| Priesthood in Far West
votes to double the size of the city. Those who lay off the city to be compensated
in land. The rest of the land to be consecrated to the public good. |
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| Date |
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November 10, 1837 |
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FWR, 125–126. |
| Location |
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Far West |
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| Description |
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… a general meeting
of the ordained members of the Church of Latter Day Saints in this place
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| President |
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[Sidney Rigdon] |
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| Clerk |
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Oliver Cowdery |
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| Open |
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Prayer by Thomas B. Marsh
(h) |
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| Kirtland's
appeal for funds |
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Sidney Rigdon reads
the memorial of the bishop of Kirtland and his counselors to the churches
abroad dated September 18, 1837. |
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The "memorial" is an appeal for donations, HC 2:515–518. |
| City
planning, remuneration |
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Sidney presents the
topic of the day, "laying off cities, of consecrating for public purposes,
and for remunerating those who appoint and lay them off, &c." |
| Consecrate
land for public benefit |
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Brethren vote to pay
(in land) those who lay off city plots hereafter. The rest of the land is
to be consecrated for "the public benefit of the church." |
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| Elders'
Journal |
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Sidney reads the prospectus
of the Elders' Journal and the brethren vote to do all they can to
support it. |
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| Enlarge
Far West |
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Vote to enlarge Far
West to four sections (2 square miles). |
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This
doubles the size of Far West. |
| Committee
to buy land |
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Elect Bishop
Partridge and counselors a committee to appraise the land adjacent to
the current town plat and purchase it if the present owners will accept
their offer. |
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| 23
volunteer missionaries |
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Twenty-three respond
to call for missionaries (not named). |
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| Ordinations |
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Sylvester H. Earl, Henry
Jackson, Harrison Sagers, and John W. Clark are ordained elders; William
J. Lemans, a priest. |
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| Close |
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Sidney closes meeting
with prayer. |
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