1/29/2019 - Section 136:1-11
January 29, 2019 Section 136:1-11 Pioneer Exodus, Lord’s Organization, Lord’s Preparations in Our Lives, Lord’s Rules for Living, Zion, Ministering to One Another, Pure Heart and Faithfulness Winning Combination, This revelation was given about 2 ½ years after Joseph’s and Hyman’s deaths. Mob violence did not stop after the martyrdom at Carthage Jail. Brigham Young, as president of the quorum of the 12, was leading the church. He went forward with plans first spoken about by Joseph to take the saints to the Rocky Mountains where they might be able to live in peace. Under Brigham’s direction, the saints had started leaving Nauvoo in February 1846 (1 ½ years after Carthage). As they moved west across Iowa, they established camps for those who would follow. B H Roberts wrote: “ The serious business of preparing for the continuation of the march into the wilderness, the completion of the exodus from the United States, was not neglected. It was considered in m...