| Conference of January 22–23, 1833 |
| Conference remarkable for widespread gift of tongues and washing of feet. Father Smith blesses Joseph. Washing of face, hands, feet. Willful sinners will be delivered over to the buffetings of Satan. Meal of the Lord's supper. | ||||
| Date | January 22, 1833 | KCMB | ||
| Location | Kirtland, council room | |||
| Description | conference of High Priests … | |||
| President | Joseph Smith Jr. | |||
| Clerk | Frederick G. Williams |
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| Present | Joseph Smith Sr. Joseph Smith Jr. Sidney Rigdon, "cheif scribe and high counciler" Frederick G. Williams, "assistant scribe and counciler" Newel K. Whitney, "Bishop" Hyrum Smith, "Bishops counciler" Samuel H. Smith, "cheif scribe and high counciler" Orson Hyde Ezra Thayer John Murdock Zebedee Coltrin Lyman Johnson Levi Hancock, priest William Smith, priest |
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| Open | Prayer by Joseph Smith Jr. | |||
| Speak in tongues |
after prayer the President spake in an unknown tongue he was followed by Br. Zebedee Coltrin and he by Bro William Smith |
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| All elders experience the gift |
after this the gift was poured out in a miraculous manner until all the Elders obtained the gift together with several of the members of the Church both male & female. |
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| Divine manifestations |
Great and glorious were the divine manifestations of the Holy Spirit. |
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| Sing, pray in tongues |
Praises were sang to God & the Lamb besides much speaking & praying all in tongues. |
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| Adjourn |
The conference adjourned at a late hour in the night to meet next morning at 9 oclock. closed with prayer by the President. |
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| January 23, 1833 |
Prayer by Joseph Smith Jr. |
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| Speak, pray, sing in tongues |
and after much speaking praying and singing, all done in Tongues |
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| Wash hands, face, feet |
proceded to washing hands faces feet in the name of the Lord as commanded of God each one washing his own |
Washing of feet ordinance: Joseph and the Twelve, November 12, 1835. | ||
| Joseph washes elders' feet |
after which the president girded himself with a towel and again washed the feet of all the Elders wiping them with the towel, |
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| Joseph Sr. blesses Joseph |
his father presenting himself the president asked of him a blessing before he would wash his feet which he obtained by the laying on of his fathers hands, |
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| Joseph to continue in priest's office to second coming |
pronouncing upon his head that he should continue in his Priests office untill Christ come. |
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| Frederick washes Joseph's feet |
at the close of which scene Br F G Williams being moved upon by the Holy Ghost washed the feet of the President as a token of his fixed determination to be with him in suffering or in rejoicing in life or in death and to be continualy on his right hand in which thing he was accepted. |
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Joseph: wash each
other's feet. |
The President said after he had washed the feet of the Elders, as I have done so do ye wash ye therefore one anothers feet pronouncing at the same time through the power of the Holy Ghost that the Elders were all clean from the blood of this generation but that those who among them who should sin wilfully after they were thus cleansed and sealed up unto eternal life should be given over unto the buffettings of Satan until the day of redemption. |
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| Day of fasting anhd prayer, Lord's supper—meal |
Having continued all day in fasting & prayer before the Lord at the close they partook of the Lords supper which was blessed by the president in the name of the Lord all eat and drank and were filled |
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| Sing |
then sang an hymn and went out |
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