-- Dec 4, 1831
Newel K. Whitney is called as a bishop over Kirtland, Ohio (D&C 72:2). (1)
[Joseph Smith] Kirtland, Ohio. Joseph Smith received Doctrine & Covenants 72, a revelation for Church members in Kirtland who desired to know their duty. (2)
[Revelations] Kirtland, Ohio. Doctrine and Covenants 72. Bishop needed for Kirtland - Newel K. Whitney. Duties: maintain storehouse, records.
Bishop Partridge, in Zion, to pay all debts. Consecration required in Zion. Agents take subscriptions to finance publication of revelations. Certificates required to go to Zion. Stewardship accountability.
"On the 4th several of the Elders and brethren members assembled together to learn their duty and for edification, and, after some time had been spent in conversing about our temporal and Spiritual welfare, I received [D&C 72]. " MH-A, 176.
Originally two revelations (verses 1-8 and 9-28), both dated December 4.
Newel K. Whitney Papers (BYU), heading: Kirtland December 4th 1831.
Kirtland Revelations Book, 13-15, heading: Kirtland December 4th 1831.
Not printed in the Book of Commandments.
Revelations are combined in 1835 D&C 89, where the heading is: Revelation given December, 1830. (3)
[Whitney, Newel Kimball] Appointed by revelation to be bishop in Kirtland 4 December 1831. (4)
-- Dec 5, 1831-16
Joseph and Sidney start on a preaching tour to Shalersville, Ravenna, and other places " by which means we did much towards allaying the excited feelings which were growing out of the scandalous letters then being published in the 'Ohio Star,' at Ravenna by the before-mentioned Apostate, Ezra Booth." They return about "the 8th or 10th of January."
MS 14, no. 8 (Apr. 15, 1852): 115. (5)
-- Dec 8, 1831
Ezra Booth letters #8 and #9 are published: Book of Mormon claims Indians part of House of Israel and New Jerusalem to be built among them. Oliver to preach to them. Text of D&C 28. Joseph's exclusive prerogatives to give written commandments, name successor. Oliver's aspirations, may declare oral revelations, assigned to put down Hiram Page. Kirtland prophetess popular with some, including Sydney; put down by Joseph. Lamanite missionaries visit Sidney, who gets vision confirming Mormonism. He claims many visions, most ignore them. Oliver's reputation tarnished by proposing marriage to two women at the same time. Indians at Sandusky not interested. Went to Missouri but lacked commitment to get and use required documentation. Instead plan is to use storehouse license to visit Indians, also to marry Indian women. Ezra Booth Letters (8-9) (5)
Ezra Booth writes of a revelation directing Elders to marry with the natives. (6)
-- about Dec 9, 1831
[Joseph Smith] Northern Ohio. Joseph Smith and Sidney Rigdon preached in various towns as they traveled through northern Ohio. (2)
-- Dec 15, 1831
"To the Public," Ohio Star, Dec. 15, 1831. (5)
Sidney Rigdon issues a notice to the public that he will discuss Ezra Booth's letters at a school in Ravenna on December 25. He invites Ezra to be present and challenges Symonds Ryder to debate the Book of Mormon in Hiram. (5)
-- Dec 19, 1831
Edward Partridge purchases 63 acres near Independence, including the area where the temple is to be built, for the church. (5)
-- Dec 25, 1831
Sidney Rigdon's lecture. (5)
-- Dec 27, 1831
Joseph, Hyrum, Reynolds Cahoon, and Lyman Johnson visit William McLellin. (5)
Footnotes:
1 - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/19th_century_(Mormonism)
2 - BYU Studies Journal, volume 46, no. 4: A Chronology of the Life of Joseph Smith
3 - http://saintswithouthalos.com/s/_dc.phtml
4 - 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
5 - http://saintswithouthalos.com/dirs/d_c.phtml
6 - http://docs.google.com/Doc?id=dgv482t8_0d5hdn5cv
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