In sustaining Brigham Young when the Council of Fifty was reorganized on 4 February 1845, Orson Spencer made similar remarks: “When Joseph was here he was for carrying out his (Josephs) measures, he now wants prest. Young as our head to carry out his own measures, and he believes they will be right whether they differ from Josephs measures or not. Different circumstances require different measures.” (Council of Fifty, “Record,” 4 Feb. 1845.)
See New Testament Revision 2, part 2, p. 150 [Joseph Smith Translation, Revelation 2:27]; and Jeremiah 18:6. Kimball was a potter by trade and frequently invoked this metaphor. (Kimball, Heber C. Kimball, 10–11; Whitney, Life of Heber C. Kimball, 309; Historian’s Office, JS History, Draft Notes, 8 Mar. 1843.)
Kimball, Stanley B. Heber C. Kimball: Mormon Patriarch and Pioneer. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1981.
Whitney, Orson F. Life of Heber C. Kimball, an Apostle: The Father and Founder of the British Mission. Salt Lake City: Juvenile Instructor Office, 1888.
Page was the president of the Nauvoo Water Power Company, which had been created to build a dam “in the Mississippi river at the City of Nauvoo; for the propelling of all kinds of manufacturing machinery.” (John E. Page, “Attention the Whole Kingdom of Saints,” Nauvoo Neighbor, 5 Mar. 1845, [3].)
Nauvoo Neighbor. Nauvoo, IL. 1843–1845.