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Aug 10, 1842

Journal Entry

August 10, 1842 ~ Wednesday

10th

As soon as the Boat
arived at Nauvoo & landed our freight &
I saw it distributed to its several places
whare it Belonged I went home & retired to
my bed & passed through the severest
fit of sickness I ever experience in life I had a
thorough course of the Billious fever I was
Brought exceding low & for several days I strugled
between life & death I felt some of the time
like gathering up my feet & sleeping with my fathers

I was confined to my Bed or house from the
10th of Aug to the 19th of Sept making 40 days
during my sickness the Twelve came & anointed
me & lade hands upon me & rebuke my
fever & I felt a tesstimony that I should recover
after I Began to recover I had a relaps twice which
put me Back much. In one instance I was
requested to attend a conference or council of the
quorum of the Twelve in the case of Orson Pratt
I was weak & feeble yet I thought I would try to
meet with them with the expectation that they
would meet at Elder John Taylors who was
also vary low with the Billious fever But on our
arival at his house he was so vary feeble he was
not able to have it there so it was remove to
President Hyram Smiths office Elder B. Young
conveyed me in his carriag to the place of
meeting but I had not Been in the house more
than 10 minutes before my strength began to
fail me I lay down upon a bench but had no
sooner lain down than I was gone my breath
stoped. my Brethren raised me up took me to the
door into the air & with the assistance of water
air &c I was brought to Breath again but not without
a hard struggle between life & death the Breth-
ering lade hands upon me & Br Hyram Smith
prayed for my recovery I soon began to breathe
free but I was deprived of all my strength
they convey me home. it being a warm time
I was much troubled for Breathing through most
of the night & it took me several days to recover
my former strength.


During my sickness there was some important
thinkgs transpired in the Church we received
the word of the Lord concerning the
Elders of the Church (through Joseph the
Seer) The Lord manifested that it was
his will that the first presidency, the
Twelve, The High Council The quorum
of High Priest, and the Elders quorum
as a general thing should go into
the vineyard. The instructions were
for the Elders to confine themselves to the

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Young, Brigham
1 Jun 1801 - 29 Aug 1877
3425 mentions
Apostle, Family
Smith, Hyrum
9 Feb 1800 - 27 Jun 1844
422 mentions
Apostle
Taylor, John, b. 1808
1 Nov 1808 - 25 Jul 1887
1945 mentions
Apostle
Smith, Joseph (Jr.)
23 Dec 1805 - 27 Jun 1844
2344 mentions
Pratt, Orson
19 Sep 1811 - 3 Oct 1881
1083 mentions
Apostle

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Nauvoo, Hancock County, Illinois
Woodruff Home, Nauvoo, Hancock County, Illinois

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Autobiography 1858 Deseret News

until I arrived at Nauvoo on the . I was confined to my bed forty days, and pass- ed through the most severe fit of sickness I ever endured; my life was despaired of by many of my friends. I was administered to by Prest. Smith and the Twelve: my life was preserved by the power of God. I took a re- lapse twice after I began to recover; once while in council with the Presidency and Twelve; my strength left me, my breath stop- ped, and I felt as though I was struck with death.

Autobiography 1865 Millennial Star

Nauvoo on the . I was confined to my bed forty days, and passed through the most severe fit of sickness I ever endured; my life was despaired of by many of my friends. I was administered to by President Smith and the Twelve; my life was preserved by the power of God. I took a relapse twice after I began to recover; once while in Coun- cil with the Presidency and Twelve, my strength left me, my breath stop- ped, and I felt as though I was struck with death.

Autobiography 1858 Notes

was on the I was confined to my bed 40 days and passed through the most severe fit of sickness I ever endured, my life was dispaired of by many of my friends; I was administered to by Prst Smith and the Twelve: my life was preserved by the power of God. I took a relapse twice after I began to recover, once while in council with the Presidency & Twelve, my strengths left me my breath stoped and I felt as though I was struck with death.

Autobiography Volume 1 circa 1842-1865

to my bed from the to the 12 making forty days. The Twelve came and anointed me and laid hands upon me and I felt the testimony that I should recover but after I began to revive I had a relapse twice In one instance I was requested to attend a council of the Twelve in the case of Orson Pratt. I was very weak but yet I thought I would try to meet with them and supposed that we should meet at Elder Taylor's who was also very low with the bilious fever; but on our arrival we found him so very feeble that he was not able to have the council at his house. So we removed to President Hyrum Smiths Office Elder Brigham Young conveyed me in his carriage to the place of meeting but I had not been in the house more than ten minutes before my strength began to fail me. I laid down upon a bench but no sooner was I laid down than I became unconscious and my breath stoped. My brethren raised me up and took me to the door and with the aid of air and water I was brought to breath again but not without a hard struggle between life and death. The brethren laid hands upon me and Hyrum Smith prayed for my recovery and I soon began to breathe freer but my strength was entirely gone They conveyed me home and it being in a warm season I was much troubled for breathing through the night. Several days elapsed before I revived again During my sickness there had been

Autobiography 1857 Draft 1

which was on the I was confined to my bed 40 days and passed through the most sever[e] fit of sickness I ever endured my life was dispaired of by many

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Aug 10, 1842