Minutes of March 7-8, 1835

Minutes of March 7–8, 1835

Blessing meetings. Joseph: church needs to purify itself. "Those who build [the House of the Lord] should own it, and have the control of it." List of workers and contributors (all male). Blessings. Elders and seventies ordained, several called on missions to the Lamanites, one to the clergy. "Rights" in the House of the Lord "are according to each mans labor or amount of donations."

Date	March 7–8, 1835
Location	Kirtland
Description	… a Meeting of the Church of Latter Day Saints … called for the purpose of blessing … those who have heretofore assisted in building …the house of the Lord.
Clerk	Oliver Cowdery
Presidents present	Joseph, Sidney, Frederick
Joseph: purify church	Joseph occupies the morning session, speaking "upon the propriety and necessity of [the church] purifying itself."
Names of temple workers	In the afternoon, the names of those who had participated in the construction of the House of the Lord were taken.
Joseph: workers own the house	[Joseph] said that those who had destinguished themselves Thus far by consecrating to the upbuilding of said house as well as laboring were to be remembered. That those who build it should own it, and have the control of it."
Workers vote to continue	"After further remarks" he calls for a vote to see how many "would still go on and perform the remaining part." (Unanimous vote.)
Sidney to bless	Sidney is "nominated" to "bestow the blessings."
	The "Presidency" is blessed.
Building committee absent, but retain their rights	The building committee, Reynolds Cahoon, Hyrum Smith, and Jared Carter are not present "but their right in the house was preserved" >.
Workers and donors	Names of those who were blessed in consequence of their working on the House of the Lord in Kirtland and those also who consecrated to its upbuilding
First Presidency	Sidney, Joseph, and Frederick
Patriarch to the Church	Joseph Smith Sr.
Assistant president of the High Priesthood	Oliver Cowdery
Bishop of Kirtland	Newel K. Whitney
Building committee	Reynolds Cahoon Hyrum Smith Jared Carter	Absent <
	Jacob Bump Artemus Millet Alpheus Cutler Asa Lyman Josiah Butterfield Noah Packard James Putnam Isaac Hill Edmund Durfee Sr. Edmund Durfee Jr. Gideon Ormsby Albert Miner Ira Ames Salmon Gee Peter Shirts Isaac Hubbard Horace Burgess Dexter Stillman Amos F. Herrick Mayhew Hillman William Carter William Burgess Giles Cook Almon Sherman Warren Smith Moses Bailey Seba Ives Andrew H. Aldrich Ebenezar Jennings Oliver Granger Orson Johnson James Lake William Redfield Cyrus Lake Harvey Smith Isaac Cleveland William Barker Samuel S. Brannan John Wheeler Henry Baker William Fisk Henry Wilcox George Gee Lorenzo D. Young David Clough James Durfee Joseph Coe Thomas Gates Loren Babbitt Blake Baldwin Maleum C. Davis Jaman Aldrich John Young Sr. Ezra Strong Joel McWithy Matthew Foy James Randall John P. Greene Aaron E. Lyon Thomas Burdick Truman Wait Edmund Bosley William Perry Don Carlos Smith Joel Johnson Oliver Higley Evan M. Greene Levi Osgood Alpheus Harmon Joseph C. Kingsbury Ira Bond Z. H. Brewster Samuel Thomson John Ormsby Luman Carter John Smith Samuel H. Smith Thomas Fisher Starry Fisk Amos R. Orton Gad Yale John Johnson John Tanner Henry G. Sherwood Sidney Tanner Joseph Tippits Robert Quigley Erastus Babbitt Samuel Canfield Phineas H. Young Samuel Rolfe Calvin W. Stoddard Josiah Fuller WErastus Rudd Isaac G. Bishop Roswell Murray Benjamin Wells Nehemiah Harman Oliver Wetherby Thomas Hancock Josuah Grant William Draper Ransom Van Leuven Tunis Rappellee John Reed Samuel Wilcox Benjamin Johnson Joseph B. Bosworth
Blessings and a right According to labor or donation	Reynolds Cahoon, Jacob Bump, Artemus Millet, Alpheus Cutler, Asa Lyman, Josiah Butterfield, Noah Packard, Jonas Putnam, and Isaac Hill are "blessed with the blessings of Heaven and a right in the House of the Lord in this place agreeably to the labor and expense they have performed on the same. …The right here spoken of is according to each mans labor or amount of donations."	Ranking of temple prerogatives based on value of labor or donation?
Blessed	Noah Packard, Jonas Putnam, Isaac Hill are blessed.
Wisdom, preach, a place in the house	Elder Packard is promised "wisdom and ability to proclaim the gospel in addition to a place in the House."
Blessed	Albert Miner, Ira Ames, Salmon Gee, Peter Shirts, Isaac Hubbard, and Horace Burgess are blessed.
Elders	Peter Shirts and Horace Burgess are ordained elders.
Blessed	Dexter Stillman, Amos F. Herrick, Matthew Hillman, William Burgess, Jaman Aldrich, and John Young Sr. are blessed.
Elders	Giles Cook Jr. and M. C. Davis are blessed and ordained elders.
Restoration of sight	[William Carter,] who was blind, was promised a blessing of being restored to sight if faithful.
Blessed	Ezra Strong, Joel McWithy, Matthew Foy, James Randall, and Aaron C. Lyon are blessed.
Lamanite mission	John P. Greene is] ordained a missionary to the Lamanites after others have unlocked the door, with a promise of gathering many to Zion, and of returning at the end of his mission with great joy to enjoy the blessings of his family.
Blessed	Thomas Burdick, Truman Wait, and Edmund Bosley are blessed. Elder Burdick is "promised a blessing of health (if faithful)."
Mission to clergy	[Edmund Bosley is] told told that God had a work for him, to go and preach the gospel to the sectarian priests of this age, to call after them and hunt them up wherever he could hear of them. To preach the gospel to them whether they will hear or not."
Blessed, elders	William Bosley and William Berry are blessed and ordained elders.
Wisdom, proclaim gospel	[Don Carlos Smith is] blessed with a promise of having wisdom to proclaim the gospel and also to write in wisdom.
Blessed	Shadrach Roundy, Joel Johnson, and Oliver Higbee are blessed.
Close	Prayer by Sidney Rigdon.
March 8, 1835 (Sunday)
Blessed	Evan M. Green, Levi Osgood, Alpheus Harmon, Joseph C. Kingsbury, Ira Bond, Z.H. Brewster, Samuel Tompkins, John Ormsby, Luman Carter John Smith, Samuel H. Smith, Thomas Fisher, Sterry Fisk, Amos R. Orton, and Almon Sherman are blessed.
Family blessing Lamanite mission	Brother Fisk whose family was afflicted was promised a blessing if faithful. Amos R. Orton was ordained an Elder and a missionary to the Lamanites.
Blessed, elder	Andrew H. Aldrich, Thomas Baily, Sebe Ives, Ebenezer Jennings, Oliver Granger, Orson Johnson, Warren Smith, James Lake and William Redfield are blessed. "B. Wm. Redfield" is ordained an elder.
Blessed	Cyrus Lake, Harvey Smith, Isaac Cleaveland, William Baker, Samuel S. Brannan, John Wheeler, Henry Baker, William Fisk, Henry Wilcox, George W. Gee, Lorenzo Young, and David Clough are blessed.
Lamanite mission	Lorenzo Young is "set apart a missionary to the Lamanites."	term: missionary set apart
Blessed	James Durfee Joseph Coe, Thomas Gates Loren Babbit, Blake Baldwin, Joseph B. Baldwin, Gad Yale, John Johnson, and John Tanner are blessed.
Missouri refugee relief	Gad Yale, "being one who went for the relief of their afflicted brethren in Mo. and received a blessing accordingly."
Blessed	Henry G. Sherwood, Sidney Tanner, Joseph H. Tippits, Robert Quigley, Erastus Babbit, and Samuel Canfield are blessed.
Elder	Samuel Canfield is ordained an elder.
Blessed	Phineas H. Young, Samuel Rolf, and Calvin H. Stoddard are blessed.
Lamanite mission	Phineas H. Young is ordained a missionary to the Lamanites.
Blessed	Erastus Rudd, Josiah Fuller, Isaac H. Bishop, Roswell Murry, Benjamin Wells, Nehemiah Harmon, Thomas Hancock, Oliver Weatherby, Joshua Grant Jr., William Draper Jr., Ransom Vanburen,Tunis Rappalee, John Reed, and Samuel Wilcox are blessed.
Seventy Reform	Moses Martin "who went to Mo." is "set apart" as a seventy. "If thou art not purified thou wilt not be able to execute thy commission. Thou wilt fall into snares and into the hands of enemies who will take thy life Thou must begin to make a complete reformation in thy self."	term: "set apart" / ordained
	Oliver Cowdery, Clerk
Seventies with unknown ordination dates	The following are five members of such as belong to the Seventy but the time of their ordination cannot be accurately ascertained.
	Milo Andress, Joseph Winchester, Zerubabel Snow, Kim Heman, T. Hyde [are blessed].
Blessed Not a seventy	Henry Brown, Nelson Higgins, [and] Hezekiah Fisk [are blessed], "many blessings were promised upon his head but he is not one of the 70"
Not ordained	James L. Thompson had many blessings but was not ordained.
Seventy	Henry Beeman is ordained a seventy.
Future seventies	Jesse Huntsman, Jesse Huntsman, Royal Barney, Zebedee Coltrin, Henry Harriman are "all to be attached to the Seventy." Lorenzo Barnes "one of the Seventy."
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