| Doctor Hurlbut's case
is reheard. Two are ordained high priests to make twelve. He is guilty of
indiscretions with "the female sex" but is restored thanks to
a "liberal confession." Daniel Copley is excommunicated for refusing
to fulfill a mission. |
| Date |
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June 21, 1833 |
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Kirtland council,
21–22; also ; Times and Seasons, vol. 6 no. 2 (February
1, 1845), 784–787. |
| Location |
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Kirtland school room |
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| Description |
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… council …
President's Council … |
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High councils are not organized until the following
year. Minutes
of February 17, 1834
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| President |
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Joseph Smith |
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| Clerk |
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Not named. |
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| Doctor
Hurlbut appeal |
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Doctor
Hurlbut appeals the decision of the bishop's council to the president's
council of high priests for a re-hearing: |
|
Minutes
of June 1 or 3, 1833
Doctor is Hurlbut's given name. |
| Doctor
Hurlbut's appeal |
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I, Doct P Hurlbut, having been tried before the Bishops council of High
Priests in a charge of Unchristian like conduct with the female Sex, and
myself being absent at the time and considering that Strict justice was
not done me. I do by these presents most solemly enter my appeal unto
the Presidents council of high priests for a re hearing according to the
privilige garranteed to me in the laws of the church which council is
now assembled in the school room in Kirtland the 21st June 1833.
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Original:
Hurlbert
term: bishop's council of high priests
term: president's council of high priests
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| Rehearing
granted |
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Re-hearing is moved,
seconded, and carried. |
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| Open |
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Joseph opens with prayer. |
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| Ordain
two to make twelve |
|
Sidney ordains John
and William Smith high priests to make twelve "that the council or
<church> court might be organized." |
|
church
court: probably anachronistic usage.
John: Probably "Uncle" John
Smith (1781–1854), brother of Joseph Sr., who had arrived in
Kirtland in May. Uncle John became a charter member of the Kirtland high
council on February 17, 1834. |
| Merits
excommunication, but confesses and is restored |
|
Orson
Hyde and Hyrum present testimony against Doctor. He is found guilty
and deserves to be cut off, but due to his "liberal confession,"
he is restored. |
|
At
age 15, George
A. Smith attends the council. He later reports that Joseph told the council
Doctor was not honest and would not fulfill his promise. Shortly
thereafter, Hurlbut told the Thompson, Ohio, branch that he deceived
Joseph, "I
told them I was sorry I confessed and they believed it to be an honest
confession,"
¶ Satan Came Also |
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[signed] Joseph Smith
Jr. |
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| One
excommunicated for not filling mission |
|
The "President's
Court" takes Daniel Copley's priest's license and membership for refusing
to fulfill his mission "according to the council of the High Priesthood
of the holy order of God." |
|
"The
young man said he was too weak to attempt to preach, and the Council cut
him off the Church. I wonder what our missionaries now would think of so
rigid a discipline as was given at that time thirty one years ago, under
the immediate supervision of the Prophet." Ibid. |
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Minutes of June 23, 1833
Minutes of June 6, 1833
Ohio Minutes
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