| High priests acknowledge
Joseph as President of the High Priesthood. Edward Partridge extends the
right hand of fellowship on behalf of the church in Zion . "All differences"
are settled and "the hearts of all run together in love" §.
Joseph receives D&C 82, establishing
the United Firm. |
| Date |
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April 26, 1832 |
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FWR,
43–45. |
| Location |
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Independence, Jackson
County, Missouri. |
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| Description |
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Met in Council. |
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MH-A, 210 refers to the meeting as "a general council of the church." |
| [Moderator] |
|
[Joseph Smith] |
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| Clerk |
|
John
Whitmer |
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| High
priests present |
|
Joseph Smith, jr
Sidney Rigdon
Jesse Gause
John Corrill
Isaac Morley
Newel K. Whitney
Edward Partridge
Wiliam W. Phelps
Oliver Cowdery
|
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| Elders
present |
|
Sidney Gilbert
Joshua Fairchilds
James Emmett
Sanford Porter |
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| Joseph
president of the High Priesthood |
|
First. Joseph Smith Jr. |
|
¶ Reynolds Cahoon
¶ Orson Pratt (h1) |
| Edward extends hand of fellowship |
|
And the right hand of fellowship
given him by the Bishop Edward Partridge in
the land of Zion in the name of the Church. |
|
"The right hand of fellowship
was given to me by the Bishop. Edward Partridge, in
behalf of the church. The scene was solemn, impressive, and delightful." MH-A, 210 // Papers, 380; HC
1:267. |
| Sidney Gilbert ordained |
|
Joseph ordains Sidney
Gilbert a high priest. |
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Sidney
Rigdon then states
reason given for this meeting, which was given in a revelation received
in Ohio. |
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¶
D&C 78 |
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"Conference"
adjourns for an hour. |
|
Term: conference and council are
used interchangeably.
During the intermission, a difficulty or hardness which had existed between
bishop Partridge and Elder Rigden was amicably settled, and when we came
together in the afternoon all hearts Seemed to rejoice, and I received
[D&C 82]." MH-A, 210. |
| Afternoon
session |
|
[45] "Council" convenes. |
|
| Open |
|
Prayer by Edward
Partridge |
|
| All
differences resolved |
|
All differences settled & the hearts of all
run together in love. |
|
The rapprochement soon unraveled. ¶
Joseph to W. W. Phelps, July 31, 1832 |
| Revelation
|
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A Revelation [D&C
82] received through him whom the Church has appointed respecting organization. |
|
The revelation establishes the United Firm. |
| Close |
|
Council adjourns until tomorrow at
9 a.m.
Prayer by Jesse Gause. |
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| April 27, 1832 |
|
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|
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| Open |
|
Council opens by singing "He
dies the friend of sinners dies &c." Prayer by Sidney Rigdon. |
|
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| United
Firm branches |
|
Resove the name of the firm mentioned
in yesterday's commandment be Gilbert, Whitney & Company in Zion, and
Newel K. Whitney & Company in Kirtland. |
|
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| Bond |
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Resolve W.
W. Phelps and Sidney Gilbert draft the bond for the company. |
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| Discourses |
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Gospel "desertations" by
Sidney Rigdon, Joseph Smith, and W.
W. Phelps. |
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| Close |
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Prayer by Joseph Smith Jr. |
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Minutes of April 30, 1832 (Literary Firm)
Minutes of April 30, 1832 (United Firm)
Minutes of March 10, 1832
Jackson County Minutes
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