Footnotes
See Minutes, 6 June 1833; and Coltrin, Diary and Notebook, 30 July 1833.
Coltrin, Zebedee. Diary and Notebook, 1832–1833. Zebedee Coltrin, Diaries, 1832–1834. CHL. MS 1443, fd. 2.
Footnotes
Hyrum Smith et al., Kirtland, OH, to “the Churches of Christ,” 1 June 1833, in JS Letterbook 1, pp. 36–37.
Revelation, 2 Jan. 1831 [D&C 38:32]; Hyrum Smith et al., Kirtland, OH, to “the Churches of Christ,” 1 June 1833, in JS Letterbook 1, pp. 36–38.
See Minutes, 6 June 1833.
A similar promise appears in Revelation, 2 Jan. 1831 [D&C 38:32].
See Luke 24:49; see also Acts 1:8; 2:1–4.
Extant records offer no information on the nature of this contention or its consequences. Several men, some of whom attended the School of the Prophets, were called to serve missions in late March, about the time that the first School of the Prophets ended. (See Minutes, 23 Mar. 1833–B; Letter to Church Leaders in Jackson Co., MO, 21 Apr. 1833; and Minutes, 2 May 1833; see also Backman, Heavens Resound, 264–268.)
Backman, Milton V., Jr. The Heavens Resound: A History of the Latter-day Saints in Ohio, 1830–1838. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 1983.
See John 15:10; and 1 John 2:15.
According to an architectural study of the Kirtland temple, the building was unlike other churches built around the same time, especially in its use of interior space and pulpits. The Kirtland temple also incorporated contemporaneous architectural styles with an eclectic “mixture of Georgian, Federal, Greek Revival, and Gothic elements.” (Robison, First Mormon Temple, 16.)
Robison, Elwin C. The First Mormon Temple: Design, Construction, and Historic Context of the Kirtland Temple. Provo, UT: Brigham Young University Press, 1997.
At a conference held in early June 1833, JS, Sidney Rigdon, and Frederick G. Williams were appointed “to obtain a draft or construction of the inner court of the house.” Reportedly, Williams later said that the three men were shown by revelation “the plan or model of the House to be built.” “We went upon our knees,” he remembered, “called on the Lord, and the Building appeared within viewing distance, I being the first to discover it Then all of us viewed it together. After we had taken a good look at the exterior, the building seemed to come right over us; and the makeup of this Hall seems to coincide with what I there saw to a minutia.” Several weeks later, the presidency sent plans for a similar structure to church leaders in Missouri with the counsel that “should you not understand the explanations Sent with the drafts you will inform us, so as you may have a propper understanding, for it is meet that all things should be done according to the pattern.” On the actual draft Williams wrote, “For your satisfaction we inform you that . . . the size form and dime[n]sions of the house were given us of the Lord.” (Minutes, ca. 1 June 1833; Angell, Autobiography, 14–15; Letter to Church Leaders in Jackson Co., MO, 25 June 1833; Plan of the House of the Lord, between 1 and 25 June 1833.)
Angell, Truman O. Autobiography, 1884. CHL. MS 12334. Also available in Archie Leon Brown and Charlene L. Hathaway, 141 Years of Mormon Heritage: Rawsons, Browns, Angells—Pioneers (Oakland, CA: By the authors, 1973), 119–135.
The dimensions of the interior of the completed assembly halls of the Kirtland temple closely match the dimensions given here. However, a vestibule added at the entrance to accommodate stairways and a vestry, as well as the thickness of the walls, makes the actual exterior dimensions 79 feet by 59 feet, 2 inches. (See Historic American Buildings Survey, U.S. Department of the Interior, National Parks Service, “Kirtland Mormon Temple, Ohio Route Number 306, Kirtland, Ohio,” Mar. 1934, Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division, Washington DC.)
Historic American Buildings Survey, U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service. “Kirtland Mormon Temple, Ohio Route Number 306, Kirtland, Ohio,” Mar. 1934. Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division, Washington DC. Digital image accessed 7 Oct. 2013. http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/oh0043/.
“Lower part” refers to the ground floor.
“Higher part of the inner court” refers to the upstairs assembly hall.
“School of mine Apostles” is another name for the School of the Prophets.
See Revelation 1:8, 11; 21:6; 22:13. Nowhere in the Greek transliterations or standard English translations of the Bible or in other JS revelations do the plural words “Alphas” or “Omegas” appear in place of the singular “Alpha” and “Omega.”