Heber C. Kimball and Willard Richards leave for Liverpool England. (1)
Apostles Brigham Young, Heber C. Kimball, Orson Hyde, and others leave for the first mission to Europe (England). (2)
[Hyde, Orson] Left Kirtland 13 June 1837. (3)
Kirtland, Ohio. Due to sickness, Joseph Smith was unable to raise his head from his pillow to bid farewell to a group of missionaries. (4)
[Joseph Smith] Apostles Young, Kimball, Hyde, and others leave for the first mission to Europe (England). (5)
[Kimball, Heber Chase] Left Kirtland 13 June 1837. (3)
[Richards, Willard] Left Kirtland 13 June 1837. (3)
[U.S. Religious History] Mormon missionaries set off to proselytize in England. (6)
-- Jun 14, 1837
Kirtland, Ohio. After Joseph Smith had been extremely sick and weak for a few days, Dr. Levi Richards attended to him, and the Prophet regained his strength immediately. (4)
-- (Sun) Jun 16, 1837
The Painesville Telegraph, an advocate of the prosecution of Smith, made a brief mention of the Mormon leader's acquittal. (7)
-- (Sun) Jun 18, 1837
Oliver Cowdery began his duties as a new Justice of the Peace in Kirtland (7)
-- (Fri) Jun 30, 1837
Grandison Newell's letter commenting upon the outcome of his prosecution of Joseph Smith was published in the Painesville Telegraph. Newell argued that much incriminating evidence had been presented against Smith, but even he conceded that the hoped-for proof of his case rested only upon circumstantial evidence. (7)
-- During 1837 Jun.
[Joseph Smith] The Latter Day Saints' Messenger and Advocate comments about the Eleusinian mysteries, which the American edition of the Encyclopaedia Britannica and other sources in 1837 describe as being revealed by God from the beginning of the world and passed on to worthy initiates through washings and anointings, a new name and garment, vows of non-disclosure, lesser and greater rituals, presentation through drama, an oath of chastity, designation as prophets, priests, and kings, emphasis on attaining godhood, and a heavenly ascent past various guards to whom departed spirits must give magical passwords. (5)
Footnotes:
1 - Tidd, N. R., "Mormon Chronology," http://bit.ly/14Qt5F
2 - On This Day in Mormon History, http://onthisdayinmormonhistory.blogspot.com
3 - Cook, Lyndon W., The Revelations of the Prophet Joseph Smith: A Historical and Biographical Commentary of the Doctrine and Covenants, Seventy's Mission Bookstore, Provo UT, 1985
4 - BYU Studies Journal, volume 46, no. 4: A Chronology of the Life of Joseph Smith
5 - 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"
6 - Cline, Austin, History of American Religion: Timeline, http://bit.ly/Fwgbe
7 - Broadhurst, Dale R., Mormon Chronology, http://olivercowdery.com/history/morchrn2.htm
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