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Index to Volume Iv

Abraham, Book of—520 and note.

Adams, James—friendship for the Prophet, 20 and note.

Address, by First Presidency to Saints scattered abroad, 184 et seq.

Affidavits, on suffering of Saints in Missouri, 49-53, also 56-73 and note, 60; of Hyrum Smith denouncing thieves, 460-61.

Alvord T., affidavit of, 57.

Allred, James—statement of on kidnapping, 156-7.

Apostles, The Twelve—farewell addresses of, 1-2; Apostles engaged in selecting hymns, 3; trials of en route for England, 15; meeting of at Cleveland, 19-20; granted permission to publish certain books in England, 161-2; whereabouts of, January 1, 1841, 256; minutes of meeting of in England, 324; ditto, 325-26; council of at Manchester, 332-335; epistle of to the Church in the British Isles, 344-348; departure of from England, 352; arrival of at New York, 360-61; return of to Nauvoo, 390; to share in labor of the Prophet, 400 and 403-404; epistle of to Saints scattered abroad, 409-10; council meeting of, 412; minutes of council meeting of 429-30; epistles of to brethren in America, 433-38; case of Benjamin Winchester before, 443; epistle of, to Saints in England, 448-53; warning against thieves, 463-66 and notes; epistle of on baptism for the dead, 472-5; minutes of a meeting of, 478-79; gift of Hiram Kimball to, 484; whereabouts of, January 1, 1842, 490; epistle of to Saints in Europe, 558 et seq.; meeting of with the Prophet in Masonic lodge, 589; epistles of to Saints in America, 590 et seq.

Australia—report of work in, 343.

B

Babbitt, Elder Almon W.—preaches in Indiana, 17; permitted to build up Kirtland, 476.

Baglev, Mr.—tax difficulty with the Prophet, 542.

Barlow, Israel—assists Brigham Young on Journey, 9.

Barnes, Lorenzo D.—report of to Elder Parley P. Pratt, 569.

Baptists—difference between and former day Saints, 350-51.

Baptisms—in Temple font, 558; for the dead, 568-9; for the dead, editorial in Times and Seasons on, 595 et seq.

Benbow, Elder John—liberality of, 188.

Bennett, Caleb—conference at House of, 6.

Bennett, James Arlington—honored, 600.

Bennett, John C.—first letters of to the Prophet, 169-72; biography, 169; elected mayor Nauvoo, 287; inaugural address of, 288-92.

Bennett, James Gordon—editor New York Herald, course of approved, 477.

Bennett, Samuel—sent on mission, 161; credentials of, 164.

Bishop, Gladden—disfellowshiped by High Council, 550.

Books—list of for and against the Latter-day Saints, 253-6.

Book of Mormon—first English edition of, 274-286: Nauvoo edition, proofs of read by Prophet, 494; ditto 500-501.

Boyee, Benjamin—kidnapping of, 154-6; 180.

British, Mission—history of, 313-321.

Brown, Alanson—kidnapping of, 154-56; 180.

Browning, O. H.—lawyer, counsel for the Prophet at Monmouth trial, 367 et seq.

Brunson, Col. Seymour—death of, 179.

Burke, John M.—affidavit of, 56.

C

Cahoon, William F.—affidavit of, 52.

Carpenter's Hall—Manchester, England, leased by the Saints, 141.

Carter, Samuel—affidavit of, 49 Prophet's instructions to, 153.

Carlin, Governor of Illinois—issues order for arrest of Prophet, 198-9.

Casper, Thomas D.—Affidavit of, 63.

Church, The—Admonished by the Prophet, 5; anniversary of organization of celebrated, 326-31: thirteenth anniversary of, 582.

Clayton, William—preaches in Staffordshire; appointed clerk, Iowa High Council, 382.

Clark, Hyrum—starts on mission to England, 7.

Clark, Joseph—affidavit of, 63.

Clark, Timothy B.—affidavit of, 58.

Clark, William O.—reproved by the Prophet, 445.

Cock Pit, Preston, England—preaching of Twelve in, 114.

Cole, Owen—Affidavit of, 64.

Commerce, Illinois, (afterwards Nauvoo)—-appointed a stake of Zion, 12; boundary lines to be changed, 39; name of changed to Nauvoo, 21; merged into Nauvoo plat, 322.

Committee, Senate Judiciary—case of the Missouri Saints before, 81-88, adverse report of, 90-92; of Nauvoo citizens resolutions by, 157-9.

Conferences—minutes of at Commerce, 12; minutes of general, at Nauvoo, 105 et seq.; at Gadfield Elm, England, 131; ditto, 134 et seq.; minutes at Stanley Hall, 138; of Church in England at Manchester, 146 et seq.; general at Nauvoo, minutes of, 204-7; general in England, minutes of, 214-18 at Walnut Grove, Illinois, 387; London, minutes of, 298; at Philadelphia, 331; general of the Church at Nauvoo, minutes of, 336-343; in New York City, 344; minutes of London, 360; at Kirtland, 361; Attica, New York, 412; at Nauvoo, minutes of, general, 423-29; at Lima, minutes of, 439-40; New York, 462; minutes of special at Nauvoo, 583 et seq.

Conner, Henry—converted, 184.

Council, High at Commerce. (Nauvoo)—names of counselors, 12; Advice of to Saints west of Kirtland, 45 and note; authorizes publication of hymn book, 49; appoints committee to collect testimony on case before courts, 49; votes among for poor, 75, 76; votes to return consecrations to the people, 88; memorial of Joseph Smith before, 136-138, 141, 143; Elijah Fordham before, 180; minutes, 187-8; minutes of 219-20; account of inspecting temporal concerns, 417; report of to the Saints, 504-5; trial of Gladden Bishop before, 550.

Council, High at Iowa—appointed for Stake in Iowa, 16; minutes of, 16; order of speaking in, 16 and note; organization of completed, 21; action of on

Missouri debts, 42, 54; minutes of, 94; changes in 352.

Council, of the Twelve—see Apostles.

Council, special—Liverpool, England, 296-7; at Nauvoo, 402.

Curtis, Simon P.—affidavit of, 67.

Curtis, Elder Theodore—before the Court of Sessions, Gloucester, England, 380.

D

Davis, Amos—abuse of the Prophet, 549.

Davis, Matthew S.—reports Prophet's Washington discourse, 78.

Decker, Brother—assists Elders Young and Kimball en route for England, 11.

Discourse—the Prophet's at Nauvoo, 358-360.

Dispatch, England weekly newspaper—article against the Saints, 236.

Donaldson, Elder Wm.—goes to East India, 168.

Draper, Father—assists Elders Young and Kimball et al. en route for England, 14.

Duel, Osmon M.—assists Elders Young and Kimball on mission, 9-10.

Duel, Sister O. M.—cares for Elders Young and Kimball, 10.

Duncan, Joseph—politician, speech against the Saints, 490, also note 480.

E

Election and Reprobation, Elders Brigham Young and Willard Richards, 256.

Emigration—arrangements of for English Saints, 510-13.

England—arrival of Apostles in, 76; labors of Elders in, 76; emigration agency in, 484.

Epistles—see Letters.

F

Freedom, Adams County, Illinois—Stake organized at, 233.

Female Relief Society—organization of, 552; ditto, 567-8; remarks of the Prophet to, 570; remarks of the Prophet to, 602-7.

Fielding, Joseph—preaches in England, 7.

Font—baptismal of Temple described, 446.

Fordham, Elijah—healed by the Prophet, 4, and note; before High Council at Nauvoo, 180.

Foster, Dr. Robert D.—attends on Sidney Rigdon, 19-21; on trial for slandering, 239-250.

Foutz, Jacob—affidavit of, 68.

Fulmer, David—prefers charges, 219.

G

Galland, Isaac—letter of Prophet to; his power of attorney for the Prophet cancelled, 495-500.

Gates, Gibson—affidavit of, 71.

Gee, George Washington—death of and biography, 500 and note.

Geneva, Morgan County, Illinois—stake organized at, 236.

Gifford, Alpheus—biography of, 109-110 and note; death of, 184.

Granger, Gilbert—difficulty in settlement of father's estate, 542.

Granger, Elder Oliver—to provide funds for publication, 18; death of, 408-9.

Green, A.—affidavit of, 65.

Greene, John P.—affidavit of, 65.

Groves, Elisha H.—affidavit of, 68.

H

Harris, George W.—sent on special mission, 161: credentials of, 164.

Hawk, William—affidavit of, 58.

Hayes, Elder Ezra—license taken from, 14.

Hedlock, Elder Reuben—starts on mission for England, 10; prepares cuts for Book of Abraham, 543.

Haight, Isaac—entertains Elders, 35; assists Elder Brigham Young et al. on journey, 44.

Higbee, Judge Elias—appointed to go to Washington, 13; attends Prophet to Washington, 19; letters of concerning case of Saints before United States Senate, 81, 88, 94, 95; course at Washington approved, 96 et seq.; presides at mass meeting, Nauvoo, 157-60; writes petition to committee, 237; reproved by the Prophet, 503.

Hinckle, George M.—suit of Prophet against, 423.

Hotchkiss land purchase, 405-408.

Hotchkiss, Horace R.—letter to Prophet, 505-8.

Hunter, Edward—visits Nauvoo, biography of, 416-17 and note.

Hyde Marinda—revelation to, 467.

Hyde, Elder Orson—his allusion to his fall, 2; restored, 12; appointed on Mission to Jerusalem, 106; credentials of, 112-113; departure of from Nauvoo for Jerusalem, 114; at conference in Philadelphia, 224; ditto, New York, 237; reproved, 274; his arrival in Palestine and dedication of the land for the return of Jews, 454-59; incidents en route from Palestine to Europe, 496-99.

J

Jews—memorial of to Protestant Powers of Europe and America, 167 and note; circular of to Israelites of Europe and America, 173-5.

Johnston, Jesse W.—affidavit of, 64.

Johnson, Lyman E.—at Nauvoo, 389.

Jonas, Grand Master Mason—on Nauvoo and the Mormons, 565 et seq.

K

Keokuk, Indian chief—visits the Prophet, 401.

Kilbourn, D. W., anti-Mormon—attempts disturbance in Iowa, 416-17; ditto, 444 and note.

Kimball, Heber C.—departs on mission to England, 9 and note; morphine given to, 15-16; reports of from England, 182 et seq.; dreams of, 203; arrives at Nauvoo from England, 381.

Kiskukosh, Indian chief—visits the Prophet, 401-2.

Knight, Bishop Vinson—appointed Bishop of lower ward, Commerce, 12.

Lathrop, Asahel A.—affidavit of, 65-67.

Latter-day Saints—difference between and Baptists, 348, 350.

Law, William—en route for Nauvoo, 20, and note; appointed member First Presidency, 284-6.

Legion, Nauvoo—character of, 269; minutes of organization of, 295; general review of, 236; officers of, 253; general orders to, 354; defended by the Prophet, 355-6; general orders to, 362; minutes of, 382; general orders, 400; minutes of, 415; general order to, 502; extract from minutes of, 549; fourth regiment of second cohort of, 582; Repast Militaire of, 601; general orders to, 601.

Letters—James Mulholland to Isaac Russell, 5-6; Joseph Smith to Isaac Galland, 8-9; Parley P. Pratt to Prophet, 22; the Prophet to Hyrum Smith, 29; the Prophet et al. to High Council, Nauvoo, 43-44; Hyrum Smith to Parley P. Pratt; Hyrum Smith to the Prophet et al., 52: Charles Adams to Joseph Smith, 53; Orson Pratt to his wife, 54; John B. Webber to the Prophet, 55; Matthew S. Davis on Prophet's sermon; Elias Higbee to the Prophet reporting progress

in Saints' appeal to United States Senate, 81; ditto, 83; ditto, 85; ditto, 88; John Taylor, to the Prophet, 96; R. B. Thompson to Elias Higbee, 96; Horace R. Hotchkiss to Sidney Rigdon et al., 98; Elias Higbee to the Prophet, 98; Horace R. Hotchkiss to Joseph Smith, 100; Sidney Rigdon to the Prophet, 102; Hon. Richard W. Young to Elias Higbee, 111; Heber C. Kimball to the Saints in the United States, 114 et seq.; Brigham Young to the Prophet, 119; Robert Johnson to Senator Young, 121; Senator Young to Judge Elias Higbee, 121; Wilford Woodruff to Don Carlos Smith, 122; Elders Hyde and Page to the Prophet, 123; Brigham Young to the Prophet, 125; the Prophet to Elders Hyde and Page, 128; Willard Roberts to the Star, 130; Heber C. Kimball et al. to Bishop at Nauvoo, 132; William W. Phelps to the Prophet, 141, 142; Hyde and Page to Joseph Smith 142; Elder Woodruff to the Star, 150 et seq.; William Barratt to Saints in England, 161; Prophet to William W. Phelps, 162 et seq.; Prophet to Oliver Granger, 164-7; John C. Bennett to Joseph Smith et al., 168; ditto, 169; ditto, 172; Prophet to Horace R. Hotchkiss, 170-1; Wilford Woodruff to the Star, 176; the Prophet to John C. Bennett, 177-8; John C. Bennett to Messrs, Smith and Rigdon, 179; Samuel Bent and George W. Harris to Presidency of Church, 199; John E. Page to the Presidency, 201; Orson Hyde to Saints in Nauvoo, 202; Heber C. Kimball et al. to Robinson et al., 220-224; Joseph and Hyrum Smith to the Saints in Kirtland, 225; the Prophet to the Twelve, 226; Heber C. Kimball et al. to Times and Seasons, 234; a staunch Wesleyan to the Manx Liberal, 234-6; Brigham Young to Presidency, 237; John C. Bennett to Times and Seasons, 248-9; Brigham Young to the Prophet, 251-2; Parley P. Pratt to Sidney Rigdon, 266; Joseph Smith to County Recorder, 287; Levi Richards to the Star, 296; Brigham Young to the Star, 308-9; Wilford Woodruff to Don Carlos Smith, 323-4; George A. Smith to the Star, 343; the Prophet to the Times and Seasons, 356-58; R. B. Thompson to Times and Seasons, 369-70; Orson Hyde to Joseph Smith, 372-4; Orson Hyde to Rabbi Hirschel, 374-8; extract from a letter to the Juliet Courier, 380-1; Orson Hyde to President Smith, 384-88; William Smith, to the Prophet, 391; Horace R. Hotchkiss to Joseph Smith, 405; the Prophet to Hotchkiss, 406-7; Joseph Smith to Smith Tuttle, Esq., 430-33; extract from Orson Hyde, 439; Parley P. Pratt, extract of, 441; Joseph Smith to Reuben McBride, 441; Hyrum Smith to Saints in Kirtland, 443; Orson Hyde to Parley P. Pratt, 454-9; the Prophet, to Esq. Browning et al., 468; ditto to Mr. Hotchkiss, 469; Joseph Smith to Edward Hunter, 481-3; Joseph Smith to Edward Hunter, 491; Orson Hyde to the Star, 495-99; Joseph Smith to Isaac Galland, 499; G. Walker to Brigham Young et al., 505-509; Alfred Cordon to Joseph Smith, 515-16; Joseph Smith to the Church, 517; from the Twelve to all the churches, 517-18; Joseph Smith on tithing, 518; Robert Pierce to Joseph Smith, 519; Joseph Smith to John Wentworth, 535 et seq.; Joseph Smith to John C. Bennett, 544; Dr. C. V. Dyer to John C. Bennett, 544; John C. Bennett to Dr. C. V. Dyer, 545; John C. Bennett to Joseph

Smith, 547; Joseph Smith to Edward Hunter, 548; the Twelve to the Saints in Europe, 558 et seq.; extract from Elder E. P. Maginn, 566; Lorenzo D. Barlow to Parley P. Pratt, 569.

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Liberty—religious in Nauvoo, 306, Lima, Adams Co., Illinois—Stake organized at, 233.

Little, Sidney H., Senator—death of, 389.

Littlefield, Lyman O.—action against for slander, 514.

Litz, Elder A.—suspended from preaching, 501.

Lowry, John—affidavit of, 56.

M

Maginn, Ezekiel—affidavit of, 64.

Marks, Ephraim—funeral of, 586-587.

Marks, William—appointed President of Stake at Commerce, 12; President of Stake at Nauvoo, 323; financial settlement of Prophet with, 582.

Maughan, Peter—493 and note.

Melling, Peter—ordained a patriarch, first in England, 120 and note; reports to the Prophet at Nauvoo, 543.

Memorials—of Saints to Senate and House of Representatives, 24 et seq.; to Joseph Smith and High Council at Nauvoo, 136; answer to foregoing, 138, 141 and note, 144, 145; to Governor Garlin of Illinois on kidnapping, 159-60.

Millennial Star—Latter-day Saints, 119; prospectus of, 122; 133 and note.

Missouri—action of Legislature on Mormon difficulties, 299 and note.

Modisett, Dr.—gives morphine to Heber C. Kimball, 15; aids Elders Young and Kimball on journey, 17.

Monmouth, Warren Co., Illinois—the Prophet's trial at, 365 et seq.

Moon, Elder John—arrival of with Saints in America, 162.

Morgan, Elizabeth—death of, 551.

Mormon Literature—pro et con, 487-489.

Mormons—Nauvoo and the, 565.

Mulholland, James—Prophet's Secretary, writes Isaac Russell, appointed clerk for land contracts, 16; salary of, 17; death of, 88-9 and note.

N

Nashville, city of—meetings at, 182 and note.

Nauvoo—Agricultural and Manufacturing Association incorporated, 303.

Nauvoo—burying ground for, 353.

Nauvoo, City of—made Post Office at, 121; charters of, 239-249; first election in, 287; City Council organized, 288; officers of, 292, 308; divided into wards, 305; concentration at, 362.

Nauvoo—House Association incorporated, 301.

News—the prospectus of, 112.

Noble, Joseph Bates—healed by the Prophet, 4 and note.

O

Olney, Elder Oliver—license taken from, 552.

Owen, Ephraim—confession of accepted, 12.

Owen, Jedediah—affidavit of, 56.

P

Page, John E.—one of the Twelve, Address on the Book of Mormon, 2; appointed on mission to Palestine, 109; reproved, 274, disregards advice, 372; presides at New York conference, 462-3.

Partridge, Bishop Edward—appointed Bishop upper ward

Commerce, 12; instructs Saints on removal to the West, 39.

Perry, Ashael—received into fellowship, 14.

Pettigrew, David—affidavit of, 71-73.

Petition—Elias Higbee, Robert B. Thompson to Congress, 237; presented to the House, 250-51.

Phelps, Laura, wife of Morris—death of, 513.

Pierce, Robert—business settlement of with the Prophet, 519.

Powell, James—affidavit of, 61.

Pratt, Orson—one of the Twelve, addresses Saints at Nauvoo, 4; starts on mission for England, 7; opens mission in Edinburg, 120; publishes Remarkable Visions, 224; success in Edinburg, 251; elected Professor of Mathematics, Nauvoo University, 414.

Pratt, Elder Parley P., one of the Twelve—preaches at Nauvoo, 4; ditto, 6; starts on mission for England, 7; errors in writings of, 7; letter to the Prophet, 22; his article on eternal duration of matter, 54, 55 and notes; appointed editor of the Millennial Star, 133; returns to America for family, 177; returns to England, 224.

Presidency, First of Church—report of, 212-14; proclamation of to the Church scattered abroad, 267-73; report of at General Conference, 336-339.

Priesthood—article on prepared by the Prophet, 207-212; lesser organized in Nauvoo, 312.

Proclamation—preparation of to Kings, 383.

Q

Quincy, Illinois—a Stake organized at, 233.

R

Ramus, Illinois—minutes of a meeting at, 453; conferences at, 467; deeds to certain lands of, transferred to the Prophet, 477.

Redfield, Harlow—suspended from office, 12; restored, 16.

Resurrection in general and of children, 553 et seq.; and note.

Revelations—to Joseph Smith at Nauvoo, January 19, 1841, 274, et seq.; to William Allred et al. 311; to the Saints in Iowa, 311; to Brigham Young in Nauvoo, July 9, 1841, 382; concerning Nancy Marinda Hyde, 467; to John Snyder et al., 483; to the Twelve, 483; respecting the Times and Seasons, 503.

Rich, Charles C.—elected Brigadier General, 414.

Richards, Levi—affidavit of, 70-71.

Richards, Elder Willard, one of the Twelve—visits Staffordshire, 7; son of dies, 48; on Election and Reprobation, 256-66; assists in indexing Book of Mormon, 274, 286; writes history of British mission, 313-321; appointed private secretary to the Prophet and Temple Recorder, 470.

Rigdon, Elder Sidney, counselor to Joseph Smith—address of to Twelve, 2, 3; appointed to accompany Prophet to Washington, 13; starts with Prophet to Washington, 19; sickness of, left at Columbus, Ohio, 21; in Washington, 48; in Philadelphia, 76; speech of at laying corner stone of Nauvoo Temple, 327-29; baptized for in behalf of his parents, 486.

Riggs, Burr—affidavit of, 67.

Roberts, Sidney—excommunicated, 237.

Robinson, Ebenezer—publisher of Times and Seasons, 23; co-partnership with Don Carlos Smith dissolved, 239; editor Times and Seasons, 402.

Rockwell, Orrin P.—starts with Prophet for Washington, 19.

Rogers, D. W.—his hymn-book discarded, 14.

Root, Henry—affidavit of, 62.

Russell, Isaac—reproved, 5, 6; and note.

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Saints, Latter-day—sickness among at Nauvoo, 3; healing of the, 3, 4 and notes; admonished to set houses in order, 4-5; petition of to Congress, 24-38.

Sharp, Thomas—editor Warsaw Signal, anti-Mormon, the Prophet on, 487 and note.

Sherwood, Henry G.—healed by the Prophet, 4 and note.

Shoemaker, David—affidavit of, 69.

Sloan, James—statement of, 69.

Smith, Don Carlos, brother of the Prophet—President of the High Priests at Commerce, 12; publisher Times and Seasons, 23; dissolves partnership with Robinson, 239; death of, 393; career of, 393-399.

Smith, Elias—ordained a Bishop, 161.

Smith, Emma, wife of the Prophet appointed to compile hymnbook, 17; assists husband in labors, 510; appointed President of Female Relief Society, 552.

Smith, George Albert—one of the Twelve, starts on mission for England, 10; preaches at Richmond, New York, 75: begins out-door preaching in England, 182 et seq.; injures his health at, 236; arrives at Nauvoo from England, 383; marriage of, 389.

Smith, Hyrum, brother of the Prophet—appointed on committee to establish Nauvoo. 39; testimony of to Book of Mormon, 46 and note; is appointed Patriarch of the Church, 229 and note and 282; appointed Prophet and Revelator, 286.

Smith, Humphery—affidavit of, 62.

Smith, John—affidavit of, 62.

Smith, John—affidavit of, 59.

Smith, Joseph, the Prophet—literary methods of, 1; heals the sick at Commerce, Nauvoo, 3-5 and notes; ditto, 7; preaches on the "other Comforter," 10 and note; ditto "Judgments," 11; attends general conference, Commerce, 11-12 et seq.; appointed to represent cause of the Saints at Washington, 13; starts for Washington, 19; adventure of, by the way, 23; arrives at Washington, 24; meets President Van Buren, 39 et seq.; preaches at Philadelphia, 47; in New Jersey, 49; comment on Missouri affidavits, 73-4; returns to Washington, 77; description of by a Congressman, 78 et seq.; interview with Martin Van Buren, 80; ditto. John C. Calhoun, 80; returns to Nauvoo, 88-9; reflection of on actions of Congress, 145; plans charter of Nauvoo, 349; made sole Trustee-in-trust, of the Church, 287; elected member of the Nauvoo City Council, 287; introduces several bills in City Council, 293 et seq.; appointed Lieutenant-General of Nauvoo Legion, 309; assists in laying corner stone Nauvoo Temple, 329-331; arrest of by officers from Missouri, 364 et seq.; visited by Indians at Nauvoo, 401; views on use of medicine, 414; his experience at Monmouth trial, 419-20; views on relics of antiquity, 420-21 note; reproves sanctimoniousness, 445; denunciation of thieves, 461-2; his estimate of the Book of Mormon, 461; proof-reads Book of Mormon, 468; difficulties in keeping daily journal, 470; proclaims political attitude of the Saints, 479-80 and notes; his views on the gift of tongues, 485; reflections on opening of the year, 1842, 492; debates race question, 501; purpose of debates in Nauvoo, 514; views on privileges of Nauvoo

charter, 516; settlement of with Robert Pierce, 519; settlement of taxes with Mr. Bagley, 542; becomes editor of Times and Seasons, 551; sermon on "Life, Death, and Resurrection," 553 et seq. and note 556; remarks of at funeral of Edward Marks, 587; reproof of unvirtuous persons by 587-88; insolvency of, 594; cause of Prophet's insolvency, 600; remarks respecting: signs and key words received in the Temple, 608.

Smith, Joseph, Sen.—death of, 189; biography of, 189 et seq.; funeral services of, 191-97; benediction of, on Hyrum Smith, 229 and note.

Smith, Samuel—affidavit of, 60.

Smith, William, brother of the Prophet—allowed to retain standing in quorum of the Twelve, 12.

Snow, Erastus, labors of in Salem, 433.

Snow, Lorenzo—sent to England, 161-2 and note; arrives at Manchester, 233; in public discussion with Mr. Barker, 234.

Snyder, Elder John—appointed a mission, 503-504; set apart and instructed, 568.

Spirits, try the, 571-581.

Springfield, Illinois—a Stake organized at, 236.

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Taylor, Elder John, one of the Twelve Apostles—testimony of to Book of Mormon, 2; preaches at Kirtland, 21; sails for England, 46; arrives at Preston, England, 76; leaves Liverpool for Ireland, 170 and note; in the Isle of Man, 234-6 and note; discussion with Rev. Robert Hayes, 238; reports baptisms, 288; arrives at Nauvoo from England, 381; appointed editor Times and Seasons, 513.

Temple, Nauvoo—corner stones of laid, 327-331; announcement of Trust-in-trust respecting, 517; word of the Twelve respecting, 517; progress of building the, 608 et seq.

Thompson, Elder Robert B.—delivers discourse at the funeral of Joseph Smith, Sen., 191-197; writes petition to Congress, 237; Associate editor Times and Seasons, 353: death of and biography of, 411-412.

Times and Seasons—first number of, 23.

Tithing, arrangements for reception of, 493; record of, 518.

Tribune, New York—criticism of on the course of Missouri, 551.

Trustee-in-trust—sole for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, see Joseph Smith.

Turley, Elder Theodore—starts for England on mission, 10; imprisonment of, 127.

U

University of City of Nauvoo, 243, and 301.

V

Van Buren, President of the United States—Joseph Smith's interview with, 40, 80, 89 and note.

W

Walker, Cyrus—lawyer, counselor for the Prophet, at Monmouth trial, 367 et seq.

Walker, Oliver—before High Council, Nauvoo, 219-20.

Warren, city of, 405; consultation respecting, 486.

Wasp, The—first number, 600.

Wentworth, John—letter of Prophet to, 535 et seq.

Wells, Squire Daniel H.—biography, 154-55.

Whitney, Bishop Newel K.—appointed Bishop middle ward, Commerce.

Wight, Lyman—addresses conference, 13.

Wilber, Brother—assists Elder Young et al., 11.

Williams; Frederick G.—affidavit of, 69.

Witter, Daniel S.—course of respecting settlement at Warren, 470-1.

Wood, Elder Daniel—suspended from preaching, 501; vindication of, 514.

Woodruff, Elder Wilford, one of the Twelve—his account of miraculous healings at Commerce by the Prophet, 3-5; notes; sent by the Prophet to heal the sick, 5; departure of for England, 46; arrives in England, 76; labors of in England, 182 et seq.; mission on Fox Island, 418-19.

Women, The character of Mormon, 568.

World, The—commotions in, 125, 189, 252-3, and 383, 401, 415.

Yokum, William, Haun's Mill victim, 389.

Y

Young, Elder Brigham, one of the Twelve Apostles—remarks of at Nauvoo, 2; starts for England, 9; arrival of at Cleveland, Ohio, 20; rebukes storm, 23; preaches at Richmond, New York, 75; arrival in New York, 77; embarks with four others of the Twelve for England, 94; arrival of in England, 102; farewell of the Saints to, 103; sustained as President of the Twelve, 115 and notes; also 146, and note; on Election and Reprobation, 256-66; assists in indexing Book of Mormon, 274 and 286; arrives at Nauvoo from England, 381; elected to Nauvoo Council, 414.

Young, John, Sen.—father of Brigham, dies, 14.

Young, Joseph, President of the Seventies, grants licenses, 501.

Young, Lorenzo, assists Young and Kimball en route for England, 11.