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Blessing to George A. Smith, 1 March 1835, Bathsheba Bigler Smith Copy

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JS,
Sidney Rigdon

19 Feb. 1793–14 July 1876. Tanner, farmer, minister. Born at St. Clair, Allegheny Co., Pennsylvania. Son of William Rigdon and Nancy Gallaher. Joined United Baptists, ca. 1818. Preached at Warren, Trumbull Co., Ohio, and vicinity, 1819–1821. Married Phebe...

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Joseph Smith Sr.

12 July 1771–14 Sept. 1840. Cooper, farmer, teacher, merchant. Born at Topsfield, Essex Co., Massachusetts. Son of Asael Smith and Mary Duty. Nominal member of Congregationalist church at Topsfield. Married to Lucy Mack by Seth Austin, 24 Jan. 1796, at Tunbridge...

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, Blessing, to
George A. Smith

26 June 1817–1 Sept. 1875. Born at Potsdam, St. Lawrence Co., New York. Son of John Smith and Clarissa Lyman. Baptized into Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints by Joseph H. Wakefield, 10 Sept. 1832, at Potsdam. Moved to Kirtland, Geauga Co., Ohio,...

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Kirtland Township

Located ten miles south of Lake Erie. Settled by 1811. Organized by 1818. Latter-day Saint missionaries visited township, early Nov. 1830; many residents joined Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Population in 1830 about 55 Latter-day Saints and...

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, Geauga Co., OH, 1 Mar. 1835. Version copied [ca. 1840s]; handwriting of Bathsheba Bigler Smith, docket in unidentified handwriting; one page; George A. Smith, Papers, CHL. Includes redactions.

Historical Introduction

See Historical Introduction to Minutes, Discourse, and Blessings, 1 Mar. 1835.
Asterisk (*) denotes a "featured" version, which includes an introduction and annotation. *Blessing to George A. Smith, 1 March 1835

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George A Smith

26 June 1817–1 Sept. 1875. Born at Potsdam, St. Lawrence Co., New York. Son of John Smith and Clarissa Lyman. Baptized into Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints by Joseph H. Wakefield, 10 Sept. 1832, at Potsdam. Moved to Kirtland, Geauga Co., Ohio,...

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ordination

The conferral of power and authority; to appoint, decree, or set apart. Church members, primarily adults, were ordained to ecclesiastical offices and other responsibilities by the laying on of hands by those with the proper authority. Ordinations to priesthood...

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Thou shalt go forth and carry the gospel to the nations who sits in darkness, we
seal

To confirm or solemnize. In the early 1830s, revelations often adopted biblical usage of the term seal; for example, “sealed up the testimony” referred to proselytizing and testifying of the gospel as a warning of the approaching end time. JS explained in...

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upon thee the power of this ministry, if thou art faithfull from this hour thou wilt receive a blessing fulness of joy, thou shalt ask and the lord will give thee, shalt <​ask​> and he will give again, thou shalt see the glory of the lord thou shalt see great things and contemplate mighty things, thy hart shall desire to see thee worth of the god roll on and thou shall see it, we seal another blessing upon thee thou shalt return with thy breathren here, after thou hast labored much and suffered much, and thy comming in shall be greater than thy going out these blessings we confer upon thee in the name of Jesus Amen
Given under the hands of
Joseph Smith Sen

12 July 1771–14 Sept. 1840. Cooper, farmer, teacher, merchant. Born at Topsfield, Essex Co., Massachusetts. Son of Asael Smith and Mary Duty. Nominal member of Congregationalist church at Topsfield. Married to Lucy Mack by Seth Austin, 24 Jan. 1796, at Tunbridge...

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March 1st. 1835
Joseph Smith Junior
Sidney Rigdon

19 Feb. 1793–14 July 1876. Tanner, farmer, minister. Born at St. Clair, Allegheny Co., Pennsylvania. Son of William Rigdon and Nancy Gallaher. Joined United Baptists, ca. 1818. Preached at Warren, Trumbull Co., Ohio, and vicinity, 1819–1821. Married Phebe...

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