| Date |
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February 12, 1834 |
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KCMB,
qtd. in EMD,
2:282–283; HC
2:25–27. |
| Location |
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Kirtland, Ohio |
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| Clerk |
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Orson
Hyde |
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High priests and elders
gather at Joseph's house and "the council was organized." |
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| Open |
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Prayer by Joseph Smith,
Jr. |
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Joseph says, |
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| Office
conferred by angel |
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I shall now endeavor to set forth before this council, the dignity
of the office which has been conferred upon me by the ministring of
the Angel of God, by his own will and by the voice of this Church. …
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Bro Joseph then went on to give us a relation of his situation at the
time he obtained the record, the persecution he met with &c.
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| Transgression |
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He also told us of his transgression at the time he was translating
the Book of Mormon.
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| Will
rise above naysayers |
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He also prophecied that he should stand and shine like the us in the
firmament when his enemies and the [33] gainsayers of his testimony
should be put down and cut off and their names blotted out from among
men.
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| Sidney
charges Martin with smearing Joseph |
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After Joseph counsels
the brethren, Sidney's charges against Martin Harris are considered. Martin
told A. C. Russell that Joseph "drank too much liquor when he was translating
the Book of Mormon and that he wrestled with many men and threw them &c." |
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| Exalting
himself above Joseph |
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Martin also "exalted
himself above bro. Joseph, in that he said bro. Joseph knew not the contents
of the book of Mormon until it was translated. {Bro. Martin} but that he
himself knew all about it before it was translated." |
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| Martin
promises to do better |
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Martin responds that
his reference to Joseph's drinking was about the period before the Book
of Mormon was translated. He also admits "that his mind was darkened
and that he had said many things inadvertently calculated to wound the feelings
of his brethren and promised to do better." |
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The council forgives
him, with "much good advice." |
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| Leonard
Rich transgressions |
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Brother
Leonard Rich was called in question for
transgressing the Word of Wisdom, and for selling the revelations at an
extortionate price, while he was journeying east with Father Lyons, Brother
Rich confessed, and the council forgave him upon his promising to do better
and reform his life.
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