Minutes of June 9, 1830

Mormon History 1830-1844

Minutes of June [1 or 9], 1830

First conference of the church. Articles and Covenants are adopted. Elders, priests, and teachers are ordained.

Oliver Cowdery's minutes in the Far West Record dates the conference June 9; the 1839 draft history dates it June 1.

Date	June [1 or 9], 1830			FWR, 1–2.
Location	Fayette, Seneca County, New York
Description	Conference held "acording to the Church Articles and Covenants."
Elders present	Joseph Smith Jr. Oliver Cowdery Peter Whitmer David Whitmer John Whitmer Ziba Peterson
Open	Joseph reads Ezekiel 14 and offers prayer.			" Repent, and turn yourselves from your idols; and turn away your faces from all your abominations. For every one of the house of Israel, … which separateth himself from me, and setteth up his idols in his heart, … and cometh to a prophet to enquire of him concerning me; I the LORD will answer him by myself: And I will set my face against that man, … and I will cut him off from the midst of my people; and ye shall know that I am the LORD. And if the prophet be deceived when he hath spoken a thing, I the LORD have deceived that prophet, and I will stretch out my hand upon him, and will destroy him from the midst of my people Israel." Ezekiel 14:6–9. Joseph's revision (made between July 1832 and July 2, 1833): "And if the prophet be deceived when he hath spoken a thing, I, the Lord, have not deceived that prophet; therefore I will strech<tc>h out my hand upon him and will destroy him from the midst of my people Israel." JS Bible translation, 841.
Articles and Covenants	Joseph reads the Articles and Covenants, which are then "received by unanimous voice of the whole congregation, which consisted of most of the male members of the Church."
Licenses	The following persons were then seated repectively & received their licenses, Viz:
Elders	David Whitmer John Whitmer Peter Whitmer Ziba Peterson Samuel H. Smith
Priests	Martin Harris Hyrum Smith Joseph Smith Sr.
Teachers	Hiram Page Christian Whitmer
Joseph, Oliver speak	Joseph and Oliver give the exhortations.Conference adjourns to September 26, 1830 at the same place.
Church record	Oliver Cowdery to keep "the Church record and Conference minutes until the next conference."
All pray	Prayer by all the Brethren present …

	Draft History (1839 draft history, 14) 1839		Manuscript History of the Church (MH-A, 41–42)
June 1, 1830 30 attend	On the First day of June the Church met in conference according to appointment made on the day of our organization. Our numbers being about thirty, many attended who were either believers or anxious to learn.	¶	On the first day of June 1830, we held our first conference as an organized Church. Our numbers were about thirty, besides whom, many assembled with us, who were either believers or anxious to learn.
Sing and pray Sacrament, confirm, ordain	Having opened by singing and prayer, we partook together of the emblems of the body and blood of our Lord Jesus Christ. We then <called out &> ordained Several to ~~the~~ various offices in the Church, and proceeded to confirm a number who had been lately baptized,—	¶	Having opened by singing and prayer, we partook together of the emblems of the body and blood of our Lord Jesus Christ; we then ~~called~~ proceeded to confirm several who had lately been baptized; after which we called out and ordained severals [several] to the various offices of the Priesthood.
Prophesy, visions Swoon	The Holy Ghost was poured out upon us in a miraculous manner many of us in a miraculous manner, many of our number prophesied, others had the heavens opened to their view, and whilest several were so overcome that we had to lay them on beds, &c.		Much exhortation and instruction was given; and the Holy Ghost was poured out upon us in a miraculous manner many of our number prophecied, whilst others had the Heavens opened to their view, and were so overcome that we had to lay them on beds, or other convenient places:
Newel Knight	Amongst the rest was ~~the aforementioned~~ Brother Newel Knights, who was overcome, and laid on a bed because he was unable to help himself—		Among the rest was brother Newel Knights who had to be placed on a bed, being unable to help himself.
	according to his own relation of his own experience, He could not understand why we laid him on the bed, he felt <no sensibility of weakness>, his heart <was> filled with Love, Glory & pleasure unspeakable, and could, (as he thought) discern all that was going on in the room,		By his own account of the transaction, He could not understand why we should lay him on the bed, <as> he felt no sensibility of weakness. He felt his heart filled with love, with glory and pleasure [42] unspeakable, and could discern all that was going on in the room,
Future	when, all of a sudden, a vision of the futurity burst upon him. He saw there <represented> the great work which through my instrumentality was yet to be accomplished.		when, all of a sudden a vision of futurity burst upon him. He saw there represented, the great work which through my instrumentality was yet to be accomplished.
Jesus and God	He saw Heaven opened and beheld the Lord Jesus Christ, seated [at] the right hand of the majesty on high, and had it made plain to his understanding that the time would come when he should be admitted into his presence to enjoy his society for ever and ever,		He saw Heaven opened and beheld the Lord Jesus Christ, seated at the right hand of the majesty on high, and had it made plain to his understanding that the time would come whe[n] he would be admitted into his presence to enjoy his society for ever and ever.
Shout Hosanna	When their bodily strength was restored them, they shouted Hosannas to God, and the Lamb, & rehearsed the glorious things which they had seen and felt, whilst yet in the spirit.	¶	When their bodily strength was restored to these brethren, they shouted "hosannas to God and the lamb" and rehearsed the glorious things which they had seen and felt, whilst they were yet in the spirit.
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