July 8, 2009, Wednesday KIRTLAND, OH
Today we went to the John Johnson Farm in Hiram, OH. All the revelations found in the Doctrine and Covenants Sections 73, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, & 99 were received while Joseph and Emma were living at the Johnson Farm. This is a most sacred place. When the Johnsons owned the farm it was over 200 acres and they had the second largest dairy in the territory. It included 19 cows. When the church purchased the land in recent times they were able to acquire a little over 100 acres. When the Johnson family first moved to Kirtland they had 8 children and lived in a small cabin across the street from where they were building their home. Elsa eventually had 15 children, 10 of which lived to adulthood. The Johnson’s were such generous people. They gave Joseph and Emma a place to live, and they made a room for Joseph as a study. He had many meetings in that room and some of the brethren even watched him while he translated and Sidney Rigdon wrote what he said. They remarked how they would go so slow and would always repeat and make sure it was perfect. As we sat in the room you could feel such a strong, sweet, calming Spirit. It made you feel like you just wanted to stay there. Brother Johnson later became an Apostle. The Johnson home was so different from all the homes we have been seeing, like the ones in Nauvoo. This home is really quite spacious. They had a sitting room off the kitchen and also a parlor. The parlor became Joseph and Emma’s bedroom. This is the room in which Emma had her twins that died. Then later Joseph and Emma were given twins, whose last name I can’t remember right now, but their mother died during childbirth and their father couldn’t raise them alone. One night the twins were very sick with the measles and that was the night that a mob came and pulled Joseph out of bed, drug him across the snow and ice and tarred and feathered him. The extra exposure with the open door as they drug Joseph out resulted in one of the sick twins dying. They also grabbed Sidney Rigdon who was staying in the cabin across the road. They drug him by his feet and his head bounced so hard on the ice that he was delirious for several days besides being tarred and feathered. The mob was quoted as saying something like, “that should keep Joseph from preaching tomorrow.” Nine o’clock the next day Joseph was outside preaching to the Saints as well as the mob. I’m so glad we have freedom of religion today. I have lots of pics of this place, but will only post these two right now.
Today we went to the John Johnson Farm in Hiram, OH. All the revelations found in the Doctrine and Covenants Sections 73, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, & 99 were received while Joseph and Emma were living at the Johnson Farm. This is a most sacred place. When the Johnsons owned the farm it was over 200 acres and they had the second largest dairy in the territory. It included 19 cows. When the church purchased the land in recent times they were able to acquire a little over 100 acres. When the Johnson family first moved to Kirtland they had 8 children and lived in a small cabin across the street from where they were building their home. Elsa eventually had 15 children, 10 of which lived to adulthood. The Johnson’s were such generous people. They gave Joseph and Emma a place to live, and they made a room for Joseph as a study. He had many meetings in that room and some of the brethren even watched him while he translated and Sidney Rigdon wrote what he said. They remarked how they would go so slow and would always repeat and make sure it was perfect. As we sat in the room you could feel such a strong, sweet, calming Spirit. It made you feel like you just wanted to stay there. Brother Johnson later became an Apostle. The Johnson home was so different from all the homes we have been seeing, like the ones in Nauvoo. This home is really quite spacious. They had a sitting room off the kitchen and also a parlor. The parlor became Joseph and Emma’s bedroom. This is the room in which Emma had her twins that died. Then later Joseph and Emma were given twins, whose last name I can’t remember right now, but their mother died during childbirth and their father couldn’t raise them alone. One night the twins were very sick with the measles and that was the night that a mob came and pulled Joseph out of bed, drug him across the snow and ice and tarred and feathered him. The extra exposure with the open door as they drug Joseph out resulted in one of the sick twins dying. They also grabbed Sidney Rigdon who was staying in the cabin across the road. They drug him by his feet and his head bounced so hard on the ice that he was delirious for several days besides being tarred and feathered. The mob was quoted as saying something like, “that should keep Joseph from preaching tomorrow.” Nine o’clock the next day Joseph was outside preaching to the Saints as well as the mob. I’m so glad we have freedom of religion today. I have lots of pics of this place, but will only post these two right now.
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