Minutes, 19 February 1834

The accuser and the accused then spoke for themselves, after  which, the president arose and laid open the case still more  plain and gave his decision; which was, that the charges in  the declaration had been fairly sustained by good witnesses, also,  that bro. H. ought to have confessed when rebuked by bro Thayer

Ca. 1792–6 Sept. 1862. Farmer, gardener, builder. Born in New York. Married Elizabeth Frank. Lived at Bloomfield, Ontario Co., New York, 1820. Lived at Farmington, Ontario Co., 1830. Baptized into LDS church by Parley P. Pratt and confirmed by JS, fall 1830...

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 also that if he had the spirit of the Lord at the meetings where  he hollowed, he must have abused it, and grieved it away. all  the council agreed with the decision. Bro. Hodges then rose and  said, that he then saw his wrong, but never saw it before  and appeared to feel thankful that he saw it, he said he had  learned more during this trial, than he had since he came into  the Church

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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, Confessed freely his error, and said he would  attend to overcomeing that evil, the Lord being his helper

The Council

Although JS utilized councils of elders and high priests earlier in church government, the first standing high council of the church was organized in Kirtland, Ohio, on 17 February 1834. The second high council was organized a few months later in Clay County...

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then adjournd to meet again tomorrow evening  20th Inst.