affairs, and took possession of his property. His relatives
obtained nothing from his effects except a few trifling mementos.
I left this place and crossed into Illinois on the , and arrived at Rochester on the , and, getting
information of the severe persecutions of the Saints in Mis-
souri and the unsettled state of the Church at that time, we
concluded to stop at Rochester and spend the winter.
Thus ended my journey of two months and sixteen days,
leading the Fox Island Saints to the west, through all the
perils of a journey of nearly two thousand miles, in the midst
of sickness and great severity of weather.
I took my family in the spring and removed to Quincy,
Illinois, where I could mingle with my brethren, and I felt to
praise God for His protecting care over me and my family in
all our afflictions.
CHAPTER XVIII.
A PECULIAR REVELATION—DETERMINATION OF ENEMIES TO
PREVENT ITS FULFILLMENT—START TO FAR WEST TO FUL-
FILL THE REVELATION—OUR ARRIVAL THERE—HOLD A
COUNCIL—FULFILL THE REVELATION—CORNER STONE OF
THE TEMPLE LAID—ORDAINED TO THE APOSTLESHIP—
LEAVE FAR WEST—MEET THE PROPHET JOSEPH—A CON-
FERENCE HELD—SETTLE OUR FAMILIES IN NAUVOO.
JOSEPH SMITH, the Prophet, asked the Lord what His
will was concerning the Twelve, and the Lord answered in
a revelation, given , in which He says:
"Let them take leave of my Saints in the city Far West, on
the next, on the building spot of my house,
saith the Lord. Let my servant John Taylor, and also my
servant John E. Page, and also my servant Wilford Woodruff,
and also my servant Willard Richards, be appointed to fill the
places of those who have fallen, and be officially notified
of their appointment." [Doctrine and Covenants 118:5-6]
LEAVES FROM MY JOURNAL.
affairs, and took possession of his property. His relatives
obtained nothing from his effects except a few trifling mementos.
I left this place and crossed into Illinois on the , and arrived at Rochester on the , and, getting
information of the severe persecutions of the Saints in Missouri and the unsettled state of the Church at that time, we
concluded to stop at Rochester and spend the winter.
Thus ended my journey of two months and sixteen days,
leading the Fox Island Saints to the west, through all the
perils of a journey of nearly two thousand miles, in the midst
of sickness and great severity of weather.
I took my family in the spring and removed to Quincy,
Illinois, where I could mingle with my brethren, and I felt to
praise God for His protecting care over me and my family in
all our afflictions.
CHAPTER XVIII.
A PECULIAR REVELATION—DETERMINATION OF ENEMIES TO
PREVENT ITS FULFILLMENT—START TO FAR WEST TO FULFILL THE REVELATION—OUR ARRIVAL THERE—HOLD A
COUNCIL—FULFILL THE REVELATION—CORNER STONE OF
THE TEMPLE LAID—ORDAINED TO THE APOSTLESHIP—
LEAVE FAR WEST—MEET THE PROPHET JOSEPH—A CONFERENCE HELD—SETTLE OUR FAMILIES IN NAUVOO.
JOSEPH SMITH, the Prophet, asked the Lord what His
will was concerning the Twelve, and the Lord answered in
a revelation, given , in which He says:
"Let them take leave of my Saints in the city Far West, on
the next, on the building spot of my house,
saith the Lord. Let my servant John Taylor, and also my
servant John E. Page, and also my servant Wilford Woodruff,
and also my servant Willard Richards, be appointed to fill the
places of those who have fallen, and be officially notified
of their appointment."
