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Revelation, 23 July 1837 [D&C 112]
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unto you, I
say unto all the twelve. Arise and gird up your loins, take up your cross, follow me, and feed my sheep. Exalt
not yourselves; rebel not against my servant Joseph for Verily I say unto you I am with him and my hand shall be
over him; and the keys which I have given him, and also to youward shall not be taken from him untill I
come.
Members of a governing body in the church, with special administrative and proselytizing responsibilities. A June 1829 revelation commanded Oliver Cowdery and David Whitmer to call twelve disciples, similar to the twelve apostles in the New Testament and ...
View GlossaryIn 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...
View GlossaryVerily I say unto you my servant Thomas, thou art the man whom I have chosen to hold the keys of
my kingdom (as pertaining to the twelve) abroad among all nations, that thou mayest be thy my servant to un lock the door of the kingdom in all places where my servant Joseph, and my
servant Sidney [Rigdon], and my servant Hyrum [Smith], cannot come, for on them have I laid the burden of all the Churches
for a little season: wherefore whithersoever they shall send you, go ye, and I will be with you and in
whatsoever place ye shall proclaim my name an effectual door shall be opened unto you that they may receive my
word. Whosoever receiveth my word receiveth me, and whosoever receiveth me receiveth those (the first
presidency) whom I have sent, whom I have made counsellors for my name’s sake unto you. And again I say unto
you, that who soever ye shall send in my name, by the voice of your brethren the twelve, duly recommended and
authorized by you, shall have power to open the door of my kingdom unto any nation whithersoever ye shall send
them, inasmuch as they shall humble themselves before me and abide in my word, and hearken to the voice of my
spirit.
1 Nov. 1800–Jan. 1866. Farmer, hotel worker, waiter, horse groom, grocer, type foundry worker, teacher. Born at Acton, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts. Son of James Marsh and Molly Law. Married first Elizabeth Godkin, 1 Nov. 1820, at New York City. Moved to ...
View Full Bio19 Feb. 1793–14 July 1876. Tanner, farmer, minister. Born at St. Clair, Allegheny Co., Pennsylvania. Son of William Rigdon and Nancy Gallaher. Joined United Baptists, ca. 1818. Preached at Warren, Trumbull Co., Ohio, and vicinity, 1819–1821. Married Phebe...
View Full Bio9 Feb. 1800–27 June 1844. Farmer, cooper. Born at Tunbridge, Orange Co., Vermont. Son of Joseph Smith Sr. and Lucy Mack. Moved to Randolph, Orange Co., 1802; to Tunbridge, before May 1803; to Royalton, Windsor Co., Vermont, 1804; to Sharon, Windsor Co., by...
View Full BioThe presiding body of the church. From the day of the church’s organization on 6 April 1830, JS and Oliver Cowdery led the church in their capacity as elders. An 11 November 1831 revelation directed that “the duty of the president of the office of the high...
View GlossaryVerily verily! I say unto you, darkness covereth the earth and gross darkness the people minds of the people, and all flesh has become corrupt before my face! Behold
vengeance cometh speedily upon the inhabitants of the earth. A day of wrath! A day of burning! A day of
des olation! Of weeping! Of mourning and of lamentation! And as a whirlwind it shall come upon all the face of
the earth saith the Lord. And upon my house shall it begin and from my house shall it go forth saith the Lord.
First among those among you saith the Lord; who have professed to know my name and have not known me and have
blasphemed against me in the midst of my house saith the Lord
The sacred edifice in Kirtland, Ohio, since known as the Kirtland temple. Although the term temple in the early days of the church designated a category of buildings, the proper name applied to the structure in Kirtland was “House of the Lord.” JS and the...
View GlossaryTherefore see to it that you trouble not yourselves concerning the affairs of my Church in this
place saith the Lord, but purify your hearts before me, and then go ye into all the world and preach my gospel
unto every creature who have not received it and he that believeth and is baptized shall be saved, and he that
believeth not, and is not baptized [p. 73]
An ordinance in which an individual is immersed in water for the remission of sins. The Book of Mormon explained that those with necessary authority were to baptize individuals who had repented of their sins. Baptized individuals also received the gift of...
View GlossaryRevelation, Kirtland, OH, 23 July 1837; handwriting of James Mulholland; in JS, Journal, Mar.–Sept. 1838, pp. 72–74; CHL.
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...
More Info1804–3 Nov. 1839. Born in Ireland. Baptized into LDS church. Married Sarah Scott, 8 Feb. 1838, at Far West, Caldwell Co., Missouri. Engaged in clerical work for JS, 1838, at Far West. Ordained a seventy, 28 Dec. 1838. After expulsion from Missouri, lived ...
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