Mormon History, Nov 8, 1835

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-- Nov 8, 1835
Kirtland, Ohio. After church, Joseph Smith convinced his uncle John Smith and Sidney Rigdon of the error of some accusatory remarks they had made at church. (1)

[Lucy Mack Smith] Joseph chastises Emma for leaving a meeting before the sacrament. She weeps but says nothing. (2)

[Snow, Erastus] Left Vermont for Kirtland, Ohio, 8 November 1835. (3)

-- After Nov 8, 1835
Joseph Smith diary tells of his meeting with a Jewish Minister, Joshua, (also known as Robert Matthias) where Smith relayed account of first vision when he was 14, says he saw one personage and then another; the second said "Jesus Christ is the Son of God." He also saw "many angels." (4)

-- 9Nov35
[Joseph Smith] Joseph Recounts First Vision
Angel Reveals the Gold Plates - Indians Descendants of Abraham (5)

-- Nov 9, 1835
"Joshua the Jewish minister" calls. Joseph relates his first vision, the visitation of "angels" beginning when he was 17, and the coming forth of the Book of Mormon. Joshua offers an exegesis of Daniel 2 and passages in Revelation, detailed in Joseph's diary. (6)

Joseph Smith gives the second recorded account of his first vision: "A personage appear[e]d in the midst of this pillar of flame which was spread all around and yet nothing consumed. Another personage soon appear[e]d like unto the first. He said unto me, 'Thy sins are forgiven thee.' He testifyed unto me that Jesus Christ is the Son of God. I saw many angels in this vision[]I was about 14 years old when I received this first communication." (7)

-- about Nov 9, 1835
Kirtland, Ohio. Joseph Smith received a visit from a man called Joshua, the Jewish Minister, who remained the entire day discussing religion. Later that day Josephs thoughts were confirmed that Joshua was really Robert Mattias and had been on trial for multiple crimes in New York. However, even this was an alias for his real name, Robert Matthews. (1)

-- Nov 10, 1835
[Murdock, John] Left Delaware County, New York, to preach in Vermont 10 November 1835. No children. (3)

-- about Nov 10, 1835
Kirtland, Ohio. Joseph Smith continued in conversation with Robert Mattias (Robert Matthews) and told him his doctrines were of the devil. (1)

-- Nov 11, 1835
Christian Whitmer dies. (4)

Kirtland, Ohio. Joseph Smith believed Robert Mattias (Robert Matthews) to be a murderer and directed him to leave immediately after breakfast. (1)

-- 12Nov35
[Joseph Smith] Forces of Darkness Strive to Overthrow the Saints
Great Faith Required for the Blessings to Come
God Requires More of Joseph
Ordinace of Washing Feet
Prepare to an Endowment
Order of the Temple Always the Same
Blessings of the Endowment
Those who are Prepared will see Christ (5)

Footnotes:
1 - BYU Studies Journal, volume 46, no. 4: A Chronology of the Life of Joseph Smith
2 - Anderson, Lavina Fielding, Editor, Lucy's Book: A Critical Edition of Lucy Mack Smith's Family Memoir, 2001, Signature Books
3 - Cook, Lyndon W., The Revelations of the Prophet Joseph Smith: A Historical and Biographical Commentary of the Doctrine and Covenants, Seventy's Mission Bookstore, Provo UT, 1985
4 - Tidd, N. R., "Mormon Chronology," http://bit.ly/14Qt5F
5 - The Parallel Joseph, http://www.boap.org/LDS/Parallel/
6 - Kenny, Scott, "Mormon History 1830-1844," http://saintswithouthalos.com/dirs/d_c.phtml
7 - Quinn, D. Michael, The Mormon Hierarchy: Origins of Power, Appendix 7: Selected Chronology of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1830-47"

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Mormon History, Nov 1, 1835

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-- Nov 1, 1835
[Revelations] Kirtland, Ohio. Revelation of November 1, 1835. Reynolds Cahoon is rebuked for "his iniquities, his covetous and dishonest principles. ". (1)

-- Nov 2, 1835
[Smith, George Albert] Returned 2 November 1835, having baptized eight persons. Attended School of Prophets in Kirtland. (2)

-- 3Nov35
[Joseph Smith] I made some remarks [at the organization of the Elders School]
called to order and I made some remarks upon the object of this School, and the great necessity there is of our rightly improving our time and reigning up our minds to a sense of the great object that lies before us, viz, that glorious endowment that God has in store for the faithful ... at evening I
preached at the School house to a crowded congregation (3)

-- Nov 3, 1835
Eleven of the Twelve are chastened for not being sufficiently humble or equal in financial affairs and for criticizing William Smith. (4)

[Patten, David Wyman] In revelation dated 3 November 1835 chastised for commission of certain sins. (2)

[Revelations] Kirtland, Ohio. Revelation of November 3, 1835. The Twelve are condemned for not being humble, coveting funds. William will return. The rest must pray and have faith. He will yet become a polished shaft in the Lord's quiver and none shall be mightier than he. He must repent or be brought low, but David Patten, Orson Hyde, and William E. McLellin are worse. Parable of the twelve sons.
Next month, when Orson learns that William is a secret partner in the church store and receives preferential treatment, he complains bitterly and asks Joseph to rescind the revelation. Orson Hyde's 1835 Complaint. (1)

[Smith, William B] Revelation dated 3 November 1835, called to humble himself. (2)

[Wight, Lyman] Left for Kirtland September 1835; arrived 3 November 1835. (2)

-- about Nov 3, 1835
Kirtland, Ohio. Joseph Smith assisted in organizing the School of the Prophets and then dedicated the school in the name of Jesus Christ. (5)

-- Nov 5, 1835
William E. McLellin and Orson Hyde reluctantly accept the revelation of November 3. After school Brigham Young hears it read and appears "perfectly satisfied." (4)

Kirtland, Ohio. Joseph Smith healed Thomas Burdick through the laying on of hands. (5)

-- Nov 6, 1835
Kirtland, Ohio. Joseph Smith met a man from the eastern United States who was disappointed that Joseph Smith the Prophet was nothing but a normal man. (5)

-- Nov 8, 1835
The word of the Lord cam[e] unto me saying that President Phelps & President J. Whitmer are under condemnation before the Lord, for their errors <for which they made satisfaction the same day> (4)

Footnotes:
1 - Kenny, Scott, "Doctrine and Covenants," http://saintswithouthalos.com/s/_dc.phtml
2 - Cook, Lyndon W., The Revelations of the Prophet Joseph Smith: A Historical and Biographical Commentary of the Doctrine and Covenants, Seventy's Mission Bookstore, Provo UT, 1985
3 - The Parallel Joseph, http://www.boap.org/LDS/Parallel/
4 - Kenny, Scott, "Mormon History 1830-1844," http://saintswithouthalos.com/dirs/d_c.phtml
5 - BYU Studies Journal, volume 46, no. 4: A Chronology of the Life of Joseph Smith

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Mormon History, Oct 30, 1835

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-- Oct 30, 1835
[Smith, William B] Charged with rebellious spirit 30 October 1835. (1)

-- (Sat) Oct 31, 1835
William Smith confronted his brother Joseph, accusing him of always carrying out his planned course, "whether right or wrong." William tried to justify his "treating the authority of the Presidency with contempt." He then resigned his eldership in the Church and made public rxclamations against his brother Joseph. [LDS Church History Vol II, pp. 296-297; cf. Frost statement] (2)

-- Oct 31, 1835
Kirtland, Ohio. Joseph Smiths brother William Smith commenced a period of rebellion after a disagreement he and Joseph had on October 29. (3)

[Lucy Mack Smith] Hyrum tries to reconcile Joseph and William. Joseph agrees to confess if William will. William starts spreading stories about Joseph, convinces Samuel. Lucy does not mention this episode. (4)

-- During 1835 Fall
[Joseph Smith] Worked periodically on book of Abraham translation, Kirtland. (5)

-- During 1835 Oct.
Oliver Cowdery wrote a letter from Kirtland, Geauga, OH to his brother Warren in Freedom, Cattaraugus, NY, asking him to send one of his younger sons to Kirtland so that Oliver could train him in the printing trade. The information provided in the letter gives the impression that Oliver was a skilled printer with many years experience in that occupation. (6)

-- During Autumn 1835
Professor Seixas teaches Hebrew. (7)

-- During October 1835
[Whitney, Newel Kimball] Returned late October 1835. (1)

-- During fall of 1835
[Smith, William B] Mission to eastern states with others of Twelve in summer and fall of 1835. (1)

[Young, Brigham] Attended Hebrew School in Kirtland in fall of 1835. (1)

-- Nov 1, 1835
[Black History] Joseph Smith reaffirms "official" anti-abolitionist position, (8)

[Cahoon, Reynolds] Revelation dated 1 November 1835 reproved Cahoon for "iniquities". (1)

Reynolds Cahoon is rebuked for "his iniquities, his covetous and dishonest principles." Revelation of November 1, 1835 (9)

Footnotes:
1 - Cook, Lyndon W., The Revelations of the Prophet Joseph Smith: A Historical and Biographical Commentary of the Doctrine and Covenants, Seventy's Mission Bookstore, Provo UT, 1985
2 - Broadhurst, Dale R., Mormon Chronology, http://olivercowdery.com/history/morchrn2.htm
3 - BYU Studies Journal, volume 46, no. 4: A Chronology of the Life of Joseph Smith
4 - Anderson, Lavina Fielding, Editor, Lucy's Book: A Critical Edition of Lucy Mack Smith's Family Memoir, 2001, Signature Books
5 - Jessee, Dean, Esplin, Ronald and Bushman, Richard Lyman (editors), The Joseph Smith Papers: Journals, Vol. 1: 1832-1839, Chronology for the Years 1832-1839
6 - Broadhurst, Dale R., Oliver Cowdery Chronology, http://olivercowdery.com/history/Cdychrn1.htm
7 - Tidd, N. R., "Mormon Chronology," http://bit.ly/14Qt5F
8 - http://www.xtimeline.com/events.aspx?q=Bif200802111550260291166
9 - Kenny, Scott, "Mormon History 1830-1844," http://saintswithouthalos.com/dirs/d_c.phtml

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Mormon History, Oct 26, 1835

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-- Oct 26, 1835
Joseph, Hyrum, and Don Carlos go to county court in Chardon with Samuel, who is fined $20 "for not doing Military duty." Joseph blames the lawyer and court. (1)

[Lucy Mack Smith] Samuel is charged in Chardon with avoiding military duty, is fined $20, and sells a cow to pay the fine. (2)

-- Oct 27, 1835
Kirtland, Ohio. Joseph Smith prayed concerning his brother Samuel Smiths sick wife and received a promise from the Lord that she would be delivered of a living child, and be spared. (3)

[Lucy Mack Smith] Samuel's wife, Mary Bailey Smith, almost dies giving birth to Susanna Bailey Smith, their first child. Frederick G. Williams helps her. Joseph prays. (2)

-- late Oct 1835
Parley P. Pratt's prosecution of Mr. Newell of Mentor was heard by a judge and jury of the Court of Common Pleas at Chardon. Pratt was awareded $47 in damages. {Chardon Spectator, 5:18, Oct. 30, 1835] (4)

-- (Thr) Oct 29, 1835
Warren Parrish became Joseph Smith's personal scribe [LDS Church History Vol II, p. 293] (4)

William Smith angrily criticised Joseph Smith, Jr. during a Kirtland High Council meeting -- a fist-fight between the two brothers was narrowly averted, by the intervention of their father. (4)

-- Oct 29, 1835
Joseph testifies before the high council in behalf of a brother who is accused of beating and whipping his daughter. In the second session, Joseph and his brother William, get into a furious argument over whether their mother should testify. (1)

Warren Parrish begins writing for Joseph where Willard Richards leaves off in the Prophet's history. (1)

Warren Parrish becomes Joseph Smith's scribe for $15 per month [per Joseph Smith]. (5)

William Smith quarrels with Joseph Smith [per Joseph Smith]. (5)

[Lucy Mack Smith] Joseph Jr. and William disagree over the case of the Elliots whipping their fifteen-year-old daughter; Joseph defends the parents. When Lucy attempts to testify, Joseph objects because the matter is settled. William accuses him of doubting their mother's testimony, and the two brothers almost come to blows before Joseph Sr. and Lucy intervene. (2)

-- Oct 30, 1835
[Lucy Mack Smith] The high council censures William. (2)

Footnotes:
1 - Kenny, Scott, "Mormon History 1830-1844," http://saintswithouthalos.com/dirs/d_c.phtml
2 - Anderson, Lavina Fielding, Editor, Lucy's Book: A Critical Edition of Lucy Mack Smith's Family Memoir, 2001, Signature Books
3 - BYU Studies Journal, volume 46, no. 4: A Chronology of the Life of Joseph Smith
4 - Broadhurst, Dale R., Mormon Chronology, http://olivercowdery.com/history/morchrn2.htm
5 - Tidd, N. R., "Mormon Chronology," http://bit.ly/14Qt5F

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Mormon History, Oct 7, 1835

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-- Oct 7, 1835
[Whitney, Newel Kimball] Left for New York City with Hyrum Smith to purchase goods for store 7 October 1835. (1)

-- Oct 7, 1835-11
[Joseph Smith] Attended father during serious illness, Kirtland. (2)

-- Oct 8, 1835-9
Joseph waits on his father "with great anxiety." MS history 1:2, 559. (3)

-- Oct 10, 1835
Joseph calls on his father and finds him "failing very fast." MS history 1:2, 559. (3)

-- Oct 11, 1835
Kirtland, Ohio. The Lord revealed to Joseph Smith that his sick father would live, and the Prophet and David Whitmer administered a blessing of healing to him. (4)

-- Oct 16, 1835
Ebinezer Robertson babtized. (5)

-- (Sat) Oct 17, 1835
Joseph Smith turned out the various "boarders" who had been living in his home at Kirtland. If Samuel W. Denton was still residing with the Smith family, he and his new wife would have left by this date. (6)

-- Oct 17, 1835
Joseph calls his family together, arranges his "domestick concerns," and "dismissed my boarders." (3)

Joseph Smith's journal entry states: "Called my family together arranged my domestick concerns and dismissed my boarders." This may refer to his first plural wife, sixteen-year-old Fanny Alger, with whom his relationship has been causing rumors and dissention among Joseph's inner circle, leaving his home to live apart from him. (7)

-- about Oct 17, 1835
Kirtland, Ohio. Because of growing problems due to non-paying boarders, Joseph Smith dismissed all of his boarders in order to arrange and order his domestic affairs. (4)

-- Oct 19, 1835
Kirtland, Ohio. Joseph Smith exhibited the ancient Egyptian records he had been translating to a number of visitors. (4)

-- Oct 23, 1835
Joseph, Oliver Cowdery, David Whitmer, Hyrum Smith, John Whitmer, Sidney Rigdon, Samuel H. Smith, Frederick G. Williams, and W. W. Phelps pray for relief from debt, deliverance of Zion without bloodshed, protection from the Missourians, and the means to buy inheritances in Zion to accomplish the Lord's work there, "all this easily and without perplexity and trouble; and finally, that in the end He would save us in His celestial kingdom." (3)

Kirtland, Ohio. Joseph Smith united with a group of the brethren to pray to the Lord for special blessings on the Saints. (4)

Footnotes:
1 - Cook, Lyndon W., The Revelations of the Prophet Joseph Smith: A Historical and Biographical Commentary of the Doctrine and Covenants, Seventy's Mission Bookstore, Provo UT, 1985
2 - Jessee, Dean, Esplin, Ronald and Bushman, Richard Lyman (editors), The Joseph Smith Papers: Journals, Vol. 1: 1832-1839, Chronology for the Years 1832-1839
3 - Kenny, Scott, "Mormon History 1830-1844," http://saintswithouthalos.com/dirs/d_c.phtml
4 - BYU Studies Journal, volume 46, no. 4: A Chronology of the Life of Joseph Smith
5 - Tidd, N. R., "Mormon Chronology," http://bit.ly/14Qt5F
6 - Broadhurst, Dale R., Mormon Chronology, http://olivercowdery.com/history/morchrn2.htm
7 - On This Day in Mormon History, http://onthisdayinmormonhistory.blogspot.com

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