Pratt, of the Quorum of Twelve Apostles, wrote a letter to his Quorum President, Brigham Young. 4 However, growing tensions in Nauvoo and the Prophet’s upcoming presidential campaign (which launched in January 1844) seems to have sidelined the writing of the Proclamation once again.Ībout seven months after the Prophet’s death in Carthage, Elder Parley P. The next mention of this Proclamation in our current historical record comes on November 15, 1843, 3 and just a few days later on November 21, Joseph Smith delegated the writing of the Proclamation to Willard Richards (who may have been involved with the initial draft), W.W. 2 However, other pressing ecclesiastical, temporal, and civil matters in establishing the city of Nauvoo seem to have pushed the writing of this Proclamation to the periphery. 1 And there appears to be an early draft of the beginning of this Proclamation in the Church archives. The Prophet gave some instructions to Willard Richards regarding this Proclamation on December 22, 1841.
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Bennett were initially called to assist the Prophet in writing this Proclamation (see D&C 124:12, 16), Thompson passed away on August 27, 1841, and there is no record of Bennet ever being involved with its production. Writing a single proclamation to an audience this vast and varied would have been a daunting assignment indeed.Īlthough Robert B. The president-elect of the United States in January 1841 was William Henry Harrison, and there were 26 states in the growing nation. In 1841, there were approximately 165 distinct sovereign political entities in a world of just over one billion people.
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The Lord notes several important points about this forthcoming Proclamation: 1) the instruction to write it came as a result of the prayers of the Prophet Joseph Smith 2) it was to be directed “to all the kings of the world, to the four corners thereof, to the honorable president-elect, and the high-minded governors of the nation in which you live, and to all the nations of the earth scattered abroad” 3) it was to be written in a spirit of meekness by the influence and power of the Holy Spirit 4) it should contain a clear call to prepare for the coming of the Lord and to help build up Zion (see D&C 124:1-17). Just four days after the First Presidency issued what has become known as the first Proclamation of this dispensation, the Lord gave a revelation on January 19, 1841, to the Prophet Joseph Smith instructing him to issue another proclamation. Smith, Willard Richards, Lyman Wight, and Amasa Lyman
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Quorum of Twelve: Brigham Young (President), Heber C.