October 27, 1833
Joseph Smith had great success while preaching in Mount Pleasant; twelve people requested baptism and others desired another meeting for the next day.
Ecclesiastical Duties
October 28, 1833
Joseph Smith held another meeting and confirmed fourteen people who had been baptized in the previous two days.
November 25, 1833
Orson Hyde and John Gould arrived from Missouri and told Joseph Smith and the other brethren about the expulsion of the Saints from Jackson County, Missouri.
December 6, 1833
Joseph Smith and others prayed that the newly arrived printing press would be a means to bring "about the restoration of the house of Israel."
December 18, 1833
The elders assembled, and Joseph Smith dedicated the printing press. Later he pronounced blessings on his parents and siblings.
December 26, 1833
Joseph Smith rebuked Elder Ezekiel Rider and Bishop Newel Whitney, who had been saying hard things to each other.
February 9, 1834
Joseph Smith attended a conference of high priests, elders, priests, teachers, and deacons at the house of Brother Kirlins.
February 12, 1834
At a meeting of high priests and elders at his home, Joseph Smith spoke of the dignity of his office, and he taught the brethren, according to a vision he had of the pattern and organization of the Church, how a council of the Church should be organized.
February 19, 1834
During a meeting with the high council, Joseph Smith blessed other members of the council and received a blessing from his father.
February 20, 1834
At a high council meeting, the brethren discussed whether a transgression of the Word of Wisdom should "deprive an official member from holding office in the Church." Joseph Smith rendered a decision in the affirmative.
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