This book was very disappointing and I cannot recommend it”. Hyrum Smith never had any wives except the one that died [Jerusha Harden Smith] and my sister [Mary Fielding Smith] and myself. 42 [Hyrum’s first wife died]. He returned to Nauvoo and then went to Carthage, along with his brother and other church leaders,  with the repeated declaration: “I am going like a lamb to the slaughter”. [citation needed] She went to Winter Quarters and then on to the Salt Lake Valley. Mary, John, and Mercy moved to Kirtland, Ohio, the following spring to join the larger body of the church. A close study of the timelime of polygamy finds many holes with the testimonies of people alleging that Joseph was a polygamist while all his public statements during his life speak against the practice. At the time, Jerusha, Hyrum’s wife, was two weeks away from delivering their child, but he still went on his mission. But unfortunately, Prices’ book is really just an attempt to rewrite history to fit their own conclusions. I never went by the name of Mrs. Smith when I lived hi Nauvoo during the lifetime of Hyrum Smith. Emma, and Hyrum Smith has drawn devoted and curious visitors alike to a small cemetery plot located in the Smith Family Cemetery in Nauvoo, Illi-nois. The events preceding the Martyrdom of the Prophet Joseph Smith and Hyrum Smith. Jesse N. Smith was born the youngest of three sons to Silas Smith (1779–1839) and his second wife Mary Aikens (1797–1877) in Stockholm, New York. Mary Fielding, .however, was not true to Hyrum. The two brothers died as martyrs to the fledgling faith in a hail of gunfire while being held in a small-town Illinois jail in June of 1844. If this people cannot have their rights, my blood shall run upon the ground like water’. Joseph F. Smith, son of Hyrum Smith and his legitimate second wife Mary Fielding. He said to me that unless I accept it and introduce it and practise it, I together with my people should be damned and cut off from this time henceforth. . The Prophet's brother Hyrum Smith stubbornly resisted the very possibility until circumstances forced him to go to the Lord for understanding. The situation became so heated that Joseph and Hyrum feared for their lives. Required fields are marked *. Joseph dictated sentence by sentence and I wrote it as he dictated. “Emma deceived her children and denied to everyone that the Prophet had ever received a revelation on celestial marriage, or had ever practiced it” (Women’s Exponent, vol. The conflict is between them and our God, who has never forsaken His people; but He does not expect us to sit quietly down and fold our hands in idleness, while our enemies are publishing their outrageous falsehoods to blind the eyes of week and credulous to the most glorious truths of heaven and to throw ignominy and dishonor upon our people, more especially the women and the innocent children, who are as much farther advanced in the ways of God and the order of Heaven, as our slanderers are on the road to perdition, but to use every honorable means to defend ourselves against their vile attacks” …there are too many of the Prophet’s wives still living in Utah-as well as hundreds of other witnesses- who can testify to the hypocrisy of those men, who like William Marks, apostasized… and afterwards volunteered their services to help Emma Smith, she having, according to her own acknowledgment, founded the Josephite church to help avenge herself upon Brigham Young” (Women’s Exponent, 1 November 1881). www.saintswithouthalos.com. The Prophet Joseph Smith and the early Saints who practiced plural marriage are still under attack today, just as they were during the early Nauvoo period in which they lived. One example is the testimony of the Prophet Joseph Smith’s personal clerk and scribe,  William Clayton, who wrote a letter in response to an inquiry about the Prophet Joseph Smith and the revelation on Celestial Marriage. Hyrum held many roles including Elder, Witness, Patriarch, Brevet Major General in the Nauvoo Legion and Assistant Prophet. Evidence indicates that Joseph Smith did not necessarily have to die when he did. Why, a man dares not speak or wink, for fear of being accused of this. “For my soul delighteth in the song of the heart,” the Lord declared. Hyrum Smith Frühes Leben. …What a thing it is for a man to be accused of committing adultery, and having seven wives, when I can only find one”  (History of the Church Volume 6, 410-411). On July 12 at Hyrum Smith’s invitation, the Prophet dictated a revelation (now D&C 132), which Hyrum presented to Emma in the hope that she would again accept Joseph’s practice of polygamy. In October 1837, Joseph called him to serve a mission in the eastern states. Hyrum Mack Smith (March 21, 1872 – January 23, 1918) was a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church). Hyrum wurde in Tunbridge geboren. Brigham Young remembered one council “where Joseph undertook to teach the brethren and sisters”. [1] She was the sixth child of John Fielding and Rachel Ibbotson, who were active in the growing Methodist movement in the area. . Both of Smith's grandfathers, Asael Smith (1744 –1830) and Nathaniel Aikens (1757–1836), served in the American Revolutionary War. The revelation failed to win her approval, but thereafter, it appears the two entered into an agreement that required Joseph to obtain her permission before marrying any additional plural wives. In order for faithful Mormon leaders to deny plural marriage publicly with a clear conscience, they developed a code for speaking using double meanings. How many will be able to abide a celestial law, and go through and receive their exaltation, I am unable to say, as many are called, but few are chosen”. She was life-long (and pre-Mormon conversion) friend to Canadian John Taylor (second “prophet” to righam, and Number Four Man in the Secret Chamber.] When Joseph Smith introduced plural marriage to him, Hyrum at first opposed the idea, but when converted to the principle, he became one of its staunchest advocates. She wrote: “A thousand and one opinions are being daily expressed concerning the polygamous “Mormons” and their destiny…. After this time I lived with the Prophet Joseph Smith as his wife, and he visited me at the home of my brother Benjamin F. at Macedonia. At the time this took place Hyrum Smith, Joseph’s brother, came to me and said, I need not be afraid. Excellent article. Emma stated. The Prophet’s intention was to organize an exploring expedition to go to the West and find a location for the Saints to settle, then return to Nauvoo after the prevailing emotions and feelings had settled down. On August 12, 1843, Hyrum read the revelation concerning plural marriage to the Nauvoo High Council. The paper condemned the doctrine of plural wives which it called “abominations and whoredoms” (Nauvoo Expositor, June 7, 1844). [2]:93[3]:17, The three Fielding siblings were introduced to the Church of the Latter Day Saints in 1836 by their good friend. Keeping the revelation and practice of plural marriage secret and out of public view was a matter of life or death for the Saints. Hyrum Smith. These individuals waited for young Joseph to take up the mantle of the RLDS Church. He was very dutiful in all that he was asked to do. When the Revelation was written there was no one present except the prophet Joseph, his brother Hyrum and myself. Hyrum Smith Family Association. They had six children together. There are occasional bits and pieces of interesting information, but all in all this book is not only poorly written, but the historical methodology is horrendous. February 9, 1800-June 27, 1844. We will cross the river tonight, and go away to the West.”. [3]:261, On September 21, 1852, Smith died in Salt Lake City, Utah Territory, at the home of her second husband, Heber C. Kimball, apparently of pneumonia. John Smith (September 22, 1832 – November 6, 1911), was the fifth Presiding Patriarch of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church). “When the prophet “went to his dinner,” [Joseph Lee] Robinson wrote, “as it might be expected several of the first women of the church collected at the Prophet’s house with his wife [and] said thus to the prophet Joseph O mister Smith you have done it now it will never do it is all but Blassphemy you must take back what you have said to day is it is outrageous it would ruin us as a people.” So in the afternoon session Smith again took the stand, according to Robinson, and said “Brethren and Sisters I take back what we said this morning and leave it as though there had been nothing said ” ( Richard S. Van Wagoner, Mormon Polygamy: A History (Salt Lake City: Signature Books, 1986),48; citing Robinson, Journal, 23–24). (The revelation was written down at Hyrum Smith's request, who believed that he could persuade Emma Smith of the doctrine's provenance from God.) https://josephsmithfoundation.org/joseph-smith-polygamy/. “Yea, the song of the righteous is a … Then he drew his sword and cried, ‘I WILL DIE FOR YOU! On Saturday, June 8, and the following Monday, June 10, the Nauvoo City Council convened to determine a course of action. Joseph F. Smith, son of President Hyrum Smith, nephew of Joseph Smith and sixth President of the Church, “The great and glorious principle of plural marriage was first revealed to Joseph Smith in 1831, but being forbidden to make it public, or to teach it as a doctrine of the Gospel at that time, he confided the facts to only a very few of his intimate associates.” (Deseret News, May 20, 1886, Andrew Jenson, The Historical Record 6 [Salt Lake City, Utah, May 1887]: 219), Helen Mar Kimball, plural wife of the Prophet Joseph Smith, “The Lord revealed it [plural marriage] to His prophet, Joseph Smith, as early as the year 1831.” (Whitney, Helen Mar Kimball Smith. Brother Joseph gave us to understand that it was our duty to follow the Twelve.‘” (Autobiography of Mosiah Hancock). An early pioneer, a participant in Zion’s Camp, and member of the First Quorum of the Seventy, Joseph B. Noble stated that the revelation on plural marriage was given during Joseph Smith’s translation of the Bible. For behold, I reveal unto you a new and an everlasting covenant; and if ye abide not that covenant, then are ye damned; for no one can reject this covenant and be permitted to enter into my glory”. Your email address will not be published. [2] In 1834, Mary emigrated to join her brother Joseph and her sister Mercy in Toronto, Upper Canada. That which Joseph and Hyrum denounced… was altogether different to the order of celestial marriage including a plurality of wives… Joseph and Hyrum were consistent in their action against the false doctrines of polygamy and spiritual wifeism, instigated by the devil and advocated by men who did not comprehend sound doctrine nor the purity of the celestial marriage which God revealed for the holiest of purposes” ( William Clayton affidavit in “Joseph Smith and Celestial Marriage,” Deseret News, May 20, 1886, 2). Although she was widely known and respected during her lifetime, her son, Joseph F. Smith, further enhanced her reputation after her death as he presented her as a role model of courage and faithfulness in public addresses, sermons and articles. Part 2, Waking Up To Secret Combinations: An LDS Perspective on Conspiracy, “Follow the living prophet” …and Excommunicate Joseph Smith? On April 18, 1844, Law and his wife were excommunicated from the church, along with his brother Wilson, a brigadier general in the Nauvoo Legion. ), Lucy Walker, plural wife of the Prophet Joseph Smith, Plural marriage “was revealed to the prophet in ‘31, but he did not teach it then … he received a revelation on polygamy in 1831.” (Kimball, Lucy Walker Smith. Yet others who are preprejudiced and unwilling, just become more darkened in the mind to the point of open war against it. On a trip to Toronto, John Taylor came in contact with LDS missionary Parley P. Pratt and shortly after brought Pratt to meet the Fieldings. The revelation on plural marriage, D&C 132, indicates that this further light and knowledge came after the Prophet inquired regarding the polygamous marriages of Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and many other ancient prophets. we have got to observe it, that it was an eternal principle, and that it was given to [me] by way of Commandment and not by way of instruction” (McConkie, Mark L. Remembering Joseph, p. 386). However, the Prophet received a revelation directing him in the course he should take to preserve his life. There always has been and always will be those who pervert the ways of the Lord. revelations to Hyrum Smith, D&C 11; 23.. calling is to exhortation, D&C 23:3. to journey to Missouri by way of Detroit, D&C 52:8. to preach with Reynolds Cahoon, D&C 75:32. appointed to Church building committee, D&C 94: Intro. Documentary History of the Church, 7 vols., (Deseret Book Co., Salt Lake City, UT, 1980), vol. You can read more inspiring stories about Joseph Smith and the introduction and practice of Plural marriage here. Unfortunately, in my experience those who are hardened against Celestial Plural Marriage don’t care about the facts. Februar 1800; † 27. “… but being forbidden to make it public, or to teach it as a doctrine of the Gospel at that time, he confided the facts to only a very few of his intimate associates”. Enter your email address to subscribe to the Mormon Chronicle and receive notifications of new posts by email. It is amazing actually the ferocious vitriol spewed against CPM. As hostility increased, William law and other dissenters plotted to expose the secret of plural marriage in Nauvoo to the law and to public opinion. [2]:102 She and her family were among the poorer church members driven out of Nauvoo in the fall of 1846, who experienced the incident later known as the "miracle of the quails". The Book of Mormon clearly speaks against the practice (including the misinterpreted Jacob 2:30 verse) multiple times. [2]:107, English member of the Latter Day Saint movement, "Mary Fielding" redirects here. . Name: Joseph Smith: Born: December 23, 1805 Died: June 27, 1844 (aged 38) : Positions: 1st President of the Church of Christ (later the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints), April 6, 1830 () – June 27, 1844 (): Date entered polygamy: April 5, 1841: Eventual No. John Taylor. Why Smith, Hyrum, Law, and their wives took the long trip out to “The Mound,” is unknown. But she didn’t know that her acquaintance with the Smith family would quickly become even more intimate after Hyrum Smith’s wife, Jerusha, passed away in October 1837, leaving behind five small children. “When assailed by their enemies and accused of practicing things which were really not countenanced in the Church, they were justified in denying those imputations and at the same time avoiding the avowal of such doctrine as were not yet intended for the world… Polygamy in the ordinary and Asiatic sense of the term, never was and is not now a tenet of the Latter-day Saints. Joseph Smith said that the practice of this principle would be the hardest trial the Saints would ever have to test their faith. Finally, at a conference on April 6, 1860, in Amboy Illinois , Joseph Smith III formally accepted the leadership of what was then known as the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. Emma and others encouraged Joseph to return and stand trial. They still considered themselves part of the “original church” and began forming themselves into a “reorganized” Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. . Hyrum and his first wife, Jerusha, had four daughters and two sons. A great-great-grandnephew of LDS Church founder Joseph Smith, Hyrum is the namesake of Joseph's brother, Hyrum. His father was Hyrum Smith, the older brother of Joseph Smith, the founder of Mormonism.Having served for 56 years, he was the longest serving Presiding Patriarch in the history of the LDS Church. . I mean to live and proclaim the truth as long as I can. She [Mary] was always called Mrs. Smith, because she was his wife. In 1826 at the age of 26, Hyrum married Jerusha Barden, who passed away 11 years later, in 1837. Both later taught the principle to others. He had no other wife but me; nor did he to my knowledge ever have” (History of the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, volume 3, pp. That is–I have friends who have at a respectful distance been ready to ward off the blows of the adversary. “If an angel from heaven was to reveal to me that a man should have more than one wife, and if it were in my power I would kill him” (Brigham Young, “A Few Words of Doctrine,” October 8, 1861, Brigham Young Papers, LDS Church Archives). They were baptized on May 21, 1836 in a creek near their home. Taylor and his wife were in the same congregation as the Fieldings, all of whom were "disenchanted Methodists". Elder Clayton wrote: “. Hyrum W. Smith is a distinguished author, speaker, and businessman. No doubt to his shock and dismay she not only abrogated his church’s official claim that Hyrum had other plural wives, but she went on to elaborate how not only had she not borne any children by Hyrum, but that no woman other than his legal wife had. “The last time I met President John Taylor he said to me: I may never see you again and I want to tell you that I have seen the Prophet Joseph who said that the Lord did not want his people to be concerned about the [federal polygamy] raid or inquire when it would cease, ‘I will stop it in my own due time,’ said the Lord. Dennison L. Harris remembered the following testimony given by the Prophet Joseph Smith only a few months before his death: “The same God that has thus far dictated and directed me, and inspired me and strengthened me in this work, gave me this revelation and Commandment on Celestial and Plural marriage; and the same God commanded me to obey it. Joseph Smith was likely sealed to between 30 and 40 women during his lifetime. In November 1843, Hyrum introduced the revelation on Celestial marriage to William Law, second counselor to the Prophet Joseph Smith, but Law was reluctant to accept it. “No such thing as polygamy, or spiritual wifery, was taught, publicly or privately, before my husband’s death, that I have now, or ever had any knowledge of …. [2]:98, In March 1838, Hyrum was among the church leaders taken to prison by the Missouri militia. Emma Smith vacillated, one day railing in opposition against it and the next giving her consent for Joseph to be sealed to another wife (see comments by Orson Pratt, Brigham’s as well of course but Brigham is not held in such high esteem here. Mercy and Mary lived as plural wives to Hyrum Smith in his home on the banks of the Mississippi River in Nauvoo. Part 1, “Follow the living prophet” …and Excommunicate Joseph Smith? In May 1844, William Law and Robert Foster brought a legal suit against Joseph Smith in the Carthage court for living in adultery with one of his plural wives, Maria Lawrence. It is also unknown what occurred when they were there. In light of the circumstances under which they were spoken, Joseph’s words were carefully chosen in order to protect the Saints from mounting tensions and the incitement to violence. . (Joseph Smith, “Proclamation, June 11, 1844,” Joseph Smith Papers). Some of those who apostatized from the Church, also denied the revelation on Celestial and Plural marriage but supported a form of religion originally taught by Joseph Smith. I went by the name of Thompson. “It was not his work, but that of the Almighty, and he said it would cause the damnation of all who entered into it with impure motives, and none who acted unrighteously could stand, the trial would be so great; and there would be but few men who would be capable of being saviors upon Mount Zion” (Women’s Exponent, vol. A conspiracy of epic proportions…? Richard and Pamele Price began their study of Polygamy and the Mormon church in 1950. When the Prophet Joseph Smith tried to introduce the doctrine of Plural marriage, it was rejected by many of the Saints including his wife,  Emma Smith. Part 4. Years later Brigham Young spoke to the Saints in Salt Lake City about the Prophet’s decision. On Friday, June 7, 1844, dissenters from the Church published the one and only issue of the Nauvoo Expositor. Download Essay. https://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.737.7883&rep=rep1&type=pdf. 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