Excerpt from The Early History of Nauvoo: Together With a Sketch of the People Who Built This Beautiful City and Whose Leaders Suffered Persecution and Martyrdom for Their Religion's Sake The Kirtland Temple, the only temple completed in this age by direct command of God, was there erected, the corner stone being laid July 23, 1833. The work was pushed, the temple being completed and dedicated on March 27, 1836. During this pe riod the High Priests and First Presidency were called, the Presiding Bishopric, Quorum of Twelve, and Quorum of Seventy organized, and the High Council called, chosen, and ordained. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.