Footnotes
Sylvester Smith to Oliver Cowdery, Kirtland, OH, 28 Oct. 1834, in LDS Messenger and Advocate, Oct. 1834, 1:10–11; Minutes, 24 Sept. 1834. In February 1835, Smith was called as one of the initial members of the Seventy, an ecclesiastical body established by JS. (Minutes and Blessings, 28 Feb.–1 Mar. 1835.)
Latter Day Saints’ Messenger and Advocate. Kirtland, OH. Oct. 1834–Sept. 1837.
JS, Journal, 25 Jan. 1836.
Revised Minutes, 18–19 Feb. 1834 [D&C 102:2].
Revised Minutes, 18–19 Feb. 1834 [D&C 102:9–11].
Minutes, 11 Aug. 1834. Whitney was also supposed to preside over the 23 August 1834 council, but he did not attend because of illness. Reynolds Cahoon, one of his counselors, presided in his stead. (Minutes, 23 Aug. 1834.)
Revelation, 11 Nov. 1831–B [D&C 107:82].
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As explained in the historical introduction, Smith’s name was later crossed out and under it the notation “The above was signed for fear of punishment” was written.
Since the business directly involving JS had now concluded, he assumed presiding duties from Newel K. Whitney.
“Take the lead in singing” may mean that Brigham Young sang the hymn by himself or that he led the congregation in singing. Young later recollected that in early 1835, after he and his brother Joseph “had been singing after preaching in a meeting,” JS asked them to go to his home, where the brothers sang “to him a long time.” Taking the lead could also mean “lining out” hymns, which consisted of singing one or two lines of text, which the congregation would then repeat in a type of “call-and-response” singing. Such “lining out” was common practice in many Protestant congregations. (Brigham Young, in Journal of Discourses, 7 May 1861, 9:89; Hicks, “What Hymns Early Mormons Sang and How They Sang Them,” 104–107.)
Journal of Discourses. 26 vols. Liverpool: F. D. Richards, 1855–1886.
Hicks, Michael. “What Hymns Early Mormons Sang and How They Sang Them.” BYU Studies 47, no. 1 (2008): 95–118.
The remainder of page 72 includes minutes from a 4 August 1834 council meeting. The following page includes a note pertaining to the 28–29 August meeting that should have been inserted earlier.