Without Disclosing My True Identity
(^8) D&C, 105:33.
(^9) Compare Letters from Joseph to Emma in 1839 (dated March 21, April 5, June 23, 25, & 27). “I
am yours forever, your husband and true friend.” These can all be found here: “1839,” The Early
Anthology, 8 Jul. 2011 http://theearlyanthology.tripod.com/1839/id3.html.
(^10) DHC, 3:295. “The Prophet’s Epistle to the Church, Written in Liberty Prison” (289–305).
(^11) BOM, Helaman 2:12–13; 3:23, etc.
(^12) DHC, 3:303.
(^13) D&C, section 121.
(^14) D&C, 121:28–32.
(^15) BOM, Alma 12:11.
(^16) DHC, 3:308.
(^17) DHC, 3:306.
(^18) DHC, 3:319.
(^19) On or about 16 April 1839, we read: “This evening our guard got intoxicated. We thought it
a favorable opportunity to make our escape; knowing that the only object of our enemies was our
destruction;” DHC, 3:319–20.
(^20) For a discussion on the arrangement between Boggs, Doniphan, and Timothy, see chapter 33.
(^21) D&C, 118:3–5. See also DHC, 3:306–7.
(^22) DHC, 2:381.
(^23) See D&C, sections 58, 63, 101, etc.
(^24) Compare PGP, Moses 7:18; JST, Genesis 7:23.
(^25) Compare Romans 8:14–24; 9:4; Galatians 4:5; Ephesians 1:5; BOM, Mosiah 5:7; D&C, 84:33–4;
PGP, Abraham 2:9–11.
(^26) D&C, 133:30–4.
(^27) Compare BOM, 2 Nephi 30:6.
(^28) BOM, Mormon 5:15.
(^29) BOM, 1 Nephi 13:8.
(^30) D&C, 124:11, 26.
(^31) Arnold K. Garr, Donald Q. Cannon, and Richard O. Cowan, Encyclopedia of Latter-day Saint
History; (Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 2000) 820.
(^32) BOM, 3 Nephi 12:33; Matthew 5:33.
(^33) “The resettlement of the Mormons in Commerce and vicinity and the resumption of
church affairs—including the departure of the Twelve to Britain—were hampered by a malaria
epidemic that ravaged the area from late June to November. When JS was preoccupied with aiding
the victims of the scourge for eleven weeks in July, August, and September, journal entries were
scaled back to weekly summaries. While the entries suggest the duration and centrality of JS’s
focus on relieving the sick, they characteristically only skim the surface. For months, the Smith
home and environs served as a hospital of sorts, with JS and Emma nursing malaria victims. The
couple moved their own family into a tent to provide better care in their house for the sick. JS
himself contracted the disease but soon recovered and continued to minister to the afflicted.”
(“Historical Introduction” to “Journal 1839,” The Joseph Smith Papers, 2011, Intellectual Reserve, Inc.,
8 Jul. 2011 http://josephsmithpapers.org/paperSummary/journal-1839#16.)
(^34) BOM, Jacob 4:14.
(^35) BOM, Mormon 1:16. These were the final words, as well, of President Ezra Taft Benson to
his oldest son, Reed, who repeated them to others privately in mid-1991. But the elder Benson never
again spoke an original word to the LDS Church after this time, even though he lived three more
years. It was during Ezra Taft Benson’s presidency that this author was called to this Marvelous
Work and a Wonder® by the resurrected Joseph Smith, Jr.
(^36) DHC, 3:182–6.
(^37) D&C, section 125.