Revelation was given after Brigham sought the Lord in prayer
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"On Jan. 11, 1847, Brigham Young confided to his closest advisers about a dream he had had the previous night of Joseph Smith conversing with him `freely about the best manner of organizing companies for emigration,' " noted historian Bruce Van Orden. (See Church News, Jan. 11, 1997.)
"This dream, accompanied by conversations with Elders Heber C. Kimball and Willard Richards, motivated President Young to seek the Lord in prayer. On Thursday, Jan. 14, 1847, he presented a revelation to the members of the Quorum of the Twelve that he had received. It began as `The Word and Will of the Lord concerning the Camp of Israel in their journeyings to the West. . . .' (D&C 136:1.)The enthusiastic response of the members to the revelation was pleasing to Brigham Young. "He recorded, `The Church has been led by revelation just as much since the death of Joseph Smith as before. . . . Joseph received his apostleship from Peter, and his brethren, and the present Apostles received their apostleship from Joseph, the first apostle, and Oliver Cowdery, the second apostle.' "
