Thomas B Marsh:
Soon after Thomas B. Marsh was
called to be an Apostle in 1835, he was appointed President of the Quorum of
the Twelve Apostles. In the spring of 1837, President Marsh learned that one of
the Twelve Apostles, Elder Parley P. Pratt, was planning a mission to
England without President Marsh’s direction. President Marsh, who was in
Missouri, wrote to Elder Pratt and the other members of the Twelve and invited
them to meet him in Kirtland, Ohio, on July 24, 1837, so they could be unified
in their plans for missions. However, a month before that meeting took place,
two other members of the Twelve, Elders Heber C. Kimball and Orson Hyde,
departed for England after receiving mission calls from the Prophet Joseph
Smith. President Marsh was apparently upset that members of the Twelve were
proceeding to preach the gospel in England without his involvement.
President Marsh shared his concerns
with the Prophet Joseph Smith and sought his counsel. In response, the Lord
gave the revelation recorded in Doctrine and Covenants 112.
