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| Minutes of October
18, 1837 |
| Kirtland High Council
and quorum presidents discuss "existing evils" and conclude to undertake
reform by pruning the vine night after night until complete. |
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October 18, 1837 |
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Kirtland council, 251. |
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Kirtland, Ohio |
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| Description |
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The High-Council and Presidents
of the different quorums met in the Lords House according to adjournment, … |
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| Presiding |
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[Samuel H. Smith] |
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| Clerk |
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Phinehas Richards |
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| Open |
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President S. H. Smith opened the meeting by prayer, |
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| Take up reform |
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and after leangthy discussion of the existing evils, and
concluded that it <was> time to take up the work of reform, |
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| Meet Monday |
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unanimously agreed to adjourn to meet again in the Lords
House on Monday next at early candle-liting, |
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| Invite quorums |
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and envite the different quorums to meet us, |
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| Prune the vine |
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and commence the work of reforn [reform], by pruning the
vine of God in Kirtland. |
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| Night after night |
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and to follow up the work night after night untill it should
be thought best to stay the hands, |
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then dismissed, and dispersed. |
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