STILL MAGNOLIAS

As I walked to the Relief Society commemoration I passed the magnolias in bloom.
The Sisters assembled for the carriage ride to the Red Brick Store, the place where the Female Relief Society of Nauvoo was organized on March 17, 1842.

These are the Sisters (pretty as a magnolia) participating in the reenactment.

There were 20 sisters for the organization meeting. Could they imagine that in the 21st century there would be more than 6 million members of Relief Society in over 175 countries?

For a feel of the actual carriage ride see video below.

This is the rebuilt "Red Brick Store" where Joseph Smith had an office and business.

This is the where the upper room was where the Prophet Joseph Smith taught the sisters, "This society is to get instruction through the order which God has established--through the medium of those appointed to lead-- and I now turn the key to you in the name of God, and this society shall rejoice and knowledge and intelligence shall flow down from this time."

The sisters of Nauvoo clamored to join the Relief Society. They were excited to give spiritual and temporal aid in an organized, authorized way.

This is where Joseph Smith had his office.

After the commemoration I walked home from the "flats" up to the bluff near the temple where we live.

As the sun was setting over the Mississippi river I passed the horse drawn carriage taking the other sisters back to the Visitors' Center.