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1831, Kirtland, Ohio. |
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| First conference in
Kirtland. First ordinations to the High Priesthood. John Corrill and Isaac
Morley named assistants to Bishop Partridge. Exhortations by Joseph, Sidney, Lyman
Wight, and Harvey Whitlock. |
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| The minutes of this conference contain at least three glaring errors. David Whitmer is listed as present when by his own account he was not. W. W. Phelps is also listed though he did not arrive in Kirtland until two weeks after the conference. And Leman Copley is not listed though two independent sources feature him prominently. |
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June 3 |
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June 3, 1831 |
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FWM,
3–4. |
| Location |
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[Kirtland,] Geauga
county, Ohio. |
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| Description |
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… a general Conference
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| [Moderator] |
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[Joseph Smith] |
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| Clerk |
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John Whitmer |
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Elders Present. |
Elders Present. |
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| Elders
present |
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Joseph Smith Jr.
David Whitmer
John
Whitmer
Samuel H. Smith
Hyrum Smith
Joseph Smith Sr.
Parley P. Pratt
Thomas B. Marsh
Sidney Rigdon
John Murdock
Lyman Wight
Levi Hancock
Orson
Pratt
Edward Partridge
Ezra Thayer
Northrop Sweat (denied the faith)
Emer Harris
Joseph Wakefield
Ezra Booth (denied the
faith)
John Corrill
Seymour Brunson
Isaac
Morley
Harvey Whitlock
Zebedee
Coltrin
Jacob Scott (denied the faith) |
William Carter (denied the faith)
Sylvester Smith
Simeon Carter
Calvin Beebe
Solomon Hancock
Wheler Baldwin
Edison Fuller (denied the faith)
Burr Riggs (was cast out)
Ebenezer Abbott (denied the faith)
Reynolds
Cahoon
Solomon Humphrey
John Woodward (Denied the faith)
Joseph Brackenberry (Died on a mission to preach)
Joseph
Coe
William Mitchell
Ebenezer Page
Alpheus Gifford |
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Comments in parentheses were added when the original
minutes were copied into the Far West Record.
Though listed here, David Whitmer is not present. ¶
David Whitmer: Minutes of June [3]–6, 1831
Not listed is Leman Copley, who is reported present in the reminiscences
of Levi Hancock and Philo Dibble. ¶ Lyman's
Vision and the Man of Sin
Northrop Sweet
Edson Fuller
Wheeler Baldwin
Newel Knight's name appears in FWR but not in the manuscript.
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| Priests |
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Martin
Harris
[4] Caleb Baldwin (cut off recd back & reordained a Priest) |
James Durfee
Major N. Ashley |
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| Teachers |
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Hezekiah
Peck
Hiram Page
Christian Whitmer
Daniel Stanton
Solomon Chamberlain
Lorin Page
Jacob Sherman (cut off)
Benjamin Bragg (denied the faith) |
[4] William
Smith
Stephen Burnett
Isaac Bebee
Benjamin Johnson
Samuel Day
Thoret Parsons
Jacob Chamberlain |
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and speakers |
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Conference opened
by br. Joseph Smith jr. in exhortation & prayer. Prayer by br. Sidney
Rigdon & exhortation by the same. Exhortation by most of the Elders
present. |
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| Ordinations |
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Brs. Lyman Wight John Murdock Reynolds Cahoon Harvey Whitlock & Hyrum Smith were ordained to the high Priesthood under the hand <of> br. Joseph Smith jr. |
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According
to his son, William F., Reynolds Cahoon was ordained "a High Priest"
by Lyman Wight. William F. Cahoon autobio |
| Exhortations |
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Exhortation by brs. Lyman Wight & Harvey Whitlock
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| Ordinations by Lyman Wight |
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Brs. Parley P. Pratt (h) Thomas B. Marsh (h) Isaac
Morley Edward Partridge Joseph Wakefield Martin Harris Ezra Thayer Ezra Booth (denied the faith)
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John Corril[l] Samuel
H. Smith Solomon Hancock Simeon Carter Wheeler Baldwin Jacob Scott (denied the faith)
Joseph Smith <sen> John Whitmer Joseph Smith jr. & Sidney Rigdon were ordained under the hand of br. Lyman Wight. |
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Levi's journal
has Jacob Scott ordained by Joseph Smith Jr.
A late account has Joseph ordaining Parley P. Pratt "with many others, to the High
Priesthood" on June 6. ¶ Parley
P. Pratt (h)
John Whitmer's history reverses Thayer
and Harris; adds Whitlock after Booth (as well as in Joseph's list above);
omits Corrill through Scott; repeats Wakefield; reverses Joseph Smith Jr.
and John Whitmer; and omits Sidney Rigdon. J. Whitmer, 70–71. |
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blesses, Lyman ordains |
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The Bishop (Edward Partridge)
then blessed those who were ordained in the name of Christ according to
commandment |
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| Bishop's
assistants |
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br. John Corrill & Isaac Morley were ordained assistants to the Bishop under the hand of Lyman Wight. |
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| Speakers |
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Exhortation by br. Sidney Rigdon & Joseph
Smith jr. |
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| Close |
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Closed by prayer by br. Sidney Rigdon. |
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John Whitmer Clerk |
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June
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June 6th 1831 |
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ordains 6 |
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Simonds Rider Selah J. Griffin Daniel Stanton Peter Dustin Sidney
Gilbert & William W. Phelps were
ordained Elders of this Church according to the Church Covenants under
the hand of Joseph Smith jr. |
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FWM,
9.Symonds
Ryder |
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William W. Phelps |
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Original:
Simonds
Sidney Gilbert is instructed to be ordained an elder in D&C
53, revealed "shortly
after" D&C 52 (June [6], 1831).
W. W. Phelps did not arrive in
Kirtland until mid-June. He was baptized on the 16th. ¶ W.
W. Phelps Letter 6 I have not ascertained when he was ordained an elder,
but he was ordained to the High Priesthood on October 1. ¶ Minutes
of October 1, 1831 |
Minutes of April 9, 1831
Minutes of August 4, 1831
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