-- 1829 mid-Apr.
[Oliver Cowdery] Joseph Smith, Jr. (at Harmony, Susquehanna, PA) claimed to receive a message from God directed to Oliver Cowdery (LDS D&C Sec. 9). Cowdery was told in the text that God said "... it is not expedient that you should translate at this present time." Apparently Cowdery had begun to "translate" some part of the "golden plates" or some supplemental record associated with them and had thus disregarded his primary work "to write for my servant Joseph." (1)
-- Tuesday, Apr 21, 1829
D&C 6 [from Alma 37?] (2)
-- about Friday, Apr 24, 1829
D&C 7 [from Alma 45:18-19 ?] (2)
-- Monday, Apr 27, 1829
D&C 8 ? (2)
-- Wednesday, Apr 29, 1829
D&C 9 ? (2)
-- 1829, May
Joseph Smith and Oliver Cowdery received the Melchizedek Priesthood from Peter, James, and John near the Susquehanna River between Harmony, Pennsylvania, and Colesville, New York (see D&C 128: 20). (3)
-- May 1829
Joseph Smith receives revelation that the first 116 pages should not be retranslated because wicked men may have the original and would change its words to disagree with the re-translation and claim that Joseph Smith was a fraud, so he's to replace the 116 pages with the small plates of Nephi (book of Lehi). (4)
[Wight, Lyman] Joined Sidney Rigdon and Campbellite movement May 1829. Entered into covenant of "common stock" with Isaac Morley and Titus Billings. (5)
-- May or June 1829
[Joseph Smith] Joseph receives the Melchizedek Priesthood and is ordained an apostle by Peter, James, and John in Harmony, Pennsylvania. (6)
-- May 1-31 1829
[Revelations] Harmony, Pennsylvania. Doctrine and Covenants 12. For Joseph Knight. Great and marvelous work , field is white , whoever will is called. Ask, knock. Establish Zion. Qualifying virtues.
Book of Commandments 11 heading: A Revelation to Joseph (K. ,) in Harmony, Pennsylvania, May, 1829, informing him how he must do, to be worthy to assist in the work of the Lord.
1835 Doctrine and Covenants 38 heading: Revelation given to Joseph Knight, Sen. May, 1829. (7)
-- May 1-31, 1829
[Revelations] Harmony, Pennsylvania. Doctrine and Covenants 10. Book of Mormon manuscript pages lost. Joseph lost his gift, now restored. Pray to conquer satan, escape his servants. Satan's servants and Martin tried to destroy Joseph. Satan inspired them to change text. Satan's persuasion techniques. Cannot always tell the wicked from the righteous. Plates of Nephi not condensed. Book of Mormon purpose to convert Lamanites to the gospel. Other nations to occupy this land blessed; Nephites blessed them. Lord's church to be established. Church is those who repent and come to the Lord-nothing more nor less.
Book of Commandments 9 heading: A Revelation given to Joseph, in Harmony, Pennsylvania, May, 1829, informing him of the alteration of the Manuscript of the fore part of the book of Mormon.
1835 D&C 36 heading: Revelation given to Joseph Smith, jr. May, 1829, informing him of the alteration of the Manuscript of the fore part of the book of Mormon.
See Max Parkin, "A Preliminary Analysis of the Dating of Section 10," Seventh Annual Sidney B. Sperry Symposium: The Doctrine and Covenants (Provo: BYU, 1979), 68-84. (7)
[Revelations] Harmony, Pennsylvania. Doctrine and Covenants 11. Great and marvelous work , field is white. Whoever will is called. Establish Zion. Teach nothing but repentance. Wait to preach until called. Believers become sons of God.
Book of Commandments 10 heading: A Revelation given to Hyrum, in Harmony, Pennsylvania, May, 1829.
1835 Doctrine and Covenants 37 heading: Revelation given to Hyrum Smith, May, 1829. (7)
-- 1829 early May?
[Oliver Cowdery] Joseph Smith, Jr. (at Harmony, Susquehanna, PA) claimed to receive a message from God directed to himself (LDS D&C Sec. 10). Smith was told that the material in the lost 116 pages of the supposedly ancient record could be replaced, more or less, by his translating "the plates of Nephi" which would "throw greater views upon my gospel." (1)
[Oliver Cowdery] Oliver Cowdery wrote a letter to David Whitmer, in Fayette, Seneca, NY, relating his experiences in working with Joseph Smith, Jr. Cowdery confessed to Whitmer that Joseph seemed to know "his secret thoughts, and all he had meditated upon before going to see him..." It is possible that some intimate confidant of Oliver's revealed some of his secrets to Smith during this period. Between late Apr. and early June Sidney Rigdon's whereabouts were unaccounted for, except that Lyman Wight claimed to have been baptized by Rigdon in OH some time during May. (1)
Footnotes:
1 - http://olivercowdery.com/history/Cdychrn1.htm
2 - http://www.eldenwatson.net/BoM.htm
3 - http://scriptures.lds.org/chchrono/contents
4 - http://docs.google.com/Doc?id=dgv482t8_0d5hdn5cv
5 - Lyndon W. Cook, The Revelation of the Prophet Joseph Smith: A Historical and Biographical Commentary of the Doctrine and Covenants, Seventy's Mission Bookstore, Provo UT, 1985
6 - http://www.prophetjosephsmith.org/joseph_smith_timeline
7 - http://saintswithouthalos.com/s/_dc.phtml
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