| January 25, 1832 |
| Amherst, Ohio |
| Two missionary revelations, verses 1–22 and 23–36.
A dozen pairs of missionaries called. Shake dust off feet will judge those
who reject missionaries. Care of missionary families. |
Newel K. Whitney Collection contains manuscripts
of the separate revelations.
A note on the bottom of the first is, "A Commandment Given to 10 Elders at Amherst / Jany 1832."
On the back of the second, "A Commandment Given to the / Elders in Conference in / Amherst Jany 1832."
McLellin journals, 70 dates the first January 25.
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| Book of Commandments Book A (unpaginated) |
| Not printed in the Book of Commandments. |
| 1835 Doctrine and Covenants 87 heading: Revelation
given January, 1832. |
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Whitney Manuscript |
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| Listen
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¶ Verily <verily> I say unto you I who speak even by the voice
of my spirit even alpha and Omega your Lord and your God |
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Whitney papers, Box 1, fd. 8. |
| Volunteer
missionaries |
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Hearkon o you ye who have given your names to go forth to proclaim
my gospel and to prune my vineyard |
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Missionaries |
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right away |
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behold I say unto you that it is my will that you should
go forth and not tarry neither be idle but labor with your mights |
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Turquoise: dropped after 1835 |
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lifting up your voices as with the sound of a trump proclaiming
the truth according to the revelations and commandments which I have given
you |
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| Faithful
get converts be crowned |
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and thus if ye are faithful ye shall be laden with many sheaves
and crouned with honor and glory and immortality and eternal life |
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| McLellin commission revoked |
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Therefore verily I say unto my servent
William E. McLellin I revoke the
commission which I gave unto him to go unto the eastern countries |
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McLellin and Samuel H. Smith began their mission Nov. 16. A month later William was taken ill with diarrhea and "a violent cold" but persisted in his labors until the 21st, when "my breast and lungs became so exceeding sore I was cast down upon my bed and mostly confined." They returned to Hiram and participated in nearly daily church meetings, Jan. 1–17, 22–25. On Wednesday the 25th he notes this revelation, then, "Thursday & Friday I retturned to Kirtland. I was sorely tempted of Devil But Friday night I made a hard struggle a[nd] shook him off my back." Saturday, "I wrote commandments & revelations at Father Smiths." [mclel], 66–70. |
| Chastised |
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and I give unto him a new commission and a new commandment
in the which I the Lord chasteneth him for the murmurings of his heart |
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| I
forgive go south |
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and he sinned nevertheless I forgive him and say unto him
again go ye into the south Countries |
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Luke Johnson |
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and let my servent
Luke Johnson go with him and proclaim the things
which I have commanded them |
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on Comforter |
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Calling on the name of the Lord
teaching for the comforter which shall teach them all things that is are expedient
for them |
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Blue: dropped in 1835
Red: added in 1835 |
| Praying
always |
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praying always that they faint not and inasmuch as they do
this I will be with them even unto the end |
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behold this is the will of the Lord your God
concerning you even so Amen |
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| Orson
Hyde, Samuel H. Smith east |
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¶ And again verily thus saith the Lord let my servent Orson
Hyde and my servent Samuel H. Smith take their journey into the eastern countries and proclaim
the things which I have commanded them and inasmuch as they are faithful
lo I will be with them even unto the end |
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Lyman Johnson, Orson Pratt east |
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¶ And again verily I say unto my servant
Lyman Johnson and unto my servant Orson Pratt they shall also take {2}their journey into the eastern countries and behold
and lo I am with them also even unto the end |
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Asa Dodd,s Calves Wilson west |
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¶ and again I say unto my servant Asa Dodds and unto my servant
Calves Wilson that they also shall take their journey unto the was western
countries and proclaim my gospel even as I have commanded them |
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| Faithful
overcome |
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and he who is faithful shall over come all things and shall
be lifted up at the last day |
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| Major
N. Ashley, Burr Riggs south |
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And again I say unto my Servant Major
N. Ashley and my Servent
Burr Riggs let them take their journey also unto into the south country |
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Turquoise: dropped after 1835
Pink: added after 1835 |
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go house to house |
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yea let all those take their journey
as I have commanded them going from house to house and from village to
village and from City to City |
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| Bless
houses you enter |
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and in whatsoever house ye enter and they receive
you leave your blessing upon that house. |
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| Shake
off the dust |
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and in whatsoever house ye enter and they receive
you not ye shall depart speedily from that house and shake off the dust
of your feet as a testimoney against <them> |
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Feet
Dusting and Washing |
| You shall judge |
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and you shall be filled with joy and gladness and know this
that in the day of judgment you shall be judges of that house and condemn
them |
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| Heathen
will be better off |
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and it shall be more tollarable for the heathen in the day
of judgment than for that house therefore gird up your loines and be faithfull
and ye shall overcome all things and be lifted up at the last day even
so Amen. |
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| Listen
up elders |
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And again thus saith the Lord unto you o ye elders of my
church who have given your names that you might know his will Concerning
you |
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Whitney papers, Box 1, fd. 8. |
| Assist missionary families |
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behold I say unto you that it is the duty of the church
to assist in supporting the families of those and also to support the families
of those who are called and must needs be sent unto the world to proclaim
the gospel unto the world |
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| Find
places for families |
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wherefore I the Lord give unto
you this commandment that ye obtain places for your families inasmuch
as your breathren are willing to open their hearts |
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| Go
when families settled |
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and let all such as can obtain places for their families
and support of the church for them not fail to go into the world wheather
to the east or to the west or to the north or to the south |
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| Ask
knock receive |
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let them ask and they shall receive knock and
it shall be opened unto them and be made known from on high even by the
comforter whither they shall go |
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| Provide
for families |
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And again verily I say unto you
<that> every man who is obliged to provide for his own family let him provide
and he shall in nowise loose his crown and let him labour in the church |
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| No
idlers |
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let every man be dilligent in all things and the idler shall
not have place in the church except he repents and mends his ways. |
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¶ Managing
Zion Expectations |
| Simeon
Carter, Emer Harris |
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wherefore let my servent Simeon Carter and my servent Emer
Harris be united in their ministry |
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| Ezra
Thayre, Thomas B. Marsh |
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and also my servent Ezra Thayre [Thayer] and my servent Thomas B.
Marsh |
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Original: Thayre |
| Hyrum
Smith, Reynolds Cahoon |
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also my servant Hiram [Hyrum] Smith and my servant Reynolds
Cahoon |
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| Daniel
Stanton, Seymour Brunson |
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and also my servant Daniel Stanton and my servant Seymour
Brunson |
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| Sylvester
Smith, Gideon Carter |
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and also my servant Sylvester
Smith and my servant Gideon
Carter |
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| Ruggles
Eames, Stephen Burnett |
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and also my servant Ruggles Eames and my servant S.. Stephen
Burnett |
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| Micah
B. Welton, Eden Smith |
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and also my servant Micha [Micah] B. Welton and also my servant Eden
Smith even so amen |
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D&C 76
D&C 74
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