Revelation, 24 February 1834, as Recorded in Woodruff, Book of Revelations [D&C 103]

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Revelation, 24 February 1834, as Recorded in Woodruff, Book of Revelations [D&C 103]
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Revelation,
Kirtland Township
Located ten miles south of Lake Erie. Settled by 1811. Organized by 1818. Latter-day Saint missionaries visited township, early Nov. 1830; many residents joined Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Population in 1830 about 55 Latter-day Saints and...
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, Geauga Co., OH, 24 Feb. 1834. Version copied [between 2 July and 8 Aug. 1839] in Woodruff, Book of Revelations, [49]–[59]; handwriting of
Wilford Woodruff
1 Mar. 1807–2 Sept. 1898. Farmer, miller. Born at Farmington, Hartford Co., Connecticut. Son of Aphek Woodruff and Beulah Thompson. Moved to Richland, Oswego Co., New York, 1832. Baptized into Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints by Zera Pulsipher,...
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; CHL.

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See Historical Introduction to Revelation, 24 Feb. 1834 [D&C 103].
Asterisk (*) denotes a "featured" version, which includes an introduction and annotation. *Revelation, 24 February 1834 [D&C 103]
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that my Servant Jo[[seph]]
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TEXT: Transliteration from Taylor shorthand: “s-f”.
is the man to whatever I liken the Saints to whome the Lord the vineyard spake in the parable which I have given unto you. Therefore let my Servent Joseph say unto the sthegn [strength] of my house my young men & middle aged gather together unto the land of
Zion
JS revelation, dated 20 July 1831, designated Missouri as “land of Zion” for gathering of Saints and place where “City of Zion” was to be built, with Independence area as “center place” of Zion. Latter-day Saint settlements elsewhere, such as in Kirtland,...
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upon the land which I have bought with monies that have been
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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unto me & let all the
churchs
The Book of Mormon related that when Christ set up his church in the Americas, “they which were baptized in the name of Jesus, were called the church of Christ.” The first name used to denote the church JS organized on 6 April 1830 was “the Church of Christ...
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send up wise men with their monis & purchase lands even as I have commanded them.— & inasmuch as mine enemies come against you to drive you from off my goodly land [p. [54]]
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Revelation, 24 February 1834, as Recorded in Woodruff, Book of Revelations [D&C 103]
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10318
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11
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Wilford Woodruff
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TEXT: Transliteration from Taylor shorthand: “s-f”.