Mormon History, Sep 3, 1837

-- Sep 3, 1837
[Lucy Mack Smith] At a conference at Kirtland, Frederick G. Williams is not sustained as counselor. Oliver Cowdery, Joseph Smith Sr., Hyrum, and Uncle John Smith are introduced as assistant counselors and unanimously sustained. Not sustained as apostles are Luke S. Johnson, Lyman E. Johnson, and John F. Boynton. (1)

[Marks, William] Appointed member of Kirtland high council 3 September 1837. (2)

[Quorum of the Twelve] John F. Boynton disfellowshipped. He was excommunicated later that year. (3)

-- Sep 3, 1837 - 7 November 1837
[1st Presidency Changes] Joseph Smith, Jr. Oliver Cowdery (Assistant President) Sidney Rigdon (never ordained an apostle) Frederick G. Williams (never ordained an apostle) Oliver Cowdery (Assistant Counselor) Hyrum Smith (Assistant Counselor) John Smith (never ordained an apostle, Assistant Counselor) Joseph Smith, Sr. (never ordained an apostle, Assistant Counselor) Hyrum Smith, John Smith (never ordained an apostle) and Joseph Smith, Sr. called as Assistant Counselors; Oliver Cowdery also given the title of Assistant Counselor (4)

-- Sep 4, 1837
John Whitmer and W. W. Phelps "...have done things which are not pleasing in my sight Therefore if they repent not they shall be removed."
-- (5)

Joseph Smith's revelation says John Whitmer and William W. Phelps should repent. (6)

Kirtland, Ohio. Joseph Smith wrote a letter to John Corrill and the Church in Missouri. (7)

-- Sep 9, 1837
Kirtland High Council reorganized. (5)

-- (Sun) Sep 10, 1837
Luke S. Johnson, Lyman E. Johnson and John F. Boynton made confessions and were received back into fellowship. (8)

-- Sep 10, 1837
An "assembly of Saints" in Kirtland approves "the "rules & regulations governing the House of the Lord."

-- (5)

Luke S. Johnson and Lyman E. Johnson re-fellowshipped, having confessed. (6)

Kirtland, Ohio. Joseph Smith attended an assembly of Saints in the Kirtland Temple, where the sacrament of the Lords Supper was administered. (7)

[Joseph Smith] Presided over conference at which apostles Luke Johnson, Lyman Johnson, and John F. Boynton confessed errors and were received back into church fellowship, Kirtland. (9)

Footnotes:
1 - Anderson, Lavina Fielding, Editor, Lucy's Book: A Critical Edition of Lucy Mack Smith's Family Memoir, 2001, Signature Books
2 - 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
3 - Wikipedia, Chronology of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles (LDS Church), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chronology_of_the_Quorum_of_the_Twelve_Apostles_(LDS_Church)
4 - Wikipedia, First Presidency (LDS Church), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Presidency_(LDS_Church)#Chronology_of_the_First_Presidency
5 - Kenny, Scott, "Mormon History 1830-1844," http://saintswithouthalos.com/dirs/d_c.phtml
6 - Tidd, N. R., "Mormon Chronology," http://bit.ly/14Qt5F
7 - BYU Studies Journal, volume 46, no. 4: A Chronology of the Life of Joseph Smith
8 - Broadhurst, Dale R., Mormon Chronology, http://olivercowdery.com/history/morchrn2.htm
9 - Jessee, Dean, Esplin, Ronald and Bushman, Richard Lyman (editors), The Joseph Smith Papers: Journals, Vol. 1: 1832-1839, Chronology for the Years 1832-1839

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