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Letter to John Sims Carter, 13 April 1833
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attend an unorganised band in Journey[ing] in the last days and again those in debt should in all cases pay their debts and the rich are in no wise to cast out the poor or leave them behind for it is said that the poor shall inherit the earth you quoted a passge in Jeremiah with regard to Journey to Zion the word of God stands sure so let it be done
There are two paragraphs in your letter which I do not commend as they are writen blind speak ing of the Elder being sent like lightning from the bow of Judah the second, no secret in the councils of Zion you mention this as if fear rested upon your mind otherwise we cannot understand it and again we never enquire of the hand of the Lord God for special reve lation only in case of ther being no previous revelation to suit the case and that in a court of high Priests for further informa tion on the subject you have writen I will refer you to the Elders who have recently left here for the east by commandment some of whom you will probably see soon you may depend on any information you receive from them that are faithful you may expect to see Bro Orson [Pratt] & Lyman [Johnson] for whom we have great fellowship, it, <is> a great thing to enquire at the hand of God or to come into his presence and we feel fearful to approch him upon subject[s] that are of little or no consequen[ce] to satisfy the enqueries of individ uals especially <about> things the knowledge of which men aught to obtain in all cencerity before God for themselves in humility by the prayer of faith, and more especially a teacher or a high Priest in the Church of Christ I speak thes[e] things not by way of reproach [p. 31]
An administrative and ecclesiastical office not associated with age. The Book of Mormon explained that elders ordained priests and teachers and administered “the flesh and blood of Christ unto the church.” The articles and covenants of the church directed...
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View Glossary19 Sept. 1811–3 Oct. 1881. Farmer, writer, teacher, merchant, surveyor, editor, publisher. Born at Hartford, Washington Co., New York. Son of Jared Pratt and Charity Dickinson. Moved to New Lebanon, Columbia Co., New York, 1814; to Canaan, Columbia Co., fall...
View Full Bio24 Oct. 1811–20 Dec. 1859. Merchant, lawyer, hotelier. Born at Pomfret, Windsor Co., Vermont. Son of John Johnson and Alice (Elsa) Jacobs. Moved to Hiram, Portage Co., Ohio, Mar. 1818. Baptized into LDS church by Sidney Rigdon, Feb. 1831. Ordained an elder...
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View Glossary John Sims Carter was baptized a church member and ordained to the priesthood in late 1832. He then began a mission in Vermont, during which he requested guidance from Kirtland church leaders regarding several issues. Responding in this letter, JS addressed Carter’s missionary service as well as protocols of institutional and personal revelation and visions, duties of priesthood offices, and the administration of church discipline.
JS wrote this letter from Kirtland, Ohio, to Carter at Benson, Vermont. Frederick G. Williams subsequently transcribed a copy of it into Letter Book 1.
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...
More InfoLocated in western Vermont, near south end of Lake Champlain. Settled 1783; organized ca. 1786. Population in 1830 about 1,500. Scene of many early religious revivals. Location of first branch of LDS church in Vermont, 1831. Branch consisted mostly of former...
More Info28 Oct. 1787–10 Oct. 1842. Ship’s pilot, teacher, physician, justice of the peace. Born at Suffield, Hartford Co., Connecticut. Son of William Wheeler Williams and Ruth Granger. Moved to Newburg, Cuyahoga Co., Ohio, 1799. Practiced Thomsonian botanical system...
View Full BioJS and Frederick G. Williams, letter, Kirtland, OH, to John Sims Carter, Benson, VT, 13 Apr. 1833; handwriting of JS and Frederick G. Williams; in JS Letterbook 1, pp. 29–32; JS Collection, CHL.
28 Oct. 1787–10 Oct. 1842. Ship’s pilot, teacher, physician, justice of the peace. Born at Suffield, Hartford Co., Connecticut. Son of William Wheeler Williams and Ruth Granger. Moved to Newburg, Cuyahoga Co., Ohio, 1799. Practiced Thomsonian botanical system...
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...
More InfoLocated in western Vermont, near south end of Lake Champlain. Settled 1783; organized ca. 1786. Population in 1830 about 1,500. Scene of many early religious revivals. Location of first branch of LDS church in Vermont, 1831. Branch consisted mostly of former...
More Info28 Oct. 1787–10 Oct. 1842. Ship’s pilot, teacher, physician, justice of the peace. Born at Suffield, Hartford Co., Connecticut. Son of William Wheeler Williams and Ruth Granger. Moved to Newburg, Cuyahoga Co., Ohio, 1799. Practiced Thomsonian botanical system...
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