JOSEPH SMITH'S NAUVOO

Sept. 23, 2013
Today Historic Nauvoo played host to the Illinois Supreme Court, as they presented an analysis of "Habias Corpus and the Courts:  Individual Liberties from Joseph Smith to Abraham Lincoln",
All day there were historical presentations by LDS and non-mormon scholars  in 11 different sites around town,  regarding the legal problems Joseph Smith had with the courts of 1840's, particularly as Missouri kept trying to extradite Joseph to Missouri to stand trial for perceived broken laws.  Had they been successful Joseph, for sure, would have been murdered the minute he crossed the Mississippi River.
This evening there was a presentation by Elder Dallin H. Oaks of the Twelve. He spoke for over an hour on the legal issues entitled "Behind the Extraditions: Joseph Smith, the Man and the Prophet.  Tickets were very scarce, but Sis. Ririe was on her post as Tickets and Tours the day the tickets came available, and she got us tickets in the same theater where he was speaking.   There were so many requests for tickets, that they transmitted by closed circuit to the other theater in the Visitor Center and then into the Stake Center which was almost full.
 We were thrilled with our seats as we were sitting on the third row amongst all the dignitaries, in fact we were sitting right next to Olene Walker, past govenor of Utah.  We had a good conversation with her and her husband.  Also present were several past Governors of Illinois and Utah (Gov Herbert was there), and a bunch of Judges and attorneys.
Elder Oaks gave a masterful talk, testifying of the Prophetic calling of Joseph and quoting many very intellectual  statements made by Joseph regarding the Constitution of the U..S. and its divinely inspired contents.  He presented Joseph in very believable fashion.  I hope all the non-members were as impressed as we were.
A very good evening!