Revelation, 23 July 1837, as Recorded in Richards, Pocket Companion [D&C 112]
Source Note
Revelation, , Geauga Co., OH, 23 July 1837. Version copied [not before 8 August 1839] in Willard Richards, “W. Richards Pocket Companion Written in England,” pp. 4–9; handwriting of ; Willard Richards, Journals and Papers, CHL.
pray for your Brethren of the . Admonish them sharply for my name’s sake and let them be admonished for all their Sins & be ye faithful before me unto my name & after their temptations & much tribulations behold I the Lord will feel after them & if they harden not their hearts & stiffen not their necks against me they shall be converted & I will heal them. Now I say unto you & what I say unto you I say unto all the Twelve arise & gird up your loins take up your cross follow me & feed my sheep exalt not yourselves, rebel not against my servant Joseph for verily I say unto you I am with him & my hand shall be over him & the which I have given him & also to you-ward shall not be taken from him till I come Verily I say unto you my servant thou art the man whom I have chosen to hold the Keys of my kingdom as pertaining to the twelve abroad among all Nations that thou mayest be my servant to unlock the door of the Kingdom in all places where my Servant Joseph & my servant & my Servant cannot [p. 6]