Revelation, 7 August 1831, as Recorded in Hyde and Smith, Notebook [D&C 59]
Source Note
Revelation, “land of Zion” [], 7 Aug. 1831. Version copied between ca. 25 Jan. and 1 Feb. 1832 in Hyde and Smith, Notebook, pp. [67]–[72]; handwriting of ; Revelations Collection, CHL.
as ye do these things with thanksgiving with cherful hearts & countenancess not with much laughter for this is Sin but with glad heart & a cheerful countenance verely I Say unto that inasmuch as ye do this the fullness of the Earth is yours the beasts of the field & the fouls of the air & that which climbeth upon trees & walketh upon the Earth yea & the herb & the good things which cometh of the Earth whether for food or for raiment or for houses or for barns or for orchard or for gardens or for vineyards yea all things which cometh of the Earth in the Season thereof is made for the <benefit & the> use of man both to please the eye & to gladen [p. [70]]