[7]. Pratt's Autob., p. 210.
[8]. Mill. Star, Vol. xvii, p. 85; also, Doc. and Cov., Sec. cxxii.
[9]. A temple site had been selected at Far West and an excavation made for the foundation. It is this "spot" that the revelation refers. The excavation for the temple at Far West still remains, or did in 1884, when the writer visited it.
[10]. Doc. and Cov., Sec. cxviii.
[11]. One of the leaders of the mob forces by the name of Bogart, referring to this revelation, said to Elder Theodore Turley: "As a rational man, you must give up the claim that Joseph Smith is a prophet and an inspired man; the Twelve are scattered all over creation; let them come here if they dare; if they do they will be murdered. As that revelation cannot be fulfilled, you must now give up your faith. This is like all the rest of Joseph Smith's damned prophecies!" (Cannon's Life of the Prophet, p. 285.)
[12]. Doc. and Cov. Sec. xlix: 24, 25.
[13]. Doc. and Cov. Sec. xcvii: 21.
[14]. Mill. Star, Vol. xix, p. 630.