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| For Joseph Smith Sr. Serve the Lord, the field
is white, thrust in your sickle eye single to the glory of God. Ask, knock |
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| It is not clear whether the revelation was intended for Joseph Sr, Joseph Jr, or both, but the earliest versions of this revelation (below) could be construed to mean it was received by Joseph Sr. Similarly, D&C 9 may have been received by Oliver Cowdery. This is consistent with the introduction to the Book of Commandments and Revelations which states the revelations were "given to Joseph the Seer & others" (see D&C 3 introduction). The heading in the 1844 D&C (prepared but not published before the death of the prophet) attributes the revelation to Joseph Jr, receiving it for his father: "Revelation, through Joseph, the Seer, to Joseph Smith, sen., given in Harmony, Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania, February, 1829." |
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Book of Commandments and Revelations
([SHOWRERF=bcr], 2)
Scribe: John Whitmer
[Oct.–Dec.] 1830
Redactors: Sidney Rigdon, Unidentified.
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Book of Commandments
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A Book of Commandments, for the Government of the Church of Christ, Organized according to the Law, on the 6th of April, 1830 (Zion [Far West, MO]: W. W. Phelps & Co., 1833). Publication interrupted by a mob which destroyed the press in July 1833. Surviving pages are incomplete.
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Doctrine & Covenants
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Doctrine and Covenants, 1835 ed. Full title: Doctrine and Covenants of the Church of the Latter Day Saints: Carefully Selected from the Revelations of God, and Compiled by Joseph Smith Junior Oliver Cowdery, Sidney Rigdon, Frederick G. Williams, [Presiding Elders of Said Church.] Proprietors., Kirtland, Ohio. Printed by F. G. Williams & Co. for the Proprietors. 1835.
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Red: new
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AD <Febr.> 1828/1829 A Revelation to Joseph the Father of the Seer he desired to know what the Lord had for him to do & this is what he Received as follows |
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A Revelation given to Joseph, the father of Joseph, in Harmony,
Pennsylvania, February, 1829, |
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Revelation
given to Joseph Smith, Sr., given
February, 1829. |
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Sidney inserted Febr. and Unidentified changed 1828 to 1829. |
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now behold a Marvelous work is about to come forth among
the children of men |
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Now behold, a marvelous
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Now behold, a marvellous work is about to come forth among
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therefore O ye that embark in the service of
God see that ye Serve him with all your heart might mind & Strength
that ye may stand blameless before God at the last day |
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therefore, O ye that embark in the service of
God, see that ye serve him with all your heart, might, mind and strength,
that ye may stand blameless before God at the last day: |
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therefore, O ye that embark in the service of
God, see that ye serve him with all your heart, might, mind and strength,
that ye may stand blameless before God at the last day: |
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therefore if ye have desires to serve God
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Therefore, if ye have desires to serve God,
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therefore, if ye have desires to serve God,
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for behold, the field is white already to
harvest, and lo, he that thrusteth in his sickle with his might, the same
layeth up in store that he perish not, but bringeth salvation to his
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for behold the field is white already to
harvest, and lo, he that thrusteth in his sickle with his might, the same
layeth up in store that he perisheth not,
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and faith, hope, charity, and love, with an eye single to
the glory of God, qualifies him
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and faith, hope, charity, and love, with an eye single to
the glory of God, qualify him
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Remember temperance, patience, humility, diligence,
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Remember faith, virtue, knowledge,
temperance, patience, brotherly kindness, godliness,
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"… add to your faith virtue; and to
virtue knowledge; And to knowledge temperance; and to temperance patience;
and to patience godliness; And to godliness brotherly kindness; and to
brotherly kindness charity."
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ask and ye shall receive, knock and it shall
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Ask, and ye shall receive, knock and it shall
be opened unto you. Amen. |
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