| March 27, 1836, Kirtland, Ohio. |
| Dedicatory prayer, Kirtland House of the Lord.
Please accept this house, which was completed in tribulation and poverty
§. Best books, learning by study and faith §.
A house of prayer, fasting, learning, God §. Dedication
§. Wisdom of best books, learning by study and faith
§. No unclean thing to enter §.
Smite enemies §. Pour out gift of tongues §.
Remember those driven from Jackson county §. Wipe
out mob if they won't repent §. Establish Constitution
forever §. Soften hearts to receive missionaries
§. Appoint more stakes §.
Redeem children of Jacob (Indians) §. Return Jews
to their lands §. Convert Indians and scattered
remnants of Israel §. Remember Joseph and family
§, families of other presidents and church. At resurrection,
let us join you in cloud of glory §. Hear and
answer our petitions §. |
| Earliest source, Manuscript History, 718–723; added to the Doctrine and Covenants in 1876. |
| Thanks, Lord |
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Thanks be to thy name, O Lord God of Israel, who keepest covenant
and showest mercy unto thy servants who walk uprightly before thee, with
all their hearts— |
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| Commanded house to
be built |
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Thou who hast commanded thy servants to build a house to thy
name in this place [Kirtland]. |
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Bracketed text in 1981 edition. |
| We've done it |
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And now thou beholdest, O Lord, that thy servants have done
according to thy commandment. |
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| Please accept |
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And now we ask thee, Holy Father, in the name
of Jesus Christ, the Son of thy bosom, in whose name alone salvation can
be administered to the children of men, we ask thee, O Lord, to accept of
this house, the workmanship of the hands of us, thy servants, which thou
didst command us to build. |
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| Accomplished despite tribulation
and poverty |
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For thou knowest that we have done this work through great
tribulation; and out of our poverty we have given of our substance to build
a house to thy name, that the Son of Man might have a place to manifest
himself to his people. |
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| You commanded solemn
assembly |
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And as thou hast said in a revelation, given to us, calling
us thy friends, saying—Call your solemn assembly, as I have commanded
you; |
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| Teach one another, study and faith |
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And as all have not faith, seek ye diligently
and teach one another words of wisdom; yea, seek ye out of the best books
words of wisdom, seek learning even by study and also by faith; |
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House of prayer, fasting, faith,
learning, glory, order
House of God |
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Organize yourselves; prepare every needful
thing, and establish a house, even a house of prayer, a house of fasting,
a house of faith, a house of learning, a house of glory, a house of order,
a house of God; |
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| Salutations |
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That your incomings may be in the name of the Lord, that your outgoings
may be in the name of the Lord, that all your salutations may be in the
name of the Lord, with uplifted hands unto the Most High— |
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| Assist us do it right |
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And now, Holy Father, we ask thee to assist us, thy people,
with thy grace, in calling our solemn assembly, that it may be done to thine
honor and to thy divine acceptance; |
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| So we can be worthy |
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And in a manner that we may be found worthy, in thy sight, to secure a
fulfilment of the promises which thou hast made unto us, thy people, in
the revelations given unto us |
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Dedicate house to thee
For thy presence |
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That thy glory may rest down upon thy people, and upon
this thy house, which we now dedicate to thee, that it may be sanctified
and consecrated to be holy, and that thy holy presence may be continually
in this house; |
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| May all feel thy power and feel holiness |
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And that all people who shall enter upon the threshold of the Lord's house
may feel thy power, and feel constrained to acknowledge that thou hast sanctified
it, and that it is thy house, a place of thy holiness. |
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| Wisdom, best books, study, faith
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And do thou grant, Holy Father, that all
those who shall worship in this house may be taught words of wisdom out
of the best books, and that they may seek learning even by study, and also
by faith, as thou hast said; |
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| Grow up in thee |
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And that they may grow up in thee, and receive a fulness of the Holy Ghost,
and be organized according to thy laws, and be prepared to obtain every
needful thing; |
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| House of prayer, fasting, faith, glory, God |
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And that this house may be a house of prayer, a house of fasting, a house
of faith, a house of glory and of God, even thy house; |
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| Do all in name of Lord |
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That all the incomings of thy people, into this house, may be in the name
of the Lord; |
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That all their outgoings from this house may be in the name of the Lord; |
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And that all their salutations may be in the name of the Lord, with holy
hands, uplifted to the Most High; |
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| Permit no unclean enter |
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And that no unclean thing shall be permitted to come into
thy house to pollute it; |
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| When transgress, repent speedily and be restored |
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And when thy people transgress, any of them, they may speedily repent
and return unto thee, and find favor in thy sight, and be restored to the
blessings which thou hast ordained to be poured out upon those who shall
reverence thee in thy house. |
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| Arm servants with power, protect with angels
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And we ask thee, Holy Father, that thy servants may go forth from this
house armed with thy power, and that thy name may be upon them, and thy
glory be round about them, and thine angels have charge over them; |
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| Servants declare great tidings |
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And from this place they may bear exceedingly great and glorious tidings,
in truth, unto the ends of the earth, that they may know that this is thy
work, and that thou hast put forth thy hand, to fulfil that which thou hast
spoken by the mouths of the prophets, concerning the last days. |
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| Be honorable people to all generations |
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We ask thee, Holy Father, to establish the people that shall worship,
and honorably hold a name and standing in this thy house, to all generations
and for eternity; |
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| Let enemies fail |
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That no weapon formed against them shall prosper; that he who diggeth
a pit for them shall fall into the same himself; |
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| None to prevail over people of
this house |
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That no combination of wickedness shall have power to rise up and prevail
over thy people upon whom thy name shall be put in this house; |
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And if any people shall rise against this people, that thine anger be
kindled against them; |
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| Smite their enemies, fight for thy people |
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And if they shall smite this people thou wilt smite them;
thou wilt fight for thy people as thou didst in the day of battle, that
they may be delivered from the hands of all their enemies. |
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| Confound opponents |
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We ask thee, Holy Father, to confound, and astonish, and to bring to shame
and confusion, all those who have spread lying reports abroad, over the
world, against thy servant or servants, if they will not repent, when the
everlasting gospel shall be proclaimed in their ears; |
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| End their lyings |
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And that all their works may be brought to naught, and be swept away by
the hail, and by the judgments which thou wilt send upon them in thine anger,
that there may be an end to lyings and slanders against thy people. |
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| We are innocent sufferers |
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For thou knowest, O Lord, that thy servants have been innocent before
thee in bearing record of thy name, for which they have suffered these things. |
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| Deliver us |
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Therefore we plead before thee for a full and complete deliverance from
under this yoke; |
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| So we can do your work |
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Break it off, O Lord; break it off from the necks of thy servants, by
thy power, that we may rise up in the midst of this generation and do thy
work. |
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| Forgive transgressions |
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O Jehovah, have mercy upon this people, and as all men sin forgive the
transgressions of thy people, and let them be blotted out forever. |
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| Seal anointings with power from on high |
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Let the anointing of thy ministers be sealed upon them with power from
on high. |
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| As on day of Pentecost, pour out gift of tongues
and interpretation |
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Let it be fulfilled upon them, as upon those on the day
of Pentecost; let the gift of tongues be poured out upon thy people, even
cloven tongues as of fire, and the interpretation thereof. |
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| Fill house with rushing wind, glory |
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And let thy house be filled, as with a rushing mighty wind, with thy glory. |
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| Prepare saints for judgments at hand |
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Put upon thy servants the testimony of the covenant, that when they go
out and proclaim thy word they may seal up the law, and prepare the hearts
of thy saints for all those judgments thou art about to send, in thy wrath,
upon the inhabitants of the earth, because of their transgressions, that
thy people may not faint in the day of trouble. |
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| Bless cities that receive testimony, gather
them to Zion |
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And whatsoever city thy servants shall enter, and the people of that city
receive their testimony, let thy peace and thy salvation be upon that city;
that they may gather out of that city the righteous, that they may come
forth to Zion, or to her stakes, the places of thine appointment, with songs
of everlasting joy; |
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| Withhold judgments until then |
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And until this be accomplished, let not thy judgments fall upon that city. |
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| Punish those who won't receive, as predicted |
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And whatsoever city thy servants shall enter, and the people of that city
receive not the testimony of thy servants, and thy servants warn them to
save themselves from this untoward generation, let it be upon that city
according to that which thou hast spoken by the mouths of thy prophets. |
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| Deliver servants |
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But deliver thou, O Jehovah, we beseech thee, thy servants from their
hands, and cleanse them from their blood. |
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| All souls are precious |
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O Lord, we delight not in the destruction of our fellow men; their souls
are precious before thee; |
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But thy word must be fulfilled
Thy will be done |
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But thy word must be fulfilled. Help thy servants to say, with thy grace
assisting them: Thy will be done, O Lord, and not ours. |
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| Prophecies of terrible tings for wicked |
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We know that thou hast spoken by the mouth of thy prophets terrible things
concerning the wicked, in the last days—that thou wilt pour out thy
judgments, without measure; |
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| Deliver thy people, servants seal
up the law |
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Therefore, O Lord, deliver thy people from the calamity of
the wicked; enable thy servants to seal up the law, and bind up the testimony,
that they may be prepared against the day of burning. |
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| Remember refugees of Jackson county |
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We ask thee, Holy Father, to remember those who have
been driven by the inhabitants of Jackson county, Missouri, from the lands
of their inheritance, and break off, O Lord, this yoke of affliction that
has been put upon them. |
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| Oppressed |
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Thou knowest, O Lord, that they have been greatly oppressed and afflicted
by wicked men; and our hearts flow out with sorrow because of their grievous
burdens. |
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| How long? |
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O Lord, how long wilt thou suffer this people to bear this affliction,
and the cries of their innocent ones to ascend up in thine ears, and their
blood come up in testimony before thee, and not make a display of thy testimony
in their behalf? |
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| Have mob repent |
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Have mercy, O Lord, upon the wicked mob, who have driven
thy people, that they may cease to spoil, that they may repent of their
sins if repentance is to be found; |
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| Redeem Zion |
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But if they will not, make bare thine arm, O Lord, and redeem that which
thou didst appoint a Zion unto thy people. |
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| Waste them |
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And if it cannot be otherwise, that the cause of thy people may not fail
before thee may thine anger be kindled, and thine indignation fall upon
them, that they may be wasted away, both root and branch, from under heaven; |
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| Unless they repent |
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But inasmuch as they will repent, thou art gracious and merciful, and
wilt turn away thy wrath when thou lookest upon the face of thine Anointed. |
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Have mercy on rulers
Establish Constitution forever |
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Have mercy, O Lord, upon all the nations of the earth;
have mercy upon the rulers of our land; may those principles, which were
so honorably and nobly defended, namely, the Constitution of our land, by
our fathers, be established forever. |
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| Remember everyone |
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Remember the kings, the princes, the nobles, and the great ones of the
earth, and all people, and the churches, all the poor, the needy, and afflicted
ones of the earth; |
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| Soften hearts |
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That their hearts may be softened when thy servants
shall go out from thy house, O Jehovah, to bear testimony of thy name; that
their prejudices may give way before the truth, and thy people may obtain
favor in the sight of all; |
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| So people accept thy servants |
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That all the ends of the earth may know that we, thy servants, have heard
thy voice, and that thou hast sent us; |
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| Gather, build holy city |
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That from among all these, thy servants, the sons of Jacob, may gather
out the righteous to build a holy city to thy name, as thou hast commanded
them. |
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| Appoint more stakes |
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We ask thee to appoint unto Zion other stakes besides
this one which thou hast appointed, that the gathering of thy people may
roll on in great power and majesty, that thy work may be cut short in righteousness. |
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Now these words, O Lord, we have spoken before thee, concerning the revelations
and commandments which thou hast given unto us, who are identified with
the Gentiles. |
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| Children of Jacob in mountains (Indians) |
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But thou knowest that thou hast a great love for the children
of Jacob, who have been scattered upon the mountains for a long time, in
a cloudy and dark day. |
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| Have mercy on them |
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We therefore ask thee to have mercy upon the children of Jacob, that Jerusalem,
from this hour, may begin to be redeemed; |
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And the yoke of bondage may begin to be broken off from the house of David; |
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| Return Jews |
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And the children of Judah may begin to return to the
lands which thou didst give to Abraham, their father. |
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| Convert Indians |
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And cause that the remnants of Jacob, who have been
cursed and smitten because of their transgression, be converted from their
wild and savage condition to the fulness of the everlasting gospel; |
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| Become peaceful |
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That they may lay down their weapons of bloodshed, and cease their rebellions. |
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| Convert all remnants |
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And may all the scattered remnants of Israel, who have been driven to
the ends of the earth, come to a knowledge of the truth, believe in the
Messiah, and be redeemed from oppression, and rejoice before thee. |
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| Remember Joseph |
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O Lord, remember thy servant, Joseph Smith, Jun., and
all his afflictions and persecutions—how he has covenanted with Jehovah,
and vowed to thee, O Mighty God of Jacob—and the commandments which
thou hast given unto him, and that he hath sincerely striven to do thy will. |
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| Emma and children |
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Have mercy, O Lord, upon his wife and children, that they may be exalted
in thy presence, and preserved by thy fostering hand |
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| Convert (Emma's?) f\amily |
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Have mercy upon all their immediate connections, that their prejudices
may be broken up and swept away as with a flood; that they may be converted
and redeemed with Israel, and know that thou art God. |
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| Remember church presidents and families |
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Remember, O Lord, the presidents, even all the presidents of thy church,
that thy right hand may exalt them, with all their families, and their immediate
connections, that their names may be perpetuated and had in everlasting
remembrance from generation to generation. |
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| Remember church and families |
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Remember all thy church, O Lord, with all their families, and all their
immediate connections, with all their sick and afflicted ones, with all
the poor and meek of the earth; that the kingdom, which thou hast set up
without hands, may become a great mountain and fill the whole earth; |
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| Bring church out of darkness, shine as the
moon |
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That thy church may come forth out of the wilderness of darkness, and
shine forth fair as the moon, clear as the sun, and terrible as an army
with banners; |
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| Make rough places smooth |
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And be adorned as a bride for that day when thou shalt unveil the heavens,
and cause the mountains to flow down at thy presence, and the valleys to
be exalted, the rough places made smooth; that thy glory may fill the earth; |
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| At resurrection, let us be caught up in the
cloud to meet thee |
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That when the trump shall sound for the dead, we shall
be caught up in the cloud to meet thee, that we may ever be with the Lord; |
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| Pure garments, robes of righteousness, crowns
of glory |
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That our garments may be pure, that we may be clothed upon with robes
of righteousness, with palms in our hands, and crowns of glory upon our
heads, and reap eternal joy for all our sufferings. |
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| Hear and answer us |
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O Lord God Almighty, hear us in these our petitions,
and answer us from heaven, thy holy habitation, where thou sittest enthroned,
with glory, honor, power, majesty, might, dominion, truth, justice, judgment,
mercy, and an infinity of fulness, from everlasting to everlasting. |
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| Please hear and answer |
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O hear, O hear, O hear us, O Lord! And answer these petitions, and accept
the dedication of this house unto thee, the work of our hands, which we
have built unto thy name; |
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Put your name on church
Sing with seraphs |
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And also this church, to put upon it thy name. And help us by the power
of thy Spirit, that we may mingle our voices with those bright, shining
seraphs around thy throne, with acclamations of praise, singing Hosanna
to God and the Lamb! |
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| Shout aloud for joy |
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And let these, thine anointed ones, be clothed with salvation, and thy
saints shout aloud for joy. Amen, and Amen. |
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