Revelation, 11 September 1831, as Published and Recorded in Partridge copy of Book of Commandments [D&C 64]
Source Note
Revelation, , Geauga Co., OH, [11] Sept. 1831. Version partially published in Book of Commandments 65, pp. 157–160, Edward Partridge copy, with p. [161] copied [not before July 1833] in handwriting of ; CHL.
35 Wherefore, if ye believe me, ye will labor while it is called today.
36 And it is not meet that my servants, and should sell their , and their possessions here, for this is not wisdom until the residue of the , which remaineth in this place, shall go up unto the land of .
37 Behold it is said in my laws, or forbidden to get in debt to thine enemies;
38 But behold it is not said at any time, that the Lord should not take when he please, and pay as seemeth him good:
39 Wherefore as ye are , and ye are on the Lord’s errand; and whatever ye do according to the will of the Lord, is the Lord’s business, and it is the Lord’s business to provide for his in these last days, that they may obtain an inheritance in the land of :
40 And behold I the Lord declare unto you, and my words are sure and shall not fail, that they shall obtain it;
41 But all things must come to pass in its time;
42 Wherefore be not weary in well doing, for ye are laying the foundation of a great work.
43 And out of small things proceedeth that which is great.
44 Behold the Lord requireth the heart and a willing mind;
45 And the willing and obedient shall eat the good of the land of in these last days;
46 And the rebellious shall be cut off out of the land of , and shall be sent away and shall not inherit the land:
47 For verily I say that the rebellious are not of the blood of Ephraim. [p. 160]