| April 23, 1834, Kirtland, Ohio. |
| Lord breaks up United Order become
of the duplicty, or suspected duplicity, of some. They are cursed §.
Stewardships for Sidney §, Martin §,
Frederick §, John Johnson §,
Newel K. Whitney §, and Joseph §.
The connection between the orders in Kirtland and Zion is severed §.
Protocols for the Lord's treasury §. Withdrawals
from treasury only by common consent of the order §.
Pay all debts §. Be humble and the Lord will deliver
the brethren from debt §. |
| This page compares the 1835 D&C with the
current LDS edition. For a comparision of versions in the Kirtland
Revelations Book, Book of Commandments Book
C, and 1835 D&C 98, see Doctrine
and Covenants 104 Sources. |
| 1835 Doctrine and Covenants 98 heading: Revelation
given to Enoch, concerning the order of the church for the benefit of the
poor. |
| About the United
Order |
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Verily I say unto you, my friends, I give unto you counsel,
and a commandment, concerning all the properties which belong to the order
which I commanded to be organized and established, to be an
united order, and an everlasting order for the benefit of my church, and
for the salvation of men until I come— |
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With promise immutable and unchangeable, that inasmuch as
those whom I commanded were faithful they should be blessed with a multiplicity
of blessings; |
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| Unfaithful |
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But inasmuch as they were not faithful they were nigh unto
cursing. |
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Cursings |
Some broke covenant
Cursed |
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Therefore, inasmuch as some of my servants
have not kept the commandment, but have broken the covenant by
through covetousness, and with feigned words,
I have cursed them with a very sore and grievous curse. |
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Who got cursed? |
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For I, the Lord, have decreed in my heart, that inasmuch as
any man belonging to the order shall be found a transgressor, or, in other
words, shall break the covenant with which ye are bound, he shall be cursed
in his life, and shall be trodden down by whom I will; |
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| Don't mock |
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For I, the Lord, am not to be mocked in these things— |
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| Innocent not condemned |
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And all this that the innocent among you may not be condemned
with the unjust; and that the guilty among you may not escape; because I,
the Lord, have promised unto you a crown of glory at my right hand. |
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| Transgressors won't escape |
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Therefore, inasmuch as you are found transgressors, ye
you cannot escape my wrath in your lives. |
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| Buffetings of Satan |
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Inasmuch as ye are cut off for transgression,
ye cannot escape the buffetings of Satan until the day of redemption. |
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And I now give unto you power from
this very hour, that if any man among you, of the order, is found a transgressor
and repenteth not of the evil, that ye shall deliver him over unto the buffetings
of Satan; and he shall not have power to bring evil upon you. |
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| Appoint stewardships |
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It is wisdom in me; therefore, a commandment I give unto you,
that ye shall organize yourselves and appoint every man his stewardship; |
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That every man may give an account unto me of
the stewardship which is appointed unto him. |
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| Accountable |
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For it is expedient that I, the Lord, should make every man
accountable, as a steward over earthly blessings, which I have made and
prepared for my creatures. |
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I, the Lord, stretched out the heavens,
and builded built
the earth as a,
my very handy work
handiwork; and all things therein are mine. |
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And it is my purpose to provide for my saints, for all things
are mine. |
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| Poor shall be exalted, rich low |
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But it must needs be done in mine own way; and behold this
is the way that I, the Lord, have decreed to provide for my saints, that
the poor shall be exalted, in that the rich are made low. |
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Agents unto themselves
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For the earth is full, and there is enough and to spare;
yea, I prepared all things, and have given unto the children of men to be
agents unto themselves. |
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The Lord gives agency. |
| Those who don't share go to hell |
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Therefore, if any man shall take of the abundance which I
have made, and impart not his portion, according to the law of my gospel,
unto the poor and the needy, he shall, with the wicked, lift up his eyes
in hell, being in torment. |
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"There was a certain rich man,
… [who] fared sumptuously
every day:
And there was a certain beggar named Lazarus, which was laid at his gate,
full of sores,
And desiring to be fed with the crumbs which fell from the rich man's table:
moreover the dogs came and licked his sores.
And it came to pass, that
the beggar died, and was carried by the angels into Abraham's bosom:
the rich man also died, and was buried;
And in hell he lift up his eyes,
being in torments, and seeth Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom.
And he cried and said, Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus,
that he may dip the tip of his finger in water, and cool my tongue; for
I am tormented in this flame.
But Abraham said, Son, remember that thou
in thy lifetime receivedst thy good things, and likewise Lazarus evil things:
but now he is comforted, and thou art tormented.
" Luke 16:19–25 |
| Property of the order |
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And now, verily I say unto you, concerning the
properties of the order— |
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| Sidney gets house,
tannery |
20 |
Let my servant Pelagoram
Sidney Rigdon
have appointed unto him the place where he now resides, and the lot of the
Tahhanes tannery
for his stewardship, for his support while he is laboring in my vineyard,
even as I will, when I shall command him. |
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on emeritus status? |
| Kirtland order members consent |
21 |
And let all things be done according to the counsel of the
order, and united consent or voice of the order, which dwell in the land
of Shinehah Kirtland. |
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And this stewardship and blessing, I, the Lord, confer upon
my servant Pelagoram Sidney
Rigdon for a blessing upon him, and his seed after him; |
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| Sidney be humble |
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And I will multiply blessings upon him, inasmuch as he shall
be humble before me. |
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| Martin gets John Johnson's land |
24 |
And again, let my servant Mahemson
Martin Harris have appointed unto him, for
his stewardship, the lot of land which my servant Zombre
John Johnson obtained in exchange for his former
inheritance, for him and his seed after him; |
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John
Johnson
Martin Harris
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And inasmuch as he is faithful, I
will multiply blessings upon him and his seed after him. |
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| Martin give money for publishing |
26 |
And let my servant Mahemson Martin
Harris devote his moneys for the proclaiming of my words, according
as my servant Gazelam
Joseph Smith, Jun., shall direct. |
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| Frederick gets his
house |
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And again, let my servant Shederlacmach
Frederick G. Williams have the place upon which
he now dwells. |
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Frederick
G. Williams |
| Oliver gets printing office lot
and his father's lot |
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And let my servant Olihah Oliver
Cowdery have the lot which is set off joining the house, which is
to be for the printing office, which is lot number one, and also the lot
upon which his father resides. |
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| Frederick and Oliver get printing
office |
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And let my servants Shederlacmach
Frederick G. Williams and Olihah
Oliver Cowdery have the Lane-shine-house
printing office and all things that pertain
unto it. |
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And this shall be their stewardship
which shall be appointed unto them. |
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And inasmuch as they are faithful, behold I will bless them,
and multiply blessings upon them. |
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And this is the beginning of the stewardship which I have
appointed them, for them and their seed after them. |
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And, inasmuch as they are faithful, I will multiply blessings
upon them and their seed after them, even a multiplicity of blessings. |
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| John Johnson gets his house |
34 |
And again, let my servant Zombre
John Johnson have the house in which he lives,
and the inheritance, all save the ground which has been reserved for the
building of my houses, which pertains to that inheritance, and those lots
which have been named for my servant Olihah
Oliver Cowdery. |
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John
Johnson |
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And inasmuch as he is faithful, I will multiply blessings
upon him. |
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John sell lots
As counseled |
36 |
And it is my will that he should sell the lots that are laid
off for the building up of the city of my saints, inasmuch as it shall be
made known to him by the voice of the Spirit, and according to the counsel
of the order, and by the voice of the order. |
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And this is the beginning of the stewardship which I have
appointed unto him, for a blessing unto him and his seed after him. |
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And inasmuch as he is faithful, I will multiply a multiplicity
of blessings upon him. |
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| Newel gets his houses and lot,
store and lot, ashery lot, lot south of store |
39 |
And again, let my servant Ahashdah
Newel K. Whitney have appointed unto
him the houses and lot where he now resides, and the lot and building on
which the Ozondah mercantile
establishment stands, and also the lot
which is on the corner south of the Ozondah
mercantile establishment, and also the lot
on which the Shule ashery
is situated. |
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Newel
K. Whitney |
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And all this I have appointed unto my servant Ahashdah
Newel K. Whitney for his stewardship, for a
blessing upon him and his seed after him, for the benefit of the mercantile
establishment Ozondah of my order which I have
established for my stake in the land of Kirtland. |
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| Newel and agent get the store |
41 |
Yea, verily, this is the stewardship which I have appointed
unto my servant Ahashdah N.
K. Whitney, even this whole Ozondah
mercantile establishment, him and his agent,
and his seed after him. |
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And inasmuch as he is faithful in keeping my commandments,
which I have given unto him, I will multiply blessings upon him and his
seed after him, even a multiplicity of blessings. |
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| Joseph gets the lot next to Lord's
house and his father's lot |
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And again, let my servant Gazelam
Joseph Smith, Jun., have appointed
unto him the lot which is laid off for the building of my house, which is
forty rods long and twelve wide, and also the inheritance upon which his
father now resides; |
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And this is the beginning of the stewardship which I have
appointed unto him, for a blessing upon him, and upon his father. |
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| Joseph to support Joseph Sr. |
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For behold, I have reserved an inheritance for his father,
for his support; therefore he shall be reckoned in the house of my servant
Gazelam Joseph Smith,
Jun., |
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And I will multiply blessings upon the house of my servant
Gazelam Joseph Smith,
Jun., inasmuch as he is faithful,
even a multiplicity of blessings. |
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| End United Order |
47 |
And now, a commandment I give unto you concerning
Zion, that you shall no longer be bound as a united order to your brethren
of Zion, only on this wise— |
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In the Revelation
of April 28, 1834 (5 days later), the Kirtland firm gets an extra $1,000. |
| Names of two United Orders |
48 |
After you are organized, you shall be called the United
Order of the Stake of Zion, the City of Shinehah
Kirtland. And your brethren, after they are
organized, shall be called the United Order of the City of Zion. |
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| Do business separately |
49 |
And they shall be organized in their own names, and in their
own name; and they shall do their business in their own name, and in their
own names; |
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| Business in own names |
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And you shall do your business in your own name,
and in your own names. |
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And this I have commanded to be done for your salvation, and
also for their salvation, in consequence of their being driven out and that
which is to come. |
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The covenants being broken through transgression, by covetousness
and feigned words— |
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| United Order dissolved |
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Therefore, you are dissolved as a united order with your brethren,
that you are not bound only up to this hour unto them, only on this wise,
as I said, by loan as shall be agreed by this order in council, as your
circumstances will admit and the voice of the council direct. |
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And again, a commandment I give unto you concerning your
stewardship which I have appointed unto you. |
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| Properties the Lord's |
55 |
Behold, all these properties are mine, or else your faith
is vain, and ye are found hypocrites, and the covenants which ye have made
unto me are broken; |
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| Stewards of Lord's properties
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And if the properties are mine, then ye are stewards; otherwise
ye are no stewards. |
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| Stewards of Lord's house |
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But, verily I say unto you, I have appointed unto you to be
stewards over mine house, even stewards indeed. |
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| Organize |
58 |
And for this purpose I have commanded you to organize yourselves,
even to shinelah print
my words, the fulness of my scriptures, the revelations which I have given
unto you, and which I shall, hereafter, from time to time give unto you— |
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| To build church and kingdom |
59 |
For the purpose of building up my church and kingdom on the
earth, and to prepare my people for the time when I shall dwell with them,
which is nigh at hand. |
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| Prepare treasury |
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And ye shall prepare for yourselves a place for a treasury,
and consecrate it unto my name. |
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| Appoint treasurer |
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And ye shall appoint one among you to
keep the treasury, and he shall be ordained unto this blessing. |
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| Store sacred things, belongs to
all of you |
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And there shall be a seal upon the treasury, and all the sacred
things shall be delivered into the treasury; and no man among you shall
call it his own, or any part of it, for it shall belong to you all with
one accord. |
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And I give it unto you from this very hour; and now see to
it, that ye go to and make use of the stewardship which I have appointed
unto you, exclusive of the sacred things, for the purpose of printing these
sacred things as I have said. |
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Keep profits of sacred things
in treasury, sealed
Open only when commanded |
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And the avails of the sacred things shall be had in the treasury,
and a seal shall be upon it; and it shall not be used or taken out of the
treasury by any one, neither shall the seal be loosed which shall be placed
upon it, only by the voice of the order, or by commandment. |
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or by commandment gives
Joseph personal access. |
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And thus shall ye preserve all
the avails of the sacred things in the treasury, for sacred and holy purposes. |
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| Treasury of the Lord |
66 |
And this shall be called the sacred treasury of the Lord;
and a seal shall be kept upon it that it may be holy and consecrated unto
the Lord. |
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| Another treasury, sealed |
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And again, there shall be another treasury prepared, and a
treasurer appointed to keep the treasury, and a seal shall be placed upon
it; |
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For other transactions
Don't withhold—put it in as soon as you get it |
68 |
And all moneys that you receive in your stewardships, by
improving upon the properties which I have appointed unto you, in houses,
or in lands, or in cattle, or in all things save it be the holy and sacred
writings, which I have reserved unto myself for holy and sacred purposes,
shall be cast into the treasury as fast as you receive moneys, by hundreds,
or by fifties, or by twenties, or by tens, or by fives. |
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Or in other words, if any man among you obtain five talents
dollars let him cast them into the treasury;
or if he obtain ten, or twenty, or fifty, or an hundred, let him do likewise; |
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And let not any man among you
say that it is his own; for it shall not be called his, nor any part of
it. |
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| Withdrawls only by common consent |
71 |
And there shall not any part of it be used,
or taken out of the treasury, only by the voice and common consent of the
order. |
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Common
Consent |
| To help with stewardships |
72 |
And this shall be the voice and common consent of the order—that
any man among you say to the treasurer: I have need of this to help me in
my stewardship— |
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If it be five talents dollars,
or if it be ten talents dollars,
or twenty, or fifty, or a hundred, the treasurer shall give unto him the
sum which he requires to help him in his stewardship— |
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| Until transgression
or unwise |
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Until he be found a transgressor, and it is manifest
before the council of the order plainly that he is an unfaithful and an
unwise steward. |
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But so long as he is in full fellowship, and is faithful and
wise in his stewardship, this shall be his token unto the treasurer that
the treasurer shall not withhold. |
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But in case of transgression, the treasurer shall be subject
unto the council and voice of the order. |
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| If treasurer unfaithful, appoint
another |
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And in case the treasurer is found an unfaithful and an unwise
steward, he shall be subject to the council and voice of the order, and
shall be removed out of his place, and another shall be appointed in his
stead. |
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| Pay debts |
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And again, verily I say unto you, concerning
your debts—behold it is my will that you should
shall pay all your debts. |
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And it is my will that you should
shall humble yourselves before me, and obtain
this blessing by your diligence and humility and the prayer of faith. |
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Be humble, etc.
Lord will soften creditors |
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And inasmuch as you are diligent and humble,
and exercise the prayer of faith, behold, I will soften the hearts of those
to whom you are in debt, until I shall send means unto you for your deliverance. |
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| Write New York creditors |
81 |
Therefore write speedily unto Cainhannoch
New York and write according to that which
shall be dictated by my Spirit; and I will soften the hearts of those to
whom you are in debt, that it shall be taken away out of their minds to
bring affliction upon you. |
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| Lord will give the victory |
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And inasmuch as ye are humble and faithful and call upon
my name, behold, I will give you the victory. |
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| This time |
83 |
I give unto you a promise, that you shall be delivered this
once out of your bondage. |
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| Loans |
84 |
Inasmuch as you obtain a chance to loan money by hundreds,
or thousands, even until you shall loan enough to deliver yourself from
bondage, it is your privilege. |
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| Pledge your properties |
85 |
And pledge the properties which I have put into your hands,
this once, by giving your names by common consent or otherwise, as it shall
seem good unto you. |
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I give unto you this privilege, this once; and behold, if
you proceed to do the things which I have laid before you, according to
my commandments, all these things are mine, and ye are my stewards, and
the master will not suffer his house to be broken up. Even so. Amen. |
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Revelation of April 28, 1834
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