“Doctrine and Covenants Historical Resources: Doctrine and Covenants 124,” Doctrine and Covenants Historical Resources (2025)
“Doctrine and Covenants 124,” Doctrine and Covenants Historical Resources
Doctrine and Covenants 124
The Smith family homestead, Nauvoo, Illinois, USA, was the home of Joseph and Emma Smith when they first gathered to the village of Commerce, Illinois (later renamed Nauvoo).
Historical Background
The Nauvoo Temple: A Joseph Smith Papers Podcast
Episode 1: A New City, a New Temple
Episode 2: Revelations, Designs, and Quarries
Episode 3: A Welding Link
Episode 4: Obstacles
Episode 5: Looking toward Eternity
Episode 6: Martyrdom, Dedication, and Exodus
Episode 7: The Return to Nauvoo
Episode 8: An Old City, a New Temple
Revelations in Context
Essays on the background of each revelation
Saints: The Story of the Church of Jesus Christ in the Latter Days
Narrative history of events surrounding the revelations
Volume 1, Chapter 35
Volume 1, Chapter 37
This sign hung over the door to Joseph Smith’s office on the second floor of his store in Nauvoo, Illinois. The office served as Church headquarters and as the place where Joseph conducted civic business as Nauvoo mayor. Joseph Smith’s office sign, ca. 1842, metal and wood, Church History Museum.
People
Biographical facts and historical images of individuals associated with the revelations
Places
Maps and information about places associated with the revelations from The Joseph Smith Papers, Historic Sites, and other helpful sources
Events
Timeline placing each revelation in the context of key events in the Church’s first century
Gustavus Hill, Sutcliffe Maudsley, and William Weeks, Map of the City of Nauvoo, ca. 1842, Church History Museum.
Topics
Essays on subjects related to the revelations
Sources
Historical background and the earliest version of each section of the Doctrine and Covenants, as published in The Joseph Smith Papers and the Church History Library catalog
Revelation, 19 January 1841 [D&C 124]
The Lord commanded the Saints to build a temple in Nauvoo. The cornerstones were laid on April 6, 1841. It was dedicated on May 1, 1846, as the Saints were fleeing persecution in Nauvoo. William Weeks, Sunstone Capital from the Nauvoo Temple, 1846, limestone, Smithsonian National Museum of American History.