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Letter to Orson Hyde and John E. Page, 14 May 1840
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to you, which you may get
translated, and printed into any language you please. Should we not be able to send some
to you, and there should be a great call for Hymns where you may be; then I should have
no objections to your publishing the present one. Were you to publish the Book of
Mormon, Doctrine & Covenants, or Hymn Book; I desire the copy rights of the same to
be secured in my name.
With respect to publishing any other work, either original, or those which have
been published before, you will be governed by circumstances; if you think nece ssary to
do so I shall have no objections whatever— It will be well to study plainness and
simplicity in what ever you may publish “for my soul delighteth in pla[i]n ness”. I feel much
pleased with the spirit of yo ur letter, and be assured, Dear Bretheren, of my hearty co-operation, and my prayers for your welfare and sucess.
In answer to your enquiry in a former letter, relative to the duty of the seventies
in regulating churches &c; I say that the duties of the seventies is, more particularly to
preach the Gospel, & build up churches, rather than regulate them.— that a high priest
may take charge of them.
An office in the Melchizedek Priesthood patterned after the seventy envoys called by Jesus in the New Testament. The first members of the Quorum of the Seventy were called in February 1835. Revelation stipulated that “the seventy are also called to preach...
View GlossaryAn ecclesiastical office. The Book of Mormon used the term high priest to denote one appointed to lead the church. However, the Book of Mormon also discussed an order of high priests who were called to teach the commandments of God and serve as leaders in...
View GlossaryIf a high priest should be remiss in his duty, & should lead, or suffer the church to
be led astray; de part from the ordinances of the Lord, then it is the duty of one of the
seventies, acting under the special direction of the twelve— being duly commissioned by
them with their delegated authority, to go that church and if agree able to a majority of the
members of said church to pro ceed to regulate and put in order the same— otherwise he
can have no authority to act
The Book of Mormon related that when Christ set up his church in the Americas, “they which were baptized in the name of Jesus, were called the church of Christ.” The first name used to denote the church JS organized on 6 April 1830 was “the Church of Christ...
View GlossaryA religious rite. JS taught that ordinances were covenants between man and God, in which believers could affirm faith, gain spiritual knowledge, and seek blessings. Some ordinances were considered requisite for salvation. The manner in which ordinances were...
View GlossaryMembers of a governing body in the church, with special administrative and proselytizing responsibilities. A June 1829 revelation commanded Oliver Cowdery and David Whitmer to call twelve disciples, similar to the twelve apostles in the New Testament and ...
View Glossary<J Smith Jr> [p. 147]
JS, letter, Nauvoo, IL, to Orson Hyde and John E. Page, Cincinnati, OH; handwriting of Howard Coray; in JS Letterbook 2, pp. 146–147; JS Collection, CHL.
Principal gathering place for Saints following expulsion from Missouri. Beginning in 1839, LDS church purchased lands in earlier settlement of Commerce and planned settlement of Commerce City, as well as surrounding areas. Served as church headquarters, 1839...
More Info8 Jan. 1805–28 Nov. 1878. Laborer, clerk, storekeeper, teacher, editor, businessman, lawyer, judge. Born at Oxford, New Haven Co., Connecticut. Son of Nathan Hyde and Sally Thorpe. Moved to Derby, New Haven Co., 1812. Moved to Kirtland, Geauga Co., Ohio, ...
View Full Bio25 Feb. 1799–14 Oct. 1867. Born at Trenton, Oneida Co., New York. Son of Ebenezer Page and Rachel Hill. Married first Betsey Thompson, 1831, in Huron Co., Ohio. Baptized into LDS church by Emer Harris, 18 Aug. 1833, at Brownhelm, Lorain Co., Ohio. Ordained...
View Full BioArea settled largely by emigrants from New England and New Jersey, by 1788. Village founded and surveyed adjacent to site of Fort Washington, 1789. First seat of legislature of Northwest Territory, 1790. Incorporated as city, 1819. Developed rapidly as shipping...
More Info6 May 1817–16 Jan. 1908. Bookkeeper, clerk, teacher, farmer. Born in Dansville, Steuben Co., New York. Son of Silas Coray and Mary Stephens. Moved to Providence, Luzerne Co., Pennsylvania, ca. 1827; to Williams, Northampton Co., Pennsylvania, by 1830; and...
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