John Gould: "ordained" a president of the First Council of Seventy 6 Apr. 1837 (1)
Josiah Butterfield: "ordained" a president of the First Council of Seventy 6 Apr. 1837 (1)
Leonard Rich: Honorably released 6 Apr. 1837 due to high priest ordination (1)
Levi W Hancock: Released 6 Apr. 1837 under mistaken assumption he was a high priest (1)
Lyman R Sherman: Honorably released 6 Apr. 1837 due to high priest ordination (1)
Salmon Gee: "ordained" president of First Council of Seventy 6 Apr. 1837 (1)
Sylvester Smith: Honorably released from Seventy 6 Apr. 1837 due to high priest ordination (1)
Zebedee Coltrin: Honorably released 6 Apr. 1837 due to high priest ordination (1)
Appointment is made of the first general authority born outside of the U.S., John Gould. Born in Canada, he is ordained to the First council of Seventy. At this conference Joseph Smith honorably releases five members of the First Council of Seventy because they had previously been ordained high priests. Brigham Young would later preach that this was the only uninspired decision he ever witnessed Smith perform in the church. (2)
Appointment is made of the first General Authority born outside of the U.S., John Gould. Born in Canada, he is ordained to the First Council of Seventy. At this conference Joseph Smith honorably releases five members of the First Council of Seventy because they had previously been ordained high priests. Brigham Young would later preach that this was the only uninspired decision he ever witnessed Smith perform in the church. (3)
[Joseph Smith] Held solemn assembly in temple on anniversary of churchs organization, Kirtland. (4)
-- Apr 7, 1837
Far West high council adopts city plat, appoints five "wise men" to price and sell town lots, names construction committee for the House of the Lord with presidents of the stake to superintend and receive revelations for the building. Jacob Whitmer to serve as counselor until the return of President David Whitmer. (5)
Wilford Woodruff has an encounter with Satan in the Kirtland Temple: "when the shades of evening began to appear I repaired to the house of the LORD in company with Elders Milton Holmes, & Joseph B Nobles for the purpose of worshiping God. We entered one of the stands within the veils & fell upon our knees & Satan appeared also but not to worship God but to deprive us of the privilege. Satan strove against us with great power by tempting & otherwise[e]. He at one time drove me from my stand while I was striving with my brethren to enter into the visions of heaven." (2)
Footnotes:
1 - Quinn, D. Michael, The Mormon Hierarchy: Origins of Power, Appendix 6, Biographical Sketches of General Officers of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1830-47
2 - On This Day in Mormon History, http://onthisdayinmormonhistory.blogspot.com
3 - Quinn, D. Michael, The Mormon Hierarchy: Origins of Power, Appendix 7: Selected Chronology of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1830-47"
4 - Jessee, Dean, Esplin, Ronald and Bushman, Richard Lyman (editors), The Joseph Smith Papers: Journals, Vol. 1: 1832-1839, Chronology for the Years 1832-1839
5 - Kenny, Scott, "Mormon History 1830-1844," http://saintswithouthalos.com/dirs/d_c.phtml
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