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Minutes and Discourses, 6–8 April 1844, as Reported by William Clayton

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General conference of the church, Minutes, and JS, Discourses, Nauvoo, Hancock Co., IL, 6–8 Apr. 1844. Version inscribed in William Clayton, Minutes, Nauvoo, Hancock Col, IL, 6–8 Apr. 1844; handwriting of ; thirty-eight pages; Historian’s Office, General Church Minutes, CHL. Includes dockets, use marks, and notation.
Nineteen loose leaves measuring 12⅜ × 7⅝ × ⅛ inches (31 × 19 × 0.3 cm). Each page is ruled with either thirty-four or thirty-five blue lines. Some leaves are embossed in the top left corner or bottom right corner of the recto with the inscription “D & J. AMES”, the insignia of a Springfield, Massachusetts, paper mill firm established by brothers David and John Ames in 1828. At some point, the leaves were unevenly cut by hand. After inscribed the minutes, the document was folded for filing. There are holes from staples (now removed) at various places on the top and bottom of each leaf.
The minutes were docketed by Robert L. Campbell, who served as a clerk in the Church Historian’s Office (now CHL) from 1854 to 1874. They were also docketed by Jonathan Grimshaw, who served as a clerk in the Church Historian’s Office from 1853 to 1856. In the mid-twentieth century, the document was included in a miscellaneous minutes collection that was a vestige of a genre-based filing method used by the Church Historian’s Office in the first half of the twentieth century. This document genre collection contained many documents that subsequently formed the basis for the General Church Minutes collection that was cataloged in 1994. The document’s early dockets and its inclusion within the General Church Minutes collection suggest continuous institutional custody.

Footnotes

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    Whiting, “Paper-Making in New England,” 309; Gravell et al., American Watermarks, 235.

    Whiting, William. “Paper-Making in New England.” In The New England States: Their Constitutional, Judicial, Educational, Commercial, Professional and Industrial History, edited by William T. Davis, vol. 1, pp. 303–333. Boston: D. H. Hurd, 1897.

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    Historian’s Office, Journal, 20 Nov. 1854 and 11 Apr. 1874.

    Historian’s Office. Journal, 1844–1997. CHL. CR 100 1.

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    Historian’s Office, Journal, 7 June 1853; Wilford Woodruff, Salt Lake City, Utah Territory, to George A. Smith, 30 Aug. 1856, in Historian’s Office, Letterpress Copybooks, vol. 1, p. 364.

    Historian’s Office. Journal, 1844–1997. CHL. CR 100 1.

    Historian’s Office. Letterpress Copybooks, 1854–1879, 1885–1886. CHL. CR 100 38.

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    See the full bibliographic entry for Historian’s Office, General Church Minutes, 1839–1877, in the CHL catalog.

Historical Introduction

Asterisk (*) denotes a "featured" version, which includes an introduction and annotation. Minutes and Discourses, 6–8 April 1844, as Reported by Thomas Bullock Minutes and Discourses, 6–8 April 1844, as Reported by William Clayton Minutes and Discourses, 6–7 April 1844, as Published in Times and Seasons History, 1838–1856, volume E-1 [1 July 1843–30 April 1844] “History of Joseph Smith” “History of Joseph Smith” “History of Joseph Smith”

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I was once a sectarian priest a regular baptist & know all about, while I taught that religion. I had an embarrasment all the while and never could get it of[f]. I called upon men to repent & then told them they must get that spirit of God & they would go away discouraged. I know the sectarians <​baptists​> do not understand. The same difficulty among the Methodists, All to work to get something for the man which God never promises— they fain a hypocritical conversion to get clear of the reproach of the world & revel in hypocrisy till they go down to hell— They have either got to reach heaven or be devided by the world— has blinded the minds of that the world— he tells them they must do something more. He has seen them go down, down, and he has heard them say they were willing God should damn them, damnable doctrine What would God have said to the little child: dost thou believe Jesus can save you— go and wash away your sin Calls upon God to break the shackles and let the men go free and come to the knowledge of Salvation. Want every body to see their privilege. All you my friends if you are not saved God will not be to blame. Do you believe that Jesus Christ will save you— He will do it if you will obey him. Not a man hardly in the world but what is ready to be saved— believ[e]s that God will make men by hundreds of millions willing to be saved— they will have to give away— God will teach men he is a king— he has power
Will talk a little about the spirit of God. heard a great deal said— not surprised that there should be a deal said— Wants to talk about as it was first proclaimed. The promise was “repent & baptised and read Acts 2— 38. In relation to one point— to the spt [spirit] of promise— that G[od] made for the people of the L. D. [latter days] Must give a view of the congregation assembled at that day— they were entire Strangers & ignorant of the plan of salvation— they did not know that faith &c had any thing to do with salvation. Did not know that the jews had crucified the son of God though[t] it was the result of drunkenness. That is the kind of congregation— they were dependent upon what Peter said of every thing [p. 5 [17]]
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