-- Oct 22, 1831
[Gause, Jesse] Baptized by Mormon elders after 22 October 1831. (1)
-- Oct 25, 1831
Conference (Orange, Ohio): Ordinations to the High Priesthood. Brethren pledge their all to the Lord; Hyrum asks Joseph to tell the conference about the coming forth of the Book of Mormon but Joseph declines: "it was not expedient for him to relate these things &c." Church to provide for missionaries' families. (2)
[Joseph Smith] Orange, Ohio. Joseph Smith attended a follow-up to the conference held on October 11 and received Doctrine & Covenants 66, a revelation giving conditional blessings to William E. McLellin and calling Samuel H. Smith to preach the gospel. (3)
[Joseph Smith] The office of deacon is first introduced. Although deacon is referred to in a published revelation of 6 Apr. 1830, the earliest manuscript does not seem to date before 1831. (4)
[Smith, Samuel Harrison] Appointed to serve mission to "eastern lands" with William E. McLellan 25 October 1831. This mission was short-lived because of McLellans "murmuring". (1)
[Smith, William B] Ordained priest 25 October 1831. (1)
[Whitmer, David] Ordained high priest 25 October 1831. (1)
[Whitmer, Peter, Jr] Ordained high priest 25 October 1831. At conference said, "My beloved brethren ever since I have had an acquaintance with the writing of God, I have eternity with perfect confidence". (1)
-- Oct 26, 1831
Conference continues: Sidney rebukes those who received ordinations with indifference. (2)
Oliver Cowdery and David Whitmer are instructed on selecting the Twelve "that they would be ordained & sent forth from the Land of Zion." (2)
[Joseph Smith] Hiram, Ohio. En route from Orange, Ohio, to Hiram, Joseph Smith healed William McLellins ankle. (3)
-- Oct 27, 1831
Ezra Booth, letter #3 published: Gift of tongues, Indian connection discarded. Visions once popular, now only for Joseph. Three Witnesses told what to say. Hidden treasures to benefit church. Ezra Booth Letters (1-3) (2)
-- Oct 29, 1831
D&C 66 (Hiram) to William E. McLellin: blessed for receiving the gospel, take a mission east with Samuel H. Smith, lay hands on the sick; has been tempted with adultery; descendant of Joseph "through the loins of Ephraim his Son." (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 - BYU Studies Journal, volume 46, no. 4: A Chronology of the Life of Joseph Smith
4 - D. Michael Quinn, The Mormon Hierarchy: Origins of Power, Appendix 7: Selected Chronology of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1830-47"
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