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| Minutes of January
17, 1837 |
| At a Sunday meeting
the First Presidency and Twelve confess their faults to one another, tears,
gift of tongues "like
the rushing of a mighty wind." |
| Date |
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January 17, 1836 [Sunday] |
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Diary-2 in
2:148–149. |
| Location |
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Schoolhouse, Kirtland, Ohio. |
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"… at
an early hour all authorities of the church regularly organized met in
the school room under our printing office, and the presidents commenced
the meeting by confessing their sins and forgiving their brethren and
the world. … The
Lord poured out his Spirit in such a manner as you never witnessed. When
I was speaking, which was but few words, the Spirit of the Lord came
upon me so that I could not speak, and I cried as little children cry
in earnest and the tears from my eyes ran in streams; the audience, which
was the largest ever convened in the said room, sobbed and wept aloud.
The presidency and the "Twelve" occupied the forenoon. There
was speaking and singing in tongues, and prophesying, as on the day of
Pentecost." W. W. Phelps to Sally, January
13. 1836, Journal History.
Speaking in Tongues
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| Description |
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… meeting … |
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| Presiding |
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[Joseph Smith] |
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| Open |
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Joseph organizes the quorums (presidency, Twelve,
Seventy) and "counsellors of Kirtland and Zion" (high councils). |
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| Presidency
and Twelve to speak |
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Sidney Rigdon announces "the time would
be occupied, by the presidency and twelve in speaking each in turn." |
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| Confess faults, overwhelmed
in tears, gift of tongues |
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… the Lord poured out his spirit upon
us, and the brethren began to confess their faults one to the other and
the congregation were soon overwhelmed in tears and some of our hearts
were too big for utterance, the gift of toungs, came upon us also like
the rushing of a mighty wind, and my soul was filled with the glory of
God. |
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