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Doctrine and Covenants 78
March 1, 1832, Kirtland, Ohio.

Newel K. Whitney version: The Lord announces to the brethren of the High Priesthood that it is time to merge the Literary and Mercantile Firms of Kirtland and Zion (later known as the United Firm, or the United Order) §. It is to promote the interests of the church and make it possible for all to be equal in heavenly and earthly things §. Newel, Joseph, and Sidney are to consult with the brethren in Zion §. They are to covenant with each other §, and whoever breaks the covenant will lose his standing in the church and be turned over to Satan until the day of redemption. The riches of eternity and a hundred times the wealth of this world are promised §. Jesus will come with the church of the firstborn § and take members up in the cloud and reward all according to their deeds.

The revelation is addresed to Enoch in D&C
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.
. The Lord's storehouse is to be organized for the poor. (The Literary and Mercantile Firms are not mentioned.) Zion is the city of Enoch. The Holy One of Zion has established Adam-ondi-Ahman and appointed Michael, their prince, elevated him to a high station, given him the keys of salvation under the direction of the Holy One who is without beginning of days or end of life. The Redeemer is the Son Ahman. This church is the church of the first born.
Subsequent changes: Omission of reference to the city of Enoch. Thus, one of the principal subjects of the revelation, the United Firm, gives way to the Lord's storehouse for the city of Enoch, then to the Lord's storehouse wherever it is.

  Book of Commandments and Revelations
( BCR
Book of Commandments and Revelations, titled "Revelation Book 1" in Manuscript Revelation Books, edited by Robin Scott Jensen, Robert J. Woodford, and Steven C. Harper, (Salt Lake City: The Church Historian's Press, 2009). This is the first volume in the Revelations and Translations series of The Joseph Smith Papers.
, 28–29)

Scribe: John Whitmer
1832
Redactor: John Whitmer, W. W. Phelps,Unidentified
  Whitney Manuscript
( Whitney Papers
Newel Kimball Whitney Papers. Special Collections, Harold B. Lee Library, Brigham Young University, MSS Vault 766.
, box 1, fd. 9)
  Kirtland Revelations Book
( KRB
Kirtland Revelations Book. Scribes: Frederick G. Williams, Orson Hyde, Joseph Smith, Oliver Cowdery, and others. Selected Collections 1:19; The Joseph Smith Papers: Revelations and Translations, Manuscript Revelations Books edited by Robin Scott Jensen, Robert J. Woodford, and Steven C. Harper (n.d., The Historians Press), 2009. Original, Church Archives, MS 4583.
, 15–17)
Scribe: Frederick G. Willliams
Redactors: John Whitmer, Joseph Smith,
Doctrine and Covenants
( D&C
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.
75)
August 1835
      Kirtland March 1st 1832   Kirtland March 1— 1832——   Revelation given March, 1832. The order given of the Lord to Enoch, for the purpose of establishing the poor.
1 Hearken unto me saith the Lord your God who are ordained unto the high priests hood of my church who have assembled yourselves together   Hearken unto me saith the Lord your Godd who are ordained unto the High Priesthood of my church who have assembled yourselves together   Hearken unto me saith the Lord your God O ye who are ordained unto the high Priesthood of my church who have assembled yourselve[s] together 1 The Lord spake unto Enoch, saying, Hearken unto me saith the Lord your God, who are ordained unto the high priesthood of my church, who have assembled yourselves together,
2 and listen to the counsel of him who has ordained you from on high who shall speak in your ears the words of wisdom that salvation may be unto you in that thing which you <have> presented before me saith the Lord God   and listen to the councel of him who has ordained you from on high who shall speak in your ears the words of wisdom that salvation may be with you in that thing which you have presented before me saith the Lord God   [16] and listen to the councel of him who has ordained you from on high who shall speak in your ears the words of wisdom that salvation may be unto you in that thing which you have presented before me saith the Lord God, and listen to the counsel of him who has ordained you from on high, who shall speak in your ears the words of wisdom, that salvation may be unto you in that thing which you have presented before me, saith the Lord God:
3 for verily I say unto you the time has come and is now at hand and behold & lo it must needs be that there be an organization of   for verily I say unto you the time has come and is now at hand and behold & lo it must needs be that there be an organization of  

for verily I say unto you the time has come, and is now at hand, and behold and lo it must needs be that there be an organization of

for verily I say unto you, the time has come, and is now at hand, and behold, and lo, it must needs be that there be an organization of
  the litterary and <the> Mercantile establishments of my Church   the Literary and Merchantile establishments of my church   the literary and merchantile establishments of my church  
            my people, in regulating and establishing the affairs of the storehouse for the poor of my people,
  both in this place and in the Land of Zion   both in this place and in th[e] land of Zion   both in this place and in the land of Zion both in this place and in the land of Zion, or in other words, the city of Enoch,
4

for a permanent and everlasting establishment and firm unto my church to advance the cause which ye have espoused to the Salvation of man and to the glory of your Father who is in heaven

  for a perminent and everlasting establishment and firm unto my church to advance the cause which ye have espaused to the salvation of man and to th[e] glory of your Father who is in heaven   for a permainent and everlasting establishment and firm unto my Church to advance the cause which ye have espoused to the salvation of man and to the glory of your father who is in heaven for a permanent and everlasting establishment and order unto my church, to advance the cause which ye have espoused, to the salvation of man, and to the glory of your Father who is in heaven,
5 that you may be equal in all the bonds of heavenly things yea and earthly things also for the obtaining of heavenly things
  that you may be equal in the bonds of heavenly things yea and earthly things also for the obtaining of heavenly thing[s]
  that you may be equal in the bonds of heavenly [t]hings yea and earthly things also for the obtaining of heavenly things
that you may be equal in the bonds of heavenly things, yea and earthly things also, for the obtaining of heavenly things
6 for if ye are not equal in earthly things ye cannot be equal in obtaining heavenly things   for if ye are not equal in earthly things ye cannot be equal in obtaining heavenly thing[s]   for if ye are not equal in earthly things ye cannot be equal in obtaining heavenly things, for if ye are not equal in earthly things ye cannot be equal in obtaining heavenly things:
7 for if you will that I give unto you a place in the Celestial Kingdom world you must prepare yourselves by doing the things which I have commanded and required of you   for if you will that I give unto you a place in the celestial world, you must prepare yourselves by doing the thing[s] which I have commanded & required of you
  for if you will that I give unto you a place in the celestial world you must prepare yourselves by doing the things which I have commanded and required of you
for if you will that I give nnto [unto] you a place in the celestial world, you must prepare yourselves by doing the things which I have commanded you and required of you
8 and now verily thus saith the Lord it is expedient that all things be done unto my glory that ye should who are Joined together in this firm/order  

& now verily thus saith the Lord it is expedient that all things be done unto my glory that ye should who are joined together in this firm

 

and now verily thus saith the Lord it is expedient that all things be done unto my glory that ye should who are joined together in this firm

2 And now, verily thus saith the Lord, it is expedient that all things be done unto my glory, that ye should who are joined together in this order:
9 or in other words that my Servent Whitney/Ahashdah and my Servant Joseph/Gazelam or Enoch and my Servant Sidney/Pelagoram sit in council with the Saints who are in Zion
  or in other words that my Servant Newel and my servant Joseph and my servant Sidney sit in councel with the saints who are in zion   or in other words that my servant Newel Whitney and my servant Joseph Smith J[r] and my servant SidneyRigdon sit in councel with the saints who are in Zion or in other words, let my servant Ahasdah, and my servant Gazelam, or Enoch, and my servant Pelagoram, sit in council with the saints which are in Zion;
10 otherwise Satan Seeketh to turn their hearts away from the truth that they become blinded and understand not the things which are prepared for them   otherwise satan seeketh to turn there hearts away from the truth that they become blinded & understand not the things which are prepared for them   otherwise satan seeketh to destroy turn there hearts away from th[e] truth that they become blinded and understand not not the things which are prepared for them otherwise satan seeketh to turn their hearts away from the truth, that they become blinded, and understand not the things which are prepared for them:
11 wherefore a commandment I give unto you to prepare and organize yourselves by a bond or everlasting covenant that cannot be broken.   wherefore a commandment I give unto you to prepare an[d] organize yourselves by an everlasting covenant that cannot be broken   wherefore a commandment I give unto you to prepare and organize yourselves by <a bond or> an everlasting covenant which cannot be broken wherefore a commandment I give unto you, to prepare and organize yourselves by a bond or everlasting covenant that cannot be broken.
12 and he who breaketh it shall loose his office and standing in the church and shall be delivered over unto the buffitings of Satan until the day of redemption   & he who breaketh it shall lose his office & standing in the church and shall be delivered over unto the buffitings of satan untill th[e] day of redemption   and he who breaketh it shall loose his office and standing [17] in the church and shall be delivered over unto the buffittings of Satan untill the day of redemption, 3 And he who breaketh it shall lose his office and standing in the church, and shall be delivered over unto the buffetings of satan until the day of redemption.
13 behold this is the preparation wherewith [146] ¶ I prepare you and the foundation and the ensample which I give unto you whereby you may accomplish the commandments which are given you   Behold this is the preparation wherewith I prepare you and the foundation & th[e] ensample, which I give unto you whereby you may accomp[l]ish the commandments which are given to you   behold this is the preparation wherewith I prepare you and the foundation and the ensample which I give unto you whereby you may accomplish the commandments which are given to you Behold this is the preparation wherewith I prepare you, and the foundation, and the ensample, which I give unto you whereby you may accomplish the commandments which are given you,
14 that through the/my providences of your father notwithstanding the tribulation which shall descend upon you, you <that the church> may stand independent above all other creatures beneath the Celestial world   that through the providenc[e] of your Father notwithstanding the tribulation which shall descend upon you may stand independent above all other creatures beneath the Celestial world   that through the <my> providenc/providences of your father notwithstanding the tribulation which shall descend upon you that the church may stand independent above all other creatures benaeth the celestial world that through my providence, notwithstanding the tribulation which shall descend upon you, that the church may stand independent above all other creatures beneath the celestial world,
15 that you may come up unto the crown prepared for you and be made rulers over many kingdoms saith the Lord God the holy one of Israel <Zion>
  that you may come up unto the crown prepared for you, and be made rulers over many kingdoms saith the Lord God the holy one of Israel   that you may come up unto the crown prepared for you and be made rulers over many kingdoms saith the Lord god, the holy one of Israel that you may come up unto the crown prepared for you, and be made rulers over many kingdoms, saith the Lord God, the Holy One of Zion, who hath established the foundations of Adam-ondi-Ahman:
16           who hath appointed Michael, your prince, and established his feet, and set him upon high; and given unto him the keys of salvation under the counsel and direction of the Holy One, who is without beginning of days or end of life.
17 verily verily I say unto you ye are little children and ye have not as yet understood how great blessings the father has put into his own hands and prepared for you   Verily Verily I say unto you, ye are little children and ye have not as yet understood how great blessings the father has put into his own hands and prepared for you   verely, verely I say unto you ye are little Children and ye have not as yet understood how great blessings the father has put into his own hands and prepared for you 4 Verily, verily I say unto you, ye are little children and ye have not as yet understood how great blessings the Father has in his own hands, and prepared for you;
18 and ye cannot bear all things now nevertheless be of good cheer for I will lead you along
  and ye cannot bear all things now nevertheless be of good cheer for I will lead you a long   and ye cannot bear all things now nevertheless be of Go<o>d cheer for I have will lead <you> along   and ye cannot bear all things now, nevertheless be of good cheer for I will lead you along:
  the kingdom is yours and the blessings thereof are yours and the riches of eternity are yours   the Kingdom is yours and the blessings thereof are yours and the riches of Eternity ar[e] yours   the kingdom is yours and the blessings thereof are yours and the riches of eternity are yours   the kingdom is yours and the blessings thereof are yours; and the riches of eternity are yours:
19 and he who receiveth all things with thankfulness shall be made glorious in/and the things of this Israel <Zion> even an hundred fold yea more   & he who receiveth all things with thankfulness shall be made glorious in the things of this world even an hundred fold yea more   and he who receiveth all things with thankfulness shall be made glorious in <and> the things of this world <Shall be added unto him> even an hundred fold yea more   and he who receiveth all things, with thankfulness, shall be made glorious, and the things of this earth shall be added unto him, even an hundred fold, yea more:
20 wherefore do the things which I have commanded you saith your Redeemer even Jesus Christ <the Son Ahman> who prepareth all things before he cometh   wherefore do the things which I have commanded you saith your redeemer even Jesus Christ who prepareth all things before he cometh   wherefore do the things which I have commanded you saith your Redeemer even Jesus Christ who prepareth all things before he cometh   wherefore do the things which I have commanded you, saith your Redeemer, even the Son Ahman, who prepareth all things before he
21 and then he will come even with <taketh you for ye are the church of the first born receive you and <he will take you up> in the cloud and appoint every man his portion   and then he will come even with the church of the first born & receive you in the cloud and appoint evry man his portion   and then he will come even with the church of the first born and receive you in the cloud and appoint evry man his portion   taketh you; for ye are the church of the first born, and he will take you up in the cloud, and appoint every man his portion
22 and he that is a faithful and wise steward shall inherit all things Amen.
  & he that is a faithful & wise steward shall inherit all things Amen
  and he that is a faithful and wise steward shall inherit all things Amen
  And he that is a faithful and wise steward shall inherit all things. Amen
       
Revelation of March [8], 1832
D&C 79
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