[Joseph Smith] Kirtland, Ohio. Joseph Smith presided over a conference of elders that discussed the name by which the Church was to be known. (1)
-- May 4, 1834
[Joseph Smith] Kirtland, Ohio. Joseph Smith preached to the Saints under the shade of the new schoolhouse. (1)
-- 1834 May 4
[Joseph Smith] In New Portage, Orson Pratt addresses his camp on the second coming and millennium, and "the Saints inheriting the earth forever." Orson Pratt journals, 40. (2)
[Joseph Smith] Joseph calls volunteers in Kirtland together, speaks for a short time, and seals them up to eternal life: (2)
[Joseph Smith] Sidney Rigdon, 149. (2)
[Joseph Smith] Sunday services in Kirtland. Sidney urges men to "deeds of valor" and promises "the glory of Christian martyrs." (2)
[Joseph Smith] we ware all Sealed up to Eternal Life by Joseph and said they should come forth in the day of the Lord if they comited sins they would be delivereth over to the bufetings of Satan for the destruction of the flesh but they should come forth in of the day of the Lord Jesus. Reuben McBride diary (2)
-- 4 May 1834
[Lucy Mack Smith] Joseph Jr. preaches in the new (unfinished) schoolhouse west of the temple. (3)
-- 1834, May 5
Joseph Smith left Kirtland for Missouri as leader of Zion's Camp to bring relief to Saints expelled from Jackson Co. (4)
President Joseph Smith left Kirtland, Ohio, for Missouri as leader of Zions Camp to bring relief to Saints expelled from Jackson County. (5)
-- 1834 May 5
Zion's Camp left Kirtland for Missouri. (6)
-- May 5, 1834
[Joseph Smith] Kirtland, Ohio. Joseph Smith started from Kirtland as the leader of Zions Camp. (1)
-- 1834 May 5
[Joseph Smith] Departed Kirtland on journey to Missouri at head of Zions Camp. (7)
Footnotes:
1 - BYU Studies Journal, volume 46, no. 4: A Chronology of the Life of Joseph Smith
2 - http://saintswithouthalos.com/c/1834_zc.phtml
3 - Lucy's Book: A Critical Edition of Lucy Mack Smith's Family Memoir, Edited by Lavina Fielding Anderson, 2001, Signature Books
4 - Encyclopedia of Mormonism, Vol. 4, Appendix 2: A Chronology of Church History
5 - http://scriptures.lds.org/chchrono/contents
6 - Richards - Little, Compendium of the Doctrines of the Gospel, Church Chronology, Ch.66, p.306
7 - Joseph Smith Papers: Chronology for the Years 1832-1839
Clair Barrus
