"[2] In 1834, Joseph Smith said he received a revelation from God, calling for a militia to be raised in Kirtland which would then march to Missouri and "redeem Zion."
Sadly, Parrish's wife Elizabeth died from cholera at Rush Creek, Clay County, Missouri on June 27, 1834.
Patten reports that "we baptized twenty, during which time several instances of the healing power of God were made manifest.
"[2] In 1835, Parrish became a member of the First Quorum of Seventy; became scribe to Joseph Smith Jr; and built his home in Kirkland.
[4] Parrish and Phelps under the direction of Smith also produced a set of documents called the "Grammar & A[l]phabet of the Egyptian Language" that accompanied the dictated translation.
"[2] During this time, Parrish, Woodruff and Patten were arrested by a local sheriff at the urging of Matthew Williams, a Methodist minister, who claimed that they were making false prophecies.
The group was accused of preaching "that Christ would come the second time before this generation passed away" and that "four individuals should received the Holy Ghost within twenty-four hours."
Eliza R. Snow relates that Parrish and a group of others came into the temple during Sunday services "armed with pistols and bowie-knives and seated themselves together in the Aaronic pulpits, on the east end of the temple, while father Smith [Joseph Smith, Sr.] and others, as usual, occupied those of the Melchizedek priesthood on the west.
"[13] Parrish's group interrupted the services and, according to Snow "a fearful scene ensued—the apostate speaker becoming so clamorous that Father Smith called for the police to take that man out of the house, when Parrish, John Boynton, and others, drew their pistols and bowie-knives, and rushed down from the stand into the congregation; John Boynton saying he would blow out the brains of the first man who dared to lay hands on him."
George A. Smith reported: "One of them told me that Moses was a rascal and the Prophets were tyrants, and that Jesus Christ was a despot, Paul a base liar and all religion a fudge.
"[20] This resulted in a permanent division between Parrish's supporters and other leaders, including Martin Harris, who cautioned them not to reject the book.
In 1844, Parrish was working as a Baptist minister in the Fox River area of Wisconsin and Illinois for a salary of $500 per year.