-- Apr 26, 1832
Joseph Smith, Jun., was acknowledged President of the High Priesthood, at a General Council of the Church. (1)
[Joseph Smith] Independence, Missouri. Joseph Smith called a general council of the Church, where he received Doctrine & Covenants 82, a revelation about the responsibilities of Church members, and was acknowledged as President of the High Priesthood. (2)
[Revelations] Jackson County, Missouri. Doctrine and Covenants 82. Lord is "bound when ye do what I say;" Edward, Newel, Sidney Gilbert, Sidney Rigdon, Joseph, John Whitmer, Oliver, W. W. Phelps, and Martin Harris to form a pact to church affairs in Zion and Kirtland. This is the United Firm, sometimes called the United Order. Kirtland stake; equal property rights ; an everlasting order. Whoever breaks the covenant to be "delivered over to the buffetings of Satan". Make friends with gentiles so they don't destroy you.
Not printed in the Book of Commandments.
1835 Doctrine and Covenants 86 heading: Revelation given April, 1832, showing the order given to Enoch and the church in his day. (3)
-- Apr 27, 1832
Council continues (Independence): Name of the mercantile business (United Firm) to be Gilbert, Whitney & Company in Zion and Newel K. Whitney & Company in Kirtland. (4)
Amasa Lyman joins Church. (5)
[Lyman, Amasa Mason] Baptized 27 April 1832. (6)
-- Apr 29, 1832
[Joseph Smith] Kaw Township, Missouri. Joseph Smith visited the Church members living above the Big Blue River. (2)
-- Apr 30, 1832
Council of the Literary Firm (Independence): print 3,000 copies of the Book of Commmandments; W. W. Phelps, Oliver and John to select revelations and edit them. (4)
D&C 83 (Independence): Children have claim on their parents' inheritances in Zion. (4)
Meeting of the United Firm (Independence): A. S. Gilbert and Newel K. Whitney agents of the firm. Church loans the firm $15,000. (4)
[Joseph Smith] Independence, Missouri. Joseph Smith sat in council with the brethren and received Doctrine & Covenants 83, a revelation regarding the care of women and children in the Church without husbands or fathers. (2)
[Revelations] Zion (Independence), Missouri. Doctrine and Covenants 83. Church support for faithful widows and fatherless children. Widows keep their inheritances regardless of church status.
Kirtland Revelation Book and 1835 D&C close a loophole so that widows who are not faithful members still get to keep their inheritances, as required by law. Also clarify funding for widows and orphans comes from the Lord's storehouse.
Newel K. Whitney Collection (BYU), Box 1, fd. 10, heading: Revelation received at Independence, Missouri, on 30 April 1832 in addition to the laws of the Church of Christ.
Evening and Morning Star 1, no. 8 (Jan. 1833): {6}, heading: Items in Addition to the Laws for the Government of the Church of Christ, Given April, 1832.
Kirtland Revelations Book, 93, heading: Zion April 30-1832.
Orson Hyde copied this revelation into KRB (page 93) some time after the revelation of October 2, 1833 (pages 71-83), but before page 111, which he dated August 27, 1834.
1835 Doctrine and Covenants 88 heading: Revelation given April, 1832. (3)
-- During Apr 1832
Joseph Smith revelation that many had sinned. Also, that the following are to be bound: Newel K. Whitney (former Campbellite) (Ahashday*), Sidney Rigdon (Pelagoram*), [someone?] (Mahalaleel), Joseph Smith (Gazelam*), Oliver Cowdery (Olihah*), [someone?] (Horah), Martin Harris (Mahemson*), [someone?] (Shalemanasseh) [sp?] Note: Edward Partridge is Alam*, John Johnson is Zombre*, and Frederick G. Williams is Shederlaomack*, Kirtland also called Shinehah*, and Zarahemla* is for Iowa *Code names used in the Doctrine and Covenants due to persecution [per Orson Pratt]. (5)
Footnotes:
1 - Richards - Little, Compendium of the Doctrines of the Gospel, Church Chronology, Ch.66, p.306
2 - BYU Studies Journal, volume 46, no. 4: A Chronology of the Life of Joseph Smith
3 - http://saintswithouthalos.com/s/_dc.phtml
4 - http://saintswithouthalos.com/dirs/d_c.phtml
5 - http://docs.google.com/Doc?id=dgv482t8_0d5hdn5cv
6 - 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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