| Blessing meetings. Joseph Smith: church needs to purify itself §.
"Those who build [the House of the Lord] should own it, and have the
control of it" §. List of workers and contributors
(all male) §. "Rights" in the House
of the Lord "are according to each mans labor or amount of donations"
§. On the second day §,
more are blessed and ordained, several are called on missions to the Lamanites,
one to the clergy. |
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March 7–8, 1835 |
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Kirtland council, 192–197. |
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Kirtland, Ohio. |
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| Description |
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… a Meeting of the Church of Latter Day Saints …
was called in this place for the purpose of blessing … those who have
heretofore assisted in building … the house of the Lord. |
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| Clerk |
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Oliver Cowdery |
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| Presidents
present |
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Joseph Smith, Sidney Rigdon, Frederick G. Williams |
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| Joseph:
purify church |
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Joseph occupies the morning
session, speaking "upon the propriety and necessity of [the church]
purifying itself." |
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| Names
of temple workers |
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In the afternoon, the names of those who had participated
in the construction of the House of the Lord are taken. |
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| Joseph:
workers own the house |
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[Joseph] said
that those who had distinguished themselves Thus far by consecrating to
the upbuilding of said house as well as laboring were to be remembered.
That those who build it should own it, and have the Control of it. |
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| Workers vote to continue |
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"After further remarks" he calls for
a vote to see how many "would still go on and perform the remaining
part." (Unanimous vote.) |
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The Presidency were blessed. |
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| Sidney
to bless |
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Sidney is "nominated to officiate in Laying
on hands in the name of the Lord to bestow the blessings." |
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The "Presidency" is blessed. |
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| Building
committee absent, but retain their rights |
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The building committee, Reynolds
Cahoon, Hyrum Smith, and Jared Carter are not present "but
their right in the house was preserved" >. |
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Workers and donors |
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[193] Names of those who were blessed
in consequence of their working on the House of the Lord in kirtland and
those also who consecrated to its upbuilding |
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| Sidney, Joseph, Frederick |
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Sidney Rigdon
Joseph Smith
Frederick G. Williams |
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| Patriarch
to the Church |
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Joseph Smith Sr. |
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| Assistant
president of High Priesthood |
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Oliver Cowdery |
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| Bishop
of Kirtland |
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Newel K. Whitney |
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| Building
committee |
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Reynolds
Cahoon
Hyrum Smith
Jared Carter |
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Absent
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Jacob Bump
Artemus Millet
Alpheus Cutler
Asa Lyman
Josiah Butterfield
Noah Packard
James Putnam
Isaac Hill
Edmund Durfee Sr.
Edmund Durfee Jr.
Gideon Ormsby
Albert Miner
Ira Ames
Salmon Gee
Peter Shirts
Isaac Hubbard
Horace Burgess
Dexter Stillman
Amos F. Herrick
Mayhew Hillman
William Carter
William Burgess
Giles Cook
Almon Sherman
Warren Smith
Moses Bailey
Seba Ives
Andrew H. Aldrich
Ebenezar Jennings
Oliver Granger
Orson Johnson
James Lake
William Redfield
Cyrus Lake
Harvey Smith
Isaac Cleveland |
William Barker
Samuel S. Brannan
John Wheeler
Henry Baker
William Fisk
Henry Wilcox
George Gee
Lorenzo D. Young
David Clough
James Durfee
Joseph Coe
Thomas Gates
Loren Babbitt
Blake Baldwin
Maleum C. Davis
Jaman Aldrich
John Young Sr.
Ezra Strong
Joel McWithy
Matthew Foy
James Randall
John P. Greene
Aaron E. Lyon
Thomas Burdick
Truman Wait
Edmund Bosley
William Perry
Don Carlos Smith
Joel Johnson
Oliver Higley
Evan M. Greene
Levi Osgood
Alpheus Harmon
Joseph C. Kingsbury
Ira Bond
Z. H. Brewster |
Samuel Thomson
John Ormsby
Luman Carter
John Smith
Samuel H. Smith
[194] Thomas Fisher
Starry Fisk
Amos R. Orton
Gad Yale
John Johnson
John Tanner
Henry G. Sherwood
Sidney Tanner
Joseph Tippits
Robert Quigley
Erastus Babbitt
Samuel Canfield
Phineas H. Young
Samuel Rolfe
Calvin W. Stoddard
Josiah Fuller
Erastus Rudd
Isaac G. Bishop
Roswell Murray
Benjamin Wells
Nehemiah Harman
Oliver Wetherby
Thomas Hancock
Josuah Grant
William Draper
Ransom Van Leuven
Tunis Rappellee
John Reed
Samuel Wilcox
Benjamin Johnson
Joseph B. Bosworth |
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Blessings
and a right
According to labor or donation |
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[195] Reynolds
Cahoon, Jacob
Bump, Artemus Millet, Alpheus Cutler,
Asa Lyman, Josiah Butterfield, Noah Packard, Jonas Putnam, and Isaac
Hill are "blessed with the blessings of Heaven and a right in the
house of the Lord in this place agreeably to the labor and expense they
have performed on the same. …The right here spoken of is according
to each mans labor or amount of donations." |
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Ranking
of temple rights based on value of labor or donation. |
Wisdom, preach, and a right
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Noah Packard's blessing promises "wisdom and ability to proclaim the gospel
in addition to a place in the house." |
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| Blessed, ordained elder |
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Edmund Durfee Jr., Edmund Durphee [Durfee] Jr., and Gideon Ormsby
are promised "a right in the house." Edmund Jr. is also ordained an elder. |
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| Blessed |
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Albert Miner, Ira Ames, Salmon Gee, Peter Shirts, Isaac Hubbard,
and Horace Burgess "received like blessings." |
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| Blessed, ordained |
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Peter Shirts, Isaac Hubbard, and Horace Burgess are blessed.
H. Burgess Jr. is ordained. |
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| Blessed |
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Dexter Stillman, Amos F. Herrick, and Matthew Hillman are
blessed. |
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| Blessed, ordained elders |
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M. C. Davis and Giles Cook Jr. and William
Burgess are blessed and ordained
elders. |
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| Restoration
of sight |
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William Carter, Jarman Aldrich, and John Young Sr. "were
next called." William, "who
was blind, was promised a blessing of being restored to sight if faithful." |
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| Blessed |
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Ezra Strong, Joel McWithy, Matthew Foy [Fox?], James Randall,
John P. Green, and Aaron C. Lyon are "called." |
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| Lamanite
mission |
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John P. Greene is "ordained a missionary to the Lamanites
after others have unlocked the door; with a promise of gathering many
to Zion, and of returning at the end of his mission with great joy to
enjoy the blessings of his family." |
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| Blessed |
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Thomas Burdick, Truman Wait, and Edmund Bosley are "called." Elder Burdick is "promised a blessing of health (if faithful)." |
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| Mission
to clergy |
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Elder Bosley is "told God had
a work for him, to go and preach the gospel to the sectarian priests of
this age, [196] to call after them, and hunt them up, wherever he could
hear of them. To preach the gospel to them whether they will hear or not." |
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| Blessed,
elders |
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William Bosley and William Perry are blessed and ordained
elders. |
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| Wisdom,
proclaim gospel |
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Don Carlos Smith is "blessed with a promise of having
wisdom to proclaim the gospel and also to write in wisdom." |
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| Blessed |
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Shadrach Roundy, Joel Johnson, and Oliver Higbee are blessed. |
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| Close |
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Prayer by Sidney Rigdon. |
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| March 8,
1835 (Sunday) |
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| Blessed |
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… Evan M. Green, Levi Osgood, Alpheus Harmon,
Joseph C. Kingsbury, Ira Bond, Z. H. Brewster, Samuel Tompkins, John Ormsby,
Luman Carter, John Smith, Samuel
H. Smith,
Thomas Fisher, Sterry Fisk, Amos R. Orton, and Almon Sherman are blessed. |
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| Family
blessing |
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Brother Fisk whose family was afflicted was promised,
a blessing if faithful. |
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| Lamanite
mission |
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Amos R. Orton was ordained an Elder and a missionary
to the Lamanites. |
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| Blessed,
elder |
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Andrew H. Aldrich, Thomas Bail[e]y, Seba Ives, Ebenezer Jennings,
Oliver Granger, Orson Johnson, Warren Smith, James Lake and William Redfield
are blessed. "B. Wm. Redfield" is ordained an elder. |
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Blessed
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Cyrus Lake, Harvey Smith, Isaac Cleaveland, William
Baker, Samuel S. Brannan, John Wheeler, Henry Baker, William Fisk, Henry
Wilcox, George W. Gee, Lorenzo Young, and David Clough are blessed. |
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| Lamanite
mission |
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Lorenzo Young is "set apart" as a missionary
to the Lamanites. |
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term:
missionary set apart |
| Blessed |
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James Durfee Joseph
Coe, Thomas Gates, Loren Babbit,
Blake Baldwin, and Joseph B. Baldwin
are blessed. |
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Gad Yale, John Johnson, and John Tanner are blessed. |
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| Missouri
refugee relief |
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Gad Yale, "being one who went for the relief of their
[197] afflicted brethren in Mo. and received a blessing accordingly." |
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| Blessed, ordained elder |
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Henry G. Sherwood, Sidney Tanner, Joseph H. Tippits, Robert
Quigley, Erastus Babbit, and Samuel Canfield are blessed. Samuel Canfield
is ordained an elder. |
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| Blessed |
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Phineas H. Young, Samuel Rolf, and Calvin H. Stoddard are
blessed. |
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| Ordained Lamanite
mission |
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Phineas H. Young is ordained a missionary to the Lamanites. |
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| Blessed |
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Erastus Rudd, Josiah Fuller, Israel H. Bishop, Roswell Murry,
Benjamin Wells, Nehemiah Harmon, Thomas Hancock, Oliver Weatherby, Joshua
Grant Jr., William Draper Jr., Ransem Vanburen, Tunis Rappalee, John Reed,
and Samuel Wilcox are blessed. |
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Seventy
Reform |
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Moses Martin "who went to Mo." is "set apart"
as a seventy. "If thou art not purified thou wilt not be able to execute
thy commission. Thou wilt fall into snares and into the hand of enemies
who will take thy life Thou must begin to make a complete reformation
in thy self." |
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term: set
apart / ordained |
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Oliver Cowdery, Clerk |
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| Unknown ordination dates |
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The following are five members of such as belong to
the Seventy but the time of their ordination cannot be accurately ascertained. |
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Milo Andrus, Joseph Winchester, Zerubbabel Snow, Heman
T. Hyde, Henry
Brown, Nelson Higgins, and Hezekiah Fisk, "many blessings
were promised upon his head but he is not one of the 70." |
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Original: Heem |
| Not
ordained |
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James L. Thompson had many blessings but was not
ordained. |
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| Seventy |
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Henry Beaman is ordained a seventy. |
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| Future
seventies |
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Jesse Huntsman Jesse Huntsman [sic] — — Royal
Barney,
Zebedee Coltrin, Henry Harriman are "all
to be attached to the Seventy."
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Lorenzo Barnes "one of the Seventy." |
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Minutes of March 16, 1835
Minutes of February 21, 1835
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