IN THE YEAR 1905, THE ONE HUNDREDTH ANNIVERSARY OF THE PROPHET JOSEPH SMITH'S BIRTH THE CHURCH ERECTED A MONUMENT

This info is taken from the booklet "THE BIRTH OF MORMONISM IN PICTURE " published by Deseret Sunday School Union , Salt Lake City, Utah .

The photographs are by George E. Anderson.

The narrative and notes are by Prof. John Henry Owens.

MEMORIAL COTTAGE AND MONUMENT, SOUTH ROYALTON, VERMONT (Where Joseph Smith received another revelation)

Joseph Smith's Last Christmas ~~~ Shared by Larry Staker

 

 

While living in Nauvoo, Moses Martin Sanders and his wife Amanda Armstrong Faucett Sanders lived as neighbors to the Prophet Joseph Smith.  They cherished their association with the Smith Family.

Moses owned a very beautiful, but unruly horse. As Moses was often away from home, performing church duties, it fell upon Amanda to lead the horse to water.  She was really afraid of him.  He was very high-spirited.

One day the Prophet Joseph said to his neighbor, Moses "Brother Sanders, give the horse to me and I'll promise that you will never lose by it".

Moses Martin replied, "I would but I am afraid that he may hurt you."  Then the Prophet said, "No, he would never hurt me." So Moses tossed him the rope and said, "He is yours." 

The horse was called "JOE DUNCAN",  a very beautiful intelligent animal.

Joe Duncan (from our archives)

 

The picture above shows the Prophet Joseph Smith dressed in his Lieutenant General uniform. The Prophet rode this horse in maneuvers of the Nauvoo Legion and on many other occasions.

While living in Nauvoo, Moses Martin Sanders and his wife Amanda Armstrong Faucett Sanders lived as neighbors to the Prophet, Joseph Smith, and they cherished their association with the Smith Family. Moses owned a very beautiful, but unruly horse. As Moses was often away from home, performing church duties, it fell to the lot of Amanda to lead this horse to water and she was really afraid of him. He was very high-spirited.


One day the Prophet Joseph said to his neighbor, Moses, "Brother Sanders, give the horse to me and I'll promise that you will never lose by it." Moses Martin replied, "I would, but I am afraid that he may hurt you." Then the Prophet said, "No, he would never hurt me." So Moses tossed him the rope and said, "He is yours." The horse was called "JOE DUNCAN", a very beautiful, intelligent animal.

November 13, 1833 Leonid Meteor Shower

I've been reading Volume 1 of the Standard of Truth  published by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints.  On page 193 it tells of the early Latter Day Saints observing a meteor shower.  "The stars seemed to cascade around them like a heavy summer rain.".  When the Prophet Joseph Smith observed the meteor shower he said.  "How marvelous are Thy works O Lord" as he remembered the New Testament prophecies about stars falling from the heavens before the Second Coming of the Lord. 

The most famous depiction of the 1833 actually produced in 1889 for the Adventist book Bible Readings for the Home Circle - the engraving is by Adolf Vollmy based upon an original painting by the Swiss artist Karl Jauslin, that is in turn based on a first-person account of the 1833 storm by a minister, Joseph Harvey Waggoner on his way from Florida to New Orleans. (photo and description taken from wikimedia commons)

What of Joseph Smith's Prophecy ~ (as to the constitution of the United States) ~ Church News 1948 by Preston Nibley

"Joe Duncan" Given to Joseph Smith by Moses Martin Sanders~My Fourth Great Grandfather

The picture above shows the Prophet Joseph Smith dressed in his Lieutenant General uniform. The Prophet rode this horse in maneuvers of the Nauvoo Legion and many other occasions.

While living in Nauvoo, Moses Martin Sanders and his wife Amanda Armstrong Faucett Sanders lived as neighbors to the Prophet, Joseph Smith, and they cherished their association with the Smith Family. Moses owned a very beautiful, but unruly horse. As Moses was often away from home, performing church duties, it fell to the lot of Amanda to lead this horse to water and she was really afraid of him. He was very high spirited.


One day the Prophet Joseph said to his neighbor, Moses, "Brother Sanders, give the horse to me and I'll promise that you will never lose by it." Moses Martin replied, "I would, but I am afraid that he may hurt you." Then the Prophet said, "No, he would never hurt me." So Moses tossed him the rope and said, "He is yours." The horse was called "JOE DUNCAN", a very beautiful, intelligent animal.

JOSEPH SMITH's VIEWS on the GOVERNMENT AND POLICY of the UNITED STATES

This entire 15-page document can be

read at the Relic Home.

Pioneer Cyrus Hubbard Wheelock

Cyrus Wheelock (1813-02-28 – 1894-10-11) was an early leader in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Among other positions he was the first president of the Northern States Mission. He also wrote the words to the Latter-day Saint hymn "Ye Elders of Israel."
Wheelock was born at Henderson, Jefferson County, New York. Wheelock was baptised a member of the Latter Day Saint church on 1839-09-01. Shortly afterward, he served as a missionary in Vermont. In 1844, Wheelock tried to convince Governor Thomas Ford of Illinois to release Joseph Smith, Jr. from Carthage Jail. Wheelock had given Smith the gun which he had when the mob attacked the jail at Carthage.
In the early 1850s, Wheelock served a mission in England and presided over the Manchester, Liverpool and Preston Conferences. In 1853, Wheelock was a counselor to Isaac Haight, president of the camp of Latter-day Saints waiting to set out from Keokuk, Iowa. Wheelock then was the captain of one of the pioneer companies that crossed the plains to Utah Territory. Wheelock settled in Mount Pleasant, Utah Territory. He wrote several hymns while living here In 1878, Wheelock was made president of the Northern States Mission which then consisted of the states of Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa and Illinois. Wheelock served as mission president for just over a year. He died in Mount Pleasant, Utah Territory. He is buried in the Mt. Pleasant Cemetery. ("Elders of Israel" can be heard on Play List below.)