| 671 him: "Go to Strang and go to Brigham, no false prophet make of me."
He was ordained a priest March 21, 1863, and an elder the 8th of the following October, at Council Bluffs, Iowa.
May 10, 1870, he was joined in marriage to Clara C. Hartshorn, at Sandwich, Illinois. As a result of this union there is living one son, Elbert A., born March 8, 1871, at Nauvoo, Illinois, who is now a high priest and a member of the High Council of Lamoni Stake.
At the April General Conference of 1871 the subject of our sketch was chosen and ordained president of the Second Quorum of Elders with Phineas Cadwell his counselor.
He did missionary work in Michigan and was twice sent to Utah and the Pacific Slope; also acted as assistant editor of the Saints' Herald during part of the time that it was being published at Plano, Illinois.
At Plano, April 10, 1873, in accordance with revelation to that effect, he was ordained to the office of second counselor in the Quorum of the First Presidency.
This office he held until incapacitated for all church labor. In 1885 he was released in accordance with directions contained in the revelation of that year, as follows: "The voice of the Spirit is that David H. Smith be released. He is in my hand."
Again in 1894 the following was given: "My servant David H. Smith is yet in my hand and I will do my will in the time of its accomplishment. Be not troubled or fearful in this matter for it shall be well for my work in the end."
At present he is living in Elgin, Illinois.
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ALEXANDER H. SMITH.
WRITTEN BY HIS DAUGHTER, VIDA ELIZABETH SMITH.
Alexander Hale, fourth son of Joseph Smith, the Seer, and Emma Smith, was born in the town of Far West, Caldwell County, Missouri, June 2, 1838.
The scenes following in cruel rapidity, are seen only dimly through a child's fitful recollections, until the establishment of a home in Nauvoo had been effected for some years. For
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