By Elder Quentin L. Cook. On the eve of his departure to the mission field, a young man needed comfort. Second, the angel did for them that which they could not do for themselves. I should it to the Latter part of August [1829].”. Thousands came together at the Conference Center in Salt Lake City to witness the event firsthand. Can you imagine what a wonderful experience this restoration of the Aaronic Priesthood must have been for Joseph Smith and Oliver Cowdery when John the Baptist spoke to them? But when I went out to collect the food, I really got a lot. Most of us have by now heard the Gospel Doctrine lesson on the restoration of the priesthood, and some proportion of our teachers probably displayed a photograph of the Restoration of the Aaronic Priesthood monument on Temple Square. Letter of Addison Everett to Joseph F. Smith, 16 Jan. 1882. “The word of the Lord” that had come in the chamber of the Whitmer log house to Joseph and Oliver was not a bestowal of Melchizedek Priesthood authority by “voice command.” Rather, it was instruction that with the future acceptance of their leadership from the consent of assembled brethren, Joseph and Oliver could organize the Church, using the authority that had already been bestowed upon them by the three ancient Apostles, Peter, James, and John, by the Susquehanna River (see D&C 128:20). She should know that he would never take her into an undesirable environment or situation. Many details were provided about the Aaronic Priesthood. Even though the priesthood keys, ordinations to office, and restoration of ordinances extends into places such as Fayette, Kirtland, and Nauvoo, the Priesthood Restoration Site highlights the place near which Peter, James and John appeared to Joseph and Oliver. What is so great about the Aaronic Priesthood? The restoration of the Aaronic Priesthood is one of many topics in “[The Priesthood Restored: A Joseph Smith Papers Podcast] ” — a new miniseries released January 14 that explores the context and events of the restoration of the priesthood and developments of priesthood organization and structure over time.. Bruce R. McConkie, 3 vols. Our finding of unreliability is thus based on first, Miller’s well chronicled desire and efforts to create a narrative which would justify his change of heart as to which church held priesthood authority; second, the absence of mention of Oliver Cowdery’s priesthood restoration claims in any other account of the conference talks; third, the physical impossibility of Miller having provided a verbatim transcript … Consequently, we must ask when the restoration of the Melchizedek Priesthood could have taken place between 16 May and 14 June 1829. L. Tom Perry, Ensign, May 1996, 54. The Susquehanna River lies a few hundred yards south of the Joseph Smith, Jr. homestead near Oakland, Pennsylvania. The Aaronic Priesthood deals with the temporal and outward ordinances of the law and the gospel. Aaronic Priesthood. His was a resurrected body. As to time I cannot Be Very Explsit. … Oliver Cowdery’s standing in the beginning was as the ‘Second Elder’ of the Church, holding the keys jointly with the Prophet Joseph Smith” (Doctrines of Salvation, comp. See letter of Oliver Cowdery to Hyrum Smith, 14 June 1829, Fayette, New York, LDS Church Archives. If you do this for me, you will be special. President Joseph Fielding Smith explained why Joseph Smith and Oliver Cowdery ordained each other elders nearly a year after they had received the keys of the Melchizedek Priesthood: “The priesthood is greater than the office, and all offices in the priesthood, we are taught, are appendages to the priesthood [see D&C 107:5]. “No, not really. See note 4. To bestow upon them the Apostleship. [1954–56], 1:211–12; emphasis in original. There is no food, and I am starving. Extremely unlikely—because the demands of continued translation of the Book of Mormon and securing the copyright on 11 June, along with Oliver’s previously mentioned letter to Hyrum Smith on 14 June, place them in Fayette during the first two weeks of that month. Read Restoration of the Melchizedek Priesthood in the Church History Topics. It holds the keys of the … Photo by Kenneth Mays. B. Huntington Diary #15,” 18 Feb. 1883, 44–47, where the letter is again recorded with a few additional particulars. What for? Erastus Snow, in Journal of Discourses, 23:183. In Journal of Discourses, 1:137; emphasis added. Midway, Utah 254 contributions 128 helpful votes. David Whitmer stated: “Oliver told me that Joseph had informed him when I started from home, where I had stopped the first night, how I read the sign at the tavern, where I stopped the next night, etc., and that I would be there that day before dinner, and this was why they had come out to meet me.” So the trip involved a three-day period. Restoration of the Priesthood Video. T[h]ey ware thretned By a Mob and in the same time Father Knghts came Down from Cole[s]vill[e] Broom[e] County New York and Desired them to go home with him and preach to them in his Neighbourhood And on Account of the Mob Spirit prevailing they concluded to goe.”, But even after they arrived at the Knights’ residence in Colesville, opposition soon plagued them. Author(s): Joseph Smith, Jr. “Upon You My Fellow Servants” How the Aaronic Priesthood Was Restored. Fewer details are known about the Melchizedek. Movie Night; This is a great way to spend time together! Were the restoration of the Aaronic Priesthood under the hand of John the Baptist recorded in the church prior to 1833, it would have appeared in the Book of Commandments somewhere between Chapter IX and Chapter XII (based on the currently named date of 15 May 1829). Samuel was baptized for the remission of sins on 25 May 1829 near Joseph Smith’s Harmony homestead and thereafter “returned to his father’s house, greatly glorifying and praising God, being filled with the Holy Spirit.”6 Before Samuel reached home in Palmyra, Hyrum Smith, Joseph’s elder brother, came to Harmony to make inquiries concerning Joseph and Oliver’s labors and to know what the Lord would have him do. Grab everyone in your household along with some blankets and sit down to … In looking back six years later on that great and significant event of 15 May 1829, Oliver recorded a very interesting description of the physical setting and events of that day. Although the Isaac Hale family was in a position to assist them in their plight, Joseph Knight Sr. stated, “His [Joseph Smith’s] wifes father and familey ware all against him and would not h[e]lp him.”35 This difficulty was greatly alleviated through the exceptional generosity of the Knight family, who on more than one occasion supplied Joseph Smith and Oliver Cowdery with food and even paper for the Book of Mormon manuscript.36. In D&C 84:28 we are told that John the Baptist was baptized in his “childhood,” and “ordained” by an angel when eight days old. John the Baptist’s procedure in ordaining Joseph Smith and Oliver Cowdery to the Aaronic Priesthood involved, first, his conferring the priesthood upon them, followed by their baptizing each other and then his instructing them to lay hands on each other and confer the priesthood that the angel had recently bestowed. Understandably, Joseph Smith felt a particular affinity for the Knight family—a feeling that was reciprocated. The Restoration of the Aaronic Priesthood. The site comprises property once owned, and lived on, by Joseph Smith and is … 2. It is necessary to note this because Brother Everett’s account, though probably true in other respects, is inconsistent in its chronology. In addition, the reminiscences of a Church member named Addison Everett may be helpful regarding the site and circumstances of the restoration of the higher priesthood. You may also want to walk the wooded path to the west of the visitors’ center. It is contrary to the order of heaven for those who have passed beyond the veil to officiate and labor for the living on the earth, only wherein mortal man cannot act, and thereby it becomes necessary for those who have passed through the resurrection to act for them. The night came, and the priests and Laurels met at the chapel. History of the Church, 1:77–78; see also Papers of Joseph Smith, 1:302–3. Even so, sufficient elements of the historical puzzle can be put together to give us a close approximation of the time sequence. But as the Mob spirit had not abated when they returned they had to remove to Father Whitmores to finish the Translation. …. Otherwise John would have followed the regular order, which is practiced in the Church, and would have first baptized Joseph Smith and Oliver Cowdery and then conferred upon them the Aaronic Priesthood.”3. The Mission of John the Baptist. Further, since David Whitmer’s journey from Fayette to Harmony, where he picked up Joseph and Oliver, occupied its anticipated three days,27 and since a similar amount of time likely was expended on the trip to arrive at the Whitmer home on 1 June, it is clear that Joseph and Oliver left the Harmony area certainly two, and likely three, days before 1 June 1829. Oliver sent out a call for assistance to his friend, David Whitmer. President Joseph Fielding Smith wrote: “Now I am going to call your attention to something that is not, I regret to say, generally known. Presidents Brigham Young, John Taylor, and Wilford Woodruff all expressed strong views on (1) the sequence of the restoration of the Melchizedek Priesthood and the apostleship under the hands of Peter, James, and John, and (2) the organization of the Church (see Brigham Young, in Journal of Discourses, 18:240 and 11:126; John Taylor, in Journal of Discourses, 23:32; and Wilford Woodruff, in Journal of Discourses, 16:266; 25:206–7). The restoration of the Aaronic Priesthood is one of many topics in “[The Priesthood Restored: A Joseph Smith Papers Podcast] ” — a new miniseries released January 14 that explores the context and events of the restoration of the priesthood and developments of priesthood organization and structure over time.. In a place near this path, John the Baptist appeared to Joseph Smith and Oliver Cowdery. Receipt of the Aaronic Priesthood had involved their first having the priesthood conferred upon them by the messenger who held the keys, and then they were authorized to perform their own baptisms and conferrals in the same order that we are familiar with today. … It has to be a man who holds authority in heaven that can bestow it here on the earth; and such men were Peter, James and John, who restored that authority to earth in our day, by bestowing it upon Joseph Smith. The Lord cannot make your decisions for you, but he will always allow you to be aware of what is right when a decision or action is about to be made. See also the letter of Addison Everett to Joseph F. Smith, 16 Jan. 1882, St. George, Utah, Joseph F. Smith Collection, Personal Papers, MS 1325, LDS Church Archives. Joseph Knight Sr. had shown interest in the work of the Prophet from the outset, having been present at the Smiths’ Manchester home on 22 September 1827, when Joseph first retrieved the plates from the Hill Cumorah. Therein lies its greatness. He put on his buffalo-hide shirt, threw his blanket over his shoulders, and set off to climb the peak. Obviously, it was instruction of great joy to them and alerted them to a great future event for which they would need to be prepared. Although each already had received the keys of the Melchizedek Priesthood and apostolic authority, Joseph Smith and Oliver Cowdery ordained each other to be an elder to “signify that they were elders in the newly organized Church.”11 They then used the higher priesthood to confirm those who had previously been baptized members of the Church and conferred upon them the gift of the Holy Ghost by the laying on of hands. “You knew what I was when you picked me up,” said the snake as it slithered away. See also p. 217, “Keys First Given to Joseph and Oliver”). Date of experience: July 2019. There he fasted, and on the third day he decided to test himself against the mountain. The ancient Apostles Peter, James, and John appeared to Joseph and Oliver and conferred the Melchizedek Priesthood upon them. Matthew C. Godfrey and Spencer McBride discuss how Church leaders’ understanding of the Priesthood developed after authority was restored. The authority conferred by Peter, James, and John embraced all of the offices of the priesthood, including the keys of the apostleship, the highest authority conferred upon men in the flesh. The Melchizedek Priesthood was restored next, bringing to earth all the power and authority necessary to organize and direct the Church of Jesus Christ and to perform additional saving priesthood ordinances. History of the Church, 1:61–62; Papers of Joseph Smith, 1:300. In the river, Joseph and Oliver baptized each other. As a worthy bearer of the Aaronic Priesthood, you will always be warned when danger is near. History of the Church, 1:44; see also Papers of Joseph Smith, 1:292. As a preface to section 18, the Prophet recorded in his history, “The following commandment will further illustrate the nature of our calling to this Priesthood, as well as that of others who were yet to be sought after.”18 In verse 9 of that revelation, the Lord stated: “And now, Oliver Cowdery, I speak unto you, and also unto David Whitmer, by the way of commandment; for, behold, I command all men everywhere to repent, and I speak unto you, even as unto Paul mine apostle, for you are called even with that same calling with which he was called.”. See D&C 128:20; History of the Church, 1:40–41n; Hyrum M. Smith and Janne M. Sjodahl, The Doctrine and Covenants Commentary, rev. The Presiding Bishopric (then consisting of Joseph L. Wirthlin, Thorpe B. Isaacson, and Carl W. Buehner), as presidents of the Aaronic Priesthood, … Among these events is the restoration of the Aaronic and the Melchizedek Priesthoods, bringing back priesthood power and authority required for the organization of the Church on earth. There are, however, a number of observations that help us focus on the site. In the earliest days of the Restoration, only three office existed: Teachers, Priests and Elders/Apostles (p.26). So what does the restoration of the Aaronic priesthood mean for all of us? It helps the priests to be more aware of the way they should treat the young ladies when they have the opportunity to date them. (Although for a variety of reasons the DHC is quite problematic – it was written long after the fact and heavily and silently edited by Joseph’s scribes and the Church … The History and Restoration of the Aaronic Priesthood. And when I Came home I Bought some nine or ten Bushels of grain and five or six Bushels taters [potatoes] and a pound of tea, and I went Down to see him [Joseph Smith] and they ware in want. Author: PORTER, LARRY C. On May 15, 1829, John the Baptist appeared to Joseph Smith and Oliver Cowdery near Harmony, Pennsylvania, and bestowed the Aaronic Priesthood on them (see Aaronic Priesthood: Powers and Offices). David later stated that a letter from Oliver told “me to come down into Pennsylvania and bring him and Joseph to my father’s house, giving as a reason therefor that they had received a commandment from God to that effect. By 1832, however, Smith indicated for the first time, in an unpublished history, that the priesthood had been received by the "ministering of Angels" In 1834, Oliver Cowdery provided the first public announcement that the … The Priesthood Restoration Site, formally known as the Aaronic Priesthood Restoration Site, is a historic site located in Oakland Township, Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania, United States.Due to its historical significance to Mormonism, the site is owned and operated by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church). Bruce R. McConkie, 3 vols. Cowdery, Oliver. Visitors to Harmony can spend time in an authentic reproduction of the home where Joseph and Oliver translated 3 Nephi and determined to ask … No doubt the Oake tree and the field fence was ajacent to the river. 1. A VISIT FROM AN ANGEL In the spring of 1829, Joseph Smith and Oliver Cowdery were in Harmony, Pennsylvania, USA, working on the translation of the Book of Mormon. When this authority was restored, the Church was organized on the 6th day of April 1830, … and then there was power in existence, not only to baptize, but to confirm by the laying on of hands for the baptism of fire and the Holy Ghost; and from the authority then sent down afresh from heaven has this Church been enabled to pass along, and receive the great blessings which the Lord has bestowed upon it.”14, Hiram Page, a son-in-law of Peter Whitmer Sr., and one who was present on the day of the Church’s 6 April 1830 organization, later confirmed that “Peter, James and John” had come and bestowed the Holy Priesthood “before the 6th of April 1830.”15, Brigham Young, confidant of the Prophet, began his examination of the gospel in 1830 and joined the Church in 1832. Helpful. He said this Aaronic Priesthood had not the power of laying on hands for the gift of the Holy Ghost, but that this should be conferred on us hereafter; and he commanded us to go and be baptized, and gave us directions that I should baptize Oliver Cowdery, and that afterwards he should baptize me. Reuben Miller Journal, 21 Oct. 1848, MS 1392, LDS Church Archives; emphasis added. Lynn J wrote a review Jul 2019. See History of the Church, 1:51. A revelation received in June 1829 indicates that by this time Oliver Cowdery and David Whitmer were called with the same calling as the Apostle Paul (see D&C 18:9). The exact date of the restoration of the Melchizedek Priesthood is unknown, but it occurred several weeks after the restoration of the Aaronic Priesthood in 1829 (see Doctrine and Covenants and Church History Gospel Doctrine Teacher’s Manual [1999], 45). Joseph and Oliver taught him out of the Bible and showed him what they had accomplished thus far in the work of translating the Book of Mormon. He had been chosen by Heavenly Father to prepare the way for the Savior and to be the one to actually baptize Him. See Andrew Jenson, comp., Latter-day Saint Biographical Encyclopedia, 4 vols. Oliver had been walking with Joseph’s brother Samuel for days through spring rain and mud to reach the little house … This site is wonderful for anyone, but has special historical significance for members of the Church … History of the Church, 1:48–49; Papers of Joseph Smith, 1:293. “Report of Elders Orson Pratt and Joseph F. Smith,” Deseret Evening News, 16 Nov. 1878, 1. Cowdery, Oliver. Quoted by Willard Richards in “Willard Richards Pocket Companion, written in England,” 65, Willard Richards Papers, LDS Church Archives. 4. In a place near this path, John the Baptist appeared to Joseph Smith and Oliver Cowdery. In the name of Jesus Christ, amen. In 1881 he wrote a letter to a Church member named Oliver B. Huntington and then, in 1882, another letter to President Joseph F. Smith (Second Counselor to President John Taylor at the time), sharing at their request what he knew of that event.37 In his letter to President Smith, he recalled hearing the Prophet, in Nauvoo a few days before the Martyrdom, relate the circumstances surrounding the restoration of the Melchizedek Priesthood. I went down to Harmony, and found everything just as they had written me.”21 The Prophet said that they accordingly went to the home of Peter Whitmer Sr. “in the beginning of the month of June.”22 In addition, David Whitmer said that “the translation at my father’s farm, Fayette Township, Seneca County, New York occupied about one month, that is from June 1, to July 1, 1829.”23. Theirs were mortal bodies. The restoration of the Aaronic Priesthood is one of many topics in “The Priesthood Restored: A Joseph Smith Papers Podcast” — a new six episode miniseries released Thursday, January 14, that explores the context and events of the restoration of the priesthood and developments of priesthood organization and structure over time. But before baptism, our souls were drawn out in mighty prayer—to know how we might obtain the blessings of baptism and of the Holy Spirit, according to the order of God, and we diligently sought for the right of the fathers and the authority of the holy priesthood, and the power to admin[ister] in the same: … the Lord … answered us out of the heavens, and while we were in the heavenly vision the angel came down and bestowed upon us this priesthood; and then, as I have said, we repaired to the water and were baptized. The lasting contribution of Brother Everett is in his relaying the dramatic circumstance in which the restoration of the Melchizedek Priesthood apparently occurred. They received help, he said, from “a Lawyer By the Name of Reede I think.” This is undoubtedly a reference to John Reid, a lawyer hired by Joseph Knight Sr. to defend the Prophet in a trial sequence that commenced at South Bainbridge, New York, on 1 July 1830 and concluded in Colesville, New York, approximately three days later.39 As a result of this reference to John Reid, some have concluded that the appearance of Peter, James, and John was in July 1830, after the organization of the Church—a conclusion that contradicts a great body of evidence and actions associated with the Melchizedek Priesthood and is not supported even by Addison Everett’s recollection, as we have noted. Let me conclude with an old Indian legend. Little firsthand information is available on the physical circumstances of the restoration of the Melchizedek Priesthood. Please protect the forest ecology by staying on the path and not disturbing the … Among the reasons suggested for this unusual pattern, other than “for so we were commanded,” are the following: “First, to confer the Priesthood before baptism, is contrary to the order of the organized Church, therefore they were commanded to confer the Priesthood upon each other in the regular way; after they were baptized. Bibliography. This event occurred on the banks of the Susquehanna River the fifteenth of May, 1829, near Harmony, Pennsylvania. On April 5, 1829, Oliver Cowdery finished a 150-mile journey across the state of New York. Through its keys and powers, it helps us to live better lives, to be clean in our thoughts and actions, to show more love and respect to our parents and family members, to keep our bodies free from drugs, alcohol, tobacco, and other harmful substances. Further, he apologized in his letter to President Joseph F. Smith for his lack of technical skills, saying he was “Not Writing as wone [one] of the Lords Historians.”40 Whatever his lapses may have been in recalling details, he obviously intended to relay what the Prophet Joseph Smith had said about the circumstances surrounding the restoration of the Melchizedek Priesthood. Salt … 1839, pp. This talk was delivered at the Priesthood Commemoration Fireside broadcast by satellite from Temple Square on 7 May 1989. The Prophet said that they at first kept private the circumstances of their baptism and conferral of the Aaronic Priesthood on 15 May 1829 because of the spirit of persecution in Harmony, where they had been threatened with being mobbed. Despite threats, Joseph and Oliver concluded that their message was too urgent for them to be intimidated. In his 1832 history, he referred to "a confirmation and reception of the high Priesthood after the holy … I couldn’t get his question out of my mind. Those holding the Aaronic Priesthood have the sacred privilege and honor of preparing, blessing, and passing these holy emblems of Jesus Christ’s body and blood. He restored the Aaronic Priesthood and conferred priesthood authority on Joseph and Oliver. The cupboards were bare. Thus, by looking at the time period when the visitation of Peter, James, and John could have occurred, we are left with the days between 16 May 1829 (the day after the Aaronic Priesthood was restored) and near the end of that month, before Joseph and Oliver’s departure with David Whitmer for Fayette, where they arrived on 1 June. And Brother Oliver got quite exausted in the After Part of the Night and Brother Joseph had to put his arm arround him and allmost carry him. Historical records and testimonies show it is not probable that the restoration of the Melchizedek Priesthood occurred while Joseph Smith and Oliver Cowdery, in company with David Whitmer, were on the trip from Harmony, Pennsylvania, to Fayette, New York, in late May and early June 1829, nor is it probable that the restoration occurred after the June 1829 move to Fayette. Now “the word of the Lord” taught them that their ordination within that priesthood would be tied to the organization of the Church, and that this organizational event would be at a future time yet to be specified. Priesthood Restoration Members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints believe Joseph Smith received divine power and authority from God to administer ordinances and govern the church. During the appearance of John called the Baptist, Joseph Smith and Oliver Cowdery were informed that the Melchizedek Priesthood, with its power to bestow the gift of the Holy Ghost, “would in due time be conferred on us” (JS—H 1:72).8 Just when was that “due time”? On this date the Aaronic Priesthood was restored by John the Baptist, acting under the direction of Peter, James, and John, who John the Baptist said would confer the keys of the Melchizedek Priesthood on Joseph Smith and Oliver Cowdery “in due time” (see JS—H 1:72). 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