| Missionary license,
ordinations. End scheduled meetings, administer sacrament only in secret. |
| Date |
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November 5, 1834 |
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FWR,
99–100. |
| Location |
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[Clay county] |
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| Description |
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Council met … |
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| Clerk |
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Thomas B. Marsh (h) |
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| Open |
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Prayer by W.
W. Phelps |
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| Substitute
members of high council |
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Elias Higbee for William
E. McLellin (h)
Daniel Stanton for Orson Pratt (h1)
Peter Dustin for John Murdock
Isaac Higbee for Parley P. Pratt (h)
Amasa Lyman (h) for Newel Knight |
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W. W. Phelps announces
the subject of the meeting. |
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| Application
for missionary license |
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William Harris applies
for missionary license. Granted providing he first obtain a recommend from
Bishop Edward Partridge. |
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In 1841
William Harris gives anti-Mormon lectures in Illinois and publishes Mormonism
Portrayed. Its Errors and Absurdities Exposed … (Warsaw: Sharp & Gamble, 1841). |
| Applications
for ordination |
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Elias F. Wells is granted
permission to be ordained. |
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| Luman Gibbs is to wait
a season before being ordained. |
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George Burkett is reinstated
as an elder. |
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Samuel Brown is to be
ordained. |
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George
Morey applies,
then withdraws his application for the office of elder. |
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Teachers Stephen
Winchester and Wilford Woodruff,
and member Heman T. Hyde,
apply for ordination. |
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"…
Brother Lyman Wight called a vote to recommend Brother Stephen Winchester
Heman T. Hide and myself [14] to the high Council for Ordination.
It was a full vote and at the next meeting of the high Council we
were recommended by Lyman Wight, Amasa Lyman Elias Higby, and Zebedee
Coltan all high Priests to the high council. And there was a vote
taken and carried by the high Council to ordain us priests. And Brother
simeon Carter was appointed to ordain us and we were ordained on the
5th day of November 1834." [Original name spellings.] WWJ,
13–14. |
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Peter Dustin applies
for recommend to go and preach the gospel. Granted. James Emmett makes the
same request. Granted, to accompany Peter Dustin. |
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Simeon Carter
is appointed to ordain Elias F. Wells, George
Burkett, and Samuel Brown elders, and Stephen
Winchester, Wilford Woodruff, Heman T. Hyde priests. |
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An unnamed speaker addresses
the congregation on the duties of teachers and priests. |
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John
Whitmer is to provide licenses for the newly ordained and missionaries. |
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Decided and sanctioned
that there be no more slated meetings. The Elders may administer the sacrament
if they see a convenient opportunity. |
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convenient: secretly |
| Close |
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Prayer "as usual." |
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Minutes of November 28, 1834
Minutes of September 24, 1834
Clay County Minutes
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