Revelation, 30 August 1831, as Recorded in Gilbert, Notebook [D&C 63]
Source Note
Revelation, , Geauga Co., OH, 30 Aug. 1831. Version copied [ca. Oct. 1831] in Gilbert, Notebook, pp. [45]–[54]; handwriting of ; Revelations Collection, CHL. For more complete source information, see the source note for Revelation, 27 Feb. 1833 [D&C 89].
And now verily I say unto you, that as I said I would make known my will unto you behold I will make it known unto you, not by the way of for there are many who observe not to keep my Commandments but unto him that keepeth my Commandments I will give the mysteries of my kingdom & the same shall be in him a well of living water springing up unto everlasting life & now behold this is the will of the Lord your God concerning his , that they should assemble themselves together unto the Land of , not in haste lest there should be confusion which bringeth pestilence— behold the land of , I the Lord holdeth it in mine own hands, nevertheless I the Lord rendereth unto Cesar the things which are Cesars, wherefore I the Lord willeth that you should purchase the lands, that you may have advantage of the world, that you may have claim on the world, that they may not be stirred up unto anger for Satan putteth it unto their hearts to anger & to the shedding of blood, wherefore the land of shall not be obtained but by purchase, or by blood, otherwise there is none for you, & if by purchase [p. [48]]