Doctrine and Covenants 52:37<\/a> were truly from the Lord, he angrily declared, his name would have been spelled correctly.<\/p>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n
However, his name was spelled variously in census and other records, and spelling was rather fluid in early America.<\/p>\n
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But notice, in the image above, his identification as an elder of the \u201cDeciple Church\u201d (aka the \u201cDisciples Church\u201d).<\/p>\n
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As Karl Ricks Anderson observed, it\u2019s not written in paper. \u00a0It\u2019s carved in stone.<\/p>\n
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Ah, the ironies of history.<\/p>\n
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Posted from Mentor, Ohio<\/p>\n
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