Blessing to Levi Gifford, 1 March 1835

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Blessing to Levi Gifford, 1 March 1835
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JS and others, Blessing, to Levi Gifford,
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. 170; 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 and Blessings, 28 February–1 March 1835.
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Minute Book 1
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Live [Levi] Gifford’s Blessing
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Levi Gifford (1789–1860) was born in Massachusetts and baptized into the church in June 1831 in Kirtland, Ohio. In fall 1833, he moved to Kirtland. He later recalled that he was ordained a seventy by JS and Hyrum Smith. (Amos Gustin, Moroni, Utah Territory, to George A. Smith, 19 Mar. 1860, Obituary Notices and Biographies, CHL.)
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Obituary Notices and Biographies, 1854–1877. CHL. MS 4760.

You are a strange kind of a man. curious spirits trouble you, but in the name of the Lord Jesus we rebuke all the evil Spirits that have troubled you, and say to you that you shall overcome them You shall have power to show the simplicity and truth of the Gospel, and you shall have a peculiar gift to speak in other tongues and convince many. You shall be equal to your brethren in this Ministry, You shall be much persecuted but if your faith fail not,
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See Luke 22:32.
you shall return in peace. Even so Amen. [p. 170]
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[1]
Levi Gifford (1789–1860) was born in Massachusetts and baptized into the church in June 1831 in Kirtland, Ohio. In fall 1833, he moved to Kirtland. He later recalled that he was ordained a seventy by JS and Hyrum Smith. (Amos Gustin, Moroni, Utah Territory, to George A. Smith, 19 Mar. 1860, Obituary Notices and Biographies, CHL.)
Obituary Notices and Biographies, 1854–1877. CHL. MS 4760.
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See Luke 22:32.