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Revelation, 1 August 1831 [D&C 58]
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same is forgiven & I the Lord remembereth them no more by this ye may know if a man repenteth of his sins behold he will confess them & forsake them & now verily I say concerning the residue of the Elders of my Church the time has not yet come for many years for them to receive their inheritance in this land
except they desire
it through
prayer only
as they it shall be appointed unto them for Behold they shall push the people together from the ends of the Earth wherefore assemble yourselves together & he that is not appointed to stay in this land let them preach the gospel in the regions round about & after that let them return to their homes let them preach by the way & bear testimony of the truth in all places & call upon the rich the high & the low & the poor to repent & let them build up churches in-as-much as the inhabitants of the Earth will repent & let there be an agent appointed by the voice of the Church & I give unto my servent Sidney [Rigdon] a commandment that he shall write a discription of the Land of Zion & a statement of the will of God as it shall be made known by the spirit unto him and an Epi stle & subscription to be presented unto all the Churches to obtain money to be put into the hands of the Bishop to purchase lands for an inheritance for the children of God of himself or the agent as seemeth him good or as he shall direct for behold verily I say unto you the Lord willeth that the deciples & the children of men should open their hearts even to purchase this whole region of country as soon as time will permit behold here is wisdom let them do this lest they reserve none inheritance save it be by the sheding of blood & again in as much as there is lands obtained let there be workmen sent forth of all kinds unto this land to labour for the saints of God let all these things be done in order & let the priveliges of the lands be made known from time to time by the Bishop or the agent of the Church & let the work of the gether ing be not in haste nor by flight but let it be done as it shall be councelied by the Elders of the Church at the conferences according to the knoweledge which they receive from time to time & let my serv ent Sidney consecrate & dedicate this land & the spot of the temple unto the Lord & let a conference meeting be called & after that let my servent Sidney & Joseph return & also Oliver [Cowdery] with them to [p. 97]
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