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Minutes of April 6, 1838
Missouri stake presidency is reorganized under senior Apostle Thomas B. Marsh with next-ranking Apostles Brigham Young and David W. Patten as counselors. Historians, clerks, and recorders are also appointed.
Date   April 6, 1838   MH-B, 787 // HC 3:13–14.
Location   Far West, Missouri.  
Presidents   Joseph Smith Jr. and Sidney Rigdon  
Clerk   Ebenezer Robinson    
Description  

Agreeable to a resolution passed by the High Council of Zion, March 3, 1838, the Saints in Missouri assembled in this place to celebrate the anniversary of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and to transact Church business …

  April 6 commemoration
Open   Singing, then prayer by David W. Patten    
Order of the day   Joseph reads the order of the day: start at 9 with singing and prayer, appoint a sexton, two historians, a recorder, stake clerk, stake presidency; address by the stake presidency; second session: sacrament and bless infants.    
Appointments  

George Morey, sexton and Dimick Huntington assistant

John Corrill and Elias Higbee, historians

George W. Robinson, general Church recorder and clerk to the First Presidency

Ebenezer Robinson, Church clerk and recorder for Far West and clerk of the High Council

Thomas B. Marsh (h), President pro tempore of the Church in Zion, with Brigham Young and David W. Patten (h) assistant Presidents.

 

Church Historians

Second session  

After a one-hour intermission, David W. Patten opens the second session with prayer.

   
Sacrament, 95 infants   The bread and wine is administered, ninety-five infants are blessed.    
   
Minutes of April 7, 1838
Minutes of March 15, 1838
Far West Minutes




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