15: Call of the Twelve and Clay County
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After the saints got kicked out of Independence, Missouri, fleeing north over the river to Clay County (Missouri - mostly Liberty), and had been there a couple of years, it became apparent that the local residents there didn't want the saints among them any more than did their cousins in Jackson county, and legal and extra-legal means were used to expel them. It was even voted in a ___ meeting that they be sent to hell. Then they decided Wisconsin would suffice, but Alexander Doniphan, a Liberty lawyer and general, used his influence to create two new counties to the north in Missouri - Caldwell and Daviess - where the saints could go live.
Caldwell is where they settled a town called Far West.
We also talk about the call of the first twelve apostles in our dispensation. Who were they? Who was commissioned to select them? Who stayed faithful and who didn't, and who left and then came back? And why did so many even in high leadership in the early days waver as they did?
Who was the "stake presidency" in Far West? What led to their being cut off from the Church? Who else left or was cut off from the church in Far West? How was Joseph Smith doing during this time, emotionally and financially? What revelations came during this time? Can Clayton get through three verses of Ye Elders of Israel without messing up? (No)
Find out the answers to all these questions and more on this episode. Thanks to Susan as always!
Susan Easton Black at Deseret Book
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