Revelation, July 1830–A [D&C 24]

Things which shall be given thee by the Comforter & thou  shalt expound all scriptures to unto the 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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& it shall be  given thee in the very moment what thou shalt speak &  write & they shall hear it or I will send unto them a cursing  instead of a blessing for thou shalt devote all thy service to in  Zion

In JS’s earliest revelations “the cause of Zion” was used to broadly describe the work JS was called to do. However, the term Zion was soon used more specifically to describe a community of believers who live in harmony and equality. The Book of Mormon explained...

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& in this thou shalt have strength be patient in afflictions  for thou shalt have many but endure them for Lo! I am  with thee even unto the end of thy days & in temporal labo◊◊  thou shalt not have strength for this is not thy calling attend  to thy calling & thou shalt have wherewith to magnify thine  Office & to expound all scriptures & continue in the laying  of on of the hands & confirming

After baptism, new converts were confirmed members of the church “by the laying on of the hands, & the giving of the Holy Ghost.” According to JS’s history, the first confirmations were given at the organization of the church on 6 April 1830. By March 1831...

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the Churches & thy brother Oliver

3 Oct. 1806–3 Mar. 1850. Clerk, teacher, justice of the peace, lawyer, newspaper editor. Born at Wells, Rutland Co., Vermont. Son of William Cowdery and Rebecca Fuller. Raised Congregationalist. Moved to western New York and clerked at a store, ca. 1825–1828...

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 Shall continue to in bearing my name before the world & also to  the Church & he shall not suppose that he can say enough in  my cause & lo! [I] am with him to the end in me he shall have  glory & not of himself whether in weakness or in strength  whether in bonds on or free & at all times & in all places he  shall open his mouth & declare my Gospel as with the voice  of a Trump both day & night & I will give unto him  strength such as is not known among men require not  Miracles except I shall command you except casting [out] Devils  healing the sick & against Poisones [poisonous] Serpents & against deadly  Poison & these things ye shall not do except it be required of you  by them who desire it that the Scriptures might be fulfilled  for ye shall do according to that which is written in the Scriptures  & in whatsoever place ye shall enter in & they receive you not in  my name ye shall leave a cursing instead of a blessing by  casting off the dust of your feet against them as a testim ony & cleansing your feet by the wayside & it shall come to  pass that whosoever shall lay their hands upon you by  violence ye shall command to be smitten <in my name> & behold I will  smite them according to their <thy> words in mine own due time  & whosoever shall go to law with thee shall be cursed by the Law  & thou shalt tak[e] no purse nor scrip neither staves neither  two Coats for the Church shall give unto thee in the verry  hour what thou needest for food & for raiment for shoes & for [p. 33]