Blessing to Darwin Richardson, 1 March 1835

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Blessing to Darwin Richardson, 1 March 1835
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JS and others, Blessing, to Darwin Richardson,
Kirtland Township
Located ten miles south of Lake Erie. Settled by 1811. Organized by 1818. Latter-day Saint missionaries visited township, early Nov. 1830; many residents joined Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Population in 1830 about 55 Latter-day Saints and...
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, Geauga Co., OH, 1 Mar. 1835. Featured version copied [not before 25 Feb. 1836] in Minute Book 1, p. 184; handwriting of
Warren Cowdery
17 Oct. 1788–23 Feb. 1851. Physician, druggist, farmer, editor. Born at Wells, Rutland Co., Vermont. Son of William Cowdery and Rebecca Fuller. Married Patience Simonds, 22 Sept. 1814, in Pawlet, Rutland Co. Moved to Freedom, Cattaraugus Co., New York, 1816...
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; CHL. For more complete source information, see the source note for Minute Book 1.

Historical Introduction
See Historical Introduction to Minutes, Discourse, and Blessings, 1 March 1835.
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Minute Book 1
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Darwin Richardson
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Darwin Richardson (1812–1860) was born in Lisbon, New Hampshire. After receiving this blessing, he accompanied Hazen Aldrich to New Hampshire and Maine, “proclaiming the Gospel in publick in every place where we found open doors.” Aldrich and Richardson returned to Kirtland in December 1835. (Backman, Profile, 58; Hazen Aldrich, Report, Feb. 1835, Missionary Reports, 1831–1900, CHL.)
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Backman, Milton V., Jr., comp. A Profile of Latter-day Saints of Kirtland, Ohio, and Members of Zion’s Camp, 1830–1839: Vital Statistics and Sources. 2nd ed. Provo, UT: Department of Church History and Doctrine and Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 1983.
Missionary Reports, 1831–1900. CHL. MS 6104.

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ordain
The conferral of power and authority; to appoint, decree, or set apart. Church members, primarily adults, were ordained to ecclesiastical offices and other responsibilities by the laying on of hands by those with the proper authority. Ordinations to priesthood...
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Elder
A male leader in the church generally; an ecclesiastical and priesthood office or one holding that office; a proselytizing missionary. The Book of Mormon explained that elders ordained priests and teachers and administered “the flesh and blood of Christ unto...
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and one of the
Seventy
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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. You have given testimony that you were willing to lay down your life. The Lord will, therefore, from this hour give you great light, understanding and wisdom and power also, for the Lord afar will send you afar off and you shall teach a multitude of nations in their own tongues, and you shall go [to?] the Islands and teach, and even depopulate them for you shall lead them to
Zion
A specific location in Missouri; also a literal or figurative gathering of believers in Jesus Christ, characterized by adherence to ideals of harmony, equality, and purity. In JS’s earliest revelations “the cause of Zion” was used to broadly describe the ...
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. Your enemies shall not have power over you, though they may desire it, But when you are a very old man you shall stand on the earth and see the Lord Jesus appear. And if you desire it you shall be changed in the twinkling of an eye, and enter upon the Millenial reign.
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See 1 Corinthians 15:52; Revelation, Feb. 1831–A [D&C 43:32]; Revelation, 30 Aug. 1831 [D&C 63:51]; and Revelation, 16–17 Dec. 1833 [D&C 101:30–31].
Amen [p. 184]
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[1]
Darwin Richardson (1812–1860) was born in Lisbon, New Hampshire. After receiving this blessing, he accompanied Hazen Aldrich to New Hampshire and Maine, “proclaiming the Gospel in publick in every place where we found open doors.” Aldrich and Richardson returned to Kirtland in December 1835. (Backman, Profile, 58; Hazen Aldrich, Report, Feb. 1835, Missionary Reports, 1831–1900, CHL.)
Backman, Milton V., Jr., comp. A Profile of Latter-day Saints of Kirtland, Ohio, and Members of Zion’s Camp, 1830–1839: Vital Statistics and Sources. 2nd ed. Provo, UT: Department of Church History and Doctrine and Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 1983.
Missionary Reports, 1831–1900. CHL. MS 6104.
[2]
See 1 Corinthians 15:52; Revelation, Feb. 1831–A [D&C 43:32]; Revelation, 30 Aug. 1831 [D&C 63:51]; and Revelation, 16–17 Dec. 1833 [D&C 101:30–31].