| Rules for the House
of the Lord are adopted. Presidents are elected and ordained for the high
priests, elders, priests, teachers, and deacons quorums. John Corrill to
enforce the rules of the House of the Lord. |
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| George W. Robinson
kept a separate set of minutes in the Kirtland Council Minute Book. Significant
differences are noted in the annotations column on the right identified
by the initials GWR. |
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| Date |
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January 15, 1836 |
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Kirtland council, 203–205 |
| Location |
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[Kirtland, Ohio.] |
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"in the council room
in the chapel" GWR |
| Description |
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… council met pursuant to adjournment
… |
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| Presiding |
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Joseph Smith Jr. |
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| Clerk |
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Orson Hyde |
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| Present |
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Joseph Smith, Sidney Rigdon, Newel
K. Whitney,
priesthood quorums |
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| Open |
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… after President J. Smith had organized the council, he proceed to give many good instructions in regard to the order & manner of conducting the council and also delivereda solemn charge to the council after which he opened by prayer and presided as before. |
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GWR does not mention instructions or charge. |
| Rules
of the Lord's House |
¶ |
President J. Smith Junr. one of the committee
to draft rules for the regulation of the House of the Lord,
made the report of said committee by reading the laws or rules they had drafted three times. They were approved and unanimously adopted. and the council adjourned one hour. |
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"… some exceptions were taken by Pres.
O. Cowdery, which he withdrew on an explanation and the vote passed unanimously.
The subject was then laid before the High Council of Kirtland & after
some altercation their role was called and passed in favor of the rules
unanimusly. They were next laid before the High Council of Zion, some
inquiry was made concerning some particular items, but was soon settled,
& their vote called and passed unaimously in favor of them.
"The quorum of the Twelve next investigated the rules, & their vote called
and passed unanimously in favor of them" GWR |
| Second
session |
¶ |
Met at the expiration of the time aforesaid and proceeded to business without
ceremony. |
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"1 o'clock p.m.
Council called to order …" GWR
None of the rest of the afternoon
session reported by Hyde is included by GWR. Instead, he writes, "The subject
of the rules and regulations to govern the House of the Lord came next
in order before the quorum of the Seventy, their vote called and carried
unanimously in favor of them. They were next thrown before the Bishop &
his counsellors in Kirtland, thi rvote called and carried in their favor.
"The above named rules haveing now passed unanimously through all the quorus
in their order, it is received & established as a law to govern the House
of the Lord in Kirtland." GWR |
| Don
Carlos president of high priests |
¶ |
[204] Don Carlos Smith was nominated to be president of the high priest hood in Kirtland, Seconded and carried without opposition. |
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| President
of elders quorum |
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Alvah Beman is
unanimously elected president of the Kirtland elders quorum. |
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| President
of priests |
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The bishop of Kirtland [Newel
K. Whitney] nominates
William Cowdery president of the priests in Kirtland. Seconded and carried
unanimously. |
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| President
of teachers not carried |
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Thomas Gates is nominated president
of the teachers, but the vote is "not carried." |
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| Second
choice elected |
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Oliver Olney is unanimously elected
president of the teachers. |
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| President
of deacons |
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Ira Bond is unanimously elected
president of the deacons. |
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| Ordinations |
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Joseph and Sidney ordain Don Carlos
and Alvah Beman to their offices, pronouncing "great blessings"
on them. |
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Bishop
Whitney ordains William Cowdery, Olivery Olney, and Ira Bond to their
offices, pronouncing many blessings on them. |
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| Door
keeper |
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Vote that quorums rotate duty of
door keeper for the house of the Lord. |
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Quorums elect Amos Orton, Samuel
Rolfe, Thomas Carie, and Nathaniel Milliken assistant door keepers. |
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| Keys |
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Vote that the presidency of the
high council keep the keys, exept the vestry key, which the bishop of Kirtland
will keep. |
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| John
Corrill to enforce the house rules |
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[205] Vote that the laws governing the
House of the Lord go into effect immediately. John
Corrill is to see that they are enforced. He may call others to assist. |
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Vote to adjourn. |
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| Close |
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Charge & Prayer By President
S. Rigdon |
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