“Doctrine and Covenants Historical Resources: Doctrine and Covenants 125–128,” Doctrine and Covenants Historical Resources (2025)
“Doctrine and Covenants 125–128,” Doctrine and Covenants Historical Resources
Doctrine and Covenants 125–128
The Edward and Ann Hunter home, Nauvoo, Illinois, USA, was the site of two revelations received by Joseph Smith in September 1842 concerning baptisms for the dead. Church History Library, PH 9641.
Historical Background
Revelations in Context
Essays on the background of each revelation
Organizing the Church in Nauvoo
“Take Special Care of Your Family”
Saints: The Story of the Church of Jesus Christ in the Latter Days
Narrative history of events surrounding the revelations
Volume 1, Chapter 39
Volume 1, Chapter 46
Recording Baptisms for the Dead
A Church historian displays rarely seen records of baptisms for the dead that illustrate important principles
Worship Services in the Unfinished Nauvoo Temple
A Church historian explains how Latter-day Saints in Nauvoo worshipped in the still-unfinished Nauvoo temple
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
Topics
Essays on subjects related to the revelations
Female Relief Society of Nauvoo
As a missionary in Great Britain, Wilford Woodruff sent his wife, Phebe, this key-wind mantle clock when he learned of the death of their young daughter Sarah. The clock was crafted by the Church’s first London convert, watchmaker Henry Connor. Mantle clock owned by Phebe Woodruff, 1841, Church History Museum.
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, circa Early March 1841 [D&C 125]
Revelation, 9 July 1841 [D&C 126]
Letter to “All the Saints in Nauvoo,” 1 September 1842
Letter to the Church, 7 September 1842 [D&C 128]
This substantial volume contains the minutes of the Female Relief Society of Nauvoo from its founding on March 17, 1842, through its final meeting on March 16, 1844. Eliza R. Snow, secretary of the Nauvoo society, later carried the book to Utah and used it frequently in instructing local Relief Society leaders and members. Nauvoo Relief Society Minute Book, 1842–1844, Church History Museum.
Nauvoo Relief Society Minute Book
Joseph Smith gave this watch to Eliza R. Snow, secretary of the Female Relief Society of Nauvoo, admonishing her to begin and end the meetings on time. Pocket watch owned by Eliza R. Snow, ca. 1840s, Church History Museum.