Letter to Harvey Whitlock, 16 November 1835

Located ten miles south of Lake Erie. Settled by 1811. Organized by 1818. Population in 1830 about 55 Latter-day Saints and 1,000 others; in 1838 about 2,000 Saints and 1,200 others; in 1839 about 100 Saints and 1,500 others. Mormon missionaries visited township...

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: for if you get here in season, you will have the privelege of attending the School of the prophets

A term occasionally used to refer to a Protestant seminary; specifically used by JS to refer to a school to prepare elders of the church for their ministry. A December 1832 revelation directed JS and the elders of the church in Kirtland, Ohio, to establish...

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, which has already commenced and, also received instruction in doctrine, and principle, from those whom God has appointed whereby you may be qualified to go forth, and declare the true doctrines of the kingdom according to the true doctr ines of the mind and, will of God. and when you come to Kirtland

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, it will be explained to you why God has condes cended to give you a revelation according to your request.

please give my respects to you family, and bee assured I am yours in the bonds of the new and everlasting covenant

Generally referred to the “fullness of [the] gospel”—the sum total of the church’s message, geared toward establishing God’s covenant people on the earth; also used to describe individual elements of the gospel, including marriage. According to JS, the everlasting...

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Joseph Smith Jun [p. 44]

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Editorial Title: Letter to Harvey Whitlock, 16 November 1835
ID #: 283