Revelation, 11 September 1831, as Recorded in Gilbert, Notebook [D&C 64]
Source Note
Revelation, , Geauga Co., OH, [11] Sept. 1831. Version copied [ca. Oct. 1831] in Gilbert, Notebook, pp. [54]–[59]; handwriting of ; Revelations Collection, CHL. For more complete source information, see the source note for Revelation, 27 Feb. 1833 [D&C 89].
him before the & do with him as as the saith unto you either by or <by> revelation & this ye shall do that God might be glorified not because ye forgive not having not compassion but that ye may be justified in the eyes of the Law that ye may not offend him who is your Law-giver verily I say for this cause ye shall do these things<]->. behold I the Lord was angery with him who was my servent & also my servent for they kept not the Law neither the commandment they saught evil in their hearts & I the Lord withheld my spirit. they condemned for evil that thing in which there was no evil nevertheless I have forgiven my servent & also my servent behold he hath sinned & Satan seeketh to destroy his but when these things are made known unto them unto they repenteth of the evil & they shall be forgiven. & now verily I say that it is expedient in me that my servent after a few weeks should return upon his business & to his agency in the Land of & that which he hath seen & heard may be made known unto my that they perish not & for this cause have I spoken these things & again I say unto you that my servent may not be tempted above that which he is able to bear & council wrongfully to your hurt [p. [56]]