A priesthood office with the responsibility to travel and preach and assist the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, similar to the seventy in the New Testament. In February and March 1835, the first members of the Seventy were selected and ordained. All of those...
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JS dedicated temple, Kirtland, Ohio.
19 Feb. 1793–14 July 1876. Tanner, farmer, minister. Born at St. Clair, Allegheny Co., Pennsylvania. Son of William Rigdon and Nancy Gallaher. Joined United Baptists, ca. 1818. Preached at Warren, Trumbull Co., Ohio, and vicinity, 1819–1821. Married Phebe...
View Full BioPsalm 96 admonishes its hearers to praise the Lord, for “strength and beauty are in his sanctuary,” and to “come into his courts” (vv. 4–8). Latter-day Saints called the main floors of the House of the Lord “courts,” as with the courts of Solomon’s temple. (Revelation, 1 June 1833, in Doctrine and Covenants 95:3, 1835 ed. [D&C 95:15–17]; Minute Book 1, 3 June 1833; compare 2 Chronicles 4:9.)
Doctrine and Covenants of the Church of the Latter Day Saints: Carefully Selected from the Revelations of God. Compiled by Joseph Smith, Oliver Cowdery, Sidney Rigdon, and Frederick G. Williams. Kirtland, OH: F. G. Williams, 1835. Also available in Robin Scott Jensen, Richard E. Turley Jr., Riley M. Lorimer, eds., Revelations and Translations, Volume 2: Published Revelations. Vol. 2 of the Revelations and Translations series of The Joseph Smith Papers, edited by Dean C. Jessee, Ronald K. Esplin, and Richard Lyman Bushman (Salt Lake City: Church Historian’s Press, 2011).
Minute Book 1 / “Conference A,” 1832–1837. CHL. Also available at josephsmithpapers.org.
Psalm 24 states that only those with “clean hands, and a pure heart” should enter the Lord’s “holy place,” where “the King of glory shall come in” (vv. 3–7).
Page 29 contains the beginning of Hymn 23, “Adam-ondi-Ahman,” which actually opened the second session of the services. According to Oliver Cowdery’s minutes, the choir first sang the millenarian Hymn 19, written by apostle Parley P. Pratt, which begins with the line “Ere long the vail will rend in twain.” (Minutes, LDS Messenger and Advocate, Mar. 1836, 2:274; Hymn 19, Collection of Sacred Hymns [1835], 25–26.)
A Collection of Sacred Hymns, for the Church of the Latter Day Saints. Edited by Emma Smith. Kirtland, OH: F. G. Williams, 1835.
Latter Day Saints’ Messenger and Advocate. Kirtland, OH. Oct. 1834–Sept. 1837.
19 Feb. 1793–14 July 1876. Tanner, farmer, minister. Born at St. Clair, Allegheny Co., Pennsylvania. Son of William Rigdon and Nancy Gallaher. Joined United Baptists, ca. 1818. Preached at Warren, Trumbull Co., Ohio, and vicinity, 1819–1821. Married Phebe...
View Full BioHymn 8, by William W. Phelps. The hymn begins with the lines “O happy souls who pray / Where God appoints to hear! / O happy saints who pay / Their constant service there!” (Collection of Sacred Hymns [1835], 14–15.)
A Collection of Sacred Hymns, for the Church of the Latter Day Saints. Edited by Emma Smith. Kirtland, OH: F. G. Williams, 1835.
19 Feb. 1793–14 July 1876. Tanner, farmer, minister. Born at St. Clair, Allegheny Co., Pennsylvania. Son of William Rigdon and Nancy Gallaher. Joined United Baptists, ca. 1818. Preached at Warren, Trumbull Co., Ohio, and vicinity, 1819–1821. Married Phebe...
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Matthew 8:20 contains Jesus’s ironic comment that “the foxes have holes, and the birds of the air have nests; but the Son of man hath not where to lay his head.” Rigdon preached for two and a half hours, comparing the Jewish sects described in the New Testament to the Protestant sects of early nineteenth-century America. Rigdon argued that in both cases, the rejection of revelation brought sectarian differences. (Minutes, LDS Messenger and Advocate, Mar. 1836, 2:275–276.)
Latter Day Saints’ Messenger and Advocate. Kirtland, OH. Oct. 1834–Sept. 1837.
An organized group of individuals holding the same office in the Melchizedek priesthood or the Aaronic priesthood. According to the 1835 “Instruction on Priesthood,” the presidency of the church constituted a quorum. The Twelve Apostles also formed a quorum...
View GlossaryAn organized body of leaders over priesthood quorums and other ecclesiastical organizations. A November 1831 revelation first described the office of president over the high priesthood and the church as a whole. By 1832, JS and two counselors constituted ...
View GlossaryWith the exception of some women who left the building to check on their children, the congregation remained seated during the intermission, which took place in late morning. The day had been appointed for fasting. (Minutes, LDS Messenger and Advocate, Mar. 1836, 2:276; Post, Journal, 27 Mar. 1836; Benjamin Brown, Kirtland, OH, to Sarah M. Brown, Mar. 1836, Benjamin Brown Family Collection, CHL.)
Latter Day Saints’ Messenger and Advocate. Kirtland, OH. Oct. 1834–Sept. 1837.
Post, Stephen. Journals, 1835–1879. Stephen Post, Papers, 1835–1921. CHL. MS 1304, box 6.
Benjamin Brown Family Collection, 1835–1983. CHL. MS 17646.
Hymn 23, by William W. Phelps. (Collection of Sacred Hymns [1835], 29–30; see also geographical listing for “Adam-ondi-Ahman.”)
A Collection of Sacred Hymns, for the Church of the Latter Day Saints. Edited by Emma Smith. Kirtland, OH: F. G. Williams, 1835.
Warren Parrish handwriting ends; unidentified begins.
Members of a governing body in the church, with special administrative and proselytizing responsibilities. A June 1829 revelation commanded Oliver Cowdery and David Whitmer to call twelve disciples, similar to the twelve apostles in the New Testament and ...
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