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.
come for on them have I laid the burden of all the churches for a little season wherefore whithersoever they shall send you go ye & I will be with you in whatsoever place ye shall proclaim my name an effectual door shall be open unto you that they may receive my word. Whosoever receiveth my word receiveth me & whosoever receiveth me receiveth those the whom I have sent. whom I have made councillors for my name’s sake unto you. And again I say unto you that whosoever ye shall send in my name by the voice of your Brethren the duly recommended & authorized by you shall have power to open the door of my Kingdom unto any nation whithersoever ye shall send them inasmuch as they humble themselves before me & abide in my words and hearken to the voice of my spirit. Verily. Verily I say unto you darkness covereth the earth & gross darkness covereth the mind of the people & all flesh hath become corrupt before my face. Behold vengeance cometh speedily upon the inhabitants of the earth. a day [p. 7]