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Source: Church History Vol. 1 Chapter 11 Page: 285 (~1833)

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285 places the Lord appointed. This decision in council gave general satisfaction, and the elders soon saw the beauty of every man in his place."-Times and Seasons, vol. 5, pp. 738, 739.

Joseph also writes of affairs both in Kirtland and Zion as follows:-

"April 2. F. G. Williams was appointed, by a council of high priests, an agent, to superintend and employ men to labor in the brickyard, on the French farm, also to rent the farm. The French farm was purchased on account of the stone quarry thereon, and the facilities for making brick, each essential to the building up of the city. The council also instructed Bro. E. Thayre to purchase the Tannery of Arnold Mason, in Kirtland.

"On the 6th of April, in the land of Zion, which was within the western boundaries of the State of Missouri, about eighty official, together with some unofficial members of the church, met for instruction, and the service of God at the ferry on Big Blue River, near the western limits of Jackson County, which is the confines of the State and the United States. It was an early spring, and the leaves and blossoms, like a glimpse at paradise, enlivened and gratified the soul of man.

"The day was spent in a very agreeable manner, in giving and receiving knowledge which appertained to this last kingdom. It being just eighteen hundred years since the Savior laid down his life that men might have everlasting life, and only three years since the church had come out of the wilderness, preparatory for the last dispensation. They had great reason to rejoice: they thought upon the time when this world came into existence and the morning stars sang together and all the sons of God shouted for joy: when Israel ate the 'passover' as wailing came up for the loss of the firstborn of Egypt, and they felt like the shepherds who watched their flocks by night, when the angelic choir sweetly sung that electrifying strain, 'Peace on earth and good will to man,' and the solemnities of eternity rested upon them. This was the first attempt made by the church to celebrate her birthday, and those who professed not our faith talked about

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