-- Aug 4, 1831
[Booth, Ezra] Attended Church conference in Jackson County, Missouri 4 August 1831. Directed to purchase canoes for Ohio elders returning to East. (1)
Conference in Jackson county. Obedience urged. Ziba Peterson confesses, is forgiven. (2)
The first Conference of the Church in the land of Zion was held. (3)
[Joseph Smith] Kaw Township, Jackson County, Missouri. At the home of Joshua Lewis, Joseph Smith attended and conducted the first conference of the Church in Missouri. (4)
[Whitmer, Peter, Jr] Left Missouri for Ohio after 4 August 1831. (1)
-- Aug 7, 1831
Bennett diary, in 1831 Bennett report, 355. (2)
D&C 59 (Jackson county): keep the Sabbath, acknowledge the hand of the Lord in all things. (2)
James Gordon Bennett diary entry, Geneva, New York (sixteen miles southeast of the Smith farm near Palmyra): Joseph Smith Sr. a healer and "grand story teller-very glib" and his son a "carless, idle, indolent fellow-brought up to live by his wits." The Hill Cumorah. Mormons moved to Ohio "because the people here would not pay any attention to them." (2)
Joseph attends the funeral of Polly Knight, wife of Joseph Knight Sr. (2)
[Joseph Smith] Kaw Township, Jackson County, Missouri. Joseph Smith attended the funeral of Sister Polly Knight, the first Church member to pass away in Missouri, and received Doctrine & Covenants 59, a revelation about Sabbath observance. (4)
[Revelations] Jackson county, Missouri. Doctrine and Covenants 59. Blessings for those who come to Zion for the glory of God. Love the Lord, serve neighbors, don't steal, etc. , broken heart and contrite spirit. Everything on earth made for man, to be used responsibly. God expects gratitude, obedience.
Newel K. Whitney Collection, BYU.
Book of Commandments 60 heading: A revelation to the church, given in Zion, August, 1831.
1835 Doctrine and Covenants 19 heading: Revelation given in Zion, August, 1831. (5)
-- Aug 8, 1831
D&C 60 (Jackson county): Joseph, Sidney, Oliver to go to Cincinnati, their sins are forgiven; other elders to St. Louis; missionaries to wash feet against those who reject them. (2)
Edward Partridge buys lot 76 in Independence for the print shop, paying $50. Independence printing, 54, citing Jackson County Land Records, Book A, 114; HC, 1:202. (2)
Footnotes:
1 - 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
2 - http://saintswithouthalos.com/dirs/d_c.phtml
3 - Richards - Little, Compendium of the Doctrines of the Gospel, Church Chronology, Ch.66, p.306
4 - BYU Studies Journal, volume 46, no. 4: A Chronology of the Life of Joseph Smith
5 - http://saintswithouthalos.com/s/_dc.phtml
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