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Morris's first converts, John Jensen, and Lars C. Geertsen — vowed revenge after what they perceived as an unfair reckoning, they seized a load of wheat en route from
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By spring 1862, food was scarce and some members were becoming discontented. Morris repeatedly designated certain days for the Second Coming, only to have those days pass uneventfully. Each time that happened, a handful of members would recover their possessions from the community pool and leave the
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excommunicated Morris from the LDS Church. On April 6, 1861, Morris and his followers organized the Church of the
Firstborn and called all of his followers to gather at Kingston (Kington) Fort, a 3-acre (12,000 m) fort on the Weber River that had been abandoned in 1858. By midsummer 1861, the
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a collection of Joseph Morris's "Revelations, Articles, and
Letters" was published by George S. Dove & Company in 1886, twenty-four years after Morris's death. The revelations were recorded between 1857 and 1862 and were sacred scripture for Morris's followers.
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includes notations in pencil identifying those in positions of authority next to the following individuals: John Banks, Prescy.; John Cook, Apostle; Richard Cook, Presidency; James Cowan, Apostle; James Dove, apostle; John R. Eardley, Apostle;
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was imminent and not to bother with planting crops. They may have trampled some of their crops into the ground as evidence of their faith. The group pooled available supplies and waited at
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conclusion of the list the publisher notes: "All the names that we found in the record book are in this list. We feel assured that there were many persons baptized whose names were not recorded."
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