Minutes of March 7

Mormon History 1830-1844

Minutes of March 7–8, 1835

Blessing meetings. Joseph Smith: 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) §. "Rights" in the House of the Lord "are according to each mans labor or amount of donations" §. On the second day §, more are blessed and ordained, several are called on missions to the Lamanites, one to the clergy.

Date	March 7–8, 1835			Kirtland council, 192–197.
Location	Kirtland, Ohio.
Description	… a Meeting of the Church of Latter Day Saints … was called in this place for the purpose of blessing … those who have heretofore assisted in building … the house of the Lord.
Clerk	Oliver Cowdery
Presidents present	Joseph Smith, Sidney Rigdon, Frederick G. Williams
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 are taken.
Joseph: workers own the house	[Joseph] said that those who had distinguished 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.)
	~~The Presidency were blessed.~~
Sidney to bless	Sidney is "nominated to officiate in Laying on hands in the name of the Lord 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	[193] 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
Sidney, Joseph, Frederick	Sidney Rigdon Joseph Smith Frederick G. Williams
Patriarch to the Church	Joseph Smith Sr.
Assistant president of High Priesthood	Oliver Cowdery
Bishop of Kirtland	Newel K. Whitney
Building committee	Reynolds Cahoon Hyrum Smith Jared Carter
	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 [194] 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 Erastus 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	[195] 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 rights based on value of labor or donation.
Wisdom, preach, and a right	Noah Packard's blessing promises "wisdom and ability to proclaim the gospel in addition to a place in the house."
Blessed, ordained elder	Edmund Durfee Jr., Edmund Durphee [Durfee] Jr., and Gideon Ormsby are promised "a right in the house." Edmund Jr. is also ordained an elder.
Blessed	Albert Miner, Ira Ames, Salmon Gee, Peter Shirts, Isaac Hubbard, and Horace Burgess "received like blessings."
Blessed, ordained	Peter Shirts, Isaac Hubbard, and Horace Burgess are blessed. H. Burgess Jr. is ordained.
Blessed	Dexter Stillman, Amos F. Herrick, and Matthew Hillman are blessed.
Blessed, ordained elders	M. C. Davis and Giles Cook Jr. and William Burgess are blessed and ordained elders.
Restoration of sight	William Carter, Jarman Aldrich, and John Young Sr. "were next called." William, "who was blind, was promised a blessing of being restored to sight if faithful."
Blessed	Ezra Strong, Joel McWithy, Matthew Foy [Fox?], James Randall, John P. Green, and Aaron C. Lyon are "called."
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 "called." Elder Burdick is "promised a blessing of health (if faithful)."
Mission to clergy	Elder Bosley is "told God had a work for him, to go and preach the gospel to the sectarian priests of this age, [196] 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 Perry 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	Brother Fisk whose family was afflicted was promised, a blessing if faithful.
Lamanite mission	Amos R. Orton was ordained an Elder and a missionary to the Lamanites.
Blessed, elder	Andrew H. Aldrich, Thomas Bail[e]y, Seba 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" as a missionary to the Lamanites.			term: missionary set apart
Blessed	James Durfee Joseph Coe, Thomas Gates, Loren Babbit, Blake Baldwin, and Joseph B. Baldwin are blessed.
	Gad Yale, John Johnson, and John Tanner are blessed.
Missouri refugee relief	Gad Yale, "being one who went for the relief of their [197] afflicted brethren in Mo. and received a blessing accordingly."
Blessed, ordained elder	Henry G. Sherwood, Sidney Tanner, Joseph H. Tippits, Robert Quigley, Erastus Babbit, and Samuel Canfield are blessed. Samuel Canfield is ordained an elder.
Blessed	Phineas H. Young, Samuel Rolf, and Calvin H. Stoddard are blessed.
Ordained Lamanite mission	Phineas H. Young is ordained a missionary to the Lamanites.
Blessed	Erastus Rudd, Josiah Fuller, Israel H. Bishop, Roswell Murry, Benjamin Wells, Nehemiah Harmon, Thomas Hancock, Oliver Weatherby, Joshua Grant Jr., William Draper Jr., Ransem 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 hand 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
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 Andrus, Joseph Winchester, Zerubbabel Snow, Heman T. Hyde, Henry Brown, Nelson Higgins, and Hezekiah Fisk, "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 Beaman is ordained a seventy.
Future seventies	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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