the chronology of the ohio revelations

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1 the chronolog of the oho revelatons EARL E OLSON krtland oho bears the unque dstncton of beng the were gven to the prophet localt where more revelatons joseph smth than an other place wth 46 sectons of the present doctrne and covenants beng receved there faette new ork falls nto secondplace wth 2 revelatons whle hram oho and harmon pennslvana te for thrd place wth 5 revelatons each close to one half of the sectons n the doctrne and covenants were gven n oho man of these contaned fundamental doctrnes and prncples whch were of major mportance n the development of the church of jesus chrst of latter da sants n ts formatve ears of the 36 sectons n the doctrne and covenants 64 as fol- or 47 percent were gven n oho durng 83 to 837 lows krtland 46 sectons hram 5 sectons I thompson I secton 5 orange secton 66 amherst I secton the remanng 72 sectons or 53 percent were gven n other states as follows new ork sectons pennslvana sectons earl olson s the assstant church hstoran the term revelatons n ths artcle s used n a broad sense to nclude the varous sectons of the doctrne and covenants recognzng that some of them were mnutes of a meetng prophec explanaton of scrpture etc 329

2 33 LAKE panesvlleo TH MPSON erle ERIE I a KIRTLAND CHARDON ROME LORAIN ORANGE CLEVELAND ASHTABULA a bloomfeld AMHERSTO GEAUGA CUYAHOGA HIRAM FLORENCE OBERLIN FREEDOM HUDSON I HURON LORAIN MEDINA PORTAGE TRUMBULL LOCATIONS OF OHIO revelatons mssour sectons massachusetts 836 secton llnos sectons nebraska 847 secton of the 64 sectons gven n oho 8 were publshed n the 833 book of commandments 38 sectons were added n the 835 doctrne and covenants 2 more sectons were added n the 844 edton and 6 sectons were added n the 876 edton man of the revelatons were prnted n the earl perodcals of the church n order to better dentf the oho revelatons whch wll be treated n ths artcle a lst s ncluded to show whch revelatons were receved there when the were prnted the secton numbers n the several edtons of the doctrne and covenants and the manuscrpts whch have been located of these sectons whch are currentl on fle n the offce of the church hstoran the ntals gven n the manuscrpt columns dentf the handwrtng of the scrbe or scrbes who wrote these documents see table.

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4 SDATA Q oo 2 u offce G hstorans S t emo the emd n ca c3 G 3 manuscrpts s S la e g covenants rt commandments S I r other ll manuscrpts s w UC NI EP& M NI NI p G acl aal fc p fu ech and ncmc M WWP WVVP WWP B s t rt of u zook book zoom8 CQ laws V mcm and mcw mage krt eagl revelatons ff S kpa WWP nka f PS nsr s 2 nasr kpa WWP jw 3 s s A OHa OHE js&oh js&oh js&oh s actons atons C rt U lek wea FGW leamea FGW a a w of G rar erz rrr bkau coe a LO fgw&js w V W meb FGW leb FGW lok FGW lck lek FGW mekf n aal aa t jj fc os modo reve p 5 P b CO 2 com oceg a r r D oo r rr r o r oo T T T c P L. numbers ul ert art rrt M sa s tr u rr o o r ec CO 3 4 r vf r M oo C rlr l l l rl OHIO zazo on 5js&fgw FGWFGW s s h o Gs r r oo r l N VO CM M N r- m M M M N t ll cov J f C 3 cnt 4 62 N r 5 6 o 63 fr 64 q cr 66 o noo nco 67 r- oo G 7 2 r M 28 oo 26 rr g G oo u & ILI clr rl r l N O VO N fl cc M N M N M N r oo u coc doc coo Q o c 4 rt 42 M q 43 err crr 44 r o 47 p 48 oo N 53 rqf raf m 64 q o 67 o 68 oo 69 7 CN r 7 TI T I 72 N r- 73 cr r 74 r r 75 r sect CO cl 876 oo 97 zalc zac omaomcd and mcm mam and mcq mcm and mcq e artland place E t rt hram mert krt merl ma namcaon mcq and c st3t3 C andc nad and mchc c C cuc cuz CLC mad and mam mam and mcq C ta t3 C mcd and rtland d c rt cj artland c thompson d C d c artland t t t krtland H t C t t krtland S megl krt melk krt megl krt K K krt melk K 2 2 krt elga mcmat3t atut and and c mcmc mcma mcd mcd mcm and ta t3 C mam3 c U and o aja lae ram gam krtland amherst allme hram5 zalma hram s 5. hram ul Knse rt hram hram hram E t3k nne eble K elleqss krt s krt megl krt melk 2 atmaa at2aa H cj rt rt rt rt g M S S E rt eja orange aa t rt krt ecal S ta g j date S Q 83 oo 83 oo 83 oo 83 oo 83 oo CO amal M CO 83 CO 83 amma CO oo 83 oo 83 oo 83 co 83 oo lesse lnov zod leste zd hu eu mem mome feb lob feb loms lob feb lom s mob feb mome l ut a & r oo aar ssss sssss mar amr cs aar ca mar amr aal mar amr ca mal mar cj nar mar ca nal am ma ams mas ma xajuz jun luz lun jun luc lun t jun luc aun jun wun aun jun aug tl S ola sep oom lou COU loo zot oct 8 oo 8 7 r r M r rt rn rt octozzz ozza 5 ook now nov zow nod nov zod nod nov zod nod nov zod cec dec ceo QQ zoc dec zoo gaz c jan amz wac jan c c jac jan aan t 4 u 25 M 25 cs

5 OHIO pd tal t7l revelatons r 7 ca c4 mor FGW lok FGWOS NI & WWPWWP p NI S FGWNI lu kul t ll rt SR LO SR Crt n&sr S 2 & 5 WWPWWP OH ocl QCL opl OH S CL FGWWWP bro WAC p jr ta t rgdon ta t3 S 2.2 c smth SC & P OH OP OP g joseph sdneot CL rma kna WWP lat lct WWP bvm WWP && WWP bvm fcfc WWP NI al zl prl SR aprl LD JS I ps U U r aho phe amo p F Ws LO t leblck fgw&js lob FGW lek FGW lck uu fc ul al FGW mck j j lek lck FGW mek FGW gew fcll fah mca FGW mek FGW tl fall fhh ooouo mor FGW lor FGW FGW loa FGW moa lj lgb FGW agr ll l l OH lgb FGW OH OH lor FGW mok OHsa fgw&js mcw n n lgb FGW lgb FGW OH OH ac c FGW mow mob trt c am S S rt pratt l partrdge C s 3 P w oo orson sa s2 edward MOc WWP EP MO OP TI r o G T M r N rr r so 5 C 3 M L cs r r r C G G oc cowder 97 u M o r oo c ON oo 79 r r r 77 r78 79 G r r crt rct oo 8 8 co oo rr 84r o CO CO 87 CO C 9 C 9 G 92 N 93 r rat N C u C 96 CT 97 C 98 CO 99 G leb 2 meb N rt zem 3 leg 3 r oo 4 8 rlr l r o r co 4 6 leg 7 mem 8 leb c N meb 9 lem T I 2 cmor ver emor rt ama 33 agg c 34 art cowder O & t &6 A r hde U emz emm warren Cg orson ooo QUO zoo OCUS bao WAC OH j S S S S c S at3t3 q G c mcd and artland krtland t hram hram5 hram hram hram hram S krtland aese mcm S ncm and ecec mcd and mcm C mcd and mcm C C ncm and naec mcm and mcq 33 C mcd and mcm C mcd and mcmc mcd and mcm C 3 and C acm andc mcd and rt c ro rt 3 TO TO TO TO krtland C t t rt rt l rt t t tl rt rt fc krt t t 3ese a SK 2 S 5 K K K 2aaa magl krt mell krt krt t rt rt t rt rt os n c mcm mcq mcmc mcd and mcm C C C mcm and ncmc mcd and mcma mam and mcmc mch and mcq c mcm and mcq c mcd and mcm and c 3 w TO TO TO TO TO TO TO TO ja j3 g CJ TO krtland K t krtland gam ram lma t rt rt t t K t krtland t rt mcgl krt krt neal krt mege krt gdg ed ck f t K K K K a K 2 ak 2 2 SH K whtmer mes ams mem M M M r m m rt r N M eck enk tck N N acc rt N cd N nan et ec nt f r r r T 832 ambr ambr etl ec rr art 832 ac rc 833 rt act cct 833 nt ac rc C freder amme CO 835 CO CO a CO CO CO CO CO CO john fr nol not zol momsass S 7 saxa Q lom feb aar mar amr ssss TO TO aal mar amr mal mar rt har nag mar amr ra aar mar sop sep mop nod nov zod zoc dec zoo coc dec coo coc dec amr coozaas augle QSSS aaas rjbqb mem feb Q mom aal mar amr n mal mar cl rt aar mar amr am ma ams SS TO am ma TO aal azc jun azz C C juc jun aug ls rug lkug a coc dec coo q mob feb mom mob feb moms oe mpr amr nop IQI nov t mal mar zoc h dec zoo mal mar aar apr G adl jul adm 2 nod nov zod kum aug rug llo fcc c mcw FGW mca 3 JW NI z VO 6 23 c r 6 r 8 9 C u 66 I r 4f rr r 3 rt fd f 3 27 n t- M r M 27 N N 23 M CN 27 N r c ro r r N 6 o o rr ar r r o r den moz leon

6 334 dentfcaton OF THE manuscrpts for the past several ears personnel n the hstoran s offce have been searchng for orgnal handwrtten copes of the revelatons A number of documents and earl complatons have been located or procured and are now on fle n the church archves foremost among these s a bound volume whch was man ears ago gven the ttle krtland revelatons t contans 35 of the oho revelatons ths volume s approxmatel 24 nches long 734 nches wde and 34 3 nch thck the scrbe who recorded most of the entres n the volume was frederck G wllams orson hde added a few pages and joseph smth and olver cowder recorded the de dle others on page 2 appears the frst sgnature of the scrbe frederck G wllams sgned hs name to an artcle dated august hs sgnature appears agan on page 3 at the end of secton 84 and on several other pages on page 32 s an nterestng statement n connecton wth secton 86 gven b joseph the seer and wrtten b sdne the scrbe and councellor and transcrbed b frederck assstant scrbe and councellor the followng page contans secton 87 and the words gven b joseph the seer wrtten b FG wllams orson hde dentfed hmself as scrbe on page 7 at the end of secton 2 the manuscrpt volume krtland revelatons

7 OHIO revelatons when he wrote recorded b hde IS 8 aug 834 upon ths book smlar words were entered on page at the end of secton 3 three small books each approxmatel gt 646 nches long nches wde and 4 nch thck or less were presented to the hstoran s offce n recent ears the had been well preserved n a faml collecton for whch hstorans are most grateful the frst of these small books s labeled on the cover book of commandments laws and covenants because the three manuscrpts are somewhat smlar n format and are part of the same collecton and for purposes of eas reference the same ttle has been used for all three wth the ndvdual desgnatons beng books A B and C book A contans fve of the oho revelatons recorded b orson hde and joseph smth book B contans twelve of the oho revelatons one entr n ths book whch helps n determnng when the entres were made appears at the end of secton 86 and states coped at zon 2 june 833 book C contans three oho revelatons secton 3 s recorded frst and s n the handwrtng of orson pratt at the end of the revelaton entered wth a dfferent nk are the words coped b hde 8 augt auga 834 at the end of secton 4 are the words coped from the orgnal b pratt the last revelaton entered n ths book s secton 2 at the end of these mnutes of the councl of twent four hgh prests held 7 feb 834 appear the orgnal sgnatures of orson hde and olver cowder clerks followed b the words carefull examned 27 augt auga and recorded on the book of rev b hde the edge of the sheet contanng the 4 n 834 has broken awa but as ths entr s studed n connecton wth the recordng of the same secton n the book krtland revelatons t appears that 4 would be the number orgnall entered these two entres of the same secton were probabl entered wthn a short tme of each other varous other handwrtten manuscrpts have been located some are ndvdual sheets some are entres n earl journals and some are recorded wth other documents most of the rev- elatons are also recorded n the manuscrpt of the documen- and would have receved the at tar hstor of the church

8 tenton of joseph smth these copes n the DHC manuscrpt wll not be dscussed further n ths artcle the four manuscrpt volumes and the other manuscrpts have been carefull examned b dean C jessee of the hstoran s offce staff who has become famlar wth the ndvdual handwrtng of the earl scrbes manl due to hs efforts dentfcaton can now be made of the scrbes responsble for most of the wrtng once t had been determned whose hand had recorded the document research was then undertaken to dentf the perod of tme each ndvdual served as scrbe at the present tme t cannot be accuratel stated whch f an of these manuscrpts are the orgnals wrtten at the tme the revelatons were receved or whch are subsequent copes of the orgnals THE PROBLEM OF ERRORS IN RECORDING an nterestng subject to be consdered n connecton wth the revelatons s a stud of the dfferences that exst between these manuscrpts and the prnted revelatons n the doctrne and covenants such a stud s now beng carred out b robert J woodford for a doctoral dssertaton at brgham oung un- verst the results of hs research should be helpful to the serous scholar t ma be brefl mentoned here that a comparson of some of the manuscrpt copes of the revelatons wth the 833 book of commandments and the 835 doctrne and covenants ndcates n some nstances ver few changes n words and those changes whch do appear are neglgble n meanng or nter- pretaton beng manl grammatcal mprovements n other nstances there are nsertons of paragraphs or sentences have been omtted some dfferences appear n the headngs and dates of the manuscrpts when documents are coped b hand errors have a tendenc to occur manuscrpts ths s verfed upon examnaton of the exstng the manuscrpts appear generall to predate the 833 or 835 pantngs prntngs and the changes whch were made n these prnted edtons dd receve the personal attenton of the prophet joseph smth the one person who would have the rght to make correctons or addtons there are also some correctons made n the entres n krtland revelatons and these are n the handwrtng of joseph smth hs correctons appear n de dle tle tlle 833 and 835 prnted texts

9 OHIO revelatons 337 another aspect that deserves attenton s the accounts regardng the wa n whch revelatons were receved and recorded one statement comes from parle P pratt who was prvleged to be n attendance when some revelatons were receved and concernng whch he wrote n ma each sentence was uttered slowl and ver dstnctl and wth a pause between each suffcentl long for t to be recorded b an ordnar wrter n long hand ths was the manner n whch all hs wrtten revelatons were dctated and wrtten there was never an hestaton revewng or 566. readng back n order to keep the run ran of the subject nether dd an of these communcatons undergo revsons nterln enterln ngs or correctons As he dctated them so the stood so far as I have wtnessed and I was present to wtness the dctaton of several communcatons of several pages each autobograph of parle P pratt p ths statement however s modfed b B H roberts who states that some of the earl revelatons frst publshed n the book of commandments n 833 were revsed b the prophet hmself n the wa of correctng errors made b the scrbes and publshers and some addtonal clauses were nserted to throw ncreased lght upon the subjects treated n the revelatons and paragraphs added to make the prncples or nstructons appl to offcers not n the church at the tme some of the earler revelatons were gven DHC 73 an examnaton of the exstng manuscrpts verfes that there were dfferences or errors whch occurred n copng some examples of whch are gven n the followng paragraphs wth the manuscrpts of secton 42 s a photocop of a letter dated februar krtland the letter s addressed to bshop whtne and sgned b olver cowder n t olver asks bshop whtne to send b the bearer the orgnal cop of the revelaton gven to 2 elders feb 83 called the law of the church we are preparng the old star for reprntng and have no cop from whch to correct and kno of no other besde ours see p 324. secton 42 has the words 524 the headng of the manuscrpt of the laws of the church of chrst krtland geauga geaugh oho ma 23d 83 A commandment to the elders these lnes do not appear n the present prnted edton n 833 and 835 publcatons gve the date as februar 83 and the present dac has feb 9 83 the cop of ths revelaton n book B gves the date as februar 9 83 an

10 338 other dfference n ths manuscrpt s that a seres of questons s ncluded startng wth the queston shall the church come together nto one place or reman as the are n separate bodes ths s followed b verses I to then appear the words queston 2d ad the law regulatng the church n her present stuaton tll the tme of her gatherng answer followed b through 69 other questons follow the manuscrpt for secton 45 s headed A prophec to the church of chrst gven the 6th ath march 83 the 833 publcaton gves the date as march 83 the 835 the current dac d&c and the documentar hstor of the church all gve march 7 83 the manuscrpt for secton 52 s dated june 6 83 whereas the 833 and 835 publcatons gve june 83 d&c gves june 7 83 and the present dac the manuscrpt for secton 78 s dated march 832 krtland the 835 and the current dac at hram d&c have onl march 832 there are three manuscrpts of secton 87 one s dated jul and two have december 25th 832 as does the present dac d&c secton 87 was not publshed n the doctrne and covenants untl 876 the manuscrpt for secton 88 has the words the olve the 835 and the present dac d&c gve dec- leaf 6 of aprl ember both manuscrpt copes of secton 92 contan the name frederck and do not nclude the name shederlaomach the 835 edton gves the name shederlaomach but does not nclude frederck or frederck G wllams n the earl publcatons the anonmt of the ndvduals concerned was retaned through the use of these specal names there s et much research to be done on the manuscrpts of the revelatons and t s hoped that addtonal manuscrpts ma be brought to lght and made avalable to scholars contnued research and stud should contrbute to a greater understandng of these mportant documents and support ther clam to be dvnel nspred THE hstorcal SETTING OF THE OHIO revelatons there s also a great area for further research on the hstorcal settng of the oho revelatons what brought about the

11 OHIO revelatons 339 revelaton how mportant were the contents where was the prophet at the tme who recorded the revelaton orgnall As man of these questons wll be dscussed as can be the rest wll be left to be answered through addtonal research and wrtng the oung prophet joseph smth arrved n front of the glbert and whtne store n krtland oho on februar 83 he had onl a month earler celebrated hs twent ffth brthda persecuton ntolerance and msunderstandng had followed ths oung man n hs earler moves from palmra new ork to harmon pennslvana and thence to faette tance at krt- new ork where he was lvng when a letter was receved from john whtmer desrng hs mmedate assstance land to regulate the affars of the church there As he had done man tmes before and as he would contnue to do n the ears to come joseph nqured of the lord concernng hs wll d&c 37 to whch he receved n answer a revelaton dac com- because of the enem and for mandng hm to go to oho our sakes dac d&c he and hs wfe emma together wth sdne rgdon and edward partrdge prepared for the move to the west and n the cold wnter n the last week of januar 83 left the peter whtmer home n a slegh the two hundred snow covered mles were traversed wthn a few das and on februar the slegh drew up n front of the store where the travelers were welcomed b the newel K whtne faml joseph and emma smth were shortl located n two rooms of the whtne home whch was located on the corner across from the store the lved there for several weeks durng whch tme a number of revelatons were receved de four das after hs arrval n krtland joseph receved the frst of the 64 oho revelatons the sants n krtland had generall attempted to lve the teachngs of the new gospel but some strange notons had crept n among them and ths revelaton was receved to answer the stuaton the were commanded to assemble ourselves together to agree upon m word 42 fve das later februar 9 secton 42 concernng church government and how transgresson should be dealt wth was gven n the presence of twelve elders durng februar a woman came to joseph wth great pre tensons tentons to revealng commandments laws and other curous

12 34 matters Ms of oho n answer to her clam joseph receved a revelaton secton statng that none but joseph smth was apponted to receve revelatons and commandments as long as he lved and remaned fathful ths woman had deceved some members who lacked the sprt of dscernment also durng februar he receved secton 44 whch commanded the elders to meet and to assst the poor fve revelatons were gven n krtland durng march 83 n secton 45 the lord declared I have sent mne everlastng covenant nto the world to be a lght to the world and to be a standard for m people and for the gentles to seek to t 459 secton 46 pertaned to the hol ghost and gfts of the gospel whle secton 47 apponted john whtmer as church hstoran wth a commandment to keep a hstor n secton 48 nstructons were gven to the sants n krtland to receve those sants who were emgratng from the east and to dvde ther lands wth the newcomers untl the lord commanded them to gather to the land of ther nhertance lemon cople a convert to the church from the shaker fath stll retaned some belefs whch conflcted wth hs new relgon and n secton 49 he and others were called to preach the gospel to the shakers of the two revelatons gven durng ma 83 one secton 5 was gven at krtland to a group of elders who dd not understand the dfferent sprts manfestng themselves n the land and upon nqur of the lord for further lght ths secton was vas receved onl one revelaton was gven at thompson oho secton 5 A group of members known as the colesvlle Co branch had obeed the commandment to gather to oho and had journeed from colesvlle Co new ork and settled as advsed n the small vllage of thompson about sxteen mles northeast of krtland due to dffcultes whch arose among them as the attempted to lve the order of stewardshp and consecraton of propertes the requested that joseph smth assst them n ther dstress hs vst wth them resulted n ths revelaton whch nstructed that bshop partrdge was to appont unto ths people ther portons ever man equal accordng to hs faml accordng to hs crcumstances and hs wants and needs 5 3 not long afterward the colesvlle Colesvlle branch receved further nstructons to go to mssour 548 to settle n the land of the new jerusalem whch the dd arrvng there n jul 83

13 tf A X A z 4 ae 2e z 64 a lf 7 j x r ar zr t j aj f t tsa TSS Z A l at l x ZL E r s A n V x G r c jk j w xe IX c fe pf a JS f tr ae z J & r af fx e tf t ta t7 t A v cc l arg a racrxc 2& 4 A ec a c AJ J trg A J 7 c - a A 64 Av zt A 4 t e c 6 r f S f Z f ea e& 44 7 v x esk 4 A vw4 msp AN fc f c w 7 7 A r J z actc 2 e v J S J p r a A Z j AJ X a lwm M fr t ff awnors S gal opl l ms J IX V A 7 JIX e A 4 v s T C t t tot at t A 7 a t tc TST ts at t t c S fa rf f e r f t ta A at the manuscrpt of doctrne and covenants secton 45 n the hand of edward partrdge courtes of the church hstoran & t az flf

14 342 fve revelatons were gven n krtland n june secton 52 commanded some thrt elders to preach the gospel secton 53 concerned the work and appontment of sdne glbert n the church secton 54 was to newel knght commandng the Co lesvlle branch to contnue ther journe to mssour secton 55 was gven n response to an nqur b wllam W phelps who was told to assst olver cowder n the work of prntng selectng and wrtng books and secton 56 contaned drecton to several elders n accordance wth nstructons gven to joseph n secton 56 to journe to mssour he left krtland and arrved at ndependence jul 5 83 after arrangng for the organzaton and welfare of the sants who were mgratng to ndependence he returned to krtland arrvng there august 27 durng the remanng das of august he receved secton 63 whch n- structed some brethren to preach the gospel and others to move to the land of zon n mssour as part of the gatherng secton 64 was gven n krtland september rebukng a number of leadng men for not havng kept the commandments through ths revelaton t was made known that krtland would be retaned as a stronghold n the land for another fve ears 642 preparatons had been under wa for several das b joseph and emma to move to hram thrt mles southeast of krtland ths move was accomplshed september 2 and the faml then made ther lvng quarters n the home of john johnson ths was to be the home where a number of mportant revelatons were to be receved ffteen n all were gven n hram also whle lvng n the johnson home joseph translated a porton of the bble the frst revelaton gven n hram occurred durng october secton 65 and has been desgnated b joseph smth as a praer at a conference held n hram october 83 t was decded that the next conference should be held at orange oho about twelve mles south of krtland where a branch of the church was organzed ths conference convened at orange on october wllam E mlelln mcelln MLelln who had onl recentl arrved n krtland was n attendance at the meetngs n orange and sought the wll of the lord concernng hmself upon nqur to the lord joseph receved an answer drec- mcelln tng that mlelln MLelln should go on a msson to preach the gospel

15 OHIO revelatons 343 secton 66 the mnutes of the conference as recorded b olver cowder n the far west record verf that the meetngs were held n the home of brother srenes srenus burnett and apparentl the revelaton was gven n that home t was voted to hold another general conference januar at amherst loran count november 83 a specal conference was held at hram to consder matters whch should be attended to b olver cowder and john whtmer who had been apponted to go to mssour attenton was gven to publshng the revelatons whch had thus far been receved up to ths tme there had been no publcaton of the commandments the had been coped b hand sometmes naccuratel or carred b word of mouth wth attendng naccuraces and dffcult of obtanng As earl as the summer of 83 joseph proper nterpretaton saw the need for publcaton of the revelaton and soon after the revelaton known as secton 26 was receved he began to arrange and cop the revelatons receved up to that tme durng the conference a decson was made to publsh copes of the revelatons secton I was receved n the johnson home durng the recess between the mornng and afternoon sessons of the conference t was to be a preface to the publcaton the revelaton was read to the conference the next da n the revelaton s declared behold ths s mne authort and the authort of m servants and m preface unto the book of m commandments whch I have gven them to publsh unto ou nhabtants of the earth 6 from ths verse came the ttle to the publcaton book of commandments whch was prnted n ndependence at a later conference ma 832 t was decded to prnt onl 3 copes of the book november 3 at a specal conference n hram another of the mportant revelatons was receved whch became known as the appendx to the book of commandments secton 33 t has been called the appendx because t was presumabl ntended to be prnted as the last secton n that publcaton three addtonal revelatons were gven n hram durng november secton 67 contanng a testmon of the truthfulness of the commandments secton 68 callng several elders to preach and secton 69 wheren olver cowder and john whtmer were commanded to take the commandments to ndependence for prntng

16 344 at a conference held n hram november 8 comments were made pertanng to some mstakes found n the revelatons made ether b the slow method of recordng b the scrbes at the tme the revelaton was orgnall dctated or errors b the scrbes themselves n connecton wth ths joseph smth wrote m tme was occuped closel n revewng the commandments and sttng n conference for nearl two weeks for from the frst to the twelfth of november we held four specal conferences n the last whch was held at brother johnsons n hram after delberate consderaton n consequence of the book of revelatons now to be prnted beng the foundaton of the church n these last das and a beneft to the world the conference voted that the prze the revelatons to be worth to the church the rches of the whole earth speakng temporall DHC 235 n answer to an nqur secton 7 was receved gvng nstructons on the management and prntng of the book of commandments although the revelatons receved up to ths tme were now to be publshed and the prophet spent some tme makng cor- rectons there has not been found a wrtten manuscrpt volume nto whch the commandments were coped n the order n whch the appeared n the book of commandments nor has such a manuscrpt been found for the 835 doctrne and covenants t appears that the revelatons were frst recorded on ndvdual documents some of the orgnal documents could have been used b the prophet n makng hs correctons or such correctons could have been made on subsequent copes december at hram secton 7 was dv gven nstructng joseph to travel and preach n consequence of whch he vsted krtland where secton 7 was receved december 4 on the temporal and sprtual welfare of the church the frst revelaton n 832 was receved at hram secton 73 commandng joseph smth and sdne rgdon to renew ther work of translatng or revsng the scrptures and to contnue preachng whle thus nvolved wth translatng secton 74 was receved gvng an explanaton of cornthans 74 the conference whch had been apponted for amherst loran count convened there on januar at ths conference joseph smth jr was sustaned as presdent of the hgh presthood he wrote of ths conference

17 OHIO revelatons 345 the elders seemed anxous for me to nqure of the lord that the mght know hs wll or learn what would be most pleasng to hm for them to do n order to brng men to a sense of ther condton for as t was wrtten all men have gone out of the wa so that none doeth boeth good no not one DHC 242 secton 75 was receved n answer to hs nqur one of the great revelatons n the doctrne and covenants secton 76 was gven februar n the johnson home at hram whle joseph smth and sdne rgdon were engaged n revsng the gospel of st john joseph smth wrtes upon m return from amherst conference I resumed the translaton of the scrptures from sundr revelatons whch had been receved t was apparent that man mportant ponts touchng the salvaton of man had been taken from the bble or lost before t was compled t appeared self evdent from what truths were left that f god rewarded ever one accordng to the deeds done n the bod the term heaven as ntended for the sants eternal home must nclude more kngdoms than one DHC 252 n answer to ther praer the heavens were opened and the beheld the father and the son and were nformed on the prncples of the salvaton of man and the degrees of glor n the resurrecton one of the frequentl quoted scrptures whch has deep meanng for latter da sants s found n ths secton and now after the man testmones whch have been gven of hm ths s the testmon last of all whch we gve of hm that he lves for we saw hm even on the rght hand of god and we heard the voce bearng record that he s the onl begotten of the father that b hm and through hm and of hm the worlds are and were created and the nhabtants thereof are begotten sons and daughters unto god onl fve addtonal revelatons were receved n the johnson home whle joseph was n hram all of whch were gven durng march 832 secton 77 came whle the translaton of the scrptures was stll n progress and explaned part of the revelaton of st john secton 78 gave nstructons on temporal affars together wth nstructons to the hgh presthood sectons 79 anda 8 contaned nstructons to ndvduals and n secton 8 frederck G wllams was called to be a counselor n the frst presdenc

18 346 the john johnson home n hram oho mob volence ncreased whle joseph lved n hram to the extent that on march 24 a mob broke nto the johnson home dragged joseph from hs bed and after beatng hm covered hm wth tar and feathers sdne rgdon was also mstreated at ths tme joseph was suffcentl recovered b the next da that he was able to preach and baptze and the two men joseph and sdne havng recovered from the mobbng were able to start for mssour on aprl whle n mssour sectons 82 and 83 were gven the two men returned to krtland n june durng ther absence emma smth followng the advce of her husband removed to the whtne home n krtland where she and her husband would be more secure from the mob atttude whch exsted around hram the remander of the oho revelatons 27 were all gven whle joseph and emma stll lved n krtland fve of the revelatons secton were gven durng the last four months of 832 n response to nqures of elders who had labored n the eastern states and were now returnng to krtland the prophet nqured of the lord and receved

19 OHIO revelatons an mportant revelaton on presthood secton 84 secton 85 was wrtten to encourage and nstruct the sants n mssour and outlned some of the responsbltes of the lord s clerk secton 86 explaned the parable of the wheat and the tares and ts applcaton to the latter das the well known revelaton and prophec on war secton 87 was receved at a tme ap- proprate to the dffcultes of the perod south carolna had bad passed ordnances declarng ther state a free and ndependent naton and pres jackson had ssued a proclamaton aganst ths rebellon the prophet through ths revelaton was enabled to portra the forthcomng events secton 88 s a length mportant revelaton known as the olve leaf eleven revelatons were gven from februar to august 833 n krtland the frst of these secton 89 s known as the word of wsdom from whch latter da sants learn the are not to use hot drnks tea and coffee strong drnks alcohol or tobacco and to use grans and the frut of the vne n secton 9 the poston of joseph smth as presdent of the church s reaffrmed whle revsng the scrptures the prophet came to that porton of the ancent wrtngs called the apocrpha and receved the revelaton secton 9 wheren the lord stated t was not necessar to translate that part of the bble frederck G wllams receved nstructons n secton 92 to jon the unted order n secton 93 the relaton between the father and the son s defned and the well known statement made the glor of god s ntellgence or n other words lght and truth 9336 n secton 94 the sants are commanded to buld a house for the presdenc and a prntng house some of the members are chastsed and rebuked n secton 95 for not observng nstructons that had been prevousl gven them concernng the buldng of the lord s house at krtland at a conference held june 4 at krtland consderaton was gven to the dsposal of the french farm to whch an answer was receved n the translatng room that the area was to be dvded nto lots secton 96 secton 97 concerned the affars of the sants n jackson count mssour and n secton 98 the lord ndcated he was not well pleased wth man of the sants n krtland secton 99 contaned nstructons to john murdock the prophet started october 5 for new ork and canada and whle n new ork receved secton he returned to krtland november 4 the last revelaton n 833 sec

20 348 ton don was gven december 6 and pertans to the sufferngs of the sants n mssour onl four revelatons are recorded for 834 n krtland the frst of these secton 2 was gven n the joseph smth home and s the mnutes of the frst hgh councl to be organzed n the church the mnutes were consdered of suffcent mportance to ncorporate them as a secton of the doctrne and covenants n the mnutes are outlned some of the basc responsbltes of the hgh councl and a pattern was establshed whch s followed to ths da secton 3 was gven februar n the joseph smth home as a result of the dffcultes whch exsted n mssour commandng that the men n krtland be organzed to travel to mssour to assst the persecuted sants there ths group became known n hstor as zon s camp before startng joseph receved secton 4 on aprl 23 concernng the unted order he left krtland wth the camp ma 5 the camp was dsbanded june 25 and the members returned home joseph arrvng n krtland about august the last revelaton of 834 secton 6 was receved as joseph contnued hs preparatons for the school to be held n krtland and contaned nstructons to warren A cowder onl three revelatons are recorded n 835 n krtland secton 7 was gven as the twelve met n councl and re- cognzng that the were about to be separated for mssonar actvtes the asked the prophet to nqure the desres of the lord concernng them ths mportant explanaton of the dutes of the presthood was receved n answer the frst 58 verses were gven at ths tme and the remander added later whle the prophet was vstng n mchgan on august a specal conference was held at krtland at whch olver cowder ntroduced the book of doctrne and covenants of the church the ttle had evdentl been accepted b a commttee whch had concluded that the former ttle of book of commandments was too lmted n ts scope the prntng of an edton of the revelatons n 835 was to contan more than just commandments A seres of lectures on fath had been developed and these were ncluded n the 835 edton but not as revelatons also prnted n ths edton was an artcle on government and laws n general secton 34 whch was wrtten b olver cowder and presented to the

21 OHIO revelatons 349 conference b wllam W phelps as an expresson of the belefs of the sants at that tme on ths subject n the absence of joseph smth the assembl voted to accept ths artcle for prntng as well as an artcle on marrage the artcle on marrage had been prepared b olver cowder and was also presented to the conference b phelps as an expresson of the belef of the sants at that tme ths artcle was replaced n the 876 edton of the doctrne and covenants wth the pre- 32 on the eternt of the marrage covenant upon sent secton 52 hs return to krtland the prophet accepted the decson of the assembl and permtted the prntng of the two artcles n the 835 edton the thrd revelaton gven n 835 was drected to lman sherman two revelatons were receved n 836 both of whch were of specal mportance the krtland temple had been fnshed and the dedcator praer was offered b joseph smth march 27 and s ncluded n the doctrne and covenants as secton 9 log A few das later aprl 3 whle convened n the krtland temple n a conference joseph and olver retred to the pulpt the vels were dropped and after a solemn praer the receved a glorous vson of the savor and vstatons from moses elas and eljah the account of whch s gven n secton the fnal revelaton gven n krtland s dated jul and contans nstructons to thomas B marsh and the twelve sx months later januar joseph smth moved hs home from krtland to mssour never to return to oho the oho perod was one of great development expanson and nqur n the church As the understandng of the prophet joseph smth expanded he was read to receve a deeper nsght nto the purposes of the lord the prncple of nqur whch has been mentoned frequentl n connecton wth the oho revelatons brought about man answers whch were to set the pattern for church procedure for the future the examples gven to ndvduals n answer to ther nqures mght well be appled toda to members of the church who have smlar queres n ther mnds