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Thompson, Ohio
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Leman Copley farm
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Section 51
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May 1831
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Scripture
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"And let every man deal honestly, and be alike among this people, and receive alike, that ye may be one, even as
I have commanded you.
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". . . let the bishop appoint a storehouse unto this church; and let all things both in money and in meat, which are more
than is needful for the wants of this
people, be kept in the hands of the bishop.
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Members of the Colesville Branch
from New York stayed on the Copley
farm for several weeks in 1831.
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"And whoso is found a faithful, a just, and a wise steward shall enter into the joy of his Lord, and shall inherit eternal
life."
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Doctrine and Covenants 51:9, 13, 19
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Leman Copley was a recent convert, who became disaffected
with the Church shortly after allowing saints from New York
to live on and improve his lands.
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Key Events
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The Law of Consecration was first implemented here with the arrival of Church members from New York.
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Leman Copley was involved in presenting a revelation to a religious group called the Shakers (Doctrine and
Covenants 49), with whom he had been
previously associated. The revelation was rejected, and Copley soon
broke his covenant of allowing Saints to stay on his land.
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When Leman Copley broke his promise, and the saints were
directed by the Prophet to continue on to Jackson County, Missouri.
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Words of Joseph Smith
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"More honesty and familiarity in societies would make less hypocrisy and flattery in all branches of the community;
and open, frank, candid decorum to
all men, in this boasted land of liberty, would beget esteem, confidence,
union, and love; and the neighbor from any state or from any country, of whatever
color, clime or tongue, could
rejoice when he put his foot on the sacred soil of freedom, and exclaim, The very name of 'American' is fraught
with 'friendship!'
Oh, then, create confidence, restore freedom, break down slavery, banish imprisonment
for debt, and be in love, fellowship and peace with all the world!
Remember that honesty is not subject to law. The
law was made for transgressors. Wherefore a good name is better than riches." (History of the Church 6:205-206)
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Copyright 2005 Steve Mortensen. All rights reserved.
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