Chapter Eight

CHURCH HISTORY IN THE FULNESS OF TIMESIn 1833 the Church purchased the PeterFrench farm, which eventually became the centerof the Church in Kirtland, as the close up andenlarged views show.BrighamYoungWilloughby RoadWhitney StorePeterFrenchFarmPrinting OfficeFrederick G.Williams FarmAsheryTempleMentor RoadTanneryIsaacMorleyFarmChagrChillicothe Roadi nR i v e rChardon RoadKirtland Flats to WilloughbyEastKirtland Flats to MentorBranch Chagrin RiverChillicothe RoadJohn Johnson InnNewel K.WhitneyHomeWhitneyStoreBrookOrson HydeTanneryKirtland Flatsto Painesvilleto ChardonAsheryJoseph Smith, Sr.Joseph SmithVariety StoreWhitney StreetParley P. PrattMethodist ChurchCemeteryJoseph SmithJohnsonPrintingOfficeTempleSidney RigdonCowdery StreetBankChillicothe (Smith) RoadJoseph StreetHyrum SmithOn 4 February 1831 the Prophet received a revelation calling for EdwardPartridge to serve as the first bishop of the Church, with instructions for him todevote his time to this calling (see D&C 41:9). Five days later another importantrevelation was received, embracing the law of the Church. It gave BishopPartridge further instruction on his responsibilities and outlined the neweconomic system (see D&C 42).One of the underlying principles of this new economic system was that theearth and everything on it belonged to the Lord, and man was a steward96