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Revelation, circa August 1830 [D&C 27]

Source Note

Revelation, , Susquehanna Co., PA, [ca. Aug.] 1830. Featured version, titled “28th. Commandment AD 1830,” copied [ca. Mar. 1831] in Revelation Book 1, pp. 35–36; handwriting of ; CHL. Includes redactions. For more complete source information, see the source note for Revelation Book 1.
Two other versions, one copied by (with minor gaps in the text of the manuscript) and the other published in the Painesville (OH) Telegraph, are contemporaneous to the featured text below. No significant variant reading distinguishes any of the three texts as being clearly produced earlier than the other two. But because one of the other versions is missing text and the other includes added punctuation, the text below is likely the best representation of the earliest text.

Footnotes

  1. [1]

    Revelation, ca. Aug. 1830, in Partridge, Copies of Revelations; “The Mormon Creed,” Painesville (OH) Telegraph, 19 Apr. 1831, [4].

    Partridge, Edward. Copies of Revelations, ca. Dec. 1830–Spring 1831. CHL. MS 1133.

    Painesville Telegraph. Painesville, OH. 1822–1986.

Historical Introduction

This revelation announced guidelines for what members of the should use in the of the Lord’s Supper to represent the blood of Christ. JS’s history explained that he dictated the revelation during a visit from and to his home in in August 1830: “As neither his wife nor mine had been as yet confirmed, it was proposed that we should confirm them, and partake together of the sacrament, before he and his wife should leave us.— In order to prepare for this; I set out to go to procure some wine for the occasion, but had gone only a short distance when I was met by a heavenly messenger, and received the following revelation.” The revelation told JS to use only new wine made by members of the church.
Both the dating and the text of this revelation present challenges. The earliest extant copy, in Revelation Book 1 (the version featured here), dated it broadly to the year 1830, and placed it between revelations dated July and September 1830. Despite Whitmer’s placement, however, the versions published in 1833 in The Evening and the Morning Star and the Book of Commandments specified 4 September 1830 as the date. The versions published in the 1835 Evening and Morning Star reprint and in the 1835 edition of the Doctrine and Covenants included two additional paragraphs and dated the entire revelation to September 1830, removing the precise date mentioned in the earlier publications. In his later history, however, JS said that the first paragraph of the 1835 text “was written at this time [early August 1830], and the remainder in the September following.” JS, then, affirmed that the first part should be dated August 1830 and the remainder September 1830, in which case the date of 4 September 1830 found in the earlier printed versions may have reflected the date of dictation of the second portion.
Early manuscripts, including the copy featured here, contain only the first portion of the combined revelation as published in 1835. Although an earlier manuscript may have existed for the September portion, the earliest extant text for the expanded version of the revelation is the 1835 edition of the Doctrine and Covenants. For the annotated treatment of the expanded version, see the volume of the Documents series that covers 1835.

Footnotes

  1. [1]

    JS History, vol. A-1, 51.

  2. [2]

    In 1833, John Murdock and members of the church in New York where he was preaching made their own wine for this purpose. He recalled that “by my advice the Sisters gathered currents & made wine for our communion.” (Murdock, Autobiography, 34.)

    Murdock, John. Autobiography, ca. 1859–1867. John Murdock, Journal and Autobiography, ca. 1830–1867. CHL. MS 1194, fd. 4.

  3. [3]

    See Revelation, July 1830–C [D&C 25]; and Revelation, Sept. 1830–A [D&C 29].

  4. [4]

    “A Commandment Given, September 4, 1830,” The Evening and the Morning Star, Mar. 1833, [6]; Book of Commandments 28.

    The Evening and the Morning Star. Independence, MO, June 1832–July 1833; Kirtland, OH, Dec. 1833–Sept. 1834.

  5. [5]

    “Revelation Given September, 1830,” Evening and Morning Star, Mar. 1833 (May 1836), 155; Doctrine and Covenants 50, 1835 ed.

    Evening and Morning Star. Edited reprint of The Evening and the Morning Star. Kirtland, OH. Jan. 1835–Oct. 1836.

  6. [6]

    JS History, vol. A-1, 51.

Asterisk (*) denotes a "featured" version, which includes an introduction and annotation. *Revelation, circa August 1830 [D&C 27] Revelation Book 1 Revelation, circa August 1830, Edward Partridge Copy [D&C 27] Revelation, circa August 1830, as Published in Painesville Telegraph [D&C 27] Book of Commandments, 1833 Revelations printed in The Evening and the Morning Star, June 1832–June 1833 Doctrine and Covenants, 1835 Revelations printed in Evening and Morning Star, January 1835–June 1836 History, 1838–1856, volume A-1 [23 December 1805–30 August 1834] History, circa 1841, draft [Draft 3] History, circa 1841, fair copy “History of Joseph Smith” Doctrine and Covenants, 1844

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Wherefore marvel not for the hour cometh that I will drink of the fruit of the Vine with you on the Earth & with you all those whom my father hath given me out of the world Wherefore lift up your hearts & rejoice & Gird up your loins & be faitful faithful untill I come even so amen [p. 36]
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Footnotes

  1. [3]

    See Matthew 26:29. From this point, the expansion of this text found in the 1835 edition of the Doctrine and Covenants reads as follows: “and with Moroni, whom I have sent unto you to reveal the book of Mormon, containing the fulness of my everlasting gospel; to whom I have committed the keys of the record of the stick of Ephraim; and also with Elias, to whom I have committed the keys of bringing to pass the restoration of all things, or the restorer of all things spoken by the mouth of all the holy prophets since the world began, concerning the last days: and also John the son of Zacharias, which Zacharias he (Elias) visited and gave promise that he should have a son, and his name should be John, and he should be filled with the spirit of Elias; which John I have sent unto you, my servants, Joseph Smith, jr. and Oliver Cowdery, to ordain you unto this first priesthood which you have received, that you might be called and ordained even as Aaron: and also Elijah, unto whom I have committed the keys of the power of turning the hearts of the fathers to the children and the hearts of the children to the fathers, that the whole earth may not be smitten with a curse: and also, with Joseph, and Jacob, and Isaac, and Abraham your fathers; by whom the promises remain; and also with Michael, or Adam, the father of all, the prince of all, the ancient of days:

    “And also with Peter, and James, and John, whom I have sent unto you, by whom I have ordained you and confirmed you to be apostles and especial witnesses of my name, and bear the keys of your ministry: and of the same things which I revealed unto them: unto whom I have committed the keys of my kingdom, and a dispensation of the gospel for the last times; and for the fulness of times, in the which I will gather together in one all things both which are in heaven and which are on earth: and also with all those whom my Father hath given me out of the world: wherefore lift up your hearts and rejoice, and gird up your loins, and take upon you my whole armor, that ye may be able to withstand the evil day, having done all ye may be able to stand. Stand, therefore, having your loins girt about with truth; having on the breastplate of righteousness; and your feet shod with the preparation of the gospel of peace which I have sent mine angels to commit unto you, taking the shield of faith wherewith ye shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked; and take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of my Spirit, which I will pour out upon you, and my word which I reveal unto you, and be agreed as touching all things whatsoever ye ask of me, and be faithful until I come, and ye shall be caught up that where I am ye shall be also. Amen.” (Doctrine and Covenants 50:2–3, 1835 ed. [D&C 27:5–18].)

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