Revelation, 22 June 1834, as Recorded in Phelps, Diary and Notebook [D&C 105]

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Revelation, 22 June 1834, as Recorded in Phelps, Diary and Notebook [D&C 105]
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Revelation,
Clay Co.
Settled ca. 1800. Organized from Ray Co., 1822. Original size diminished when land was taken to create several surrounding counties. Liberty designated county seat, 1822. Population in 1830 about 5,000; in 1836 about 8,500; and in 1840 about 8,300. Refuge...
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, MO, 22 June 1834. Version copied [ca. June 1834] in Phelps, Diary and Notebook, pp. 4–17 (second numbering); handwriting of
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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Historical Introduction
See Historical Introduction to Revelation, 22 June 1834 [D&C 105].
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Zion
A specific location in Missouri; also a literal or figurative gathering of believers in Jesus Christ, characterized by adherence to ideals of harmony, equality, and purity. In JS’s earliest revelations “the cause of Zion” was used to broadly describe the ...
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. For behold I do not require at their hands, to fight to fight the battles of Zion, for as I have said in a former
commandment
Generally, a divine mandate that church members were expected to obey; more specifically, a text dictated by JS in the first-person voice of Deity that served to communicate knowledge and instruction to JS and his followers. Occasionally, other inspired texts...
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even so I will fulfil; I will fight your battles; behold the distroyer I have already sent forth to distroy and lay waste mine enemies, and not many years hence they shall not be left to pollute mine heritage, and to blaspheme my name upon the land which I have
consecrated
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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for the
gathering
As directed by early revelations, church members “gathered” in communities. A revelation dated September 1830, for instance, instructed elders “to bring to pass the gathering of mine elect” who would “be gathered in unto one place, upon the face of this land...
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together of my saints. [p. 8]
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Revelation, 22 June 1834, as Recorded in Phelps, Diary and Notebook [D&C 105]
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