The Female Relief Society of Nauvoo

Daughters in My Kingdom

Chapter 2 “Something Better”

The Female Relief Society of Nauvoo

As was the tradition of the times, the women of Nauvoo, in an attempt to unite their strength and ability to serve and meet the needs of the men and women in their community, and within the Church, as the Nauvoo Temple was under construction, created an organization with a constitution and bylaws, written by Eliza R Snow.

“Then the women asked Joseph Smith to review them and give his opinion of them. After the Prophet read them, he said they were “the best he had ever seen. ‘But,’ he said, ‘this is not what you want. Tell the sisters their offering is accepted of the Lord, and he has something better for them than a written constitution. I invite them all to meet with me and a few of the brethren . . . next Thursday afternoon, and I will organize the women under the priesthood after the pattern of the priesthood.’”

I pray each day that my offering – the work of the day – will be accepted of the Lord. He has shown me that He has something better for me than what ‘the world’ offers. He has provided the Gospel, with its ordinances, covenants and principles, which will organize me under His priesthood and after His pattern, specifically prepared for me. In this will be, and is, my greatest joy and fulfillment.