“Let Them Take Leave . . . on the 26th of April Next”
Doctrine and Covenants 118:5
5 Let them take leave of my saints in the city of Far West, on the twenty-sixth day of April next, on the building-spot of my house, saith the Lord.
Elder Hyrum M. Smith and Janne M. Sjödahl wrote:
“Enemies of the Church threatened to make compliance with this command impossible, but when the day came, the Twelve and others met on the temple ground at Far West, and Alpheus Cutler laid the foundation stone again, by rolling up a stone and placing it near the southeast corner, according to the revelation [see D&C 115:11], whereupon the Twelve engaged in prayer. Then they sang, ‘Adam-ondi-Ahman,’ and, finally, took leave of the Saints. Then they were ready for their respective missions. When the enemies heard of the proceedings, they were very much chagrined because they had forgotten the date.”
(The Doctrine and Covenants Commentary, rev. ed. [1951], 747–48.)
