Blessing for John Whitmer, 22 September 1835

Blessed of the Lord is brother John <Whitmer>

27 Aug. 1802–11 July 1878. Farmer, stock raiser, newspaper editor. Born in Pennsylvania. Son of Peter Whitmer Sr. and Mary Musselman. Member of German Reformed Church, Fayette, Seneca Co., New York. Baptized by Oliver Cowdery, June 1829, most likely in Seneca...

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: he shall live to a good old age, and his generations after him shall be blessed.  He shall live to a good old age, and wax more and more steadfast in the work of the Lord, and he shall make a choice  record of Israel unto the memory of his name. He shall truly be chastened wherein he steps aside, yet he shall es cape the hand of the Destroyer, and shall never fall by the hands of his enemies: and he shall be avenged of the  wrongs he has sustained by them. He shall be blessed, and a means of bringing many blessings upon his fa ther

14 Apr. 1773–12/13 Aug. 1854. Farmer. Born at Harrisburg, Dauphin Co., Pennsylvania. Son of Peter Whitmer. Member of Presbyterian church. Married Mary Musselman, before 1798, in Pennsylvania. Lived in Lebanon Township, Dauphin Co., by 1800. Moved to Fayette...

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’s family. He shall be blessed with abundance of the good things of this earth, with houses and lands, in the  fruit of the field, with horses and with asses and with she asses, with gold and with silver, and with precious  stones, even the things of the lasting mountains. He shall be made mighty in the hands of his God in bringing to  pass the redemption of Zion

In JS’s earliest revelations “the cause of Zion” was used to broadly describe the work JS was called to do. However, the term Zion was soon used more specifically to describe a community of believers who live in harmony and equality. The Book of Mormon explained...

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. The Lord shall be on his right hand and on his left; shall go before his face  and shall be his rearward, and shall turn aside all the shafts of the <his> enemies. And he shall go down to his <in> honor  and with gray hairs, to the grave, and shall be caught up in the cloud to meet the Lord, and shall ever be  with him; even so. Amen.

Given September 22, 1835, and recorded October 2, 1835. [p. 14]