March 9, 1834
Joseph Smith and his traveling companions held a meeting in a schoolhouse and afterward had difficulty leaving because many who believed in their message were eager to speak with them.
Ecclesiastical Duties
March 10, 1834
Joseph Smith preached to two large congregations with much success.
March 11, 1834
Joseph Smith held a meeting at which he baptized Heman T. Hyde, a young man whose entire family later joined the Church and formed part of the Freedom Branch.
March 17, 1834
Joseph Smith attended a conference of elders at which he recruited men to assist the Saints who had been driven from Jackson County, Missouri. He also appealed for funds to buy land in Missouri and to pay debts owed by the Church's leaders in Kirtland.
April 7, 1834
Joseph Smith met with Newel K. Whitney, Oliver Cowdery, Frederick G. Williams, and Heber C. Kimball in the council room and prayed for means to reconcile debts and to prevail against Doctor Philastus Hurlbut.
April 10, 1834
Joseph Smith held a council of the United Firm in Ohio in which he dissolved the economic order among the members who were involved in the firm.
April 11, 1834
Joseph Smith attended a meeting where Andrews Tyler was restored to the fellowship of the Church.
April 17, 1834
Joseph Smith attended a meeting where Elder Sidney Rigdon discussed the "deliverance of Zion" and the building of a temple in Kirtland.
April 20, 1834
Elder Sidney Rigdon entertained a large congregation of Saints, including Joseph Smith, with an interesting discourse on the fullness of times.
April 21, 1834
At a conference of elders at the home of Brother Carpenter, Joseph Smith spoke these famous words: "Take away the Book of Mormon and the revelations, and where is our religion? We have none."
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