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Minutes, 16 September 1835–B

 
Counsellor Samuel

13 Mar. 1808–30 July 1844. Farmer, logger, scribe, builder, tavern operator. Born at Tunbridge, Orange Co., Vermont. Son of Joseph Smith Sr. and Lucy Mack. Moved to Royalton, Windsor Co., Vermont, by Mar. 1810; to Lebanon, Grafton Co., New Hampshire, 1811...

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 then arose and spoke of the Doctrine  of Christ and the duty of the Servants of God in preaching  the gospel, & building upon the church of Christ

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...

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, to reprove  error and wickedness whenever they should see them, espe cially in the church, and that President Smith was in  the lines of his duty when he reproved <bro> Aldridge for his  evil, and consequently brother Green must have been wrong  in opposing him, and saying that he acted like a scou ndrel and that the Devil was in him.
Counsellor Levi Jackman

28 July 1797–23 July 1876. Carpenter, wainwright. Born at Vershire, Orange Co., Vermont. Son of Moses French Jackman and Elizabeth Carr. Moved to Batavia, Genesee Co., New York, 1810. Married first Angeline Myers Brady, 13 Nov. 1817, at Alexander, Genesee...

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 arose and said, that he  conceived that brother Green could not be justified in  opposing the servant of the Lord while in the actual  discharge of his duty, and that it is evident that  Satan hath sought to make divisions in the church  and hath taken the advantage of the occasion of pre senting the Book to do this.
President

The presiding body of the church. From the day of the church’s organization on 6 April 1830, JS and Oliver Cowdery led the church in their capacity as elders. An 11 November 1831 revelation directed that “the duty of the president of the office of the high...

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 F. G. Williams

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...

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 arose & said, that he was disposed  to exercise all the charity for brethren that he could,  yet at the same time he did not feel willing to  justify wickedness nor cover or hide iniquity in the  church but rather to expose it and rebuke it. that it  may be brought to light: And that the wickedness of brother  Green in condemning President Smith is evident from  the testimony, and that brother Aldridge also did act  foolishly and by the influence of a wrong Spirit in  questioning the integrity of the heads of the Church in  the purchase of the Book, &, that President Smith was  and, is, justifiable in doing as he has done, in this  matter, & should not be censured as has been done  in this matter by brother Green.
President O. Cowdery

3 Oct. 1806–3 Mar. 1850. Clerk, teacher, justice of the peace, lawyer, newspaper editor. Born at Wells, Rutland Co., Vermont. Son of William Cowdery and Rebecca Fuller. Raised Congregationalist. Moved to western New York and clerked at a store, ca. 1825–1828...

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 then arose and showed, by a few  very plain remarks, how Satan, had sought from  the beginning to destroy the book of Mormon, and  in order to do this, had been continually leveling his shafts [p. 110]

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Minutes, 16 September 1835–B
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