Thought: Swearing is not just a choice of words. It is also
a pattern of thinking. The conversations we allow into our lives, the words we
read, and the images we view shape our thoughts. I soon learned that I needed
to change what I invited into my mind if I wanted to change the words I used.
(Val Johnson Ensign, Oct. 2013 p. 80)
Book of the Week: Doctrine
and Covenants 1835 Edition; Hymns
1835 editionChurch History by the Year - 1836
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1831-Jan.
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D&C 38- A promise of an
endowment from on high
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1832-Dec
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D&C 88 - A command to
establish a house of prayer, fasting, faith, learning, glory, order
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1833-Mar.
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Peter French farm purchased
of $5000. Committee: Joseph Coe, Moses Daily, Ezra Thayer.
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1833-Mar. 15
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FG Williams joined Joseph
S. Newell Whitney, Sidney, Martin, & Oliver in United Firm.
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1833-June 1
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D&C 95 - Saints
chastened for not starting with building of temple. Dimensions given.
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1833 June
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D&C 94 - Hyrum Smith,
Jared Carter, Reynolds Cahoon called to direct construction of temple. Found
stone quarry 2 miles from temple site.
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1833-June
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1st Presidency given vision
of finished temple.
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1833-July 23
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Cornerstones laid for
temple while the Saints in Mo. were preparing to leave county.
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1833-Summer
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All able bodied men working
on temple. Only excuse-going on mission. Joseph foreman in stone quarry. On
Saturdays stone cut in quarry was hauled to temple site.
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1833-34 - Fall & Winter
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Saints gave liberally in
their poverty. Vienna Jaques, John Tanner. Missionaries called to raise
money. Mobs threatened. Workers slept on their guns and in their work
clothes.
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1833-Oct. 1
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Oliver & N.K. Whitney
leave to buy printing press with $800. Dedicate press on Dec. 18
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1834-Summer
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Work on temple nearly halts
as men participate in Zion's Camp.
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34-Fall-Winter
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Army returned & work
progressed rapidly - Walls over 4 feet high in Oct. 2 large auditoriums-1
above the other (2nd floor had desks) with an attic divided into 5 rooms.
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Nov. 2-35-Jan. 8-36
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Artemus Miller &
Lorenzo Young given $1000 to plaster exterior. Dishes & glassware crushed
to calls walls to glisten in sunlight. Inside plastered for $1500 to Jacob
Bump.
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Late 35-Early 1836
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http://josephsmithpapers.org/paperSummary/collection-of-sacred-hymns-
90 Hymns-text only. More than 1/2 by LDS - WW Phelps, Parley Pratt, Eliza
Snow. 15 by Isaac Watts- England 1700's. 28 in current hymnal from this 1st
Hymnal.
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1836 Jan
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Don Carlos Smith, 19 years
old was called to preside over the High Priests Quorum in Kirtland.
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1836-Jan. 21
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D&C 137- Vision of Cel.l
Kingdom as endowment administered. Washings/Anointings
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Feb-Mar 27
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Painting & finishing
under direction of Brigham Young
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1836 Early
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Female member under direction of Joseph Sr.
made carpets and curtains.
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1836 Early
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Graves of LDS had to
guarded in the Kirtland Cemetery as they would be robbed for study at the
Willoughby Medical School.
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1836-Jan 21 -May 1
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Probably more LDS beheld
visions & other spiritual manifestations than during any other era in Ch.
Hist. Reports of heavenly beings at 10 mtgs.-5 with Jesus appearing.
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1836-Mar. 27
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D&C 109 - Temple
dedicated. Ceremony repeated Mar. 31.Leaders sustained by rising.
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1836-Mar. 29
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Ordinance of Washing of
feet introduced
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1836-Apr. 3
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D&C 110- Savior, Moses,
Elijah, Elias appear and restore keys.
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1st Thursdays
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Fast and testimony meetings
held in temple. (Meeting on top of temple) choir of angels.
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1836 June
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Church leaders met with
Clay County people and agreed to leave
the county
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1836-May-June
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Two future Church
president-John Taylor and Lorenzo Snow were baptized.
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1836-Summer
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Saints begin settling in
Far West
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1836-July-Aug.
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D&C 111- Mission to New
York and Salem, Mass. in search of funds.
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1836-Fall
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Spirit of Lord withdrawn
from some members. Joseph, "Brethren, for some time Satan has not had
power to tempt you. Some have thought that there would be no more temptation.
But the opposite will come, and unless you draw near to the Lord you will be
overcome and apostatize. Within 2 years 25 G.A's ex'd or released.
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Dec
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Caldwell County established
and designated as a place for Mormon Settlement
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Section 109 - Only other Dedicatory Prayer recorded in
Scripture 1 Kings 8:23-61- Solomon's Temple.
March
26-Joseph Sidney, Oliver, Warren Cowdery & Warren Parrish met. Dedicatory
prayer was written.
March 27
7 am-Crowds gather at Temple
8 am Pulpits dedicated before the
doors opened. Joseph, Sidney & Oliver seated 900-1000 people. Others went
to west of temple at school which also filled. Some were left out.
9 am-Sidney Rigdon Read Psalms 96
and 24. Choir sang "Ere Long the Veil will Rend in Twin" Sidney
prayed. Congregation sang "O Happy Souls who Pray Where God Appoints to
Hear."
9:30 am - Sidney spoke for 2 1/2
hours. Matt. 8:18-20- Foxes have holes... Eloquent and moving as he detailed
sacrifices in building temple
Noon - Joseph sustained s prophet
& seer. by Quorums and then by congregation. Standing
Choir - Now Let Us
Rejoice
15-20 minute
intermission
Remarks Joseph
Sustaining of officers
Song "How Pleased &
Blessed Was I"
Joseph read dedicatory prayer
Choir - "Spirit of God"
Quorums sustained dedicatory
prayer
Sacrament Prayer
Testimonies - Joseph, Don Carlos,
Oliver, Frederick G. Williams, David Whitmer
Remarks Hyrum Smith and Sidney Rigdon
Prayer Sidney Rigdon
Hosanna Shout - "Hosanna, Hosanna,
Hosanna to God and the Lamb (3 Times) Hosanna means "Save now or Save we
pray or Save we beseech thee."
Brigham Young spoke in tongues -
David Patten interpreted. David
Patten exhortation in tongues Joseph
gave a short exhortation
4 pm ended
"Let me
give you a definition in brief. Your endowment is, to receive all those
ordinances in the house of the Lord, which are necessary for you, after you
have departed this life, to enable you to walk back to the presence of the
Father, passing the angels who stand as sentinels, being enabled to give them
the key words, the signs and tokens, pertaining to the holy Priesthood, and
again your eternal exaltation is spite of earth and hell" (Discourses of
Brigham Young, 415-6. -at cornerstone laying of Salt Lake Temple)
Section 110 - April 3, 1836 - One week after dedication.
Easter Sunday-The beginning of Passover.
In the morning Thomas B. Marsh and David
Patten spoke to 1000. I - Section Heading
Vs. 12 -
"In the Kirtland Temple, a restorer of keys called Elias appeared to
Joseph Smith and Oliver Cowdery and committed the dispensation the gospel of
Abraham, saying that in us and our see all generations after us should be
blessed. The language points to ancient scriptural promises (Gen. 22:18; Abr.
2:9-11) and suggest that Elias restored keys pertaining a to the covenant of
Abraham and the joining of worthy women and men to create eternal family units.
The identity of this messenger is not known. ("D&C Reference Companion
p. 185)
Section 111 - See Section
heading - Jonathan Burgess told Joseph he knew of money in the cellar of a
house in Salem, MA, left by a widow with no surviving family.
"General Conference: Strengthening
Faith and Testimony" - Robert D. Hales. Sat. AM Oct. 2013 In recent
decades the Church has largely been spared the terrible misunderstandings and
persecutions experienced by the early Saints. It
will not always be so. The world is moving away from the Lord faster and
farther than ever before. The adversary has been loosed upon the earth. We
watch, hear, read, study, and share the words of prophets to be forewarned and
protected. For example, “The Family: A Proclamation to the World” was given
long before we experienced the challenges now facing the family. “The Living
Christ: The Testimony of the Apostles” was prepared in advance of when we will
need it most. The greatest blessings
of general conference come to us after the conference is over. Remember the
pattern recorded frequently in scripture: we gather to hear the words of the
Lord, and we return to our homes to live them.
My brothers and sisters, I bear my special witness that the Lord Jesus Christ
lives and stands at the head of this Church. This is His general
conference. I promise you in His name that if you pray with a sincere desire to
hear your Heavenly Father’s voice in the messages of this conference, you will
discover that He has spoken to you to help you, to strengthen you, and to lead
you home into His presence.
