| June [4],
1831, Kirtland, Ohio. |
| First conference of the Church 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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| John Whitmer, writing after the August 1835 publication of the Doctrine and Covenants, dates the conference June 3. However, Levi Hancock, writing in August 1831, and Ezra Booth, writing in September, give the June 4 date. |
| Several glaring errors in the list of those present suggest the minutes in the Far West Record were not written at or shortly after the meeting: |
- David Whitmer is listed as present when by his own account he was not.
- W. W. Phelps is listed though he did not arrive in Kirtland until eleven or twelve days after the conference.
- The three men who were possessed by the devil
(the Man of Sin) at the meeting—Leman Copley, Harvey Green, and Heman Bassett—are not listed, though three independent sources feature them prominently. The possessions, exorcisims, and the remarks of Joseph and Hyrum Smith, and Lyman Wight are also absent.
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| Date |
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June [4], 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 (h)
Thomas B. Marsh (h)
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
Wheeler 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 (1838–1839) or later.
David Whitmer was not present. ¶
David Whitmer's Review
Not listed is Leman Copley, who is reported present by Levi Hancock, Zebedee Coltrin, 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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| Open
and speakers |
¶ |
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. Cahoon, Reynolds was ordained "a High Priest"
by Lyman Wight. |
| 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 Thomas B. Marsh Isaac
Morley Edward Partridge Joseph Wakefield Martin Harris Ezra Thayer Ezra Booth (denied the faith)
John Corrill 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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For a comparison of names in John Whitmer's History, see ¶ First Ordinations
Levi's journal
also 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)
In John Whitmer's history, Thayer and Harris are reversed in order; Harvey Whitlock's name appears in both Joseph's and Lyman's lists;
omits Corrill through Scott; Joseph Smith Jr. and John Whitmer are reversed; and Sidney Rigdon is not listed (probably an oversight). ¶ Lyman's Vision and the Man of Sin |
| Edward
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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