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Revelation, 5 January 1833

 
Januery 5
Behold I Say unto you my Servent  Frederick [G. Williams]

28 Oct. 1787–10 Oct. 1842. Ship’s pilot, teacher, physician, justice of the peace. Born at Suffield, Hartford Co., Connecticut. Son of William Wheeler Williams and Ruth Granger. Moved to Newburg, Cuyahoga Co., Ohio, 1799. Practiced Thomsonian botanical system...

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, Listen to the word of Jesu Chrit [Jesus Christ]  your Lord and your Redeemer thou hast desired  of me to know which would be the most worth  unto you, behold blessed art tho[u] for this  thing. now I say unto you, my Servant  Joseph is called to do a great work and  hath need that he may do the work of  translation

To produce a new text through a revelatory, rather than scholarly, process by the “gift and power of God.” In the Book of Mormon, the ancient prophet Mosiah translated records into his own language using “interpreters,” or “two stones which was fastened into...

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 for the salvation of souls— Verily  verily I say unto you thou art calld  to be a Councillor

The 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...

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 & scribe unto my servant  Joseph Let thy farm be consecratd

The dedicating of money, lands, goods, or one’s own life for sacred purposes. Both the New Testament and Book of Mormon referred to some groups having “all things common” economically; the Book of Mormon also referred to individuals who consecrated or dedicated...

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 f[o]r  bringing forth of the revelations and tho[u]  shalt be blessed and lifted up at  the last day even so Amen [p. [1]]

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Editorial Title
Revelation, 5 January 1833
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