| Minutes of July
6, 1838 |
| Minutes of two meetings
are recorded in the Far West Record. |
| In the first, the high
council and bishop agree to buy George M. Hinkle's home and fix it up for
Joseph. |
| In the second §, the
quorums organize, counsel to elders, priests, teachers, and deacons, Sidney
renames creeks and confesses George Walters. |
| Date |
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July 6, 1838 |
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FWR, 196–197. |
| Location |
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Far West |
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| Description |
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The High Council and Bishop of Zion met … |
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| Presiding |
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Not named |
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| Clerk |
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Ebenezer Robinson |
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| DeWitt |
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George M. Hinkle reports the circumstances of his move to
DeWitt. He wants to sell his house to Bishop Partridge for
Joseph Smith Jr. |
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On June 23, George Hinkle and John
Murdock purchased
half of the undivided plat of DeWitt for the church. They moved there
in early July. |
| Buy Hinkle home for Joseph |
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Council resolves that the bishop is to buy Hinkle's house
and a cook stove for Joseph, and make the house comfortable for Joseph. |
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| Date |
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July 6, 1838 |
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FWR, 198–200. |
| Location |
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Far West |
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| Description |
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… the Second Quarterly Conference, in this city of Zion
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| Presiding |
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Joseph Smith and Sidney Rigdon |
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| Clerk |
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Ebenezer Robinson |
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| Open |
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Sing "The Spirit of God," prayer by President David
W. Patten (h), sing "Now Let Us
Rejoice. |
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| First session |
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The entire session is occupied by quorum presidents organizing
their quorums: |
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| Quorums, presidents |
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High council
High priests
Seventies by acting president King Follett
Elders by acting president Ralph Cox
Bishop and council
Priests
Teachers by acting president Timothy Baldwin Clark
Deacons by acting president Isaac Hamblin |
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| Close |
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Sing "Oh Happy Souls Who Pray," adjourn
for an hour. |
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| Second session open |
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Sing "He Died the Great Redeemer Died." |
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| Sidney of officers |
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Sidney speaks on the responsibilities of the
officers in the church: |
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| No troubles if officers
do duty |
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If church officers would stand in
their place and perform their duties, ther would be "no difficulty
in the Church untill the coming of Christ." |
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| Teachers and deacons responsibile
for families |
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The happiness of the church is based on teachers
and deacons, "whose duty it is to go from house ot house and see that
each family in the Church is kept in order, and that the children are taught
the principles of righteousness." |
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| Time for accounting |
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It is time for the deacons, teachers, and priests
to "render an account of their stewardship, the standing of the various
branches to which they belonged, &c." |
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| High Priesthood |
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He also gives "much good instruction to
the Upper Priest-hood." |
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| How to speak of each other |
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Tells all quorums to avoid speaking lightly of
each other—"when you speak, let your words be seasoned with grace." |
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| Elders the quarriers |
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The elders are "called to convert the world."
They are to "put away ambition" and perform the duty that is required
of them. He compares elders to quarriers, who cut stones and bring them
to the building, where the priests, teachers, and deacons polish them and
prepare them for the building. |
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| Ordination recommends
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Norvil Head is recommended to the
office of elder
Elisha Everett and Ahisa Young, teacher
William Davis, John Buckhannan, and Allen Rathburn deacon
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John Lytle is reordained a priest
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Truman Brace, ordained a deacon in Jackson county,
has not received a license. Conference votes to give license. |
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Hezekiah
Peck to receive a license as a priest
Renew William Gregory's license
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Joseph called Peck
to be counselor to Bishop John Corrill in July 1833. Times and Seasons,
vol. 6 no. 3 (February 15, 1845), 800. |
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New licenses authorized:
John S. Higbee and Orrin Rockwell, deacon
Alvin C. Graves, teacher
Jackson Smith and Robert B. Thompson, elder |
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| Report of Lesser Priesthood, temporal
affairs |
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Bishop Edward
Partridge "represented the Lesser Priesthood, also gave an account
of the temporal affairs of the Church." |
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| Instruction for teacher reports |
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President Marsh instructs the teachers regarding
their "returns of their branches." |
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Thomas
B. Marsh (h) |
| Creeks renamed |
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Sidney comments on the names of creeks in the
area and renames some as follows: |
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Steer Creek to Silver Creek
Log Creek to Walnut Creek
Marrow-bone Creek to Ambrosia
Poor Tom Creek to Prairie Creek |
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According to Cannon and Cook,
the traditional names prevailed. FWR, 20n3. |
| George Walters |
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After which he confessed the
sins of George Walters, who is considered a dangerous man in society, as
being a man who harbors wicked and ungodly men in his house both night &
day. |
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¶
Minutes of July 7, 1838 |
| Adjourn |
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Conference adjourns to tomorrow. Prayer by Joseph
Smith Jr. |
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