This is from History of the Church 1:336   (Bold emphasis mine)   So here we have a statement identifying April 6, the anniversary date of the Church's organization, as not only the anniversary of the birth of Christ but the anniversary of the creation of the earth.   So what can we draw from this?   It is possible that the preface to the content of D&C 20 was more than just John Whitmer's fancy way of saying 1830, that it reflected knowledge that was had among the early Brethren of the Chur