm sbhvulimc b vliilsn uv lev lew law mfua misslu of kray iraim san saov saw smew smaw kraw a sal Usai I1 ifesaaduuf chasa mhasa egue oe egus villard rh willard dehard uehard RL again la nnw gus england in www lando 0 e & 156 ZuS 0 VIIII VIZI MV NEW IMLM INGXAH AMWM MISSION XMION ACTIVITY J JULY zhi 1842 TO zhe THE THI deae DEATH an or jossph JOBIPH SMITH f 0 e he aaibmwpl hes angl aui anul lexu grr J ad ia dmd pmd pnadraising reia rela maslon hisaion muslon mls Hission rais owle nis 0 noe in HT now nwe knuad1842 aws awl aado asdo adms I1 jh jobs johm joks 1I paw pap pew baic baiw imaim ealm ia ln new clad england sablad biad Kn 179 f jimh jomh jbsepb smh pridnui cain caim calm C sm6h s prooldeaal beachm rmckm reachm sew now new son sen gocland kocland 180 IX XI WV snguffi niom ncm MW INMAND nich nch noh zeb TBB zes h&x5do ey TO THB ry BEGINNING IMNM r 0 0 OF TBB ZKODUB KXODW e he orpoizalen missiu ype cyp orianixaioo of missia mifioo durics usrias 196 f he ahbiraioo adhe araion raion gea keaulon of pariy pra P he we ra sisr sisralon wa adminisraion ads of 1 aulon alon oreon pra aulen X viss visa snoland m SNOIAND Xhis8kwasy aciviies ACTMMS TMH THROUGH adai admi adal aim adaiaijraii of jessa jesse Js C lile & 0 &

7 vil vii CHAPTER PAGE elli will elii adminisraion of williaa 1I A israion appleby 214 om he second von iem sraion ven of jef C lile 219 Aadainieraion of wilford woodruff 224 XI s SUHHIRT AW conclusion 227 e e 0 e s 0 s AND CONCLMION bibliogbaph bibliograpeffe 229 e 9 e 9 9 & a 0 0 0

8 chaper I1 inroducion saemen of he problem A hisory of he early movemens of he church of jesus chris of laer day sains in new mew sew england has never been wrien he purpose of his sudy is o wrie ha hisory showing he inroducion growh fran fean feon and developmen of missionary aciviies of he church in his area from 1830 o 1850 jusificaion of he Ssudy beween 1830 and 1850 here was considerable missionary aciviy promoed by he members ers of he LDS church grea A greal deal of his m work was concenraed in he new eidland england endland area of he unied saes As a resul of his missionary effor many people from new now england became convers o he church of jesus chris of laer day sains many significan conribuions o he early growh and developmen mead mea nifican of he mormonn church were made by hese neophyes grea A number of he limor or early leaders came from among hem much needed financial assisance was ofen given by hem o he young and growing organizaion for a period of ime hese people from new england formed he bulwark of he church knowing hese facs i was fel ha he oal wrien hisory of he LDS church would be incomplee wihou a careful sudy of he church aciviy in his area

9 2 definiion of erms here are zare some erms which are used in his work which are peculiar o he church of jesus chris of laer day sains hey are he following he erm aposle shall A osie refer o a member er of he m council of welve aposles of he church of jesus chris of lualer laer day sains he erm branch shall refer o a local organized group of members of he church of jesus chris of laer day sains he erm orm laer day sains ern arn church shall refer o he church of jesus chris of he erm LDS UPS uds shall refer eiher o laer day sains who are members of he church or as an adjecive o denoe he church he erm mission shall cefer refor refer eiher o an organizaion wihin a given geographical areas which is so organized by he church o expedie he eaching of church docrines or o he missionary service offered by individuals wihin he church he erm mormon shall refer eiher o he church or o members hereof his coues comas comes from a misnomer given o he church because of is mona cormona belief in he book of mormona Mor scripural sandard of he church cag zager ceger he erm sains shall refer zeger o members of he church he erms new now england saes or mew MQW argas areas now new naw england arga for he purposes of his sudy will refer o he saes of connecicu maine massachuses shires new hew Hamp hampshire rhode islands laland vermon s or porions hereof mehods of procedure and sources of daa fr his sudy was approached from fron he hisorical mehods wherein he

10 3 evens recorded follow a chronological sequence vih research was done wih his in ln mix nix mik mind nindid informaion was obained from com many sources from sress in ln research was laid paricularly upon he primary sources pr ry records kep firshand by he people acually involved in alsor original jounials journalsor or hereof were copies ln evens a he cime ime lime wene examined in his area many his examinaion included diaries and journals of soms some soma of he early leaders of he church hese proved Ln invaluable pr ry oher primary sources scruinized were he easern saes mission hisory and he journal hisory of he church of jesus chris of iaer laer placing evens in lacer day sains ln heir proper order hese wo were very helpful in ln newspapers and periodicals pub bushed a he ime covered by his hle chis chib lished ushed chie hisory were researched among many he following were mos helpful imss ines imes and seasons nil nii hlilenlal lenial millenial millennial Mil sar evening and moen morning Ln sar and he messenger and advocae nesse hesse hesss secondary sources yielded very valuable informaion hese included hisory usory asory books church chronologies encyclopedias newspaper aricles and unpublished maerials including several heses and disseraions hese gave insigh ino some of he hisorical movemens he libraries used principally were he church hisorians hisorian1s hlsorlans library of he church of jesus chris chels of laer day sains brighaa brigha brigham young universiy he brlgham library and he uah sae hisorical sociey library he church his- ocrians orians Lans library was he main source of maerials quoaions used jl ln s he sudy care has been aken o insure accuracy in quoaions in his sudy sakes any ml misakes erces eces ln in spelling puncuaion capializaion ec were found in ln he original documens

11 II chaper 11 ie le THE TIZ BEGINNING OF II 11 IT ALL lor evens evans prior a4zqlon of he church loz o he organizaion wesern new york was he geographical area in which mormonism came forh hos mos hob of he selers in ha area were from he new england i saes and were by inheriance cance endowed wich wih wlch a peculiarly srong moral rilance riance riance fiber 1 ho hough no all of chem orga laed hem were loyal o he ozga organized relig lzed religions Lons fons of he day marv many nany of chan a ed ceil celi han shared in a concern for rell religion glon bion successful liss religious revivaliss anicipaed ha much good could be he accomplished in his secion of he new hew now world and wih wich wlch considerable success hey promoed heir programs charles G finney became he mos ced C les successful and influenial revivalis in wesern new 9 2 now york he wih many mane maue ohers like him hin brough conal considerable abia abla religious exciemen ino his area so many revivals were held hold hald haid here ha i became known as he burned over disrics lre irs applying he analogy of a fores fire ide o ha of he religious emoionalism which swep hrough his disric in succes sive waves in ha he ho cha uha cen urys gha las four decades of he las cenury u 3 in he spring of 1820 he spiri of revivalism cam acme cal o he own of palmyra new now york he meeings were sponsored principally by he bapiss mehodiss and 1wlll william warren swee culure york scribner 1765 new now religion in he degelorm developmen nerg Scrib 1952 develorm of american pp ap silon amarln amarin amerin jr V backmann american bac amaran religions roi Rol aoi lions and riss of he rise mormonism sal lake ciy desere book company 1965 p 290 3swee 1 99 wee 52 ci cic p 292

12 5 presbyerians Presbyerians he joseph smih sr family was caugh up in his religious exciemen some of ha family espoused presbyerianism while ohers leaned oward he mehodis faih joseph smih jr claimedd ha hese revivaliss cla cia liss confused him he said hey all inerpreed he scripures so differenly ha he did no know which course he should follow As a resul he said he did no know which of he churches o join young smih deermined wih he help from he admoniion aiion given y sain james ha he would ake his maer o he lord and ask of by god 1 A re reired o a grove of rees near his home he here he said he rayed prayed o god joseph claimed ha in answer o his prayer god he je us faher and UE hi son jesus chris appeared o him smih cia claimedd ha he asked which of he secs secs19 was righ ha he migh know which of hem o join he was old o join none of hem for hey were all wrong 5 following his experience 9 him elf eif smih kep himself aloof from membership in any of he churches on sepember 2ls 21s als 1823 joseph smih fel an impulsion o know 6 more abou his sanding before god he claimed ha on his nigh as lys he prayed fervenly he was visied by a heavenly messenger named moroni moroni had been a record keeper of a former civilizaion which had lived on he wesern hemisphere As he las rusee of he records he had buried hem in a hill no far from he smih home moroni was o enrus hese records o he keeping keening of joseph smih afer a period of ime ims P ajames 4james jamss 156 joseph smih carwr carer eldredge gran gean granc grans he kingdom kiradom of god resored sal lake ciy desere book Ccompany 1955 p 35

13 6 sep or on sepember 22nd 1827 smih said he finally received hese records from moroni joseph said hey were made of fine leaves of meal which had he appearance of gold wih he plaes smih also received helps and insrucions which were o be used in ranslaing he record i appears ha he ranslaing of he record was no an easy ask par of he process seems o have involved a careful sudying of 7 he record he longer he ime spen in he process however he easier i appears o have become i was necessary ha joseph be in une wih he spiri of god o do his work even family ay 1y difficulies inerfered wih he work 8 he book of mormon honnon was ready for publicaion on march 26hs nay nayne wayne wayns 130 seninel of palmyra announced ha he book could be 1 he purchased a he palmyra book sore 9 a his poin in he ilfe life lif of joseph snih smih i appears ha he developed an inense desire o ake he message of his book o ohers he now had somehing angible which would give srengh o his cia clalns his book was o occupy he chief place among he proselying lieraure of joseph smih and his hie hir followers 10 ahe 7he he docrine and covenans Cavanans hare hore hereafer ayac cied as dc d&c3 ac alfrancis afrancis W klc kir kic kirkham kickham A new g now winess for chris in america finally afer inermien periods of working moving and ranslaing independence zions prining and publishing company 1947 p 226 geri gerl Q brinham jesus gesus jesua gesua chuli chris jof bof brijham p 131 unied saes call cail 1952 of Cali california II robers A laer day sains sal 10 ili samuel george ellsworh sas scaes seas and canada 1310 ISSO fornias p 40 A comprehensive erehensive hisory of ISSOISGO 1330 ISGO lake ciy A hisory of mormon if chis he his che mor moz hoz hormonn missions in he ph disseraion D cusser chia church of desere nw hews news m press universiy

14 7 following he publicaion of he book sif gif of mormons cormons joseph smih claimed o have been insruced by god o organize a church accordingly on april 6h ah he wih five oher young men assembled a fayee seneca couny neu new ngu ngo york where hey officially organized he church his was done in accordance wih sae lau law iau in order ha he church migh have legal recogniion he firs convers o he mormon church were hose who on heir om iniiaive olm iniiaives cla cia became acquained wih he claims of joseph smih and invesigaed chem hem 9 once he message of mormonism was acceped by ham hem cham hey enhusiasically waned o share i wih ohers hose o whom hey wen weze were waro waze wace usually heir relaives or close friends in whom hey could confide when hese were convered hey hen wen from relaive o relaive from friend o friend 011 oii oli credi for having been he firs missionary of he church is given o samuel 11 II smih broher of joseph jr his is probably rue in ligh of he fac ha he seemed o have been he firs person who proselyer among people oher han his friends or relaives acively proselyed shorly afer he organizaion iou of he church saei samuel sael was direced o ake a number or of copies of he book of mormon and go o livonia yorks yoek o preach and sell he books on june 30h 1830 samuel samnel sainel IL new wih books in his knapsack upon his backs lef on he firs proselying pro6elying mis 12 sion of he church lie reurned home several weeks laer so far as he knew a ha ima ime his mission had been very uccessful successful bu laer vin in unsuccessful hjlbid ilibid 12preson nibley ed hisory oie oje of joseph smih b2 his moher sal salc saic isal jsal lake ciy bookcraf 1958 pp ap

15 8 vens evens proved co o he conrary indirecly because of his mission several of he prominen men of monism mormonism Mo came cag ino he church including john P greenes phineas youngq brigham youngg youngo and heber C kimball 13 samuel apparenly received he missionary spiri for records say ha in a shor period of bime ime lime he wen on hree oher missions o livonia 14 he enire smih family exered heir srengh o carry his work o ohers don carlos smih and his faher joseph jossph josepha sr wen on a mission a abou he same clma ime as samuel heir mission however was o each and inform heir relaives abou he experiences of young joseph 15 hen in earlies mormon hisory chen chens hens heus he convers o he church seem pr rily dily dlly o fall primarily ino hree caegories hose who afer hearing abou joseph smih ook he iniiaive and invesigaed for hemselves hose who were augh and convered by friends or relaives who had hemselves firs believed and a few who were inroduced o and augh abou mormonism by men vam who vaw had acceped he missionary call of he church ifbilmism offered wha menaonism religion played a very imporan par in early american cican hisory nerica narica i was largely for religious purposes ha america rican u was founded mary many people from he american new england area were descendans of deeply liany religious progeniors because of heir religious background mormonism had o mee cerain condiions o succeed among chera dhera hing i had o offer a ng hem hera chen offor somehing new differen and challenging i also had o conform o S jbidpp ap bid ibidp Ibi p iblbid 141bid dp 178 ibidpp ap ibid

16 9 some of he hen exising religious ideas in he words of george ellsworh for moc morzoonism nlsm elsm o succeed i had o saisfy a fel need in he religious experiences of many people sufficienly new hose fel needs i had o offer somehing now and sarling o arac aenion and appeal o bu i se also had o conform o a leas some he closely guarded noions conemporaneously held hold oleraed a all Lences erlences he new same of heid in order o be now ha mormonism conribued was buil upon he old in par unconsciously and he rejecion of he old eld faih on he par of convers was never horoughgoing affeced he new in various ways16 he old he newl which was conribued by e iie lle laer day sains o he religious philosophy of he ime was mos significan he new now included he following a new idea of god and his relaionship o man he pres- pronce ence of he spiri of god hroughou he universe he renewal of he idea of gods revealing his will o faihful men when needed he promise sernal life and eernal of eernal sernal progression che he ho accepance of all ruh wherever found i had much new now o offer he prospecive conver bu also held hold heid firmly o solid ideas and ideals of moraliy of he faher11 churches ou of which he new now convers were called 1 17 wih his new now message o ake aka o he world he mormon missionaries were eager o go forh wih heir ask americans of he early nineeenh cenury were very missionary conscious chrisians from he beginning desired o ake heir message of salvaion o all he world and he laer day sains were no excepion ook o missionary service capion he LDS convers readily 16 ellsworh OE 92 ci p ibid

17 10 freelance freolance Freelance alance MLs nis mlsslona missionary slona service s he laer day sains were simulaed o missionary aciviy by laed laced wha hey called an 11 individual ces es 11individual esimonye nyo sl es his esimony was war wag he inner cla cia convicion which hey claimedd gave hem he assurance ha he work brough forh by joseph smih was gods work once his feeling came o individuals hey fel a compulsion ulslon ulsoon o give he good rwws rows news14 o ohers hese were days when iineran preachersrs and missionaries were a cocoon hing and special raining was no necessary for he minisry religion was considered more a maer of hear han of mind chis ime of his 0 ellsworh says i was no lan an van uncommon uncomaon n in he earlies days of oi he movemen for a man o hoac hear pree prea prsa hoar mormonism preached d one day be bapized he nex be ordained an elder on he following day and he day afer ha o be mornonismj ou preaching mormonism mormonlsm 18 in early anrica america he bible was found in nearly all hals homes hams hols in some i was he only reading maerial naar naac Lal lai available his fac favored he success of he early church missionaries SUCCs wece were ivre vece imre more or less familiar liar ilar wich wih wlch vih vilh he bible mos of he people hey augh sio narles and he message of he mi- mis- slo slon ssionaries sionaries ariss arles nariss was esed by an appeal o he scripures i was no necessary o rely solely however upon he convincing evidence found in he bible ah for many had had heir esu ebu esimonies nias srenghened by personal conac wih wich wlch ach joseph smih or wih wich wlch ohers who knew him well hose who were convinced in heir chelc own minds of he ruh of he program would ake deligh in following he example of oher missionaries and would engage follow in missions of heir own nis sions mos of he early missions mls were very shor 18 l8ibid 3839 PP 39

18 11 some men man lef heir employmen for a shor period o proselye ohers ook advanage of he slack farming season o do he same during he early years of he church missionary aciviy spread largely o hose saes in which he missionaries had been born and reared hey followed he line of mos profiable resuls which ook mos of chem hem hen o heir cheir chelc friends and relaives again i should be poined ou ha his was largely done on a fre freelancell rree lance elance sysem for he called missionary sysem in he church was somehing which developed gradually all worhy male members ers of he church held he auhoriy or righ o ener his service and as a resul he missionary program was iself craic a broad deno democraic movemens s 19 he firs conference of he young church was held on june 9h ah 1830 o his poin here were no specially designaed missionaries bu he messagesage had gone from enhusiasic convers o heir friends me sabe o neighbors and o relaives As he church became more compleely and horoughly organized a greaer need for cenral auhoriy arose and he number of appoined missions increased in he years 1830 fre o 1834 here was a combinaion of freelance froolancell fre elance and appoined missions bu in he main i was an era of he freelance froelance fco sysem wihou a special call from he prophe or oher church leader loader he second conference of he church was heid held 1830 a Faye hold on sepember 26h fayeeq new york following his he missionaries were blessed wih considerable success hilon milon mllon backman says he following abou his increase in convers 19 abida ibida pp ap

19 12 afer hese iniial monhs of relaively lile success missionaries commenced a fruiful harves mormon diaely during and immediaely following he second conference four men man were called o preach he gospel o indians living on he edge of he american fronier one of he missionaries parley pra P had been convered while serving as a raveling preacher of he campbcllie campbellfe campbellie falh faich falch faih and bell believed eved ha oher disciples or reformed bapiss living in easern ohio race would embrace cace mormonism herefore parley P pra convinced his anions coup coap couv companions ha hey should preach o his friends in he wesern reserve before proceeding o missouri upon arriving in menor ohio he missionaries sopped a he home aa influenial reformed bapis miniser who had vered hone of reverend sidney rigdon lod iod imd od I previously con avered pra o he religious views popularized by alexander campbell afer giving rigdon a copy of he book of mormon and aad informing him of he origin of ha work rlsdons congregaion he elders secured permission o preach o he members ers of rigdon1s m when he parishioners gal gahered sred hormon elders procia proclaimedd ha new cal li iered he mormon esamen chrisianiy had been resored gods auhoriy had been delegaed o man hrough heavenly messengers by laer day revei revelaion alon god was direcing he resored church his message sirred he hears of a people who were seeking a resoraion during Novenber duding he monh of novenber november forr forner iier iler many former cier illes lies campbellies Campbel bellfess including sidney rigdon were convered and afer he missionaries lef o resume proselyizing aciviies in resi ln wesern missouri oher selers residing in easern ohio requesed bapism from hose who had llad received gods delegaed auhoriy20 auhorly20 when i was learned by joseph smih ha many people in ln ohio had md joined he church aen his Us aenion Lon urned ion o he wes in december of 1830 he mormon prophe cia claimedd a cevel nevel revelaion alon from god for his followers o gaher o ohio 21 he hew new heir hev york sains were insruced o sell cheir properies as soon as possible and join he oher church members here hey did his chis and began o gaher o several locaions in la ohio serving as he headquarers of he church for several years kirland by he end of he year 1830 here were flve five known organized branches of he church hree of he five were in journal hisory IlL lii of ln ohio under dae of december 31s 1830 he sory he church gives bives his insigh 20 backman Bac 0M krman kroan ci 9.9 p d&c ld&c secion 37

20 13 here were a leas five organized branches of he church a che he close of he year namely one a fayee seneca couny haw hew new naw yorks yorko one a Coles colesville colesvule vuie broome by hyrum smih one a kirland geauga er by john whimer Whinxer ec one a menor geauga by sidney rigdon o show ha such was he case2 caseb 22 vule couny new york presided over geaugh couny ohio presided over geaugh couny ohio presided over ville and one a warrensville Warrens presided over by john murdock cayahoga Caya couny ohio i is possible ha a branch of he church had also been organized a nayfield mayfield hayfield cayahoga Caya couny ohio before he close of 1830 bu here are no records preserved i seem seems hen ha wih he gahering of he sains o ohio mos missionary work was a firs confined mainly o ha sae and hose immediaely around i f evers evero nel nei oring mainly effors were spen in ohio ofen visiing branches oher imes preaching o srangers he aciviies of somes however carried over ino he neighboring saes of pennsylvania new now york and indiana while one jared carer come someimess wih ebenezer page wen from chenango Che nango couny o warren couny nov new now nev york and on over ino vermon where he inroduced mormonism o he people of ha sae organizing a church in benson ruland couny neophyes a ruland ioga couny pennsylvania wen o shafsbury shafesbury Shafs during he fall of 1831 and repored ha a few received he work 23 vermon i appears hen ha jared carer was he firs missionary o he new england area of his missionary journey he kep a journal here seems o be some indicaion ha oher missionaries had gone ino pars of he area bu heir work was done mosly among heir own relaives and his wrier has been unable o locae many records of noe from fron hem 22journal sainss 3ls 31s als 1830 hereafer cied as journal hisory 23 journal hisory of he church of jesus chris of laer day saines MS on file a he church hisorians library daed december ellsworh aq cid ci pp ap I hisoryi dec doc er

21 III lii chaper 111 INTO NEW NM ENGLAND firs mission of jared carer jared carer firs heard of he book cf lesville lie he lle ile was visiing in colesville of mormon in january of 1831 Co new york on a business rip while here he heard he sory of joseph smih and he coining coming forh of he golden bible 1 afer hearing abou i he prayed o he lord for divine guidance concerning wha he had heard and became convinced ha he sory and he record were rue afer a period of abou a monh monch during which ime ims he sudied refleced inquired and inerviewed believers he was bapized by hyrum smih on february 20h 1831 ile he lle lesville lie joined he sains a colesville Co and moved wih hem o ohio he and his family seled a amhers in he fall of 1831 he lef on his firs mission for he church he inroducory words of jared carers journal are mos ineresing wherein he wroe I1 now commence o give some shor skeches of a mission ha I1 performed from ohio o vermon afer I1 had been o kirland where I1 received he auhoriy of an aposle encee commenced cocmenced a mission o he eas he 22nd day of sep 1831 wih broher ebenezar page24 pag824 he mission of elders carer and page o he eas began hey worked heir way eas cas holding meeings and bapizing convers he record is no clear as o he exac dae bu asomeime in ocober jared and ebenezer deermined ha hey should par company one of hem wen o he oon own of chenango Che in nango broome couny nev new lev york lew and he oher o 24jared jared carers journal 11 p 35 original on file in he LDS ms church Us hisorians orlans library

22 15 vermon carers ineres in 1 chenango Che nango cenered around he fac ha his was his dorm former formen home and he had recenly received a leer erom iron form r from a mr m collins requesing ha elders be sen here for some in ha own were believers bai ballevers elder page wen o chenango Che and jared carer wen o benson in vermon sill he home of many of his relaives of ha mission carer says I1 arrived in benson bonson abou he 25 of ocober Ocober holding o chem hen hem where come cole aced I1 commeaced commerced meeings and he lord was wih me afer explaining he work dhen I1 fel hoove moove upon by he spiri o he people o pray earenesly o he lord o know he ruh of his work & hese was abou 25 or 20 ha began o call earnesly upon he lord o know he ruh of his work ouk made ligh of he work and began o apose ork bu he principle par of he peopi peohl peopl abose he work bu hose ha coninued o call on he name of he lord soon became convinsed convinced bapised n or ha he work was rue and were bapized my ray may Bapi 27 labors in he minisry wih hem unill january a which ime cime sed in number I1 coninued unkill abou he fifeenh of cims I1 was direced o ravel o he wes was while I1 coninued my minisry in benson here some displays of gods power boh in spiri and in minisry a few of which I1 will now express25 he journal kep by jared carer is replee wih many of he displays of gods power l especially does jared swen seen seem ressed o swem impressed cressed record he healings done by he laying on of hands in which he ook par several of hem are relaed hareln herein harein I1 will nov QOV noi noo give a relaion of some healing manifesaions 0 which ook place wih his church by my ray insrumenaliy noy uay broh jonas punam was healed from a somach complain ha he has been also his daugher was healed from excessive bleeding a he nose she wase wass subjec o more or less for 5 years fain lain aken wih his bleed- blooding and hey could ge nohing o serve as a means o sop i I1 came o he house when she was so far gone ha she looked as hough she would dye soon I1 asked her if she believed ha god quid pray for her she said she did I1 hen muid I1 was also called upon while I1 was in his plase by broher people cople copie o lay hands upon asick child of heirs he child was vas sick wih alever afever bu hrough he insrumenaliy of prayer and he laying would heal her if I1 would prayed for her and her blood was hen sopped 25 jabid jlbid ibidep pep JL bid 400

23 16 on of hand his child was healed immediaely anoherer azwhorr manifesaion of gods healing power ook plase o broher locks which was as follows I1 was here o visi hem and one of heir children was sick wih afever alever and hen under he care of he docor his cime ime ha I1 was here was before ha broh lock & his wife had joined he church arooa he child was laying apon a bed in aroom abroom I1 wen o he child when allone & laid rny hands apon he child and praid ha god would heal him aad and hen I1 wen awayay from here I1 afer his chis chib chigi wen here again and found he child was apon him and praid for him oas worse han when I1 laid hands hin I1 hough in faih was same some ried in my own mind because he child was no beer bu afer hear ing siser lock relae wha ook plase afer cer I1 wen won wonc I1 prayed for he child as jes jos jas above menioned for she soon afer I1 laid hands on he child afer I1 was gone ha he child go up of is own acord and came ino0 inco he kichen saying jared has cured me he child go up in his manner she 100 looked ou & docer docor was near and had ha was sick sme considerablely in his example 1e we see he rioy bioy considerable wenc from here afer uncle uncle jared has made me well and she said afer she saw ha he bad called o one of he neighbors o sea seg see one wen won ven venc down o he mill where her she on seeing his wenc husband was o see him o have him sop he docor from comeing here for she hough i was unnessary wawssary ha he should go here for he child was apparenly well bu her husband old her ha he hough ha hey had bad beer le he docor go here for ho he docor accordingly wonc he waned o have he child shure o bo be well won wen wenc here and lee some fedison medieon nedison for he child o ake bu as soon as hey gave he lef lof child any more madison medison he boover foovor foover reurned again and chen sollowin lowin lovin manner hen he child said of his acord afer he followin follovin come cle cla here and made him well and he docor come hare here a and jared coms fol foi ha his uncle made him sick again and he child growed worse unill I1 come here he second ime as above menioned a which ime cime cims he child as hey considered unless i was helped immediaely mus soon dye bu he nex morning afer prayer I1 adminisered bisered he laying on of hands again diaely and immediaely afer his he child go up of his own acord and wen o his mon won & said mon uncle jared has made me well again and he child from his ime ims coninued well ae impropriey of puling our rus in man yea ysa he imprioy of disobeying he commands of god as uno his church wherein he has required of his church ha hey should no employ phisiions of he world here were some oher displays of he power of god in his plase of menion 26 which I1 do no menion26 isered i fr ly in november 1831 john S carer jareds jaredy broc broher herg hers moved o benson fol following lie gave he foilowin followin sollowin as reason for his move caa in nav november or removed from middlesex o benson o know my xay ray duy my nry br chris & being a his ims grealy exercised jared having laely joined he church of n ers ime in benson preaching where numbers ors had 26 ibid9 pp ap

24 already come o ef I coma over o his beil bell beliefi beliefs now grealy desired o be fied mee him on gospel ground o give ha & council o quallified he souls around me ha hey sood in need of & vh wh his preaching was rue or false I1 deermined o coninue praying unill god would unfold o me he ruh wep much ried by sickness doub and even deah no long iong afer his bapism 17 no knowing vhehere whehere ehene whehers for many days I1 prayed & nuch before he lord pleading wih my whoie would led me arigh a lengh felc fel al feic ei f he assurance ha god would answer my prayer bapized sed which whole soule ha god he same day fel i my duy o be bapised I1 did & numbers ni of my children soon followed viz besey haryee angelina angeline & 27 harrie & maryee following his conversion wor werslou siou slon wersiou o mormonism john S carer fel he was re wined his daugher besey and his dear lile babe died bu he remained faihful o his convicions and laer filled missions of his own 28 afer laboring for considerable ime in benson jared carer hen wen o york sae1 saed where he labored for a shor ime he wen o galin wayne couny where he did missionary work among his own family and brough many of hem o an appreciaion of he message he brough he is was apparenly working back oward ohio for he hen wen o springfield pennsylvania where he me and held hold heid several meeings wih orson hyde and samuel H smih he records his journey in his way from here I1 vian wen vien where I1 da ven van ono he wes o he own of springfield ma dac broh smih and buo broher hide where I1 held wo meeings and rejoiced much o see hem and heare hears from he sains in he wesern regions from here I1 reurned o my family in he own of amhers in ohio where I1 found broher GL gideonn HR carer wih his he work since I1 lef laf hoarne holrne and was ordained o prech he gospel and was preaching from plase o plase now I1 hough ha I1 had grea reason o me and my broher family ay 1y who had come from he eas and embrased embraced ambr cased hank and praise he lord for wha he had done for ne and sisers of my brohers family for he whole family had now come ino he glorious work of god wih heir companions excep one siser and my hree brohers were preachers in his glorious gospel 27john john S carers journal LDS church hisorians library pp ap 12 2 on file in he 1 original 28 ibid pp ap 363 6

25 18 I1 reached amhears anihears ask wsk he las day of february having been goas gone on his mission five monhs and upwards & I 1 can say ha god has blessed me according o he prophecy of broher joseph before I1 wen from ohio he lias has ilas blessed me wih sheaves and wih healh and blessed be his name A commen from he journal hisory His orv 11 december 31s 1831 daed com dec or from which summarizes he years aciviies makes his commen 1.1 from he fragmenary documens on file a he hisorians office we judge ha he church a he close of 1831 had a oal of hese abou 1500 were in he sae membership of abou 2000 of ohio 100 in new now york 125 in pennsylvania 25 in vermon 100 which of course is included in he above esi- in indiana 25 in illinois and perhaps 300 in nis His mib missouri souri official membership ership enship maed figures here were a leas 42 high Prie priess sas sag and 30 priess and a number or of eachers and deacons of he all of he members in vermon a his ime abou Doa elders cime were in he benson branch which had been esablished by jared carer during his firs missionary journey ino ha sae 31 he amhers conference A new now era of missionary aciviy was begun following he acions aken a he hers conference11 of he church 32 his was held on amhers Axa aia ers january 25h 1832 a amhers lorain couny ohio a he reques of he prieshood members ers ors gahered a his conference joseph smih inquired of he ha ho lord degardin regarding regardin his will concerning 29 jared carer op ci cic as pp ap journal journal 311bid ibid hisory december 31s 3ls als a ellsworh 0 ci p 105

26 19 hem and heir duies 33 smih wen wan o he lord in prayer and he cia cla claimedd o hav cove ans have received he seveny fifh secion of he docrine and covenans mns as a resul in his secion wo verses play an imporan par relaive o early new england church hisory hese verses conain he following and again verily hus saih he lord le my servan orson lklyde iyde and my servan samuel H smih ake heir journey ino he easern counries and proclaim he hings which I1 have commanded hem and lna ina inasmuch smach he end and as smich hey are faihful lo 10 I1 will be wih hem even uno my verily I1 say uno my servan lynan servan orsea and again orsou orsoa pra lyman johnson and uno hey shall also ake heir journey ino he easern counries and behold and lo uno he end3 4nq03 enda 4 he pra johnson and he hyde hydo ryde smih 10 I1 am wih hem also even snih missionary journeys were o virually open up new noc moc cism nism hormonism Hor now england o mormonism he effors of orson hyde and samuel H smih were confined o he area eas of he connecicu river lly uy ily LZ ia i1 liy in a line from providence rhode island o boson and viciniy Farming bradford and on o saco and farmingon 05 naine n 35 ong ons maine he missionary labors of orson pra and lyman johnson were mainly wihin he area bounded by he connecicu and hudson rivers orson hyde sanuel sammi semmi H nyde and samuel smih samuel II smih records he following regarding he beginning of 11 ho his mission wih orson hyde pra n briain 33 LDS hilleanial millennial sal san sar scan vol 27 page 56 he hisory of orson his was he official publicaion of he church in grea groa he glennial sar sac hemillennial sa and will hereafer be cied as Millennial ilennial 34 dac d&c ellsworh ellsworh cie 0p jci jui cio pp ap

27 20 coneerence rs a conference arence was held hold us ra heid in amhers lorain couny ohio & presidence were chosen by he difren dioren grades of officers o preside over hem according o he holy order of god & his he las general confrence conference a which ime he conmision commision concision cou of william mclellin hclellin mcclellin Mc Hc o go o easern lands was revoked & mision I 1 recived ision counision coemision received a coomision Lellin o go wih orson hyde uno easern lands o declare he ruh according o he revelaions & elaions commandmens of god and on 1832 we lef kirland & wen as far as painsvill an he firs day of febuary year painsvill he following day february 2nd and hey held hold heid a meeing hrough he day hey ried o mee mos moe wih individuals and families o each hem abou mormonism in he evenings hey ried o hold meeings wih larger groups heir mission his was he general paern hey followed hroughou commens of orson llyde hyde bear his ou february 7h ah 1832 lef mr hr wheelers and wen on hrough he own of saybrook found he people very hard and subborn raveled abou four miles and arried all nigh wih jamess smih quie sociable Februar february alh llh 1832 lef mr f s found some friendly and some swe soms house houss bouss Is 11 houses bouses sme on enemiessome salam salem wen on o salems es some I1 hink will go o zion february februax l2hs 12h luhs 1832 sunday looming morning wen on near salem village o 3a chilscian chrisian congregaion aended meeing wih hem heard chem hen hem dhen ars urs prays exhor our missions clan pray ec a he close of che ac ec and desired permission o preach in he evening ng unan usly asly a and afer a lile conversaion among hem he meeing arose and old hem han hen hey unanimously agreed ue we should preach aended a crowded and aenive audience hey requesed we should carcy arry cadry and preach again accordingly made an appoinmen for nex evening sowrilkindly savril enerained37 anerained37 enerained arried all nigh wih a mr As hyde and smih moved easward hey found hemselves in springfield Pennsyl pennsylvania vanias on february he 25h hey wece were ware vere vece ne no nel a his place by jared carer who was reurning o ohio from his before menioned mission on february 26h hese hree missionaries held hold heid a meeing abou 36 36samuel samuel H daed february is 1832 original on file in he LDS ocson smihy journal smihs 37orson hydes journal church hisorians library loh daed february 7hs ohs ah l0hs loch ilch 12h luhs 11hs 1832 ypewrien copy on file a he LDS church hisorians library

28 21 which orson llyde wroe heid held hold a meeing a mr barrs favored wih hearing broher jared carer preach who cane came ino he place he evening before on his reurn from vermon no a lile comfored hald held hold 38 evening wo miles off 8 haid meeing in he samuel smih and orson hyde hen proceeded oward he Il ileasern counries 1 o which hey were called preaching from house o house o house leaveing loaveing leavening aing our blessings upon some shakein shakeln & Sha keln shakela of he dus of our fee agains ohers in heir diaries neiher samuel H nor orson menion anyhing of real significance unil he 27h of march when samuel records his day broher seh joel johnson & come from amhers & old us ha hey said all nigh a my fahers in kirlaad kirland rejoised hey rejoined Rejoised o bear hear from our brehren o he wes hey had he vision wih hem which joseph sidney & had seen & we had he priviledge i4o of iao reading i40 i should be noed ha he vision o members ers of he LDS church is we oday he sevony seveny sixh secion of he docrine and covenans his was said o have been given o joseph smih and sidney rigdon during he process of heir revising of he bible following he amhers conference hese wo men were working on his revision when hey quesioned jus wha heaven was ilka like lika hey fel ha since man was judged according o his deeds heaven mus include more han one kingdom hey cia cla werhe claimedd hey wen o god in prayer and he gave hem answerhe answer being bein referred o as he vision his was given o hem on he 16h of february 1832 samuel 11 smih and orson hyde lef H from ohio on 38ibid february 26h samuel smih journal march 16h bid 40md 401 march bid 27h 1832

29 22 february is seh and joel johnson brough he neus of he vision snih soih on o hyde and smih oa he 27h of march his was probably he firs revelaion possibly ime samuel and orson had read he revelaionpossibly lime dime ime hey had heard abou i even he firs on he 27h of april alyde iyde flyde and smih arrived a spafford onendago Onen couny york yock new yorko a which poin in his wriings samuel said ha on he 28ho hey visied brehren for here was a church in his place which was esablish by he inrumenaliy insrumenaliy of jared carer al1 he 2nd and of may he wo vo missionaries arrived a 11 y ISsixnphronius aronius where hey held hold heid an evening meeing wih a very large crowd in aendance he nex evening hey held hold anoher meeing in he same own heid said over nigh wih homas narsh marsh harsh an elder of he bapiss church appeared o believe he work bu no srong enough o obey i 42 his was no he homas B hisory marsh harsh who played such a prominen par in early mormon for he had been bapized a member or and was already one of he leaders loaders in he church 43 june lih 1832 hey were a caskill groene greene couny new york on he 12h of june hey arrived a salisbury lichfield couny connecicu where heir labors in he new england area acually began 44 he 13h of he same monh hey wen o norfolk lichfield couny where hey me he gibson smih family gibson smih and wife were he 4libid abid jbid april 28h 1832 ibid 421bid may 3rd ard joseph his of joseph smih hisory oj he church sal lake ciy desere news press 1949 vol I1 foonoe p journal journal Risory hisory june 12h l2h lah 1832

30 23 parens of elizabeh ann whiney nwell uewell awell i neys whineys whiney Whi wife orson hyde said hey wode were wore wede all anxious o know abou ann and neveil newell neveli and anxious o know lenow abou he new now sec which was every where spoken evil feins agains aeins 6 n arried over nigh wih hem old hem many hings abou he work of he lord 45 eason hese wo brehren coninued heir journey oward bascon boson boscon hey preached in several owns along he way on he 22nd of june 1832 hey arrived in boson a his place here were people who were eagerly looking forward o heir arrival hese were friends of homas B marsh abou whom samuel H smih said he following sared again on our way o boson raveled raveld also 21 & 22 & he 2 we came ino boson & found he friends of broher homas marsh very glad o see us a leer brien wrien by homas he nex monh for ohio6 ohio46 ohion conseqence of hey had exspeced us before in consequence chomas chows some of hem chem were calculaing o sar on july 26h hey bapized four persons in boson hey bapized hree more in souh boson on he 30h on july is isu 1832 he bisered nisered 47 sacramen was adminisered for he firs ime in boson massachuses 7 hey hen coninued preaching and bapizing convers in his area unil heir subsequen rip o providence rhode island As hese missionaries augh he gospel hey also solicied for subscripions o he church publicaion he evening and he monning morning sar orson hyde records ha he wroe o zion sen 8 or 9 subscrlp subscrip lions for ha he uhe sar gave siser virnna vernna fifeen dollars o pay over o 45hydes 22 ci hyde op cid cie 46sauel Sauel clde june 13h 1832 samuel smih journal june 22nds journal hisory july is

31 24 broher whiney in ohio for he sar again in his journal under dae of july 27h hyde repors wen abou he ciy and ried 48 o ge go some subscribers for he sar sar1 scar ISTARI sara bu did no ge go gec boc bec any AO he elders were old hey could do much good by obaining subscribers for he sar and hey were o ransmi he money by mail o us newspaper office in missouri of he bishop in ohio 50 on july he lih samuel and orson lef for providence rhode island hey arrived here on he 13h of he same monh heir firs meeing in providence was held hold heid on he 14h in a privae home hey had been refused he use of several halls balls hails halis hey fel ha his firs meeing was a real success for w im no all of he missionary experiences azlences oriences css of hese wo were enjoyable m successive nighs hey were hreaened by mob violence arring and feahering orson hyde says under dae of july 26h 1832 monday visied a number of places and labored from house o house some anxious o hears heads hear head ohers full of opposiion people colleced a a privae house in he evening according o appoin mena numerous crowd and hey desired o remove a lile across he way o a large hall where all could be accomodaed accommodaed and i seemed as hough he devil was le we did so la lo ie loose upon hem hey made ac hey much ouch disurbance by alking muering and saying amen &c were of he baser sor bu he lord enabled me o speak he word wih boldness and confidence soon meeing was ou hey se up a cry and uproar and hey were doce doe dece deermined nod o ar and feaher us bu as kind heaven would have and I1 old hem all abou i and as i one man a friend heard he commoion and came o us and old 48 kyde hyde ayd 0 22 ci cic july loh loch ibid july lih 1832 his was che 50he even he evening and he morning sar vol I1 no 2 july 1832 he firs mormon newspaper published gre eze ere afer in independence missouri hereafer as he evening and hoanin horning morning sar rnin his i had is beginnings publicaion will be cied

32 25 us o be off for mischief was devised agains us accordinglys we passed off in Accord he crov crowd rd u brov and again on he 17h of july lased and hey los heir prey 51 unxxaolesed labored from house o house held hold heid meeings in he afernoon a a privae house explained he work uno hem and we hough we would have a privae meeing in he evening as here was some quie believing accordingly we came ogeher and here was a mob gahered around one house of abou a hundred men who swore hey would have us and ar and feaher us he people old hem ha we were no here bu he mob nob did no believe bellave i 9 and said hey would search he houses hoube cha che houge house ha he ho housa bu hey did no hey hen all rallied and came down o home houss mally were bu a young lady go he sar of hole where we really hem and ran wih all her migh and came and old us wha was going on bu he mob cams came go gec and ried o ge goc in houses camo on before we lef he house and surrounded i bu he lady old hem here was no meeing here ha nigh and ha hey musl mus nusl clear ou bu a lile boy came ino he house o see if we vere were wore voce vece here and he did no see us and wen ou and old hem ha we were no here and hey dispersed scold swearing and scolding us52 lubo ings and hus he lord delivered us 2.2 from he record of orson hyde i appears ha heir say in providence was cu shor by he fac ha an ouraged husband made he missionaries fear for heir lives hey lef walkings waiking beween 1100 and 1200 on he nigh of july 22nd obained he meeing house o preach in a 3 oclock aended a wedding during he fore par of he day preached in he afernoon had a large congregaion broher wilbur spoke afer me and he spoke o he purpose reurned o mr angels afer meeing and by his clma became ourageously angry ime cima manand kanand and cifes wifes ad swore bierly and I1 believe lierre a aad and aud said we were a going o separae he would have killed us if he could we ook our hings accompanied by his broher who was friendly and came down o mr nigh youngs expecing o arry all i had go o be nine oclock by his cime ime cims his beds and could no keep us bu he had sold james angel gave us some money o and jamas go o he avern o arry here accordingly QO we sared alone o go zo o he averns averna and we concluded ha as soon as sunday was pas angel would clap a warran on o us or follow us o 111 uss a knowing where we wen would come and ake UG us aill lii us lil lii beo bbs and he so we urned shor abou in he road and wen wan ino he ciy 3 miles saw virenna and 51journal 511ijournal of Journal orson hyde july 16h 1832 md 521bid july 17h 1832

33 26 old her wha had aken place and beween 11 and 12 oclock a nigh lef providence for boson raveled unil abou 3 oclock and hen lay down doen under an apple ree slep sweely abou V1 hours go up and wen on an o boson arried abou 25 miles from providence on he road o boson arried all nigh53 nlgh53 held hold heid meeing people quie believing some of hem hey arrived back in ln boson on july 25h and ook up labors here unil augus is hey hen wen o lynn massachuses which was bu en on miles from boson on he 2nd and of augus hey heid held hold heir firs meeing in lynns a he ov ox lown own down m hall heir naes raes messagesage mus have aroused eiher considerable ineres or curiosiy in his area for he hall hali halls halla halia which had a seaing capaciy of 1000 was filled o overflowing 54 hey bapized only wo however wevers during his journey he remainder of he monh of augus was spen in preaching he gospel in ln and around boson during his period hey labored in he smil com om own cown of beverly where hey held hold heid an unusual meeing heid anoher meeing on bvriy he 16h in he evening hey held hold in beriy beverly bu a crowd of ruffians came ou and disurbed he meeing by explosion of fire crackers during he services he meeing was over he rabble wen hrough he own making afer he nigh hideous wih heir hues and cries hey finally surrounded he house where he brehren were and howled like a pack vmlves55 wives of gives heir work around boson mus have aroused considerable ineres and concern among non bellevers believers on augus l4hs 14h luhs 1832 rimes 1332 joshua V himes of boson wroe his inroducion o a pamphle hio which he published in 0 boson abou his ime his was probably he firs anl ani mor hor normonn mormon lier aure acure published in pamphle form p hie up o his cime ime lime he press aacks 53 ibid july 22nd journal journal IlLs hisory liislorys orys corys augus 2nd and bld augus 16h 1832 ibid

34 27 seeo o have been found oely anly o- in newspaper and magazine aricles Alexa alexandar alexander adar ader bell beli beil pbell wroe he original aricle and i was firs published Ccam Cao campbell campbeli iu in zhe he ia milla millennial inial harbinger daed february loh in 1832 i was published in a separae pamphle wih prefaory remarks by himes i is well known o some of our fellow ciizens PRUATORY PREFATORY ra r1 r3mmls 13dz&cs ha uro vo uo brigina originaed ad lesy mormoniesy esy uyo preachers of he mormonies Mormonidesy a Mormonies a ical faiia dalia dalla fanaical few years since in he wesern par of new recenly come o his ciy o prorogae ccrines sec which weich welch have now york aar narvelous andr andrvelous propogae heir srange and marvelous I1 h L ku ve hail hair hal several inerviews wih hese men and have examined heir book called he book of hoc nor mormonn have endeavored o acquain 11 principless myself wih he deails of heir hisory and principle have pu he resul of my inquiries in wriing and am saisfied of he delusions aid absurdiy of hair sysem and of is evil endency lon I1 fel a desire o have he sysem exposed afer his ianeai lavesfloa aweai0aulon alon ion immediaely dlaely blaely in public prin sp in laava iava hava been led leg away by hese false docrines ess esq have been boan baen baan boen bapised bapized joined he mormon church and soma some of hese persons have se ou however srange o relae for he grom prommided premised land und and for all he genile world he place of refuge for he house of israel who will ake warning and flee flae fenceless hiher for safey wo individuals who have gone are defenceless defenseless females person abou fifeen pecson persons persong la his ciy and hese preachers11 whom he inerviewed od wo preachers11 inerview migh well have been elders hyde and smihs for eydels hydels iyde journal enry of june iles I1 I1 juno 30h 1332 says visied hree families ilos lios and bapized hree persons a souh boson had quie a comforable ime ima he lord was uwilh wih vilh wlch wich us alked alh elch irih rlh irfh a free will bapis elders eider found him quie unbelieving he feared les los ies lesl he should lose some somo bome gomo gome of his flock fiock or a leas i was said he was a free will bapis preacher his name was rymes hymes alexander Ccampbell bells balls campball bails he millennial harbinger vol 1I p 85 wih joshua V himes I1 DELUSIONS an analysis of he ook lof normon Z ernal arnal arnai lu and exernal evidences and refu- jaa preenses o divine Auho auhoriy bejamin enjao&in II 11 ann laminaion lof jo id is inernal aion of is preences greene 57 doo boo v groene 1832 see prefaory remarks riq boson of 56 arde zi ci Q irde iiyde inde 1 22 zid june 30h 1832

35 28 afer heir augus 16h meeing in beverly hey wen ven o bradford piscaaqua Pisca massachuses from which hey wen on o grea falls on he piscaagua river heu hampshire shice abou 35 miles rode in he sage abou I1 12 in neu new now hew miles IV i his fory seven mile journey occurred on he 14h of sepember on he 15hs hey me orson liydes ladas lvdas siser laura ha even ing hey held hold heid a meeing a which laura and her husband were presen he journal hisory says of ha meeing 1 hey held a meeing in he evening and preached o a large and aenive congregaion were numbered eced among anong ag he unbelievers ellevers he nex day sepemberer 16h elder hyde ried o reason wih his siser abou he gospels bu all o no purpose60 elder hydes siser and her husband sepember 17h elders hyde and smih passed hrough dover dovero dovers new now hampshire and made heir way o porsmouh making door o door conacs along he way on he 19h hey crossed he piscaagua piscaaqua 19hs Pisca river in a canoe ino he sae of maine where hey coninued o canvass from house o house heir firs nigh in maine hey spen wih an ineres ing characer wen from house o house on he back roads and hen came ou on o he main road and crossed he piscaagua piscaaqua Pisca river in a canoe one mile wide and hen we were in he sae of maine wen from house o house bu no much prospec his day arried all nigh wih a man ha was raher inebriaed enebriaed wih liquor plead wih us for a book unil we le him have one he same hing hree limes imess and in he morning he dreamed ha he and he dreamed rooming he plead so hard we lef one and he promised o lend i o ohers &c61 unil he ah 4h of ocober hey labored in york couny maine principally in saco and biddeford Bid deford hey hen expanded heir labors ino 59 59samuel samuel 11 II smih journal 4 sepember 14h journal hisory lasorys sep er sepember 14h ily lly iyde sep sap er gk cie sepember 19h

36 29 neighborla neighborly neighdorla borla doria he naigh neighboring viliage villages miliage liage 31s hey bapized heir firs con ocober cori coel ver in ia haina haine laine naine youa a youn man by he name nam nane of imohy smih 62 ha same day clay olay orson hyde aended a young girl in hor dyla hours november Ho 2nd and irl hyde preached a he funeral of his giri lri girl a daugher of I mr ib denni Deruni unic 1 rai T shorly hereafer reura celura imy reurneded o ohio vaio valo by ay of bradford way ly lyan lynn an and albany arriving ag boson arrivi in kirlad kirlan kirila Kir id iad on or december 22nd o 63 his elevens monh missionary journey had no been an easy one for hese wo vo ien aen uen hey iey had len ley nad aad drive drave rvsled wo vo housand miles iles on foo eachin eaching leaching deachin from house o house and from ciy o ciy wihou purse or scrip ofen sleepin ingin sleeping in school houses afer preachingin barns in lil ili lii sheds by he sije side wayside uay under rees 1 hey 64 reurned in good healh and spiris saying ha cha hey imd had buil up four churches one in he sae of maine eo wo uio in massachuses and one in asylvania pen ia pennsylvania bapi hey have bapized eed sed sixy or nore eiore dore elore disciples who hey say are srona srong in he falh faih rejoicing in he holy one of israel 15 o 5 0 lymn lyme lume E orson pra and luman lyman johnson johnsoa As previously monion menioned manion ed during he ada ana amhers anhers arahers An Ara conference11 11 of january 25h 1832 orson pra and lyman E johnson johnsoa received calls o liea ilea go o he easern counries A deca deailed accoun heir journey is ol 01 oz cheir no available cai bu he general movemens of he u can -io cam be followed 32 journal illory iloory ocy IlL llo ilo ory Ocobedr ocober belr 3lsl als f 3 llyde ope ci 22 cic cember december Do 22nd 1832 lilen millennial illenlalai nial laeal sar vol 6 pp ap dve avenir alj evenir Eve lveaili air ane aae and ancl iqrnin ziornin dior ZIor scar sar nln nin vol I1 10 lo no is february

37 30 on february 2nd ocson and or son pra was ordained a elligh illigh high nigh pries 1166 he 3rd ard of february pra and lymn lef kirland alid lyman 0oa fool foo 1 foos wihou purse or scrip carrying only a change changa of clohing vih wih wlch vich hem hey raveled hrough ohio pennsylvania new jersey new york ciy o long island preaching and bapizing along he way in coming from kirland o long island hey preached hiry imes in owns and villages diece where diere people had never before heard he message of mormonism from long island hey proceeded up he nudson hudson o canaan columbia couny aeu aau york he home of orson pras parens of his visi nov now new nev orson pra said only ha hey visied lie iia ila H gave no furher deails han ha hey hen raveled norheas hrough he souhern par of vermon ino new hampshire a bah grafon couny hey labored for weny six days held hold heid weny one meeings and bapized some ousanding vers church convers amasa M lyman was one of hose oon cou convers he said of ha occasion I1 remained in his condiion no unied wih any church of he lime cime ime unil he spring of 1832 when our place was visied by elders lyman E johnson and orson pra from who I1 firs heard he gospel I1 was bapized on he 27h of april 1832 by elder lyman E johnson Pra and was confirmed on he day following by elder orson pra67 oher ousanding convers bapized in and around bah were hazen lilles lilies aldrich orson johnson john duncan and daniel S miles 68 oal bapisms in his place were fifeen 66 66andrew andrew jenson he hisorical records sal lake ciy andreo andrew andrell jenson publisher 1896 vol vp V no 4 p 50 alhis prined as a monhly periodical devoed o he hisorical chronological and saisical maers of he churchy ffhis lhis was originally biographical 67 millennial sar vol 27 p journal journal hisory february ard 3rd 1832

38 31 hey lhea hen hea han bhan ha he chea sved moved norch norh iwrh iirh o he own of charies Charles charleson ono vermon i appears ha hey arrived here on he 14h of oi may in aad and around his own hey spen len en on con days and aed preacher preachea preaaed med seven ulmes imess bapized foureen among whom was vi inlow farr prominen early mormon pioneer he conversion of farr and hia hie orson pru alid ad lyman iolar E Jola joia johnson asca 1832 formed a large church fuma from easl bus eas shoc shoil aars sars sada ears oara cub cab whole chuoc churchi acles followers pra ai in a few shol his pergo perfo cas ecl acl iis has all heal he sick and performed hsix waco wwco boaly roaly irealy eulers we ixelx nulers nmilers hla wife is significan us remaining 3 or years of her lay lay normo proi aec professed o vork work vora orr nir mir x o 60 he saisfacion of heir grealy acreased increased hrough he fich falci falli i pries priess 9 nardon marmon nordon so cams came o o eagl charleson and brighon churc wiia he excepio excepiona of oc oe oia oie renounced he falh faih fala faia gahered up heir effecs and removed o missouri poiuiseil lnd PA ouise al andu &l heir paolise paouise 1 ees nes ller bea loi fox foi lox parr farr who on accoun of sick- of he people in he healing 0oz a hes hrs mrs kes ness had o aaas abie wo o leavo leave leeve kier nad bel beu ua bal oabie ale parc lol 3 year-s years bu i eho who prayer he mormon priess commanded her o rise and waiki valk walk sue baely uaely obeyed uhe ube iii lil ilijuncion iiijuncion which sie sile ed and ha he ex nex which she engaged lil ia iii sila iiduieuiuly U 14 iu cn4 i afer a geason of 1 upon he deci declared ced herself heal lex day was bapized sed in he waers of he clyde afer ili he busy avocaions of acive life durin durl ducin duvin he 4 cay ay in charleson65 ak kk anoher accoun of his is found in he vermon hisorical gazeeer gazeeer Gazeeer sal lako one of hese lake lalle lallo ciy ahu uy whu hess was winslow garr garc wliu haa farr has was naa waa wo sons soas wich soils of wives and scores of children esq aq oua ous ons ulch wlch hiooae him now mormon elder a of wuich waich walch has a ician iiunder iiian er esquire farr lill aw her bsd bed bod a long ims ime ag became a mormn iormon moren cims and aud was much his wide confirmed invalid in 1832 wo swo mormon elders visied charleson mid and wid a his lime and laid hands on her in he name of he lord wize had been baen boon baon confined o mush piied pied by her ownspeople as a pra and johnson ime came in and prayed wih hem she believed she was healed and arose and hou aad prayed wih chem hem choo chao ha gams same sams game gama nigh and hanked willi god for i and he nex day she and her husband were bapized and joined he hormon uormon hormoa Chur church gli cli auis anlis aug a differen izaeso in he course of uhls own sared for he holy lund 7 his 3 years quie a flock from chis oher men william and zerubbabel Zerub man of noe bapized during his say in land40 ln charleson were babel snow erasus snow younger broher of william 69 he hisory hieory hieoza of library newpor herron verron venniong Vennion ver Verroa uy if orleans couny vermon goodrich library ciy C g p 115 ilg column a on 116 colu hisoria gaseer gaseeer azeeer sase CGaseear 1.1 vermon hisorical vermon Vermon library newpor vermon eer vol 3 goodrich Goodr sermon p 380 column a ch library ciy

39 32 and zerubbabel Zerubbabel was presen during some of he meeings conduced by pra and johnson in charleson he was young bu very much impressed cressed ressed hough he was no bapized unil he following february he said wha he heard from he wo elders brough abou a grea change in his life 0 0 bu when persecuions and omaions emfcaions arose I1 yielded hereuno and was again enangled in he vaniies of he world and so wen on in sin & vaniy unill he foureenh year of my vw age and in he spring of 1832 when broher 0 pra & L johnson came ino own preaching he gospel of chris which had been los for ages & I 1 believed i & wo of my ray ay sy eider elder older sider brohers which were of age obeyed i ime cims I1 begun o mend my oy ways and prayed o god o sofen he hears rcs of ny my parens ha I1 migh have he privilege privilog leb isb of obeying he gospel a lengh ay qj aj prayers were answered & I 1 was bapized bapised by ulli ulii william in he own of charlson cison ciscon on he hird day of febuary ired iced scripures of divine ruh ruch cruch and ook he word of god for my guid ha I1 migh be able o insruc ohersa in he way of ruh & holiness sans hose hese chosa chese hings from his cime my bro AD I hen desired o preach he gospel & begun o search he and o warn he inhabians of he earh which he has hos s71 days71 prophes had declared should come como ranh o prepare for chose cam cal col upon hem in hese las may 25h hey raveled norh from charleson o he own of roy in norhern vermon in his area hey labored for nineeen days hey hald held hold haid heid sixeen meeings and bapized eigheen in jay orleans couny hey arrived back in charleson on june l5h 15h i ians fr C loson lah here hey sayed for eleven days ol held hold heid six meeings and bapized eleven aleven evans evano evens one of whom was john badger hey hen wen souh a few miles and heid held hold healed a lame woman whom hey bapized n 72 hoid eleven meeings ip hera here0 he lord ah on july he 4h pra and johnson again visied bach bahs bah new now hampshire shire where hey spen hree days here hey preached wice bapized four and ordained hazen aldrich an eider elder el on he 9h ah of july hey journal of erasus snowerasus Snow Erasus snows skech book no I1 under spring of 1832 original on file in he LDS church hisorians library 71journal 10 72journal journal hisory june 15hq 1832

40 33 sared for charleson again where hey worked for six days aended hree meeings bapized one and ordained john badger an elder wm snow a pries and winslow window farr a eacher in a leer o sidney rigdon simeon carer repored ha orson and lyman were in benson Ver vermon mono for a conference on augus loh loch we me in conference he enh of augus here were foureen elders and several priess and eachers presen grea croa crea union dwel anong among anang us wo were ordained o he prieshood wo oher were or dained bained one an elder older eider and he oher a pries brehren 0 pra and L johnson were here hey have planed hree or four churches since las february and have bapized in all abou seveny74 seveny on augus 28h he elders lef benson vermon vemon and sared on a hundred mile journey o he souhern par of connecicu acy where cacy dacy arrived on he is sep or isb day of sepember in his crea area hey labored for hroe days weny hree hroo heid hold held eleven meeings in he coim own lown of madison new haven co c and six in he own of killingworh middlesex co c bapized cen en on con and ordained one of hem ly nameiy al namely willard woodsock au elder M 75 on he 24l 241 sap sep er of sepember hey sared on heir reurn journey o benson his ook hem hen five days her har hey sayed haca here haza hac for several days while here hey held hold heid four meeings sep sap during he laer par of sepember and mos of ocober er hese wo missionaries made anoher visi o he branches norher liew liev hev hew branche in norhern norheraa I1 hampshire and vermon a he ond end and of ocober he elders began heir rowin rawin rawln reurn rip o kirland ohio orson pra however decided o remain longer so lyman johnson E reurned alone in a leer laer from bah ibid 731bid july ah 9h even morni 19 evening and morning sar I1 no 6 november journal borni journal hisory Hisorys sepember is 1832 isco isdo

41 34 new Hamp hampshirel hanyshice daed january ocson orson pra recouns dear brehren nog hew jersey hau raveled in he saes of pennsylvania we have new yock yorks vermon new hampshire massachuses and connecicu and we bapized four in blakely pennsylvania and also my broher on long island eigh in madison nadison hadison 11 connecicu weny in bah new hampshire weny seven in charleson vermon aud eigheen in roy vermon we wen o a conference which was held hold heid in spafford lyman johnsonon bapized eigh he hen in company wih broher new now nov nev york on he enh of hov november or where broher hazen aldrich sared for ohio and I1 in company wih broher william snow sared for bah and charleson and bapized welve by he way we have ordained several elders since las february and hey bid fair o be faihful and may do much good broher orson J has reurned from missouri broher hazen has bapized four in colebrook an he lef here are calls on he righ hand and en laborers in his region lef ledigfor faihful chrisc chris 76 nev 1new your broher in chris76 liew liev hampshire by january sch 1833 elder pra had separaed from his missionary companion anlon anion snov william sruni bruni who had gone back o his home in charleson vermon on he 28h of january pra sared for home in ohio lie lle ile he arrived in kirland on february 17h 1833 ile he lie gave a brief summary siranary of his mission as follows 0 mission bliss ion I1 arrived feb fob having been absen on his easern during which ime cimo cine I1 raveled on lon one year and foureen days foo nearly 4000 miles aended 207 meeings mosly in places where hey had no heard of he word bapized 104 persons and organized several new now branches of he church 7 gideon carer sylveser smih and jared carer smiha smiho gideon carer was also acively engaged in early missionary vork mrk vock new england in nev gideon was ordained an elder a he amhers conference 76even evening and horning 77journal horni journal Us hisory morning sar I1 no 10 march 1833 february ocy 17h 1833

42 35 of january 25h 1832 lie ile lle lla lia was also biven n given a couman commandmen o fulfill a mission wih sylveser smih ills his llis liis journal says ha hey isared Isared on our mison o vermon on he 5 of april 1832 n heir journey is difficul o follow bu on april 22nd 1832 gideon said ha he ms me mo mec moc he people in frank selemen on kaurs Vaurs hursday broiho brocho 0 broherr smih spoke o he people held hold heid oo ohor oher beings evening he people gave good aenion meings in ohor pars of he om me he people from house o house held ameling wih hem79 ameing useday 24 & lef my esimony meanwhile april 25h 1832 jared carer began anoher mission o he eas his companions were pries11 pries11 calvin soddard and aaron lyon a eacher broher lyon soon decided o ake he sage bu carer and soddard coninued on an foo preaching as hey wen hey arrived 80 es & a benson vermon where hey held meeings on he 20h of may his visi seemed o revive he work in benson he benson sains hrilled a he reurn of jared carer 81 Q in he laer par of may gideon carer and sylveser smih arrived also in benson gideons wriings do no give he exac dales daes wmc dace bu i was before he 24h for he journal hisory repors hursday may 24 A conference was held hold heid a benson vermon carer and sylveser aended by elders jared carer gideon 11 II smih john carer S was ordained a high ugh pries and appoined by he conference o labor wih his broher jared carer 82 78journal file in he LDS journal of gideon carer daed april 5h church hisorians library ah 1832 original on 79 ibid april 22nd journal journal Iii lil hisory 34bid ibid may 20h bid 24h jcbid 821 may 821bid scory april 11 25h

43 36 may 29h elder jared carer lef benson o go o he eas side of he green mounains on his day may elder jared carer lef benson ruland co v accompanied by bro john punam on a missionary our o he eas cas side of he green mounains hey raveled 11 miles ha day and conversed wih people on he way he nex day wednesday ried in vain o ge go dec ded hey arrived a wes Ru ku ruland ruland lando lands couny where hey gec he privilege of holding a public meeing hey coninued heir journey o he own of moun bawley hawley ruland couny where hey held a meeing and found willing liseners on hursday he 31s hey arrived a andover windsor couny on he 31ss hih i eas side of he green mounains on friday hey preached in windom and on saurday june aud 2nd 2ud hey preached in windham windham couny wih grea success and made an appoinmen for sunday june loh loch which hey also filled on wednesday june 6h ah elder carer preached in cheser windsor co bu he people here made ligh of he message he bore miss ward and bapized ings meeings in ha week he adminisered o a young oman xoman xiown doman lam iam for many years afer ha elder carer and punam held lane iane she was boh healed hold heid a n number or of ers erv andover and oher places and conversed wih who had been lame chesers Ches many on june 18h a woman was bapized and healed who had been sick for 26 years afer a meeing held in cheser uesday june 19h several were bapized on friday june 22nd an ineresing afer holding a number of oher meeings and afer bapizing several more he missionaries reurned o meeing was held a andover benson where hey again me elders gideon H carer and sylveser smih83 smihe Smih aa a3 83 som someime in june jared worked wih gideon in adams adms massachuses gideon said ha many appeared conviced o he message bu hey bap sized ized only sixeen or seveneen persons 84 QA during his june missionary labors jared carer me ira ames lie old ames of he conference which had been called for augus i was o be held in benson jared furher informed me before he lef ha a conference of he church of J C L D S was o be held in he own of benson vermon on augus 16h or 18h a my wifes carer he also informed me ha wo of my cifes fahers house wifes brohers qi wife cifes jaby ibid 29h ibid 831bid 831 may 84john john S carers cie club 0 op 92 clue pp ap 565 6

44 37 and david carer had joined lle he dae laa clie church and also many of her relaions and friends her cousin john S able noe was bapized bapised in fac he work had aken up ho in her family carer a freewill bapis preacher of consider also during july jared wen ino new now york from benson he mee- held hold heid meeings ins in dresden on july ah ah 4h and 5h ah he 6h ile lle he lie reurned o benson ven vermon and coninued preaching in ha area unil he augus confer ence his conference was hold held hoid heid for wo days loh loch one of hem augus lohe 86 Q several prominen missionary figures were wece in aendance we were his summer visied by a number of elders ars were brs simeon simson n or a ng among whom gideon & jared he conference also in augus S se in benson aended by elders Ssimeonn W carer G H carer jared carer cylveser smih elisha collins zebulon Aadams pra & lyman johnson & ny my seif self 87 adans orson i was repored a his conference ha jared carer had beon been boon been a parner in bapizing abou seveny souls since april gideon H i10 lio llo apparenly wriing abou his same conference said arrive a benson e 4 donaion ernee ornee ernce me he broheren in confemce confornee or of bro brehren hron aended aended o he ordenaion ordonaion ordinaion of anuraber naber nabar meing on saerday saerdal Sa hard broher john S carer on sundy hard broher orson pra & broher william jonson in he fornoon fomoon fommon in he afernoon heard haard broh smih & I 1 spoke som89 soms some & saerday maing on sunday simson simeon simon sigon carer was jared carler carers carder missionary companion in new now hew how england and new now york for par of jaredy jared1s jareds mission on Ssimeon repored on sep or sepember 20h 20hs journal 851 journal of ira ames daed june original on file in he LDS church hisorians library 86rven nov or evening and morning sar 87john ajohn S carer op jci sari sarli I io imo lmo igo jui do po 5p 5ap ilo 6 november journal 88 journal hisory augus loh ioha loha gidson 89gideon Gidson carer op cil ci 0 no dae nor page given in journal

45 38 33 bapi fory I1 have bapized sed wo siace he firs oi 0 july I1 have ueen been laboring ag wes of he lakes in bolon ny10 Y and br jared has been wih me parl par nar pacl dar of le he che cine ine bine inae 2nd 2id we expec o coninue a3.3 cie cle ild lid ind aid doeher ogeher coeher for a while some powerful manifesaions of healing have been baen daeil wrough hrough our miaisry inijiiory minisry bu che he people are generally NY 10 his very unbelieving in chis dills dilis region of counry 0 us and o gecse gersacua persecue gersecue ur us and ready o rail a in sepember gny nany of he elders in bhe he ha byla eas bean began o reurn o ohio joseph smih wroe he elders durine during he monh monch of sepember began o reurn from heir missions nis sloas sions o he ie ha ia easern saes and aria ara aia presen ships he hisories of he several sewardships sewardshlps seuard in he lords vine yard 1 i 91 on ocober 19h l 1832 jared carer wih simeon carer S reurned o kirland he le imd had w 1 been absen d for abou monhs during which ie ae had preached in ohio pennsylvania neu now klaw nau york and arid arld vermon and bapi bapized sad sed zad souls 1192 he year 1832 was considered by he church o be a very successful missionary year he journal hisory repors during he year 1832 acive missionary work had been carried on by he elders in ohio indiana illinois missouri michigan ew york vermon and pennsylvania and new missionary fields had been opened in virginia kenucky new hampshire connecicu massachuses rhode island and maine also in canada93 Canada canade canaday 93 new cw liew llew branches were esablished in hew new england a denson bensons norh roy cnarlesion anu ana larlesong ci vermon a bah new hampshire in N rowley and boson massachuses and how many in oher places we can no say evening and morning sar scan slan 1I noo february 1833 hisory QJ uz A A churchy 1I p 286 he church 92journal journal hisory 11 ocober 19h l&h lah 1332 ibid 3 31ss 94evenipj december ais evening and loyning moyning 3is 1832 oer ber mornin sar I1 no 6 xovember 11ovem 1832

46 39 jos newell 1 K whiney and joseph smih joseph smih cia claimedd o have received a revelaion on sepember or 22nd and 23rd 1832 he revelaion is lenghy bu conains wo imporan verses relaive o a mission call o bishop newell K whiney hese verses repor neverheless le he bishop go uno he ciy of new york also o he ciy of albany and also o he ciy of boson and warn he people of hose ciies wih he sound of he gospel voice wih a loud of he desolaion and uer abelis abolishmen which awai hem if rej ac ec hey do rejec hese hings for if hey do rejec hese hings he hour of heir judgmen and heir house shall be lef uno hem desolae95 desolaed 9 is nigh sep jud desolae9 n very lile seems o be recorded abou his mls mission sioa he journal of hisory of he reorganized church of jesus chris of laer day sains hi says only his in la obedience o his coiamanclaen coomandmen bishop whiney spen a large par of his ime cime cims in he easern saes 9 96 n he in journal Hisory11 lilsory ilisocy scory hisory11 of he church i is repored ha in obedience o revelaion bp mass newell nowell hewell K whiney had labored in albany N Y and boson ilass 97 for some reason joseph smih wen on his mission wih whiney his record abou i is also very brief i says I1 coninued he ranslaion of he bible and minisering o he church hrough he fall exceping a hurried journey o albany new how now hew york and boson in company wih bishop whiney from which I1 reurned on he 6h ah of november hird98 hirds son joseph smih he hird any nov er diaely chlud 98 fr immediaely afer he birh of my ray dac 95d&c d&c journal of publ ed journal f hisory january 1909 published by he board of publicaion of he reorganized church of jesus chris of laer day sains lamoni iowa lowa p journal hisory i sep 11 sepember or 22nd hisory of he church 1I p 295

47 40 43 lile i gnoj knoj OUSI hough housh Th knov abou his mission i was probably quie pificau significan sll sil aary iu lil li he early mls miscioaary work lw ia liew lleu iiglaiid 0

48 chaper IV EXPANSION OF missionary ACTIVITY imporan role of john S S carer 24hj on may 24h 1832 in benson vermon john S carer was ordained a high pries in he fall aad and winer of many of he aeu england neu new enoiand missionaries reurned o ohio following sollowin his john S carer seemed o ake quie a prominen leadership role in new now england from abou he 6h ah of january 1833 o february ah 8h he raveled hillsborough o he viciniies of bolon benson and willsborough Wills he ile lie lle held conferences and meeings ferences so augh he gospel and bapized convers on sh february 8h esh he said arived arided a home ac 6c & found my family will hro he mercy of he lord orisoi pra for which hanks o as his adorable ade oison had been here on his way o he meeing of elders in he ohio chey heys heyo a his ime ima clma dime are all ame gme found ha br doison on as such as are raveling are called mee mos nee for purposes o me a presen unknownmuch revelaion has o moe of lae bean givenoh amen & amen ilven sive 9 noh god almighy gay le lo ie A leu me ever over aver more please he as carer was aeve 3eve several ral rai imes iirolved ins aeeins ji4alved ii special aee neelns meeins hlc which alc h were 100 called o se hings in order on 1 march 14h l4h lah v he recorded meaings church maa beaings meeings meaings o sele he difficulywhich Which by he express & sollonn agreoan agresiun of he paries viz henry sherwood & cornelius van anwerp was lef o be finally & coiwlusively coivlusively decided by he council of he following eld eid ae priess &6e & &brehren willard elders punam also sidney anner eaclier brehren breliren brearen Brel viz via vla john L punaci punamsr pul Punacl naul also wich wih wlch us solloim Wood woodsock socks gaac aaciers bce Bre dre john lanner anner lalmer f& janas janes jamas aren icen iren iran weherley riply jere & e 99john john S er cald Calr caad carer cer cec 0ak 2k cic ci february ah 3h loo lbid ibid february and llarch ah 9h 91i ish s33

49 42 consuled by ourselves & slae sae jaeard jacard heard haard he saemen man mau of he aggrieved agrieved paries 0 acame o he following fol foi louins decissions101 docissions101 hen souie socie some soule problems arose for which john S fel he needed special help from he elders in kirland lie he lle ile said on april 5h ah 1833 wroe o he elders in kirland requesing by hem council from god under some peculiar rials spen a considerable par of he day in prayer heard siser sherwood relae her visions of seeing an angel which was las monday uis he conversed wih her as she supposed abou fifeen minuis she has had many wonderful visions & old here ha he should come again she relaed ha she heard a voice soon afer she came ino his work elling her ha if she would be faihful she should see many grea glorious hings 102 & several monhs afer carer wroe o he elders a kirland he aended a conference in new hampshire he repored T conference in bah nev following members ers vizorson new hampshire holden hoiden pra hoidn june ah 8h aended by he Orson lyman johnson hazen aldrich Priess harland redfield william snow john badger benjaminn chase sephen burne john carer S high priesswillard Willard nahaniel Xa ho ielmes iolmes woodsock orson johnson 3 & elders john duncan winslow far priess henry nn harriman eacher- eachersephen dume carer Scribe scribe03 ei Sephen scrib burne presiden john S in sepember or of 1833 john so carer acing S upon he counsel of some of he church leaders lef o go 0o o zioni ziona zion1 1 Us his family was accompanied by broher ripley familybr & ilythe familahe Br clemens & familyhe cho ho che family of br dr burges burgos 14 1 cl rivina afer arriving acl in kirland TUr ad he ook a very acive leadership role he was one of wenyfour four high priess presen when he firs high 1011 loli bid 1011bid loiibid ibid ibid ibid 104 loa ioa lb ibid ida ids id1 larch march macch harch 14h 1833 april ah june 8h ah sepember 5h IU sfch 1333 sep 2nd and 1833 or

50 43 council of he church was organized ile lie he lle was a paricipan in zions ca camp and was a signer of one of he imporan proposiions of inen of he cormons mormons as hey were enroue o clay couny hese proposiions cii of inen were wrien o he ciizens zons of jackson couny missouri hey ians were wrien o inform he missourians Missour jus wha he inenions of zions ca camp were imre upon heir arrival a heir desinaion jackson couny hey vere were here signed by joseph smih F G williams william lyman wigh rodger oron orson hyde and john S carer 106 on june 24h john S carer died diedo zlonis Ccamp he firs vicim of cholera in zions iua iu7 missionary effors oj of orson llyde end lyman johnson IE arch erch oil oll 011 haach havch II 26h 1033 orson pra lef on compaaon or a second mission o he easern saes ilil companion was lynan E johnson hey had received n a coramandmen comman hrough joseph smih o fulfill his mission hey arrived inn bah new upshire hampshire uvshire lk ah on june 7h o his daa dae daar daaq hey had aended fory four meeings and anc bapi bapized bapised 15apized hireen convers i n 108 he nex day Qh juno ah 3h a co conference afererace was held hold heid in bah here hi h were five hiah lynaa lyma E hioh priess in aendance hey were lenaaa johnson orson pra hazon aldrich aidrich hazen hazan sephen Burne burne and john S carer here were also seven elders wo priess and a TP eacher achar As par of he areace business of he couf conference here were werg wece sece serg six ordinaions orson pra 105 pp ap 41341a 413&414 A 105hisorical hisorical record vol VII anoo n log ibid nos 46 6 ap pp noo january 107 ibid 1071bid pp ap hillennial omillennial sar vol 27 p 72

51 44 officiaed in all of hem 109 during he following six days pra johnson and he brehren wih hem held hold heid meeings in he neighboring owns a charleson vermon anoher conference was held hold 1833 nine prieshood ordinaions were performed his ime heid on july 24h cime all of hem were done under he hands of lyman E johnson 1 sep or ah on sepember 8h horace cowen was ordained an elder by lyman johnson illo ilio E cowen said he was sen on a mission o bah N h9 H ha lie joined zerubbabel Zerub babel snow in his minisry o he easern counry hey arrived a bah grafon couny new hampshire on june 12h lie he lle ile and zerubbabel Zerubbabel separaed afer having served ogeher for wo and a half monhs hey had bapized eigheen persons while hey had labored ogeher on he 14h of june cowen began o work wock wih his new missionary niong companion sephen burne bure hey began heir missionary aciviies in lyman grafon couny new now hampshire on he 16h afer serving ogeher for abou a monh horace and sephen separaed from each oher hey had held hold heid fifeen meeings foureen in new hampshire and one in vermon hey had bapized welve people from july 8h lss ah o augus is elss cowens companion anlon was hazen aldrich hey succeeded in holding fifeen meeings and bapizing wo hey pared unil he 5h ah of augus on he ah 6h again working i ogeher 109he desere news mews weekly VIII sal lake ciy june 9h ah jwreafer 1858 p 65 hereafer cied as desere news weekly J 110 llo lio journal hisory march 23rd 1833

52 45 hey bapized nine persons lj horace cowen repored from he ah 7h of augus o he 2nd meeings bapized wenyhree hree sep er one elder by he name of and of sepember we held weny ordained daniel bean and also ordained one eacher by he nam benjanin name of benjamin banjamin swea we have labored in his place more han four weeks and laid he foundaion for wo churches one in errol coos couny jew new hampshire and he oher in he leer B sae of maine111 Maine maineeial izi horace cowen was in bah new hampshire on sepember or 8h ah here as saed before he was ordained an elder by lyman E johnson on ocober 3rd ard cowen and aldrich ook heir journey o bradford church in massachuses while in ha sae hey me john F boynon and evan M11 greene greens afer meeing wih hese wo brehren cowen coven said on our ravels in ha sae we me bro john F boynon greens greene and we counseled and hough i wisdom ha and evan MH horace cowen and evan HM bend band heir course owards kirlandhz 112 HZ groene greene greens should join in he minisry and meanwhile orson pra lef bah new hampshire for kirland on sep sap sepember sh 1833 he arrived here on sepember 428h or 8h esh in reporing he resuls of his mission pra said ha he had been absen six monhs during which I1 ravelled abou 2000 miles aended 125 mee ings 0 and bapized upwards of 50 persons yio ylo 113 missionary effors of john F boynon and evan M greene mission on january 15h 1833 john F boynon and evan bui ni bul greene lef for a welve week mission o pennsylvania 114 hey bapized ino he iii ill w liillibid Ibid 112 ibid md 113millennial sar vol 27 p 72 millennial 114journal 114 of Journal evan gren greene M daed january l5h 15h lah 1833 original on file a he LDS church hisorians library

53 46 church beween seveny and eighy convers in a leer o he sar daed april 13h 1833 in which hey repored ha mission boynon and greene said we undersand he work coninues o roll on a he eas and we expec soon o band bend bond our course hiher in hopes o aend a conference in bah new hampshire on he eighh of june boynon and 115 greene did leave soon o aend he conference in bah naw neww nami newi hampshire hey lef he l6h 16h 116 ilg lah of april 1833 william hem on uesday he 9h willi sagers wen wih ah of july evan i greene wroe woe ah we enered mass in he couny of burkshire his rou we ravlled essex and in his rou we passed many fine vil- uesday he 9h ravilee bra raviled he mos of he way on foo for he space of one 70 miles passing hrough he counyes counyos counys Coun of burkshire in 6c & lages where hey carry on manufacuring verry exensive.117 hundred & fra frankiin franklin frankiln worser ac on he 13h Boyncons boynon ons lons hey arrived a he home of boynons parens in coie bradford essex coimys couny massachuses his moher was very sick he 14h hey held heid hald haid wo meeings and found many of he brehren in ha area vercy verry seadfas in he church he missionaries sayed in and around loverry loberry bradford holding meeings whenever hey could on he 22nd evan said monday 22 his morning we held hold concerning some heid a council a br holmes house swe of us going ino he sae of maine for B H had received a leer from here requesing some labors o come here and he decision was ha bros john F harr boynon and henry harrimann should say around here wih he bre should go here and ha I1 or go on some shor missions wih bro rogers118 Rogers rogers rogers evening and morning sar vol II 11 no 13 june 1833 p ilg evan M greene og 22 ci april lah l6h 16h ibid july ah 9h ibid july 22nd 1833

54 47 having decided ha boynon and harriman iuar juarriman ciman ziman W would go eas o maine and ha greene should say around bradford john F and evan pared on he is of augus evan greene lef bradford long enough o fill an appoinmen in nearby bifield 11 lie he lle ile repored hurs aug is his day I1 had an ap in bifield a bro rogers son in laws and I1 aended i bu here were bu a few who came ou o hear from he word of he lord I1 spake o hem concerning his doing now in he earh and laer days work which god had considerable libery hough no so much as a someimes someimes119 he reurned o bradford again lie augh he gospel bapized convers held hold heid meeings nisered bisered and adminisered he sacramen on occasion harr henry floury harrimann he missionary who had gone o maine haine naine wih john boynon reurned o bradford on augus 22nd he brough news of he grea work being done in maine and requesed ha greene go back here wih him o assis in he work hursday Thurs augus day 29h harriman and greene lef for hollis maine hey arrived here on he 30h and sayed in he home of sylveser B soddard on he 31s hey me ne ma mal john F boynon in buxon a he home of a mr bir andrews sepember is evan greene wroe fic fiz sund sep is his day we had a meeing and he house was crowded in he forenoon we had no much libery of speach bu in he afernoon he cloud seamed seemed sewed o break and we speak wih power on he subj suba of hypocrisy among professors of religion and also showed he manner of he aposles preaching and speak o hem in ongues and wo men es bore esimony o he spiri of god in i121 hey held hold heid several meeings on he 2nd and hey bapized wo james dark ownsand ownsend and aaron clark ciack clack sep er ard on sepember 3rd a he ownhouse in holliss 119 ilg 119ibid augus ibid is ibid cebid jebid JE augus lah l8h 18h 1833 l2libid cebid jebid sepemberer JE bid is 1833

55 48 hey held a meeing on sunday sh sepember ah 8h his was hough o be he larges gahering ever held hold hald haid a hic place henry darrigan darrioan darrimaa darrl herr henrloag iman mag maa and sylveser SD soddard wen from hollis o he norh oa oil oll oli a mission hey lef on hir ou he loh of sepember 1833 hig 1 same sarae sarmo sammo day greene and boynon sayed a z ir drelerc 1 114r hiie hile here hey me a donne who was going o kirland Kirlani bro denne kirlani xirlaal iani ij we node noca noe o bro joseph and my faher 122 my hy faher spoken of by greene was john P greene who played such a bromine prominen a promine par in early church hisory especially during he illinois period while on he uay way vay o saco naine maine o fla11 fill ali n appoiame a appoinmen a Alli mill miil II ahaniel millikens kanis kenis konis home Boya boynon oia aau anu aal greene opped llollic pos sopped a he 11ollis office where evan which old hem evau greene graeae lua hao hau hea chea chem of he rio in lil iua a leer from hi aahar fcihar 1 ail ia jackson couny missouri fahar john P areene crecne creene mosouri his rio was he conflic which was developing beween he aoraons iorions Io rions and he sourians souriano clans zians sou 1 Missour rians lans mis mls missourians 123 boynon and greene halu haio meeings ina and aiounc alo aiounc sepem er hela arounc around saco unil he 22nd of sepember on his day by previous appoinmen hey held a meeing in a schoolhouse in scarborough uo suar i uorough I1lline line kline alline he 125h vere 25h hey vero were wero in buxon maine on he 26h hey reurned o selco salco hey augh near here moving in and ou only for bralef belef brief periods of im cine cime unil abou he loh loch of ocober on his dae hey ordained josiah buerfield an elder and appoined him o be in charge in his area acea o wach over he church hey spen par of ha day in II ollis maine a he home of ibid sepember 10h 1833 ibid sop sepember or lih bid

56 49 sylveser DB soddard acre I 1 acce hey here c iyed ayed a nih hey hen proceeded o he home lol lolnic iol homze 0oz dro colnic cuc nic cla of gez sex JCX eis dis ESJCX gex gez cou cau ay couny fy oa he 14h of ocober hey me in roley rowley malae mallie maine o decide whau wha whea hey should do abou heir missionary labors nie he vie ule resuls of choc uh ho meein chob meeing ere recorded by evan evau greene greece in he following xay vay accordingly we mcc ac me mec ne ou oa nond he lord and asked counsel aisel of had ended aud aad we fel ha bro aldrege nand afernoon cend laid he case before and him for we fel as hough our missions aldregh should go on o his church or he one he had buil up in me also ha bro john should say here a few weeks and chell he reurn co o he church in nollis cowan and myself should reurn o kirland and bare esimony by he way and ve fel felc feic ei is f peace in i a id received i as lord124 Lord 7 ha bro he word of he his xmier wrier has been unable o find he dae on which evan creane reurned home By by way of summarizing he church aciviies of he year 1833 la l2 12 he la saes follo easern mission hisory records he following ying john F boynon and evan MH greene wen on a missionary our ea arn ern saes slaes sloas slaas in hrough he easern scaes ia june 1333 and hey visied in new york massachuses maine ec hey bapized 26 persons whose aa pre erved anay and aee re z iiaoej have uaea beea beba preserved arved are on file again under dae of oz dacembe dacemzbe Dac dec 31s enbe anbe his same sarae sane hisory rm repors branches of he church wera were reca ceda sera oin buil up in various pars of he eln ein raissionaries easern saes by a nber nuaaber aber of ussionaries especially scially ecially nily aci acl in new york massachuses naine ard aloi on Vern vermon bid 1833 aij ibid ocober 14h he 125g The easern che 125 saes lory ory mission hisory llis dory daed december 31s hij is a day o day accoun of he missionary aciviiec ocans easern saes on file a he LDS church Us hisorians hereafer cied as 1111areafer bid md 1261bid easern esern saes ziisson 21ission hisory ilisoryj dec er aciviies in he library

57 50 missionary work in 1834 I lissiona elder john F boynon who sayed in nev new now england afer evan greene reurned o kirland remained acive in proselying especially in maine naine blaine on january 20h he wroe a leer from saco maine haines 127 speaking of his accomplishmens in ha area boynon said o I1 have been laboring in his par of he vineyard for some ime Q now and everlasing covenan lay before he people he new glorious Lous hings in hese las days and he of he kingdom ha god has been pleased o reveal I1 have bapized abou fory in his secion and here is more convinced of he ruh bu are sill lingering on he hreshold of he church kingdom12a kingdoml20 and I1 hink he lord will gaher some of hem ino his of his aciviies following his separaion from greene he furher said broher evan M greene labored wih me from he 16h of january fr ill he ocober following while we were ogeher we bapized abou one hundred and hiry hen a a council a rowley nass massa mass0 i was decided ha he should ravel wih broher horace cowen o kirland accordingly hey sared on heir mission and I1 wen o boson and visied he church in ha place and bapized one I1 hen reurned o his place and organized his branch of he church he members in his place are srong in he lord and are rejoicing in he new and everlasing covenan129 covenans 129 amasa mason lyman who had aken up a mission in lew aew york abw following his bapism moved ino he uee hew nse riew england area for a brief period he ile rie arrived in lyman new nev lampshire hampshire hev hew I he place of his birh on february 25h hs he following day he held hold heid a meeing in lileon aei nev new nei hampshire hough his record is no oo clear a his poin he labored desere news uee weekly VIII no 15 june loh 128journal hisory january 20h 1834 ibid 1291bid 130journal loch 1858 journal of amasa M lyman daed february 25h 1834 original on file in he LDS church hisorians library

58 51 in rew liew liev reu llew england during march and april 1834 lie ile lle w worked corked wih iiazen 11azen diazen 1 aldrich and lyman E johnson under dae of march 14h 1834 his journal records bolion 0 bolon & oldrich sared for when I1 in company wih broher 11 II arived arided in benson on he 14h and mee wih broher lyman johnson whom on he 15h we heid held hold a meeings & anoher on he 16h on he 17h brohers 0 & J lef for NY I1 arried in benson prepareing reing o go up o zion lyman worked in and around benson unil april 12h when he sared for kirland he wroe ha we arrived on he 6h ah of may afer a journey of 17 days 132 afer jus hree days in kirland amasa armasa ammasa lyman lynan joined zions camp which lef abou he firs of may o C go 00 o missouri he purpose of he camp was o help resore he sains who had been driven from heir homes during he rio in jackson couny from april hrough june june he journal hisory deals almos enirely wih zions camp while mos men man in kirland were geing ready o go wih he camp o missouri jared carer was given a special appoinmen o visi gue cue luw ranches of he eas o receive conribuions for he purpose of finishing he Tempie emple 1e ae empls which was being buil in kirland his wrier was mable unable mabie o find carers carels repor of his mission boynon however gave considerable deail in a leer he wroe from bolon new hew york daed augus 31s 1834 he repored naw previous o he conference a saco maine I1 had been laboring in he eas and had buil up a small church in farmingon conn when I1 reurned o aend he conference I1 received your leer from he council by he hand of broher jared carer requesing me o engage in he mission wih him in laying before he churches he subjec of building he house of he lord in kirland wih q1 ibid march 14h qa ibid april 12h bid

59 52 which I1 readily complied lising i was a subjec of grea- realizing realising ha es imporance accordingly on he 19h we separaed a saco maine agreeing ha I1 should pass hrough he churches a he norh while he visied hose a he souh and mee mos a ac andover vermon o aend he conference ence confer sace dalon NH hen o s johnsbury caiedo cabedo caledonia a conference was held on he 28h in nee nes again a ha place on he 19h I1 hen visied he church a erol coos co NHN IL found hem srong in he lord from hence I1 came o he church a coa cos cog coi v here were presen a his where conference hree hroe chree high priess and seven elders and seven churches were represened which were all found o be in good sanding much insrucion was given hree were ordained eachers grea union prevailed edo edg of wisdom0 from fro eno nes basss masas mes Mas and he conference unanimously usly asly voed o keep he word 1I nex visied he church a charleson NH bapized one enor hence o jay v and bapized abno anoher hen o danville as vs where whare I1 held hold hald haid wo meeings and bapized seven I1 hen reurned o s johnsbury v held hold had a heid a meeing on he sabbah large and aenive audience and bapized in ha place hireen he minds of many more seemed o be called up 19 o inquire ino he grea work which he prophess have declared should coms come cow I1 hen came cams vec vermons Vermons mong las days col forh in he cems on o andover vermon where I1 again me broher jared carer who had passed hrough he church a boson ss masss from hence o killingworh cco co ao where be he bapized hree and one in madison conn he hen visied he church a norfolk conn and bapized one from hence co o shafesbury shafsbury Shafs as vs labors were blessed in regulaion regulaing regulain he affairs of he church and bringing hem o he order of he laer day sains iad ized izd four and ohers were convinced of he ruha ruhs wove on he minds of he people in ha place general move nila vermonis aiso also where his alloo alsoo he bap and here was a he had been grealy blessed wih he spiri in laying before he chuc churches clies hia he his objec of his hie mission also in breaking dmn dom prejudice before he people he ruh of he fulness fulnss conained in he naw new now covenan and laying falness of he everlasing gospel he conference in andover vermon was crowned wih he blessing of god we hink much good will resul from his meeing from hence we came o benson vermon aended he conference in ha place and he preaching was aended wih he power of he spiris fr one was added o he Cchurch and many more ware were wars inquiring ino he ruh we nex aended he conference in bolon v where were considerable a large collecion of official members of he church business was ransacedwo wo wece were war wac ordained o he high prieshoods many quesions were discussedhe nes nas meeing crowned wih he spiri and much inelligence was given concerning he work of he lord which will undoubedly prove a lasing benefi o he servans of god our meeing following he conference was grealy blessed of he lord o wo were bapized and many ohers had s bad heir minds called fulness of he gospel of he up o inquire ino he ruh of he falness kingdom of he laer day sains i is eviden ha much good will

60 53 conference be he resul of he conferences wieing and meeings ss which we have held hold hald haid heid hrough ou mission for much prejudice occasioned by he false repors ha have gone forh by hose who wihsand m he ha che ruh been cem removed ovedo and radiions supersiion and aad error way before he mild rays of he glorious ruh is aking a general riumph 3 gospels has seems o give while he cause of elder francis gladden bishop performed a mission in new england 33 abou his ime he journal hisory under dae of eay may kay nay h 8hs 1834s ohs says under his dae flay may ilay sch broher bishop wroe from seils sells Salis salisbury bucys burys conn0 conna friends and advocaes in ha place o ha effec ha he work was beginning o fiad find flad he saedd ha seven had been ll 11 bapized and more were anxiously enquiring among hose convered by bishop were jonahan H hale aud aad his wife abou his conversion hale said I1 and cy nach navh wshire dover newhaxnpshire bapised my wife received he gospie and wab was bapized Bapised ino he new in now and everlasing everlasiag covenan on he 13 day of june 1334 by he hand of gladden bishop and ordained by gla gia u him o he office of an elder in augus same year o preside over he church in dover coai I1 coninued aued work cover in dover dovec unill march gladden bishop apparenly had considerable acabie arable success in a leer wrien december he said I1 arrived in norfolk lichfield Coun couny and spen he winer in his sae cys ys conn in november 1833 owns owas lowas preaching in ia differen lowns 1833s he resul of ny my labor here was che he cha bapism of persons in he spring of 1834 norfolk is said o be one ono of he mos populous owas lowns downs in he sae in june I ale aendedd he & e & conference sopped in boson and bapized one hence and wealhy owns maine conferences I1 wen o dover NK where I1 bapized as 7s7 and from dover o bradford naine maine haine where I1 bapized one afer visiing dighon e wriing rock couny rocks brisol couny mass I1 wen massq nass wea weng o wendell franklin massa where I1 bapized 9 when I1 arrived a his place 133journal hisory lii ill socy 134 may ah ibid szory augus 31s journal of jonahan H11 hales aale haies original on 1 daed ad june 13h 1 file in he LDS church hisorians library l3h lah

61 54 salisbury conn3 conns conna church during ny I1 learned ha 6 ohers had been added o he 3 aq absence by elders smih and carer since my arrival I1 have bapized 5 place0136 place36 he church now numbers 20 in his on february 20h 1834 he high nigh council of he church a kirland held hold heid a meeing business wa aken care of and docrine aada and ad policy of he church was discussed missionary assignmens were made o a number or of he men an appoinmen was made nade for a general conference o be held hold heid in saco haine maine on he 13h day of june his conference wac vac wad wal held jacod jarod jared jaded carae carcer carcar caree carer Garer 3 who hand had been sen on his mission o raise funds la for he emple empia T empla vc chosen moderaor 1 sylvecer Sylvecer sylverer B soddard Soddaard zard xs wa as s seleced celec deleccad od lod clerk soddard repored ha conference in he following way i was an ineresing scene and no doub elii will all sall vas and much good proceed from i pas 10 oclock were blessed wih he spiri sail prove beneficial he public meeing commenced a half hose ha sood in defence of he cause of god and he people gave good aeniou aenion ion a 4 oclock PM he elders conference commencedhe conference came o order and jared carer was chosen moderaor afer prayer he conference made choice of sylveser sylvesor B soddard for clerk i was hen moved ha he elders presen proceed o give an accoun of hemselves and he several churches o which hey belonged hey hen proceeded and seveneen branches brandies of he church were represened represened are locaed in and said o be in ln good sanding ia pennsylvania eree hree iu wo of he branches in ln he sae of naw new yorko and he remaining welve eas of he sae of new york we weny hree branches hag heg has in la york sae and oher have also heard of cluy places eas of ohio which were no represened in his conference here were many ineresing narraives of he ravels of he brehren relaed addressed he very appropriae WIILCIL which were edifying bro john F boynon hen hon sd conference much insrucion was givens bivens he conference han hen chan adjourned and his Us address adjourn o 7 oclock 01 AM 136laer january laer day sains1 messenger and aud advocae vol I1 no 4 pp ap is an LDS church periodical which was published in kirland and advocae 63 his kirlaad ohio hereafer o be cied as he hesse hesss messenger l37william 137wllllarl E church hlsor hisory pp ap readl readi len ln L D S C any 195 V as fs S berre barre and alma P buron readings jen soi sol hesor sal lake ciy desere book company 1953 vol I1

62 55 on he nex day when we again me afer prayer bro jared carer made known his mission concerning he building of he house of he lord in kirland here should be a conribuion liders eiders Priesss eachers by he word of wisdom was hen moioned and seconded ha he elders and deacons in his hid hl conference abide oy and I1 passed by a anani unanimousus voe he subjec of ordinaion hen came before he conference and six were ordained hree o he lesser prieshood oe oae one o he office of a Tu leacher isacher eacher achec and deacon which cas was zas done in he zm nane name aane of he lord appoli voed o appoin by he voice of he conference i was agreed ha he conference chan hen dhan adjourned ill meein 5 oclock PM in order o aend public meeing afer he meeing he conference again me and afer prayer proceeded o business os eider dider priess wo o he office of he conference han conference in s johnsbury vermon on he 28h day of he presen monh and hen closed by prayer on he following day june 16h being he firs day of he week we again weeko weeks repaired o he meeing house where a cism nism uunumerous nerous cous concourse had assembled o hear he word of he lords lorda and god manifesed himself eif o his servans and hey were enabled o lay before hem he grea work f i of he lord and he glory of his kingdom which has been revealed in hese las days wece mca imra imre many were he people lisened in a very becomma imra mre heard o say we have heard he ruh oday and becomia manner becomiiio ando audo manners ands and according o he appearances fron much good may proceed drom from he inerview ha we hero here ilava have had wih he people in his secion bapized zad since he commencemen of his conferences have been several and some from a disance who came o invesigae he work have unied h&aselves 4amselves wih he people of god and have reurned wih an olive leaf he lord has been pleased o manifes himself by accompanying he adminisraion of laying on hands for recepion of he holy boly ghoss devea deven manner convincing o all aroundeven adoun evea disciples 138 discipless disciple ss o LO hose ha were no in a meanwhile erasus snow 1 who was laer o play a very imporan role in church hisory was beginning his career js as a missionary shorly afer he conference a saco erasus snow wroe vroe aroe leaher herefore agreeable o my desire I 1 was ordained o be a deacher eacher in he church of he laer day sains under he hands of boynon on he 28h 23h day of june AD & c in l he liwm own of bim john F s johnsbury v and afer occupying upon his I1 received he lesser prieshood under he hand of my broher wu wm snow saov in charleson on he 13h day of he nex nov during his ime I1 erasus lived in s johnsbury and laboured upon a farm & assembled iwu lau lew wih he brehren on ou sunday o each hem he word & ofen wen ou o each he gospel o he world in he adjacen counry wih br gardner and oher & many convinced of he ruh ac 6c & some made willing o obey i & afer ha I1 was ordained a pries br james snow sared wih me on he 138journal hisory 7 june 14h and 15h 1834

63 nd day of nov from s johnsbury we wen o danville where we jour heid held hold a meeing wih he brehren from hence we journied joumied nied o sheffield were we held hold heid wo meeings & from hence o glover where we held a meeing & had a large & aenive audience we hen wen said one nih iveing he ruh 139 o albany & lalelveing beleiveing bele bale baie in nigh wih our acquainance who we found very lyman E johnson fulfilled anoher shor mission o he new now england saes beginning in sepember 1834 sep or 1334 on he 4h sep or ah of sepember 1834 be he married sarah lang in ohio shorly afer his marriages he sared on his mission maine naine he wen as far as maines malnes preaching hrough he inervening saes branches brancher he bapized and organized branched oppor aniy uniy permied igo 140 his wrier has been unable o find find any deailed informaion on his mission bu i is known ha johnson reurned o ohio ha same fali fall fail he che fall of 1834 call for hone mare more none missionaries As previously poined ou here was missionary aciviy in new england in 1834 here was some feeling fooling from several quarers however ha more missionaries needed o be sen from massachuses broher jonahan crosby in a leer o oliver cowdery daed july 17hs said 17h i is now abou one year since I1 firs cooamenced need seeking for an ineres in chris wild and being hen in he wilderness erness no knowing wiher o go I1 was lead along by he preceps of mang mans and heir and cunning crafiness whereby hey lie in wai o deceive as I1 was he abou o receive he mark of he beas whose number is che or dhe number of nen las november or when he lord who is rich in marcy mercy a mano mans men beholding ay my perilous condiion condiions sen his servans o release msp me and o declare uno us he gospel che everlasing gospel spei of jesus chris which has been revealed uno you in hese las days erasus erasus snow book A 28 june millennial sar san sad scado vol 27 p 102

64 57 broher evan M greene and horace cowen came here las hov november or and heid held hold many meeings in his place and aud viciniy persons in his own and bapized six alhough he beas was enraged agains hem chem cham he seed was sown and has aken roo hough raher a barren soil and he beas is sill enraged agains i wih all he powers of dac darkness ye I1 hope and rus ha i will ye become fruiful s we held our meeings in a school 01 house unil we were shuc ol shu ou here has no been any of our brehren along his season accoun for i admiance oance bu here is no one o open he door o hese poor wan wanderers and I1 canno here are some sanding a he door dooz and calling for or o break uno us he bread of life hree of our number or have lef own a pries by broher greene bro bno nielson D was ordained bu in consequence of coming under his new covenan he was hrown ou of business and employmen and consequenly was under he necessiy of leaving own o seek ornploy employmen hus we are wihou a preacher and many say ha if his was he work of he lord he would no suffer his delay bu his does no weaken my faih I1 firmly believe he work o be of he lord hough I1 am ye a child he harves ruly is grea bu he laborers are few faw fen I1 pray herefore he lord of he vineyard ha offers sc he would send forh laborers ha hese proud scoffers scoffern down las days may be cu and made o know he ruh of wha he lord is doing in hese ung a oance ance ha hey and ha hose who are knocking may receive admiance perhaps he reason why he brehren do no come here is r do no know ha here is need of hem or ha here is a branch of he church in his place I1 would reques ha you noify hrough he medium of he sar our brehren who are raveling hrough he counry ha we have need for heir assisance for we are like sheep amonga na gives wives who are howling on an every side n& and he same spiri is manifes here ha was shown oward our brehren in he wes and hey have even venured so far as o rample on he laws of he land bu his is nohing more han we may expec our sufferings are nohing compared aced wih he sufferings of he sains of old or our brehren in zion and if we are scoffed a and he finger of scorn poined a us i is nohing for if we be reproached for he name of chris happy are we and we would 1ilbe like ilke paul raher glory in ribulaion for ribulaion wormeh workeh paience and paience experience and experience hope from huningon connecicu eli gilber wroe he las visi from my son sidney was more nore han wo years pas he hen came from new york and lef his business in ha place o recover his healh being an invalid he coninued wih us abou wo weeks and in ha ime was pressed by his friends and acquainances o mee wih hem and ohers and inform hem concerning he people and book of mormonhis Mormon he cheerfully did as ofen as his 141journal Ili lii lilsory hisory socy july 17h 1834

65 58 low sae of healh would permi and alhough hreaened and abused by some of our pious persecuors ye ya yec yac no much hur nor inerruped when a meeing was held hold heid a goodly number were brough o serious enquiry concerning hese hings and several would gladly have received bapism as hey aferwards old me and hank god godo gods some reain ha desire and deerminaion ye and have been anxiously expecing an elder or preacher ever since as my son gave us ac ec some reason o expec a broher hyde bu has since informed us uso uss why he did no come I1 have no doub bu wha a sociey would have been formed here more han 18 monhs ago had an elder called on us and spen a shor ime wih us as was expeced nor do I1 much believe i is oo lae yei ruly wish he experimen may be ried and if i is in your power o direc any good broher dmils emils preacher o lewis downs hey would be cordially received aced er n a huninon on don conn enerained192 or isaac buckinghams buckinghamm Bucking enerained buckin iss hunin con and kindly enerained42 sylveser B soddard wroe oliver cowdery from saco maine ocober 20h 1834 he 1mmened commened and bids fair o be a very useful member in his chun churchywe wih hem unil he loh of july we have me wih considerable cbs and according o he appear ance hey used all heir influence agains he work of he lord bu nowihsanding where we can be bel boc css s ge go bec he ears of he peoples and have hey generally wan o hear he privilege of speaking o hem once prejudice fails before he power of ruh here are many invesigaing he work of he lord wre ore L on he 18h of june I1 sared in company wih bro josiah buerfield moreprejudice moue mors are many more believers who have no ye obeyed soma on my reurn will be some I1 have bapized one and here bu expec here here appears o be a considerable field open in his secion and a grea call for preaching and if here could soroc some SOKOC o visi a small church in Farming farmingon soma faihful brehren coms come chur com col ino hese pars hey muld would we arrid arried carrid julys when we reurned home I1 hen aended o my domesic concerns unil he 30h of augus sared for he eas again and on he 5h ah of sepemberer when I1 arrived in farmingon and found he brehren and sisers srong in he faih and rejoicing in he lord I1 hen ook bro Kkempon wih me and labored in he back owns for he space of six weeks occasionaly occasionary aly and where ever here was a door opened o us visiing he church we preached he gospel according arding o he abiliy given uno us I1 rus our labor will no all be los pries opposiion from he secarian priess gons ons dona abou 80 miles from his place which consised of en members ers we labored a shor ime wih hem and he people round abou and bapized seven one preachers who is now preaching he whole gospel of hem a mehodis preacher ac rding er churche on and muid find 142mosso 142nosse mosso nesse messenger and advocae advocaes 1I no 1 ocober 1834 pp ap 9109

66 59 viock vrock enough and would no doub do much good we should be glad if vor workmen143 bough any comes ino hese pars hey may be compeen workmen14 from providence rhode island alson D liaison olson oison wroe imoe o 11 and MH wilber emoe he edior of he messenger and advocae of his leer daed hov november ar hess 13hs 1834 oliver cowdery he edior said A communicaion from 0 neison kelson nelson ac 6c & M wilber daed providence R I1 nov 13h informs us no of a grea increase of members ers o he church bu an anxious reques for he elders o call should hey be passing hey say some are lookin looking on o see he accomplish mens of gods work while ohers mock and despise so i was in ancien ime and we have nohing less o expec nowl A leer was wrien by abel allon november 29h 1834 from ov er bowl 044 hes egle senden sender jay orleans couny vermon he edior of he Mes mass dessender messender and advocae comen colen ed commened on he leer broher abel allon of jay orleans co v wries he same hi elf eif and dae and desires o be remembered himself place by he elders when passing saing here lile church in ha are eleven in ha church who he says are hungering for he word o be preached o ham hem hann haun he hinks hey have been he mos negleced of any branch of he church no elder older eider having called on hem since las feb expecing elder boynon in july is we wan 11 says he some faihful preacher wans wands o labor wih us and sir up our minds by way of remembrance 145 in july jonahan crosby Jjr had asked for nore more noce missionaries for his area nen delig on december 23rd 1834 he Wen wendell massachuses repored ha he wendell branch of he church numbered foureen nine had jus recenly been added 146 on january 26h 1835 john badger wroe from danville caledonia couny vermon his leer sounded encouraging regarding fuure 0 143mdjo i ibid 9 1 no nov er li libid bibid 144ibid9 I1 iio 110 lio lei mdp46 bides po 1451bides iovember imm Io lmo 1334 p o lwo io lmo 3 december 1834 ppe bid8 ibid I1 zo no 4 january 1835 p po

67 00 GO 00 missionary visis in his area lia ile he lla said I1 have bapized a few in his region gior glor he sone coninues rolling he glorious Lous vorko worko hough slow bu unshaken coninues progressing many enquiring souls are among he muliude bu a muliude of priess professors and people of every order sec pary denominaion and grade are sriving wih all he combined powers of darkness o sop he progressive work of he king of kings ye I1 realize amid all his flood of persecuion aad and coumion conxnoion courion CY cm & naions powers and god of heaven will urn and overurn king ha he kingdoms unil he kingdoms of his world come he kingdom of our god and his chris o all appearance here is a grea field open for labor in his region and as we have had some encourage men nen menc ha some of he firs elders are coming spring147 look for hem in he spring 7 coining his way we shall on his same dae january 26h sylveser B soddard who had been proselying around farmingon maine wroe a leer o kirland asking ha a conference be scheduled in ha place he lord has been wih me and blessed me wih a few more sheaves for which rejoice I1 in god my savior he cause of our heavenly faher is prospering exceedingly in his secion of he counry ryl and here are calls for preaching on he righ hand and on he lefs lees and I1 am no able o aend o hem all he church in his place has 28 members we have los one of our number siser hannah corbe corbel a worhy member or she depared his life on he 16h of ri cei cel dec las she died in he riiaaphh of faih and wihou doub has gone o he paradise of res he church in his place reques a conference o be appoined here no doub his would prove beneficial i is a very cenral place and hickly seled here are hree considerable villages in he ownship and he owns around are hickly hl hi y seled i is 50 miles from leer bo church 60 from errol 80 from saco a lile B over 100 miles from dalon KH HH and 180 or 190 from boson hey also reques if possible some able brehren from who are acquained wih he rise of he church f ves grom he wes wesc sone some soce we wish o have as many nany raveling brehren come as can as here are none ha I1 know of any where near his place say wo hundred miles properp or o appoin a conference messenger 11 in farmingon nex following 148 if you hink we wish o have i noiced in he and noify he brehren o mee a nahan pinkhamso Pink we desire i o commence on friday he 19h of june and we will have a place for public preaching he wo days bid 1I no 5 february 1835 p bid g 7 ibid 143ijournal journal hisory january 26h 1335

68 61 hev hew new nev flis missionary i0 S iis ia erahe era brahe TILO organizaion of he quorua quorum of f he welve aposles on february 14h 1835 joseph smih organized zed sed he quorum of he welve aposles of he church bodies of men man iu churchy in he churche his was o become one of he leading shorly afer chis his organizaion was effeced affeced phasis hajis missionary aciviy received renewed euphasia eaphajis euphasis hadis quess Ra requess for elders o visi in now england coninued o pour in ypical of hese is a leer erod from erom edom fron 11 II wilber liber 14 of providence rhode rhoda 14 island his leer izi quoed in he mes mas hess mess sendar senlac sender and advocae april 5h ah bapi 2 I1 bapized ed persons and here are more who wim expec o go forward soon SOOLI hings appear nore oore more noce boce encouraging han hereofore will you invie some of he firs elders his way season gou gon Provi providence o a place for hem as we undersand hey are coming o he oa oal aasc maing haing s 1 dance deuce dence R I1 no 286 norh haine maine JC ea eas o see us his direc hem we will ry o have here where hey may insruc he people if possible we wan o be insruced more perfecly in he hings of god149 his was a leas he second reques made wjlber raade by wil3ez walber vre lre here gre were wece apparenly pressi requess many pressl pressing ii C zude nude made aade for misziou raisjioir aries arias arles ariss o visi new england cisland bisland F A speciiu ii of 3pscil meeie meeii raeeio blk0 mee 0 carc curc leaders leajers ieaid ITS nelc in vac neid neld ln scirlaic ah sils 3ils 3h ilarcii orso rye mso eso e ni Y lill 2 id lillici fillici ice ici allin beilin ILleilin ilallin liln 4 Le clerks of lne lie ae cae maal faain maain maelag alin ain alln madllad Lag iad recor recorded dec e ollo ollo fiig ring 7iig A beins called ais evening o lake ake L che easern curc council being cony clany pressing requess from bige he dige he ciany o u be held amon press hem during ae he presell presen i should be held resolved ha conferences slioula be aended by he ravelling wesfield IY bay among chauauque chauauqua co MYY may ii li cake llo io year hold i ie elders from fron kimland liay 9li &li vayne co nay hay may 22d la lyonsown lyunsownj Lyons cown lown Vlayne poin jefferson co NY juile julle june l9h 19h lah kingson upper cicada ciiada caiwdza Ciiada june bradford mass augus ah 7h II 11 maine sep 18h and in iii farmingon farmingoa famingoi i urc leg ies led les wag VUG was un i vag vas ae le followiliz follouia foilouia land gim kiiand fimland KiM Kii eli 1835 iu 1 Y coiiderafcio couziderala vla via viz for conder confer unnimo lil iii conferences eucer eacer iiimously cly mously pl xes o places mel meg aes ii freedom caeraugus Caeraugus 5h a pillow aar ilear in freado co lly ILY june ah in wes Loboroug loborougu i u lada 29h in johnsbury v july 17h 1 ia dover.11 Farming maine sep ah 4h 11 maue maus mage malae oc 2d iiḻi saco ad c &c ac & i 1 l lcc he brehren iii exsec expec exdec public preaching on iu various churches and places mencio mendio menionedned zed nad oa he wo dayd days gol goi fol followin follouino sollowin lowin each above conference may bassenger 149mosso mosse MOSSO massenger Mas senger advocae 1I o and 0 7 april 1835 p

69 62 appoin and hey are requesed o see ha he appoinmens meas are made a he mos convenien houses own convenience AIL his we leave for hem o do for heir all ali he elders wihin reasonable bounds of hese conferences are requesed o aend hem o do so150 and i will be heir duy four days laer march 12hs 1835 a meeing of he welve was held hold heid in kirland Lellin llyde and mlellin hilellin mcellin ML HI recorded his also -ilis I1kirland url Ur uel land march his evening he welve assembled and he council was opened by presiden joseph smih jun and he proposed we ake our firs mission hrough he easern saes he alanic oceano oceans and hold conferences in he viciniy of he several branches of he church for he purpose of regulaing all hins hings necessary for heir welfare i o may i was proposed ha he welve leave kirland on he 4h asly which was anan unan unanixaously usly agreed o ah day of i was hen proposed ha during heir presen mission elder brigham young should open he door of he gospel o he remnans of joseph who dwell among he genc geniles Gen iless liess which was carried i was voed ha he welve should hold heir firs conference in kirland may 2nd ay may 22nd in lyonsown loh in wes loboro9 july ah in freedom and in wesfield new york may 9h Lyonsown NY june 5h ah a pillow poin june jmie leboro upper canada june 29h in johnsbury s mono mons 17h in bradford Brad massachuses augus ah 7h vermon Ver lleu lieu hampshire fords fordo sepember ah sep er sep er farmingon maine ocober 2nd151 4h in hacop sacop maine sepember 18h in dover comics wheher ineher he above wo quoaions are accouncs accomics accouns of he same meeing meeings wih an error in dae noaion or no or a correced dae his wrier has been unable o deermine mos of he deails are he same bu i will be noed ha he dae for he pillow poin conference is differen his wrier assi assumess ha here were wo separae meeings heid held hold boh of hem hen oulining fuure conference assignmens o mee he many pressing requess from he easern branches hese conferences were o be held ibid I1 no 6 march 1835 p bid 151 hisory I cf gf he church 11 II p 209

70 63 in areas where here was a relaively large concenraion of sains saco naine llaine for foe foc insance aace had a branch of fify saven seven members 152 he oher conference areas li 1 eiher I large memberships or were cenrally locaed o a or number of smaller branches oa on he 13h of 2. ders schoola was claw liaw hd lider grammar bammar school1 1 closed in kirland karb KAr o land give he elders an opporuniy o on 0 forh and proclaim he gospel preparaory is ils i3 o he endowmen ia iij3 of he closing of his school a0 snd sd evan 11 ZL greene 1 wroe hl chi his hic ahls 1 oreene day our school was dismissed a for ylea ylee las inee in i was wag ruly an affecion affecing affecin scene and all nil cil cli hers hears rcs secad seead seeayid maled meled uno cand and land endernesserness 154 k a 400 pm on april 30h he welve m me mec a a school house in lir lirland kirland ohio where hey agreed o leave ohio for fairpor ircland arland laud a 21 oclock in he morning oi of aay may ilay 4h ah for akin- oa foc he purpose of aking seamboa for he eas o aldand aend alland he several conferences appoined from fr erom ohio o he sae of maine ikie ikle la iṟic cr.155r 2 c he quorum lef on uay ah 4h oa may ird 4hg 1835 fron fairpor ohio on board he ship sandusky john whiner former fonner church hisorian given gives he dae ac as may ah 5h looming of he 5h on he morning ah of may he welve ook leave of heir families and brehren o fill heir firs mission under his 152journal hic fil hla lory ory journal Pic pla bicory picory sory dory llarch 25h ibid i march 131h 13h Evall 154evall evan ji greene pa pp p2 ci cil clu march 13h l3h lah journal 155njournal of original on file in he LDS Journal orson pra 11 book 85 A daed april 30h 1835 hisorian church hisorians library 156journal hisory 11 may 4hl fh 1835

71 64 ssion commission assion jews also uno jew jaw being commissioned o carry he gospel o genile and having he keys of he gospel o unlock and hen call sarae7 same on ohers o promulgae he same157 sarme 7 samme his rs was probably an error on whiam Whi whiers whimers mors par ar because all oi ocl oher records his wrier has found indicae hey lef on he ah 4h of may he journal hisory11 hisory11 liss only seven aposles as leaving his day hey were homas B narsh marsh david W paen marsha marshp paens brigham young orson hyde will william pras smihs snih orson pra and william mlellin E milallin mclallin ML MIL hough no lised in he journal hisory heber hebec habec haber C kimball wen wih hem 159 parley P pra said ha he wen wih he group igo 160 elder luke johnson was known o have boen been hem boon wih heme hemo chemo 161 igi i is also known ha lyman E johnson aended some of he conferences wih he welve cf hough john F boynon is no found in he iniial lis in he journal hisory mission nor is much recorded abou him by hose who wroe abou he i is known cha ha he was in new england a he ime preaching nian niam abou mormonism manno Monno i c 163 he welve apparenly ook ohers wih hem on his nis mls mission for slong siong jonahan hale H records in his journal ners 157john whimer john whimere whimers Whi by modern microfilm cos hisor bisor whiners mers hisory of he church reproduced co9 sal coa lake ciy uah uahq chaper 15 uahs 158journal 153journal hisory Journal ohs 4hs 1 may 4h ah 1835 lake ciy asere 159desere Desere 160parley pacley ere news mews hews haws weekly III 111 s igo parley pra P auobp auobiography of parlw parley panley parisy earlw parker pra sal desere Desere book company 1961 p 129 edied by he C son of fc parley P pra parley parker pra ill ili lii no april luhs 14h 6. j ra k 0 f l4hs jonahan 14 jonahan H hale halo hals hais haie 092 ci s under july 1835 csenger enger ssenger 7 er advocae 1I oo no 11 augus 1835 p 167 and Advoca 163journal 16311journal of bishop edward parridge 11 daed sepember 2nd and 1835 original on file in he LDS church hisorians library

72 65 he ah 4h may I1 receved recoved received many blessings while here hay for he ese esc lef kirland on s wih he welve aposles of he lamb lef fairpor monday early in he morning and landed a dunkirk c york in he evening nex day waal wen wea 0 was he nex saurday and sunday ae aeu oen aenu yockl yocki yorkl forkl 104 nev rivi new ueal o wesfield where he conference his was in he sae of jonahan liale had lef hig lils hid houe in dover 11 7 II 1.1 shire new now hampshire I1 on he loh loch of april 1835 o jola join joia he sains in kirland he hu arrived here on he 28h april 33hi 33i he received his pariarchal blessing a he i of joseph joscnh smih senior sanlor 16j 5 16 ou on leg he ah 4h of may 1835 hommes lef laf i lle ile he lie she ialve welve calve 1 aposles o hold conferences in hic uhl uni while oi ol chic iii he easern branches nhi mission he welve inauguraed a new now insiuion in jroupinj small he young church of rouplfi smail branches oran ocan dran ino geographically defined filled conferencen conferences eran ces ars co he f firs areace erence ereace was esablished a wesfield nee new aee york ev ah may 9h he freedom conference was nex formed a freedom nev hev new yorks on hay may 22ad 22nd hey nex lae ine me ms in conference a lyonfcown las confarence erence lyoncnm naw nev new nav york june jmie 5ho aho on oa june ah 8h 6h jonahan hale lef his wo aposle com- panions panions homas B marsh harsh and david W paen o go o his home in dover new neo hampshire heo hew afer being away from his family for abou wo monhs 167 A subsequen conference was held a pillow poin hev hew new nev york wheher his was held on he loh or he 19h l&h lah of june his wrier has been unable o find ou ellsworh indicaes ha he black rock conference 1 was esablished in norhwesern new 168 neu york sae 6 again his wrier 1jonahasa jonahan li ii haie liale hale 0mo cio cie cico ah may 4h ohs 4hs ibid april 30h ellsworh 92 ci pp OSL ap jonahan jonahan hale haie jci 22 jui june fh sh gh ellsworh lswerh lsworh lewerh geo bew bee ci

73 66 has been unable o find ld id fiid he source where his was firs called he black rock conference or exacly where i was locaed or wha i included he welve labored in liew kew for llew york for abou wo monhs lile seems o have been wrien abou his period lieber C kimball said of his ime aque I1 aended conferences wih he quorum a wesfield chaaque chaaqua Cha ya a Y freedom caaragus caaragpis cac Caaragus co lyosown Lyos mp Lyonscown lown wayne co co Freedo also a pillopoin jefferson plasburg Plas 14 y1 Pillo a lyonsown poin co and from hence I1 wen o burg where bro orson pra and I1 so separaed 9araed from our brehren albans1 and proceeded by seamboa o s albans69 Albans albanse 1 9 on reporing his same period of heir mission orson hyde and william E Lellin HI mlellin mcellin ML hilellin goe wroe woe our firs labors were in he sae of new york in which we con- 1 inued abou wo monhs and aended four conferences our exer lions were crowned wih as good success as we could reasonably expec considering he prejudices of he people creaed oy by false and ridiculous saemens pu in circulaion by hose who were favored wih he proclamaion of he fulness falness of he everlasing gospel conained in he book of hormon mormon Ilad iad we llad had good reason o believe ha all he candid enquirers afer ruh realized he force of he saviors expression A prophe is no wihou honor save in his own ovri counry by our eaching and exhoraion he several branches of he church were srenghened and members ers were added and of such oo we hope as will be saved170 saved on june 29h some of he ielve me ne mec in conference a wes loborough Lo in upper canada i is known ha heber C kimball and orson pra were no here hey had separaed from he quorum a plasburg Plas new york yock shorly following he pillow poin conference 171 his wrier has been unable o locae much deail on he wes loborough Lo conference ellin hyde and mllin dilellin Lellin milin milln DI wroe abou i hey said 169 desere news uee weekly VIII noo messe messenger and advocae 17ldese asere esere ere rel cel II april l4h 14h lah messe no 1 ocober 1835 p 205 eced edel news wea weekly VIII no april 14h 14b

74 ra 17 r7 hence we passed ino upper canada and aended a conference on he 29h of june no far from he source of he majesic s Do nowihsanding we a had rom dom lawrence wihsanding passed fcom from he happy insiuion of our free republic ino anoher realm ye we could wih propriey adop he words of he presiding presldins dios diog aposle and say god is no respecer of persons bu in he naion he ha fearei fearali ferrei acei god and wornah workah workeh righeousness is acceped of hima him1 for here we found a branch of he sains who no only received us cordiallys ly bu also received our eachings wih joy of hear some were added here also by bapism megl whom we expec o meel mee mos moa mea on he glorious morn mom dead in chris shall rise and live moe of ha day days when he may bizy liay god gran ha hey may all be preserved gahered o zion and saved in he celesial kingdom afer esifying o many people in hese regions which we know and mos assuredly believe of hose hings we lef he brehren much encouraged and pursued our course easerly calling upon he inhabians publicly and from house o house o repen and prepare for he day of wrah which will overake his generaion as a hief in he nigh and for he coming of he lord jesus chris which is nigh a hand172 john F ons boynons Boyn hisory yllapse ino gave a brief illapse gliopse lao he LoboroI laboroi lobovo9 loboroi f conference i said speaking of boynon in 1835 he abc accompanied acied anied he welve on heir uision milsion aended a conference in loboro1 churches in he eas wih six of his quorum he 2h 29h ah of jane canada 0 micsion hrough he upper loborol coninued preaching hrough he easern counry reurned o kirland in he faila fall faiia fali preached o he sains on Sab sabbah oc bachs bahs bauhs and he nex conference wvass was held a s johnsbury Ver veu vermon mon july 17h heber C kimball joined he welve conis rence 1welve a his conle conie conference 174 A conference was organized which was called he vermon conference colifereace 1 hyde ana and ellin kpaellin repored ha conference in he following sollowin way ML elf kna july 17hhe welve me in conference J agreeable o previous appoinmens a s johnsbury vermon resolvedha Resolved Tha his sae be wihin he limis of his conference and include he branches in lileon dalon and landaff in new hampshire o be called he vermon conference 17messenger Z IWgenber Messenger senger and aavo advocae II 173hillennial millennial slar sar slaus sau scar vol 27 p jenson op ci pep 340 sko 11 no 1I ocober 1835 p 205

75 66 he s johnsbury branch ni numbered fory one members hree charleson weny one jay weny landaff four lileon en An andover seven and levis lewiss new youk yorka dovers dover seveneen villeg Dan danville jayo eleven dalon fifeen Ver var vac vermon mon fifeen bensons six of he council addressed he conference on principles of falh faih aich alch and acion aih adjourned o he 18h when he rama remaining cemaining ramaining six members of he council enforced he necessiy of sending up wise men and purchasing ns lands according o he couman commandmenswhich ans o do which he sains readily agreed sunday 19h our public meeing was aended by more han a housand people bapized and during conference nine were bapized175 anoher repor of ha conference by hyde and mlellin mcellin ML saes our nex conference was hold hoid haid held hald in s johnsbury caledonia cos coa co9 norheasern par of vermon where we found many of he sains wih whom we had pleasan season of rejoicing he and whose memory is fixed indelibly upon our hears because of heir firm faih and also heir liberaliy in he suppor of he gospel our public meeing was aended by a muliude of various classes and orders who generally gave good aenion o he proclamaion of he everlasing gow- d gospel of he son oc or god inense anxiey seamed seemed o seize he minds of all he candid and hones in hear and he lord gave us souls who were added o he number r nmber amber of he sains as seals of our minisry before he benign influence of he principles held by he laer day sains prejudice prepossessed opinions and priescraf seemedd o vanish like he misy vapors of he morning fog before he refulgen beam beams of he meridian sun we are well aware ha we as a people have been much misrepresened he vile ongue of calumny loyed has been busily employed in pouring ou her filh upon us ever since we have had an exisence from eas o wes he sound has delusion and here woeful o adop he gone forh delusion delusion language in par of a wrier of illinois and says ha even new england wih all he flood of ligh pouring from he schools and numerous lierary insiuionso is no a bulwark sufficien o insiuion wihsand he predominaing influence of he power of ruh he lord himself sends forh his servans a he elevenh hour prune his vineyard for he las ime cime cims nay verily new neu 11 hew produced her scores of laer day sains he when o heu england has che work is sill progressing and shall coninue unil her whea is all secured in he Wrd granary and sore house of he lord while he ares are lef o be bound in bundles by priescraf and supersiion o awai he gloomy evening As when he lord shall call o all he fos foi fowls of heanven heaven hein heia 175journal hisory july lah l&h 19h 1835

76 69 and all he beass of he earh o gaher ogeher o parake of he grea supper of god almighy a he close of our meeing here he welve separaed raveling in various direcions lifing up he sandard of ruh and proclaiming salvaion o boh old and young rich and poor unil we arrived 17u in bradford 17 an addiional accoun of he s johnsbury conference was wrien by orson hyde llyde aid said sald ryde afer he go o bradford massachuses in ha accoun he our conference in s Johns johnsburys v was aended by a goodly number of brehren and sisers from differen pars he limie limic s 1 of his conference exends hroughou he sae hrou u n er and he number belonging o i as nearly as we could ascerains wad vac wac one hundred and fify members in good sood sanding and felimoship fellowships 7ship on saurday our meeing was aended by a respecable number of or people afer a sermon was delivered by elder 0 hyde and exhoraion by elder lyman johnson six came forward o obey he everlasing gospel sunday we had as wad was o fifeen hundred people Lellin procia procla war judged door is open for proclaimingg he gospel in he eas from one housand o hear he word preachedd by elders mclellin hclellin mcclellin Hc Mc and pra P P afer which wo came forward for bapism which was adminisered bisered by elder L johnson grea A and effecual nisered prea es esc where inelligence dwells dwelis here ruh is received bu where ignorance reigns ruh is an unwelcome gues177 while he welve were in s johnsbury hey ried glcdden glidden bishop who had had some difficuly while proselying in lau law ew leu england in april of 1835 apparenly some of his ideas were no orhodox and he was called o ask for wha he was presening hough he was no excommunicaed in 0 april orarily he was emporarily suspended unil an adequae invesigaion could finally be made mado he resuls of ha invesigaion elder G bishop has been ried before us and was acquied he charge on which he was suspended no being susained bu here 17gdesera desere hews mews news 177messenger neus heus weekly VIII vill vili no april 14h G messenger and advocae I1 no 11 augus p 167

77 70 oace some hings in his eaching conduc ec for which he council chasised him and he insead of confessing his fauls arose and wece were ware wace jusified himself eif hings sill herefore we saw ha he was likely o cleave o he same we ook his lisence usence ubence ic7178 llcj sane sana he quorum members hen moved maged o bradford massachuses o mee heir nex conference appoinmen on augus 7h ah 1835 nine of he quorum of he welve me a drad Brad bradford forda fords mass and organized he race 179 massachuses conference o embrace he sae of massachuses 1 again ll hyde and llellin mlellln luellin repored ha conference 0 xe xie arrived in bradford mass where we held hold ie heid our nex conference here were bu fan few f4n brehren in his region ye we found gound see sea hem seeking o become liberaed from heir S emporal one encumbrances ha when he lord shall say o your ens 0 israel hey migh have nohing o impede do heir course in gahering vih wih x o he place of deliverance fi r elves he sains which has been poined ou by he finger of god we also found some in his place who had no unied hemselves o he church who enerained us very kindly and bade us god speed u and we assure hem ha hey are no forgoen by us and may he lord who is rich in mercy besow blessi chis ghis is lg8cley sociey on accoun of heir his choices blessings upon his generosiy owards his servans180 ibo h s servans 180 he gladden bishop case of misconduc was no he only one ried by he aposles while in neu new england orson hyde clerk of he bradford ene enc rances cances dances conference repored o john whimer he case of elder james paen n he said i was proved ha he a our conference in bradford mass characer and conduc of elder james paen of norh providence um hiu um unworhy of a place in he church of he R 1I rendered him laer day sains or his licence had been called for before his by some official member of he church in ha quarer bu he refused o deliver i up should be published181 he conference herefore voed ha he 178 ibid 179easern saes mission hisory augus ah 7h 1835 ibo laomessenger and advocae 11 II no 1I ocober 1835 p ibid II 11 no 4 january 1836 p 256

78 71 from bradford some of he welve wen o boson hough an official conference was w no noc i held here here was apparenly some preaching done of his visi i is recorded from his place soiae goiae goias of our number visied he cluj ciy of boson heid held hold forh o ha people his imporan ruh ha he son of aan man han and will appear in his generaion calling upon hem o repen and prepare for he day he earh o shake of day and nigh when he lord shall cause he foundaions of and his glory eclipse all he brigh luminaries we found a few disciples whose hears were here ue noble indeed and who were no ashamedd o own he ruh in he mids of he opulence and splendor of ha ciy as che he queen of he s182 eas12 easl hea I1 hen he original conference plans were made in kirland he quorum of he welve mcd 3cdscheduled ieduled a conference for dover new hampshire auire &uire his was o be held sap sepemberer 4h hamos namos ah 1835 his conference was apparenly no held for his wrier has been unable o locae any record of his even jonahan IL hale repored ha he and several of he aposles H wen o dover abou his ime bu does no menion a conference forence 11ale aie said 0 was in july afer frence hen wen o bradford o a confrence conference ordained of he welve which llarch was reordained under he hand elder T B llarsh narsh ha carried hree of hem o salon salen viz T B march pra P P 11 C kimball hen reurned o dover wih elder luke johnson K and all ali ail elder wm smih o my coy noy nop house which made 120 miles sayed a hone horae a few days hen ook 2 horses and wiggons and wen o he saco confrencel83 confrencq83 waggons and elder luke johnson appoined ms was he nex conference was held a saco maine he original dae sep wag sepemberer 14h 1835 he acual dae on which i was held hold heid however was augus 21s 2is ais gm he saco branch of he church ibl 182 ibi ibid jonahan jonahan 11 hale 0 cal cjl lae july journal hisory 1 2is ais augus 21s 1s35 vs35

79 72 ered ored numbered fify sevan seven members acs ars ers a his chis ime oc 185 hig his was no doub one of he larges branches in he new england area probably for his reason saco was seleced he branch in which o hold he conference jonahann 11 II hale said chau cha he aended he conference and ha nos mos of he welve vara vac were war vare vec presen u he journal hisory in ln reporing he minues of he conference said here were seven of he quorum members here i says seven of he welve me in conference a saco augus 21s cos york cog haine naine maine malue he church in in llew new liew blew hampshire ln ha place numbered eced fify eigh gify saven seven he dover branch he council gave insrucions on he redempion of zion he emple empia in arland cirland urland Cir Ur er T ae 1e krc and he prining of he word nalons Lone ions eca ecca ecce elc ec acce building of he empla of god o he naions during heir say and sol som were added o he church he church in ln saco conribued seveny or eighy dollars o assis he welve o reurn home memeno in hair heir behalf af 1f which he welve recorded as a according o covenan he commens of orson hyde and william E cmnol s Lellin McLell mclellin mclellan Mc mclellln Ln relaive o his uhls conference are very brief hey said only our nex was held hold heid in saco me where we found many sains which are had in homem romem remem- sriving o live according o he law of he celesial kingdom and his hey manifesed by heir helr hear works brance before he lord and by hose who visied hem when he original conference schedule duie was made in ln belland kirland he farmingon conference was o have been boon boen held hold heid on ocober 2nd and 1835 on he edward parridge pj cid ci sepember 2nd and 1835 ends 2nds 186jonahan jonahan 11 hale haie liale 920 ofe 220 oei jcx lae july journal hisory augus 21s 1835 csenger 138mossenger engar enger ss and Advoca advocae ev II no 1 ocober 1335 p 206

80 73 20h 2oh aoh of augus farming he welve held heir final conference a Farmina farmingon cons ons lons maine branches here hey organized he maine conference which consised of four numbering a oal membership mombership nierobership fq fc ship of abou o-ie cne hundred he ole repor on ha conference said our las conference was held in karmzin farmzin farndlno 2liue in i 1 as wall as in ia all ochers ohers where we had labored ue insruc he sains in plainness heir presen and eernal wellbeing remember lemember our vorac woras le in all ail 11 ali hose eers la his place we failed no o naers wers relaive o may he lord enable hem o voras and forge hem noc no rio and no only memler remember and may he lord richly reward bu hasen o pu hem in pracice he ha hem ham cham ves hose who assised us wih means o reurn o he wes and also he sains and a freely wc say cay brehren you have our greaful zreaful fui he assurance ha you are remembered in wih ard friends in gaceso gacesa hrone of race190 nace igo Ga ceso ia whose hospialiy we have shared so acknowledgemens nowledgeraerns mencs a he ia our prayers he main group of he velve welve 4 neive were repored by lieber heber C lii lil all kinball kioball o l le 01 have lef zoc zor home homs in ohio on augus 31s 191 igl igi aq 1q 1 a lois some soae of hem arrived hoe hoc home sep er on an sepember 25h 192 1ae hey were brillej wih he resuls of heir mission hey were equally hrilled wih he progress of he kirland Temple ae 1e empie which hey fel had prospered beyond our expecaion his mission had baen been beell a very peculiar17 pecullar 0one ie oae fj he quorum of he welve i was he responsibiliy of he welve no only o mee heir appoinmens bu also o preach o bapize o se in order he churel brandies of oi he Ch church urel urei caad cad end and o sai sal counsel he sainz o aacr o he wesc wes wesl aair youn he church 64urch was young he organizaional paern wad wag aad ye incomplee lae 1 C 1.1 i was possible for error o creep in he welve were o regulae he ellsworh 91 ellsworh 0 ci p igo 196kiess diess digss messenger and advocaes advocae 11 jo 1 ocober ocobar II ocuar ia i j p 236 asere l9ldesere news ilaa ilea ilae weekly III 111 no april 14h illennial sar vol 27 p 391 millennial

81 74 branches o cheso chess counerac error o each correc principles and docrine in hose branches where sains were being led asray by heir leaders he aposles were co o release hem if hey would no ake corracion corc codracion correcion in la casess exreme cases hey were o be excommunicaed he aposles were caless 193 lierally o regulae he affairs of he branches anoher imoran imoraa imporan can par of his paricular mission was o raise ands money for he purchase of lanis in massouri missouri msssouri and he compleion of he lordis lords nouse house in kirland 194 aq 1q raising of funds for church business he raisin and especially for he compleion of he mccland emple mus have been hin king very prominen in he hinking kina of he leaders of he church a his cime ime dime hae in fac his migh well have been one of he main reasons for heir es as mission o he eas he following is found foun in he messenger and advocae of july 1335 he hones embraced he everlasing gospels dospel i is o be hoped will no scruple o land lend o he lord for he is good o reward mighy eighy lighy o save and ever o be hou honoredored nohing uncommon is solicied of he chii childrea children childred nea naa of maag mang men meas vao WHO wao may no as ye have come ino he kingdom when donaions are asked reared by subscripion vian housa house houra afer house ims has been and wan afer wan has been supplied by alms and hear afer hear has been feased and conifored chariy by ancl anci surely when our objec is good and our moives pure we shall no be less legs leds happy in finding faihful friends for he benefi of 195 fallen man 95 i appears hen ha wih wha can be gleaned from church publicaions a he ime ogeher wih onry orry ory commens ans made rela ija relaive kie ize o he mission of he welve ha he raising of money for church projecsparicularly c paricularly 0 he 193 S dilworh young here is brigham sal lile ille lake ciy Dook look bookcraf br craf inc 1964 p rson orson F nhi uhll juvenile insrucor office life whiney Whi aey offices 1388 of hber f heber haber hebec C 1838 p 92 kluball kiuball kiwball sal lake ciy 195 lgb mess 1 q messenger and advocaes hess advocae 1I no 10 july 1335 p 148

82 75 purchase of lands in missouri and he compleion of he kirland Temple empla empia 10 was a very inegral grai beai beal par of his mission of he quorum he aposles served on his mission for abou five monhs during ha period of ime hey had held hold heid conferences in new york sae and hroughou he new england area he affairs of he church branches hey had helped orgrinize organize erinize and regulae ors hey had paricipaed in grouping a number of branches ino fl conferences 11 hey had proclaimed he gospel by he way o non mormons hormons harmons and had augh cormons mormons wihin he branches one of he mos significan resuls of his mission was ha for lle ile dua he lua firs ime in church hisory he branches of he church had been organized ino hese conferences previously spoken of no so sw much for adminisraive purposes as for sysemaizing and organizing proselying effor and enabling he scaered elders o basy oasy aasy ooher aaby mee ogeher oher echer and become aware of he aciviies of ohers and broaden heir concep of heir par in he whole ae 1e ills his firs mission of he quorum of he welve proved o be he oni only ime in church hisory when he enire gervin roup mrow meow were sedvin serving coeher doeher ogeher in official missionary capaciy ller ler lier hey were idere oare oace grouped in siialler syaller si ors ens numbers ons o goo on special assignmens or missions on1j oni1 his once did 0 hey all serje serve serie secie a ane ie he ame carme camme ime from his poin here was vas a generalized expansion of organized ccivi organised11 missionary cciviy aciviy in he church early nis His hissiona slona siona ilissiooary effors of erasus snow As was previously poined ou erasus snow was vias gas cras edas bapi bapized zed sed i charleson vermon on february 3rd 31rd followia hi hll ard 1633 following hil bapise 19oellsworh ellsworh a 0 cic cia ci9 pp ap

83 76 7 v Ezaz eraus cus ipeu LP mucn muanl of Us uis nis irle airie irie proselying aprin of in he springbv lv 4.1 he wen o new york where he visied wo branches of he church and paricipaed in leaia some meaia meeingss he and dro heriac horiac Thori horl gaes reurned beurne o vermon where erasus wen back o school soon afer eneria school afer enering he became sick wih pleurisy ir regarding his ipae ine ime erasus co comraened ened aned 0 e I1 wen o school unill I1 was aken sick wih he pelurisy bua bu ou oua afer he lord sal sav saw spring of 1835 ciurclie diureic 6 june some in 1I laboured ic he fi o resore me o healh in his same labour wha I1 djoinin ain nin aln o co oryus dom could some in he neighbouring ing unil he firs of 0 C abou he firs of june snow lef home o preach in new shire hampshire he recorded he firs of june when I1 wen ino he sae of N hampshire moshir iab labouner laboureur labourer a while in lisbon lalaoure1 nd he adjacen counry C ackil he he incorrecness of heir johnsbury190 many were convinced of he ruh of he gospel & acknowledged simpliciy imliciy cusonc cus 6 of heir secarian 0 cosorio cusorio I1 eresus erasus hen reurned home o s radiions z ind and johnsbury10 Johnsbury 10 jus abou wo weeks laer 9 erasus snow lef on anoher shor mission he said 0 bu abou wo weeks afer I1 wen o lyman an adjoining own o lisbon lisbun o aend an appoinmen prieviously prieviousl circus circulaed doed where I1 found a large assembly colleced who were very aenive o hear many of whod he sanding he paues whoa vlod lef I1 under a rezlisins ense anding rea lisin sense of here siuaion & andins of he 19h cenury boh in he sigh of heaven & payes of ecclesiasical accoun bu none ciric druh cruch ruh199 n iric obeyed l ee he beee J on of during he sumer summer of erasus eraslss worked wih his faher on a far fac fari fazi var fazl i near s johnsbury vermon Ver oon while here hare he me wih he s johnsbury vermon branch ile he lle lie said ha his branch had been esablished 1s7 journal of erasus sno snob said his hid hie 197journal i definie noed ha sno bid md 1981bid d md snow no definie anie dae is given i is hle occurred in he spring oj of 1035 hir uri mcl mdi

84 77 in 1833 shorly afer his bapism he was in s johnsbury on july 17h 1335 when he welve held heir conference a ha place lie recorded 11 and he 17h of july whils I1 oas lb a was labourin home here wa a conference of elders held in ha place by he raveling council or he welve aposles 6 several sexvaral roral vacal mre nore more added o he church & 200 abou one monh monch laer augus l6h 16h lah sno 7 war wac was 17 vac car ordained an ar an elder under he Jo hands of elder luke johnson luison hulson one of he dru ru welve eiva elva drw during he firs par of sepember erasus snow apparenly lef he farm and increased his missionary effors his journal saes mclellin mcclellin lin Mc and abou he firs of sep lellin o dalon nowhere nhwhere NH in ha place on an he sabbah we I1 wen wih sider elder older sidar eldar eidar wm held a meeing wih he church from whence we ven wen won vonc venc o lyman and preached where I1 had preached several imess before & E he nex day in lileon wih vih wich wlch johnsbury & sared for he wes bu I1 wen o frunconica hence vich he church from whence william reurned o s o lisbon & preached from froza fron when I1 reurned o lileon & held hold heid hoid anoher meeing wih he church where I1 found my own broher who had previously agreed o mee mehe sabbah following we preached in lyman ac 6c & bapized bapised 3 sed persons he nex week we wen o lisbon ac 6c & landaff o aend some soma soms somm appoinmens previously circulaed& he nex lords day my br willard preached in he wes par of landaff & I 1 in he eas & bapised bapized howe wowe hen reurned and held some meeings in diferen deferen pars of he own preached again in lileon 6 lyman in feren so reurned horme horae o s johnsburybu Johnsbury bu we soon afer reurned again o lileon & held a meeing for he purpose of insrucing he church on saurday & on he nex day willard held a publick meeing in lileon & in lyman afer which he reurned home & I 1 wen o hining I1 reurned o lileon & preach- landaff & preached 6 confirmed by he laying on of hands hose & wo whom I1 had previously bapised bapized & he lord blessed hem wih he comforer or oc afer srenhining & hem ed and bapised bapized wo he nex day I1 preached in lyman bapized bapised & afer which I1 reurned home202 one 200 ibid july 17h ibid augus 16hs pop ibid noed in he work as aking place abou he firs of sep 1

85 78 unil he firs par of novemberer erasus oas was iris rio rao preaching and eaching ii iui C iii vermon and hew new heu hampshire on he oh of november he sared in corpany conpany wih elder 11 aldrich o go o he sake of zion esablished in kirland ohlow ohlo2 ohio a disance of abou 700 miles from my qy ay residence in v hey arrived in kirland on december 3rd ard 1835 having raveled mos roos moos of he disance on foo apparenly ha sama same sanne samna day snow ings held several nee meeings hree bapi miles from he ciy and bapised bapized sed four 204 parridf special mission jof bishop edward parridge B sof bof Parridf a some come someime in he spring of a council of church leaders decided ha bishop edward parridge and isaac morley should go on a special mission o he eas cas he purpose of ha mission was o visi he churches in he eas aad obain donaions for he poor sains and also o counsel he brehren he sains for M 11poor whom hey hose were o raise funds were chose owse church members in missouri who had been driven from heir homes messenger and Advoca advocaes hemessqn&r hassenger ev wriing abou he purpose of his mission said bishop parridge in company wih elder eider isaac llorley o raany iany yany bany sains is nou now o-i oi his hie oay uay way o he eas i is LG ha he benevolen and philanhropic will opez open surelyq of heir homas homes homfssurely lider eho ic o be hoped oren heir hears heare donae liberally for he benefi of hose who have heen been hean dispossessed men han hese wo ino whose hands relief nay Is known 1ad id aad lad ind inhern anly bean so inhirn inhmaanly eibie elbie I1 know no of more respoi respol responsible may be plixed piciced uced iced Isay ilay ricy scy ay pil hose eho who have abundance lp remember he imporan declaraion of he lord jabid ohbid november or orbid Ohbid jcbid JC 8h 3h ah 1835 ibid 20141bid dec or doc december ard 3rd ijournal of edward parridge april 24h 1835

86 79 inasmuch as you have done i uno he leas of hese i uno me ou you have done bishop parridge and isaac morley lef on he 2nd and of june hey passed hrough a corner of pennsylvania ino new now york on X july 1 13h 1835 hey lef nes new neu aes aeu york and sared for massachuses hey arrived in ill lil lii wendell WG ndell massachuses on he 13h of augus here where hey visied among he brehren on he loch parridge preached wice wice lice o he brehren of he wendell branch his branch numbered eced seveneen members a his ime 209 he pries harris pries in charge was bro elias harcis 210 during he following fen fewi feni days he wo brehren visied in he jrridge neighborhood of monague massachuses bishop 2arridge barridge hen sayed a his fahers gacher gahers home for several days uhlie while uhlia here he helped his brohers pu up heir hay and earned five or six dollars doin so in he meanime isaac morley spen his ime visiin visiing his friends on he 29h of augus 1835 he brehren visied wih he branch a bradford massachuses ills his branch numberedn eced weny umbers members in he wriings of bishop parridge he never gave he name of he presiding x auhoriy of his branch in mos oher new england branches lie he lle ile visied he did name he leading broher 206mess n r messenger and advocae I1 no 9 june p journal 201journal of edward Parridg parridge 1 eg p ibid july 13h 1835 ibid 12h ibid 2091bid augus ibid augus 18h bid ibid 2111bid ibid augus 28h bid

87 s- 30 sunday augus 30h parridge preached wice in bradford broher morley preached once oa on he 31s he bishop said ha hey visied and eind cind ans colleced donaions 91 Q 213 is le id epember lec hey raveled fory alies alles o dover nema new nea uema hampshire here were bu 5 or 6 disciples here bro oag firo jno hails wag was woz fico bico oos oas in charge here his was probably jonahan Md1 da luale hale nale naie who played such a prominen par in early missionary work in neo new heu heo england sepember 2nd and isaac and edward raveled fory four miles o saco kaine kalne alne maine he branch numbered abou fify seven members in saco on he ard 3rd hey aended a meeing in he evening morley and parridge made a feo feu few observaions 11 bu he main speaker was elder john F boynon of n yelve belve he quorum of he welve al he ah 4h and ah 5h of sepember hey spen in visiing he branch and fixing heir wagon which was in need of rspairs r4nairs repairs sunday he ah 6h hey spen in preaching bisi disi he bishop dishop in op he morning and isaac morley in he evening 8 hey sared for fnrmingon formingon maine on he 7h ah of sepember i and arrived here on he ah 3h his branch consised ox oi hiry wo umabers iiiembers sylveser B soddard was he presiding elder hey spen he nex 21 day visiing he sains in ha area on sepember 12h hey wen o leer B maine he ha vae cla ia braach here had a membership of eeny wenyfive flee Tn mm hers bers embers ambers daniel bean was las he ibid augus 3ls 31s als 1835 ibid ibid sap sep or sepember 3rd ard 1335 bid ibia sep 2101bid sepemberer aho 9ho h 1835

88 217 presiding elder on sunday he 13h bishop parridge preached in he 81 morning mornings and isaac horley morley and nazen hazen aldrich preached in he afernoon aldrich had lef kirland on june sch for his mission o he eas ovo QIC 213 his is dhe he dae liue clue firs place parridge menions ha hey preached ogeher hey moved welve miles o error ou errol on he lah 14h l4h of sepember he branch a errol new hampshire numbered weny members he presiding n ered ers auhoriy was pries benjamin swea on his same days hey held a meeing wih he branch members 219 raine on sepember 16h 1835s hey wen o newry haine maine naine of ha visi bishop parridge recorded 16h wen back o newry we were asked by a young man wih ears in his eyes if we would go o he waer and bapize him we lie ire ive repaired o he waer and bapized him sessions his makes 26 in his church 220 his name was perrigreen 20 Perri his young convers real name was perrigrine Perri sessions following his sion slon conversion cormer sessions spen much of his ime doing missionary works vock wocks vork serv vih ing primarily wih vich vech veh an elder york his journal does no give much 221 deail regarding his effors perrigrine Perri sessions laer played a very prominen par in seling bouniful uahs jus norh of sal lake ciy sunday sundays he 20h bishop parridge and broher morley horley me wih he branch a Dal dai dalon dalcon ong cong new hampshire here were 1120 or 25 members and ons 217 ibid sepember or h bessenger 2111hossonger senger senser and advocaes II 11 Us no as 3s3 december naber raber Decerabec 1835 p 237 s 219parridge parridge ci sepember lah l4h bid9 ibid sepember depe ler ier 16h journal 221journal 221 journal of a church hisorians library 14h perrigrine Perri sessions original r on file in he LDS

89 ij.12 levi wilder was he sider elder older sided eider elded n in charge sepemberer 21s 1835 hey raveled weny miles o s johnsbury vermon where hey visied among he brehren his branch had fory ers members and elder gardner snow presided on he 23rd hey held M an 223 evening meeing in charleson vermon Venwon oon winslow farr an elder presided w over his branch of wenyw wenyum cum cun members danville vermon where a small branch of weny members ers ors was presided 225 ers 224 ors sepember 26h hey were in over by elder john badger while visiing in danville bishop parridge wroe bro morley preached in he forenoon and I1 preached in he afernoon and evening and broke bread one man by he nane name nans of jacob rus afer which I1 bapized and confirmed who had once belonged o he church and was an elder bu had wihdrawn from he church he acknowledged his fauls and was acceped again 226 e on ocober is 1835 hey came o andover here hey u 0 found he church wihou any ordained members and being considerably scaered we ie arried wih hem one day and insruced hem respecing heir duy 227 hey visied he branch in shafsbury vermon on ocober ard 3rd hey found here a membership of abou 30 members acs n under he ile ars iue leadership of david bowen an elder parridge op ci9 cio sep er Parridge 91 ci 2231bid9 ibid sepember or 21s 1835 ibid sepember 23rd bid ibid sepember 26h ibid sep er cia sepember 20h 1835 ibid 2261bid sepember Sepenber 27h 1835 bid ocober is bid ibid ibid ibid ocober 3rd ard 1835

90 83 63 on ocober 8h ah hey visied a broher pliny foo in 229 norfolk connecicu foo had bad sen word by way of he july messenger and advocae ha he would like lils ilke ails o be visied by bishop parridge he reques said broher pliny foo of norfolk lichfield couny con now in his place messenger places wishes us o inform bishop parridge hrough he ha he is desired o call on him a his residence during his our o he eas in consequence of br foos no knowing where he can address a line o mee bishop parridge his reques sa reques230 s0 ue we admi shorly afer his visi wih broher foo hey sared wesward for heir homes in ohio for on an he 13h of ocober hey arrived hlll rillsdale in Rill liillsdale hillsdale bdale parridges uncle sdale new york he home of parridge unde adonijah bidwell hey arrived in kirland on ocober 29h 1835 in 919 reporing heir mission isaac morley and edward parridge gave no indicaion jus how successful heir mission was financially his wrier has been unable o find ha informaion hey did however make a dida repor on heir mission regarding heir ravels meeings heid held hold and pros elying eluing success hey repored junes on he 2d ad day of las june we lef his place on a mission o visi he churches in he easern saes comer we passed hrough a corner cornec now nev nov york ino of pennsylvania ino he sae of new york hrough new massachuses from hence hrough a corner comer of new hampshire ino maine mains we ve journeyed in ha sae as far oas and norh as farmingon from hence we passed hrough he norh par of new hampshire ino vermon hence souh he whole lengh of he sae hence hrough mass ino connecicu and from hence hrough he sae of new llew york back o his place we ravelled ibid 2291bid ocober 8h ah 1835 aho 8ho 230 messenger and advocae I1 no 10 july 1835 p 155 mess 23lparridge rp ci parridge 0 cic ocober lah l3h 13h journal ilis iis hisory llisorys ocober 29h 1835

91 34 84 abou wo housand miles visied 2 churches in pennsylvania 11 in new york 2 in mass hundredh ced lively members hass 3 in N H four in maine five in vermon and one in connecicu besides leaving ohers on he righ hand and on he lef lof ler unvisied hese weny six churches number abou seven red ers besides some few ha have in a measure los heir faih by no being diligen in he cause of god ve can safely say ha we found he churches doing as well as we expeced o find f hem we held abou fify meeings and bapized hree alhough we bapized bu few ye we have reason o believe ha ohers were pricked o he hear while hearing he word alhough spoken in weakness r fify and had i been consisen for us o have arried any nih lih in all pro- considerable lengh of ime in some places we miuh3 mih babiliy have bapized a number more we rus ha our brehren lwi ski were srenghened by our labors among hem we are confiden ha many of hem will overcome hrough faih and inheri he blessings promised o he faihful blessin even hose blessingss which eye hai hah haa hal no seen nor ear heard nor ye enered ino he hear of man which hea hem chez lhez chen ha love hla hia him god hah prepared for hen hin and keep his commandmens in he bonds of he new covenan we remain your brehren parrld eduard parridge isaac edward e morley233 zaorley231 Morley oher missions of 1835 here were oher missionaries in slew england in he year 1835 siew riew i is very probable cha ha chal many of hese missionaries never kep records from ohers who served we ge ga g1 glimpses sas of heir aciviies noah packard lef from kirland on may 27h 1835 for a mission o new england i appears ha he raveled alone for his enire rals miss rais faission raission niss sion slon he repored I1 lef kirland on he 27h of hay may nay las and afcar afler ar cer afer a quick passage arrived a buffalo visiing he church of genesee couny here his church has nevar I1 ravelled preaching ocassionally by he way from hen o Hc mcdonough Donough chenango Che never been represened in he conference arence areace ia ha have been abou 30 bapized in his place some have moved away and hree or four have fallen off and welve or foureen re- maining hem hey sand in iu need of having he word of life dispensed o por from his place I1 proceeded o devenpor dewenpor devvenpors Dewen oharie scoharle scoharie schoharie ScoharLe co whare where 233messeefer messenger and advocae 11 alid advocaes up noveer 1835 lio llo 0iioo 2 noveler 4oven dar jer 11 dac 1635s pp ap 20221

92 85 1I labored some bapi sone and bapized zad one zod from hence o duchess co NY camingon agon and hence o hampshire couny mass I1 labored in Ccumingon Cu plainf plaineleids we plainfield boh also in hampshire couny abou six weeks also visied he church a wendall franklin co and found hem srong in he faih whils addressing public congregaion a plainfield on he subjec and of he gospel violen hands were laid upon me by wicked and ungodly men and his for he ruhs sake I1 however succeeded in esablishing he sandard of he everlasing gospel in ha place I1 bapized hree and lef many inclined o receive he ruh 1I hereby inform he elders who are invied o visi hose places consisen wih heir ime and circuca circumsances234 ancac234 be his hig hli1 amier wrier imier has been unable o find any mora nora deail or informaion relaive o his mission ox of noah packard on may 29h 2&h 1s elder daniel sephens lef kirland on a mission which ook him ino new england by previous arrangemen he joined elder lorenzo barnes a nmy amy leu ieu porage Ssummi couny ohio hey hen raveled o he eas ogeher elder sephens repored o his friends in he eas sas eas eas11 some of he deails of his mission he said afer leaving kirland may 29h according o previous arrangemens I1 unied wih elder older eider lorenzo barns a naw new and proceeded easward hrough he sae of pennsylvania o Susquehann susquehannahah co and from hence o elmira NU Y and afer seing E forh in asixapliciy laciy he fulness falness of he everlasing gospel I1 had he pleasure of bapizing ising four persons hree of hem were relaives and you mus hink I1 had a ima ime of grea jay joy jey in he lord nowihsanding he muliude of lies and slanderous repors uds r now porage which were circulaed concerning me and he people o whom I1 belong in he bes of blessing wih persecuions paricular labors he sains r afer leaving elder dacus barns barus larns darns larus where here is a small church of was MO Donough mconough here one wan wen he nex place of wea forh in he waers of bapism for aj many were aenive o accordi o remission assion of sins according o he gospel he word declaring i o be he gospel according ag he bible bu as I1 was in grea hase I1 lef hea hen hem han chen chan and pursued my journey ino canaan c where I1 found a snall small snail branch of he church deermined o press forward uno he coming of he lord shor visi I1 wen ino neu nev new haven co afer paying hem a where I1 labored for some ime and nowihsanding very many no only acknowledged he hings 234journal hisory 234 1bv er iovec&er ah 7h

93 66 declared o be rue bu bore winess of i I1 may say here were hundreds who bore esimony o hese hings as only hree wen forward in bapism church a killingsworh Killings and a few york pennsylvania and ohio preaching by he way and arrived a kirland ocober 31 maiara xaiara mor moc aar aor aase I1 found iase inseadd of he few friends hinly scaered around he bare frame draia drane drale lia iia ila erb ers securing o and ransformed and of all he yells of savages in var war I1 hink ha hese could no be oudone ougone 0 besides disurbing he peacable peaceable inhabians hey arm hrm hrew large sones a persons who had never offended 7 hem only by obeying he gospel hey knocked ohers down and broke kein in windows and he likein linein would be impossible li fac for me o describe he scene bu he elders elderz eiders eldera who have ilava sean gean dean seen ha likeg libeg ilke possible ilae need no descripion from his scene I1 raveled hrough he sae of rhode island massachuses maine ham new nam labori house muliudes of brehren laboring ag he sabbah arrives while uhlie hey sand in he con- from he lips of he lords servans secraed pulpis of he lempie ae 1e generaion o gaze a so passed on o hadam hae hee hem hampshire vermon new drama of he lords hrong hrough h bu did no obey hem afer his I1 visied he hadan he weak week veak and whan when disil assemble o hear he docrine of heaven dasil emple of he lord mona while hey marvel and wonder and perish a monm where I1 labored whare hez faw weeks and being assised by elders IL redfield H and wm spencer I1 esablished a church of sains conaining a dozen members who eho were deermined no only o rho keepp vord of wisdom reasucas raz ces comandmens kaep he word hemselves healh and srengh yea even grea reasures edge ih bu were deermined o keep he commandmens migh have an inheriance in he celesial calesclai no say ha saan came in human shape ha monuoken for his of kooul kobul 11 hereby hey iai kingdom cf god I1 would bu human beings came in devils shapes if our radiions be correc for hey were blacked J sible sibie esi because hey will no believe hough i be declared uno hem no only by ancien prophes and aposles bu by living winesses and a wonderful cloud of hem o who xao vao se forh he gospel as plain as plain can be hey canno deny i bu men when I1 ga wrie you again so plain ha even hey hemselves acknowledge ha for wan of ime cime I1 a his ime cima clma make an aud end and ge go gol more leisure I1 shall by he permission of he lord on june 8h ah elder hazen aldrich lef kirland for a mission which ook him ac heo neo as far as hew new shice shire shlee heu iianqshire I1 ile lle lie rie joined A oag wag vac war wac by elder darwin dah dan jin richardson a freedom new york in one repor of his mission by free aldrich wroe he groe we journied joumied nied on easward having neiher purse nor scrip and was fed and lodged by he kind inhabians who were parons of he 231jass losse fosse esseneer lesseneer and advocae III 111 ili uo november nova Noveciber ing pp ap

94 07 37 ruh uno whom we procia proclaimedd he gospel no only in public bu in privae ue we wece were kindly in alphraha Alph mongomery undly reaed by he people la couny dr drake was solicious o have anoher iner- vae was wag no coave convenien nien fien we lie ire ive held a feo feu view he own bu wih us i vao dawle v here inerrogaing us owa of pawle campbellie afer inerogaing few meeings in heze a he close of one of our meeings a used he words of aquilla and priscilla o apollus for said he I1 agree wih you in mos poins wili insruc you more perfecly we hanked him and acceped he offer we sper a number of hours iu in debaing and he aced he par of a genleman bu in he end and if you will go lume wih me 1 olli he acknowledged ha he was now IAOW nou able o insruc as he had anicipaed alas aias we crossed he green mounains U a ains moun abor visied he brehren a andover in july ia H he wen I1 pared wih broher richardson he las of his uis friends iu Fron franconia conla idl 11 idi i ven o ais als ia fran labored ll ha viciniy and when I1 las saw him he had bapized one I1 coninued preaching almos gor goc daily for foc hree weels weeks id ia ven vermon and im he souh par of grafon couny 14 H I1 bapized hree in enfield and have reason o believe here are ohers ha will embrace he nee neu new and everlasing covenan since he las of augus my labors have been in he norh par oa oi 1I IL heid held hold a few uee ume meeings in whiefield bapized hree and visied a number of he branches of he laer day sains iu in he eas I1 have hrough he mercies of my o reurn o my brehren and heavenly ikea liea liaavealy faher aud friends in kirland slv bapized sl been permied having preached above fory limas imes limess alv and obained four subscribers for he messenger and advocae in he bonds of he new covenan I1 remain your broher in anoher repor of ha same mission elder aldrich recorded we raveled ogeher as far as new hampshire proclaimingn he Q fod gound gospel in public in every place where we found god open doors and in privae according o he wisdom ha was given us I1 coninued on as far as laine aine iain afer having raveled almos 2000 miles hen reurned o kirland on is of doc doe december bapized u bro 6 richardson edson bapized one ons s ong 237 procia procla held 43 meeings and er i is known ha john P greene uan greenep greenes faher of euan evan evau greene he early heu nev neu new england missionary was proselying in connecicu on augus 12h hoe shoe hoce from Huning huningons Huri hull huil cons ons lona he x moe huriingoningon connecicu on an ha dae ha he had 23g J T id II s lis 110 ils december 11 no 3 caraber De 1335 pp ap za z3 j 23711journal journal hisory june ah &h 8h 1835

95 raveled and preached and bapi bapized zed sed since may las 238 in iqq I a leer laer ieer o john uhimer irhimer whimer from 116 ig 11g arming gaming cener me daed vember or hov uovember november Uo 2nd and 1835 sylveser sylvaser B soddard repored same samo sane some of his proselying aciviies he leer repored my labors have been blessed in some measure he pas season I1 have luve bapized si and aad have hava lave lava been a parner in ln bapizing seven ohers since he 13h of july in many places whore where mrk work mck wock seems o be progressing church added o he church239 churchy 239 whare I1 have iab labore more riore here is a prospec of nore he orf lle ile A noce being elder freaman freemon freeman nickerson was very acively involved in proselying in new england a abou he same ime cima clma hlo his hio mission began he laer par of alov llov rfovember miero mieri agov in reporing se sone of his aciviies relaive o ha mission soa Nicker nickerson said I1 lef caaraugus Caar eas as cape cod augus co he las of iovomber novem 3ovem or and journeyed as far and augh all by he way of he glorious hings of he kingdom which god has been pleased o reveal in hese las days held field heid several meeings by he way and many seamed seemed o be convinced of he uruh viu vilzaced alced alcad faced made neu deu meu ruh lruh his I1 judge from he many enquiries ha ware were had many opporuniies wih hose hese chose who profess o be he grea earh earll and many minisers so called I1 can freely say men nea of he earch he ha spiri of he lord has been wih me since I1 arrived a cape codo code I1 have held 24 public meeings he vecy very aan aeniveive I1 have held wo meeings in 0 ii 1.1 L house one in he courhouse wo in a hall and he remainder people have been mehodis heodis hodis in a school and privae houses I1 and chere chare are many more convinced how housa house Godlin bapi 06 hava have ilava bapized led sed whole hearld colan anu gee seemingly ainaly ready o 0obey oay day he coman conkoandmens nus wih heir hears ey fy brehren according o he flesh are very rich and have buil a very elegan meeing eing hom in he orhodox order cj a oss bu all deny he poer power godliness ham hen hem hau heu is very hard iu his place plage in as o his worlds goods aud anu ano sing few of he members have a form of poger hereof here hare mom ers and he miniser over I1 have aken much rauch condescended condescender nauch pains in all my movemens and 2 of he 3 have con o ask me o pray wih hem I1 have grea anxiey for messenger and advocae I19 no 11 augus 1835 p messn&er 239 ibid ibid9 II 11 no 2 november 1835 p PO

96 89 39 afer hem and all people afer cer I1 arrived here he mehodis and orhodox opened proraced meeings which coninue ye and he firs man men in he place came wih heir carriages and carried he people 4 or 5 sired up miles so as o have hem hear cape cod is much shired is more use for bibles han before I1 came here I1 was a one of heir proraced meeings by agreemen ha I1 should have an opporuniy of addressing he people bu afer hey go ogeher hey said I1 should no afer his for bapism chel hew dhel wo came forward and offered hemselves elvos as candidaes one was a mehodis in high sanding I1 requesed one rmade ruide ulde was an hour o se forh he gospel bu was uerly refused I1 uide wjll wial a of bapism sra appoinmen on he shore of bogs river where we repaired will cloud of winesses here I1 adminisered bisered oded orad he ordinance he solemniias solemniies of eerniy seeined seemad o res 0 he congregaion aiou apiou seemah oa and he spiri of god on he candidaes ha he aind he church ace oxe are iad lad axe been in circulaion agains br smih ad bapi cha leers ha have aee now in evec every paper hones men harn I in his quarer bu I1 hink hey will do no harm harrl harr haun raen will look in he bible for ruh in preference Paper 240 news paper240 dre dra ferance o a for he journal of ira ames records ha abou hov november 1835 ile lie he lle er wen on a mission wih jared carer eas 0 q 241L u ble bie fri gri o visi our friends encis in he his wrier has been unable o locae any oher informaion regarding his mission ames was no clear nor iloe exensive in his record carer did no record anyhing abou ic i in his vellin wriings wriins wei welbins lins i IL is assumed by his wrier ha since hey were relaed relae by munei munel marriage nurciage murriage hay were from nov NnowW england uand und were goinj goina o he ea6 ea7 o visi heir eaa ear friends ha hey migh well have gone ino he jea7.7 ae1 je7 england iren ilen llen re he records his wrier has fomia however give uu deail nu greaer deball deails 240 ibid II 11 ho no 5 february pe journal journal of ira ames 1 i4ovegiber nove nova 1335 novesiber slber

97 chaper V IMPGRTACT MISSIONS OF 1836 in he laer par of 1835 and he early par of 183 he aenion of he chucci churcni churan nenbership meribership i as vass direced largely oward ohe oha zhe building of he irland kirland 1irland emple empie arland 1 lany bany iany naan naau liany of he missionaries had baan been bean direced o raise funds o help finance he srucure some of he ar arc isas arisans a aud and ald skilled skilld Lilor iorors lilorars arc orc had been urled urjed o go o kirland o hel hei ih he builiao bul ilao ilal rih liao lec dec lecause because L COUP lein of he emphasis placed on compleing and dedicaing he ample ampie camie camle i appears ch ha pro scaw graw cha oher projecs and programs migh orarily have been emporarily slowed slaved dono donw doenn evea even missionary ivary missioivary aciviy he ecople was finally dedicaed on march 27h 1336 i ij recorded dad in he journal hisory His orys corys dec under dae of april 4h ah 1830 ha fraia froia from frova fron fran ha dae on he elders bean began o spread abroad o all pars of he land preaching he word wond brigham younas youngs younas lissina llssion lissioasioa ils jo kew england froni from Fab fabruary februaryy ruar 22nd o march 27h 1836 brigham young spen all his lime superinend ime superinending superinendinc inc he paining and finishing of he kirland enyle ae 243 Tdenyle 1e he hen aended he dedicaion on an march 27h 1836 marc 1 harch in early macch marchi briggan brighan brighzn vas issued a license censa 11 o preach he gospel Ur by a conference of he elders in kirland his license was recorded accorjin accor din Jin accordine accordin3 o la lau iau law ax hx ha docurien enc anc fien flen saed journal hisory a 4 7 april jb 4b hisorical 243aisorical Hisorical recordl records vol V no 2 pps

98 I1 91 o whom i may concern his cerifies ha brigham young has been received ino he church of he laer day sains organized zed sed on he sixh of april in he year of our lord one housand eigh hundred and hiry has been ordained an elder according o he rules and regulaions of said church and is duly auhorized o preach he gospel agreeably o he auhoriy of ha office and evi evl ahic abic from he saisfacory evidence dunce which we vie ha dood good moral characer and his zeal for he cause of righeousness and diligen desire o persuade men man mon o forsake evil and embrace ruh ue we con- fidenly recommend him hid o all candid and uri qri uprh people as a worhy memder er of sociey mamber member ari haa of his we herefore 1arefore ina he name namo aud by he auhoriy of his church gran uno his our worhy broher in he lord commendaiona as a prooz his succeao succejc add pr drooz speriy prosperiy of our fellowship and escel eseem in our Rade rademakers rademaers maecs muers cause redeariers givef giveri givel by he direcion of a oon conference assembled assoliblea assambled ambled in kirland kiriand klrlands Kiri geauga geaugh gcauga march inn he year of our lord one oue church of harch hiry six of his leer of oi praying for uhe he elders of said and couny ohio he hird day ome housand eigh hundred and joseph salh smihs soih jun charman chairman F CU G williams kirland 0 ohioq llarch ohion clerk flarah 3 IV i63o 36 his cerifies ha he wihin license was recorded on he boch bolh boh day of march 1836 in kirland ohio in he license records book A page 35 homas hormas honas homao burdick Re recording cordino 0 clark clerk cieck 244 on may 17h 1836 brigham awig oung owig if lef on a mission o he easern ih scaler saes saer slaler eih vih elch his broher joseph youns young and elijah eiljah reed L 11 A 1 1 hey hay chey chay raveled ogeher ero fro n cwi kirland Kir kirlaud 1irland land o lhles 1 nei laud whiesborough oneida couny new neu nev york where hey separaed froll irmi one anoher Brig brigham iian liam ilan young raveled alone o yoag eoas yo ag is as las hare here is 3ri&han 11 pp ap ibi 152 mas meisenger 245 med sanar sener senar sanger senger sangar and advocae III 111 mensenger messener Mes Men mad ill il ili ii no novenber novwbar Nov november p v

99 92 nashlngon washingon co IY where he labored for a shor period of cime is 1-11 Y lime ime while uhlie here young would move in and ou of he edge of vermon doing missionary work afer leaving washingon couny he rejoined his Us broher joseph hey coninued on heir way o he eas for he express purpose of visiing friends and relaives hey visied wih wich wlch heir relaives he drig richards he howes he brlghams brighams Brig dris he bicknells bleknolls bie Bic BLe josephs wife was jane bicknell and oher more disan cousins couslns gaa cousans many of heir friends and relaives joined he church because of heir effors li lic leid joseph and brigham wen o canaan lichfield couny connecicu where hey preached mormonism and bapized four hey hen moved o providence rhode island i is no indicaed ha hey eiher preached or bapized in providence a his ime ims hey wen from rhode island o boson where hey preached s 11 several imes cimas here hey bapized wo convers 247 brigham lef his broher joseph in boson and evenually wen o salem massachuses beween he cime ime lime he lef his broher in ln boson and he ime cime he arrived in salem brigham young began o work wih elder lyman E johnson his wrier has been unable o deermine he cime place where johnson and young me in salem hey me joseph smih ime lime and junior do who was on a special mission o he eas of his even young records I1 lef my broher joseph in boson and wih broher lyman E johnson wen o salem where we me he prophe joseph and he young 91 op cic s ci p mssse messenger and aavo advocae III 111 ili no 2 november er 1836 p 408

100 brehren who were wih wich wlch lih concerning chai chac ha cha chae ciy u him augus 69 joseph received a revelaion 93 afer his visi of several days wih joseph smih lef salel salai saial for porland maine lie he lle ile apparenly lef lyman E brigham young johnson and raveled alone abou his rip young said afer arrying wih he prophe a few feu gew geo where I1 ook seamer for Por porland edp she could no wihsand he sorm eds hoursj and he vessel being old and afer ossing abou in he waers a feu fow hoursh we pu ino por ann and spen a very pleasan day picking whorleberries and going over he grounds many acres were & upon which he inhabians were bryin drying he codaish codfish covered wih he flakes upon which he codfish were spread 29 being he principle employmen of he people 249 lomen lands geu days I1 reurned o boson naine maine haine naina malna abou 10 oclock here came up a sorm and shaered lando sared abou 5 pm and his Por from porland landa lando ianda brigham young coninued on an o newry oxford couny maine here he me lyman johnson E again while a newy newry negy hey paricipaed in a previously arranged conference since a good idea of he size and aciviy of he branches in ha area can be gained from he official repor of ha conference i is included in full A conference of elders and members of he church of laer day sains was held hold heid in newry co9 cos coa he me on an he 12h 13h 14h of agreeable o previous noice by leers o he differen oxford co augus las branches of he church represened elders brigham young & lyman johnson E wo of he welve were presen elder johnson made some prei preliminary nacy remarks previous o he beginning of he conference elder brigham young was called o he chair and daniel bean was duly eleced clerk meeing was hen opened by singing he hrone of grace ams was oms addressed by elder young he elders presen were hen called on o express heir faih and manner of eaching he principles of he gospel which was done o he saisfacion of he council he priess and deacons were hen called upon each in heir respecive order o give a relaion of heir faih and manner of eaching here were six elders 241imillennial wllennial sar vol 25 p desere naus neus weekly W vii vil VTI desere news ibid 2501bid VII vil february loh 1858 p 386

101 94 five priess and one deacon presen he book of docrine and covenans was vas received and acknowledged unanimously ay 1y he council hen made appropriae remarks and adjourned one hour council convened a I1 oclock according o adjournmen johnson opened by prayer eld aficial official members ers ars hen proceeded o give a relaion of such par- iculars concerning he branches hey respecively represened as seemed agreeable o he mind of he spiri elder bean represened 3 branches viz one of 26 members errol branch 17 and nery branch 29 making 72 elder S B soddard farmingon branch 33 eld R M lord saco branch 52 elder jonahan hoimes holmes mimes wimes I bradford branch 12 eld ja jamea james jamsas snow s Johns johnsbury bucys burys v branch 13 do do linden 10 do do charleson 14 n do do irasburgh Iras 11 do do jay 14 do do danville 12 f do do lyman 14 broher fisher represened dalon branch 20 elder young represened boson & rhode island branches he former 12 and he laer 9 21 eld L E johnson represened a branch in sackville 14 brunswick 1 19 ia i7 317 broher joshua small was hen recommended and aad ordained o he office of an elder received unanimously lev lav i was decided by he cour coux council haw now hav brunswick deeded seeded seemed deemed o be wisdora rlsdom risdom examinaion icil ha eld james snow should go o such insrucion was hen given by his he hil council ucil ac as TTO im were bapized by elder older eider eldar candidaes came forward forwand and afer due on he 2 following followiug eidar johnson days 13 & 14 here was public preaching a middleinexvale hlddlainervale meeinghouse in behel he congregaion paricularly on he sabbah was large solemn and aenive a good spiri appeared o prevail he speakers faihfully varned larned he wicked spoke comforably ye

102 95 faihfully o he sains and good we rus was done in he name of he lord jesus brighaza beigh Brighara young yomg chair daniel bean clerk ps 251 i would appear ha his was a larg large disric hree hundred and seveneen members were 11 represened 11represened few however were probably 11 acually in aendance speaking of he number a his conference S dilworh young wroe i was cusomary for people o come o hese conferences and represen hose who could no aend besides he local folks presen brigham said ha he represened he sains in boson and rhode island while laile lyman E johnson represened he branch a sackville new brunswick hus a oal of 17 branches and 317 members were T represened from his i may be assumed ha 317 was ership enship he oal membership he area menioned a ha momens nonen bu i is conained in 17 branches in Ls likely ha a he conference hey would be forunae if hey had more han hiry presen he aposles gave good insrucion during he hree day conference people 252 a resul bapized wo people252 as and ac following he newry conferences brigham youngo youngs lyman johnson E and some lohers who were wece coming o kirland kirlanc Kir lanct wen o boson here are w m records of his reurn o boson in he messenger and advocae masson er brigham young said 1I hen reurned o boson in company wih elder lyman E johnson and ohers who were coming br caming o Urland arland kirland urland here I1 arried over he sabbah preached and bapized wo more in he desere 253 neus news young said I 1 reurned o boson where I1 found my broher joseph who had been doing a good work we bapized seveneen in boson mass sep or messenger and Advoca advocae ev II 11 no 12 sepember 1836 pp ap young op cies cil pa p0p 155 reo cices 253mssenger and aavo advocae fsr advo III lii o no 2 november 1836 p 408 asere 254desero esere sue news weekly VII february loh 1858 p 386

103 96 his wrier is unable o reconcile he wo accouns for in he one hey appear o bapize uo IXTO in he ciy of boson while in he oher hey bapized seveneen from bolong boson boscon bosong joseph and brigham young sared for home in kirland i appears ha yman 4n 2 johnson did no ravel wih hem brigham young repors heir reurn journey in he sollowin fellovins followin foilowin lovins oay uay way you broher joseph youn yound young ni youni and I1 hen sared for home via providence where we called a conference and ordained ordnined an or&ined broher benningon dena Bena dana aad bapized sed all ali elder we also called a canaan conn and we coninued our journey home having labored much bapi one o be hence of he ah homs and arrived in kirland on he evening 9h of ap sponber or nuch muce o spread he everlasing gospel and bapized hireen visied our friends as we anicipaed wih whom xe ve conversed freely on or he subjec of he gospel as brough forh in he las days ays liany many nany of hai hea hei ruh of i and none rose in opposiion o i2 seemed o realize he i255 ia afer his arrival home brigham young spen he fall and early winer of 1836 in kirland susaining joseph smih hrough some of he darkes hours he church had ever known up o ha ime nober hober nabor naber C balls kimballs Kim mission o he new mew now england saes joseph smih recorded on may loh 1836 liebe C 1835 ha heber hebec neber kimball came o him wih a problem kimball waned o knos knox know wheher he should say in kirland and go o school or go on a mission o proclaim he nsf 9sf 25g gospel o he world his school1 11 schoola wc was apparenly he school of he 1 prophes which was sas kirlan kirlau oas hen being conduced in kirland l smih old hla him hia hin o choose for himself which of he wo he muld rould muid prefer god would bless him in eiher case hber eleced o 50o ino he mission field P mssgnm messenger 2 and Advoca advocaes eg ill ili lii no 2 november 1836 p 408 III 111 lo is hisory 25611is of he church churchy II 11 IT p jha jhna

104 97 heber haber hebec habec CG ball bail bali kimball kima Kira lef ouland orland kirland on may loh 1336 for his mission which evenually ook h i him ino rieu riew lieu rim england ile lie he lle arrived in buffalo heo neo new hew york he following morning nomine from buffalo kimball said he passed on o he norheas preach ing where doors doorn were open and bapizing for he remission of sins such 257 as believed on june 13h 1836 heber lieber hebec neber arrived c a sackeos sackes Sac harbor NY here he found elders luke johnson and orson pra members of he quorum of he welve hey had imd been in his area laboring wih heir mighs for he cause of god 20 pra had been boon oachin joachin in canada in lae may boen eaching leaching he ia hen moved down o work in neo now nao ew england in early june a he ime kimball kisaball kirball Ki saball me he wo aposles ssckes kas johnson had been working in and around Sac sackee sackes kaus harbor gol goilowin following sollowin for abou a monh may 24hs 1836 johnson lhoe he followin froli sackeos Sac froli raci roll sackes harbor bou wo I1 have labored abou blessed my labors km have ever known here hor hez is oo weeks in his couny Ls he mos calls for preaching ha I1 and he lord has m I1 have bapized nine and here are more who calculae o come forward when I1 reurn I1 am now going o orange couny and calculae o reurn in abou a week any he lord has blessed me beyond ana anyhingg I1 had realized before I1 can say like one of old he half aas has no been old me mal nas has 239 ma 259 heber hebec lieber C kimball indicaed ha he was hrilled o again mee his brehren speaking of his reunion wih pra and jonnson johnson colen comen coman ed he cemened comened conxaened ced hose elders who have been raveling among anions scran srangers ers disan lands well in 2570rson orson F lyp wliiney whillyp whiiney Whil life of iiober 11aber ziober C kimball sal laa lake lawe lawa ciy raf bookcraf Booke 1967 p 94 2messenger 2 1jil almes lmessenger anger engar and advocaes lil ill III llis 1111 liis no 4 january 1837 p jabid jlbid ibid II JL 11 no 0 9 june 1836 p 330

105 know he srengh and joy i gives o moe 1 mee mos mes wih our brehren who are fellow fellow laborers aj 2j kes sackes from sackeos Sac harbor heber haber C boarded he seamer unied saes91 and raveled o czdensburg oqgi orgi w york afer arriving anrrivla in ogdensburgh 110gdensburgh ol he wroe he following lowing f 1 0 from ha place I1 wen on he seamer unied saes o ogdensburgh where leaving he river I1 passed abou hree miles ou of 0 own oan cown lown and being sopped by a snower siaower snover sirower oi rain 0 I1 made known my profession and calling he people immediaely desired a meeing and 42 diaely 1I old hem o call in heir neighbors aad and I1 would preach o hem which hey did and afer preaching one hour 1I dl dismissed i slais stais sluis sed gregaion hornli mornli preach again ha hronged saissed he congregaion bu many said unil abou 12 oclock and before I1 was D up in he morning hey called upon me and requesed ha I1 should hac day in a school house waichi wiiicli waic1i 1I did and his nigh I1 was again hronger ged wich wih sach wlch hose who were agac eager eagar o hear he sound of sah he gospel he second morning hey likewise called on me ma and py esim- said hey would no le me go unil hey know knew ony and on che he ho fourh morning bed bad o bapize bapise hree ruh rulli luew he ruch uruh of ny hey came and called me ou of he here I1 of heaven inid bapi remained remainid cema reraainad and bapized seven saven beven seven edo edg preachiuj preachin he dospel days preaching oospel 0 oslej ospej he kingdom dmn don sed for he remission of heir sins and laid on he hands for he recepion of he holy ghos fulfill promise was fulfilled and ruly he for hose who believed spake wih ongues he sick were imre healed and davis were cas ou mark of kin iam one of he cases of healing while he worked i in ogdensburg ogdeosburg was robali roball recorded by kimball Ki he said of he healing heaven re mined and bapized and confirmed saven saveli seven savell I1 regained seven days preaching he gospel of he kingdom of for hose ull vao A na woman named wll believed spoke in ongues d had been coa confined dined her bed or davis able o do anyhing during ha ims ine ime cime lime he promise was fulfilled and he sick were healed o lor for five live years aid aad and scarcely able o si ald up bapi ed and who was given up o die by he docors I1 a member of he church and a he same clae ime cim lim prayed for her and ceh reh rebukedd he disease and commanded i o depar from dro her in he m na m she began o amenda from frona ha very name of he lord jesus chris no aad confirmed her bar hec hac fro ibid abid 2 1 o 0 jbid ibid ill III 111 lii io ilo january 1837 p 439 lloid llbid 2611bid 2611bid

106 95 99 hour walked aal wed vai val asonishmen of he people and in less han one week she was performing her usual household duies asonls n ino healed of heir infrmiles infirmiies a saunch universalis he srees creec crees reecd reels and aea aended dad meeings o he siser chapin and ohers were also siser davisi boband h band was considered bapized262 lia lla ila ile lie iia was convinced and bapized 262 heber reber C all ail Plas kimball wen o plasburg K and spen he nigh wih a manfleid mr manfield he hen ook a seamer o s Al uane albane baas ermon lemon uhlie rhile raveling hrough vermon kimball visied his friends in sheldon sheidon and bakersfield he Us spen some ime lime dime visiing urihs uric aric uriaslis sel se seld selemen loman lamen lomen on he op of he green mounains 7here ihere chere he found some who were 1were ece believing on US hie hic reurn o odeusburg ogdeusburg Odeusbung from fron aich which alch he as absen abou five weeks1 weeksv he sopped a posdam uw rier york he he ne uebere where me an elder solon poser foser prea chod ane here heber preachad preached once an and eigh or nine people bore esimony o he ruh of he gospels gospel1 dospel which ha 1 lared lla dac declared com from eon ron posdam all ail ali kixnball reurned o ogdensburg K hc lie he ile lie he lle said ac laz lac ile spen several days in ha region preaching anu anc ising aau bapizing bap 7 augus 1836 on he 25h of augusa 183g8 while he small branch in ogdensburg was assembled for a meeing hey were visied by joseph smih sr ad aad his broher john smih hese wo brehren had been sen on a mission hea in o he branches of he church in he easern saes o se hem order and confer on he brehren heir pariarchal chai blessings padr pres presiden prod Pros joseph iden smih sen son gave pariarchal blessings s o weny of che cho ho he chu branch members on augus 27h 127a all weny of hese sains sain bapi had been bapized sed by kimball 264 on sunday bhae he hie uhe chae 28h 231 a faher john smile siaiii smili iney 0 ci ap p 95 2p journal hisory daed june 22nd whiney iney og 22 ci 1.1 p 96

107 100 preached a 10 AL and four brehren bore esimony of he book of A i es ny mormon kimball belag being one of 0 he four in he afernoon he sacramen sored scored was adminisered nisored hree people were confirmed and hey blessed he lile children of he brancli brandl brands branchi nonday monday aq yq he 29hs he wo smih brohers lef ogdensburg ogdowburg hebec heber hebor C wen o black lake new now hew york aree crea area acee preached once and bapized one parson person porson pacson he hen moved o pocs posdam where he preached again and bapized one oo branch ogeher lie hen reurned o ogdensburg whare oae ee nee lee accoun sayo where he called he saye he branch numbered sixeen uembers bembers lusmbers a he ine ina ime ima anoher says hare here were weny eigh which is he more accurae of he wo aine alne his wrier has been unable o deermine noneheless robers he bade farewell o he branch mobers zaerobers ambers ae ige pro eded and proceeded oward his home in kirland a vicor onario couny naw new now york ali all kimball me his wife vilae K she had been in ha area visiing faiai friai friends hels kems whee chey hey hoy arrived a buffalo ir a sranger paid cic heir lir boa passage frol from crol buffalo o frankfor new york hos mos of he passengers were swiss emigrans hebr hebec heber hebar said ha afer lisening o hem for a shor ime he spiri of he lord came upon me and I1 was enabled o preach o hem in heir own language hey seemed pleased and reaed us kindly f 267 kimball summarized his mission in he following words ID in kirland bu we cea reachedd our desinaion wihou acciden and arrived ocober 2nd and I1 was gone nearly five monhs visied 265 masse messenger and Advoca advocae hesse e III 111 lii ili no 4 january 1837 p whiney Whiney og 22 ci p 97 ibid 2671bid

108 101 many of my friends preached much and bapized hiry his was he ard bard ord firs mission I1 ook alone he lord was wih me and blessed me and confirmed he word wih signs following268 following i balls balis should be noed ha in iimballs umballs Um accoun of his same mission recorded in he messak messenger lee messan and advocaes advocae a he said he bapized weny 209 jos joseph smihs mission o new now nev nav england on monday afernoons snih afernoon july 25h 1836s joseph smih smich smihs oliver Cow cowdery sidney derys rigdon and hyrum smih lef kirland for a brief mission nigh o he eas a 700 pm ha same nighs hey ook passage on board he seamer charles ownsend from fairpor ohio bound for buffalo york oliver cowdery ras was vas x very mi unimpressed cressed by he ship he said of i he ownsend is a miserably slow boa wih bu indifferen accom accod odaions ovaions he leas swell seems o have power pawer o oss her o and fro like a drunken man As hey were making his journeys ill healh bese cowdery and rigdon oliver suffered from fever faver favor and chills while sidney suffered from sea or lake sickness insea isea hyrum iyrum and joseph smih remained in good healh and found opporuniy while on board he boa o preach he gospel o some soule wevers souie of he passengers some however yere wece were no friendly and ried o sir up rouble bier feelings and animosiy by vile insinuaions slanderouss ungenlemanly asserions lr and slanderous cowdery said ha real rouble was avered because of he good judgmen of mos of he passengers oliver iam lamened aned he fac ha here had been roublemakers aboard ri 268 rl ibid ibio 26essqnok messenger and advocae ibid9 Us II advocaes III ill ili mo 11 no 12 sepember no 4 january 1837 p 440 sep or 1336 p 373

109 102 he said much good had been accomplished by he mece mere more mare mace appearance of 1 he four brehren on board he ship he wroe I 1 am saisfied ha our appearance if nohing had been said would have been producive of good- men man saw ha ue we did no wear horns or any oher monsrous hing o disinguish ourselves from ohers 271 he nex evening july 26h a pr abou 1000 pn an hey arrived in buffalo iew dew hmq york hey rened a room a he farmers hoel alar oliver was alarmed a raed he exorionae prices he brehren had o pay for board and room while in buffalo hey unexpecedly me elders orson arde iyde 1rde and moses C hickerson nickerson hyde was on his oay vay imy o canada on a dery mission while nickerson had jus come from ha counry Covi cowdery decy said ha o mee hese wo ried11 ried11 friends was like meeing an angel while wandering alone in he wilderness he four brehren had decided o ake a fas packe ship a buffalo bu ou of consideraion for oliver olivers healh and because of he crowded condiion of he boas hey concluded o ake a line boa heir ravel was slower his way bu much more pleasan and agreeable while raveling from buffalo o uica he brehren saw he bodies of wo men in he canal one sill alive had been robbed of abou nine or en on hundred dollars and sho by several ruffians he had survived however he second man was dead following he lwo wo episodes cowdery wroe if wickedness and robbery do no walk he banks of he erie canal I1 confess myself unable o judge from he bes of evidence bid 2711ibid bid 272 1bid0 ibid pe p 3740

110 103 clock an am a eigh 0oclock I 1 on he 29h of auga augusa augw hey arrived in uica nes neq york nei new noi hey arrived jus in cine ine lime o ake a railroad car for schenecady his road his vas was vias he firs lime ime i ook his rain more han six dine passenger cars had been used on sl gix hours o cover eighy miles he following day hey boarded he seamer john mason which ook hem o anoher seamerr he erie he erie eziel ezle was issued a challenge for a race wih he rocheser of ha race joseph smih recorded hou how for a race was he cry from differen pars and a race rial of speed i was however as fae or seam power of engine erie frie would have i he ecie ecle afer ouching a caskill and wes pola poin where he rocheser did no wen ino new now york a few minues ahead by such undue pressure of seam he lives of housands have been sacrificed and I1 hanked god ha myself and friends were safely landed273 safely landed 273 cressed he grea size of he ciy of new york impressed he four men of he religious climae of he ciy a hac ha hau cl cha cime ime bime celerys erys celeris cowdery cem Cel com I1 s ression impression was ineresing lie he lle ile said you may hink chink i srange if I1 remain silen upon he subjec of he religion of his ciy for of course as large a com om own mus abound wih religion of some kind here are chapels old chuc churches ocan oran congregaionss righ and if hey are no wronze wronsi and if wrong can hey be saved here bronze and cown as his if no wih all kinds chess meeing houses people o fill hem ous believe and priess o hold mold hoid forh and ell hem wha hey mus aihan uihal aihal i migh be considered decd derd dard unchariable for me roe ros none sincere in his grea body bu he imporan quesion is are hey righ as socieies and congregaion hey mus be wronski may be found a few righeous enough o save i bu religion and is righeousness hew new gregaed gaed misery a mass aiss alsi alss of heedless morals rae gae o hell i nm7 york seems a aih ih ich edh 7ih and ras o say here were vdh all is seem seea o me like a con sink sinek of corrupion a road o he mission seemed o mix much pleasure irih wih vih business while in leu york lew T ew he brehren did considerable sighseeing seeing hey visied a 273 hisory of he church sas sessenger churchy mossen sressenger Ses hossen MOssen senger or and advocae II II p 464 up 11 no 110 lio iko 12 sepember 12h l2h lah p 375

111 104 ire lre disric which jus six monhs before had been desroyed by a fire fice ice whicli wizicl had imd caused seveneen million dollars damage from mew york hey wen o providence rhode island visiing rhode island caused oliver cowdery rea cea o reflec a dreau grea lengh on oa he life and accomplishmens of he famous fa religionis roger williams william hey were in providence on he wo ciys hundredh anniversary of he cies founding and were grealy impressed cressed by he celebraive aiude which prevailed a providence prode pjiode pwode island ysland he four men boarded a seam rain o boson he queen aud and emporium orlum orium of new england 1 from boson hey proceeded o solem salem massachuses hey arrived here in early augus liere here hey rened a house and began wih vih ih heir aciviies missionary work and sighseeing living in salem derys cowderys Cow ineres in he early persecuions for wichcraf were called o his mind lia lla he ile wroe a grea lengh abou his o his broher warren in kirland 0 he four brehren were aa7a 276 pilgr pilar vially ineresed in he hisory of he pilgrims in ln jew england and found he ime o visi some of he places rich in ha hisory joseph smih was impressed wih he fac ha hose who had fled from heir naive counries o avoid persecuion and deah soon became he persecuors persecuing he bapiss ca c2 Bapisss and he quakers and he caholics he ile lle lie wroe he early selers of boson empori emporia of new england he emporium who had fled from heir moher counry o avoid persecuion and deah soon became so los o principles of jusice and religious libery as o whip and hang he bapiss and he quaker 0 who like mie ilke elves mige hemselves 275ibid ibid ili III no ibid 2761bid o 1 ocober 1836 p 387

112 105 had fled from yranny o a land of freedom and he fahers of salem from 1692 o shipped imprisoned orured x and hung many of heir ciizens for supposed wichcraf and quie recenly while ljoasin iler ller ier ligh and knowledge of her lavs laws davs and religion as surpassed by none on earhhas nev new now nov england been guily of burning caholic conven ia in he viciniy of charleson and of scaering boasing of her cz he inmaes o he four winds yes in sigh of he very spo where s o he fire of american independence was firs kindled 277 while a salem brigham briham young and lyman johnson E vo uo wo members of he borum quorum of he velve 1yelve kvelve aposles paid a visi o he four missionaries brigham had been called on ney oa a mission o nev new yew yv england wih hid hie his broher joseph he dvo vo doo hd h- d beera beeri lborin in boson a he ime beela laboring bu briain brihain dri Bri lef joseph and vih in company wih wich wlch lyman E Jo johnsoa hason came o salca salem salea o visi he prophe joseph smih afer a visi of several days young lef for porland maine in salem augus 6h ah joseph smih cia clairedd claioed o have received a revelaion from he lord perhaps he four missionaries had had oo grea a endency o mix pleasure wih missionary aciviy for he revelaion begins wih hese words 1 I he lord your god am no dis pleased wih your coming his journey nowihsanding your follies 279 fom he revelaion direced joseph smih o form acquainances wih men in he le bhe ciy of salsa salea salem saisa for here wece were hose in he ciy who would evenually prove o work for he benefi of zion very lile is found relaive o he success of his mission or he deails of he reurn rip o heir homes in kirland i is 277 hisory of he church II sar 278millennial 378 slac scar lis ils 119 p sars vol 25 p d 279n 1111 & C

113 106 supposed ha hey arrived home hse ble in sepemberer g0 f r joseph sr and john smih jp o new snih smihp now england o on nay loh 1836 pariarch joseph smihs may hay smih sr and his broher john lef for an eigh day mission o he counry souh of kirland he objecives of ha mission were o visi some gome sme gle of he branches of he church souh of his o regulae hem and se in order he hings ha were waning l a 0 from his mission hey reurned on may iqh 18h irh i had apparenly been a successful mission hough very shor soon hereafer saes eas of ohio lar hey prepared o ake a asimilar lac mission o he speaking of heir preparaion for his mission he june 1836 masson messenger or and advocae repored while we are penning panning his aricle hese aged fahers are abou we mos devouly pray he lord o se ou on a mission o he eas o be wih hem and bless chen hem chan we also enrea our brehren in he easern churches o receive chem hem cordially allys ailys enerain hem chur s hospiably and above all o appreciae heir insrucions he lard lord for his sons sake preserve hem in healh and srengh and reurn chem hem o he bosom of heir families and he church in his place in peace 282 on wednesdays wednesday june 22nd joseph smih sr and john smih sared on heir mission o visi he branches of he church in he easern S saes scaes saas aess o se hem in order and confer on he brehren heir pariarchal blessings 283 joseph jr ook cook his moher and his aun clarissa 11 he wife of john smih o painsville gainsville Pains ville in ohio where hey 280 par pan son sou pearson IL corbe 11 corbes Pariarch byrun smihpariarch Smih sal lake ciy desere book company 1963 p 158 csenger ssenger 28 messener messen&er advocae 11 II no 9 june 1836 p 331 and advocaes 2821bid W 283hisory off he churchi hisoi hison cherchi II 11 ils lis p 446

114 107 apparenly remained while heir husbands fulfilled heir mission o he eas beween he igue par of auguss iiue hey lef on his mission in june augusa nohing seems available on heir aciviies and ha cha he dha laer heber haber C all ail icioball repored ha K while he was in ogdensburg neo hew new heo york on he 25h of augus holding a meeing wih he branch here our hears were filled wih joy by he arrival of fahers joseph and john smih snih smihp vere who were on a mission o bless he churches he cha on dhe nha 27h 27hs joseph smih sr gave pariarchal blessings o he numbers members of he church in ha bianch baanch branch baanah he nex enry found regarding he aciviies of john and joseph ro sr is in ocober under dae of ocober 2nd and 1836 joseph smih jr recorded he following in his journal my y feb leb faher and uncle john smih reurned o kirland from heir mission o he easern saes holand having baving raveled abou wo housand four hundred miles and visied nearly all he branches of he church in new now naw york vermon new llew liew hampshire and pennsylvania during his mission hey bapized many conferred blessings upon many and preached he gospel o many nany hundreds visied heir friends and relaives in he narv housands hey also ha land of heir naiviy 2 2 arn i is apparen from he formans conxoens cormans mans of joseph jr ha he mission of his faher and uncle was considered exensive comprehensive and successful hay cilcy raveled grea disances preached o numerous peoples people bapi bapized many marv imany nany amany and gave pariarchal blessings o many hundreds 5 ioher 3b of i3her missions jog elder lyman E johnson lef kirland on april ah 6h oa 31h 1836 on nossen nnssen hassenger er messenger and advocae Advoca eq 111 III ill lil no 4 january 1337 p whiney 92 0 cic ci p 9c ac 2016his hisory lof he church of II 11 p 467

115 log anoher mission o he eas holers and s J herri he wen eaid hea was accompanied from kirland by hilon ven o whiesown whiesowmi Whies whiasown chelda cown oneida onelda couny hew mew heo nesy hesy york where he preached wice he lie ile lle hen moved noved o boson where he also preached wice and bapized one from boson he wen o saco maine here he preached hree linas iness bapi cinas and bapized one zed sed conver he hen ben wen I1 le benc o s johnss now new aeu brunswick lieu ilau ilaw he lie lle ile preached o crowded assemblies almos s aloos everywhere he wen he journal hisory n reporing his par of his mission indicaes he lie lle ile has bas since been o s johns he capial of diew liev brunswick and has raveled and preached in various direcions and o crowded cro assemblies he elder gives us o undersand ha he has me lile opposiion excep emon god had in every avery emen from hose whose craf was wac wal oas oal s in danger jery insance hus far given him wisdom ha ho hen lef fer leer o us287 lae jus acly acely eav elx exacly hen when lyman lymn lyan E reurned his wrier has been unable o find ou he sepember sedezrber ediion of he mass messenger and advocae says ha elder lymn johnron E has recenly reurned froma niss nias fromm his mission icon o he Pra province vinca of ew brunswick wack and oher pia pla places on he easern seaboard sea board 286 f C 1 johnsoa repored verbally upon his reurn o 266 I1cirland lurland carland luc lur var ha he was well received by he brehren wherever hey were found congre aions acions grea grean ie is had augh full congregaions of hearers and preached in a brean many places eru ol in ceru lyi 01 bapisms lyraaii ayi lyl considered his mis mireion elon slon miseion mls Eion lon a bapi bu ha cod wery his adversaries had no been able o gainsay noc nor aor aar resis he elder older eider raveled and preached in various direcions in ha province he for fior maine where he wad was ead a a he elace elae clace of his x success for he had bapized sed weny seven while he had been gone 2067journal journal Ri hisory scory daed june 26h 1836 senger bessenger 28eiesselilyer essenger and advocae TI alyer 289ibid 289bid 11 no 12 sepember

116 109 i is known ha luke luka luica johnson was on a mission o he heu hew england saes in he spring of 1836 kes sackes in a leer from sackeos Sac arbor harbor 11 daw dav york daed may 24h 1836 johnson repored I1 have labored abou wo weeks in his couny and he lord has blessed ay labors here is he mos calls calis for preaching preachinc inc ha I1 have ever known I1 have bapized nine and here are more who calculae o come cow col forward uard when I1 reurn I1 uj now going o orange couny and calculae o reurn in abou a week he lord has blessed oe me beyond any hing ha I1 had realized C hns no been old ne 2 before caa car say like one of old I can io his is he only lifornu informaion dlo dion llonn his wier he half hs wrier hac been able o locae regarding re 11arding ll 290 his ni miggion misgion nis glon mls mis niscion Gion kazen kazan nazen aldrich Aldricli wenc wen o e england cc as a missionary in he spring of 183g 183c uce ure he exac enac dace dae due of deparure lepur has ier no been found by his narier nrier ler di ha he in opeain of ha he cha oleain opening bhe spring aldrich sared on his mission lie he lle ile wen grou froli grol kirland Kirlaid kirlaid kirllaad as fr far fac JG as s laxjrence rence navy Lavy nauy lavyrence laverence cence couny hew new noi heo nei hei york by boa in he own of uecalb decalb he lle lie bajai bejai a-i I1 praachie preschil preaching preachil ache111 C ilee wenc le ie fran fram wen froni from 11w7 ny7 nya york o chienden co v ja he doun in own of underhill seven were vere vece bapized by hazen werb wede ohers Aldric aldrich aidrich di said sald saida saidv cofrin currin were currinced cuwrliricedced a cha ha uh ime eider buerfield leid for elder older in a alog aloa few days came alo2 a bnpied eigheen d bip bie 1291 From com from vermon hazen wen o lue lne lae province re oa of o1 provia chahh lower canada 01 I1 sp an he spen hree monhs working in am em he owns of canada Caloada joada hen said h-a hal ha chal he lef lof he members of he church here ii la he hands of ainslow inslow wins farr fcc ano and end proceeded wes where he wen or uhen uhan whan he reurned o arland i lirlnd irland ir no clear o his wrier april 14hq u elder daniel sevens wroe hoe lhoe a leer from lillinguor alil ailiasworh me r S ailiasworh connecicu o he edior of he messenger and advocae 290 ibid p b d ibid ill lii iii ili irio iro 2 il ozember ovember loveraber ovemaber ov rabec 1836 p 414

117 lie llo Milo li ar Ur K arland land apparenly doln doing missionary work here sevens was im- pre 0ased pressed ha here ocre were ocee viany diany nany many lany v people favorably disposed sed sad o receive his oes nes message oessage nesa mesasage se in his leer he lae asked for a missionary o join him so hey could unie heir srengh in he land of seady habis i 292 elder arrison harrison li burgess following his reurn from ua mission o saes he easern sales sades made a verbal repor 0of ha mission lie ife lwe lle had lef kirland for he eas on april 13h 133g lie he iia ile said he ila raveled hrough alimi hew york and vermon a oal disance of oi ong one oue housand si six gln hundred niles uiles and had preachedd foureen imes lie fel o indicae cha wre ha zore more mre missionary aciviy should ake place in hose areas he had visied he messenger and advocaes advocae speaking of his verbal repor prined he following he says he congregaions were large ani and very aenive and ha from all he learned he is saisfied ha he prejudice of he people in he regions hrough which he ravelled is fas giving way before he force of ruh and evidence and is of opinion ha all ha is waning is faihfulness on he par of he elders o ensure aenion o he subjec of he everlasing gospel and a degree of success hihero unparalleled he elder bapized bu ye had his business permied hie oos wos oog vo places hrough which he passed fani fou fonivard we ard his arrying longer in he he doubs no bu many manry have come fanierd forvard faniard facher mos inense desires may be fully realizers realizeds zad sed ceds and os pray our heavenly faher realised ueail realize manny more would fachar ha our brohers ha no only he bu every oher elder in he church of chris may be prospered in he glorious cail cali calling whereuno hey have been called bid9 ibid II 11 ho no 7 april 1836 pp ap bid0 ibid II sep er U 11 no 12 sepember 1836 p 331 9

118 chaper VI IMPORTANT missionary MOVEMENTS THROWN 1840 FROM 1837 THROUGH dri bri brigham young youna and willard richards serve J in he new england I1lew saes december 31s 1836 brigham young bapized his cousin willard richards ino he church on march 6h ah 1837 willard was ordained an elder by alva beaman hese w uo oo wo ordinances were he prelude o considerable missionary namy siderable aciviy nany by richards a man who was laer desined o serve in he highes councils of he church harch 13h 1837 willard recorded in his journal ha joseph on march smih healh jr and sidney rigdon laid hands on him for he recovery of his a his same ime lime cine he was se aparo apar1 apar o accompany brigham young on a business mission o he eas while on his mission 295 i was repored ha hey ransaced considerable business 296 his business no doub had o do vdh edh xrilh he financial crisis which exised in kirland ohio a his ime a a solemn assembly held hold heid in he kirland Temple empie on april 6h ah 1837 joseph smih said hlire here hlere care cace aare many nany causes of embarrassmen no pro peo pressing Osing upon he heads of he church hey began poor were needy of a pecuniary naure now nouu desiue and were ruly affliced by heir an enemies as ye he lord conn coen commanded sole ded hem o go forh and preach he gospel o sacrifice heir ime lime heir alens heir good namao name and jeopardize heir lives and in addiion o his hey were o build a house for he lord 294 Ilis hisorical orical record vol va v9 V p lub journal of avilla willard vvilla richards richardr original on file in he LDS journal hisory Usory 29611journal I1 usc rch daed ila march ria IDS church ms Us hisorians ocy march 14h h ach 1037 library

119 112 and prepare for he gahering of he dha ha che sains hus i is easy o see his mus have involved ham hen hem chem cham odal odai iu had no emporal means in he beginning oral in financial difficulies commensurae hey wih such an underaking bu his work mus be done his place kirland had o be buil up large conracs have been enered ino for lands on all sides where our enemies an as have signed away heir righs we are indebed o hea bu our brehren from abroad have only o come wih heir money ake hese conracs relieve heir brehren from he pecuniary embarrassmens mens mencs under which hey now labor and procure for hemselves elves a peaceable place of res amonga us and will be buil up and every broher ha lail his place mus will laii ake hold and help secure and discharge hose conracs ha have ueen been leea eea U be rich een made shall a his sarne sarae meeing eino eina oina smih josephs broher urged he A 0.0 florou iyruro flyrou brehren o do all hey could o help discharge he heavy debs which were hanging over he headd isa heads of he church iea leaders derc sidney rigdon also spoke abou he subjec of he indebedness of he church rigdon oulined hree main causes which brough abou his financial bondage firs six housand dollars had been expended expanded o aid he missouri sains who had bad bean been boon beon driven from heir lands and homes in jackson couny second a his ime he church sill had housand dollars on he kirland empie T I1 bad an unliquidaed deb of hireen emple hird he deb for he purchase of land o be used for he 1 gahering11 of he sains ilc lio lic ilo urged he brehren of he church o conribue all in your power poier powen pojer o discharge he grea debs ha now hang over he church OQJ 298 in addiion o he above problems oulined by he leaders of he abich riich wao das dao church he kirland safey sociey aiich wac esablished almos enirely by he church leaders was having difficuly keeping is doors open he financial panic of 1837 wih is remendous spiri of financial 297 hisory jdf adf of he church II 11 pp ap ibid JL p 480

120 113 speculaion reached ino he church his insiuion whose foundaion sonewha sorieiam was somewha weak in he beginning began o oer joseph smih apparenly fel somehing samehin ippa y C 1 reni samehini had o be done joseph smih wih his US hio hlo eo vo wo ceo counselors sidney rigdon and liyrumu ljyrw smih deermined ha wo eo ceo m men man should go o he eas o gaher in he sanca gub subsance sanco of he geniles11 geniles11 which was o be used o help save he bank kirland 1 of icirland hese were o be wo imm man srong in he laih faih laluh men iroko iroro rom among he leadership of he church brigham young and willard richards were seleced o go hey were willing o answer he call for hey fai fel halb rai rail balb i was gods will ha hey should go aparo for on march 14h jus one day afer richards was se apar1 his mission he and brigham young lef kirland hey raveled by sage hrough ohio and pennsylvania o buffalo reu nev neu new rewu york he roads were so rough ha young said hey had o sop a buffalo a shor ime o res hemselves from buffalo hey wen ven venc wenc o uica new york hen canaudaigua new york again by sage hey sopped for wo vo on o canandaigua vo nighs and a day a canandaigua while haces here hey visied wih marin harris if a man jho hares heres vlk played a very prominen role in early church hisory hey hen proceeded o albany and froia from aars aers hey brom here o roy where ransaced considerable business hey moved hen o auburn1 11 esablish n auburne 1 where brigham young purchased fine avern esablishmen direcly n across he sree from he penieniary brig following Brigh brighaias alas ains aias is purchase of he avern he wo brehren rav eled aled day and nigh unil hey arrived a nes wes was uesu nas sockbridge berkshire ciaire claire noall of uah press 1957 p claire noall inimae disciple sal lake ciy universiy

121 114 couny massachuses his was he locaion of jillard willard I aichards richards old homesead honesead horiesead horl holi while in his viciniy hey sayed a he home of richards faher a shor ime aou 3ou his hiz chiz oas was oag in he laer par of march hey proce hen proco proceeded oded o neu new nev iravea iiavea havel-a connecicu and hen on rw jw york whare baere xaere where uhlie ehile in naw hey sopped a dayy or wo while haw new hev hav york hey aended a meeing meeins0 wih elijah fordham a s pauls church his 77his oas was on april ori orl 2nd and aril apell gh 6h ah on april a hey wea va wen ven by scea seamboa o boson by way of pra providence 7idence midence fra rhode island he loh loch of april hey arrived a fl hollison massachuses ha same day hey preached o he alber perry rockwood Rock roakrood family in hollison on he ilch hey venc ven wen van wan o penon punon Ho hopunon iopkinon souhboro Souhboro and 11 jesboro31 wesboro1 all small smail sli sii comuaiios cocomuaiies in massachuses april 12h 12he mingham hey wen o framingham framinghaxa Fra massachuses where hey sayed aniah saired wih nehemiah nah Nohemiah howe willards uncia uncle he nex day brigham young bapized and hy hey confirmed hree people in fraxaingham framin&ham he hree were 11sherniah ueheraiah howe and US his wife and a miss hiss niss milon following hese ordinances on he 13h hey proceeded o lynn lynu massachuses april 14h richards repored ha he bapized sed miss oma ome iloson hen he wen llo 130 boson round by providence new york rocheser 1 and albany dack back L o richmond while in his area brigham young repored ic i hey ransaced much business hey finally reurned o B rkshire couny oil youi coui 0 S on april 27h 1837 willard and brigha pared company young wih his cousin ri phinehas richards rds ads and richards son george sared 30ohe weekly breary W he desere uok uek news mews nois neus vil bruary VII february 9 F loh 1858 p journal journa1 journae hisory april 2nd and ibid harch march macch 14h 1837

122 a 115 for kirland illard villard I ichards Tl richards remained in jev dev dew jew england for abou aioiier anoher moih kirland of his reurn rip o 1irlands brigham young repored T on my reurns naar near noar uica uicaq I1 lef he canal and visied my friends in madison couny here I1 found my niy cousiixi bousi heps haps iep liep hepsibah hepzibah ibah richrrds 1cherds Rrichrads 1 A who nho accompanied us by canal as far as buffalo where I1 lef my cousins phinehas and Rep hepzibah and arld a-rid a few oher friends kliora iwhoci uliora I1T had gahered up by he way he ice being sill on he lake seamboas wece weca laid up bu I1 proceeded by sage o kirland and aad par of may As soon as he lake was opens lay kirlnd L 30.3 oy 7 ware were wede nad arrived he laer my friends cane came on ou o in he rde ae anime raeanime eanine hillard willard richards remained in renak renal remak ed ia england lid jid lic journal does docs doea no conain anyhiio of aay ay iay under dae of june ah anyhl36 really significan hrough he monh 5h 1837 willard wroe rhoda comes much faigued somach foul headache in he evening received a leer from elijah fordbam fordhams Ford fondbau hau haus hamo hams jew yorks oiness olness on business and on reading i fel a srong desire o sar for kirland immediaely bu wishing wishau o know he mind of he spiri I1 submied he wishiu he seam cars for udica uica304 3 praying ha my head migh be released from pain 304 uica 04 richards arrived in kirland on june alh signific significsan case o he lord ixomediaely if i jas as he lords will har a s I1 should sar for kirland a day br k ansvered I1 sared for roy a day in company wih broher william B had a pleasan a 7 day break or wo oclock which prayer was answered and prosperous ride rifle bu finding mr scribner Scriboer absen we proceeded direcly o albany where I1 pared wih broher william and ook se licho llh 1337 on his same days dayo Bri brigham oham 0 and willard repored o joseph smih smia 0oa heir special business mission o yorks boson andd oher easern ciies ew york he mission of wilford woodruff and jonahan jj 11 3ale iiale aale wilford woodruff ariar desined o be one of he greaes missionaries arias arlas in orys church hisory made his way o he new nay mew england saes in kiy kly hay liy and 303 am he desere news wea weekly VII february loh 1858 p 386 nea l0h rl.004 journal of willard willarc richards 11 june 5h ah oi hisory bisor 0 he church 11 II p 492

123 116 june of 1837 his was a ime of grea upheaval in he church a kirland hany people mere f inding vere mece finding anding faul wih joseph smih and his close associaes nae bank he vie nie banks he kirland safey sociey salich id which had 11 leid been having so much difficuly failed joseph smih was given he blame in large measure wih ha failure che he faih of any many church members a xirland kirland was shakea shaken hany nany eany hough smich smih wa- wal c vic eal a fallen prophe numerous sains lef he church even some of he leading auhoriies aposaized aposaised ilford alford liford mlford miford he church in ija ruff hoo woodruff kirlaad was in urmoil durma urra lurma lla kirland icirland fel oi oil gou rudd ou 0 place in he area wih such aou aon con- e aion alon aulon aaion enion a CSSOUQ some of ox hil hio hll hlo frie his friends rads rids lie he lle ile ried o shun and avoid vold avold hose oho fouin fouid fouid fould faul wih 0 joseph juseph alo aio who josaph smih and oher leaders jus prior o his ime clam cime dime claw he had been ordained a seveny in ii he church r posiion hooe hose hosa prhikiry prljry responsibiliy responsibili is o do liissionary missioaary work he lie lle ile fel a i ia i inclliaion zicliiaion o magnify his ser riag ii calling by sec serving biag chis callin ia ho he mission field lill n 11 ile lle lie fel impressed ha he lie ike ils would like o fill mission o he isla isia fox islands ads which lie off he coas of maine naina malna ine hege woodruff revealed chese hose hese chase ridon impressions o hebec heber kimball sidney didon rigdon C and oher church iea leaders derc who urged hl n him o go hober kober C iford kimball blessed jilford i11ford bilford Ji proni and promised sad him himp lord in he name of he dord lar-is his ha he would be blessed anc and prospered on hic is mission 306 in he laer par 0 of aay ilay liay wilford woodruff nde ade preparaions preparaions o leave on his mission he ile lie lic was o be accompanied by jonahan 11 II sia ale zie clale and llale 7 bo milon mlon mllon oines mion hoimes holmes hoines Il ille 337 mrs woodruff and mrs lule wer oera luie were weca doi goi dol oing ig o live ogeher doe oe log 3 06 he desere news weekly VIII july 14h 1358 p j7n journal of jonahan journal hale may hay als 3ls liay ilay 31s 1837

124 117 during heir absence on may 31s 1837 wilford records he following he day had now arived aph rdingly aeh arided for me o ake he paring hand wih he sains in kirland and again go ino he vineyard o proclaim he word of god companion & season grom mrs I1 accordingly ook my deparure froni from woodruff my siser hale sym were expecing o arry arcy ogeher for a I1 hen lef kirland in good spiris in company wih elder hale we walked o fairpor 12 miles I1 here ook he seamboa Seem seemboa boac sandusky in company wih elders J H hale and MH ilc lie ile fle fie iines308 ficlines his mission ook hese missionaries hrough liew new nev rev iee ilee york par of canada hen ino he new england saes hey had many experiences which included preaching o eaching blessing he sick and making new friends As hey were passing hrough schenecady new york hey me elders isaac russell john goodson and john snider russell goodson and snider were waiing o join heber C all ail ali kimball and orson K llyde hyde who were coming coning from kirland he five had been called o go fill a mission o england he w groups separaed abou mid june on saurday june 17h and sunday june 18h hale recorded ha hey raveled abou seveny miles and came o canaan connecicu hey arrived here abou 1155 PM 1 hey wen immediaely o he home of elder gibson smih smih arranged for a meeing ha same evening of his occasion woodruff wroe 0 0 my soul was filled wih joy o find myself permied o srike hands wih one of he elders of israel raised up in he sae i was elder gibson smih who was presiding over he canaan branch he received us kindly adly & bad us welcome a meeing was appoined and I1 preached o he people amidd aenion in he academy anid he mos silen jonahan Hi liale es also bore esimony o ha group 1 308journal on file in he LDS IDS may 31s journal of wilford woodruff las church hisorians library lo no found la original found under dae of 309 ibid june 18h 1837

125 116 rale hals on june 19h woodruff haie hale hais and holmes hoimes hoines lef he gibson smih home and raveled abou six miles o anoher body of he church 11 br frances benedic appeared o be he prominen church figure K hace hare here jus where his branch was locaed ds his wrier has been unable o deermine beween june 20h and june 24h he missionaries did several chin hins hingss which mus have been especially ineresing and meaningful o c3 0 ca elder woodruff hey wen o colebrook connecicu where hey visied fords half siser eunice whom he had no seen for five years he wilfords wilforde Wil group hen moved on o avon connecicu where hey visied he grave of woodruffs woodruffe moher beulah here he visied wih many old friends and relaives hey proceeded hen o farmingon where hey visied wih wilfords wilforde Wil hil hllfords faher acher achec I1 s facher june 24h 1837 he missionaries were back in canaan connecicu under ha dae wilford woodruff wroe we me in conference a mr hr jesse moses in canaan lichfield couny conn o ransac business as migh be laid before us he conference was composed of he following elders wilford woodruff holnrss dexer sillman n & gibson smih & jonahan H hale milon holers sil sii pries julian moses elder W woodruff was called o he chair & pries J moses appoined clerk he meeing opened by prayer ac 6c & business called for wo was presened for ordinaion & afer having he voe of he church W woodruff ordained julian noses moses & francis K benedic o he office of an elder he spiri of god resed ordinance 310 upon us in his ordinance310 he missionaries were no always well received in some places hey were srongly rejeced in early july hey were eaching o in he lile own of beach hill he village in general rejeced hem bu more especially was a mr bidwell bier agains heir work on july 3rd ard jabid 31oibid jlbid JL june bid 27h 1837

126 119 fol iol foi hey did he following lowing we lef mr ur bidwell and beach hill and repaired o a sream of pure waer aside from he abodes of men man and in company arv wih my brehren 6c & hale nale naie and myself we wo clensed liders clensey our hands and fee in elders eiders sii ac esimony agains he inhabians of beach hill who had rejeced us and our esimony icom from irom hence we walked o broher william R french in norh canaan disance of he day lo miles311 miles on he loh of july hey had anoher unhappy experience of rejecion linsville i occurred a collinsville Col connecicu in he words of wilford woodruff linsville I1 me a he ciy hall in collinsville Col a 6 oclock PM for he purpose of preaching he gospel o he people I1 arose and commenced speaking he beaing boaing of drums was herd hard a he doors congregaion he laughing and sneering was presen in he agregaion immediaely afer prysbeerian pries was enraged agains he ruh ac as soon as I1 close he pries hurried himself o he place where I1 sood I1 was immediaely surrounded by he agregaion congregaion Cj he pries said gaid vas soon gald I1 had no righ o enjoy my opinion he became angry & said many verry inconsisanc inconsisan inconsisen hings he lef afer presening him wih some cuin ruhs lef me & he pries & he people wih very few excepions rejeced us our esimony broher & hala rale repaird repaire o he groves for foc prayer haia ae 6e for we had a good ulms & ozem woodruff & myself ine 312 ald he following day july lih wilford woodruff and his companion jonahan liale hale halo haio again reired o a sream where hey cleansed heir hands and gee geed as a eg ea esimony imony before god agains he presbyerian pries fee foo mr vanardalen vanasdalen Vanardalen 1 l linsville and he whole village of collinsville Col his hey did because heir message had been rejeced by hese people july 15h elders woodruff and hale were joined a avon connecicu woodruffe wife phoebe she had come from kirland o by woodruffs accompany her husband o her fahers mall mail hers home in scarboro maine maim ha ibidjuly 3rd 311 ibid july jlbidjuly july 312ibid loh ard Ibid ibi0y 313ibild july nh lih 1837e

127 120 evening hey held hold heid a lne ine lae meeing eling eing vih wih relaives neighbors and former friends 1 hey hen reurned o farmingon o visi wih elder woodruffe woodruffs Is faher and family woodruffe and on oil oll july 19h 1337 liale pared company wih he woodruffs sared for 1ami 1mi ew rowley massachuses ha evening wilford held hold meeing heid a meeins in he mehodis meeinghouse in farmingon he nex day he and his wife lef by sage for harford connecicu upon arriving a harford wilford woodruff found ha he did no have sufficien money o pay fare for boh him and his wife o liew llew rowley massachuses elder woodruff pu his wife on he sage and hen he proceeded o walk a disance of one hundred hiry six miles0 milesa o new rowley i ook him a lile over oo vo wo boo doo and a half days o accomplish his 314 a iew nlew blew rowley wilford me his wife again hey rejoined elder nale hale naie also here hey visied wih he sains and held heid hold meeings hey lef ha selemen on augus is 1837 and proceeded o scarboro maine lire IL on augus ah cifes 8h woodruff me ezra carer his wifes faher his was he firs ime he had evec ever svec wifes aver seen any of his wife cifes relaives on he 18h of augus elders hale liale haie and woodruff lef phoebe a bean her fahers home and he wo missionaries be in heir rip o he fox islands heir original desinaion augus he 19h hey ook he searms seamer searmr banger from porland maine a he seing of he sun 11 A 314 mahias F cowley wilford woodruff sal lake ciy bookcraf inc 1964 p 74 9

128 121 augus 19h kils hey landed a owls owis kris head in he fox islands ar r mos of he ra aainiag r& remaining par of he mission of hesa hese hose wo elders was spen on he fox islands where hey enjoyed considerable success hey enjoyed he associaion wih he fishermen of he area he firs convers on hese islands lauds were jusin ees eames a sea capain c nd ad his wife elder woodruff permied elder hale o bapize hem when hale was anicipaing his mission in kirland some of he leading aposaes ried o discourage him hey old him ha he would never bapize anyone so he should remain a home hese were his firs 316 conver bapisms following he conversion of he eames fames family he missionaries bapized many ohers ino he church occasionally hey would reurn o he mainland o mrk work was spen on he islands mck and visi os osc L bu los mos of heir cime ime lime ocober is 1337 hey organized a ranch branch of he church on he fox islands his branch had welve members a he ime on ha same dae nisered bisered hey ordinance of he sacramen was adminisered for he niseced firs cime ime lime on he islands 317 on xi he 9h ah of ocober jonahan hale ook leave of wilford acc abc anied acied him hun woodruff o reurn o kirland ohio elder woodruff accompanied 01 Q 318 for he firs mile of his journeys a which poin hey reired o a ress grove of rees crees hers here nere nece hey knel HF down ogeher in prayer and had a good elders journal of he church of laer day sains vol 1I cied as elders eiders alders sra hereafer ellereafer afler aa a0 0o 1 ocober 1837 kirland ohio eda Ellere ereafer journal 315 ilders cowley rk oei ofe cil ci p journal hisory ocober is cowley 31bcowley 31 Cowley op ci eq p 80 rk

129 122 i lime dime ime 1 afer hey had cocmended coaxnended commended coe ele coc each oher o god hey separaed haie hale meis going o kirland and woodruff back o he fox islands o labor mosly alone for he res of his mission hale worked his way oward ohio on wednesday he 17h of ocober he was in new rowley massachuses on ha day he lef and wen o lowell massachuses from here he journeyed o albany hen o buffalo in new hew york jonahan arrived in kirland on saurday ocober 28h 1837 his family was well and hrilled wih his reurn in summarizing his mission hale wroe I1 can say ha he lord has blessed me in verry deed dead his journal was wrien while on ay my firs mission and alhough I1 have bapised bapized Bapi bu nine hese were on he island persons and winessed ed laboure are no in vain winess a number more ye I1 rus my labours for here appears o be a grea field open for labour in maine on he sea coass and he island of he sea 319 in anoher accoun of his separaion of hale and woodruff here is a sligh discrepancy in paring daes in he following accoun i appears ha hey pared come someime afer ocober 13h in he former i indicaes definiely ha hey lef one anoher on ocober ah 9h he following is aken from a leer daed november 20h 1837 wrien by willford woodruff11 o don carlos smich smih broher of joseph smih wilford wroe on he 13h of oc following we held a meeing on an norh fox island vinalhaven Vinal lox fox and organized a small branch of he church o he number or of welve and broke bread broad braad uno hem fol 01 on he day following we lef he islands his friends in kirland as elder hale was desirous o reurn o while on our way o porland we preached in he own of bah o a large and respecable congregaion of pierce hall ciizens who me in pierces of respec and civiliy and solicied o inea we were reaed wih every mark ineee wih hem again I1 319journal 319 journal of jonahan hale ocober 17h 1837

130 123 ook he paring hand haud wih eider elder hale in souh berwick me he and afer spending dlug dlag a season among ag he sains and friends in saco and scarborough Scarbo I1 cai fill I1 flud find reurnin reumins I1 have had more calls for preaching han rind a deep ineres manifesed in he minds of clany ciany marv while invesigaing he subjec of he fullness of he gospel people rough I1 lef porland on board he bangor in company wih mrs woodruff for he purpose of reurnin spen he winer are bore uore noble in iaa vinalhaven Vinal generally willing o hear he naler maer umins reurning han o he islands o in ia rw many nany places plages naer daer before hey jude jud3e judg he hey chey chay judae i i cha are ve Vhe hae his wrier is unable o reconcile he wo accouns lih vih lich v ha he ho bhe informaion which he has baen been boen able o locae Wilfordis wll wilfordis record is replea replos replee wih experiences he 14 had hae while locaed in he fox islands hrough he winer of dec bec bac or h 1837 december crocke 1837 elder woodruff and a mr isaac crocke spen an aa hour bour bouc clearing away large chunks of ice from he waer of a cove 11 es order i196 ha crocka iai&h bapi a ui&uc be bapized zod he same place woodruff bapized wo more on he 26h and wo more on he 27h 1837 a roeing nreing rweing was heid held hold hoid in a schoolhouse on he 31s or 310 of dac doc december a he close QL oi he services sarvice wilford bapi bapized zed sed wo persons in he sea a full ide before a large largo ass ly assembly n i 32 1 his had been a very acive year for woo voo druff woodruff he sum- folloirin words Q marized his missionary labors of 1837 in he following during durias durina durins he year I raveled in upper canda cnnda cnnnda anc and in ia six of he unied saes pro preaching and bapizing 2350 miles mosuly mosly on foo in my ravels I1 visied hree islands of he sea bran branches clies nay hay of afer he church and heid held hold 105 meeingss ascer I1 planed hree hroe asder leaving kirland whon may 31 on my easern mission I1 bapized 22 persons hree of whom wmid wid hree kinsfolks I1 confirmed 30 ordained 9 were sea capains and 9 11 eachers and 5 deacons blessed 2 children elders priess il adminisered o he sick ec elders journal vul I1 o 0lio llo november 1837 pp I1 ap covley OE ci pe journal journal hisory december 31s 1837

131 124 hough elder woodruff was generally pleased wih his missionary effors in isi lsi ands nnds ia he islands he noed ha success did no come wihou many obsacles lla iia TI 4 L 112 furher noed ha hose who did rejec his message were very frequenly inspired by he evil one o ry o persecue he believers in early Vvilford woodruff learned ha difficulies sill exised in arland kirland o show his feelings and express his faih he vinai wroe a leer from vinalhaven vinalhraven Vinal fox naine haven islands maines malnes addressed o some of he church leaders i conained he following o bishop edward ecward parridge presiden J S jr and sidney R and H smih I1 willford woodruff si down o inform you ha I1 have jus heard correcly of he deplorable sae of hings in kirland and I1 have his day held a council wih elders J ball and J ownsend who are now wih me upon hese islands and we resolved o address a few lines o you concerning our feelings and se before you a brief accoun of hings wih us and he course we inend o pursue I1 have labored principally alone upon hese islands since elder haie liale hale aale lef las fall and he work of he lord has prospered in wl lay iry hands or in oher words he lord has worked wih me during he winer elder joseph ball has been wih me for a number of weeks pas upon he islands rising of 40 members ers m in he church on hese islands here is and hey are srong in he faih I1 reurned las evening from a mission in company wih elder james ownsend we have been visiing he mos noable ciies and vilages vilagor vieages in he easern counry nad and delivering uno dhan hem chan he word of god deliverin delivarins 0 han we preached in heir ciy halls peis pels Cha chapels school houses dwellings ec in such places as camden Belf belfas frankfor hampden and he ciy of bangor aso norch Norh horch horbpor norhpor doors were open in iii 121 all of hese places and many ohers I1 migh menion and he people heard wih profound aenion and many are believing I1 never saw more doors open for doing good han a he presen ime in he sae of maine shired up agains me here on he island one Mah mech mehodis o ake me pries bu he devil is sired odis has applied several imes ciness for a warran bu he Offi officers cacs cars as ye will no gran him any for

132 125 he canno bring any accusaion agains me in ln ruh or jue jusice Les Jus iee ice signed wilford woodruff ownsend & james jamas 0 joseph bali bail ball323 on march 28h 1833j 1838 rac 1833 wilford received a elved leer from zion 11zlon urging he sains of he fox islands o sell heir propery and gaher o zion 324 since elder woodruff had lef kirland he church had largely adquarers moved is headquarers o 1.1 he far wes missouri area hese fox islands sains would hen be gahering on augus 9h gaherl o missouri ah 1838 while sill serving in ln he fox islands rec wilford woodruff cec received deceived uri elved a leer from far wes Misso missouri url i had been presi wrien by homas B marsh he presl presiden of he quorum of he welve aposles woodruff was informed ha he had bad been called o ha quorum lie was o fill fili one of he vacancies creaed by he aposasy of some of is ni members embers wilford copied his hib call cail call11 leer in ln Us his wriings elder W woodruff hou chou sir sic flew days since pres a fiew joseph smih busl busi were assembled o aend o some church business snih jr and some ohers ness when i l was hough proper o selec hose who was designeded of he lord o fill ful fui he places of hose of he welve who had fallen away namely lellin Mclell johnson wm E mclellan mclellin mclellln Mc Ln lyman layman E John johnsons luke he persons seleced were john E page john aylor willford woodruff and wilard richards one he following day five of he welve wih wich wlch PresL presiden presldej dei rigdon PresL presiden rigdon wrie o br richards who is Ls now in inform him of his song johnson and john F boinon and some ohers me and resolved ha ln england and Us appoinmen and P P pra wrie o orson pra and inform him hin chac cha ha he lord has commanded ha he 12 assemble ae 1e in ln his chis place as soon as possible and ha I1 should wrie o yourself know hen broher woodruff by his chis ha you are appoined o fill fili he place of one of he welve aposles and ha i l is Ls agreeable o he word of he lord laely ha you should come 323 elders journal Journaio nalo naip vol I1 no 3 july 1838 his ediion of he elders journal was prined in ln far wes missouri 50a cowley J eg 22 cic ci p 87 67

133 126 spedily speedily o far wes and on he 26 of april nex o ake your leave of he sains here and depar for oher ca c1 climess acros accos he mighy deep your in he love of god wilford woodruff homas honas chomas B 325 larsh325 marsh325 Marsh his leer probably influenced elder woodruffs woodruffe decision in early augus o leave his beloved fox islands and reurn o he main body of he church he had a desire o ake all he sains from he islands o ziod zon zion ziou biod wih him a his poin in his mission he had bapized nearly ers ars acs one hundred members he fel however ha because of he persecuion neigh and bierness of relaives and neighbors rip make he crip borsa borso only abou half of hem would fords wilforde wilfords Wil nex rau problem was ha of ransporing hese people such disance a long disancenearly nearly wo housand miles hese fox island sains knew nohing abou horses and wagons for hey had been raised wih he sea i was decided dg vevers hows however verg ha hey would go by wagon wilford in company wih nahaniel homas wen o he mainland and purchased en new wagons en new fiing now harnesses and weny fine horses he enire oufiing ouwiing cos abou wo housand dollars hos mois nos of he money came from homas who had sold everyhing he had when everyhing was ready for he rip woodruff lef mr homas in charge of he group he was old he roue o follow Fur fuz furher herp hero cherp he was advised no o sar from he mainland laer han he is of sepember wilford woodruff meanime had reurned o Sear seac scarboro maine o ves prepare his wife and infan daugher for he rek o he wes wesc he journal of wilford woodruff volume av 2v2 daed augus 9h original on file a he LDS church hisorians library ah 1838

134 127 arrived a his faher in laws he iously ish home on he esh augus 19h of auguss bously waied for he coming of he sains from he islands acx where he anx insead of sep reaching scarboro he firs par of sepember or hey did no arrive unil ocober 3rd ard when hey did arrive wih wagon covers flapping and flying in he breezes i was eviden ha hey were inexperienced eamsers afer a good days work nailing down covers paining wagons and oherwise geing ready hey were prepared o begin heir journey phoebes phoebea revoled a he houghs of her leaving hem o Pho bels bes family ho s ravel such a disance a his chis cime ime lime of year hey used every argumen adai argi ada man men manb o dissuade her from going bu she fel i her duy o be wih her husband on ocober 9h ah 1838 he group lef faher carer and family and began heir long rip fify Fify fifyhree chree hree hroe people were in he group he rip would las nearly hree monhs hey raveled hroughh hrou raia naia rain nala mud and snow during some of heir journay journey here was illness and even h deah or ah llov ilov november 4h nahaniel homasa homas9 hmws haws six year old child died and was buried by he way he roads became so bad ha some of dhe he 6ho lages ages ghe sains 1 con- 1 cluded o sop for he winer a or near new Por porage ohio woodruff and ohers lef cheu hou nov or chen a his place on november 21s euber enber 23rds 1838 phoebe woodruff developed a severe la headache Nav november which according o wilford woodruff developed ino 3 had periods of apparen recuperaion which wace inco brain fever she were warg hen followed by Y increased illness elder woodruff sopped along he way and did all he could o nurse his wife back o healh all seemed o be of no avail for wilford recorded ha on he ha ho che cha evening of he 3rd ard of december her spiri apparenly lef her body and she was dead woodruff hen cowley ae ci go p 97

135 128 did he following I1 had some oil ha was consecraed for my anoining while in kirland I1 ook i and consecraed i again before he lord for anoining he sick bw I1 hen bowed md down before he lord prayed for he life of my companion anlon body wih he oil and in he name of he lord anoined her I1 hen laid ay my hands upon her and in he name of jesus chris I1 rebuked he power of deah and of he desroyer comoanded and ccnma commanded comoanded he o ener her body same o depar from her and he spiri of life hec her spiri reurned o her liar har iler body and from fram ha hour she was made whole and o rus in him and kp and we all fel o praise he name of god keep ills liis his ris commandmens mrs Woodru fl woodruff woodrufl woodruf sufficienly recuperaed ha on he ah cember camber 6h of De december he group was yas ablo o coninue heir ravels on december 13h 1338 he lii lile band of sains enered Ill illinois lwis iwis imis on he 19h hey arrived a rocheser illinois where hey learned of he severe persecuions which vere bein were being waged agains he mormon normon in missouri he church was in ci very unseled oae rae a ha place wilford woodruff concluded ha his pary should spend he res of he winer in rocheser he foll following mang spring he ook he fox sland Tisland aland sains who had accompanied acied anied him abc and moved o quincy illinois where he could be vih wih he church leaders conference baj a Llynann new hampshire hire ZE jaj lyman hew hem on augus 26h and 27h 1837 a church conference was held hold heid in 27hs lyman grafon couny naw new now hampshire he members assembled a 10 ors odb eds 110 AM a he house of broher zadock parker 11 hey firs organized he con ference renca fe cence fuller A B was called o ac as chairmann chainman of he conference wih sidar jaaes older sidan eider elder jamas james janes C snow clerk afer an opening song and ana prayer he represenaive roll was called i was as follows w 327 ibid

136 129 elder buler was hen called upon o represen he branch of he church a underbill v which consiss of ib 18 members ere ers in good sanding also represened a branch in jay v which consiss of 12 memberg members mamberg in bood good sanding elder W farr parr harr barr represened a branch of 12 members ers in charleson v elder D richardson represened a branch brah in frauconias franconia Frau conla consising N H of 1 members ers 5 broher zadock parker represened he lyman branch in N IL conaining H coua lb 16 members elder J C suow quow represens a branch in he own of champion campion Campclon C dion L canada conaining 10 members menberc berd herd also s johnury johnry Joh lud iud luvy branch v conaining 9 members arimus arc s lockling pries zep represneci represeig W ad lyndon branch v conla conainina conaining 15 members he above named branches are all in 6a good sanding aa 32b conference hen adjourned one houra hour22 following he hour of adjournmen he conference be ne nel ue egal agau esal fuller prayer was offered by A B fullers chair chairzaan ckrairman iaan he hen gave an address o he group AS he holy spiri manifesed sis of wisdom was inroduced o he congregaion he subjec of he word commens relaive o his subjec were aade aads vaage oade aaga by fuller lier J C Ssnow farr W fare and A buler he conference chen hen hon chea unanimously voed o abide he word of wisdom wccepin exceping lnor luor inor canu an wo and hey fel deermined o ry 0 imporan luoran dand ilisrucions iasrucions insrucions were diven given divon by he chairman and ohers regarding he gahering zadock parker was hen seleced oy ulu by he umu unanimousus voe of he conference o lo 10 preside over he branch in lyman aee few new ase hampshire mew al aido also aico 910 olo 010 oao gao unan by he unanimousus voe of he con- ger gec ference mice arimus lockling W a pries was seleced o preside over a 2 che he branch r a Ly lyndon caledonia idon couny vermon elder james C saa sao sncni sno hen discussed he naure and order of he prieshood parker aud lockling were hen se apar by he laying on of hands of fuller and snow afer a closing hymn hyon hyen and prayer he conference as adjourned aas was ol iol he koi following ollowing kollowing day sunday augus 27h hey me a am for 328 isaener liess iss Isa and ani enci enle advocae lii lil o 11 augus ILI III 111 agus P 1837 p

137 130 a 11 11public preaching meeing large A congregaion assembled hey were addressed by amos fuller and winslow farr following he preaching of hese wo brehren 9 a shor inermission was aken afer which hey ass assembled lad iad again in his afernoon session james C snow alked on he subjec of he sook book of mormon A good spiri seemed o prevail hroughou he enire congregaion egland wo prominen families join he church in new ealand england f lias lies ilas wo very imporan families from new england were brough ino he LDS IDS las church during he period 1840 he firs of hese was he perry alber pecry pedry Rrockwoodd family rd las rockwood had firs heard abou he LDS IDS church in july of 1835 bri brigham young YO and his hie brohers brocher joseph had he inroduced him o nha uha work 329 brigham said ha he nex called on he family in march of 1837s while he was on his new england business mission wih willard richards richarda RL ads 330 willard richards recordedrded ha on rds r crded april loh heo hes while wih young preached o he rockwood familyf in Hollis hollison ceno ono cenk massachuses 331 albec albah alben alber alban P rockwood was apparenly impres- ees sed by wha he had heaed heard and seen for in july of 1837 he raveled from massachuses o Kir kirland lando lands evidenly o learn more oore abou he church under dae of july 25hs following uesday 25h he journal hisory records he uesdays july 25 alber P rockwood of hollison massachuses having haard cam cal heard of he sains hrough elders young and richards came cams rds rd ri ads rhe 329he desere news weakly weekly weokl weckl VII february loh loch 1858 p ibid 331journal of willard richards 1 april loh 1837

138 131 o kirland o invesigae and was bapized on he 25h of july brig by presiden brigham young332 youn86332 Young Youn o Rockwoods many of rockwood rockwoods former friends his was a shocking and 1 incomprehensible 11incomprehonsible developmen speaking of his accepance of he message of mormonism 11 one record conains he following an even unoward unlooked unlocked for and incomprehensible came o pass in his family in he spring of 1838 of joe smih and ohers called honaonism hdrmonismg hollison during ha year alber P and nancy H rockwood he eachings del and endured he oils and bards hardshipss of his peculiar chem in heir pilgrimage ge fram from missouri of missouri dei d sec he was wih hem o illinois from hence back o he fronier selemens ef again and o grea sal lake ciy ile lie is lle of pioneers plon lis was one of he small pary eeza eera who made a our of exploraion from council bluffs wo9 mo hos wob o uah erriory in 1847 ha religious humbug was embraced by many in and among he number were our relaives from ha day o his hey have defended he noions followed and deluded and he is of sarg sanguinee emperamen sans indomiable couragec zap rap zaw uni jorserverance perser and has unci uniring perserverance anislavery augi previous e o 1838 emperance empa ampacances rances dances aull ani miliary acics and medicine were he prominen subjec ha engaged his hie aenion very few advenures pecry in hese days of prevsss have lived a more chequered perey rocbwood333 rockwood perry ic pr n pregrfee ingenuiy and hrilling red and oilsome life han alber anoher record indicaed ha abou hiry ohers joined he LDS church abou he same ime ha he rockwood family did hey iad all belonged o he congregaional church of hollison his same source speaking ef of Rock rockwoods rockwood1e accomplis complis s accomplishmens during his ileen lifeime recorded al have been a man of iron o be able o go he mus ge hrough 332journal journal hisory july 25h ller lier gew E L rockwood compiler A hisorical and genealogical record of he descendans of ino imohy rockwood boson published by compilerg 1956 pp ap he compiler 19569

139 132 he desers and over he mounains a such au early dae he second signia significar significan icau family o join he church a his ime was gise he daniel spencer sr family A very clear and concise 9 coni coricise record of his ly asso iou ion C ch family and is associaion wih he LDS church colaes coues comes from berkshire couny massachuses i is quoed a lengh because bw ause of he insigh i gives reba regarding he family and heir conribuions o he church acor exciemen in his cocaauniy as did he mormon revival no maer of local characer ever caused so much agiaion and occurred here in f families lef he place and unied ha LU C wih he church are had been members aze mcs of che joined cheir heir chelc r sons house ef of heir sen iy icy lcy which he resul of which was ha several of he laer day sains n and have ever since remained in december 1839 here appeared oared in he village a sranger D professing o 9 be a missionary of he new faih daniel spencer jr having charge zge of he hall of ha he cha school building permied him hin o speek speak heres here hewes he lae edwin D horgan morgan mongan leo voluneering of lee o warm and ligh he room and so was begun a series of wings meeings wrings he even of which was ha in he following spring a branch of abou hiry individuals he eldar elder eidar and his wife who vlas XJBS believers who had acceped he new faih presiden spencer S as presidens was organized here hare hacea under mr daniel spencer 1 viass chloe wilson aged peeple peoplep who four years he bapis church for more han hiry years a nauvoo seen afer where hey died a he son orson a he awes ages agos abea of eighy hree and eighy abes yers heir sons daniel jr hyrum and orson lyman llinmanq llinaan daniel bendrew bendrex hondrex Ben Hon ban han gusavus and david devol degol and cheir williams wl111a sephen W crandall heir families lles iles were ha cha he principal convers daniel jr removed o nauvoo in 1841 where he a once became beeme prominen occupying posiions in heir church and local goveroaen P iles lies I nena nen0 and was mayor ef heir removing of nauvoo a he ime of joseph smihs deah farher eren erwn and on remo zema demaving vins wes in 1846 wih his company of pioneers he firs emigrans locaing hare here ghere on he sile sie ell alc 0 of sal lake ciy he locaion of he fuure ciy having been previously seleced by brighaza Brig haze yourg young he made several mls missionssions blons o he saes and o bur buu europe was a member af pff he high council a regen of he universiy of desere and a he ime of his deah in 1868 had boen of he slake been boon presl pregl presiden dea saka sake alake deake elake ef of sal lake laka laks ciy for more han chan weny years he died rour four gour leaving eigheen children surviving him in a seveny couro fouro ir f 334 souvenir weair genix proi as iollisen bicenennial celebraion 1924 souvenix soweair Sou prolroia hallisen A brief hisory of hollison groa grom fr he firs selemen o he year ear p 15 his is available a he public library in hollison massachuses halliser

140 133 comforable circumsances he younges being a son seveneen monhs of age ago abe abw abo his sons aon sono aono sla of his while bhe he bie cie meeings were going on here wih some sme soma sma family mr spencer was on his way one evening o meeing and passing rev nahan shaws house and seeing mr shaw wihin he sen his lile son claudius vicor o invie mr shaw o aend he meeing hen hem mr shaw responding o he inviaion in a voice and know him his hie will readily conceives replied youna man ell your faher I1 will as soon go o hear he wih chen manner which everybody who ever knew devil preach heological swal swai seminary acy and became pasor of a church in saybrook conn and a kllddlefields iliddlefield hass mass prear preaching hlub abou welve years abandoning he bapis church and uniing wih ha of he moe cormons mormons mens as ns wih his wife and six children he joined he Mor kor eor morains moraons mormozis molis mozis molls a nauvoo in 1841 oarsons orsons onson wife was caharine curis ox of canaan NY and being delicae in healh and oo frail her faher o sand he hardships of he emigraion from nauvoo desired her o reurn eas and remain unil her husband should have esablished a now home bu so srong was her aachmen o he 31 church of her las choice ha she preferred o remain wih i and brave he perils and hardships of he journey furher on she sho underook i bu died on he way in march 1846 soon afer selemen a sal lake ciy hr spencer spanear missions liverpool ang among he Prus prussia slas sias slab was made presiden of he briish lemu and edior of he millennial sar a journal published in and publisho published spencera spencere Spen gucer gey a work of much amb repue mornons mod Mornons mornone claudius V lad when hey lef became a momo place molo cere who was born here and was a Laporan anc and has always held an laporan leers lepor uyrum which he now does in heir church and communiy liyrum byrum spencer ancer emigraed wih his broher daniel on heir exodus from Op nauvoo and died in he wilderness on heir way wes in augus 1846 he as lef wo sons and five daughers who were born here and his family abow oow aow in uah numbers fify one persons orson spencer a broher of daniel and hyrm pāsor pascor bu edior of he s chanoke cherokees Cheroke ec deah a s afer crandall graduaed a union college collego and hamilon becaas a bapis miniser in 189 i Us wen on several missions polled from he kingdom 1829 and was one being o in 1856 he was made he was expelled louis lumi Uan een men uaninary and wen on a mission o he during which lie incurred disease which ended ia iii lui lul his A louis in he auuoxn auuaw of ha year lake le seling a sal laka wao wio duva locaed in iwa lwe now deceased ice 2 eucer lle ciy ried he was wice married oar oxar uar wih he excepion of sephen W who aposaised 11 and reurned and david devol who whov chov are orari duwa he people who wen from here some of whom Church335 C adhered o and sill remain in he mormon church335 ss missouri persecuion persecuions affec new england proselying prosokin& in lae 1838 and early 1839 many mos me we of he remaining faihful members of he church lef kirland he reasons were manya bu aposasy hor hoc 335 Hiso hisco hisory ba in berkshire couuy couly 335hiso M a cormons mormons 1114ormons Mor pp ap o number jor of berkshire koshire couney couny massachuses voline 2 lee iee

141 134 ore of former members eee eeb wih is accompanying anding abc anying exreme bierness was probably he greaes single reason many of he kirland sains hen wen o missouri he laer day sains were in missouri only a shor ime when renewed persecuion agains hem began he beginning of he end and for missouri mormonism Monnon in jalljin lain his period began a gal gai Oal ballain oallain viess ioa daviess Loa iia couny adders f april 6h ah 1838 i was an elecion day he old selers were afraid ha if he mormons cormons voed hey would voe as a block in his way wai he missourians Missourians reasoned he sains could conrol much ouch of local and aad sae goveriann govenxxan a gallain AC he cha che sal selierz sacclara1 LIerz ried llei xo 1& woo preven alei lheu 0 17roia voing honoons A figh ensued wih he mormons cormons apparenly gaining he upper hand of his even aven 114iiara uuim E jerre jerrec ierraic lerr jex Ier aex elc ec raic az oca wzo& i zor roc jor he lhe che was he bainnlna bainninz bagianin aniu anin anlu inz lua of he eld cud ahe sains swa sla ine in missouri 0 once rouble began bebang misundersandings grew apace disored repors circulaed rapidly 141med laflciiied speech Qs aens 4ns aboliioniss aad and gwi 411 cwi cai cal cairs speeches chirs yankees were daily occurrences minisers renewed heir charges ormon healings sigasq sjlgx visions ious ec ae ee agains hormon 21armon healis of norhern missouri becala becaiae be blamed he souherners deep seaed vs nur can dhe ahe nul becava alarmed 101 prejudice gal a3aiw gai l he repors of huge operaive cooperaive ad rges ages he whole populaion aeral gaaeral gameral populace uhd yam YaW awkee yaakee yawkee akee ege agn was lamis karm farm laera laela karg were disurbing o he aarl aari agriculural elemoa elemen elemea eie moal and aud aad aag ang he coyaici3n cojeicion c of cooperaive mercanile esablishmens was hreaeoiug hroaeniag disaser o aoa aaa cormor mormor ruora merchans he majoriy kaew ha kaw lile of cha his hig cormons mormons Mor mons nor or orruora had ay way of knowing excep from he minisers and he press he bierness of proesan miaiseiq minisee coie coig did much o bruse kuuse arcasa iruse arcas he iie cile le prejudices pij arl prj m of he majoriy he slave holders had real cusa cuse cause causa for alarm as discussed discussed previously discussed36 prejudicos junices unices persecuion grew brew news lav ies es aland zuziand uland bev levs and hared rew iev s was received in ew nland saijis s abou he roubles of he Saiji saijes saiizs arwa frwi frwa riciond Rici ricmond pvicaaond odd hire berkshire barkshire ber Berl dar couny sachuses massachuses rhod richards wroe a leer o ler bioixer bioaer laen Ixer uner iler ilen bho ulo hasi masi nasi cru willcru willsru WiLl willcr4 who missi had gone o england ou a missioni mxssiou missioii oli he ha d dala daa dana aj he ieer leer in OL che he cie lie 336 wliilam william williaa desere book cosyaay corqaay E bevre berre barre he resored church sal lake ciy Cosyaay 1964 p 136

142 135 journal hisory was july 15h 1838 some of he difficulies were oulined siser N has received a leer from siser H daed richmond hos mos may nay ruay 14h she says she lef kirland on april 23rd siser H luay ri uds h63 has passed hrough rying scones scenes chro hro she had never been soon bean sean aeon a single individual of he company before she called o make arrangemens for he journey bro L was already here a he end ond and of her journey she he found herself beer han when she arrived in kirland she suffered much from fear explosions on he river ers ars for here had been numbers ors of dreadful he previous week many lives had been los she saw people pavle ake he dead bodies ou of he waer and where a mr was from springfield was driven head foremos chro hrough hro he roof of a building she was very graeful for he privilege of seing her fee upon he land river afer being wo weeks on he mighy broher levi had been wo or hree days wih a very sick person had no a momen o wrie bu would wrie soon A company lison from hollison Hbl hoi lef he same sigma siama day ha siser ric lef kirland hey arrived eighy days laer a he richmond landing on he norh side of he missouri river hings wen from bad o worse unil here was almos an open war beween he wo paries finally on ocober 27h 1838 governor ae aa caa lilburn W boggs chief execuive of he sae acae sp issued he following order season sou he im cormons iformona mormons Mor Ifor hor beor hemr hoe mus be reaed as enemies and mus be exerminaed or driven from he sae if necessary for he public good heir if you can increase your force ourages are beyond descripion you are auhorized o do eo so o any exen you may hink necessary 338 his order was aken by he lawless elemen of mls His nis missouri season beason o souri mean an open seasons on he laer day sains joseph smih and he leaders were capured arresed and condemned emed eged aged o be sho hey were saved from his carry ou execuion by brigadier general A W doniphan who refused o carcy he order he church leaders were heu ri risoned hen imprisoned some of hem for Bookeraf 337 journal hisory july l5h 15h cig 33bri bigham rig righam lah 1838 han H robers he missouri persecuions sal lake ciy bookeraf bookcraf inc 1965 p 229

143 136 abou five and a half monhs while he sains sains9 leaders were incarceraed burneda he lawless missourians hissourians Missourlans ians bea boa baa boac plundered and burnedalmos a s a will on sunday december 9h parlay parley P ah 1838 pacley pra wroe from richmond missouri e o his cifes wifes parens in behel oxford couny sona sane sone maine o aaron and susan fros he oulined some soma of his rials he sald said saidq saida in par 0 & our anemias enemies have made war upon us because of our religion and afer a long and severe sruggle wih he nob mob of he sae called ou from en he governor on o seveneen housand miliia wih order o exerminae he sains or drive hem from he sae our miliia was disarmed and we were forced o sign away our lands and agree o leave he sae his being done hey ook nearly one hundred of he prisoners and senenced joseph smih sidney rigdon lyman wigh hyrum smih and parley P pra o be sho wihou judge or jury he day and hour ef of our execuion was appoined bu god would no suffer us o die we were however orn from our families as prisoners of war and have already been in bondage abou weks six weeks us and we are now awaiing rial and wha hey will do wih god only knows339 knows 339 mary ann pra added he following commens o her husbands leer 9 do no give yourselves any rouble concerning us we are in he hands of an all wise god and he will do wih us as seebeh seemeh him good degerm I1 feel zeal faai zaal fael firm in he faih of he fulness am deerminedd by he help of god e falness of he gospel o endure o he end and I1 ha I1 may have a share in he celesial kingdom of god adom I1 am glad ha I1 am couned werhy worhy o suffer afflicion for he gospels sake I1 never los one minue sleep I 1 heo hrough believed ha he lord lodd would proec ua us and cheo all he roubles for I1 always lard wy my healh lmo imo imb never had a beer apaie han I1 now have ih is improving imoroving I1 34 parley P had me his wife while he was serving on an a mission o he easern saes in 1837 mos of his mission had been spen in new now york ciy bu he had gone on shor visis o oher areas in a leer daed ocober ard 3rd he commened 339journal hisory december deewiber Deewiber ah 9h 1838 ibid 3401bid

144 137 besides our labours laboure in his ciy I1 have been boon boen o providence and boson and from hence o hollison mass where I1 gave a course of lecures in he own house he building was decenly full a firs bu he congregaion degaion coninued o increase insomuch ha some pu ladders o he windows and lisened from wihou by climbing o he second sory I1 bapized bapised wo hollison li and I1 hink many more will come forward soon firmly raed rooed persons in ollison raced in he minds of many in ha place indeed he work mus be monhs pas wrien 216 pages which wih he assisance of eld eid elijah foc fordham who has been laboring faihfully wih me mu judging from he aenion of he people who lisened wih inense ineres hrough a regular course of insrucion besides oher labors I1 have in wo is now issuing from he press and he firs will be bound and ready for sale omorrow or nex days chree hree eniled A voice of warning and insrucion341 hroe housand codies are prined casios cosios 341 ii1 is 166 during one of his rips away from new york ciy he ne me mo ms mary ann fros seams searns she we vms seams ims he widow of nahan searns on may ah 9h parley and mary ann daugher idanughor of aaron fros of behel oxford couny maine were married 342 alber P rockwood from hollison massachuses lw imd hadd joined he ace dce sains in missouri during his roubled ime on sunday december aber doer doar 0ber 2nd and he wroe a leer o he hollison branch of he church relaive o he difficulies of he church in far wes hissouri mls His nissouri missouri souci he wroe more han 100 of brehren have been laken aken a daken ino close pig hi cusody ri all bu 24 have been discharged wihou making a defence been called upon o defend hemselves elves agains he cla hesa hese hase have al ledged ue cim charged clledgd alledged bu none of hem saw fi Q re fic o make any defence a all hey were here- or bound over for heir appearance a he higher fore commied cour recommied here hey will defend hemselves elves if necessary ina ira ha he supposed i would be of lile use o make a defence cha brehren dafence a his cour and knew i would jeopardize he lives of he winesses nos mos lhos nosu of he brehren ha were le o bail have obained i and reurned o heir Za families joseph swih parley pra P lyman nan wich 1dan 1 pan smih jun 11yrum iyrun smih sidney rigdon wigh and a few ohers were no le o bail 34elders 34 eiders oberg Elders journal vol I1 no 1 ocober 342jolmnal journal hisory 11 daed ocober 3rd Oc 1837 ard 1837

145 138 and are now in jail o wai heir rial a he higher cour in march nex I1 observed in my were among he missing las ha sol hac souhin somhin sowiehinl probably some of hem a ng like cham dham are killed 100 of hem brehren bu i is hoped ha mos of hem are in he field lifing up heir voices in he congregaions of he wicked aifong lamierldar ainong he geniles and Lau lauier laioauies haard hoard heerd heard of343 and we know no where hey are au 3u very vely varyy abau azau e of uhen hen ham hem have vel hare been boon beon o his wrier i is very ineresing aresina aresing ha so lile abou new now england is found in he journal hisory for he years 1838 and 1839 he journal is occupied mosly ulch o wih ha oubie ouble bouble in missouri bearable for che he roubles became in unoearable unbearable sa he sains las hey were forced o leave missouri hey wen invied ino illinois many ny of hem seling in and around quincy his happened in he winer and spring sprinz of he kis souri 1839 movemen ou of MLs missouri souci involved some soux soum sole welve o fifeena housand sains direced ble he lla ha brigham young direc sd eo eoduz bla exodus due duz for lh joseph aa &a smih ich alh mas was sill imprisoned in libery jail i will be ram remembered eced ered ha i was a quincy illinois ha wilford woodruff and his fox island sains joined he main body of he church in he spring of he sains were in quincy for only a shor period of ime in he spring of 1839 he main group moved woved coved o he acea area in and around commerce illinois here hey spen speu espeu heir ime cima he e an buil bull buli ing clma and effor building nauvoo his ciy was o bacome become becse he headquarers of mormonism for he nex six or seven years energy in building his grea groa area ciy on he mississippi river divered much effor away from missionary aciviy his wrier feels ha his affeced called missionary effors in new england i appears ha hese called missionaries were no sen 343 ibid december Decan br 2nd and 1838

146 139 num ers ors lish ou in large numbers from nauvoo for several years following followlng is esablishmen menc Ushmen he one main excepion co o his was he mission of he quorum of he welve and ohers o england mos of himi hou lleu clel lef lof for grea briain in he fall of 1839 church leaders agali ja i JLU iew dew lew lrlad 4cw lulad on july sh 8h esh juseph seil smihai &i joseph smil claimed a revelaion from god rod god his paricular revei revelaion adlon alon given par pac wes missouri cane cana a far fac w le rie abou as maung maeng a resul of makine supplica o die ule dig Lche dhe making maene supplicaion llon leon ilon lord he concerning he welve joseph smih was cold old coid o organize he quorum of he welve alij ayij asja asia vacancies creaed by aposasy of some of he aposles were o be filled john joha aylor john ea e4 page E wilford woodruff and willard richards were called o fill hose vacancies all of he welve excep homas & B marsh harsh elves were o prepare chem hemselves o go over he grea waers o promulgae promul6aell hem gives he gospel hey were o leave from he far wes emple empie ampie T ae 1e sie on april 2gh 2&h according o brigham young mare many marq mane fel ha because of he persecuion and scaerlny scaering of he sainss he lord would no require he welve o go on his mission ioa Loa ion youngo youngs bow however fel evel eval differenly s lie lle he ile asked each of he welve how hey fel hey all expressed heir desire o fulfill he revelaion brigham sald said l 1 I old hem he ha uha lord god hac hail hadl hada spoken arad and i was vas our duy o lo 10 obey and levo leave leavo he even in his ILands hands znds and ha he would proec us a far wes april zga 2ga 2xii 1839 jelve he welve me o besin rbelve bein heir & C jounial ii journal hisory iiscory l april aprill lah l8h 18h 1839

147 140 missions scions ni as couman cocmaned commancled con nied cled ried he journal hisory1 hisory1 under he above dae indicaes Leaes he following men oen man maz mez uvere presen on chis his hle occasion he fo1lcn following inz anz lnz of he welve were prasen presen pages pabe ailo alls kimball orson pra john E page K had fallen ilberade liberaed raca 1 4 he cause daruin darula darwin chase and noman shearer fron from he richmond prison ribon ri6on whare where or ailed ained acned causo of jesus sevenies he welve hea her hed uher brigham roung youngs jesua chris who imd had waare iey aau nad nau baez been beez haen lad lac haea coaiiuec were hen ordained o he office aca ace of he prer brer ir zlia size heg offered prez up vocal pza aza ar i confined for of2111ca lila following order ails alls alig orson soa pra john 2 paga john geore c A sii sli Si sliu niial ai alzar aler alar asar aszer alc whica whicli chica we sung smug suni gung guns welve oz he foll- 11eber iicbar ac indall orson C1c 1m 0 aylor wilford woodruff cd nac nal aal ondi ondl Aahman abmann and hen he leive welve ook heir leave of owing sains agreeable o he revelaion 34 youns young leber C o ordala ordain wilford woodruff and george A smih who had baen previously nominaed by he firs presidency hawalves che welve and acknowledged by he church ezlo ezl& erifcha pabs and john aylor who proceeded h been boon baon presi presl cys acceped by he o he office of aposles and members of he quorum of he ialvc o fill calve he places of hose ano uno 4no liberae libsrae adaza adala adaorondi pras chchv am -alve iud lud jus been from far par wes was vesz ves reura many cany of he raqu TAQI wea reurned ed o heir homas homes honas zes zas o ry o prepare pake paie heir families for heir up cobins conins cmiin7 lisio 3.3 on may 6h ah a conference of he church vad vac waz wac oad held in quincy illinois joseph smih presided over he conference i was anan unan unanimously usly asly resolved by he conference ha john P greene should be appoined o go o nee new york ciy and preside over he sains in ha place and iu he regions round abou and regulae ho he affairs of he church according o he laws and docrines of said church churel churea urca greece wae i zee ree wa-r was wad aiso ciso fully auhorized de raions o receive dov dor duraions deraions ria ioas loas by he llera ilera lieraliy liberaliy lieraliy llly liy ox ol lierallcy 01 he sains kor koz kac for zaz a lag cagl assi scance he poor ong assisance sance sanca of one uc uz who have ean aan daen parzzcue and drivie driven daan psrsacuecl drivi& froni frock heir hoes hanes hones in sae sebe of missori Issouri he sai sall sabee sis reaaela grsone1 ork was o 346 jbid april ah 21 1 j 2h 1s3 314easern hig easern saes mission missior missioa nis Missior slor slod hisory uy aay iay ello eglo C h lljollrnal journal llis ibis hisory cory eory 11 6hj may ah 6h 1839

148 s- 141 reach a leas o same soae sane sone some degree ino he new england saes in he sumer of j he sains along he mississippi river were sricken wih illness alaria alacia apparenly malaria his delayed he deparure of some gooe gome of he brehren joseph salh smih elg eig elf salch fel ha saan himself had a he hand in hee uhei sickle uhe sicklejl JL ji jc jul july 2nd and 133 jossip gossip 183 josoph joseph sae ih ah save gave gava ia ave iia ila ia following ayi oyi m insruc insrucions ioos ioas loos U o he acic TJOLC acie 7 1 vc 1 A welve raxh rnamnuch rach 1 s hough che decr bic lio iic llo l o elle le cc CL e oher ccmpw ger gelformin perfoniiuo formia our mls mis nis visions a zions nelve neive welve or heir families cice of goob goo4 ujj zil cil prepare for c arig coon doon as ha vs h6 10 was smien wih chills and fever jrr sickness acs s of some kind crly arly all of he quorum of he so i sill required he exciccice eercice eor eav vermoce verajce as he davil dovil devil has beon been in 1 going o lar usc us rac and ceurnino reurnino reurning he ime iue desroyer docroyr dosroyer dcr der wz hiner uul from performia en ha he apogiec apoolec o ac preface upon us o hiuer UP a y one of h veraoce o sar off 0 boon hwared wica wila wihou a uaea neasure raea neasuro raeasura ham nisions rilles har hau dean lean deau o be sick cize a ou deal of faih and perse issrion 3 by he i seeraed seerjed as for as soon any 1c on pre arc z 1r16z& I1lo zjj 349 issrion ci sepe s02e on depe ir ih lh alh log ri2ip youro youni young roe aar joc lor or lef lon loz 14onro soaroe Soa i se aor Za giand zaglaud glud bind A his wife had a cen en &dyay oid baz iy old bz baby by he fe ws w s so veak weak weal he could no mae hiry rods by himself ook he quil off he rundle cru druuldie ridle IT bed bad o use ss as an avercoa overcoas llis his ills raveling companions p panlone were o be george A smih hber parley P pra orson pra heber hebec C kluball kicaall kliball gin Kic KL gln Aall wail waii aid ald euben reaben reuben 1 1 Il Ll edlock he brehren ven o nr york o wal wai vai aic alc for pao asage ea gsage ssage o easland lacid laid while caii waii ri lo laj xalial righan bighan dhan youns yoan and G A saih ccjad o 0o laoj 60 luq aeu jew acu lid iid englid enalid Eng engla januar y r ey nh ih 1340 cay day riay liay ook a 5c sc ec s- c fro fron n iq isw jbw bolc yolc iola rola L abw c ai &i icka icko uchuoud ickoond ond hira berzhira jerk bero nero erkshie Terk BerzshiTe couny sachuzes c3ichu3es aor jc u rlhai rlzh hui hul m you zou ah elhai pleached in aich 7ich ichxpo d foll cring he following ii1 recorded hish 6s as annin wnnin erveniiig g presiden presiuen presi4en in he souhwes par of ricbmdnd babham biigham bagham yowns yown& youa youn preallied preacued preaclied cuad aued ailed a a school house richzoond berkshire co masswhen Mass kang noise curl urbin i mo lacking people presen ccimnca cciiaence mv and when presiden young was reproving hem hen chen chek pregen brej rare leej A conduc sv soe le of hose presen he klng nc diurbin he eing mooing irej 1ind di url lueer machez for heir disgraceful Pre preciuen prezien cland maches zien 349 ibid ibidr n is july dao 183&

149 142 yo young rebuked hem severly saverly and augh hem beer manners manner99 and proposed o send hem some indians from he wes o civilize hem hem ro on january ah 9h george smih preached A lie he lle ile was in ill healh and almos blind brigham young was also very feeble1 feebie 11 feebler on his occasion while hey were holding his meeing someone hrew insone brimsone br sulphur ino he fire hey nearly suffocaed hrow some sill in richmond massachuses on january 12h young and smih held a meeing raeein meaing a uilliam 17illiam billiam 17 piersons afer he meeing george A smih had a very severe shake of he ague iwhich lased imlah for hours he piersons and william richards did wha hey could for him and he was somewha relieved ha same days rhoda RL richardsrds ads ook he quil overcoa richards of brighs brighaas brighvs Brigh hams haas and used i o line an old cloak of dr which made him very comforable friday january 17h brigham young george A smih and a edwin 0 pierson wan wen o canaan lichfield couny connecicu smih was sill suffering wih he ague beween he 19h and he 26h of july he wo elders eiders snih young and smih were a sheffield mills berkshire couny massachuses Hon monday nonday january 27hq broher smih french conveyed brigham and george A o new now naw haven connecicu here hey remained unil he 31sp when hey ook a seamboa for new now naw york ciy ssio ohar oher missionary asio work in elder duncan mcarhur wroe a leer from behel maine daed 350 ibid january ah 8h 1840

150 143 macch march harch 25h ha he oulined his missionary effors from sepember loh loch 1839 hrough march 25h lie lef vershirep vershure Ver ven vermon on sepember loh loch 1839 in company wih perrigrine Perri sessions hey were bound for bechel behel maine hey arrived in behel on he 19h of sepember here hey found bros york and carer11 carer11 sick wih fever and ague 11 hey commenced working incessanly incessanly11 in behel unil he 4h ah of november or hey bapized five by his ims ime hey hen wen o errol new now hampshire in errol hay hey chey chay found several members berss berso preached several imes cimass bapized wo ordained a dead eachen hor ead lead eacher han and organized a branch of he church hey reurned hen o behel sessions and york hen became missionary companions for a shor our o farmingon haine maine haina malue while on his rip hey bapized wo Arhur archur duncan mcarhur He wen souh o he ciy of porland maine while doing so heid mae meeingss sacos Bucks bucksons ong he held hold in scarborough scarboro and remond all in he sae of maine ma lie lle ile hen reurned o behel on he 23rd of november mcarhur again fell in company wih broherss york and sessions hey labored ogeher in he behel area unil january lah 1840 when uheyy lixfield hey all wen o dixfield Dix maine hey labored here unil january 20h on his dae hey separaed again sessions and york wen o solon maine preaching as hey wen o many pels people pele peis who had never before heard he message of mormonism Farming mcarhur meanime preached in welon farmingon ong ona srong elder phillip leid and lixfield dixfield Dix D he bapized wo in faraingon farmingon lixfield and seven in dixfield Dix york and sessions had bapized wo convers in farmingon also in concluding his leer elder mcarhur wroe we have succeeded in gahering a few of he scaered israel from he dedious hedious mounains of he norh over which we wo have

151 144 o pass in his counry faih and saviour jesus chris knowing ii he il hed pac paience Lence fac foc he redempion of israel and he caming coming i far for Pa zula zuia in glory351 ion we are all srong in he falch faich of our lord wine god is wih us waling waiing wih comins of he son of in la ha he im lae summer of 1840 erasus snow spen a shor ime in ln llew use nev uee liew england he wen a he reques of wo of his brohers he had been slonary flonary doing mls missionary work in Pennsyl pennsylvania vanla hile ville hiie in ln philadelphia on augus 5h ah he received a leer from his wo muo buo brohers who were living ln in rhode island hey requesed ha he co- e o chelc aole coie cole heir area he sared he nex day 7h of he do arrived a providence rhode island on he ah augus afer a rip of wo hundred and niney miles erasus visied Us wih his brohers and friends in ln smihfield and Ccumberland oriand orland ownship and preached ii ia he universalis church in ln uoonsockefalls woonsoclmfalls he sayed in rhode island unil augus 12h when he lef for new jersey o aend a meeing moe mos 0 on ocober 4h ah 1840 josiah ball emoe olland couny connecicu he had bern been success apparenly he was very successful fuli for wroe a leer from mansfield barn laboring alone in ln massachuses full he bapized a leas sixeen and assised l- organizing several branches of he church lie asked for i missionaries o be sen o his area he indicaed here was work enough for a leas laex llex ax al il ill elders ib 353 A conference of he church was heid held hold in uncoin ln lincoln addison couny vermon or on november 7h Pelai ah 1840 pola pelaiah A ah brown was one of he prominen figures in he even he minues of he conference conain 3511bld march 25h 1840 ibid 352journa aeo aen journal l of erasus snow 2 book B his is Ls also known as erasus snows Sskech eh book no 2 1 found under dae of augus 5h ah journal journal hisory ocober 4h ah 1840

152 145 he following elder P drohm brown brohm drown was war waf chosen o preside over he conference and J S gleason secreary he conference was opened by a shor lecure and prayer by pros browns afer which broher H hach minisry J houson miller B wece were wore weze se apar for he mlnisrys by volca voice voica of said conference and were ordained elders and bro A smih by s voice of said sald conference ordained ouda a pries pris and bro S chase a deacon by he voice of he same afer which bro S C chase was chosen by voice volce of said conference o preside over sald said branch in lincoln addison couny v 354 la 3541bld nov or ibid november ah 7h 1840

153 vil chaper VII missionary WORK IN JEW MEW duling ENGLAND ENGIAND DURING dueing THE EARLY EARVA NAUVOO PERIOD meg ALM smih william law mission he weg hission of 1841 he larges building peo program ram o dae was assumed by he church leaders when hey arrived in commerce conxnercesooa o soon become nauvoo of mos inmediae immediae concern for he sains was he building of hones homes hanes hanss and shelers for heir families lles iles nex nwc in imporance orlance arance was he building of anoher eacy emple hey were also o build a hoel for he eary ravelers which 1 veary raveler1 was o be called he nauvoo house n o he laer day sains he ergaive eraive immediae consrucion of hese wo buildings was imperaive for god given had iven hem ha commandmen hrough heir prophe joseph smih 355 again some of he leaders loaders were called on special missions o raise money lay nay in ilay fay may will 1 of 1841 hyrum smih and william law were called o go eas o raise funds for he proposed buildings ey were o collec donaions for he empie emple I1 nouse and o sell sock in he nauvoo house bouse bousa hey carried wih hem wrien auhorizaion which said in par hey are vesed wih full auhoriy peraining o heir business ransacions 3c 356 ac joseph smih fel ha his broher hyrum hyrm would be highly successful on his mission for he sains everywhere had grea confidence in him on uesday june is ilyrum iyrian syrian and wilson lef on heir mission hey were accompanied as far as quincy by joseph who lef hem a ha place 355d D & C 356 OC corbe 022 ci cic of p 251

154 147 o do some business he wo missionaries spen ime in pennsylvania new york and he new england saes how successful soful ssful hey were in lucc raising funds was no repored by hem exacly how long hey were gone is no repored eiher aia ala ough alaough alhough hyrum was back in nauvoo on augus 13h and helped in church business hen while in he ais smih and law eis eas me wih some of he leading elders who were chece here chsce ariss serving in and around philadelphia erasus snow was requesed by one of he mission- arles aries he wo o go o salems ready o herves hrerves salem massachuses where hey fel he field lias was ervas erves many now new convers erasus snow a salem massachuses on he 6h ah of augus while whil in salen salem massachuses joeph aph h smih smich cia cla claimedd a revelaion from god wherein he was old ha chere here chero were many people 11many in ha ciy who would evenually receive he message of he laer day sain missionaries and gaher ou in dua due duo ims ime for he i benefi of zion zione e whon when whan ubon hyrum smih h and william lav law lae x ere eue on heir previously previously menioned mission hey wen o ha ciy hey mus ressed have been impressed cressed wih he missionary possibiliies for when hey laer me elder erasus snow in philadelphia hey requesed ha he go o salem o labor elder snow had originally inended o reurn o nauvoo in he fall of 1341 i was apparenly on he ah 6h of july when hyrum and william me snow of his meeing and he reques made by bly smih and law ira lawo lavo Era erasus suls suss sule wroe he f01 following lowing ah 6h july aended he conference in philada unill his lime ime limb I1 TL ca cwamenceing encking on he ho cho che had been calculaing o spend he 3s7d & D 6 C 1112

155 148 summer in his counry and reurn hame compliance wih advice given pres me by nov liance ilance lasbu Bu preceden seden baden Pre hyrum hyrun byrun home o nauvoo lae in he fall in joseph smih when I1 lef in smih and wm law who had been eas as far as salem massachuses and jus reurned hrough philada on heir way home again conciled in he fall bu salem mass zha hac ha cha chac aha I1 should go immediaely king I1 should no reurn o nauvoo diaely wih bro wincheser o and ry o esablish he kingdom in ha ciy hey lef p le wih us a copy of a revelaion given abou ha people in 1836 which said he lord had much people here whom he would gaher baher ino his kingdom in his own due ime cima lord had coms come clma and hey hough he due cime cle hough I1 fel anxious o go he home ime cims of he homs in he fall and hough i would involve wha lile propery I1 had in he wes in ba difficuly o say I1 fel willing o do he will of he lord a dificuly I1 prayed earnesly o know his will and his spiri coninually whispered o go o salem I1 also hough of he aposles who cas los o see which should ake he place of judas I1 herefore afer wriing on one ballo nauvoo and on he oher salem prayed earnesly ha god would show by he ballo which was I1 should go and I1 draped he ballo ha had salem on i wice in succession and I1 drawed hen resolved as soon as I1 had filled he appoinmens I1 had ou I1 would go o salem pra he conference also voed ha I1 should go and promised heir prayers inn vy behalf ha god migh open an effecual door for he word358 5 joseph smih called a special conference o be held hold hald haid heid augus 16h 1841 for his conference joseph assigned he quorum of he welve l6hj he ask of sending missionaries o new now orleans charleson souh carolina salem salam massachuses balg baig balimore maryland and washingon bal re disric of coi columbia and also requesed he welve o ake he burhen of he business of he church in nauvoo and especially as peraining o he seling of church lands he conference was hald held hold haid bu vibou he presence of joseph smihs smich for his infan sen son don carlos lah had died on he l5h 15h brigham young presided over ha conference and made he assignmens of he missionaries o ha he abovemenioned regions Winchese benjamin wincheser rv branch presiden of he philadelphia brancho was 358journal of erasus snows book C daed july ah 6h quo QCQ journal hisory Hisorys corys augus loh loch 1841

156 149 assigned o labor in salem massachuses wih erasus snow hese wo men man had previously corked xorked worked ogeher in pennsylvania erasus snow recorded ha he and his family lef lof augus 16h apparenly benjamin laf for salem salam on benjanin n wincheser was also wih hem when hey go o new rew ew york ciy wincheser lef he snow family and wen hro heo h hrough he sae of vermon erasus and family wen o woonsocke rhode island ile arrived here on he lah l9h lie he lle 19h of augus he said ha in ha place he found a vas number of infidels infidels1 among whom was his 1 broher lie he lle ile was impressed ha hey were liberal minded so he sayed several days and preached in hese meeings he had good order wih large and respecable audiences 31s on augus 31s6 he lef his family a his brohers home in woonsocke and proceeded o boson he regreed having o go because his lile child was ill and had been for a long period of ime bu he had made an appoinmen o mee mos sepa or mae benjamin wincheser in boson on sepember is when he arrived in boson snow preached for wo con win sar sec sor secuive evenings gsg filling appoinmens which had been made by elder freaman freeman nickerson sep on he ard 3rd of sepember hey wen o salem er a small ciy of fifeen housand inhabians a he ime ima ine shorly afer heir arrival in salem erascus erasus snow wroe he following we arrived srangers and alone bu rused in god o direc our course we ook boarding a a respecable boarding house of 3 per week each being cheapes we found we ranged he ciy over huned he balls up and applied for several we prayed ha nigh earnesly ha god would open he hears of he people ha we migh obain a hearing nex morning we succeeded in gaing he masonic hall adverized in he we hired i by he monh and adverised papers and held our firs meeing on sunday he 6 1I wen o boson

157 150 and preached wice bu reurned on he enning evning preached in salem where whore respecable respecable congregaions I1 coninued preaching in salem four imsss hall raised money by collecion o pay for he hall360 evuing rain of cars and whare bro wincheser did in he dayime hrough he day bu in he evening he he had hall was crowded and many were obliged o go away as hey could no ge go be bec boc in we hen wroe an address o he ciizens of salem and viciniy seing forh our docrine in shor inviing hem ghan r dhan ou o hear head us preache preachy i conained 8 large royal ocavo pages we go 2500 copies prined wihin a few dys dyc afer my arrival I 1 received several leers from nauvoo and friends in oher direcions bu on he 1I 9 received he sad news of he deah of my eseemed friend and bro D C smih presiden of my quorum bro wincheser now lef for philada day imes a week and erasus snow said hey had copies prined of an address o he ciizens of sai salem 0 is main purpose was o invie he ciizens of salem ou o hear he missionaries preach daniel kidder a conemporary of snow and wincheser bills had his o say abou handbills as a mehod used by missionaries in i is no an uncommon 1an n hing hins g srees gosol o98pel gospol ia proselying ducin during his period bills chins o see handbills pased posed fulness of he up in our seing forh various iems abou he falness procasing o graify he curiosiy generally fel o and promising know wha he laer day sains believe when hey can hus collec an assembly he firs an endeavour bour of he cormons mormons is o esablish hemselves on a parallel wih Chris chrisians lanes ianes laues as ace hen ready co o flourish upon a he same ime hining ha grea myseries are o be revealed furher on 611 and is cardinal docrines hey are any opic which may be mos popular perhaps his is he way lr bills handbills haudbills hend believers in he bible in which erasus and benjamin used some of heir benjamin sar er u wincheser sek scek sayed wih eracuc scou snov au snou for only several weeks ue le wroe o joueph joseph josaph jo epil epll apil sep or sui on sepember he 18h asking ha he ehll suich cwed from hie awed be excused aig alg his mission sioa ue I1 rca rea gave chree reasons rcacorc reasonc ceasorc corc firs he fel ha 360 azus 10 journal of erasmus Ez aus snoe ool 002 oor 001 ook sepember 3rd J sep ar ard ibi ibl llew liew sal dal view of he rise and progress 0 new blew sadei lork kork zork saiei Sai aal kork u laue ar sl furesh furlsh ladder mogyaonia libriaani hogy Mogy hory laae anu P P sundrord anu nona Nor mons A hisorical he nou mou cormons monaons normons Mona nonnons bidder ludder wani wm an of suadrord Sund Suadcord 1842 p 311 he sec selfsyled Self Syled laer day sains

158 151 erasus snow snaw could do PS ns much prbeach leach nuch preaching i alone alona aiona in ia sism slem salem diem as hey could do ogeher second he had ashma which was grealy aggravaed by he cold easerly winds of he nev cla cia mev new england saes hird he claimedd ha ard he h4rd had spen so much ime in doing doino missionary work ha he was vary very much in deb and was desirous of leaving he inis ibis missionsion slon field o find employmen man lomen o alleviae his problem 362 erasus snow however fel hac ha he mus reniain rwaaln o fulfill his missionary assignmen o he ciy of salem hings began o open up for him and he found new friends li he was soon invied flony places before oo long he received board and roon wihou pay ila iia lie lia no only augh in salem bu also preached a number of imess in marblehead abou four miles eas of salem abou mid mil nid nil sepember snow became becane concerned abou his family re he prayed ha god would open up he hear of someone iu aia alu ala he salem area o such a degree ha hey would be willing o keep his family A mr alley allay ailey aliey of lynns massachuses came forward aud allsy had had several members allay aliey alley and voluneered o keep his family for awhile eds ers ads of oi his bis family embrace hor cism mor moc honaonismnism and he also was somewha ineresed sep ar f ay snow sared on sepember 28h for woodso woonsocke o move his family 1y o lynn freeman nickerson accompanied him from grom drom boson dosou o medway where sons hey preached wice o some of nickersons Nicker relaives freeman freaman fragman han hen reurned o boson while erasus wen on an o woonsocke eor cor for lor loc his family when he arrived in woonsocke he found his lis family well he preached several imess chera here checa hera hen wen o orhbridge norhbridga Norh where prea he preached chad 362 journal hisory sepember 18h 1841

159 152 o he branch and ordained a pries and a eacher lie ile lle he hen reurned o woodso woovso woonsoclce from which ha he aid ald hids L ul hl his czrily fornuy foriuy lef on ou ocober he 12h hey arrived in lyna lynn on ocober 13 ch h f ay 1y 1941 erasus lef his family a mr alleys for abou four laeko veekc week lackos mos of his cime ime zeck zack oaly 11 ing however ac spenc l only visied caen daen ea koz spen ir hen ioa i proselying abou once oce a week no all however WQ vare leue leua friendly o him in ia salea saie abou he middle of sepember snow said he IOOSK cr bier enemy o che he dhe ruh in rev A G comings comings was he edior of he genius of chrisianiy lie he lle ile published his llisi many evil cals ubis ill alisi is lsi isi aja as ns he message snoa wc was massage snoa wad preaching el refuaions refiaion eldar elder eidar snow wroe some repuaions bu ou hen comings refused o publish chen hera cherr charr in his paper his lae lac lee lec iau o bublic public debae which was held hold hald haid in he mechanics hall here were in iirs la aendance he firs zirs kirs nigh abou five hundred people he debae lased for six successive nighs and he public ineres increased sach each nih he feelings urned from mr conigs comi Coni conl conics whose pen main weapons penh ponh sealed o be bo slander and abuse in favor easus erascus of erasus snow icreased his debae resuled in increased li invesigaion of dider nider dider sco snoes snovs Is elder rider knovs message o such ouch a poin ha he masonic hall hail guld guid no lold iiold loid hali would ibold all oil ali ail who wished o aend he services As a resui resul ore area of he leading ciizens of salem ook i upou epou hemselves o ren a mora indre indra camwdious hall more conmodious0 he ilyceumg suov where huou suou pread preached ned o a full house for six sundays in a row rou cou cim chia ernsus snow he easern saes mission hisory record hi hab ha erasus repored o he church leaders on an ocober 8h ah ha he had raised ers ars acs up e branch of hiry meobqrs o ha poin in salein salela salem 3633 he hisorical 363 easern saes mission ils ilg 1 lis slon sion hisory ocober 8h 181 ah 18411

160 153 record indicaes ha cha elder snow had bis lais his luis iuis firs bapisms on november ah 8fa 3h 1841 lie lle he ile said he bapized five i is difficul o reconcile hese uv uo wo accouns unless he branch was organized wih members eus ors aus who wece were wore wors already living in and around salem when whon snow and wincheser firs arrived here hero chere chero he laer of he above wo records repors ha before he close of february 1842 a he nimber had increased o on march ah number of bapized 5h he heid held hold hoid a conference meeing in he masonic hall and organized a branch of he church consising of 53 members364 members394 hough benjamin benjanin denjaminn wincheser lef afer only a shor ime erasus elder E Ssnow did no always work alone P maginn arrived in salom salem salon salam salan on oa november or 14h 1841 o assis snow an exrac from a maginn leer gives insigh ino missionary acciiy aciisyiy icy lcy iy in new england a his 11 cime ime lime lie wroe I1 am on a visi o assis elder E exended field of labor in his branch snow in his successful and sixy five have beon been boon obedien o he faih of he gospel and hundreds of ohers almos persuaded in boson near 40 have obeyed hrough he faihful labors of elder F nickerson I1 have been absen from peerborough Peer wo weeks prea d s have preached hree or four imes imss in boson salem marblehead chelsea Cheliseao ec and purpose reurning o peerborough Peer borough nex sunday where I1 have been laboring wih good success 36 have obeyed since las fall a new now nen nou neu salems salemo massachuses 35 o gilsura giljum Gilsuma summ new now 40 obeyed since augus las levere 18 or 20 gilsum shire o 30 1I have preached from 1 o 3 imess hampshire I1 20 imas almos every day and canno fill I1 o 20 of he calls for preaching here is he greaes exciemen in his couny ha I1 ever beheld behold during my ravels since I1 lef nauvoo a period of near 3 years in which I1 raveled hrough 18 saes and briish provinces i appears ha snow reciprocaed by going o help maginn on occasion arys on he 12h of january Janu 1842 Peer he wen o peerborough nev new nei shire hampshire I1 a shice he soliciaion of E P maginn when he reurned he 36411isorical hisorical record po journal journal hisory march 22nd 1842

161 154 found benjamin wincheser who had come o salem salom from philadelphia o work wih him for a few weeks fow shorly afer wincheser cane came cana cama erasus repored ha by february 24h 1842 he had bapized hiry five mem bers in salem alone on he 7h ah of march 1842 snow wen o boson where he assised elder freeman nickerson in organizing he branch here march 29h 1842 erasus snow received a leer from benjamin wincheser requesing ha he aend a conference which was o be held hold heid in philadelphia on april 6h ah he aended ha conference where he rejoiced in seeing many of his old friends in he gospel from philadelphia he wen back o salem where on sunday may is he bapized wo one of hese was hyrum K bryan who had been an elder in he church over which A G comings was he miniser bryan had served as he moderaor in he comings snow debae of november or may hay 28h 28hg a conference of elders was held hold heid a salem he foll following branches miring were represened salem boson norh bedford lowell peerborough Peer borough and georgeown a his conference he salem branch repored hey had seveny nine members ers snow bapized some more in june and repored ha salem hen had niney members ers ors some however were beginning o move o nauvoo erasus scowls snowls snaw9 sionary signary mf missionary services were demanded doaanded more and more salem salen lea iem unil he fel he could no ake care of his duies in sa lem which sewed o emporarily slow down he mrk work in lae may in addiion o all his raveling and preaching and holding meeings maein gsg erasus found lime ime cime o 366journal 366 journal of erasus snow snows 11 book C april 27h 1842

162 155 argus publish aricles in he salem observer and adveriser and arrus A hese hose newspaper aricles were irrien in anaver appears in boson aad had appeard als aws and salem newspapers papacs ansver o ani mormon charges which ans- er papers erasus snow had an au ineresing nonmissionary experience while serving in salem in july of 1342 john bene C Benae former mayor of nauvoo brigadier general in he nauvoo legion and oneime ona 0 ime friend of fra joseph smih was excommunicaed n1caod froma fro he church because of immoraliy publishin once he was cu off from he urch he began publishin publishing maerials agains mormonism Monnon and ism is leaders paricularly joseph smih lie lecured from aness place o place rying o expose he wickedness of he cormons mormons Mor especially hose a nauvoo ven van ben benne came o salem in sepember or 1842 he was personally confroned by elder erasus snow abou his even erasus wroe sepi sep our conference couforence came en ference discussed wih elder older elded adams ha an and we had a good sains from oher branch nauvoo I1 was adjourned from may o he 9h ah bood aendance of elders and visiing branches W richards one of welve direc from was presen who had soon afer he ha cha eas nas dhe conference dr wes was eagengen john joha C A in boson and egen he grea aposae from nauvoo came o salem and benne aud lecured agains he sains he prophe joseph smich smihs suich and i 1 wihsood hem before hia he his people unill chey hey lef he ciy bu hay from he faih ha were begining bogining beginning he cause were hardened more inore before one ruh bennes falsehood o hey urned away some ining believe and he on enemies as of laore for hey so seimedd o believe 20 lies diaely p hie hia I1 immediaely published a pamphle refuing afer making sure ha avary evary everyhing hina hin& iu la siem branch was he slem salem urell veil well weli saw organized erasus snow lef for nauvoo on harch larch ah 9h 1843 lle he ile lef his family ay 1y in massachuses unil ha he could work hia hingss ou for heir bes good in nauvoo iia lie ile ila lla lia arrived a nauvoo on oa april lich ilch where he 367 ibid sepember or ah 9h 1842

163 156 spen one monh mouh a he church headquarers receiving valuable insrucion from he leaders of he church among oher hings joseph smih personally augh him he docrine of plural marriage on may lih lich 1843 snow reurned o salem o join his family he lie lle ile labored here for several monhs hen ook his family wes and arrived a nauvoo on november or ah 3h 5h 1843 erasus snow SJIOYS lloy llov before concluding he mission of erascus saov a brief quoaion sams sags segs o be mos appropriae seems seams ussion usaion hough here is some quesion 1 abou several of he daes he aricle lends several conribuions o an undersanding of snows mission for his reason i is quoed in par A ma mormonn church was formed january Is en years previous joseph smih he famous mormon prophe came cama cal o salem wih cw om and preached a new now naw dispensaion erasus erascus Er snow and anoher elders asur made a second visi in sepember 1841 snow remained as a prea r preacher and organized a church which in 1843 had a bambers mambers membership of n or one hundred during his year a number removed o nauvoo hen he sea of he mormon faih in illinois 368 his mission was perhaps one of he mos imporan during his hip era of church hisory snow made a valuable conribuion o he growh of he church in nem hew new england ea land ealand willard richards again in new england A in he darkes days of he kirland periods joseph smih claimed ha he lord direced him o call heber C kimball and ohers o england o open ha counry o he message of mormonism his was o be he ho dhe firs foreign mission of he church orson llyde one of he aposles 368charles charies salem massachuses charles S osgood and 11 II M bachelder hisorical skech of 1879 is a brief skech of he hisory of salem found in he salem public library 1626 his

164 157 all ail ali upon hearing ha kimball was soon o leave for grea briain K requesed chac cha ha bha hac he be permied o accompany him his reques was graned willard gec sec 11se richards also waned he righ o go wih hem richards was se apar and given he privilege also on june 13h 1837 elders heber C pries kimball orson hyde willard and a priess 1 joseph Fieldi fielding ngs ngg nbs who had come from england by way of canada lef xirland kirland inirlands ohio on heir mission o he briish isles islas ri while elder richardb ads rds richards was serving in grea briain he was called o he quorum of he welve aposles his call o he quorum came a he same ime as ha of wilford woodruff john aylors caylor and john E page pago 369 sidney rigdon of he firs presidency of he church was o noify willard richards of his appoinmen a he same ime hese four oore called o he Aposle aposleship nen men aen were wore wece ships insrucions were given ha all par far he aposles were o leave from pac fac wes missouri Missour iq on a mission a a given dae he ime ims was o be april 26h 1839 hey lef lof from he designaed place a he designaed ime cime cims bu many monhs passed away before hey all reached heir final fields of labor by he spring of seven of he eleven ordained aposles were on missions in england on april 14h of he same spring hese seven brigham young heber C kimball Kimbal lq parley pra P orson pra wilford woodruff george A smih snih smihs and john aylor me a he home of elder willard richards in preson england glando En where hey ordained him he eighh aposle in briain his was he only aposolic ordinaion in church hisory performed ouside he confines of he unied saes 369d D & C 1180

165 158 in april of 1841 willard richards who had gone o england a bachelor depared for america wih a wife jenea and a lile son wifel wife& on may 31ss massachuses hey were on he hudson river bound for richmond Rich nich monds mondl jenea and son were going o live in he home of Willard 9 willard s siser while he wen o nauvoo o locae a suiable place o live he also waned o learn abou he sickness which had affeced so many of he sains he old his wife he would reurn for her as soon as possible 370 richards arrived in nauvoo on augus 16h 1841 his was he firs ime cime he had seen his ciy lie he lle ile remained here unil he firs par of july 1842 willard ofen waned o go o richmond o ge his familys lya iya f for he had made he necessary arrangemens for hem o sele in illinois i appears ha he became so involved in church maers ha he could no ge go evenss be ba bo away wo evens however ook place which necessiaed his going on a mission o new england his was no o be a proselying missions I bu a mission of grea imporance o he movemen 1 and growh of he church in he spring of 1839 he mormons horoons cormons were largely living in and been around quincy illinois hey had jus beon boon driven from missouri i dee rained was dece deermined by joseph smih and his associaes ha hey would buy some land locaed a commerce illinois hey decided in he beginning o buy wo racs of land one from dr isaac galland and he oher from hugh augh whie 1 pur puc his paricular land was purchased sod because i was inexpensive and could be procured on longerm erm noes he beginnings of he noall a so noall ja j0 ci p 272

166 159 ciy of nauvoo ook place on hese wo racs of land As he mormon people began o gaher o his growing ciy i became necessary o buy addiional land horace R hochkiss held propery in ha area of which he sold abou five hundred acres o joseph smih for he church hochkiss was o receive fify hree housand five hundred dolla dollars css rss half of which was o be paid in en on cen uen gen years and he remainder in weny his amoun was secured o hochkiss and company by wo noes which were signed by joseph C smih hyrum snih smih and sidney rigdon he firs presidency of he Cchurch charch hey apparenly agreed o pay he ineres on he noes in advance of he final paymen dae 371 hoc hochkiss i seems ha he church leaders inended o dispose of he hocbkiss deb by having he people of he easern saes who inended o move wes deed qed sed over o messrs horace R no hochkiss noc ss smihe smich smihs ule p ercy ery and john gille heir propery in he eas in urn when hese same sains who had so given heir lands o hod hochkiss and associaes arrived in illinois hey were o be given land here in his way heir land was o be as good sood as cash he quorum of he welve were given special responsibiliy o help see ha his program was carried ou cu gu insofar as possible insigh ino how hov his was done is gained from a leer wrien will by william smih o his broc broher brocher joseph he as wroe cheser couny pennsylvania pac augus 5h ah 1841 broher josephi expec o leave here for he jersey counry nex week docor galland lef for nauvoo las week in he 37lhis hisory of sif he church IV p

167 160 iochkiss business ilo lio o do all I1 could broher james ivins has received orders on you from docor galland gel gailand o he amoun of wenyfive given hese orders fors fous forb lio ilo iiochkiss chuss new now hyrum byrum requesed me o fco co five hundred dollars he propery ha he has is wall well wali waii feu lando lands uell ueli worh he money I1 expec wcpoc me mx dew days o receive his propery liochuss in naw jersey in a few is cooks mills hills cavan avan avern sand all he appurenances sour soar some soam soms of he jersey people hree housand dollars now he quesion iss shall I1 le 3 mr AW hochkiss have his propery for less han wenyfive fiva give giva aached o six acres of ground wih penie hink i worh nawoo hundreds since ha is he price you will have o pay a naboo his quesion isi ILvvoo have undersood iac ha hac ilochkicscs has ha bha had he would w oo no do allow over weny wo hundred bollaro dollarj dollaro doilara larj laro iara laca lazo I1 go hold bold anoher small smail piece of land worh five hundred and if hochkiss Ss will ake all a a fair prices why 1I ask said hoid of which price I1 shall be enabled o sele he amoun of hree housand dollars soon please wrie me an answer o he above quesion he cause in hese hase chasea easern lands is flourishing and we wan more laborers ho ecedp because he plan did no work as well as expeced he church was unable o mee all of he paymens on ineres as hey had bad agreed here was an exchange of leers beween hochkiss and joseph smih hoe hocukisc kep d&manding demanding his noney money and smih kepl kep kapl giving reasons why hey were no able o lua keep lun up o dae on heir agreemen he maer grew worse and worse unil joseph smih decided o keep he pressures off he ha che cha dha church by declaring bankrupcy he wroe mr bocc hochkiss o his effec rying o persuade him ha he church would evenually pay off he deb alr awr ilocxkiss as 3s reored from connecicu al a ex ha real esae was exemp from he bam ban baw rupcy ac nawoo when willard richards lef nauvoo naboo on july is 1842 iso o ake hl hic chi business mission for he church he was o ry o help iron ou his delicae hoc hochkisss maer lie wen firs o Ujlchmoad uds ads massachuses o be reunied wih his wife aad and heir son he hen began a our of ali lli g connecicu Connecicu new york new jersey now jerseys and Pennsyl pennsylvanias where he visied in jabid lebid JL 3721bid9 jlbid pp ap

168 s- 161 he branches of he church and in he homes of he sains he exhored embers he members nr o0 baher 3aher 33her o nauvoo he ook up heir ihes and in some cases he iles o heir lands A few of he faihful had proved hemselves willing o help liquidae he deb o mr liochkiss admirably no so a rably bably ho changing heir culivaed exchanging culivae ds ferile farms for unknown parcels of land on oil orl oii he prairie IT in addiion o working orking on he hochkiss maer RL richards eds edg was wri vrl arl o le counerac he ee slander slender ha was being perperaed by john C benne ue ne benne Ben i lil lii hil hii ill wabared all be reieabered had aposaized from fron he church in june 0of az 1642 jz IL hen wroe a0 supposed expose apse of mormonism and began a series ceries geries gerles garies garles of lecures hroughou he easern saes h he welve hoped richards could e o neu 1m new am gec lo ged york before benne did so he could use his influence o proec he name of he church he was o ry o persuade some soae of he larger seen easern ern newspapers no o publish bennes accoun of he saus saufcs sauss in illinois n his he had help aroa in fr jams arlingon froa james benne dio dlo oho aio who had hae ci become friend of he church hrough hrogh hrovigh Throigh his aid he neg hew new neq nes york arld irld luid rald raid refused o carry J annes onnes C 11annas nos TT 1.1 furhers furhern fuz re on work Fur furhermore henn hern elder e richards unnoed unned wlinzecl o 301 o massachuses so his wife imald jnould imuld no be exposed o nes annes Bp accoun of he seraglio 11 11seraglioll a nauvoo wihou some knowledge h kind of man nan maaa really was his chis of he vas 0 ah hisp L in addiion o hiap i is repored l li al di L wllard w111ard allard richards as x richares vag vas yas ag yag always urging he sains hroughou he easern saes ah scaes s ez lez gaher acher ache o nauvoo o help in he building of he empie emple scales o gacher elder willard richards wih his family arrived back in nauvoo on ocober 29hs 1942s 1842 i aich nich llma ime clma a which mich i was wrien of him ha he had 373x0zjj0 ji xocll op li liu skal skl p 344

169 162 11visied 11 mos of he branches in he easern saes and preached o hem he necessiy of building he Tcample 1e ae emple campie and gahering o his place in obedience o he commandmen of god o his people 11 y hisory vj hisory of he church V p 182

170 chaper VIII NEW ENGLAIM ENGLAND MISSION HISSION ACTIVITY JULY 1842 TO THE DEATH OF JOSEPH SMITH he ani anci benneenple ancl benne omle gmle fund raisl raising mission hission on he evening of augus 26h 1842 joseph smih held hold heid a special meeing wih some of he brehren of he church including iacluding he welve joseph poined ou o he group ha all who could should go on a special mission john C benne had lef he church he circulaed falsehoods abou he church and is members ers specially aimed almedd ile fie lie ils especially his aack a he leaders smih waned hese elders of he church o deluge he go se hese hings sraigh furhermore hey were o daluge sae wih a flood of ruh abou he ani anl mormon aien harmon campaign aign which was souri being promoed from His mls missouri by ex governor boggs and his ids cohors a which ims he prophe called a special conference for he following monday anday ime he elders were o be given he necessary insrucions regarding his mos imporan mission in he meanime all of he affidavis concerning bennes conduc were o be prined in order ha all who wen would be 11 11properly furnished wih correc and iweighy es esimony 375 ny o lay before he public he nex day augus 27h joseph smih he Twel welve veo veg and ohers spen mos of heir ime piling ima compiling coo and preparing hese affidavis he 29h of augus he special conference convened he minues 375ibid Ibid abid 9 jbid p 141

171 164 of ha meeing reveal much abou his mission 11yrm iyrum slaih smih inroduced he objecives of he conference his being he day appoined for he conference referred o on he 26h insan he elders assembled in he grove near he Temple empie empls le abou 10 oclock in he forenoon presiden hyrum smih inroduced he objec of he conference by saing ha he people abroad had been excied by john C bennes false saemens and ha leers had frequenly been received inquiring concerning he rue naure of said repors in consequence of which i is hough ah wisdom in god ha every elder older eider eidex who can should go forh o every evry svery par of he unied saes and ake proper documens wih hem seing forh repenlances ances dances he ruh as i is and also preach he gospel repenance and salvaion and arry cadry prea proa ng bapisms carcy preaching unil hey shall be called home hey mus go wisely humbly seing forh he ruh as i is in god and our persecuions by which he ide of public opinion will be urned here are many elders hace hare doing lile and many people in he world who wan o hearr he cruh ruh we ve wan ho he cho official members o ake cheir heir chelc sic sir gic saff and go eas nol no wes and if a2 mob should come cam here hey will only have women wa w9 and children o figh wih send he means you ge o build he Tample emple ampie leo IGO ieo and ge bec be he people o ake sock in he nauvoo house LWoran when you raise churches go gec chac cha ha fini i is imporan he nauvoo nouse house should be finished sheds ha we may have a suiable place wherein o enerain he grea ones of he earh and each we wan he Temple ae 1e ha we may offer for our hem he ruh empie buil offer oblaions and whare where and forgive one anoher and offer up our offering and ge go whore we can ask forgiveness of our sins every week gec our andolene endowmen mene i is eviden ha he missionaries were wore weze waze no only o counerac he effecs of bennes ber Bex mes charges ages bu also o raise funds joseph smih made a surprise appearance a he conference hose assembled had no assam led expeced o see joseph he had gone ino hiding biding because of wris for for foz his arres which had originaed in missouri a he conclusion of he maing meeing diaely hree hundred and eighy elders voluneered o sar immediaely nis on heir mls missions slous sious As soon as hey could prepare hemselves elves he missionaries began o leave on sepember ah 4h hyrum smih and william law sared 3761bid 3761ibid bid pp ap

172 165 for he easern saes f sepember or 9h all ail ah brigham young hber bar bac 11 C lcimball amasa lyman george snih A smihy and charles rich old C he ciy council of heir inenion o be ou of nauvoo for abou hree monhs or more nore he objec of he absence of hese brehren was o preach he gospel in he differen saes and show up he wickedness and falsehood of he aposae john C benne 377 brigha dri bri brighaa young sared ha same day on his mission he nex day sepember loh heber haber naber neber C all ail Kkimball george A smih and amasa amsa acsa lyman began heir missions i was heir inenion o move eass mova o he eas sopping laig iu he large ciies o preach he gospel o LO he guembes uembezs aud and hose who ai al ial bigh uigh be ineresed hey wero weze were wore woro o presen he affidavis concerning lenne lanne wih he inenion of showing ha his repors were faise in addiion o his hey were also o ry o collec fundss for he Temple and he nauvoo house he brehren were gone gons one for abou a monh nouh mouh no duo io lud da deailed called accouns of his mission have been found by his wier wrier on november 4h ah iyrum smih and william law ifrum will a ng who had been among he branches in he easern saes reurned o liauvoo uauvoo nauvoo ekau hey bring very good repors concerning he public feeling and say ha john C bonne bennes espos expos I 1 a EROSI has done no hur such 7 good 110 iro bu nuch same day brigham young heber hebec 11 ha eleber C all ail ali kimball george A smih and amasa K anasa lyman also reurned hey repored es he same feeling as smih and law regarding bennes Beno dano dand effecive liss effeciveness miss migs no repor is given concerning he amoun of money colleced for he nouse nauvoo emple and he nauvoo house flouse 377lb ibid id p 160 ibid p bid

173 1666 gaorge george geora J1 adams neq www ew england England 1843 in new a he april ah 6h session of he general conference of he church ln in 1840 orson orson sou llyde and john E page boh aposles were called on a inis mission o sion slon slou palesine on he ho dhe 15h of april hey lef o fill ha mission inis afer slon sion leaving nauvoo hey spen considerable ime araon arnon amona amon& he sains in illinois and ohio heir progress was apparenly so slow ha ines a reproof was published in he imas imes cimas and seasons on january ih luh 15h alh lh 1841 in his aricle john E page was especially censured 79 As hey 379 approached he eas coas pagas pagac faih wavered perhaps his had somehing o do wih his loiering and he decided he could no accompany ika ia elder hyda hyde o palas Pales palesine he gave as an excuse ha he did no have enough money hyde vde was chen hens aeng lef alone o fill his obligaion abou his ime orson hyde became acquained wih elder george bec bee J adams adams decided o accompany him on his A a any mission elders hyde and adams lef eroc from erom new york on february 13h 1841 mey ney ada froc hey arrived in liverpool england march 2nd and and hen wen o palesine alone hyde labored for a ime in england h ew uh ceu lew he dedicaed eu lew ah land o he work of he lord on ocober 24h 1841 george J adams roma remained ired in grea briain acively involved in missionary work only glimpses 1 of his of oiovemeng wwwaus are caugh i was abou his period 0 clma ime llma ha nany many members of che quor he cha quorum of he welve were in england a a confar confor conference enca anca ance held hold heid claser a Han mancheser april 7h ah alae of he mobers neiobers mwbers nel mel of ha quorum were in aendance his was he firs ime hey had mad mo mac as a group o ransac official business in a srange land a ha conference george J hisory his of he church IV p 274 9

174 167 adams was approved o be ordained a high pries in he church ha same day he ordinaion ook place an ineresing sideligh of ha mission occurred when a very richly ornamened cakea caked gif from mrs george J fr adams of new york was vas displayed blessed and passed o he whole con- gregaion of abou seven hundred people according o he minues of ha conference i seem ha his cake episode was one of he high lighs lu i1 ia 1 liay lay of 1542 clee J cwre awree adams was back in h0 ln unied saes i freemn where he joined freeman fresman nickerson in doing missionary work in and around aromnd boson iiassachuses 11assachusas hey spoke o large largo larbe audiences hese lwo wo dvo seg see sea ad d c have considerable success cees ellsworh repors The ha weg of ahe ihe 0 ull31 heir services a and doublessly served as useful adverising iorising he zhe Vr 14 aeioborship airship arship of he boson branch increased from 30 in ia march o fol foi 83 he following lowins comaunilej ho weekly bosonian hrough june and july carried repors sepember cocxuiuniieo and buan branchess and sepember oipember ah he boson elders visied neighboring ana a a conference held a salem 9h 1842 nine neighboring ciies were represened wih a oal lienbership liwibership of abou four hundred and fify 81 iussionaries apparenly coninued o mee he iiissionaries sh on february ah weeuulf 9h 1843 r conference was gec fify 381 me lec wih grea success oas held a boylson hall in boson foureen branches were represened comprising seven hundred L niney hree and nineyhree chree me nanbara nanbars man menbacs abers bars hiry hiryhree hree elders fory hree lesser icil officil officio l of whoa mos whom haj 1 been raised up in fifeen monhs had baen elder george georke J Ajains almns alans dains E iaginn glnn 1 3 liagin llaginn ziagin erasus snowa snoe erasus H derby nnd and ohers confere ace ook acive par in he conferencence ua u2 on he missionary work luid 3soibids ibid pp ap eilsworh ellsworh 22 ci p 246 PO 3ij2 hisory 74 soey 0 churchy V p 268 he church

175 168 of elders magina and snow has been previously manci mancl menioned olied meni in his work a his conference george J adams aham presided snow Aadams adans derby and maginn were he speakers 383 qan QQO february ilch 1843 brigham young and willard richards wroe a leer o george J adans adams A noifying him ha he mil milk mus come o nauvoo o answer before he firs presidency he charge of adulery which had been brough agains him ills his chis leer was no received by him unil he early par of march in he meanime res adams mus have been a mos effecive and impressive missionary A leer wrien by him daed february 23rd 1843 i gives a good idea of he amoun of work he was doing lle ile lie wroe 0 here is a complee revoluion aking place here I1 have from 12 o 15 of he sae legislaors o hear me every sunday I1 expec wo of hem will be bapized soon I1 preach every wednesday nigh over in charlesown Charles in pumie of over welve hundred people own he grea own uail o a congregaion many are going forward in he waers of bapism o god be all glory I1 have preachedd and borne esimony o more han prea chan den en on lon cen housand people in he eas since my wl reurn prejudice is giving away on every side you have more han en housand friends here ha would die for here are scores of young men man here coming coining in he church in he very prime of life and hey sand as firm in he faih as he hills 384 i everlasing shorly afer he wroe he above he labors of elder Aadams adans were sopped he being called o nauvoo by he prophe joseph smih on accoun of 085 QQC in discreions some indiscreions indiscreicns george J adams mus have been loved by many of his friends A in nev new cw england when i was learned ha he was being called o nauvoo 383easern 383 saas Easern mission hisory february 9h 384 journal hisory february 23rd 1843 ah easern saes mission hission hisory 1 11 macch march harch 12h 1843

176 169 one housand wo hundred people of he ciy of boson peiioned o have elders eiders hebec heber haber C kimball and orson hyde coms come cams cam cag o labor here erasus lar lac iad snow sen a similar peiion from salem hassachuses massachuses an ausin cowles poer Peer poar in a leer o joseph smih from peerborg peerboros bodo boros new now hampshire under dae of march 13h 1843 indicaed ha he fel no oher elder in he enire church could do as much good in ha area as Aadams 336 aq 1q elder adams apparenly wen o nauvoo o alk A c joseph smih abou his difficulies a llau Ilau liau nauvoo hay may nay voo 27h 1843 george J adsms was es Benjam banjanin Jn one who gave esimony agains benjamin benjamjn banjamin ser sec benjaman wincheser wincheser was being ried for his fellowship in he church on his same dae wilford woodruff recorded ha joseph smih fel ha he had received saisfacion from elder adams for he indiscre indisare indiscree indiscreions11 arec S of which he had been accused according o elder woodruff adsms had confessed hie Aadams ur hid wrongs asked for mercy and waned o begin anew in he church Regar aawar regarding dlug diug he mission of george J adams in kiew klew england a newspaper aricle from he boson weekly bee seems seem appropriae aa an insigh is gained ino adams9 adamse apparen success and effeciveness as a missionary ha has in addiion o hab a good idea is gained relaive o how many people in new hew england fel el ell ei elc siron hursday f abou him he newspaper repored march harch 23 on evening macch elder george J adams addressed a large A concourse of people on he characer and mission of joseph smih he prophe in speaking of 1 him he bears a posiive and direc ces esimony aw xw o he diviniy of es agreeable o appoinmen his mission doos his wihou hesiaion lie ile lle lla lia does jus as if he mean wha he said and said wha he mean he does no say he hopes joseph smih is a rue prophe bec be hec bu says he is posiive ha such is he fac on he sabbah march 26h during he day he inroduced elder E P maginn and gave him a high recommendaion as an able ru miniser of he fullness of he gospels who is o ake his place niser 386journal journal hisory Hisorys ryg cys march 13h 1843

177 170 in boson for he presen he also spoke of elder orson ryde hyde one of he welve aposles ha would probably visi hem chem his spring and according o adams accoun of him he mus be a perfec apollo in learning and eloquence he boylson hall ball hali hail bail was a perfec jam during he day and evening on uesday evening he gave his farewell lecure ha was a rich rea indeed embodying he ouline of he faih and docrine of laer day sains bu on wednesday aday evening a he grea ea pary was he ime ima i was clearly manifesed ha klud kindes kind feelings exised in his ciy owards he cormons mormons Mor on an ha occasion over five hundred people here hree hundred and fify were presen sa dorm a he firs able afer supper elder adams A delivered a very appropriae and eloquen address found aenion an eye during which cime lime ime ve i was lisened o wih pro we saw he ear sar in many uch yours ruly no a mormon bu one of he many iriondo mch abused people friends irionds o ha boson april DWR 387 aall he boson conference a boylson hall A general conference of he che church was heid held ah hold on april 6h ah 7h and 3h ah 1343 his conference grealy affeced missionary wouk ohs 3hs work in he new england saes a he opening sec session sions joseph slaih presened o he sains assembled he proposiion hal ha hey mus consider more seriously loion he building and compleion of he ho che naboo house cho nawoo zuuvoo Hlie iia ila indicaed o hose presen ha oo much ersphasis ans arb in he pas had been placed on collecing funds only for he building of he nauvoo Tciqple 1e ae he prophe said ha he compleion complaion laion of he iio 11110usg houge house ugg conploion 11110use was he mos imporan maer for he ime ulma being for here chece chsce cher chec is no place in his ciy where men man of wealh characer and influence fron abroad can go o repose hemselves and i is Ls necessary TJC should have such suck a place n noo 000 ye 388 me hen poined ou o hem ha o build his house sell Housol housell housoll soll comaandmen cowaandman of god was a commandmen 387 sis hisory of he churchy pp ap ibid 3881bid p 328

178 171 joseph smih han hen chen chan discussed a lengh he collecion of he funds for hese projecs apparenly some funds had been colleced and never urned over o he proper auhoriies here had been oo grea scea laiude o pracice fraud by reco cece receiving funds never nimer making he proper and uimer repor smih said ha he could cie cio a housand examples of cases where funds donaed had no been properly aken care of by hose who colleced hen hesu hem ghesu he prophe said ha he ho waned only hose who vere were srere auhorized o collec he funds duly auhorized9 9 he proposed ha he welve be he only ones allowed o collec fw funds ds ads hey were also o be bonded smih suggesed C I1 go in for binding up he welve solid puing hem and le his conference insiue au an oden oder odar o 10 hl hig hi hla hl3 and ha he raveling eapen expenses of he agens shall no be cu of he funds colleced od for building heb hese hess chess cheb hcusee 1wuses and ran nan lan pay monay noney doney money or sock ino he hands of he welve an aa accoun of he same bame bams amadi imadi inxoediaely abely a& unc o lue he ue luo che and le no man bu he welve have auhoriy o ac as under bonds end borne ou le no man ran be he dran ucan ransmi rus iele leie and nauvoo bouse excep cho rusee aln aben agen for he remple emple rempis house ho ri4y iy p saying ha no money should ever be sen by any auy priy of your spying mans nans 1 9 I1 would sugges he nang excep i be by some one whom you have appoin ad received solida solidq uhe pro aane appoined as aani a&erzz i has been and sop avery oher man fron from receiving moneys cusomary owry for any aw ann elder o reco receive we moneys for he hemple iemple cwvle waen when nhen saan 1 rn raveling bu his sysem of hings opened a wide field every kind of imposiion as any man can assume he name aame nama aade of oi a loe dornon ioe lornon zlormonll eider elder and gaher his pockes full euli euil of money and go o exas many complains have coraa come corao cone cona o me of 0 money boin 1I have never nevor navor naver received339 received389 saen he floid for baing being sei sea seac sel ha A moion was made by joseph ha he quorum of he welve only be appoined o he special mission of collecing funds for he ho uhe wo duo gwo sruc hel hei ures he donors would hen know how o safely sumai uhel dhel cheh coni conji coni coai buions bunions buc lons usly asly ou he he moion carried and i was unanimously acceped by cha dha conference 3089ibid ibid p 330

179 172 here was no a grea deal done immediaely o send he welve ou o raise money a a special conference11 nin nln and april 12h 1843 a number of men nim or conference11 haid held hold hald heid beween april loh man were ordained elders and sen on missions some of hese were sen o he new england area bu heir mission was only o proselyeno no o collec any funds on april 19h 1843 joseph smih me wih brigha brighaa young william smich smihs parley pra orson pra P wilford woodruff john aylor george A smih and willard richards all of hese men man were wore members ogeher1 as hey 1 of he quorum of he welve he old hem o kaep ogeher wen on fuure missions hey were no necessarily o ravel ogeher all he ime bu were o hold conferences ogeher from place o placa place hey were no o be found oo far apar he made hese commens n rel ai1 aive o promoing he consrucion of h chr uhn nauvoo blouse iouse ilouse smih weid weld ha he waned he quorum o mooc moo lil in iii ili boson 30 nind aird aijaway zoc xor lor roc gor he waned a niwa aiwd he sains lom iom frm nall hall and aiom nauvoo o haine naine maim naina aud he lie ike ilg waned hem heu hau o aka ake a mission o build UP up he nauvoo house f his appears o ue he firs deia4e deinice dez V inice move following he conference of april oin bin ou ous gilel ilelr o prepare he quorum for cuair chair if fund collecing mission he welve aposles were calid called o a maing wae mee waainc a liils liile joseph j4allh1s 1 sore on june is 1843 he opic of his meeing was again he collecing of funds wilford woodruff was in aendance and he repored score he quorum of he welve me in council a presiden J sore o make so gran acan aran orangzoens o sar on heir mission co nbs smih o collec funds for he nauvoo house & emple Tempie I1 we each one of us bound ourselves under bonds of wo housands dollars for he faihful performance of our duy in making sric reurns of all propery formance

180 173 rus pu ino our hands o he rusee in drus ny bonds n & 0 vw bondsman gider elder lider llder alder aaron johnson was A leer of oi recommendaion vac wac was vas given by joseph smih o each of he welve who were wore weze weza wora goii boii goigg on his nisson misson mission lf wilford woodru woodruff recorded his enire leer in Us his jounal journal johnal unai i is included in par in his work o all sains and able aud honourable men inion of he earh greeing brehren & friends lei leleds ads edg I1 rusee in rue crue for he church of jos jesus chris of laer day sains do hereby cerify ha he bearer hereof wilford woodruff an elder and one of he welve aposles of he church of jesus chris 3&iuc has ha deposied wih me his bond and securiy o of laer day sains saius ha full saisfacion according o he resoluion of he conference held in his ciy cuy duy oao 6h ray may MY lri empie emple of he lord kord biord he joseph smih a servan of he lord and ah day of april las recommended o all s- sains fc6 honorable people as ae a collec funds for he purpose of building he nauvoo jauvoo coiu boiu iuen ha chac be coiuiden iac cla he herefore is legal agen o degl legl 1auvoo house and he will honor his high rus ssioa as well as ardenly fulfill his coanxissioa as C a messenger of lorls noble meen o peace say and Salva saiva salvaion Lora as one of oi che he dhe lurdos lurdls cen cann fervenly 4 ikc ic m n may he lord cigar clear cloar his imy before him and bless him and bless hose ha oby obey his eachie uachins eachii wherever uhel her beele lher beela are ears errs aars arrs o har hear hears o feel 1 I 1 cn haar ae 6e & 0 0 a 0 & V wherefore brehren and friends while you hear bear haar he assurance of he ha cha inegriy kadel LAdel kadai fideliys and cud end r abiliy aud of his servan of 0 he living god jod cod rusing ha your hears and oner aner energies gigs will a 4 enlivened aad and zad wod deeply engaged in iu he building u11dinf of clese hese clase houses direced by revela- VL and hau hac uhal you will nou no iwu ces ees ion for he salvaion of all sains where you are unill all hings are preparedpared are bohered gohered gahered sra re hal ha before res ras you and you hered home wih he res of israel o mee your god I1 feel suca suco srongg in he powei powel finally as cna ona one ene ha can be used o accomplish his glorious lar ena ha grealy desired he salvaion of lan nan zwi zael zeal 1 for virue work le lil ull lii me ae ras remind you U o srive wih a godly zaal holiness and he coar comrandmens commandmens audmens of he lord be good be Bs nide wise be juss be liberal aad above all be chariable elways always abounding in jus 390ijourual journal of wilford do er 1844 no original wiliford woodruff january o december 31 4 on file in he LDS church hisorians library juaa daed julie julia i 1843

181 174 all 11 sand ali good ivornsand vorksand mrk work wock mck ie llie lle race ox he iie ile slize sincere are lasing gospel oi jesus jesuz may oay healh peace and love or sour lord be ci of your devoed hno broher lher faer friend in he ever 14 jasus chrisour chrisfour Chri prayer of god our faher and zi id abide wih you all is ciy of nauvoo juie 1843 jue ie is joseph 391 QQ 1 smih391 smich smih leers similar o ilis his ere ills ivere vece jie eive elve dive jle o lieber kober hober C rober indall inball bail bali geoege george A smihs dri Bri brigham olham young orson ocson ayde dyde ac aie ale aid ocso orso id pra on his sane same day hey laid arra heir plans ald and aid made arza june ali liu lli 1c43 azza agene besie iesie leela lenla ius a iare is for his mls niscioi J o 0 oop lare e coup roup doup aop off sains me a he v n empie emple grounds iu iii li lii auvoo fauvoo lau fauvor V jale ar cy adjresce y 1 iare aale n jaapl joeal ih i da sal sci SaiL e I1 y joepl igh e lac caje le ra 2337 alcia waiol saiol says jerusalem w 10 O from aahew mahew nahew mahes 0 rusala Je jrusale hou ha kill es he prophes aj ad slo so sco coec les ies hem hen chen which are sen uno hee how ofen gai would I1 have sai saalered gahered blay hy children ogeher ehar oe od even een eez evean as a hen gahereh her liar hec iler chickens under her wins aid ald a- d ye would bio lofe lof1 io lo loc cor he prophe asked he coa cow gaio gregario gregaioi gra i wha he objec of iis liis ils aliis aherl was il he liu like hen answered his i ia ovn oxra exra quesion ina hese words he main maia mala maln objec vas was as o build unco ulco uno nbo he lord an house 7 he could reveal uno his people he ordinances of his house and ao whereby glories of his kigdom kiigdo kingdo higdom & each he people he ways vays nays of salvac salvaion loa ioa lon heir cerain ordinances principles ha & when hey are augh praciced mus be done in ill a place or house buil for ha and pracized kigdom for his was purposed in he mind of god before he world was i was for his purpose ha goi gol god designed o gaher r purpose c jews of ahers ogeher he bu hey would boi noi is for he same purpose ha god gahers ogeher he people in he las days o build uno he lord an house o prepare hem for he ordinances & endowmens washings anoinings anoiniags 6 ings ec o one of 01 he ordinances ardi ordi of he house of he lord is bapism for he dead deedd god decreed before he foundaion alaisered in a house of he world ha ha ordinance should be adminisered prepared for ha purpose if a man ges acs he fulness falness of god he had o ge go bed aie sanae sarae surae saraa sunae way ha jesus chris obained i ha oc bo i in was by Ice ica lla keeping ia che ie he all eping he ordinances of he house of he lord ibid ibid june lih 1843

182 175 joseph smih han ail ali hen oulined in much mukh greaer deail decall sse all soms some sme swe of he docrines which he fel relaed o he cample 10 emple campie lo which was being buil he hen closed by asking hem if hey would now build his house & receive he ordinances & blessings which god has in sore for you or will you no houa & build uno he lord his house le hia hla him pass by & heas besow haoe heoe chaas chaos blessings 33 upon anoher I1 pause for a reply he welve made preparaions o ieve leave lege lesve leve ho hough we do no know he deparure daes daos of all of harm horn hamm brigha brighaa brighaw young wilford woodruff and george A smih lef on july ah 7h 1843 ER P haglan maginn magian haslan wen wih hem hey worked heir way couard ouard peawylva douard pwausylvania a pisburg pisburgh chey hey ham cham joined heber C lle all ali ail kinball kicball Kkle Kic bali oraon orson onson pra son end aad and john E page pago fr erom from haga harss here hava ghis his8 group wen o philadelphia aay a his place hay hey may spen several weeks holding meeings wih he sains and visiing places of ineres and hisorical significianc significance hey hon chen chan hen chon aada made aade mada heir way oward hew new now how york ciy where hey heid held hold a conference ance anco ence on ha he 26h and 27h of augus elder woodruff ook o leave of he ocher oher quorum aln alu members einbecs bacs and on he 29h in coeany cooany elders and davis wen o boson yroa from prom W ndell compaxy wih yeom here he wen o faher farmingon connecicu o visi wih his fahers f family ay 1y and friends abou he 8h sap sep ah of sepember moa mos mois of he quorum including parley pra and orson hyde leyde ledde had arrived in boson parley and orson had no lef lah nauvoo unil augus l7h 17h when he welve arrived a boson boason chey hey uhme were hags placed in he hoaas homes hams hogs of he che members on he evening of he ah 8h hey heid held hold a meeing a boylson hall he following morning sepember 9h ah he boylson Boyl boyisuon soa 9hs ohs slon conference ibid 393 ibid irid

183 176 began eigh of he quorum of he welve were presen here were branches represened from all over he new now england saes mos of he church leaders presen spoke bu he keynoe11 keynoe11 speaker seems o have been boon boen brigham young in his usual forhrigh manner lie ile he ila said in par o he people assembled in conference abs e when he lord says gaher yourselves ogeher why do you ask he lord wha for is i no he principle of he sains o mingle ogeher o promoe he grea cause in which we are engaged say you canno he lord save us as well where we are as o gaher o geher behar behae gaher yes if he lord says so bu if he comanda ceoaands comands us o come ou & gaher ogeher he will no save us by saying a home have you no received he gospel yes han do you believe wha we say have you no received he holy ghos by receiving he gospel which we have brough uno you yes & housands bands have & i sands elands as a esimony ha god has go a prophe on he earh you migh have been boon beon bapized seveny imes seven in any way excep he way god had ordained and poined ou & you would no have received he holy ghos chis his also is a ces esimony o you are ye yo ungaged ingaged in he broa grea groa work wih us ye yo will say yes can ye yo do any good yes ye can he secarian world send people pu in sixpence fify acs sand he bible o he naions of he earh cs or a dollar ino he box & he send bibles hrough he world hen canno we do somehing yes he lord requires us o build a house uno his name ha he ordinances & blessings of his kingdom may be revealed & ha he elders may be aiu he cha earh can you be se an endowmen in boson no & ownly in ha place ha god has poined ou how endowed & go forh & gaher ogeher he blood of ephraim ephreim Ephreim elm people of god from he ends of che he ge go gery geuy every egery could moses hoses noses have bo ho hoc boc he law had he said in he mids of he children of israel had he no gene gone gena bene you help us o build he nauvoo house & emple empie blessed if noae bena o he mounains now will if so you will be nowe will build i alone and if you don harken barken you will no have he spiri of he lord move is on he hoove for he spiri of he lord we mus build a house & ge go an an endowmen & preach warn he bal ga sac people gaher he sains build up zion & finish our work & be prepared for he coming of chris 394 brig again on ha same day bu during a differen discourse brigham young said ibid ibid sepember 9h ah 1843

184 177 wake up ye elders ha have sough o build yourselves up & no he kingdom of god harken & hear ae me for I1 say uno you ha if you do no ne help us build he emple empie enie eale & nauvoo house flouse you shall no inhere inhered he land of zion IS I- you do no help build J up zion & he cause of god you shall no ac do parake paraka of heir blessings many elders so seek o build hemselves up & no he work of god glod bu when anyone does his no maer who he may be he will no prosper even if i was one of he welve mos of he aposles spoke aud he cenral heme hroughou was he building of he nauvoo house and he adoo nawoo empie emple ae 1e naboo T orson pra expressed he idea o he group ha if hey did no paricipae in he cressed building of he Tempie emple 1 you shall be rejeced as a church wih your dead saih he lord so if ha house bouse bouss houss is no buil hen in vain is all our cares faih & work our meeings cc hopes are veign i is ineresing o his wrier ha hroughou his conference mos of he sress seems seeru o have been boon baen placed on he compleion of ol 01 he emple his seems o be in opposiion of wha joseph saih soich saich salch solch desired and ressed expressed cressed a he april 6h ah conference ef of 1843 smih a ha ime seemed seed o sress he idea ha here had nel ne no nol been sufficien emphasis placed on fundraising for he nauvoo aduse house he indicaed ha mos of he collecions had been for he lempie emple i appears ha hey are doing he same hing again agaln in boson his conference lased for hree days apparenly all did no go as smoohly as was hoped hod for brigham young repored ha scm some gome sog of he ciizens of boson as well as he members egbers of he church were very rude and unmannerly in heir conduc a hese meeings he said he had 3951bid 395ibjd 396 ibid

185 178 never seen such a spiri of rowdyism in any congregaion before he proofs gave hem lessons of insrucion and sharp reproofs for heir meanness and unbecoming conduc 11 imeanness I 397 how successful he mission was financially is quesionable che he ho missionaries kep careful accouns of heir collecions bu from several commens made a he conforen 11 boylson conferencec i appears he conribuions colleced were no overwhelming overwhe ng As an ill lieber heber neber all ail ali C K kimball addressed he conference in boson he said I1 go up of necessiy o say a few words I1 am quie unwell I1 have boen been boon a mamber member of 12 years I1 came ou of he bapis bapise church joined his & ci evryhins evryhing chins bu doach ex& we have cowe come coms here ac 6c & coom commanded o come of he lord bu I1 feel he imporance of his work his church 12 I 1 have passed hrough everyhing & colleced 15 dollars we were col lard dord bu i so seems as hough bu few fel ineresed in i here I1 see hree brehren going o he far disan islands I1 could weep for hem hey have bu lile money o help hemselves I1 compare he ho uhe sains o a good cow when you milk her clean she an abundance of milk o give bu you milk hec her hor har hac ghe will always have alile & hsc blile she will soon dry up so wih he sains if hey do bu lile in building up zion hey soon have bu lile o do wih.398 anoher commen cegar regar cesarding diug dius he apparen lack of enhusiasm by he camen regarding easern saes sains o conribue heir noney money cles bri from feona drom brigha brighaa young a a conference on sepember lih 1843 he said hem if he sains will no help if he lampie ample owle lampis a nauvoo is no buil endowmens if we have o o alar of aone 70 ino 0 he wilderness wildarnass we will receive our and build an sone if a man gives his all i is all god requires broher kimball has received one dollar since he curse of god will res upon ie lie 116 lle ile cane came cana o boscon hascon and seveneen dollars and a half before owards building he ae Temple empie 1e be opened399 a book is kep of all ams sums ums iven his dais lais lc byok lyok lwok will uibo also 397journal hisory scory socy fsory sepember ah 9h loh lih journal of wilford woodruff sepember or ah 399hisory hisory of he church VI p 28 vis 9h 1843

186 179 bri dui edo ed i would hould seem ha his mission as far as collecing funds was no a grea success a leas o he poin of his conference in boson on ocober 22nd 1843 brigham record from he several commens which are recorded dul young heber C klimball and george A eas smih reurned o nauvoo from heir mission o he easl eadd elders wilford woodruff and orson pra had sion on heir mls mission slon visied branches pen of he church in kenucky ohio pon pennsylvania new now jersey new now york connecicu massachuses rhode island maine and neu new nau waw shire hav lampshire I1 hey had bapized many se he bram branches rhes iu order hoid held hold hald ia haid conferences colleced hings ihings i for he mple and &lmple aud subscripions for ioas he nauvoo bouse iouse1 and had iouse 11 sirred 11sirred up a general sysum sysem of gahering amonga he sains of he easern counries 400 john ia i2e pago page paso remains in nev kaw new naw engi englandnd hough mos of he velve reurned o I1welve c iawoo avoo la l le 13 lle ble he fall e of 1843 john E page remained irad he was aes wesc in as apparenly be e va u ios effecive bos missionary for he church eff so effecive ocive as oas he h x roup of one OQ sop a lop hundred fify of he sains from feo fea frow he boon 3oon 3osor noon cosor Brai bracich srauch braiich ch rai rak headed by he presiding elder george wallace poi peiioned B ioned inned josell joseph jaecii 3ndlh ua u4 13i I 1 le ule UA uhe quorum of he welve o leave page in soson boson o presiden joseph smih and he ligh aich Hiigh aigh council of iha he ha welve aposles of he church of jesus chris of laer day sains a nauvoo we he members of he branch of said church in boson respecfully reopecfully reapecfully represen ha cha 3 zider wider lder of he welve aposles he cause of chris in ln his da cais cals place wih vecy very vacy vary sood good success caas caus his insrumoualiy insrumenaliy many have been led o ol obey obex Ly che he die lis dhe caspal gospel massachuses idec john E page one has for he las six weeks been laboring in 01 ly hrough cospal of chris jabid 40oibid0 bid p 60 jlbid JL

187 180 and i is our firm convicion ha if he can be allowed o remain among us during he ensuing winer plishing he will be he means of accomplishing a grea work large numbers are consanly in aendance a his meeings and very many are candidly invesigaing he docrine he so ably preaches he is unusually zealous in advocaing he divine mission of broher joseph smih and he ruh of he book of moz mar mez mormonn which we believe has had a very good effec no only he sains as well as he neighboring owns remain during he winer if you in your wig wisdom we herefore respecfully solicied ha shall shali shail deem i expedien you will be pleased o direc ha elder page be allowed allond o remain in his place unil he spring shall please o do so 401 if he o he foregoing john E page added ha he would be happy o remain in boson as he peiionersers counsel him oherwise i bu he inhabians of boson generally solici solicie cile biane bians are very anxious ha he should peiion desired unless he church leaders fel o he did no remain in he new now england area very long for he was direced by leer from brigha brighaa youngs youngg acing for he welve daed november 25h 1843 o go speedily19 from boson direcly o Cs washingon D C o preach o he inhabians of ha ciy by march of 1844 he was busily engaged in missionary aciviy in he naions capiol coie COIS cors joseph smihs presidenial campaign reaches new mew england during he summer of s persecuion agains he sains was renewed rges joseph smih was arresed again on old charges ages originaing in missouri finally he was acquied his was followed by poliical difficulies in he sae of illinois hese difficulies arose largely he from che ho fac ha he Mamons mormons cormons seamed seemed o hold he poliical balance of 401journal journal hisory 1 9 ocober 30h 1843

188 181 power in ha sae because of ills almos all s candidaes boh whi wab wae and democraic sough heir suppor and caered o heir wishes and desires when uhen wrhen he voing did no go in favor of one oze or he ha che cha oher he laer day sains were given he blame he prophe always mainained ha hough he migh favor a paricular pary he would nevee never insis ha his followers voe as he did nor would he voe sricly along pary lines in he fall of 1843 licaionr 1343 largely because of poliical iapucaiong persecuion mouned and mounded here was a hreaened invasion of illinois by former normon mormon enemies in His mls missouri sours souri hings became so bad so uneasy ha he officials of nauvoo peiioned congress coagress agress o cake ake alce akce he akle dheh ciy of nauvoo direcly under he proecion of he unied saes governmen roops 4 droops and accep he nauvoo legion as unied saes roops4 a02 he presidenial campaign of 1844 was approaching oher church leaders becaas became concerned abou he resuls and smih and presiden marin van buren would no beb suppored by he sains for when hey had sough help from he federal governmen for former persecuions and propery losses hey fel he had ignored hem wih ensions mouning agains hem he harmons mormons hormons waned o give heir poliical suppor o a candidae who x muld would muid be heir friend on ocober is lo ie he imes and seasons conained an aricle eniled who shall be our nex presiden11 he persecuions of he church were herein oulined and he seps which had gives been aken o seek redress were given he final wo paragraphs are quoed we make hese remarks for he purpose of drawing he aenion of our brehren o his subjec boh a home and abroad ha we may 402 robers cowrahensive his con comprehensive hisory of he church churchy vol 11 II p 199

189 182 fix upon he man who will be he mos likely o render us assisance in obaining obainin& redress for our grievances vo casas cases one hundred housand may rouse hen and no only give our voes bu use our influence o obain ohers and if he voice of suffering innocence will no eufficienly elifficienly sufficienly arouse he rulers of our naion o invesigae our cagas case cage perhaps a voe of from fify o hem from heir lehargy we shall fix upon he man ef duly403 duly fix of our mw choice and noify our friends on hursday hursdays november or 2nd and 1843 joseph and hyrum smih brigham young ali ail all willian law neber lieber heber C kimball willard richards john aylor william K and william clayon me o discuss he conens of a leer wrien o he prophe by joseph L heywood heywood had had a conversaion wih a colonel frierson of quincy illinois he colonel oas was naj senaive raj a poliical represenaive for john Cco calhoun ands anda no douby doubly doub sough he favor of he sains he honorable R B bre a represenaive in he naional congress Conareas conress aress oreas conaress from souh carolina who was also a poliical friend of calhoun had expressed a willingness o presen o congress a memorial for redress of grievances suffered by he ho mormons cormons in missouri mr bre and colonel frierson had corresponded abou he persecuions of he sains and he colonel was going o use his influences along wih represenaive bre frierson o aid he mormons cormons Mor did wrie a very lenghy well prepared memorial o congress several weeks following he consideraion isa of he above leer by he church iea Lea leaders ders all of which was done i appears because of he ineres of he colonel in calhouns calhoun1s candidacy honaonn hisorian hor mor B H robers he hondon poins ou ha i was probably his incidenhe he cai Cal calhoun bres houns houng frierson riangle which suggesed o joseph smih he propriey of wriing leers o each of he f five lve 403hism hisory of af churchy vio vig VI 2f he churche pp ap

190 183 candidaes for he presidency of uhe che he cha uha unied saes o inquire wha heir feelings were owards us as a people hir and wha heir cheir choir chir course ef of acion would be in relaion o he cruely and oppression ha we have suffered 14AAA from fron he sae of missouri if hey were eleced 11 leers were sen o john C calhoun general legis lewis leils cass richard M H johnson henry clay jan and presiden marin ran van buren he conens of hose leers ghow show rhow he concern of he mormon people relaive o he nex presiden of he unied saes A copy of he leer o john C calhoun is included hon john co C calhoun dear siras As we sand mider wider undersand have judged i wisdom isdoci o address you his hin chin chis cooaunicaioa micaion and an immediae specific and candid reply o wha will be your re o oru r jela jel0 Jus as a people1 emmile peeple peopled should forune faver 11 you are a candidae for he presidency a he nex elecion and as he laer day sains come some soaeiaesa called cormons mormons Mor mons H of his vas republic propery who now consiue a numerous class in he school poliic have beon been boon and endured cameles nameless and from her borders have our naional covenans and as in vain bown robbed of an immense amoun 0of nameles sufferings by he sae of missouri bave been driven by force of arms conrary o valn we have sough redress by all consiuional legal and honorable means in her cours her bar hgr hec duac euac execuive councils and her legislaive halls and as we have peiioned congress e o ake cognizance of our sufferings wihou zfec effec of acion laiva relaive 5 ascension o he chief magisracy s 1 F we 1 solici mos respecfully YOM rule favor your sir your friend and he friends of peace e good order and consiuional righs in behalf oi 91 he ue joseph smih ha church of jesus chris of laer day sains 405 joseph smih said he oher four leers sen were very asimilar lac adad o he one above o he leer o van buren a posscrip was addd added also wheher your views or feelings have chain changed comm cooaunicaion micaion was ejec maer of his commmicaion clace alace cluce aiace he sub presened you in your hen lar 404 ibl ibid d9 da pe bid bid 405iblid PP 65

191 184 official capaciy a washingon in he year 1841 and by you reaed wih a coldness indifference differences in and neglec bordering on an conemp 406 conwv 06 of he his sains hib five candidaes only hree gave reply o he saine hese were calhoun clay and cass none of he answers was saisfacory o he sains and hey fel ha from none of he five could hey hope impe for assisance in obaining jusice for he many wrougs wrongs coubs a hey had suffered ac he hands of he people of missouri his was he grea concern of he church a his isoo o iswo gain friends o see heir poin of view and help or pu pressure on he proper people o obain redress his waa was a3 ime of naw nam rials elais many appeals and maw memorials sen o various saes o seek help from heir leaders o massachuses propery phinehas richards sen an appeal o his naive sae of o consider he wrongs susained in he loss of lives and and oher damages denia done denis dona dena o he church of jesus chris C jlwie of labaar lacer labaer laer day sains of which he is a member noah packard sen a memorial o gover goger r he governor senae and house of represenaives of massachuses his naive sae aall he seing forh in deail ho sufferings of he sains in missouri and heir expulsion froma fra ha hac chac cha sese sfpe sse joseph smih sen an appeal o he green mounain pays vera Vero veuaou oo 409 pcys of his naive sae vermon chere here hem cheze hel chel were ohers sen san also as-nin again his was vas a ime of nany many appeals by morens o nany many wany he mormns moraons nauy differen people because hey fel hey could no find any candidaes sympaheic o heir cause on monday january 29h joseph sih selh 1844 he welve aposles joseoh 1 greens seih hyrum smih and john greene PF areene 406 p ibid ibid 407jouzmul 407 journel journal hisory brmry bumry rirsbrua ry is IW ibid march 5h ah is hisory 40911is of chugch lue ue he che chuich c1lurch VI p 88

192 185 me a he mayors office in nauvoo o consider he proper course for hem o follow in relaion o he forhcoming presidenial elecion afer deliberaion hey fel hey could no suppor any of he candidaes o whom whon hey had wrien willard richards proposed and i l was usly asly voed unanimously ha we will have an indepeudeu iudepeudeu elecoral icke and ha joseph smih be a candidae for he nex presidency and ha useall ail honorable means in our power we use all ali pawer o secure his zlecioa 410 o his moion joseph smih made he cha ha che following slgniflean significan cocxoens corzam3 if you al acl aerrp o sce ace acconnlish his ciy who is able o speak apeak spaak in public hroughou he land o elecion aer eer or and make a 9 sump speeches advocae cade cas cale he mormon religion 1114brwa relioion rsligioza coiloion olon puriy iow of alac alec elecions ar &r n down york wb ocracy and wbocracy vabocracy nab evasus snow afer erasus ever he naien naion call upon he people o sand by he law and pu david yearsly yearsly musl mus yearsley vermon snew o vermo ous wus go parley incl PF lie le kie pr o liaw jew sew sev llew and sidney rigdon o Peun pennsylvania he april conference we will have gone general conferences all nacion and I1 will aend as many as convenien ell he whig demcraic dwmeraic deg Dem presidens nid people we have had ug uk nd democraic wan a presiden of he unied saes iii emi I1 lll clury me ino he presi- presidenial emir chair 111 will liberies I1 will nol do parley and aylor mus go he whigs are scri sriving for here is oraory enough in he hurch denial chair cheir he firs slide 411 lr you aus- baudi iaudi craic long enough we ever ix 1I eler evev elee e ino he all proec he people in heir righs and no elecioneer for musolf mysolf mysulf byrum hyrun 1yrum ziha niho rihaii imrii clayon mus go or he will aposaize 1 riha virs a king under he rl of dmowracj mozrac 1 7 church o carry curry caury and d avar ever cvar ovar zvac aad ovad reli man i che bhe ao 40 y 4o he ha sams same sagas salas day joseph smih began dicaing phels reeis reels dicairf o willic V chels is pamphle which was e o be used in he campai&olr campaigai vuic psrs pars vuwc on he priwars L vie 0 i gover goveramen Gove and policy of he governmen accen acaen ramen of sis saes scies he unied scaes sades cas robers indicaes h b ah s joseph smih cock couk lac cocu really lve lvc ive ve no bopes hopes of being baing halve halva eleced he li docs poin ou ile does he however ea hac had ha ly becc beca aing uo luo cn candidae he gave he ciizens of nauvoo an opporuniy o voe or a friend & 410 ibid0 12 ibid p libid

193 186 whose views regarding wha ough o be done for he general good of he naion were consisen wih heir own a he same ime i was fel ha he sains could avoid he wrah of he wo major poliical paries affilia affiliae ing in illinois by no affiliaing wih eiher of chem hen hem chan cham chea i appears co he wrier ha his candidacy and campaigning signing aigning also gave o he cormons mormons a differen avenue of approach o pu heir religious views before he people of he unied saes wheher joseph smih and he mor moe hoe honnonn people really congi considereded ha hey had a bona fide candidae he wrier feeli feels fedeli can be debaed bu he imporan hing o his work is he remendous organizaion which was conrived by he church leaders o presen joseph smihs views o he people of his naion a a special meeing in nauvoo on march 7h ah 1844 held largely cleion o urge he ceopleion of he nauvoo Temple empie les leo ies he subjec urned o he poliies poliics of he cime ime cims wilford woodruff said ha in he course of he meeing presiden joseph smihs views of he governmen vermen was hen read which was received wih universal applause gen smih is now nominaed by he sains as a candidae for presiden of he 412 U S a following his smih sood and addressed he assembly lie he gave some of his reasons for acceping he nominaion and permiing his candidacy elder woodruff again records his words chair chaid As o poliics I1 care bu lile abou he presidenial I1 would no give half as much for he office as I1 would for he one I1 now hold bold hoid bu as he world have used he power of governmen o oppress persecue & us he proecion of our righs office i ie when I1 ge hold of he easern is righ for us o use i for journal of wilford woodruff lma luw IWA march 7h ah 1844

194 187 papers & see sea eleced bu if I1 should bo I1 could no do anyhing for you d bee how popular I1 am I1 am afraid myself ha I1 shall be be I1 would no say ha your cause is jus ad he april conference of he church in 1844 began on he 6h ah and lased hrough he 9h ah lnor imor an can canc many very imporan hings were preached and discussed by he leaders of special concern o his work were commens made by hyrum smih a a special mooing meaing of elders april 9h ah relaive o he upcoming campaign for joseph smih he said we engage in he elecion he same as in any oher principle you are o voe for good men and if you do no do his i is a sin o voe for wicked men he evil heu hsu upon helpless lambs i would be aiu ain aln alu aign aien siu sin choose he goodd and refuse men man mau hau of false principles have preyed upon us like wolves laabs damn he rod of yranny curse i le every man use his liberies according o he consiuion don fear man or devil elecioneer wih all people ae 1e male and female and exhor hem o do he hing ha is righ we wan a presiden of he U S no a pary presiden bu a presiden of he whole people for a pary presiden disfranchises he opposie pary pardy dardy have a presiden franchises disfranchiser who will mainain every mn man in his righs all ali ary oppio acy ardy rlghs4u habec heber haber hebec C Kkimball followed wih an address lie he iia ila oo urged he elders o prepare for he campaign mission which was soon o come abou he said n we are going o arrange a plan for conferences and we design o send elders o all he differen saes o ge up meeings and proraced meeings 415 and elecioneer for joseph o be he nex presiden H 5 a he conclusion of his alk wo hundred foryfour elders came forward o voluneer heir services in he campaign he following day april loh loch he council of he welve ine me mec o spo all ail ali K arrange he conferences spoken of by heber C kimball on april 15h ibid had 4131bid 4131bid hd hisory of he church VI p hisoel 4151bid9 ibid p 325

195 eieral 1844 he appoinmen for he &eaeral 1&49 emeral eral conferences were given ou he idj ida elders wece were illi ore oce o sar in illinois aois nols and arid arld move norh and eas holding holdina con- ferences preaching and campaigning for joseph smich senih senich smih unil hey worked heir way ino he jew england acca arca area acea adea accordiij L accordi I1ij o heir proposed schedule conferences were o be hela in he following naw new en3lad locaions aeo englad on he daes lised june jime juna jima juma dosou boson 30 massachuses july aler sgier gle gie 11 1 massachuses and scarboro haine 114 malue july 1314 icv ncv lim 14 bedford massachuses peerborg peerboroo Peer boror boroo leu kew bew i4ew iew hampshire and vinl vinzl vini vinzi dinzl liaven leaven iizen magine maine maline july lowell lawell massachuses and wesfield ilassachusea chuses augus loii ioli Farming farmingon dons ons cons massachuses augus lis ils new lew leu eaven maven haven connecicu augus us canaan connecicu augus norwalk waik 24 ilor llor walk connecicu in addiion o he above jas a lis was ras zas also published lssiain scisnin he alders eldera elders o he various saes wih a presidency deiuj belu bein pojlad for each sae sas eaglaad scaes in he new eagland hnglaad saes nese hese hege anese were darris coaaeclicu c0iuecicu E 11 daw davis mine eine J elbridge elbridgc c ufs buerfield and elbridq 1ziagsachuses daniel llassaciiusels da iaal i4al 1.1 speic3r spalcar salcar Spelcar new hampshire W snow and koward howard egan rhode island ijilliain seabury sennbul j sinea vermon erasus snow o all of he assinia assinea assi3neu he welve wroe eiders elders he quormi quorun quorum of hose eiders elders who ioia foresin eoin eoln are aca numbered in he foreoin foreioia fora fone over aver he differen saes will appoin oa ioa cou conferences heir several saes where opporuniies presen all conferences he euch lis eee lea ire aea o preside oafera gera gero as in iaa ali all places 211 preseau seab sea sen and will aend ss or send experienced aid aad and ulo uio blo elmerl eljerl niec El niez ald JerL dech denh & ho beuch in righeousness and presen before ho people general ruh smihs views of im he powers aad policy of bhe he gena general and seek diligenly o deu ge se up elecors who will presidency all he eiders elders wili viii be preach in is simpliciy and beauy in all ekness meekness suffering and prayerfulness grf erg and he welve will devoe he o raveling and aend as nany dany conferences as possible 41 many r avelian ral rai 11 in will preach coerixne rlrae krae ids ils 12 aill go for him for he lc faihful in preaching bhe he che ie gocal gocpl aw humiliy long season I1 bod 413bid2 bd p 34j

196 ibs lbs 189 very soon eoon afer he appoinmens were made he elders and he welve began o leave on heir assignmens wilford woodruff for example lef on he 9h ah of may 1844 in company wih george A smih jedediah gran ezra hayer M and hayers haders Th said son of his elder woodruff I1 was again under he necessiy of paring wih my family for he purpose of spending anoher summer on a mission hrough he unied saes o aend he general conferences beon vy wj lo o ravel in he las en an on li he vineyard every gummer sinme minme ears of my 417 soy aly ady ilfe life nih wih one i has been oue excepion for ly he paern 0 of aciviy of hese live nen aon ben mon aen mus have been quie similar o ha of he ohers he firs week hey leid laid hold haid ings hald public mow noe wow meeings wherever he opporuniy presened iself on mas may mls 18h hey hoy held hold heid haid heir firs conference a newark illinois on he 20hs sill in newark hey heid held hold a poliical meeing iga igw since his was perhaps he general ouline of mos of hese caiapaign11 meeings woodruffe woodruffs accoun of his meeing is included me nec nac a he schoolhouse o deliver a polii- in he evening we wo all nis mis cal lecure I1 called he meeing o order & uada wade made mada some inroducory remarks & inroduced o he assen assembly mr henry jacobs wno wiw ano diw arose & read general smihs views of o he powers ana ani anu anl angl policy of he governmen of he unied saes o he meeing mr hr david bulaw o he assembly afer which I1 inroduced fulaw who addressed he assembly in an fulaer ineresing manner showed ha gen smih ook a line beween he wo paries on he banking ag sysem & everyhing everhing els a a hima hiza and urged our claims righs o cas & our moes and followed him for a presidens presiden6 presidenspoke 6 cla cia hing almos I1 arose voes poke of our persecuion & he dauger danger crl ri lri aea dangar he whole misrole misrule people of he unied saes were in of being desroyed by mierole moblad if hey permied ha principle o riumphh ix moblaw m I1 was followed by mr smih who delivered a spiried address upon poliics spoke of his fahers fighing in defence of our counry spoke of he reamen we had received from he hands of Van vanburan vanbursn bucan calhoon ec all who had spe spoken when we close a cerain or vau Vanbur sn & clay & spokan had he assisance of he lord dr smih arose and hurring hurrang he people in a 417njournal of wilford woodruff may ah 9 9h 1844

197 190 vile ianner banner lanoer eanner a& raised a row heir was sol some sof we urned away wrah & vich wlch sof words ve spen he nigh wih br wich lr wilseys18 wilboys418 ighing som prospec of fighing lug fighing lub reurned home in peace & bu hey moved from ram place o place holding hese public knee rnee meeingss presening joseph smihs views and urging people o suppor him as a candidae for he presidency of he unied saes hey moved o he norh and eas unil wilford woodruff arrived in boson en juno 26h on june 1844 IWA imm iua no doub o keep he conference applin appoinmen brigimm brighaa brigha young lex ex lef lor xor xoe loe loc he easern saes on may n ef of june 29h and 30h ay 21s 2ls als 1844 his line of ravel was more direc on june 6h ah rider eider eldor elder youn youns young franklin D richards and L brooksand brookland Brook nio sand addressed he people of shalorsville Mmio ohio mlo on joseph smihs govern gavern smihes views on governmen june 7h ah youngs yoxngls hisory has recorded lawyers and docors called o converse wih us and obain copies of general smihs views afernoon wih broher richards I1 wen o manua where we ms me ma broher lorenzo snow and ohers we procew proceeded led ed o hiram and held hold heid a meeing in sigh of he house where joseph and sidney were dragged ou feahered415 feahered4l feahered cu by he heels and arred and hese hos men worked heir way also o chose hose hosa chosa areas in meo mew new neo england where conferences were appoined for june july andrup ujus upus on june ush andaupus 27h brigham young was in boson wih wilford woodruff and ond orson ude while he welve and he assigned elders were wending heir way aseings oward heir assigned maa mee oa&ings pressures ings buil up in nauvoo i wr ans wnss rumored ha here was o be o an invasion from fron missouri joseph joserh smih placed all he cily ciy enrances under armed guard and devised plans for 6 suard 418bidv ibid daed may och 2ch 1s44 1va4 419millemial millennial sar vol 26 p 343

198 191 he defense of he ciy hings became more and more ense finally hough he had previously hesiaed o do so joseph smih wroe leers o he welve aposles who were absen on mission cle o come eme coms elb home imme- d diaely n hese were wrien on june 20h 1844 brigham youngs was sen o boson george A smihs o peerborg peerboro Peer boro new hampshire and he oher aposles9 leers o saes oher 9 han in new now england hey were bc sen by aaron york o he illinois river M because a his roubled 9 U ime cime IL S mails were no going in or ou of nauvoo before any of hese addressees could receive hese leers joseph smih was killed maryred mana mangs mango a red carhage illinois june 27h 1844 on june 27h elder 0 hyde was in he hall occupied by he sains in boson examining maps and designaing or poining paining ou each mans disric or field of labor in company wih elders B young W woodruff and ohers a par of he day y brigha brighaa young recorded he following in his hisory bri bui bul 420 a20 of ha hac day spen he day in boson wih broher Wo woodruff druff who accompanied me o he railway saion as I1 was abou o ake cars o saia sala salem sain salea he evening while siing in he depo waiing I1 fel a heavy o acied anied in aiau elan alan depression of spiri and so melancholy 1y I1 could no converse wih ay any degree of pleasure no knowing anyhing concerning he ragedy enacing a his ime cime cims im cil in carhage jail I1 could no assign my feeling4 reasons for my peculiar feeling421 feelings 4 pfail 2fail hough all of he aposles who were on missions professed feelings of deep depression on june 27h and no a ha ime cime cims realizing why hey coninued o carry on wih heir assignmens of preaching and campaigning on june 29h and 30h hey held he boson conference as paigning 420journal journal hisory june 27h lmillennial sar vol 26 p 343

199 192 previously arranged he 5 journal hisory hisory00 indicaes ha a majoriy of he welve were presen including brigham young who presided heber neber C ghail orson hyde orson pra william smih wilford woodruff f KI kimball and lyman wigh on june 30hs willard richards penned a leer from nauvoo o bri youn brigham young which gave ineresing insigh o he siuaion in and around ha ciy afer recouning he deahs of joseph and hyrum smih saih saich smich he leer said you now lol low lal maq wq our siuaion ha he welve aposles reurn o nauvoo are hreaened wih deadly hreas and he reques of he council is he lives of welve man men wan wen i has been suggesed by he council ha if he welve approved presiden brigham young heber all ali ail C kimball george K A smih smich smihs wilford woodruff and orson pra reurn immediaely and william smih all he smihb swih whose life is hreaened wih smihs john E page lyman wigh P P pra and orson hyde spend a lile cime ime cims clise clims in publishing he news in he easern is for ciies and geing as many in he church as possible docid 22 you o docia decide 422 bri his ie elder george J adaus commissioned adams was comissoned o carry his message o brigham young bu failing o do so i was carried wihou delay dilay by jedediah M gran on july is he mlsslonari missionaries lsv aended sae convenion wih our Lands friends nelo a Er en masse in he meio melodeon boson for he nominaion of an i elecoral icke general joseph smih for presiden of he unied saes bail bal bai and appoined delegaes o he balimore naional convenion re 423 hese delegaes were o have been heber C kimball and george B brig wallace a his meeing brigham young presided and lyman wigh and 422journal lda journal hisory june 30h 1844 ibm 423hllennial sar vol 26 p 343 llexmial

200 193 william smih were wore wece vice presidens secrearies were wilford woodruff orson pra and A mcalliser of boson and fel of salem a aspea nil an evening session a number of rowdies appeared while brigham young nim or was speaking a woman by he name of folsom arose and began o harangue & he audience she was joined by many of he rowdies and a real disurbance ook place police came o quell he commoion only o be overpowered by he hecklers and he meeing was broken up he nex day july 2nd and in meeing wih he welve who were hen in he area i was resolved o sem separae cae from one anoher and go ino various locaions where each member of he quorum was o ake he oversigh of several upcoming conferences hey hen lef one anoher wore weze wece quie scaered ad xd when he official news reached hem concerning and were he deah of joseph and hyrum smih wilford woodruff and milon ifolmes ho wen ino maine a Sear scarboro hey heid held hold a conference on july ah 6h and ah 7h abou six hundred people were repored o have been in aendance on he ah 9h woodruff and holms boils visied Por porland lando maine i was while here ha hey saw for he firs ime he announcemen by he press of he maryrdom i was diaely published in he boson imes because of he shocking news hey reurned immediaely o boson where elder woodruff counseled and comfored he sains here abou he 12h of july woodruff received word from quincy illinois giving he full accoun of he affair a car carhage hags habe on sunday july 14h wilford woodruff preached o he mormons cormons in boson he was he only member or of he welve in ha ciy a ha ime on july 16h elder woodruff wroe a leer o brigham young and

201 194 orson pra apparenly feeling ha perhaps hey had no ye received he ragic news ha leer conained he following dear brehren I1 hasen o inform you ha I1 reurned o his ciy on hearing he repor of he deah of joseph and hyrum expecing o see you suspense I1 have waied a nln nin number or o obain word I1 could rely on nimber of days in dep desp deap his morning snow and one froj one from E looming wo leers were pu ino ay broj J paga pagq gy hands by siser phelps pa of pisburg E boh con- A firming he repor of he deah of joseph and hyrum murdered in arage carc Car 1 I1carhago ariage arcase arcasa dasa zase jail jlii hey were i is no for dor doc me o counsel you be well for you o come direc o boson bu iguid guld I1 muld muid ask if i would no and hold a council wih he welve and decide whal wha uhal course o pursue hings uie ule ude uce aie sill very criical in he wes we don know where i w will end I1 spen he sabbah here spoke hree imes comfored ared ored he sains all I1 could and had a good ime he sains bear he slick silck shock well I1 am well and in good spiris I1 do no kno where I1 can address uy ury leers o reach you I1 shall wrie o lowell peerboro peerborg bradford york Peer hoping hey may reach you in one of hose places I1 shall go inmdiaely yours youre iihoediaely o farmingon if you wish o wrie o ue us youze iu ia he kingdom of god new boro nl now haven c and new mew famingoi loi oi direc o farmlngol Famingcoli c ani hew 424 wilford woodruff424 Woodruff brig brigham young and aud orson pra following heir loson boson doson meeing a franklin bail hall wen ino uw new hanxpshire shice shire o ake cara cars of conference assignmens i was lio no unil july a ii ix ex ha hai chai ela cia lla a hey firs heard runor concerning dhe he ghe assassiuaiou of ue ae soih smih brohers 4e smich hi wi on july 1 16h 1844 heir fears were finally and officially confirmed on ha day elders leer zead young and pra heard a oer oler read cad from josaph soph powers of nauvoo erl ermence erience speaking of ha experience erience wroa riluirn young arroa 11righam irroa 424 u1u uku william fi jerre aad alaa alm aim P buron readings in LDS church hisory sal lake ciy desere news press 1955 pp ap read r L D 1953 vol II 11

202 195 s mens boens bagens doen while a broher Ba bamens Boen house in peerborg peerboro Peerboro read which broher livingson had received from mr s I1 heard a lacer ieer lecer leer laer joseph powers of nauvoo giving pariculars of he murder of joseph and llyrum 11yrini he firs chins hin hins which I1 hough of was wih wlch him from che he iie cae llie earh wheher joseph had aken he keys of he kingdom wich broher bisoi 0csoa oisoi pra sa on my lef we vere were vece boh leaning back on our chairs bringing brli3zin oj che he dike gike jun kingdom lun dm are righ church421 my wl hand down on my knee I1 said he keys of here wih he church42 Church 425 bri young youne brigham i heber hebec lieber fieber C kimball orson hydas hydes pra all and orson pea arrived in boson on he lah l8h 18h of july wiuord where whare hey joined wilzord wildord woodruff hese nen heid helcl held heill heili a nicil meedia meeing meedla and deermined ha a0 leer 4 co cov council of insrucion should be sen o he elders and sains scaered abroad n his leer ws was ens composed ased osed elder clerk woodruff aced as cleck cieck apor in i jimpo- npor ran insrucions wece were given iven siven relaive o he maryrdom and avid avld aḻid ils is ibs lbs siynif slgnif sinnif acance icance furhers he missionaries were urged o reurn o heir homes in he wes all auhoriies of he church1 churchy who lived in la nauvoo und ind and were admy awsy avmy a his dime lime ime were insruced o celura reurn reura o heir cheir houes homes silace siace he welve were planning pian nins o sibla sibia leave as soon as possible for illinois 426 f f he pbove prove five quorum members wailed wre waied for several lnore enore mre clay days in ymn coup zomp boson for lyman wigh one of heir group dmn romp o join hem here lie ie lle ile arrived hy by july zoh for on ha dece dace dege U ers folders fclders youa youn young lub aiji Umb rlmball umbalil remball and ui wiji wiyi 111 uyi uyl lef boson for nauvoo hey hay chey uhlen uhlan uhey chay arrived ac al Al albany baay chay hey hay wece were wace aare joined by orson ryde orson gon con pra ga za Pr la and ruu wiford wiifora wifora Vood woodruff cue nue 427 he ha roup coup hen proceeded as rapidly as possible o nauvoo arriving here on augus usc us ah 61i 6h 1344 orson hyda hyde nyda however lef hem in he Kir kirland larid area so was wac no wih ilh a 1 hem kiem liem klem when Illi hey arrived in illinois aois 42 millennial sar vol p deread berre erre erra 3 and buron og a cic ci 9.9 pp ap 57 V 427journal 47 hisory july 24h

203 chaper IX IM NEW ENGIAI ENGLA BEGINN FROM THE MARTYRDOM TO THE BEGINNDM OF THE EXODUS he organizaion of missionype Mission hission Type disrics when he welve reurned o nauvoo hey found round ha sidney rigdon former counselor o joseph smih in he firs presidency was making claims ha he should be made he guardian of he churchro churcho Church build i up o joseph smih upon hearing his he aposles me wih elder rigdon on augus 7h ah 1844 o hear his views A public meeing of mener mecer menez ship he church membership was called for hursday he 8h ah of augus a 1000 am o choose a guardian or a presiden and rusee u rigdon 428 alked a grea lengh presening his ideas a his meeing hen a a 200 session brigham young speaking as an aposle presened PM he idea ha he church a he deah of he presiden was o be lad led iad by he 0uorum quorum of he welve io amasa amaba M lyman followed wih a shor address favoring he viewpoin of brigham young sidney rigdon hen called on VW W phelps o speak in his rigdons Rig behalf phelps spoke a some lengh bu did no acually proe prae promoe he posiion of elder rigdon parley P pra hen addressed he assembly speaking in suppor of youngs argumen he final decision was pu o a voe of he assembled sains and he quorum of he welve aposles was seleced o guide he desiny of he church a a meeing of he welve on he 12h of augus a grea sep sop 428hisoey of he church VII p 231 hisory

204 197 forward was aken in he proselying aciviies of he church in he unied saes 7 1C was deermined in par ha he c eri high e p sss as high priess be ha brigham young cqinen fluen of america be organized ino disrics and clinen poined o preside evec ever over each disric heber hebec habec haber C kimball K and willard richards direc he coninen and appoin brin 4rin presidens o manage he general affairs of he church 29 7 all ail ali an episle of he welve o he church members hroughou he world daed augus 15h gives insigh ino some of he reasons for organizing in his manner since i appears o be so imporan ocan o 9 he hinking of he church leadership a his ime cime i is quoed in par he unied saes and adjoining provinces will be immediaely in a similar ier ler manner aud high priess organized by he welve ino proper disrics as hey have already done in england and scoland immediaely will be appoined over each disric o preside over he same and o call quarerly conferences for he regulaion and represenaion of he branches included in he bame same and for che ch he furherance of he gospel and also o ake measures for a yearly represenaion in a general conference his will save he rouble and confusion of he running o and fro of elders deec false docrine and false cea eacherss and make every elder older in which he may happen e o labor he larger branchesog o aend o he managemen gann of he emporal funds such as ihings hings and funds for he poor according o he wider abroad accounable o he conference revelaions of god and o be judges in israel30 Israel 430 bishops will also be appoined in israel430 his gane sane gana idea was again expressed by presiden brigham young in a discourse delivered on augus 18h afer which be he added r he ime ims has come when all 01 hings mus be se in order his was ii 431 hen he beginning of anoher organizaional advancemen in he mormon honnon hormon missionary sysempresiding presiding or presidens elders n presidens19 called o direc 429bid ibid bid p james R mark clark mega mesa megs messages of he firs presidency vol voi 1 sal lake ciy dark Book bookcraf inc crafo 1965 pp ap I1 431 hisory 2f of he church af vii9 viig churchy VII vil p 258

205 198 missionary and church aciviies hroughou he whole coninen of rica america A K ype organ- izaion bri o furher clarify wha was inended in his new brigham brigbam young explained in an ocober ah now cype 8h meeing ha he objec for which hese hose high priess were being sen ou and informed hem ha i was no he design o go and arry ous 11 six monhs and hea hen could han reurn bu o go and sele down where hey mild 0 ake heir families and arry unil he T ample hen coos henraurn ampie is buil and come cone coms and ge heir endowmens and reurn o heir families and his432 build up a sake as large as his32 on his same day presiden Preside u young proceeded o selec he ilen men llen from he high pries priess quorum who were o go ino all he congressional disrics of he unied saes 17 o preside ovar over aver he church branches and do missionary service iniially he unied saes was divided ino eighy flve five ive disrics he adminisraion parisy P f parley of P pra in lae 1844 parley pra P was appoined o ake charge charbe charba of he church in he alanic saes which a he ime included he new now rge nev england area ile he lle lie lef nauvoo aad accompanied by ezra af benson and Pelai ah polaian pelaiah polaiah Polai brown de or on december 2nd and 1844 upon heir arrival in now new york elder pra appoined benson o ake charge of he missionary work in vicin iys boson and viciniy and bron bno n was given he presiding responsibiliy in 433 he philadelphia viciniy parley pra in addiion o his missionary responsibiliy was also given he ask of publishing from new naw now he church periodical he prophe sam brannan braman had nau neu york bad been acing as 432journal journal hisory ocober ah lua lum 8h 1844 rqn AQQ 433parley lake ciy pra auobiography hv of pacley parisy P pras auobi auori desere book C Con company any 1961 p 337 parley parker pra sal

206 199 edior and publisher shorly afer his arrival in he mission field elder pra published a proclamaion o all he sains under his direcion his in chis proclamaion calling he oulined he duies of his caillin callian liin ilin calliin as well as he duies oi 0 he officers and naauwlers zaeabers zaa raa abers over whom lre ire ile lle was o preside williaa william will1aa smih broher of joseph smih was in he eas also and he expressed a leas wardly lease ouwardly ouwardly his uis ccepaiicc accepaaou c of parley P pra as he nm new ecclesiasical auhoriy in he area lie wroe sluce slice he arrival of elders pra P P and benson he burden of church affairs will no res so much sauch siuch on ny my shoulders chouldars and in he recepion of hese brehren from he wes I1 am much rejoiced in having more help for ruly we migh say he harves is grea and he laborers are few I1 shall coninue o labor in conjuncion wih elder pra in he easern churches unil spring i is well known con lae iaa soo however by he sains ha I1 conemplae leaving for he wes soon sooli and I1 feel highly pleased o leave he presidency llcy vicy ilcy of he easern churches in such compeen handlo handso and I1 hope he sains will rill do all in heir power o susain hem wih he quorum of he welve as he presi peggi presidency deacy over he whole church I1 would say aa I1 I1have riave read road raad llave coad he caad elder pras circular o a 1kie che kle churches and do mos cordially approve of is senimens deach deah of pariarch as oi iie prophe and pariarca since he pariarc i he church has had o undergo 1110 almos an enire revoluion of hings and way ge cys along he bes hey could have had o guess kacir if errors have been commied of he bearl nearle hear beaul hi hl hose away from nauvoo rieir acir waya or gel hey hay chay have been beeri of oi he heads bu as ye we have commied eed none iiona nona llona as kig we know of we pray o god o guide us by ha spiri ha leads ino and if here luere aribue dhere should be any disconened spiris hem o he righ nih source somehing had beer happening in happezing happeeinh ini in lne ay 4y ed and and no and rui arui lao all ruwi ruii cen ren will 1 ha che he dha dhe brea bre7 brehren he eas which was o give elder C 0 pra grave grava gravs concern As he became beczmo familiar wih circumsances in lis uis nis i nav naw liew alev field of labors he ha found id 1 uliain eilliam 7illiam saida sairi aia ala alca 5sabiri Sailai ilal georoe ceoroe george C J adams adans sam draa Dran dzan drannans nan and ohers had been bean ariva boen involved in aciviies which were no iv1eulyes 434 ASAA journal Jou caal raal hisory january 25h 1845

207 200 becoming men misakes11 by hem man in heir posiions here had been misakes hemo chemo cham regardless of wheher of he head or of he hear of hemo hem pra repored had been corruping he sains by inroducing among hem all manner of false docrine and ioaoral rai pracices ies cies cles by which many of hem had sumbled and been seduced from virue and ruh while and ohers many ohers seeing heir iniquiy had urned away from he church and joined various dissening paries we herefore in accordance wih he insrucions of he holy spiri in presiden young before we lef home homo direced william smih and J G adams o reurn o nauvoo where in process ef of lims ime cime hey were cu off from he church hy chey we also warned broher brannan and ohers o repen speedily of all hey such evil pracices or we would wihdraw fellowship from ghea hem falh faihfully guily o repen and lead a new now life herefore we bore we also augh he church o beware of all impure uze and and no o receive any elder or promised prmdsed faihfully wih hem we found ha elders eldora eiders wicked docrines and pracices eldera william smih G J adams 0 0 A will adame S brannan fr ng miniser who sough o seduce hem by bj any false eachings wih hese exerions and he coninual labors of elders benson gran and many ohers wih mrself aybelf brown we succeeded in seing in order he churches and reesablishing pure gospel principles e e 4 12 cz 5.5 his siuaion sas sews sols o bear ou wha wilferd wilford woodruff had found on his way o england in ocober of 1844 he wroe a leer o nauvoo NELUVOO from boson daed ocober ah 9h 1844 in i he said ha four men william smih george J adams sam brannan and joseph ball were eaching false docrine hey were involved wih women in pracices highly irregular rai ral hey were eaching sme some sms of he females ixaooral pracices hey were claiming ha william smih was as grea an aposle o he geniles as was paul paulo pauls and hey were removing all presiding elders cla cia who would no lisen o heir claims 436 his informaion informaions sen by elder woodruff probably had come somehing o do wih parley praa & pras direcing smih and adams o go o nauvoo where hey were finally cu off from pea pra obi obe 435pra 436journal journal si ci sic cic hisory pp ap ocober 9h ah 1844

208 oa o1 membership membershi3 in he Chur church cli cil Mear meanwhile ezra while T benson was presiding over he boson cori corr corn coer corl ference 437 Q 7 re in his relon ralon region ragion raglon he was he agen o collec monies for he church he had bean been given ha auhoriy o do his from wo ruseesinrus Trusees intrus for he church bishops newel 3ewel bewel ac 1c K luney jhiney whiney Jh and george miller o he leer of auhorizaion indicaed he following foi whom i may concern loving ezra T benson have been appoined by he proper auhoriies of he church of jesus chris of laer day sains agens o collec donaions and ih ings for he emple in he ciy of nauvoo lau iau iauvoo dauvoo and for oher purposes ino lao inlo and have complied wih all necessary requiremens by enericj indo bonds o our enire saisfacion such by all ail ali people wherever hey may ravel eneria we hope hey vill be received as a inasmuch as his is a very good opporuniy ar chal ha chad all should double i sneir neir ulous feel very anxious liair finish he building of he emple he nex season men may receive heir endowmen we and inasmuch jj ao ve exerions in order o ha he sains hope he sains universally will embrace he opporuniy and donae liberally ha hey may he reward more speedily receive heir rewards for grea hings depend on our finishing he building of he emple Tempie le wih speed in rading for farms or exchanging for farms here we rould would cauion he brehren agains doing aay any day business wih any oher persons han our regularly auhorized agens as all kinds of fraud has been praciced pracised upon he brehren abroad by swindlers swindlery lers professing o be laer day sains as grea friends o he sains anc and anid o be by aking his course he brehren vill be acing for he church ca c3 sure ha heir business will be done correc posiions lons vill be and hey ulii saved from hose many imposiions which are daily being praciced upon he unwary osiions ible ibie we have he honor o be your hunz hirz huni humble he faih of chris servans nd brehren lia in lla ila and N K whiney geo goo ooo iller 1 1 miller 1 437easern easern saes mission hisory year 11 ISA only

209 202 rusees in rus for he church of jaus chris of laer day nay sains As an auhorized bonded agen o collec funds for he church ezra benson colleced a very unique conribuion on january 28h 1845 on ha day he boson felle felie penny and dewing sociey11 me in heir iewing owing sociey second quarerly meeing heir reasur iad c2127 z a ha ine ime aad gad i was moved seconded and carried ha his money be given o elder benson o have i forwarded o nauvoo for he use on he Tempie emple Bonsongs sones bensons bonsones mission in he boson region seemed o be very success bula fula leas he fel so he Us recorded ha he added quie a number11 11 o he church cu off many for aposasy had held heid hold some excellen meeings and healed many sick of heir afflicions he was visied by elder parley P pra who gave hia hla him such good insrucion his and aided hla him hia in his labors elder benson concluded his wrien repor of his mission by saying abou he firs of may I1 was counseled o gaher up all he sains o nawoo nauvoo 00 ha could go from boson conference and he regions around which I1 mois mos wes wesl willingly ay 1y did hom hog my home bowe boma we reached nauvoo nawon in spiris40 good spiris440 spiris f having a desire o see cawon abou he firs of june all well and presiden parley pra spen his eigh monhs as he presiding auhoriy in he che easern saes by wriing for IU he prophe n and in visiing branches of he church a boson ap loveil philadelphia long 1pwe il island and oher places pra replaced he noorious william smih as he ha che presiden of 438journal 438ujournal 438 hisory Journal january als 3ls 31s 1845 ibid january 28h bid ibid july 16h bid

210 203 he church in here on may 4h ln he easern saes smih reurned o nauvoo arriving iship rship ah 1845 his mmbership membership in he church was uns in jeopardy in fac he had bean been boon baan beon ordered homa home hema by he welve o give accoun of re pored indiscreions in he had commied in he eas when he did arrive he ouwardly suppored his brehren of he welve he said o a group of he brehren brehren I1 have now naw seled among douhe shall I1 be susained by his coinmuniy cogn my healh ay viv aie ime and ay my alens have been freely spen in your service abc acc rdln& youhe las of he family ale srengh ay my and I1 am ready o do he same again if required having passed he las we wo or hree years among he easern churches vs in seing hem in order and afer princip& of hea hen chea chem up in he mos holy faih and organizing hem according o he paern laid down principles Qs having labored diligenly in eaching hem he rue principi virue and moraliy have now reurned o his ciy your mids As o ay and building hem and inend o ake up ay zw presidency over he easern churches my abode in I1 aa am confiden ha wy my precep and example have been unexcepionable in he eyes of all good sains will all uil if followed ou ne oe becs bers my counsel boh o elders and members isad lead load hem hea hen ham hae o he mos wos exaled glory in he no individual wheher he kingdom of gods and ao h be prophe pries or pharisee can in ruh say augh o he conrary my is he same now ha i was ean han all wihou respec of persons hy advice o suppor and uphold he proper auhoriies of he churchwhen whoa whon auhoriies I1 mean he whole and no a par he welves one wo six eigh lghp me as I1 follow chris le whan I1 I1 say and no don en on lan dan usn or eleven bu he whole welvefellow Twelve god being our judge signed WILLIAM smih441l SMITH 441 i would appear a reading his ha smih was susaining he welve bu was also rying o jusify some same dome doma dame of he hings which he had done in he eas conauan noe again his cor car commen anen wuan e congiden I1 am confiden ha my wq aq precep and example have been unexcepionable in he eyes of all good sains ay vw counsel boh o sider elder older eidee eldee and members men bers beds beda will if followed ou lead hen c chen o he mos exaled glory iu he uhe kiugdoiu gdom adom of gods ead aad io and snd rio indl andl individual can in ruh say augh o he conrary i would also 441 1bldv ibid may hay mey hey 15h 15ho 1845

211 204 seem ha he was worried abou his being beins susained by he sains as a par of he quorum for he pled ha he holec hole4 group be upheld and suppored as he proper auhoriies of he church zef chu 11 ref willi Ifill ifilliram iram va seih smih swih selh had bad bed hed prov previously bously lously brov cressed expressed his apparen saisfacion wih he organizaion and leadership of he church on may ah 5h he day following his reurn o fagoo 17 nauvoo fawoo ac meu a he council of he welve ms me younss youngs homa home young8 brigham younas hog o discuss samuel brannan and oher problems hom hode problem in he eas snihh smi1 smih was presen and gave his approval raval coval o he church program grau again on may 15h he susained he welve as quoed in he above on he 23rd of nay hay may brigham young me in council wih he welve and bishop cop op newel K whiney he main opic of ha meeing was he improper dop c roper coper 11 course of come some 9 william smih someime eiher ha day or he nex he a apparenly saisfied he aposles a leas emporarily regarding his of ror improper course he had aken for on an may 24h william was presen a a meeing wih he welve of ha meeing neeing 0 he fello vang following xang is recorded he brehren presen expressed heir fiings feelinys feings ings oti owards osi ards elder wm w smih o which ho lie ile ils responded ha ih welve hen laid heir hands upon him and ordained him o be a pariarch o he whole church chere here hor chece choc chec was a vann orchan varn inorchan inerchange In 0 nod sood cuorli442 quorum 2 and he quorum2 nili nill pod fooling beween william smich smih suich by he 29h of may iny lay vay 1 olev 0uevirj owev sr jus four louar foul claya ardinaioc iou inya afer his ordinaiou ordinaion as a pariarch i was war recorded ha william villiam smih was endeavoring eadeavoring o eadeavorina ride he welve don dom down 443 IP la ocober of 1843 he even weli wen 1 wea so 30 far as hie hia hla o publish a pajaphle agains he quorum finally because of rebel piousness lious liousness and lack of suppon suppor suppov by suich smi sui sulh for he council of zae ue ae cue cne welve 442nis A 4 1 S abu hisory of he church 443 ibid9 jbu p 420 churchy VI p 418

212 205 he vias was ulas lias excommunicaed from he church on ocober 19h h laler lader laer he was o reurn o some of he branches of he church in he eas over which he had presided prior o he presidency of parley P pra o preach false docrine and cause considerable confusion and commoion amongn he sains presiden pra did no find all he people of he easern saes willing o lisen o he message of Mormoni monnonisn mormonisn mormonis pra became quie dis courager couraged wih proselyln in new he prospecs of proselying hew york where he was locaed follo on june ah 5h 1344 he wroe he following ving o he belve 1elve welve a Iau nauvoo lau As i regards 0 publish ia i& li yorkj ards his ciy nev lie yorki yocki yorka if all he poliical and religious influence and suppor we have combined even allowing he sdior zaior zdior o work for Q nohing and live on saw dus pudding i will be inore more lnore han 0 we ic vie vre will suppor a periodical have ye done or are likely o do a presen here is lile prospec of a periodical being suppored by church or sae grais and use he umos caol economy herefore caola if we give our ime slis sis o divide i and eiher of us give our cime ine ime impracicable and I1 doub very much nuch wheher line seem wee can coninue o seems a presen publish he churches are few in number we decrease while you increase ihing emigraion he sranglilaning he law of ihin even srenghening and arid arld eries defence of he ciy of joseph has occupied he aenion and em- eneclas ecles of oz he saine salio salue so enirely since we cane ployed he energies iron came fron from feon ieon he wes and laid before hem heir duy and he necessiy of immediae acion ha i seems menion subscripions for papers in his counry i is handed in for ihing clohing and ammuniion in he les wes our eachings and influence aklo akio c secris almos vain vaia valn o aaion aion if hey have a dollar o spare or used for he purchase of arms or help ham hemselves elvas elves o emigrae and sele aided by yours and by he spiri of god have ended o produce his sae of hings and i pleases us so well ha we do no ilae like liae leas arrasses diae ilke o counerac i in he bu i raher embarrasses us o inbnediae means o clohe or o furnish us money for necessary expenses a aadad involves and us in deb 0 besides devoing our enire ime I1 have become convinced ha I1 can do no good here he public ibid9 ibid p 433

213 206 are enirely indifferen and will neiher come o meeing hear nor read road he ruh he sains are few abou fify of hem aend a sunday meeing in a large hall and perhaps half a dozen srangers come in and ou o gaze and gape and vonder wo wonder and perish parish I1 have labored hard for six monhs wihou an idle momen econeoy econmy in living raveling and clohing I1 feel fool reel as if iras now done wih his ciy and nearly so wih he naion my parish arry have used economy I1 was garmens are clean if hey all perish if I1 carry a and carcy a lile longer in he eas i rill necessarily be in boson and viciniy where ruh5 here is more ineres manifes for he ruh445 cruh ruha 5 r i is ineresing ha boson was poined ou by elder pra o be he place where he waned o ransfer if he sayed in he mission field boson mus have been a very acive place a his clma ime llma for in P addiion o he cogiaen cogiaan u au made above by pra jedediah gran MH wroe on july 12h 1845 ha boson was blessed wih more sains saing han any oher ciy in he easern saes ha branch I1 hink numbers bers bors becs beween 300 and 400 members wembers nem a46 mem 446 afer presiden pra wroe he above leer he issued his farewell saemen o he sains in he easern saes in i he said par in pac parz par beloved brehren and sisersi Siser since I1 lef ay wl hosep howep homa home ay my housa howe house heusa heme si is now nearly eigh monhs hege lands wife children moher friends and kindred in he wes o reside among ag you I1 am now abou o reurn and spend a few monhs wih hem I1 che herefore razore wish o leave my ray blessing and a few words of advice if he lord will a by your effors in connexion wih ohers he ciy of joseph has been srenghened and preservedhe che cho ho frem from scaering abroadhe walls prospec of speedily being enclosedhe wih redoubled vigour and many oher ohar loyed loyad che poor employed emple compleed of he empie nauvoo feed leed and kep wih a connnced r house recommenced ocher public and privae improvemens revemens revemens 445journal 445 journal hisory june 5h easern ah 1845 easern saes mission hisory july 12h 1845

214 207 carried forward wih rapidiy and dispach farming and manufacuring ineress of euc beon been boon bosn increased many folda foid fold7 fold447 im while a he sams same ime cime he eur our gur guc communiy in he wes ves have shorly afer he published he above address parley PF pra lef for nauvoo accompanied by some of he sains from erom drom fz his mission field az hey arrived in nauvoo cho he ho zhe che ciy of joseph on augus 26h 1845 where pra once again joined his family and friends he nex day he gave an ly accoun of his mission o he welve who expressed saisfacion wih his effors elli will on ocober 6h ah parley P pra was again o be faced wih he william smih problem which he had firs found ao mission presiden in he eas he general auhoriies of he church were being susained whereupon he following occurred i uds Uwas nex as one of che he ho cha arose and said moved ha william smih be coninued and sained susained Gu cho welve aposles seconded whereupon parley P pra williaa 1I have an objecion o broher wliilam in ha office I1 feel as an individual ha I1 canno conscien- iously uphold and susain broher william wliilam as one of he welve aposles unil he hinks differen from wha he does now I1 have many reasons for his bu I1 will mazely merely maceiy menion one or wo which mus suffice for he presen in he firs place I1 have proof mu william coninuing posiive ha he is an aspiring moan roan man woan wan ha be he aspires o uproo and undermine he legal presidency of he church ha he may occupy he place himself swif T he be has avowed openly in he eas which I1 can self seif his hla hia prove by good subsanial vi viu winesses in eas o my cerain knowledge his will broher william was in he easu nesses waso easo nasses he second place while docrine ard and aud conduc have no had a savory influence bu have produced deah and desrucion wherever he h wen his also I1 am well prepared o prove I1T have been waiing in all long suffering for an aleraion in broher williams course bu up o he presen I1 s ime I1 have been disappoined for one for hese wo reasons I1 would plead ha we no longer susain him in his office ill a proper invesigaion can be had and he makes saisfacion I1 do his individually I1 leave ohers o do as hey please 447 w journal hisory Hisorys erys july 20h 1845

215 208 scon he moion noion molon being seconded unanimously448 bu was los unanimously 448 a voe was hen aken o susain him he adminisraion of orson pra orson pra was called o preside over he easern saes mission ary program following he release of his broher parlay parley pacley message1 his arrival in ew york ciy he published a messaged message1 shorly afer o he sains in he easern and middle saes l lla ila iia ile lie I1 have jus arrived in new sains aies of he whole church iies eas lia wroe now york from nauvoo he ciy of he having been duly appoined and sen by he presiding auhor o preside over he churches in he he jurisdicionhe same power and heving having he same exen jurisdicion of spec spea from nom auhoriy and he same calling office and prieshood in every respec which were wer weve weze n wih your former presi- wede vesed in and enrused den parley pra P who has now reurned by he sancion of he presidency o his family and friends in he wes he presen prospecs of he sains in he eas are indeed cheer ing he dark cio clouds which have hung over heir heads wih hreaen ing lug lub aspecs are breaking away he drooping minds and spiris in unviruous occasioned by he false eachings nbs uu pracices and hellish conduc of geo goo gwo J adams and ohers are beginning o revive he counenances counauumees counenancer of he sains wear a more cheerful and serene aspecia aspec aspeci while hope gladness and joy animaes heir bosoms and simulaes o acion he officers in ha he hem e cha differen branches seem o more perfecly undersand heir duies and are ready under all circum- sances cos a a momens warning o obey counsel o preside preach he lav law of ihing has been cheerfully complied wih and wih willingness by many of he sains while ohers ehers are making speedy preparaions o do he same every arrangemen is being made by he faihful sains i o gaher up heir subsance and flee floe fies uno he place of he Temple empie 1e of he mos high fles o he ciy of he is wih grea saisfacion and pleasure ha I1 ener upon my ray may official duies as presiden new now yorks ae under circumsances so highly favorable praa pra9 york augus 25h 1845 orson pra449 Pra abid 4481bid jbid ocober 6h ah 1845 ibid 4491bid augus 25h 25hs 1845

216 209 while presiding in his area pur insrucions were received by presiden orson pra o puu purchase va ve usee chese weapons hese were o be used useo by he sward sains in heir proposed wesward ve re rek he Lle I1 aroe iroe reply o his reques new york oc 31s 1845 presiden brigham young yogg and councilors councillors he funds ha can be raised 1I shall aake wake mke he purcl burcl purchase aase iase easa eas& lors dear brehren I1 received a cocromicaion cammmicaion sammmicaion relaive CAMM six barreled pisols for self defence while journeying in wesern wilds I1 immediaely ook acive asuras measures oe presen prospec is good him I1 I1 hink obainin o obaining o obain hem and shall obain several hundred dollars for ha purpose he si inch pisols can be obained a reail for welve dollars by agreeing o ake ahe ae aks aa some hir nine and one half dollars b he wholesale price is en on cen dollars iey iie ile can be obained ac a As soon as I1 have raised he mos of hiry or fory 1I no ihingg subjec o your order comes in very slowly since he exerions ons svere were svare ware wace fiade beween one and wo hundred dollars ihin ihing comas he canvass zeal ino lha he he recen ubies roubles ha sains in he eas i d ha bu wr have iiade for ables in he wes have pu now life and hey are very anxious o assis all hey can and o gaher wesward broher brannan hinks esc esablishmen and go o california prining prininj hings i will be difficul o ake his prin ing unless he goes away dishonorably wihou paying debs if we could sell he could pay his debs is counseled anyhiag he he is very anxious o go and is willing o H do anyhing anyhixg he says ha he church perhaps would consider i asablis esablish n koev kaev up he paper wisdom o buy his esablishmen and sill keep orson orson 0 pra450 pra45o rson Pra in er november of 1845 orson pra lef he eas o join he sains a nauvoo in heir removal wesward he arrived in nauvoo december ilch sam saa lich 1845 san brannan was placed in charge of he affairs of he mission following he deparure of orson pra he presided in ha capaciy unil february 4h ah 1846 brannan also published a paper or periodical called 450easern saes mission hisory ocober 31s 1845

217 210 he new york messenger chiz his hiz periodical succeeded he prophe which puli had been published shee for come ime in he ineres of he church in he ea 451 ac presidin lein auhoriy ini he eas As he presiden presiding brann charered sam drann ernnnn m he ship brooklyn o ake snail small chuses massachuses o he vecera massa masso chuses snall companies anlas anas wecera unied saes we ern of 452 sains drw frw new york yark yonk yank yock and he ship lef or february ah 41hj 4h c wih sam S m brannan in charge of he sains on board following Brannan nans brannans8 Bran brannan8 brannann deparure jasse jesse C lile ms salec seleced ded o ake charge in ha area 451 ibid aee daer 16 aed abed only ecre 45zbmrre and erre indd buron 0 cs vol IT p

218 chaper X llew NEW missionary aciviies ENGIAIM THROUGH 1850 jasse C adminisraion of jesse jease lile apparenly in view of he knowledge ha sam brannan would soon be going o he wes 9 he church leaders loaders appoined jesse C lile o ake charge of missionary work in he easern branches 91 he leer of appoinmen daed january 20h 1846 indicaed he following empie eraple emple of god nauvoo jany jangy bro lile you are hereby appoined o ravel among he easern branches leer day Si sains ine and o ake uer of he church of jesus chris of lecer prid he charge and preside over hem in he room and place of elder sam brannan who is probably gone o he wesern coas le he organizaion of he branches be kep up wherever i is le lo lec loc he sains in he eas who are pracicable and consisen lef ender under endee umler your charge be faihful and diligen you can fi ou anoher company o follow elder brannan sail afer him under your charge good man o succeed you in he eas possible and so soon as le lo ie hem charse ege rge ese and presidency and appoin some or ake hem all along if be hou faihful over a few hings and hou shall shal over many i ie waer han cone shai be made ruler is generally beer for he sains o go round by come his way by land heir voyage will be easier and aended wih less expense idas inasmuch farming uensils sachinery machinerygoods boods ools of various kinds o hese maers and you mus depend upon your labors for your suppor as possible ake mill irons goods ec ec ironseel nails and i will require your whole ime o aend P S whenever you find a good man and wan o place him as GLS ols a preacher in any place or in any secion of counry or o make him

219 212 an agen o ransac any business 0 o he church ar are you ace arh he name of he lord 45 ach arauhorized auhorized o call and appoin he same in spiriual or emporal orai peraining elder lile had been convered in he eas and was ordained a nigh high ugh nish pries on april lah 17h l7h lgb lg pra by parley P prae prao 9 subsequen o his ordinaion jesse C lile sals seems saws sels o play a very imporan ocan role in some of he church movemensmens wens As he mission presiden lile was given much responsibiliy by leer of march 27h 1845 lile was direced by wilford woodruff s graion o do all he could o keep he emigraion o he wes moving as rapidly as possible he was insruced o have he sains go eiher by land or by sea bu o malse male make maise sure all subscripions k had been raised properly before charerina charering charerin any ships ha cha he zhe business of charering any more ships was o be lef enirely in his hands 454 in he monh of may elder lile appoined and aended special conferences in peerborg peerborough pacer palerboco bozo Peer borough 1 boson new yorks yorka massachuses ncn7 n017 york ciy and philadelphia pann pennsylvania vanla he purpose of hese conferences alvania ren cea cenoving was o consider he mos expedien measures for removing he sains o he wes on may hay 22nd jes3e jesee lile was in washingon D C in coi co company wih mr dame and represenaive king boh of massachuses he wen presl o he whiehouse where he me Presi presiden james don K polk general sam no houson bouson and oher disinguished men 455 4j3jounial journal ul hisory saryl soryl january 20h 1846 ibid march 27ho bid ibid ibid july oh och 1846

220 213 when lile had received his leer of appoinmen i suggesed ha if he governmen vermen ever offered any of is faciliies o aid in he wesward migraion of he sains o ake advanage of he offer in response o his reques lile fel a desire o visi presiden polk o lay hie reques before hlin him hirn and ask for his help f HQ he wen firs o governor seele and oher prominen men of liew lew llew hampshire o obain leers of recommendaion wih hese hose chese leers he wen o washingon D C o presen his case o high goverr govera governmen enc en officials 456 while in washingon 0 C lile learned ha a baalion of men was o be raised o paricipae in he war wih mexico jesse fel his migh help answer par of he problem in he churchs churche move wes lie he lle ile wen o iowa o consul wih he church leaders regarding he maer on july 6h ah 1846 presiden lile repored o brigham young and oher church leaders 457 when he decision was made o raise he mormon baalion p lile assised in he organizaion ace anied acied he accompanied he baalion as far as for leavenworh kansas jesse lef hem a ha place and reurned o he responsibiliies of his mission in he eas lie he lle ile arrived a his hal hol on sepember ah home ham homs hone er aho 4ho 4h 1846 in ocober he subsequenly aunly subse aenly called again on presiden polk and repored ha he found him well and friendly having more confidence in our people han when I1 lef him on november 15h 1846 brigham young he welve and he high 15ho 456 ibid 7ibjd 4571bid 458 ibid 458ibld ocober oh 1846

221 214 council wroe a leer laer ieer from winer quarers requesing jesse C lile o join hem in he spring for he journey wes wesc ves i was also suggesed o him ha he appoin a faihful man o preside in his place william 1I appleby was menioned by name as being a good man for he job zeq jeg 459 ACQ responding msp map 11 1 Asp o he call from brigham youngg youngs lile lef his wife and wo children a peersborough peeraborough Peers Peera new lew shire hampshire I1 early in 1847 o join he pioneers 11 he overook hem on april 19h 1847 abou seveny miles wes ef of winer quarers and accompanied hem o he grea basin 460 adminisraion of ojc apple appie william j appleby bojc 1 As had been suggesed o presiden jesse C lile william 1I appleby was appoined o be he nex mission presidens he was firs H appoined clppoind by jesse lile bu also received a leer from willard richards noifying him of his appoinmen he lie was o preside unil fall a which ime he was advised o go o winer quarers 461 following his appoinmen appleby seleced leonard hardy of boson as his counselor dee dos lie he lle ile dece deermined nod ha he would do his duy as far as i was in his power 462 william appleby had waned o join he sains in he wes bu a his appoinmen ho he decided o remain in he eas one of his firs acs informin was o issue a circular o he branches in he eas informing hem of his appoinmen and giving hem counsel 459bid nov er ibid november 15h LDS biographical encyclopedia encxcl M dla dia vol Is I1 pp ap journal journal hisory february 27h hs ibid january 29h bid

222 215 many sains in he eas seemed o have he idea of going wes soms some somo however were advised o say in he eas and do wha hey could o help he poor in ln he church alexander badlam of boson was one who waned o move o he main body of he sains presiden brigham young gave him he following advice barnes bames dames darnes o remain in boson I1 hink i wisdom for yourself and bro and in as much as you are doing good business where are aria aze ara aza you can do more good here by remaining hen by comins coming wes for he presen you arla his season cooing useds users for he ready means of he camp are mosly exhaused and if you have ough o spare space spane spade for he purchase of food o help he poor o he place where he plon pioneers pioneera weza wees shall plan i will be of more moc abundan service o he cause han your individual labor amonga us a his ime while we do all we can do o esablish a place of res and refreshmen agains your fuure arrival sraion appleby began his adminisraion he visied he branches wroe rally eaily leers assigned elders and geue generally kep he branches in he eas in order may 4h ah 1847 presiden appleby was in norwalk Nor noc walks connecicu of his area appleby said here were only a few members bu hey were in a cold and barren sae here were several elders in he area bu hey had bad no held any meeings for more han a year elder bishop and pries dibble were counseled o call he sains ogeher o magnify heir cail cali callingss 464 on may loh hs william arrived in boson he 13h in company wih alexander badlam appleby wen wou o eas bradford massachuses o mee wih his counselor wior leonard hardy presiden appleby fave gave insrucions o him regarding he branches in he eas 463 ibid february 26h journal journal of william 1I appleby may 4h ah 1847

223 216 may 16h presiden williams leonard hardys and alexander badlam held hold heid a meeing wih he boson sains in boylson hall sacr he sacramen Maen was adminisered according o appleby he meeings were very successful in he sowells branch william found an ineresing siuaion of his siuaion he wroe 0.0 in his branch sowells here is a colored broher an elder ordained by elder wm smih while he was a member or of he church conrary hough o he order of he church or he sons of he prieshood as he descendans of ham are no wi eniled by he name privilege humble man h I1 mans mang nam naw of walker lewis o ha he appears o be a meek folloj465 and an example for more whie brehren o follow on june 2nd and presiden appleby repored o brigham young arm grm frm la laavia bad iad baavia avlas avias new hew now york lie said he had been raveling hrough he branches of insruc he church in he eas insrucing ings counseling organizing zings adjusing difficulies and generally seing hings in order ile he lle lie repored ha he lie hie lle had lef philadelphia on april 29h lie had visied branches ii in cw ow york ciy noc Nor norwalk walko walks waiko fairhaven nor and Norh norhhaven haven von in connecicu boson cambridgepor Peer Cam eas bradford and lowell in massachuses peerborough and wallpool Wall in new now neu nou hampshire ahens in vermon and baavia in niew york diew arrl arriving acri acci here on june is la isz he fel ha he branches of he church were ware sronger han he had expeced several of he branches cheso chess howevers were w unorganized and he members had no held hold heid meeings for eigheen monhs ils repored ha he boson sains had no held hold ile he lie heid meeings for some bime ime bu here were hiry urus rue ame udus heared sains here ime heared11 abu ibm ibu may 19hq bid journal journal lus hisory ius lasorys corys june 2nd and 1847

224 217 26hs mondays july 26h william appleby wroe anoher repor o brigham young he repored ha he had jus reurned from anoher our of his mission area he had raveled n wo we housand miles and visied in ihe sae of new now hew yorks yock how yorko yocks vec vermon Ver s connecicu Connecicu mono mons massachuses new hampshire vac and vermon voc Var again he said ha he was generally pleased wih he condiion of he branches in he eas he indicaed ha many in hese branches were anicipaing migraion o he wes in he spring aprin cin he following day july 27h presiden appleby received a leer from elder W W phelps 11 of ha leer he said sprin din plelps I1 also received a leer from elder W W phelps pbelps from boson who had been sen by he auhoriies of he church o procure a prining press ype ypo lype cype papers ec requesing me o assis him in raising maans romans means sal lake ahe hale bale o obain he pross ec im press prose afer ourins o ake over he mounains o he aurins in philadelphia abou a caree aree imes obaining abou 60 dollars of he sains owards he press I1 reurned home on friday he 20h augus and on saurday week aending he bapism of six members aca ora acs preaching wo or laree hree s and mornings following lef again for new york in order o hear hoar fr elder phelps uo bo having heard from since I1 received his leer sevcines on arriving a new now nev york I1 fell in wih elder M serrine sevrine Ser england & rines hoac from lae elder 0 lilefield from he camp a he bluffs on his C way o fill a mission o england68 england468 England from on he 26h of augus aubusc appleby received a leer from alexander badlam ha phelps had purchased he prining press in boson presiden appleby was requesed o send wha money he had raised for he press o badlam william sen he sixy dollars on augus 27h 1847 appleby received a leer from orson hyde requesing ha he raise five hundred dollars in he eas o liquidae lieber C a deb conraced by brigham young and heber hebec all ail kimball i rll for he emigraion 467easern 467 easern saes mission hisory His 463journal journal oi orys july 26h hs of william I1 appleby u july 27h hs

225 218 from nauvoo by he 28h of sepember william had raised he amoun i had been raised principally in he sae of vermon from a donaion o he church of 300 from he esae of mary fairbanks and 200 raised ver vor n 469 by a bro parkhurs of vermon his was forwarded by bank draf o or orson hyde proa poersboro peeraborough peers peeca from peler peder Peera Poer sborough new now naw hampshire elder appleby wroe a leer o orson hyde daed sepember 20h he said ha he had decided o leave for he wes beween he 25h of ocober and he 15h of november he indicaed ha he was going o leave he easern branches under he direcion of mephiboseh naphiboseh sirrine appleby waned o leave leonard hardy f in charge bu his family was so unwell ha he fel i bes bea no o expec him o ravel so much wich wuch mich mach oc ocober 28h 28b seems saws geens gals gels o be he dae on which elder sirrine ook over as a emporary mission presiden he was assised by leonard hardy in a leer o orson hyde sirrine wroe he following 470 I1 should like o have been boon bawn wih you in he camp his winer if I1 could bu my ray luy iny circumsances sancs ine llma wih ay my family ay 1y o ge go se conci d off in clma have ge bel bean boon beon been such ha I1 could no bec go be hrough before he river closed so I1 concluded o say ill spring as bro appleby was going o he aaring camp his fall and wished me o ake his place ill nex epring apring I1 also fel as if he sains need some one amongs hem hen ham dham herefore dhen his winer bea o say and do I1 hough on he whole i would be bes building up of he cause of zion he 3 I1 believe are in a good condiion a presen he bea ha I1 can for he upbuilding branches in he eas he new york branch was in raher a queer condiion a few weeks ago bu hey are now rejoicing in he ruh for hey feel aa some heavy clogs were cu from heir heals heels and hey were le as hough free easern easern saes mission hisory augus 27h jabid bid ibid jlbid JL ocober 28hs journal journal hisory oryl Hisorys november 13ho 13h 1847

226 219 meanwhile presiden william 1 appleby arrived in iowa abou he is 1s as of december decem or leaders a he on he 3rd block house ard he repored his mission o he church house11 branch in addiion o he repor appleby presened gold pens and pencils o he welve aposles hey were gifs from colonel homas L kane 472 he second erm of jesse C lile on november 4h ah 1847 elder jesse co lile was called by brigha C brighaa brigham young o serve again as presiden of he mission in he easern saes o or on do december 5h ah 1847 he new now firs presidency of he church was vlin osville vilu kanesvilu eanes organized a ean kanosville Kanes kaneb iowa ha same day orson hyde and ezra T benson were called o go on a special mission o he eas 473 hare hore here chere chare were apparenly ohers called on special missions abou he same lims ime ulms for on december 28h amasa armasa ammasa ML lyman ezra T benson erasus snow william I1 appleby john sco and homas flanigan lef council bluffs on special 474 missions 19 appleby who was reurning o his missionary field afer being away only abou hree weeks was ace accompanied by benson snow and anied acied lyman appleby and his companions raveled incognio gaia baia bala feeling ha hey would avoid possible difficuly and persecuion hey raveled as col benson of massachuses esq mason bro lyman of new Hamp hampshire oldre 1 dr snow of boson and judge appleby of new now hew jersey jorsey jensey n 1475 hey raveled 472 ibid december ard 3rd 1847 erra 473berre Berre and buron a ofe jui 474journal j&i e vol journal hisory december 28h 1847 II p 197 ibid january 17h bid

227 220 wih no difficuly a all in fac hey were reaed very well bri on january 14h 1848 brigham young wroe a leer o william appleby a philadelphia wherein he insruced him o procure weny german spelling books a like number ef of german gramars graxmars gramals and english and german and german and english dicionaries 476D hese were o be used o help prepare missionaries o speak and wrie ha language one of he main purposes of hese special missions seems o have been he raising of monay moray moley for he migraion of he sains o grea sal lake valley a s louls louiso Misso missouri urig ucla hey raised one hundred six een dollars and fifeen cens from amonga na he sains here n& ezra T bermon benson benmon arrived in boson on february 12h 1848 on he 14h he me wih colonel homas L kane o discuss he possibiliies scans of raising maans means freni from grom grem among he well o do non oon nou ers members in he eas o help he sains who had been driven from heir homes in illinois following ha meeing he penned a leer o he church auhoriies in he leer he wroe presiden brigaba brigham young & council 12h ine had a prosperous journey o his ciy lef bro snow a a ver gone o vermon I1 saw col kane in philadelphia somewha cas I1 old him ha come somehing soo g I 1 arrived a his place on he wheeling o go by he lakes ino new york sae bro appleby has down he pariculars elder hyde has old you no doub are ers ere ace ece his ehing sooehing mus be done and my mission mus be filled and I1 should no give i up unil a fair rial has been made he agreed o mae mee ring and my feelings are ha somehing will be done dona among awn& awne he rich of his generaion no much can be done among he sains bro darnes bames barnes daruas old me yeserday ha i would be impossible for him o do much cash is hard o raise he bes of paper is worh wo and a half cens a monh bro badlam is on hand as usual and will ddll do all he can he says he will raise 1000 well I1 am idll sea waac me in his place his morning vih vigh wigh him his a he revere house have jus been in council wih colonel is in good spiris his morning and well and is exhoring aring himself o he umos done daae so he has doaa I1 and he lile ibid 4761bid 0 january l4h 14h lah 1848

228 221 noc no discouraged wic wll wlch wih ne ll me 11 discoura ed nor hearened I1 shall do all ha lays in my dishearener dishearened disheareaed in his work you may depend ha say nay niy power and I1 know ha he lord is signed esca esra ezra To donzon bonbon 477 abou he middle of february ezra T benso benson banson assised by presiden jesse jessa C lile called all he available brehren lal in lai ial he area who could o goo on a mission o u he surrounding saes heir purpose in going was 0 0 o raise louey bouey ioley iouey ioaey o assis in che lle io he graion ile mai wai mal emigraion of he sains o he rocky mounains and o provide lor for zor heir neads needs unil esablished in heir moun ain home a7v adv T imm 11 liie lile liles erasus snow john E liae pcige piae william I1 appleby and alexander badlam were ou collecink collecing colleciak lak in new york bew pennsylvania Connecicu connecicu p massachuses rhode islands aud and new jersey ro ho rol ro only were 1 he sains called upon bu sympaheic non members were solicied colonel homas L kane played a very acive par in his fundraising campaign his endorsemen no doub gave gava jave grea help o he proca program ra ii 0 he VOW now nnw drive was large larbe enough ha i was vas covered by several newspapers he boson pos of february lah 16h l6h lag bag 140 laed raed conained he follawiny following moimos m&ioas imos THE molimos MOlmos hos im presenin presenia o our readers he following leer we ake pleasure in presening0 from col hoos homos L eane kane ine lne oz 0 philadelphia o he mayor of boson upon he subjec of he gufferin suffcrin ferine edin condio condiion condiloa of oz he mormone mormons 4ormons hor Mor nor 1 col K is a son of jude kane of philadelphia 61adelphia 1 clerk ciack clark of he LJ 61adelphia lie is a lawyer and cieck supreme cour of pennsylvania he is a public spiried philanhropic baleman genleman ealeman ieman who has served his Us counry in la california seen he disress 0 f of he unhappy people whose relief lie seeks and is eniled o con- aa he ae ha rneeling goen up by col K in Philadelphi philadelphia philadelphyi fidence and respec 477 ibid february lah l4h 14h iao 104 lmo easern saes fission liisory illscory easern uo no more uore hisory sory daed abou february loh auore definie dae is given han ha lised 1

229 222 was numerously and very respecably aended he mayor mr swif presiding assised by lion joseph R ingersoll lion hon ilon flon joel jones lion edward king hon parsons A V hon bon kelley W D P mccall josiah randall eil K prica geo pon price T M pei gen geo goo F lehman col james page joseph R chandler Chandiera lerg isra macaleser aon ilon isaac ellio lion goo MH keim dr charles hon charles brown as vice presidens and mr homas S cavender as secreary he llon lion hon lon I judge kane ook par in he proceedings charles gibbons esq presened he preamble and resoluions which were adoped afer being amended on moion of he rev dr behune huna 479 Be 47 on march 3rd following aricle vie vic vicc ard 1848 he boson evening ranscrip ran he he vicims of popular violence been done among anong our ciizens owards affording relief o he suffering mormons kanas kadas kade we learn ha considerable has cormons on he prairies prairi and in he wildernesses of he far wes hese poor people were driven from heir homes in illinois by per secuions he mis mss m2s arocious and illegal and heir case is one ha appeals peculiarly o he favorable consideraion of he jus and chariable we learn ha he subscripion lis in his ciy for he relief was headed by he lion josiah Quin quincy cyl jr arg jrg followed by he names of oher respecable ciizens who realize he imporance of rendering immediae relief o he sufferers or o he exer- kanag kans son of judge kane of philadelphia ions of col homas L kane who visied boson recenly in he mos disineresed manner heir behalf ix been sxended ixended inended he mormons monaons cormons are indebed for he relief ha has we rus ha in oher ciies hese persecued people will experience some similar reparaion of heir wrongs in on march 2nd and 1848 he new now york ribune ribunal also prined an censive exensive aricle A CALL FOR SYMPATHY wildor in he vas and bleak prairie wilderness mississippi nesso rocky mounains sreching beween he several hou- he missouri and he rock sands of human beings are now being wased away by desiuion hardship and he sufferings inciden o a hasy and violen expulsion from comforable homes ino an inhospiable wild many of hem mus die his winer and for hese sympahy is now oo lae bu some housands will survive and hese are in pressing ae ec and need of seed grain iron for plows repairing wagons ee he medicines required by heir exposures and he fevers favers favors hence 479boson 479b08on poso Boson doson poss february 16ho 1848 boson evening ranscrip 48oboson s march 3rd ard 1848

230 223 engendered five housand dollars seasonably besowed mus oherwise be lef o he prairie wolves in he coul daml faml shed shu in among will besoweds wedo save he lives of wo or hree housand humann beings whose carcasses coure comm of he famished march of his affliced licked remnan o o uo heir nev new now nav place of refuge anong he souhern spurs of he rocky mounains col kane probably of philadelphia who was casually brough in conac wich wih wlch hese persecued fugiives during wo recen visis o he far wes and who was hus augh o feel as any rue man mus a profound sympahy for heir unmeried woes boes has uniringly devoed his ime in and means o he awakening of an acive compassion for heir sufferings moved by his urgen represenaions many of he mos eminen clerical and lay ciizens of his meropolis have unied in he following call HELP FOL FOR fok THE disressed A meeing o ake measures for he relief of he suffering mormon fugiives will be heid held hold a he chapel of he universiy on friday evening march 3 a 8 01 oclock clocks he herious hbrious marmous Hb cious rious rions who have come on from he wes o make known he condiion of heir associaion will be presen we now enrea all our ciizens somehing o aend his meeing bu especially hose able o give we do no encourage hem o ex pec any grea inellecual feas say mia via feass hec wha waac will be well worh hearing cici cii hough we hope sems seme some soms same good man men uen uan elii bu we ask all o beer in mind ha six housand american ciizens zeus sharvin in he dreary wilds of he wes who had pleasan homes unil hrus are now shivering and sarving ou of hem by ruffian violence and cruel rapine fugiives beyond he sphere of civilized exisence and sen homeless hey now ask bu seed grain and plow iron o enable hem o provide for hemselves am equal o he cos of some single eneraimens eneria given in our ciy will save he ilves lives of housands who ha is and a sw enerainmens eneraindens able o do somehing oward heir relief can innocenly wihhold i481 he drive was quie successful many prominen people donaed he firs name recorded in william applebyls ls subscripion book was josiah quincy who donaed fify dollars o help he sains 482 when ezra T benson and erasus snow reurned o council bluffs lova iowa lowa iova in 48lnw new york ribune ribuno march 2nd and journal 482 of william 1I appleby book C february 26h 1848 journal

231 april of 1848 hey had abou hree housand dollars which had been colleced from non members hey also colleced a lile from he sains adminisraion of wilford woodruff on april 22nd 1848 wilford woodruff was appoined o replace jesse C lile as presiding church auhoriy in he eas he was o preside over he easern saes canada iliew new islands he adjoining islands ianda landa nev Br Brun unsick brunswick suick nova scoia and elder woodruff did no leave immediaely for his new field of labor lie he lle ile lef winer quarers nebraska on june 21s 1848 alogeher here wece were wore eleven people in his group hey arrived in boson on augus 12h o ake over his new duies 483 he began his duies raveling from branch o branch on ocober 31s while visiing visiin a 6 new bedford massachuses he read wih feelings of deep sorrow of he burning of he nauvoo emple by a mob 1 kaz afa kaaz 484 during he monh of macch march earch he visied cape cod massachuses here he preached o sains and non members including sea capains sailors and fishermen fisherman he lie lle lib also organized a branch of weny one members on he 22nd of march he bapized his faher in law ezra carer a cambridgepor Cam massachuses carer was seveny six years old a he ime april 9h ah he firs presidency signed a leer of inroducion o orson hyde orson pra and wilford woodruff appoining hem agens o receive ihing and donaions for he church on che hel2h 12h 483easern easern saes mission filsocy hisory llis ory augus 12h 1848 jabid JL 4841bid bid jlbid ocober 31s 31a 1848

232 225 of april he firs presidency gave furher direcions o wilford hey wroe o him he special objec of gahering ihing and donaions is o pro cure glass nails pains ec necessary for he erecion of public buildings in his place and whaever you may be able o ge go we wan you o forward by he earlies safe conveyance o elder orson ville kanesville loode or his subsiue agen if he should leave ganesville Kanes who will have he opporuniy of purchasing such hings as we shall direc and forwarding forvrarding hem o his place and so coninue o do as you shall have 41r opporuniy from ime o ime furher noice unil you shall have elder jesse haven lef boson on april 19h in charge of abou weny sains hey were bound for poawaamie poavaamie couny iowa afer he arrived in iowa he repored ha he journey could be made from fron boson o five council bluffs for wenyfive dollars if he pary had no more han one hundred pounds ef of freigh he said ha afer hey arrived hey would sill have enough money lef o pay for supper a nighs lodging iodginz breakfas and a days ren ef of a horse o see he counryside 486 on ocober 14h 1849 he firs presidency wroe a leer o presiden woodruff requesing ha he gaher up he sains in he easern saes wih means goods and machinery and come o he sal lake valley he nex season march 2nd and 1850 wilford wen o maine o make arrangemens for cifes people o gaher wih him o he his wifes valleys of he mounains has nas ilas lias F carer woodruffs woodruffe broher in law bough len en on cen lon wagon loads of merchandise which were o be sen o he wes wih woodruff he sains in he valley were so far removed from he manufacuring 485journal journal hisory april 12h ibid april 19h 1849

233 226 ceners ha hey fel he necessiy of home manufacuring his was especially fel in he esablishmen of woolen and coon facories orisa in order ha hey migh be self supporing he new england saes which hey 0 had been under he direcion of wilford woodruff conained many facories i was hoped ha some of he operaives from chece chele facories would come wes and offer heir much needed services in he new hone haria now honie home manufacuring enerprises 487 on march 9h ah 1850 wilford woodruff and his company of abou one hundred lef boson for si sic sal sni sai lake valley orson pra who aim alm had jus reurned from a mission o england hea lhea accompanied hela dhea heia a new york hey vere joined by ohers when hey lef mev mew new nev york heir company himml nimml numbered ered wo hundred and nine nino persons heir baggage aoeuned anwmed o fory chou housand pounds neaville a gades Kanes rades kanesvilles kaneaville villes iova iowa lova woodruffe woodruffs company joined he general emigraion of he sains o he rocky mounains on ocober 14h i1ford woodruff group arrived in grea si sa sic S he wilford l lake ciy bringing o conclusion he mission adminisraion of presiden woodruff 487 easern saes mission hisory 11 noed only as he beginning aing of he year 1850

234 chaper XI 8umm&ry AND AMD 2 conclusion CONCLUS ION lon his sudy has led he wrier o conclude ha in early church C usg Us hisory orys oryl now gan lanu au england ragland played a very imporan role pr 4 1 he principal orgaulz Cchenck was joseph saihh a produc characer in he organizing of he cherch church veraon of Vvermon Vera diman As gha ho lka church grew grow szew riman C ch 9 byaw in size wore acre mom mon won more leadership req wee vae vag wes was roq coq required very ofen hese nem new nev leeden leaden laaden weze were vere waze veze men aen man aan rom from new now Zengland including Lm brigha brighaa brlshan yoeng young heber hober haber hebec C youngg willard richards wilford woodruff and habec ball bali bail emball Kia ons one facor which brough abou such sugh rapid growh in che he Cchurch he dhe was ghe aissionary ele liw missionary bee beo spiri wihin al wl i l As mw new conversa casas cams came casse ino0 he church hey desired o share heir hef nel new newfound zell rell zeil found religion glon slon blon wih ohers C g o ea e9 especially friends aad and family very ofen heir famlil fealies raal ramllias ilas or friends were locaed in la new now england AA sams sons sama of he earlies proselying was done emong among smons hese hase liss faailies raaliles lles uhase families raml in ln he nm new www england saes he As khe ghe church grew vow brew in aee size cize and gha he kha organizaion unfolded missionary nork work vork mork ook on a new now aspecs begun besun Ings in he beginning mos prosely was dena dene done of he proselyl proselye proselying iyl dana on a 11 free lancea lance0 ianes basis wih a wan aan man wen men aking i l upon himself o each family and friends laer leker lekar missionaries aissionaries alssionarles were called o go o lre oore wre woke noke or less loss specific areas sma soae sme some sla of he earlies ais called fissions aissions alssions mis als mls wissions slong were o he now ragland new england saes gsg cases in wag ma medl 9 he nha uha resuls were very PW good sood bood r adm wih he remendous growh in ln he early church came he necessiy mdmus h C ch o build buildings consruc ulesk esqples ulesp and purchase supplies and equipmen sa he sainsa in new now england Igns laud were called upon and i l appears hey responded ofen wih mch auch much needed financial help wuch deeded

235 228 when joseph smih swih was vas wes ves conal consideringing lug lus his candidacy for che he bresida presidency presida W he uha unied saes of gha one ode ona new now england was on of he imporan areas neas which was o be canvassed seed saed for suppor by he projoseph calv umber ember ulber of he cherch church leaders were in new now nem saigh saih smih Joseph forces A neu england doing missionary work miss amd ind aad working for he candidacy ef of joseph salh saih smih a he glas ime of his siaryrdobie dom dam irm io iio while plans were being weds made wads for he wesern igraion alon of ghe he gha ads eds salu sains a he church leaders fel a dire need for neey moma nxey C momw 1 suppli supply supplies pil pli equip led meu aeu azo zeno fien xien and skilled men help fzo rom from new mew now Zenglard englaad wes was weg and again sough and again 9 ha help was received from he ha no only eo rom fr feo cha sains bu rom from non echers enhers ambers a a wali well wall waii SA many of he early bkvebmmis nov ef of he Cchurch weze were vere veze made possible largely hrough am nen wau f agg mau and finances new which sama same grea grem fr frea nae new hew naw faw england

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