170 years ago today - Mar 16, 1844

[Lucy Mack Smith] The Relief Society holds its last meeting with a membership of 1,341. At this and the preceding meeting, Emma had strongly preached adherence to Joseph's publicly articulated standards of sexual virtuea stand that amounted to a repudiation of "private" teachingsand had the sisters vote by uplifted hand to sustain Joseph Smith's "Voice of Innocence."

[John Taylor later said Emma had "made use of the position she held to try to pervert the minds of the sisters in relation to" ... plural marriage].

[Source: Anderson, Lavina Fielding, Editor, Lucy's Book: A Critical Edition of Lucy Mack Smith's Family Memoir, 2001, Signature Books, http://bit.ly/lucys-book]

2 comments:

  1. The next RS meeting is not held until 1854.

    John Taylor's statement was given on 29 June 1881.

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  2. http://josephsmithpapers.org/paperSummary/nauvoo-relief-society-minute-book?locale=eng&p=122

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