-- Dec 7, 1830
Sidney begins writing on manuscript page 15. (1)
[Lucy Mack Smith] Joseph Jr. and Emma come to Waterloo for a preaching meeting at Lucy's home. (2)
-- December 7-11, 1830
[Revelations] Fayette, New York. Doctrine and Covenants 35. Sidney, like John the Baptist, prepared the way for Jesus and Elijah, without knowing it. Baptized unto repentance, but not the Holy Ghost. Now the Holy Ghost. Believers to cast out devils, heal the sick, blind, deaf, and lame. Lord will "let fall the sword in their behalf". Joseph has the keys of the mysteries. If he fails, another will replace him. Sidney to be Joseph's scribe for scriptures. Lord comes soon.
"Mormonism," Ohio Star, Jan. 5, 1832, heading: "Mormonism. " The text, furnished by Symonds Ryder, dates the revelation December 7, 1830. According to Lucy Mack Smith, who is followed by most secondary sources, Sidney and Edward Partridge first met Joseph the day before Edward was baptized, which, according to Orson F. Whitney, was December 11. Lucy, 505. Whitney's Edward Partridge, 4. The text begins, "A commandment to Joseph and Sidney, Dec. 7th, 1830, saying:".
Book of Commandments 37 heading: A Revelation to Joseph, and Sidney, given in Fayette, New-York, December 1830.
1835 Doctrine and Covenants 11 heading: Revelation to Joseph Smith jr. and Sidney Rigdon, December 1830. (3)
-- December 7-15, 1830
[Revelations] Fayette, New York. Doctrine and Covenants 36. Edward Partridge is called to preach the gospel. Sidney to lay on hands and Edward receive Holy Ghost, then shout Hosanna. Others to be ordained and go forth to preach.
Book of Commandments 38 heading: A Revelation to Edward , given December, 1830.
1835 Doctrine and Covenants 57 heading: Revelation to Edward Partridge, given in Fayette, New-York, December, 1830. (3)
-- about Dec 8, 1830
[Joseph Smith] Fayette, New York. While working on his inspired translation of the Bible, Joseph Smith received by revelation the later portion of chapter 6 in the book of Moses. (4)
-- Dec 10, 1830
Sidney Rigdon and Edward Partridge meet Joseph in Waterloo, New York, a short distance from David Whitmer's home in Fayette township. Lucy says Edward was baptized the day after he and Sidney arrived in Waterloo. Lucy, 505. (1)
-- Dec 11, 1830
[Joseph Smith] Seneca River, Seneca County, New York. Joseph Smith baptized Edward Partridge, who later became the first bishop of the Church. (4)
-- Dec 11, 1830-15
D&C 36 (Fayette): Edward is called to preach the gospel. (1)
-- about Dec 12, 1830
[Joseph Smith] Fayette, New York. Joseph Smith received by revelation extracts from the prophecy of Enoch, which later became Moses 7 in the Pearl of Great Price. (4)
-- Dec 13, 1830
[Pratt, Parley Parker] After Rigdons baptism, 14 November 1830, continued with Lamanite missionaries to Missouri, arriving in Independence 13 December 1830. (5)
Footnotes:
1 - http://saintswithouthalos.com/dirs/d_c.phtml
2 - Lucy's Book: A Critical Edition of Lucy Mack Smith's Family Memoir, Edited by Lavina Fielding Anderson, 2001, Signature Books
3 - http://saintswithouthalos.com/s/_dc.phtml
4 - BYU Studies Journal, volume 46, no. 4: A Chronology of the Life of Joseph Smith
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
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