Revelation, circa 7 March 1831 [D&C 45]

given to Joseph the seer at 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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geauga  County Ohio

Saying hearken O ye people of my Church

The Book of Mormon related that when Christ set up his church in the Americas, “they which were baptized in the name of Jesus, were called the church of Christ.” The first name used to denote the church JS organized on 6 April 1830 was “the Church of Christ...

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to whom  the Kingdom was has been given hearken ye & give ere [ear] to him  who laid the foundation of the Earth who made the Heavens  & all the hosts thereof & by whom all things were made  which live & move & have a being & again I say hearken  unto my voice lest death shall overtake you in an hour  when ye think not the Summer shall be past & the harvest  ended & your souls not saved listen to him who is the  advocate with the Father who is pleading your case before  him saying Father behold the sufferings & death of him  who did no sin in whom thou wast well pleased Behold  the Blood of thy son which was shed the blood of him whom  thou gavest that thyself might be glorified wherefore Father  spare these my Brethren that Believe on my name that they  may come unto me And have everlasting life Hearken  O ye people of my Church & ye Elders

An administrative and ecclesiastical office not associated with age. The Book of Mormon explained that elders ordained priests and teachers and administered “the flesh and blood of Christ unto the church.” The articles and covenants of the church directed...

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listen together & hear  my voice whilest it is called to day & harden not your hearts  For verily I say unto you that I am Alpha & Omega the  Begining & the end the light & the life of the world a light  that shineth in darkness & the darkness comprehendeth it not  I came unto my own & my own Received me not but unto  as many as received me gave I power to do many Miricles  & to become the Sons of God & even unto them that  believed on my name gave I power to obtain eternal  life & even so I have sent mine everlasting covenant unto the  World to be a light to the world & to be a standerd for  my people & for the gentiles

Those who were not members of the House of Israel. More specifically, members of the church identified gentiles as those whose lineage was not of the Jews or Lamanites (understood to be the American Indians in JS’s day). Certain prophecies indicated that ...

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to seek to it And to be a  mesinger before my face to prepare the way before me [p. 71]