Minutes, 26 July 1838
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Source Note
First Presidency, Zion high council, and Zion bishop’s council, Minutes, [, Caldwell Co., MO], 26 July 1838. Featured version copied [ca. 26 July 1838] in JS, Journal, Mar.–Sept. 1838, pp. 59–60; handwriting of ; CHL. Includes use marks. For more complete source information, see the source note for JS, Journal, Mar.–Sept. 1838.
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Historical Introduction
On 26 July 1838, JS met with several other church leaders to determine how to manage property that in , Missouri, had recently donated to the church. Earlier in the month, on 8 July, JS dictated a revelation calling for the Latter-day Saints to donate all of their surplus property to the church and thereafter to donate “one tenth of all their interest annually.” Later that day, JS dictated another revelation, directing that donated property be managed by a council consisting of the and the and , acting together under the inspiration of God. In response to the revelation about making donations, the Saints began donating property of various kinds. On 26 July, the council of church leaders that was called for in the latter revelation met to determine how to manage these donations. The council likely convened in , where JS and other church leaders were living at the time. The council members agreed on several resolutions, most of which clarified the relationship between the First Presidency and the in financial matters.The minutes do not identify an appointed clerk for the council but contain the specificity of and are written in the style of formal minutes. may have taken minutes at the meeting, which would explain why he inscribed them in JS’s journal and why the minutes do not appear in Minute Book 2, where clerks typically recorded the minutes of high council and other meetings. Robinson inscribed the minutes in JS’s journal likely on the day of or within a few days after the meeting, as they appear immediately before a series of daily journal entries, the first of which is dated 27 July 1838.
Footnotes
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Revelation, 8 July 1838–C [D&C 119:1, 4]. This direction adapted the church’s original plan, presented in earlier revelations, for consecrating property. (See, for example, Revelation, 9 Feb. 1831 [D&C 42:30–39].)
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Revelation, 8 July 1838–D [D&C 120].
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3rd. Mooved seconded & carried unanymously That the be authorized to pay orders coming from the east inasmuch as they will liberally, but this to be done under the inspection of the
4th That the first presidency shall have the prerogative to say to the Bishop whose orders, shall or may be paid by him in this place or in his Jurisdiction. carried unanymously
5th. Mooved seconded and carried That the receive all consecrations, east, west, & south, who are not in the Jurisdiction of a Bishop of any other .
6th Mooved & carried, that we use our influence to put a stop to the selling of Liquior in the City or in our midst, That our streets may not be filled with drunkeness and that we use our influence to bring down the price of provisions.—
7th. Mooved, seconded & carried unanymously that br. , be requested to draw up a petition to remove the county seat to [p. 60]
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