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Blessing to Newel K. Whitney, 7 October 1835, Frederick G. Williams Copy

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JS, Blessing, to
Newel K. Whitney

3/5 Feb. 1795–23 Sept. 1850. Trader, merchant. Born at Marlborough, Windham Co., Vermont. Son of Samuel Whitney and Susanna Kimball. Moved to Fairfield, Herkimer Co., New York, 1803. Merchant at Plattsburg, Clinton Co., New York, 1814. Mercantile clerk for...

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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], 7 Oct. 1835. Version copied 7 Oct. 1835; in handwriting of
Frederick 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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; two pages; CHL.

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See Historical Introduction to Blessing to Newel K. Whitney, 7 Oct. 1835.
Asterisk (*) denotes a "featured" version, which includes an introduction and annotation. *Blessing to Newel K. Whitney, 7 October 1835

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Wednesday Octr. 7th 1835
A Revelation to
Br. [Newel K.] Whitney

3/5 Feb. 1795–23 Sept. 1850. Trader, merchant. Born at Marlborough, Windham Co., Vermont. Son of Samuel Whitney and Susanna Kimball. Moved to Fairfield, Herkimer Co., New York, 1803. Merchant at Plattsburg, Clinton Co., New York, 1814. Mercantile clerk for...

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Blessed of the Lord is
br Whitney

3/5 Feb. 1795–23 Sept. 1850. Trader, merchant. Born at Marlborough, Windham Co., Vermont. Son of Samuel Whitney and Susanna Kimball. Moved to Fairfield, Herkimer Co., New York, 1803. Merchant at Plattsburg, Clinton Co., New York, 1814. Mercantile clerk for...

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even the
bishop

An ecclesiastical and priesthood office. JS appointed Edward Partridge as the first bishop in February 1831. Following this appointment, Partridge functioned as the local leader of the church in Missouri. Later revelations described a bishop’s duties as receiving...

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of the
church of the latter day saints

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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; for the
bishoprick

Initially referred to a bishop’s ecclesiastical jurisdiction, but eventually described the ecclesiastical body comprising the bishop and his assistants, or counselors. John Corrill and Isaac Morley were called as assistants to Bishop Edward Partridge in 1831...

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shall never be taken away from him while he liveth and the time cometh that he shall overcome all the narrow mindedness of his heart and all his covetous desires that so easily beseteth him, and <​he​> shall deal with a liberal hand to the poor and the needy the sick and the afflicted the widow and the fatherless, and marviously an miraculously shall the Lord his God, provide for him even that he shall be blessed with all the fulness of the good things of this earth and his seed after him from generation to generation and it shall come to pass that according to the measure that he meateth-out with a liberal hand unto the poor, so shall it be measured to him again, by the hand of his God, even an hundred fold. Angels shall guard his house and shall guard the lives of his posterity and they shall become verry great and verry numerous on the earth <​and whomsoever he blesseth shall be blessed​> whomsoever he curseth they shall be cursed, and when his enemies seek him unto his hurt and distruction let him rise up and curse and the hand of God shall be upon his enemies; in Judgment, they shall be utterly confounded and brought to destruction <​desolation​>, therefore he shall be preserved unto the utmost and his life shall be precious in the sight of the Lord, he shall rise up and shake himself as a Lion riseth out of his nest, and roareth untill he shaketh the hills and as Lion goeth forth among the lesser beasts, so shall the going forth of him be [p. [1]]
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