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Letter to Church Brethren, 15 June 1835

 
Kirtland

Located ten miles south of Lake Erie. Settled by 1811. Organized by 1818. Population in 1830 about 55 Latter-day Saints and 1,000 others; in 1838 about 2,000 Saints and 1,200 others; in 1839 about 100 Saints and 1,500 others. Mormon missionaries visited township...

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 June 15, 1835
Dear brethren in the Lord,
I send you my love and warmest wishes  for your prosperity in the great cause of  our Redeemer.
We are now commencing to prepare  and print the New Translation, to gether  with all the revelations which God has  been pleased to give us in these last days,  and as we are in want of funds to go  on with so great and glorious a work,  brethren <we> want you should donate and  loan us all the means or money  you can that we may be enable[d]  to accomplish the work as a great  Means towards the salvation of Men.
My love to my relatives &c
your brother in  the bonds of the New Covenant

Generally referred to the “fullness of [the] gospel”—the sum total of the church’s message, geared toward establishing God’s covenant people on the earth; also used to describe individual elements of the gospel, including marriage. According to JS, the everlasting...

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Joseph Smith Jr [p. [1]]

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Letter to Church Brethren, 15 June 1835
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