Mormon History, Sep 10, 1837

-- Sep 10, 1837
[Lucy Mack Smith] At a meeting in the Kirtland temple, Luke and Lyman Johnson, John Boynton, and John P. Greene confess and are returned to their offices. (1)

-- After Sep 12, 1837
Snider leaves England, leaves the Church and reportedly burns 200 copies of the (2)

-- Sep 13, 1837
Jerusha Smith (Hyrum's wife) dies. (2)

-- (Sun) Sep 17, 1837
Geo. W. Robinson was elected General Church Recorder, in place of Oliver Cowdery, who at this time moved permanently to Missouri. (3)

-- 17Sept37
[Joseph Smith Sermon] New Stakes to be Appointed (4)

-- Before Sep 17, 1837
Oliver Cowdery moves to Missouri. (2)

-- Sep 17, 1837
William Marks elected bishop's agent in Kirtland, George W. Robinson elected Church Clerk Recorder in place of Oliver Cowdery (gone to Missouri). At evening conference of elders, Joseph and Sidney are asked to locate new stakes for the poor to gather to, 109 missionaries are assigned directions to take from Kirtland. General conference of elders in Kirtland appoint Joseph and Sidney to visit Far West and locate gathering places "for a refuge and safety, in the day of the wrath of God which is soon to burst upon the head of this generation, according to the testimony of the prophets; who speak expressly concerning the last days." (5)

Kirtland, Ohio. Joseph Smith presided at a conference of elders in the Kirtland Temple to discuss the gathering of the Saints. (6)

[Joseph Smith] Appointed 109 missionaries, Kirtland. (7)

[Lucy Mack Smith] 109 missionaries are called from Kirtland. (1)

[Marks, William] Appointed agent to Bishop Newel K. Whitney 17 September 1837. (8)

-- About Sep 18, 1837
Parley P. Pratt, in New York, publishes "Voice of Warning," (216 pages). (2)

-- Sep 18, 1837
Kirtland Bishop Newel K. Whitney and counselors Reynolds Cahoon and Vinson Knight write to the Saints scattered abroad pleading for donations. (5)


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


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