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Blessing for Lorenzo Barnes, 3 January 1836
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The clowds of
heaven ya Thou shalt see <view> The winding up seen of
all Things & stand with The hundred forty & four Thousand on Mount
Zion These
blessings & many others which Tongue cannot express &
all The powers of The priest hood we seal upon Thy head & upon
Thy sead forever in The na me of Jesus Christ & by The po wer authority
of The High Priesthood even so amen
In the early 1830s, often referred to an “order of men set apart for sacred offices”; also referred more generally to power or authority from God. The priesthood was conferred through the laying on of hands to adult male members of the church in good standing...
View GlossaryThe authority and power held by certain officers in the church. The Book of Mormon referred to the high priesthood as God’s “holy order, which was after the order of his Son,” and indicated that Melchizedek, a biblical figure, was a high priest “after this...
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Apr 24th 1836
[p. 52]
Blessing, JS, Sidney Rigdon, and Hyrum Smith, to Lorenzo Barnes, Kirtland, OH, 2 Jan. 1836; handwriting probably that of Lorenzo Barnes; in Lorenzo Dow Barnes, Reminiscences and Diaries, pp. 47-52; CHL.
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View Full BioLocated 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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