Mormon History, Aug 30, 1831-31

/Mormon History Chronology/
-- Aug 30, 1831-31
D&C 63 (Kirtland): Sign-seekers condemned; adulterers and those who deny the faith not in first resurrection; purchase land, do not shed blood; wicked destroyed by fire; Joseph decides who moves to Zion; Newel K. Whitney church agent; millennium: children will be resurrected and grow, elderly will be changed in twinkling of an eye; Sidney's writing unacceptable-repent and rewrite. (1)

-- August 30 or 31, 1831
[Revelations] Kirtland, Ohio. Doctrine and Covenants 63. The Lord saves and destroys whom he wants. Do not seek after signs-signs follow faith. Adulterers confess or be exposed. The lake of fire and brimstone-the second death. Earth will be transfigured. The living will live to the usual age and die, then be transfigured in the twinkling of an eye. Gather to Zion, but not hastily-Joseph to approve those who go. Buy land there so you don't anger the residents. Don't try to take it by force. The Lord is angry with the wicked. He will come down and burn them up. Ordain N. K. Whitney agent. Time of warning. Be careful how you use the name of the Lord. Repent. Joseph and Sidney to be led by the Spirit in their search for homes.
Newel K. Whitney Papers, Box 1, fd. 4 dates the revelation August 31.
Evening and Morning Star 1, no. 6 (Feb. 1833): {6} heading: A Revelation Given, August 30, 1831.
Book of Commandments 64 heading: A Revelation given in Kirtland, August, 1831.
1835 Doctrine and Covenants 20 heading: Revelation given in Kirtland, August, 1831. (2)

-- about Aug 30, 1831
[Joseph Smith] Kirtland, Ohio. In response to the anxiety of the Saints, Joseph Smith received Doctrine & Covenants 63, a revelation concerning the gathering of the Saints and the purchase of land. (3)

-- Aug 31, 1831
-September 1 James Gordon Bennett's articles on Mormonism appears in the New York Morning Courier and Enquirer. Mormonism is "religious fanatacism" and a "church and state party." Sidney the probable author of the Book of Mormon. 1831 Bennett report, 356364. (1)

Sidney Rigdon preaches about the promise land and that the people shall repent or be destroyed. (4)

[Whitney, Newel Kimball] Appointed by revelation to be ordained bishops agent in Kirtland area 31 August 1831. (5)

-- During 1831 August
Peter Whitmer Jr. leaves Independence for Ohio (exact date not specified). Peter Whitmer Jr. report, (1)

-- During Aug 1831
Oliver Cowdery and Joseph Smith go to Kirtland [per Oliver Cowdery]. (4)

-- During August 1831
[Partridge, Edward] Directed to move family to Missouri August 1831. Responsible for allocating inheritances to Saints in Jackson County, Missouri. Member of United Firm. (5)

[Phelps, William Wines] Directed to reside in Jackson County, Missouri, August 1831. Edited Evening and Morning Star. Member of Literary Firm. (5)

-- Sep 1, 1831
[Booth, Ezra] Arrived in Ohio by 1 September 1831. Mission to Missouri; there became disillusioned and lost faith in Joseph Smiths divine calling. (5)

Kirtland conference. Oliver ordains Newel K. Whitney church agent. Two elders are silenced, a priest returns his license. (1)

[Whitmer, Peter, Jr] Arrived in Ohio 1 September 1831; there suffered few weeks of illness. (5)


Footnotes:
1 - http://saintswithouthalos.com/dirs/d_c.phtml
2 - http://saintswithouthalos.com/s/_dc.phtml
3 - BYU Studies Journal, volume 46, no. 4: A Chronology of the Life of Joseph Smith
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


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