Footnotes
Obituary for King Follett, Nauvoo Neighbor, 20 Mar. 1844, [2]; JS History, vol. C-1, 929, 942–943; JS, Journal, 17 Dec. 1843.
Nauvoo Neighbor. Nauvoo, IL. 1843–1845.
Nauvoo Masonic Lodge Minute Book, 10 Mar. 1844; Obituary for King Follett, Nauvoo Neighbor, 20 Mar. 1844, [2]. Follett was buried on 10 March “in due Masonic form.” (See also Historian’s Office, Journal, 10 Mar. 1844.)
Nauvoo Masonic Lodge Minute Book. / “Record of Na[u]voo Lodge Under Dispensation,” 1842–1846. CHL. MS 3436.
Nauvoo Neighbor. Nauvoo, IL. 1843–1845.
Historian’s Office. Journal, 1844–1997. CHL. CR 100 1.
Woodruff, Journal, 5 Apr. 1844; Notice, Nauvoo Neighbor, 20 Mar. 1844, [2].
Woodruff, Wilford. Journals, 1833–1898. Wilford Woodruff, Journals and Papers, 1828–1898. CHL. MS 1352.
Nauvoo Neighbor. Nauvoo, IL. 1843–1845.
Samuel Richards noted that “the Grove a little East of the Temple was selected for the meeting ground” for the conference. He also reported that “seats were made,” as were other “necessary arrangements for the congregation.” (Richards, Reminiscences and Journal, 6 Apr. 1844; see also JS, Journal, 6 Apr. 1844.)
Richards, Samuel W. Reminiscences and Journal, ca. 1843–1845. Samuel W. Richards, Papers, 1839–1909. CHL. MS 1841.
Richards, Journal, 7 Apr. 1844; Historian’s Office, General Church Minutes, 6–9 Apr. 1844, 12; Woodruff, Journal, 7 Apr. 1844.
Richards, Willard. Journals, 1836–1853. Willard Richards, Papers, 1821–1854. CHL. MS 1490, boxes 1–2.
“Conference,” Nauvoo Neighbor, 10 Apr. 1844, [2].
Nauvoo Neighbor. Nauvoo, IL. 1843–1845.
JS, Journal, 7 Apr. 1844. Wilford Woodruff gave the start time as three o’clock in the afternoon. Thomas Bullock agreed with Richards’s ending time of 5:30. (Woodruff, Journal, 7 Apr. 1844; Historian’s Office, General Church Minutes, 6–9 Apr. 1844, 22.)
Matthew 12:31–32; see also Mark 3:29; and Luke 12:10.
William Law reported, “I told him [Hyrum Smith] then to cease their abominations, for they were from Hell & that I knew it. he said they were not doing anything in the plurality of wife business now, and that he had published a piece against it; when I came to examine the piece referred to I found that it amounted to this, that no one should preach or practice such things unless by revelation (of course through Hyrum or Joseph).” (Law, Record of Doings, 29 Mar. 1844, in Cook, William Law, 48, underlining in original.)
Cook, Lyndon W. William Law: Biographical Essay, Nauvoo Diary, Correspondence, Interview. Orem, UT: Grandin Book, 1994.
“Preamble,” Nauvoo Expositor, 7 June 1844, [2].
Nauvoo Expositor. Nauvoo, IL. 1844.
Fielding, Journal, 6 Apr. 1844, 28–29.
Fielding, Joseph. Journals, 1837–1859. CHL. MS 1567.
Woodruff, Journal, 7 Apr. 1844; William Goforth [Sissimus, pseud.], Nauvoo, IL, 10 Apr. 1844, Letter to the Editor, Nauvoo Neighbor, 1 May 1844, [2]. Some attendees wrote glowing reports on the conference. Thomas Bullock observed that “the speakers have all had the Spirit of the Lord upon them. spoke powerful. and told of great things.” He considered the conference “the greatest, best and most glorious five days that ever were consecutively” and concluded that “all rejoiced” with “much good done.” Others shared Bullock’s sentiment. Ellen Douglas wrote to her family in England that “the teaching which we heard made our hearts rejoice. I for one feel to rejoice and to praise my God that he ever sent the Elders of Israel to England and that he ever gave me a heart to believe them.” Likewise, Sally Randall wrote to her friends: “I wish you could have the teachings that we have here at the conference.” (Historian’s Office, Journal, 9 Apr. 1844; Ellen Douglas to family in England, 14 Apr. 1844, Ellen B. Parker Letters, 1842–1851, Martha G. Boyle Family Papers, 1842–1972, CHL; Sally Randall, Nauvoo, IL, to “Dear Friends,” 21 Apr. 1844, CHL.)
Nauvoo Neighbor. Nauvoo, IL. 1843–1845.
Historian’s Office. Journal, 1844–1997. CHL. CR 100 1.
Boyle, Martha G. Family Papers, 1842–1972. Microfilm. CHL.
Randall, Sally. Letters, 1843–1852. Typescript. CHL.
Law, Record of Doings, 1 June 1844, in Cook, William Law, 49. The Nauvoo Expositor also criticized the idea of a plurality of gods. (“Preamble,” Nauvoo Expositor, 7 June 1844, [2]; see also “Resolutions,” Nauvoo Expositor, 7 June 1844, [2].)
Cook, Lyndon W. William Law: Biographical Essay, Nauvoo Diary, Correspondence, Interview. Orem, UT: Grandin Book, 1994.
Nauvoo Expositor. Nauvoo, IL. 1844.
In his account of the April conference, William Goforth observed that four clerks were recording the “masterly sermons” preached. (William Goforth [Sissimus, pseud.], Nauvoo, IL, 10 Apr. 1844, Letter to the Editor, Nauvoo Neighbor, 1 May 1844, [2].)
Nauvoo Neighbor. Nauvoo, IL. 1843–1845.
Clayton, History of the Nauvoo Temple, 31.
Clayton, William. History of the Nauvoo Temple, ca. 1845. CHL. MS 3365.
Bleak, Annals of the Southern Utah Mission, 10 June 1877; Woodruff, Journal, 7 Apr. 1844.
Bleak, James Godson. Annals of the Southern Utah Mission, ca. 1903–1906. CHL.
Richards, Reminiscences and Journal, 6 Apr. 1844; see also Richards, Notebook, [66].
Richards, Samuel W. Reminiscences and Journal, ca. 1843–1845. Samuel W. Richards, Papers, 1839–1909. CHL. MS 1841.
Richards, Samuel W. Notebook, ca. 1844–1845. Samuel W. Richards, Papers, 1839–1909. CHL.
Laub, Reminiscences and Journal, 1 Jan. 1845, 1.
Laub, George. Reminiscences and Journal, 1845–1857. CHL. MS 9628.
Apparently, by 10 April there were plans to publish the discourses from the conference. (William Goforth [Sissimus, pseud.], Nauvoo, IL, 10 Apr. 1844, Letter to the Editor, Nauvoo Neighbor, 1 May 1844, [2]; see also Historian’s Office, Journal, 10, 23–26, and 28 Apr. 1844; and the docket for the 6 April 1844 minutes in Historian’s Office, General Church Minutes, 6–9 Apr. 1844.)
Nauvoo Neighbor. Nauvoo, IL. 1843–1845.
Historian’s Office. Journal, 1844–1997. CHL. CR 100 1.
Historian’s Office. General Church Minutes, 1839–1877. CHL
JS, Journal, 26 Jan. and 29 Mar. 1836; Seixas, Manual Hebrew Grammar, 55.
Seixas, Joshua. Manual Hebrew Grammar for the Use of Beginners. 2nd ed., enl. and impr. Andover, MA: Gould and Newman, 1834.
TEXT: Possibly “servt.”, although JS’s scriptural allusion suggests that the word should have been rendered as “scribe”. (See Matthew 7:28–29; and Mark 1:22.)
In April 1843, JS taught that when the Savior “shall appear we shall see him as he is. we shall see that he is a man like ourselves.” He explained that the idea of “the father and the Son” dwelling “in a mans heart is an old Sectarian notion. and is not correct.” Instead, “the Father has a body of flesh & bones as tangible as mans the Son also.” (Instruction, 2 Apr. 1843 [D&C 130:1, 3, 22]; see also 1 John 3:2.)
See Genesis 1:26–27; 5:1; and Old Testament Revision 1, pp. 4, 11 [Moses 2:26–27; 6:8–9].
TEXT: Possibly “Comd.”.
See Genesis 3:8–12, 17–19; and Old Testament Revision 1, p. 7 [Moses 4:14–18, 23–25].
The Times and Seasons account renders this passage as “I am going to tell you how God came to be God. We have imagined that God was God from all eternity” (italics added).
In 1842 JS taught that “the God & father of our Lord Jesus Christ was once the same as the Son or Holy Ghost bothaving [both having] redeemed a world became the eternal God of that world he had a son Jesus Christ who redeemed this earth the same as his father had a world which made them equal & the Holy Ghost would do the same in his turn & so would all the Saints who inherited a Celestial glory so their would be Gods many & Lords many.” (Discourse, 30 Jan. 1842.)
See 1 Thessalonians 4:16; and Revelation, Sept. 1830–A [D&C 29:26].
See John 5:19–21, 26; 10:17–18; and Discourse, 11 June 1843–A.
In August 1843, JS taught, “What was the design of the almighty in making man, it was to exalt him to be as God, the scripture says ye are Gods and it cannot be broken, heirs of God and joint heirs I with Jesus Christ equal with him possesing all power &c.” (Discourse, 27 Aug. 1843; see also Psalm 82:6; Isaiah 41:23; John 10:34; Vision, 16 Feb. 1832 [D&C 76:58]; Revelation, 12 July 1843 [D&C 132:19–20]; and Discourse, 13 Aug. 1843–A.)
See Revelation 1:6; 5:10; and Vision, 16 Feb. 1832 [D&C 76:56].
See John 1:16; and Revelation, 6 May 1833 [D&C 93:12–13, 20].
Wilford Woodruff’s account renders this passage as “And you have got to learn how to make yourselves God, king and priest, by going from a small capacity to a great capacity to the resurrection of the dead, to dwelling in everlasting burnings.”
The Times and Seasons account renders this passage as “to know, that although the earthly tabernacle shall be dissolved” (italics added).