Big Black Jackson was a familiar name by which we knew a man in Nauvoo who had wormed himself into the company and good graces of Joseph the Prophet. Jackson had done this and been a long time at it, with the wicked design from the beginning of getting Joseph...
Introduction: This section of Lucy’s history shows the Smith Family being led by the hand of the Lord to the state of New York. At this time Joseph Sr. and Lucy decided to leave Vermont due to crop failure and famine. However, the Lord was moving them to Palmyra, New...
“… I was taken by surprise when I was informed by the Prophet Joseph, who came to me June 4th [1837], being the Sabbath day, while I was seated in the front stand above the Sacrament table on the Melchisedec side of the Temple in Kirtland, who opened the door...
We never suffered ourselves to go into any important measure without asking Brother Joseph to inquire of the Lord in relation to it. Such was our confidence in him as a Prophet that when he said, “Thus saith the Lord,” we were confident it would be as he said; and...
One day while crossing a large prairie, six or eight miles from any house, we crossed a small stream. The ground was frozen deep on each side, and we sprung one of the axletrees of Brother Barnard's carriage. Brother Barnard said we could not travel with it any farther. Brother...
