This second typescript was also published by George Millett in 1959, in Ancestors and Descendants of Thomas Millett, 10913. She loves telling people's stories and believes the media can be a force for good in the world, especially to educate and inspire change. At the breaking up of Kirtland I moved back to Canada in 1838. Surely lessons are still to be learned. Theres a fine line between the principle of common consent and steadying the ark. The account provides significant insight into Millets life and is the best account from which to draw information about him. By January 1832, Phineas had returned from Canada, and he, Brigham, and Heber C. Kimball made the trip to Pennsylvania to see the Church in action. With another restoration branch owning and operating the site, Salt Lake City can sidestep this question entirely. Secondly, the command to build a temple in Kirtland came one month after Brigham Young left Kirtland, and the exact site for the temple was not selected until four months after Millet was baptized. For the time being, much is out of sight and out of mind. data regarding my study and knowledge. 18. The new plat revealed the centrality of the temple: it would stand in Kirtlands central block, a sacred space and a focal point of the town. But for the dispute over the Kirtland temple and other properties, it is doubtful that historians would have so much sworn testimony from sisters who were married to Joseph in Nauvoo. Yes, the RLDS used to make a huge deal out of the findings of the court that they were the legitimate successor to the original church. It was not available in its current seven-volume format until 1932. He died November 19, 1872, in Scipio, Utah. While the Kirtland temple was indeed more open, the seeds of exclusiveness were already in the dedicatory prayer (no unclean thing shall be permitted to come into thy house), although Im not enough of a historian to know the evolutionary background of the temple recommend (Ardis, if youre lurking in the background, Im sure you know!). Robison and Anderson mention Artemus Millet, but only Robison clarifies that family sources are the only ones that indicate Artemuss donation. 2)would be directly involved in Millets conversion and his work in Kirtland.52 Before joining the Church, the Young brothers had each accepted Reformed Methodism. after getting the work well under way Artemus left the work in charge of Jacob Bump and Renolds Kahoon and returned to Canada for my family & says Isettled up my buisness in Canada & in 1834 I moved with my family to Kirtland Ohio. About two years ago, I wrote a piece for Square Two Journal in which I advocated for a move away from military/war imagery in LDS religious discourse. (Salt Lake City: Daughters of Utah Pioneers, 1998), 3:201415. People began gathering around the temple as early as 8 a.m. Yeah, historians are very fortunate to have that testimony, not something that would normally be expressed by Victorian era women. Consequently- since nothing has been preserved, they just closed everything off. For $450, Huntley quitclaimed a small portion of the temple property not including the temple itself, 5/16 of an acre, to Lucius Williams on October 15, 1866. So long as the CoC has the Temple (and other properties) it is indelibly tied to Josephs restoration movement and cannot fall into being just another protestant faith. Hyrum Smiths diary makes no mention of his letter writing, and, as far as known records show, neither Jared Carter nor Reynolds Cahoon kept a diary during summer 1833.91, Work on the temple steadily progressed throughout summer 1833. The Cox handwritten copy renders safe as in safety., 133. 69. A few years ago they let us hold a special meeting in the temple, and that meant a great deal to us, Cowan said. See George Millett, Ancestors and Descendants of Thomas Millet, 4953. 1841 19 January. Signs have been shot out by the locals and the only way you know if you are at the site is by checking your GPS. Joseph MilletJr. and the 1872 Geneology. 3) my Son Alma128 was born there, on September22nd and I worked on the Temple.129, I collected in my debts, sold my property on credit, and returned to Kirtland, where I working on the Temple as much as could, my leg being occasionally troublesome. The Kirtland, Ohio temple was Jewells destination. A limestone quarry a few miles from the temple provided stone for the temple walls, and a sawmill built and operated through the consecrated service of the Saints supplied wood for the interior. It was a time of rejoicing for all. Artemus helped in the selection of the stone for the building, located a suitable querry of stone, which when first taken from the ground was soft and easy to work so they hewed it out with axes, and piled the rock up to dry in the sun & harden. If Pope Francis stated tomorrow that they should refer to the Catholic Church as the Holy Roman Apostolic Catholic Church, then sure, its no skin off my back. (Midvale, Utah: Signature Books, 198384), 7:346, April 20, 1877. Maybe we should steward what we have before getting more. In 1861 I moved to Gunnison, Sevier Co. It would also not lead to a repurposing of the Temple (such as turning it into a functional temple with ordinances) because the Kirtland Temple was not designed for Nauvoo-era ordinances and, as a historical building, the building would not be allowed to be repurposed. See Journal History of the Church, April 6, 1832; Brigham Young, History of Brigham Young, 37576; Brigham Young, Manuscript History of Brigham Young, 12; and Orson F. Whitney, Life of Heber C. Kimball (Salt Lake City: Stevens and Wallace, 1945), 1820. I then went to Mason work and continued laying stone for about two years during which time I accumulated $500; when I became a huckster111 for the Army during the War112 and lost every thing On the 17thMay, 1815 I married a young woman named Ruth Grannis,113 daughter of Levi and Pir [hole in original text] Grannis of Milton, Vt. []114 Lake Champlain. 39. In recent years when I have visited the Kirtland Temple (near my childhood home), theres always some giant tour of members from Utah or Idaho, and the tour guide does a great job on the temple tour. French took back a purchase money mortgage in the amount of $3,000 securing two $1,500 notes from Coe, one due in one year and the other due in two years. Keith A. Erekson is a graduate student in the American history program at Indiana University. Artemus Millets Life. Youre such a tease Kevin. There are three discrepancies between the two accounts, two regarding the years in which his first two wives died and one regarding the month in which he married his second wife. The couple had nine children: Polly or Mary (born December 1775 in Holden, Mass. So I closed out my business thare and in 18[original numbers scribbled out] <34> I moved to Kirtland Ohio. However, the market for LDS religious sites provides an interesting game theoretic situation, with one seller and one buyer. On a second level, the Kirtland temple should be significant to all people that are Jewish or Christian or Muslim because that prophecy at the end of Malachi that Elijah will come before the great and dreadful day of the Lord is fulfilled in the Kirtland temple.. It is quite evident that this account is a composite of Artemus Millets 1855 Reminiscences, Artemus Millets 1872 Genealogy, the statement attributed to Joseph MilletSr., the letters of affidavits, and the J. 10. In order to understand why Joseph Millet would relate this information, it is necessary to examine his life and his interest in verifying his fathers role in building the Kirtland Temple. I volunteered to come to the Dixie Mission. On April 19, 1862, Henry Holcomb, administrator of Joseph Smiths estate, executed an administrators deed for the temple property to William L. Perkins for $150, subject to an annual $4.11 dower for Emma Hale Smith Bidamon. 3. In addition to Artemus Millets firsthand accounts of his conversion and his call to work on the Kirtland Temple, several others exist among the writings of his posterity. (Just writing those hypotheticals hurt my heart.). First and foremost, Millet asserts that his baptism did not occur upon his first exposure to the gospel. Put me down for $500 on the Kirtland Temple Purchase GoFundMe. I never want to see that binding broken. Millet on C[ape] B[reton] Island, 12. Sidney Rigdon was appointed to lay on hands and bestow blessings in the name of the Lord, and Artemus was one of the number who were blessed in consequence of their labor on the house of the Lord in Kirtland.99, Perhaps the greatest lesson to be learned from the life of Artemus Millet is that he accepted the gospel and lived faithful to its teachings throughout his life. See George Millett, Ancestors and Descendants of Thomas Millet, 107. The Kirkland Temple, the last I spoke with someone from the CoC about it, was built with joists too far apart on the upper floors. Brigham Young and Little tell much the same story, though Littles account is off by a year. A National Historic Landmark. The Youngs stayed in Kirtland for about one week, but surviving accounts of their visit mention little about discussions they had with the Prophet. Perkins purchased both properties by using the revived judgmenthence the credit bidthereby not having to expend any actual money. The Cox handwritten copy does not indicate that something is missing, and therefore infers that Artemus Millet took sick in 1830. Journal History of the Church, July 13, 1833, 2, also records his return on July 13, 1833. Ebenezer married Mary Wheeler (born April 12, 1743, in Worchester, Massachusetts) on April 6, 1761. He lived his life committed to the gospel. he said yes Sir. They were accompanied by Heber C. Kimball. On August 15, 1846, Almon W. Babbitt, Joseph L. Heywood, and John S. Fullmer, trustees in trust for the Church, by warranty deed conveyed the temple property to Reuben McBride for a recited consideration of $10,000. Jeffrey Lundgren was not like most men he insisted he was a prophet. 780 Beta Drive, Mayfield, OH 44143. The handwritten Cox copy rendered feet as foot.. I am incredibly grateful that the Community of Christ has ownership of the Kirtland Temple. 124. They used to have a sign on the temple that mentioned the court case. in Canada. & Previous to this, Artemus new nothing of this Church but Brigham Young was given a special mission to go to Canada and baptise bro, Artemus Millet by the Prophet Joseph Smith. which call resulted from a consultation held at Kirtland respecting the building of the Tempel there, and as to who they could get that was capable of taking charge of the work. Brigham Young, Manuscript History of Brigham Young, 6. Or it could tell a different story altogether. Wilford Woodruff, Wilford Woodruffs Journal, 18331898, Typescript, ed. 34. I settled in Shonesburgh, and I now reside in Spring Valley, Nevada. For example, she titled pages14 as Artemus Millets Record, and pages58 as Journal of Artemus, Sen., written by himself, though no such indication appears on the original. 66. [8] [] I was sick all Summer on the prairie near Bonaparte. My family and I have visited the Missouri sites as well as Nauvoo. Tours are given in person and virtually with a preservation fee required. He served until his death on May 23, 1854, in Salt Lake City. Brigham noted that they held meetings nearly every night and conversed together upon the things of the kingdom and that the blessings of the Lord were extensively upon us.70 Heber C. Kimball called the visit a precious season.71 Joseph Smith mentioned only Brighams manifestation of the gift of tongues,72 and Joseph Youngs account does not mention the visit at all.73. I omitted to state that in June 1829 I was building a large stone house for Joseph Peters and fell through the scaffolding124 and a large Stone fell on my leg and bruised my leg so that my life was despaired of in 1830 built two large flouring Mills three Stories high beside considerable other work and in []125 I took cold which settled in my breast, and I did not get over it until the next August, when I received a witness of the latter day work in a manifestation of the healing power In January 1833 I was baptized by Brigham Young126 in Loughborough U[pper] C[anada] in the Summer Br. And, while the copies were maintained, the originals were lost in almost every case. It could have been written as a follow up to Brigham Youngs January 1833 visit or as an introduction and invitation to Millet. He pressed his way through the crowd (for the house was filled with people) and came forward and laying his hands on my head asked God the Father in the name of Jesus Christ to heal me; the vomiting and purging ceased and I began to mend from that very moment.15. and his successors in the Office of Presidency in the aforesaid Church.. Fourth, it is apparent that Lorenzo Young was not involved in Millets initial call to Kirtland. I was recommended to do a certain job of work for a British Officer in Canada119 where my work increased as my acquaintance increased and I put up Building after building built chimneys laid foundations &c, until it seemed I was to become a permanent resident and I became a citizen and bought a farm. 9. Artemuss account fits squarely into this setting, as he recalls that in the Summer Br[other] Hyrum Smith wrote to me that it was the will of the Lord that I should go and work on the Temple in Kirtland.89 Brigham Young returned to Kirtland in July 1833, perhaps providing the opportunity for a consultation and a decision to invite Millet to Kirtland.90 It seems appropriate that the building committee would contact Millet and that they would do so at this time. In addition to the Sabbath worship services and Thursday prayer meetings, the quorums of elders, high priests, Seventies, and Apostles and the high council used various spaces in the temple during weekly meetings in the evenings. (Although I dont know where Brighamite fits in the style guide). Neither Lorenzo Dow Youngs Narrative nor the Biography gives a date for the meeting, but it is recorded between events dated March 8, 1835, and November 2, 1835. (Salt Lake City: Utah Pioneers Book Publishing, 1913), 2:1040; Pioneer Women of Faith and Fortitude, 4vols. However, the blending of facts and accounts is quite apparent, as this version switches from Artemus telling the story in first person to being addressed in third person and back again. See Susan Easton Black, comp., Membership of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 18301848, 50vols. Where the original is unclear, current usage is given. the glaring power differential between men & women; an ahistorical American scripture, Well said. . Jessee, Papers of Joseph Smith, 1:132; 2:75. Ive had (LDS) people on the same tour and one is having this powerful, emotional, spiritual experience and another one leaves a little card saying, I feel no spirit here, Mackay said. So a, On one level its one of the few places we can pinpoint an exact spot where Jesus visited the earth, Griffiths said. I have an important inquiry about a different matter. The Kirtland Temple was the first temple built by early Latter-day Saints. The question is- are we open enough to worship in a sacred place in the original manner (as the architecture supports) in ways that we are not familiar with, or are we so lock-step that we feel we need to gut the pews and pulpit to install lockers, movie theater seats, a/v systems, and offices? 61. 40. The Cox handwritten copy adds that Artemus was confirmed by Joseph Young, information she likely gathered from Artemuss 1872 Genealogy. They had six children: Nathaniel (born 1761), Thomas (unknown), Hannah (c.1765), Elizabeth (c.1767), Mary (c.1773), and Lydia (unknown). Brigham Y. and worked on the Temple from the laying of the foundation to its compleetion. The snow was lightly falling. My quiet, reverent visit to the Far West temple site was as sacred and holy as my first visit to the Western Wall in Jerusalem and that was with five children in tow. The second transcription, made on October 2627, 1934, is in Joseph Millet[Sr.], Record Book, 2931. 55. This fourth strand began as a scheme of Grandison Newell, a bitter enemy of Joseph Smiths from the 1830s, and William L. Perkins, the Lake County Prosecuting Attorney, to cloud the title in the aftermath of the 1856-57 Utah War. Lorenzo recalled that he hired a young man to help him carry out the Prophets charge, but in 1835 forty-five-year-old Artemus was seventeen years older than twenty-eight-year-old Lorenzo. In extreme poverty, the Saints labored to construct and furnish a building worthy of the title house of the Lord.A few days after the dedication of the temple, the Lord appeared standing upon the breastwork of the ornate pulpits on the first floor of the temple and exclaimed to Joseph Smith and Oliver Cowdery, I have accepted this house, and my name shall be here; and I will manifest myself to my people in mercy in this house (D&C 110:2, 7). The second typescript, made in September 1936, was sent to her cousin George Francis Millett and later archived as Artemus Millett, Autobiographies, 18551861, Perry Special Collections. We next explore the complicated process of copying sources, noting the loss of original sources and the differences among surviving copies. See Journal History of the Church, April 14, 1832; Brigham Young, Manuscript History of Brigham Young, 3; and Whitney, Life of Heber C. Kimball, 2226. Why did Joseph not cite his father instead of citing Brigham and Joseph Young? 1855], holograph, 3, Church Archives, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Salt Lake City. See also Daniel G. Millett, The Temple Builder, Church News, published by Deseret News, August 30, 1975, 16; Eugene England, Brigham Young as a Missionary, New Era 7 (November 1977): 3037; Laurel B. Andrew, The Early Temples of the Mormons: The Architecture of the Millennial Kingdom in the American West (Albany: State University of New York Press, 1978), 37; Milton V. BackmanJr., The Heavens Resound: AHistory of the Latter-day Saints in Ohio, 18301838 (Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 1983), 15051; Roger D. Launius, The Kirtland Temple: A Historical Narrative (Independence, Mo. Since I assume that the Mansion house and Nauvoo house are not terribly important to the Church (the latter was really only finished after the Brighamites left) that really leaves the Kirtland temple as the potentially pricey piece of real estate. I believe that would be a mistake. The existing sources are vague in their descriptions of discussion content during the Youngs visit. But within a year, all but 100 were gone. Therefore, throughout the period 1834-1879, the bare legal title to the House of the Lord was held by Joseph Smith, Jr. and his successors in the office of the Presidency for the benefit of the members of the Church. He passed Peacefully away on November 19, 1874, with a satisfied expression on his face. Millets grandson noted that Artemus had died clean from any bad habits or profane language or foul expressions, prepared to meet those loved ones who had preceded him on that Journey in early life, and to meet the Prophets and apostles he had been so intimitely associated with.101 The story of Artemus Millet is the story of a life frequently spared and faithfully lived. Upon their return, Brigham followed his brother Joseph to Canada and shared the newfound faith with his brother-in-law John P. Greene. The Kirtland Temple is a sacred place. Over time, JosephJr.s copies of the 1872 Genealogy have been widely accepted as Artemuss own account, while Marys more accurate transcriptions have been neglected. 52. When I moved to Shelburn I gave up my Mother & Sister with all their property to my Brother. Clearly, he added details not found in the firsthand accounts of Artemuss experiences. WebUnable to acquire discounted lumber for the temple, the cash-poor Saints determined to build their own sawmill. 139. The biography was written by Lorenzo Youngs nephew James A. On April 10, 1837, Joseph in his personal capacity joined by Emma his wife conveyed the temple property to William Marks, a member of the high council for a recited consideration of $500. Unfortunately, this statement is undated, and there is no surviving copy in Josephs hand.19 It contains details not found in extant accounts by Artemus Millet, such as a consultation on temple grounds, a charge to baptize Millet, and a request for financial assistance. WebDesign, Construction, and Historic Context of the Kirtland Temple Review By Paul L. Anderson Elwin C. Robison. This is because Connecticuts initial land grant from the King stretched westward into the current midwest (bisected by NY and PA). WebThe Kirtland Temple and Priesthood Keys The Lord commanded the Saints to build a temple in Kirtland, Ohio, and promised that He would endow them with power from on high ( Doctrine and Covenants 95:8 ). The third transcription, made on April 2, 1935, is in Artemus Millett, Reminiscences, along with Artemuss holograph. He mentions his baptism in April 1832 and then jumps to his role in preaching to healing and baptizing his brother John Jr. See Joseph Young, Diary. ????? In untangling the four strands in the chain of title, Loving concludes the first is the strongest, the second more tenuous, and the third and fourth are completely bad. 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