Thirty-Two (1837)wisely while all saw the spirit of his foe.” (See Dean C. Jessee, “The Kirtland Diary of Wilford
Woodruff,” BYU Studies 12:4 [1972]: 398.)
(^58) Exodus 18:20; The Kirtland temple endowment was very different from the Nauvoo
endowment: “6th Joseph Smith Jr. made Some remarks [These minutes contain information
concerning the Prophet’s activities in Kirtland not included in his published History.] and Notified
the Elders that the Solemn assembly was to be Called on the 6[th] of April & also that those Elders
who were Not anointed must be anointed before that time [Footnote: The Prophet’s remarks refer to a
second solemn assembly planned for the 6th of April, 1837. Worthy brethren who were unable to
attend the solemn assembly the previous year were invited to participate in certain purifying
ordinances preparatory to receiving a spiritual endowment of power. These ordinances consisted of
(1) washing “head to foot” in soap and water, (2) washing in clear water and perfumed whiskey, (3)
having one’s head anointed with consecrated oil and receiving a blessing by the spirit of prophesy,
(4) having the anointing blessing sealed with uplifted hands (solemn prayer, a sealing prayer, and the
hosanna shout), and (5) washing of faces and feet and partaking of the Lord’s Supper.] Also
prophesied that unless the church acts in perfect greater union than they had for the winter past it
Should be Scourged until they Should feel it four fold to that of the dispersion of Zion.” (Kirtland
Elders’ Quorum Record, 1836–1841, eds. Lyndon W. Cook and Milton V. Backman, Jr. [Provo: Grandin
Book Co., 1985] 26.)
(^59) BOM, Jacob 4:14.
(^60) Isaiah 1:15.
(^61) SNS, 87–8, 158, 174–5.
(^62) SNS, 85, et. seq.
(^63) Compare JSH 1:54.
(^64) “At the suggestion of the LDS prophet, Joseph Smith, Jr., the recently widowed Hyrum Smith
courted Mary Fielding and the couple married on December 24, 1837.” (“Mary Fielding Smith,” Wikipedia, the
free encyclopedia, 25 Jun. 2011, Wikimedia Foundation, Inc., 25 Jun. 2011
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Fielding_Smith.);
“Joseph counseled [Hyrum] with a revelation from God to marry again without delay so his children
would not be motherless. The Lord counseled Hyrum to marry Mary Fielding, who was thirty-six at the time.”
(“Hyrum Smith Part II,” History of Mormonism, 4 Dec. 2009, More Good Foundation, 25 Jun. 2011
http://historyofmormonism.com/2009/12/04/hyrum-part2/);
“Hyrum Smith’s wife Jerusha, died in October, 1837, leaving an infant daughter and a large family of
small children. The Prophet told his brother Hyrum that it was the will of the Lord that he should marry without
delay and take as a wife a young English girl, named Mary Fielding, who had joined the Church through the
preaching of Elder Parley P. Pratt in Toronto, Canada. Hyrum accepted this counsel from the Prophet and Mary
Fielding became his wife and the mother of President Joseph F. Smith, who was born November 13, 1838.”
(TPJS, 120, n. 3.)
See also “LDS Church Historical Lies,” Marvelous Work and a Wonder®, 2011, A Marvelous
Work and a Wonder Purpose Trust, 25 Jun. 2011
http://www.marvelousworkandawonder.com/q_a/contents/1gen/q06/6gen002.htm.
(^65) DHC, 2:528.
(^66) BOM, Ether 12:23–5.
(^67 1830) Book of Mormon, “First Book of Nephi,” 25, 32. “A colored photographic facsimile
reprint of every page of the original first edition (Palmyra, 1830) Book of Mormon” can be seen at
iNephi.com, 2011, John Hajicek, 20 Jun. 2011 http://www.inephi.com/25.htm and
http://www.inephi.com/33.htm.
(^68) BOM, Mosiah 15:1–4.
(^69 1830) Book of Mormon, “Book of Mosiah,” 200.
(^70) BOM, 2 Nephi 9:28; 28:15.
(^71 1830) Book of Mormon, “First Book of Nephi,” 28 (top left). Also consider what the Book of
Mormon Introduction says, “I told the brethren that the Book of Mormon was the most correct of any
book on earth” –Joseph Smith, Jr.