Footnotes
JS, Journal, 17 Dec. 1835. The adaptation of JS’s journal for his history confirms that his poor health was a result of the injuries he had sustained at William’s hands. The exact nature of the injuries is not recorded. (JS History, 1834–1836, 150, 159.)
JS, Journal, 18 Dec. 1835; this letter from William to Hyrum Smith is not extant.
JS, Journal, 18 Dec. 1835.
JS, Journal, 17 Dec. 1835.
JS, Journal, 18 Dec. 1835.
JS, Journal, 19 Dec. 1835.
Fifteen months after writing this letter, JS explained these responsibilities to a group of church members gathered in the Kirtland temple. He told them, “It is also the privilege of the Melchisedec priesthood, to reprove, rebuke and admonish, as well as to receive revelations.” He himself “rebuked and admonished his brethren frequently, and that because he loved them.” “These rebukes and admonitions,” he continued, were “for their temporal as well as spiritual welfare. They actually constituted a part of the duties of his station and calling.” (Discourse, 6 Apr. 1837.)
JS, Journal, 19 Dec. 1835; JS History, 1834–1836, 162.
JS, Journal, 19 Dec. 1835; JS History, 1834–1836, 157–162; JS History, vol. B-1, 668–672.
Instead of “and by forsaking your apostleship, is not to be willing, to make that sacrafice that God requires at your hands,” JS’s 1834–1836 history is worded thus: “And by forsakeing your apostleship, you say that you are not willing to make that sacrifice that God requires at your hand.” (JS History, 1834–1836, 161.)
JS’s 1834–1836 history renders this passage as “I feel for you, and freely forgive you all.” (JS History, 1834–1836, 161.)