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Rules and Regulations, 14 January 1836
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1st— It is according to the rules and regula tions of
all regular and legal organized bodies to have a president to keep
order.—
2ond— The body thus organized are under obligation to
be in subjection to that auth ority—
3d— When a congregation assembles
in this house they shall submit to the follow ing rules, that
due respect may be pa id to
the order of the worship—viz.
JS revelation of Jan. 1831 directed Latter-day Saints to migrate to Ohio, where they would “be endowed with power from on high.” JS Revelation of Dec. 1832 directed Saints to “establish . . . an house of God.” JS Revelation of 1 June 1833 chastened Saints...
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1st— no man shall be interupted who is appointed to
speak by the presidency of
the Church, by any disorderly person or persons in the congregation,
by whisper ing by laughing by talking by men acing Jestures by
getting up and run ning out in a disorderly manner or by offering
indignity to the manner of worship or the religion or to any off icer
of said church while officiating in his office in any wise whatever
by any display of ill manners or ill bree ding from old or young
rich or poor male or female bond or free black or white believer
or unbeliever and if any of the above insults are offered such
measures will be taken as are lawful to punish the aggressor or aggressors
and eject them out of the house
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...
View GlossaryJS revelation of Jan. 1831 directed Latter-day Saints to migrate to Ohio, where they would “be endowed with power from on high.” JS Revelation of Dec. 1832 directed Saints to “establish . . . an house of God.” JS Revelation of 1 June 1833 chastened Saints...
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2ond— An insult offered to the
presidency <presid ing> Elder of said Church, shall be concidered an insult
to the whole [p. 111]
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...
View GlossaryRules and Regulations, Kirtland, OH, 14 Jan. 1836; handwriting of Warren Parrish; in JS, Journal, Sept. 1835–Apr. 1836, pp. 111–113; JS Collection, CHL.
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 Info10 Jan. 1803–3 Jan. 1877. Clergyman, gardener. Born in New York. Son of John Parrish and Ruth Farr. Married first Elizabeth (Betsey) Patten of Westmoreland Co., New Hampshire, ca. 1822. Lived at Alexandria, Jefferson Co., New York, 1830. Purchased land at...
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