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| Minutes of February 19, 1837 |
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Joseph silences critics. |
| Minutes of May 29, 1837 |
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High Council unable to convict Frederick G. Williams, David Whitmer, Parley P.
Pratt, Lyman E. Johnson, and Warren Parrish. |
| Joseph to Brethren in Zion ([September] 1837) |
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Oliver Cowdery is now an assistant president in the First Presidency, but he has transgressed and should be excommunicated if he doesn't repent. There is hope for David Whitmer and Leonard Rich. Beware dissenters. Do not accept any changes not authorized by the First Presidency or their representatives (Thomas B. Marsh and David W. Patten). |
| Thomas B. Marsh
to Wilford Woodruff (1837) |
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In Joseph's absence, Warren Parrish, three apostles, and
a member of the high council tried to seize control of the church. When
Joseph returns from Canada, they publicly renounce the church. William
Parrish is a deist. |
| Stephen Burnett to Lyman E. Johnson (1838) |
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Stephen Burnett writes Lyman E. Johnson excoriating Joseph and Sidney for deceiving Church members, "filching" their money, and squandering funds. Martin Harris said the Book of Mormon witnesses saw the plates "only in vision or imagination," but later recanted. Stephen renounced Mormonism in the "Stone Chapel" (House of the Lord). Kirtland property is worthless. Joseph blamed Lyman for the Safety Society failure. Martin Harris, others reject Joseph but still believe the Book of Mormon. |
| Argument to
Argument (August 1838) |
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August 1838 Elders
Journal attack on Warren Parrish and other 1837 dissenters. Parrish
is accused of embezzling from the Kirtland Safety Society Bank and leading
the attack on the Prophet in the Kirtland Temple. Co-conspirators: Leonard
Rich, John F. Boynton, Luke S. Johnson, Stephen Burnett, Sylvester Smith,
Grandison Newell. Others denounced: Warren Cowdery, Martin Harris, Joseph
Coe, Cyrus Smalling. |
| Doings and Sayings (1858) |
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George A. Smith (January
10, 1858) relates how
Joseph and the church were scoffed at by the learned, abused by the newspapers,
and persecuted by blackguards. Early converts of all stripes. Some departed
for frivolous reasons, others to start their own churches, but all wound
up fighting against the work of God. Numerous anecdotes about apostates
to make his point that envy, hypocrisy, and adultery lead to apostasy—and
dissenters are immoral. |
| Satan Came Also (1864) |
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George A. Smith (November 15,
1864) recalls the unusual characters and spiritual
manifestations of the early Kirtland period, especially Ezra Booth. Joseph
and Sidney tarred and feathered. Dedication of the House of the Lord at
Kirtland. The bank failed because Warren Parrish and other apostates embezzled
funds. Councils and trials were held constantly in Kirtland. |
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