D&C 86 (Kirtland): Parable of the apostasy. The Lord is sending out the word now and blades begin sprout. Angels want to harvest but the Lord restrains them until the harvest is fully ready. The priesthood came down through history in the Prophet's ancestors, hidden from the world. Joseph is to restore all and be a savior to the world.
--1832 December 6
[Joseph:] translating and received a revelation explaining the Parable the wheat and the tears &c- PWJS, 23; Matthew 13:18-43; D&C 86
--1832 December 6
The Mormons still profess to talk with angels, visit the third heaven, and converse with Christ face to face.-Their form of baptism is changed to "I, John the Messenger, baptize thee" &c. The gift of imparting the Holy Ghost is yet professed.
Ohio Atlas and Lorain County Gazette, Dec. 6, 1832.
They pretend to have discovered where the Ark of the Covenant, Aaron's rod, the pot of Manna, &c., &c., now remain hid. At no distant period, they expect Christ will re-appear to live and reign on the earth a thousand years.
--1832 December 6
The Mormons still profess to talk with angels, visit the third heaven, and converse with Christ face to face.-Their form of baptism is changed to "I, John the Messenger, baptize thee" &c. The gift of imparting the Holy Ghost is yet professed.
Ohio Atlas and Lorain County Gazette, Dec. 6, 1832.
We believe their society numbers something more than 100 souls in this County, many of whom intend removing to Mount Zion in the Spring.
--December 6, 1832
Kirtland, Ohio. Joseph Smith received Doctrine & Covenants 86, a revelation explaining the parable of the wheat and tares.
--6 Dec (Fri) 1833|The Wayne Sentinel printed its "The Mormonites" article, saying that "Josiah Jones, Esq. of Kirtland, Ohio" had recently written a letter to "Doct. P. Hurlbert," then in Palmyra "as a missionary in behalf of the people of Kirtland for the purpose of investigating the origin of the Mormon sect." The Sentinel went on to paraphrase some of the Missouri news from the clipping Jones had sent Hurlbut. But, by that time, the editor already had other similar articles in hand from which he could quote the same news.
--1833 December 6
[Wayne Sentinel: D. P. Hurlbut is in Palmyra] as a missionary in behalf of the people of Kirtland investigating the origin of the Mormon sect. … The original manuscript of the Book [of Mormon] was written some thirty years since, by a respectable clergyman, now deceased, whose name we are not permitted to give. It was designed to be published as a romance, but the work has been superadded by come modern hand-believed to be the notorious Rigdon. These particulars have been derived by Dr. Hurlbert [Hurlbut] from the widow of the author of the original manuscript. Qtd. in Early documents 2:13-14, and Sidney Rigdon, 135.
--1833 December 6
W. W. Phelps, Isaac Morley, John Whitmer, Edward Partridge, John Corrill, and A. S. Gilbert write Governor Daniel Dunklin for assistance: state militia or United States Rangers to restore Mormons to their homes in Jackson County; authorization for Mormon men to organize themselves into companies of Jackson Guards armed by the state; and a court of enquiry. TS 6, no. 10 (Jun. 1, 1845): 915.
--December 6, 1833
Kirtland, Ohio. 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.â€
--1834 6 Dec.
Joseph Smith, Sr., and son Hyrum are the first Freemasons to become general authorities, although they had not been active since the 1826 murder of anti-Masonic crusader William Morgan. Before his own death Joseph Smith would marry the anti-Masonic martyr's widow Lucinda. First Presidency ordains Hyrum Smith as an additional assistant president (counselor) and Joseph Sr. as assistant president and Presiding Patriarch. Joseph Jr. had ordained Brigham Young's father John Young as patriarch to his family a few weeks earlier.
--1834 December 6
In Kirtland, the Smith men, Oliver, Sidney, and Reynolds Cahoon meet. Hyrum is ordained to the presidency of the High Priesthood. Minutes of December 6, 1834
--1834 December 6
In Missouri, W. W. Phelps, John Whitmer, John Corrill, Isaac Morley, Edward Partridge, and A. S. Gilbert write Governor Daniel Dunklin for military assistance to restore them to their lands, to authorize their own military units, and to convene a court of inquiry. TS 6, no. 10 (June 1, 1845): 915.
--1837 December 6
Far West high council and bishop's council vote to pay themselves and recorders for services and reimburse Bishop Partridge expenses he incurred defending the church during the Jackson county episode. Minutes of December 6, 1837
--1845 6 Dec.
Another joint prayer circle of aposdes and high priests in the temple, with Aposdes Brigham Young, Heber C. Kimball, George A. Smith, Amasa M. Lyman, John Taylor, and High Priests Alpheus Cutler, Reynolds Cahoon, Isaac Morley, John Smith, William W. Phelps, Newel K. Whitney, George Miller, William Clayton, Lucien Woodworth, Joseph C. Kingsbury, Orson Spencer, again with a high priest (Phelps) "being Mouth" (HCK).
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