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627:, an uncle of Joseph's, was chosen as Marks's successor. Despite Brigham Young's desire to see Marks excommunicated, the Nauvoo High Council refused his request. Marks never became excommunicated. After several opponents of the Quorum of Twelve Apostles were terrorized by Nauvoo policemen, William Marks left Nauvoo in February 1845. Brigham Young observed that "Bro. Marks had gone without being whittled out"β€”a reference to a tactic of surrounding an opponent with adult men who whistled and whittled without saying a word to the opponent. Young and Marks never reconciled after this. 435:"... closely pursued by an innumerable concourse of enemies, who pressed upon him hard; and when they were about to devour him, and had seemingly obtained some degree of advantage over him, a chariot of fire came, and near the place, even the angel of the Lord, put forth his hand upon Bro. Marks and said unto him: 'Thou art my son, come here.' And immediately he was caught up in the chariot and rode away triumphantly out of their midst. And again the Lord said, 'I will raise thee up for a blessing unto many people.'" 22: 501:
motioned that Rigdon remain in his station as a counselor in the First Presidency. Rigdon was sustained to the position by the membership of the church. After the vote, Smith stood and stated, "I have thrown him off my shoulders and you have again put him on me, you may carry him, but I will not." Because Rigdon was rejected by Smith, most of the core leadership of the church, including members of the Council of Fifty and
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of the church during the October 1843 General Conference. He accused Rigdon, a long-time friend of Marks, as having lost his "integrity and steadfastness" and stated that he had no confidence in Rigdon's abilities as a leader in the church or as his counselor. Regardless of these accusations, Marks
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According to Joseph Smith III in March 1863, "a revelation was received directing the church to call and ordain William Marks to be a Counselor to the President of the church, in order that the Quorum might be more perfectly prepared to discharge the duties devolving upon it." This revelation was
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claims that, despite the foregoing, church succession in Nauvoo revolved around one central issue: plural marriage. Quinn maintains that Marks's known opposition to plural marriage was a crucial issue. He also argues that, although a small group of church leaders almost approved Marks as the next
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who died in Nauvoo…. It will be but a short time before we shall all in like manner be called. It may be the case with me as well as you. Some have supposed that Br Joseph could not die, but this is a mistake. It is true there ha been times when I have had the promise of my life to accomplish
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In the weeks before Joseph Smith's death, Marks claimed that Joseph came to him and told him that plural marriage had proved a curse rather than a blessing to the church. Smith wanted to take decisive steps to end the practice, but, according to Marks, time ran out. Other purported pieces of
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and supported his bid to become "guardian" of the church. Because of this and because he did not support the Twelve Apostles, Marks was removed from the High Council at the October General Conference in on October 7, 1844, and also rejected as president of the Nauvoo Stake of Zion.
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gave credence to it, as he later said that if Joseph "had followed the Spirit of revelation in him he never would have gone to Carthage". In addition, Young would also state that Smith had wearied of polygamous marriage by the time of his death. Ironically,
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On June 11, 1859, Marks was formally received as a member of the RLDS movement without rebaptism. Alongside Zenas Gurley, he presided over the conference in April 1860, wherein Marks aided Gurley in ordaining Joseph Smith III as
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presented to the April 1863 General Conference of the RLDS Church and canonized as Doctrine and Covenants Section 115. Marks' ordination took place at the same conference, joining Joseph Smith III and Jason W. Briggs in the
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evidence, such as Joseph's burning of the polygamy revelation and destroying his temple garments, seem to support Marks's story. Not all members of the church hierarchy believed Marks's testimony, though Quinn believes that
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had authority in unorganized parts of the church, they did not have authority in the stake of Zion, Nauvoo. This reasoning was one of many interpretations put forward by various factions in the months after Smith's death.
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supported Marks as the successor to her husband. According to Smith, Marks had a right to church succession as the High Council President, which she asserted was equal in authority to the
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before any other successor claimants (including every member of the Quorum of Twelve), Marks did not advance his own claims to church leadership. Instead, Marks sympathized with
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in February 1841, and was a founder of the Nauvoo Agricultural and Manufacturing Association. He was appointed by revelation (D&C 124) to contribute to and be on the
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This funerary sermon is considered one of the most introspective and emotionally depressed discourses by Smith, and pointed to by Mormons as foreknowledge and a
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such-and-such things, but, having accomplish those things, I have not at present any lease my life. I am as liable to die as other men."
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Although a close friend of Joseph Smith, Marks occasionally found himself at odds with the prophet. Smith presented evidence of why
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In 1866, Marks was appointed to the committee to receive manuscripts from Joseph Smith’s widow, Emma Smith Bidamon, and print the
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Marks was also seen in vision by Joseph Smith, according to Smith’s own record on March 29, 1838. Smith wrote that he saw Marks:
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in the Strangite First Presidency. Marks left the Strangites between 1853 and 1855, loosely affiliating himself with other
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later would not believe Marks, either, since Marks implicated Joseph Smith III's father in polygamy.
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The Words of Joseph Smith: The Contemporary Accounts of the Nauvoo Discourses of the Prophet Joseph
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Marks was first counselor in the First Presidency of the Reorganized Church until his death in
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under mob pressure. Marks was appointed by revelation (D&C 117) to leave Ohio and move to
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on June 3, 1836. Partly due to the lack of records available on his baptism, Marks was
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Quinn states that, despite Emma's support, and despite receiving his endowments and
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He was also elected as a Nauvoo municipal alderman and as one of the regents of the
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in the newly incorporated Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints.
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Smith also spoke at the funeral of Marks's son. Among his remarks he said:
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As stake president, he assisted in the laying of the cornerstones of the
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Recorded by Wilford Woodruff. Andrew F. Ehat and Lyndon W. Cook, eds.,
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Personalities in the Doctrine and Covenants and Joseph Smith–History
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and the First Presidency. Furthermore, she felt that while
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of his own death which occurred not long thereafter.
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