Kirtland, Ohio. Joseph Smith met with the First Presidency and some of the Quorum of the Twelve to discuss moving to Jackson County in Missouri. (1)
-- Mar 18, 1836
Kirtland, Ohio. Joseph Smith attended the funeral of a faithful Church member, Susan Johnson, the daughter of Ezekiel Johnson. (1)
-- Mar 21, 1836
Kirtland, Ohio. Joseph Smith prepared elders licenses to send to Medina County in order for the Saints to obtain licenses to perform marriages, since the court in Geauga County had refused permission. (1)
-- Mar 22, 1836
Patriarch Joseph Smith Sr. blesses Ethan Barrows: "[thou] shalt receive a crown of celestial glory in the kingdom of the Father and live to see the end of this generation and proclaim the gospel to the end of the wicked until the earth shall reel to and fro and stagger like a drunkard at the coming of the glorious Messiah, for thou shalt live to see him come in the clouds of heaven while thou are yet in the flesh. . . . Thou shalt have power to translate thyself from land to land and from country to country, from one end of heaven to the other, and when thy work is done thou shalt translate from earth to heaven." (2)
[Patriarchal Blessings] Kirtland, Ohio, Patriarchal Blessing to Ethan Barrows given by Joseph Smith Sr. stated "Thou shalt have power to translate thyself from land to land and from country to country, from one end of heaven to the other, and when thy work is done thou shalt translate from earth to heaven." (3)
-- Mar 26, 1836
Kirtland, Ohio. Oliver Cowdery, Joseph Smith, Sidney Rigdon, Warren A. Cowdery, and Warren Parrish met to receive by revelation the prayer for the dedication of the Kirtland Temple. (1)
-- (Sun) Mar 27, 1836
Dedication of the Kirtland Temple. Hymns were sung by a choir directed by Marvel C. Davis. Solomon W. Denton reported "having seen a great vision, during the time of the washings and anointings" associated with the ceremony. (4)
-- 27-Mar 31, 1836
[Lucy Mack Smith] The Kirtland temple is dedicated with 1,000 men present for meetings that begin at 9:00 A.M. and end at 4:00 P.M. during which many spiritual manifestations occur. (5)
-- 27Mar36
[Joseph Smith Sermon] Remarks made during dedication of the Kirtland Temple on Sunday March 27, 1836 at Kirtland, Ohio... I then made a short address and called upon the several quorums, andall the congregation of saints to acknowledge the Presidency as Prophets and Seers, and uphold them by their prayers, the all covenanted to do so by rising; I then called upon the quorums and congregation of saints to acknowledge the 12 Apostles who were present as Prophets and Seers and special witnesses to all the nations of the earth, holding the keys of the kingdom,to unlock it or cause it to be done among them; and uphold them by their prayers, which they assented to by rising ... I next called upon the quorums and congregation of saints to acknowledge the Presidents of the seventys who act as their represent[at]ives as Apostles and special witnesses to the nationsto assist the 12 in opening the gospel kingdom, among all people and to uphold them by their prayer's which they did by r
ising ...
[after reading the dedicatory prayer] ... I then bore testimony of theadministering of angels. - (6)
-- Mar 27, 1836
Kirtland Temple dedicated (D&C 109). (7)
First day of the Kirtland temple dedication. Angels are seen in the solemn assembly. After dedication of the House of the Lord in Kirtland, Lyman Wight (h) (swh) leaves for Missouri, arriving in early May. (8)
The Kirtland Temple dedicated (see D&C 109). (9)
One thousand worshippers begin a week of temple dedication ceremonies in Kirtland. Witnesses report rushing winds, a pillar of fire, and the presence of angels. During the dedication, a critical visionary experience occurs in which the prophet and Oliver Cowdery, who have retired behind a veil that separates an elevated pulpit from the rest of the temple, see a personage they believe is Jesus, accepting the temple as a place where he will manifest himself to his people. In addition, they see the Old Testament prophets Moses, Elijah, and Elias, who commit into LDS hands the keys of the gathering of Israel and the new dispensation of the fullness of times. (10)
Footnotes:
1 - BYU Studies Journal, volume 46, no. 4: A Chronology of the Life of Joseph Smith
2 - On This Day in Mormon History, http://onthisdayinmormonhistory.blogspot.com
3 - Marquardt, H. Michael, "Excerpts from a few Patriarchal Blessings given by Joseph Smith, Sr." http://www.xmission.com/~research/about/patb2.htm
4 - Broadhurst, Dale R., Mormon Chronology, http://olivercowdery.com/history/morchrn2.htm
5 - Anderson, Lavina Fielding, Editor, Lucy's Book: A Critical Edition of Lucy Mack Smith's Family Memoir, 2001, Signature Books
6 - The Parallel Joseph, http://www.boap.org/LDS/Parallel/
7 - Hemidakaota, "Church Chronology from 1800-2000," http://www.lds.net/forums/scripture-study-forum/12108-church-chronology-1800-2000-part-1-a.html#post214550
8 - Kenny, Scott, "Mormon History 1830-1844," http://saintswithouthalos.com/dirs/d_c.phtml
9 - Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Chronology of Church History, http://scriptures.lds.org/chchrono/contents
10 - Whitney, Helen, Timeline: The Early History of the Mormons, A Frontline and American Experience Co-Production, //www.pbs.org/mormons/timeline/
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