Show UNWRITTEN HISTORY mesa city dec 21 1897 where in the early history or of the church to is written an account of the first attempt by the latter day satota to live in a united or social order and I 1 would like to ask if there is any one now living who was at kirtland bedora it was appointed a place of general gathering and who remembers the old family farm situated some two and a half miles above the then little village called kirtland plat flat i upon the farm of isaac morley near neap the Sha grinn river his father then living was one of the earliest settlers and among the wealthiest of that vicinity father isaac morley received the gospel in 1830 or about the same time as did sidney rigdon who was then a noted leader in the great or christian reformation reformat loni and at that time had a large following in mentor kirtland Kirt tand and surrounding country on his receiving the gospel many of his former converts still followed him in obedience to the truth soon after this the lines of fellowship became so sharply drawn that influenced by the spirit of gathering and the growing hatred of their former as aa so clates with the consent and cooper co oper aaion of father morley then a youna youn g man who with all he possessed was devoted to the great cause they gathered around him as ft flock and built houses closely associated together upon his farm and in 9 a goodly degree lived as did the disciples disciple is at jerusalem in having all things equal it if not all things common soon after this kirtland was appointed al a place of gathering for the church and then brethren from hiram and other places lame came and brought out most of I 1 the little village and most of the lands ail adjacent jacent and a plat for the city of artland was soon surveyed but an aa F a did not arrive at kirtland until the f S wring spring of 1833 1 I was dependent upon observation and comon rumor for what transpired before my coming I 1 well remember however being employed by those those living upon the family to assist in removing the houses and reconstructing them upon the kirtland city lots few sw veterans 0 of f that period are still living and patriarch joseph kingsbury is the only one in my ac that I 1 can now call to mind Is abw UNCLE BEN As always ays |