4/26/2017 - Section 20:1-8
April 26, 2017 Section 20:1-8 Revelation Specific to Our Situation, Revelation Our Reaction, Missionary Behavior, This section (9 June 1830) on church organization and government, along with section 22, was the first to be formally sustained by the membership of the church and were referred to as ‘Articles and Covenants of the Church”. Joseph Smith wrote, “ In this manner did the Lord continue to give us instructions from time to time, concerning the duties which now devolved upon us…” The Church was officially organized April 6, 1830. In the Apr 1973 Gen Conf, President Harold B Lee said: “ April 6, 1973 is a particularly significant date because it commemorates not only the anniversary of the organization of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in this dispensation, but also the anniversary of the birth of the Savior, our Lord and Master, Jesus Christ.” When the Church was organized Joseph Smith was designated the first elder of the Church. He stated, “ I ...