Chapter Eight

GATHERING TO OHIOexperienced several encounters with evil spirits, they also received valuableinstructions and saw the power of God overcome the power of the evil one.Joseph Smith and Sidney Rigdon resumed work on the inspired translationof the Bible. The eternal principles of the law of consecration were revealed,and further foundations were laid for the great latter-day missionary work.E NDNOTES1. In F. Mark McKiernan and Roger D.Launius, eds., An Early Latter Day SaintHistory: The Book of John Whitmer(Independence, Mo.: Herald PublishingHouse, 1980), p. 32–33.2. In McKiernan and Launius, An EarlyLatter Day Saint History, p. 35.3. See McKiernan and Launius, An EarlyLatter Day Saint History, p. 36.4. See “Journal of John Murdock,” Nov.1830–July 1859, LDS HistoricalDepartment, Salt Lake City.5. In History of the Church, 1:146.6. History of the Church, 1:146; this paragraphis derived from Milton V. Backman, Jr., TheHeavens Resound: A History of the Latter-daySaints in Ohio, 1830–1838 (Salt Lake City:Deseret Book Co., 1983), pp. 43–45.7. Lucy Mack Smith, History of JosephSmith, ed. Preston Nibley (Salt Lake City:Bookcraft, 1958), p. 196.8. Smith, History of Joseph Smith, pp. 200–205.9. Previous two paragraphs derived fromBackman, Heavens Resound, pp. 47, 49.10. History of the Church, 1:146.11. John Corrill, Brief History of the Churchof Christ of Latter Day Saints (St. Louis:John Corrill, 1839), p. 13; see also JosephSmith, “Try the Spirits,” Times and Seasons,1 Apr. 1842, p. 747.12. Corrill, Brief History of the Church, p. 13.13. In Times and Seasons, 1 Apr. 1842, p. 747;spelling standardized.14. History of the Church, 1:146.15. In McKiernan and Launius, An EarlyLatter Day Saint History, p. 42; spellingstandardized.16. Corrill, Brief History of the Church, p. 13.17. History of the Church, 1:158.18. History of the Church, 1:158.19. In History of the Church, 1:215–16; seealso Millennial Star, 31 Dec. 1864, p. 834.For a confirmation of the spelling of“Alice Johnson,” see photo on file of hergrave in Walnut Hill Cemetery in CouncilBluffs, Iowa.20. John Hayward, The Book of AllReligions (Concord, N. H.: I. S. Boyd andE. W. Buswell, 1843), pp. 83–84.21. See History of the Church, 1:167.22. Parley P. Pratt, ed., Autobiography ofParley P. Pratt, Classics in MormonLiterature series (Salt Lake City: DeseretBook Co., 1985), p. 47.23. In McKiernan and Launius, An EarlyLatter Day Saint History, p. 62; spellingand punctuation standardized.24. Pratt, Autobiography of Parley P. Pratt,p. 48; spelling, punctuation, andcapitalization standardized.25. Pratt, Autobiography of Parley P. Pratt,p. 48.26. Levi W. Hancock, “Levi HancockJournal,” LDS Historical Department, SaltLake City, p. 81.27. Previous three paragraphs derivedfrom Backman, Heavens Resound, p. 65.28. Derived from Backman, HeavensResound, p. 66. See also Larry C. Porter,“A Study of the Origins of The Church ofJesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in theStates of New York and Pennsylvania,1816–1831,” Ph.D. diss., Brigham YoungUniversity, 1971, pp. 299–303.29. See Donald Q. Cannon and Lyndon W.Cook, eds., Far West Record: Minutes of TheChurch of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints,1830–1844 (Salt Lake City: Deseret BookCo., 1983), pp. 6–7.30. History of the Church, 1:175.31. In McKiernan and Launius, An EarlyLatter Day Saint History, p. 66; punctuationand capitalization standardized.32. See Cannon and Cook, Far WestRecord, p. 7.33. In McKiernan and Launius, An EarlyLatter Day Saint History, p. 66; punctuationand capitalization standardized.34. In McKiernan and Launius, An EarlyLatter Day Saint History, p. 67; punctuationstandardized.35. In McKiernan and Launius, An EarlyLatter Day Saint History, p. 67; see also“Levi Hancock Journal,” LDS HistoricalDepartment, Salt Lake City, pp. 91–92.36. In McKiernan and Launius, An EarlyLatter Day Saint History, p. 71.37. In McKiernan and Launius, An EarlyLatter Day Saint History, p. 71; see alsoHistory of the Church, 1:175.101