Discourse, 30 March 1836

upon each others heads, and cursings upon the  enimies of Christ who inhabit Jackson county

Settled at Fort Osage, 1808. County created, 16 Feb. 1825; organized 1826. Named after U.S. President Andrew Jackson. Featured fertile lands along Missouri River and was Santa Fe Trail departure point, which attracted immigrants to area. Area of county reduced...

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Missouri  continued prophesying and blessing and sealing them  with Hosanna and Amen until nearly 7 o clock P.M.  the bread <& wine> was then brought in, and I observed that  we had fasted all the day; and lest we faint; as  the Saviour did so shall we do on this occasion, we  shall bless the bread and give it to the 12 and they  to the multitude, after which we shall bless the wine  and do likewise; while waiting for the wine I made  the following remarks, that the time that we were requi red to tarry in 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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to be endued

The terms endow, endowed, and endowment—as well as endued and enduement—were used to describe the bestowal of spiritual blessings upon the Latter-day Saints. In common usage, these terms meant essentially the same thing: to clothe, to put on, to furnish, ...

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would be  fulfilled in a few days, and then the Elders would  go forth and each must stand for himself, that it  was not necessary for them to be sent out two by two  as in former times; but to go in all meekness in  sobriety and preach Jesus Christ & him crucified not  to contend with others on the account of their faith  or systems of religion but pursue a steady course,  this I delivered by way of commandment

Generally, a divine mandate that church members were expected to obey; more specifically, a text dictated by JS in the first-person voice of deity that served to communicate knowledge and instruction to JS and his followers. Occasionally, other inspired texts...

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, and all  that observe them not will pull down persecution  upon your <thier> heads, while those who do shall always  be filled with the Holy Ghost, this I pronounced  as a prophesy, sealed with a Hosanna & amen.  Also that the seventies are not called to serve tables  or preside over churches to settle difficulties, but to  preach the gospel and build them up, and set others  who do not belong to these quorums to preside over  them who are high priests

An ecclesiastical office. The Book of Mormon used the term high priest to denote one appointed to lead the church. However, the Book of Mormon also discussed an order of high priests who were called to teach the commandments of God and serve as leaders in...

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— the twelve also are not  to serve tables, but to bear the keys of the kingdom

In the early church, the term keys referred to JS’s authority to unlock the “mysteries of the kingdom.” Early revelations declared that both JS and Oliver Cowdery held the keys to bring forth “those parts of my scriptures which have been hidden because of...

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 to all nations, and unlock them and call upon  the seventies to follow after them and assist them.  The 12 are at liberty to go wheresoever they will [p. 188]