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Revelation, 24 February 1834 [D&C 103]
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chastisement; because they did not hearken all together unto the precepts & commandments which I gave un to them. But verily I say unto you, that I have decreed a decree which my people shall realize inas much as they hearken from this hour unto the counsil which <I> the Lord their God shall give unto them. Behold, they shall, for I have decreed it, begin to preva il against mine enemies; from this verry hour, & by hearkening to observe all the words which I the Lord their God shall speak unto them, they shall never cease to pre vail untill the kingdoms of the world, are subdued under my feet, [p. [8]]
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...
View GlossaryRevelation, Kirtland, OH, 24 Feb. 1834; handwriting of Orson Pratt; in Book of Commandments Book C, pp. [7–18]; Revelations Collection, CHL. Includes endorsement.
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 Info19 Sept. 1811–3 Oct. 1881. Farmer, writer, teacher, merchant, surveyor, editor, publisher. Born at Hartford, Washington Co., New York. Son of Jared Pratt and Charity Dickinson. Moved to New Lebanon, Columbia Co., New York, 1814; to Canaan, Columbia Co., fall...
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