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Revelation, 1 August 1831, as Published in Howe, Mormonism Unvailed [D&C 58]

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Revelation, “Zion” [
Jackson Co.

Settled at Fort Osage, 1808. County created, 16 Feb. 1825; organized 1826. Named after U.S. president Andrew Jackson. Featured fertile lands along Missouri River and was Santa Fe Trail departure point, which attracted immigrants to area. Area of county reduced...

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, MO], 1 Aug. 1831. Version published in Eber D. Howe, Mormonism Unvailed: Or, A Faithful Account of That Singular Imposition and Delusion, from Its Rise to the Present Time, Painesville, OH: By the author, 1834, 221–226. The copy used for transcription is held at CHL.

Historical Introduction

See Historical Introduction to Revelation, 1 August 1831 [D&C 58].
Asterisk (*) denotes a "featured" version, which includes an introduction and annotation. *Revelation, 1 August 1831 [D&C 58]

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mony of the just by the assistance of his
counsellors

An assistant appointed next to the presiding authority in an organization in the church. Assistants, or counselors, were first appointed to assist the bishop. They were expected to “understand the laws of the kingdom” in order to assist “in all things pertaining...

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, according to the laws of the kingdom, which were given by the prophets of God; for, verily I say unto you, my laws shall be kept in the land; let no man think that he is ruler, but let God rule, that judgeth according to the council of his own will, or in other words, him that sitteth upon the judgment seat. Let no man break the laws of the land, wherefore, be subject to the powers that be, until he reigns whose right it is to reign and subdue all his enemies under his feet. Behold the laws which ye have recorded from my hand, are the laws of the
church

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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— in this light shall ye hold them forth. Behold, here is wisdom, and as I speak concerning my servant
Edward

27 Aug. 1793–27 May 1840. Hatter. Born at Pittsfield, Berkshire Co., Massachusetts. Son of William Partridge and Jemima Bidwell. Moved to Painesville, Geauga Co., Ohio. Married Lydia Clisbee, 22 Aug. 1819, at Painesville. Initially a Universal Restorationist...

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, this land is the land of his residence, and those whom he hath appointed for his counsellors, and all the land of the residence of him whom I have appointed to keep my store-house. Wherefore, let them bring their families to this land, as they shall counsel between themselves and me; for, behold it is not meet that I should command in all things, for he that is compelled in all things, is a slothful and not a wise servant; wherefore, he receiveth no reward. Verily I say, men should be anxiously engaged in a good cause, and do many things of their own free will and bring to pass much righteousness, for the power is in them, wherein they are
agents

A specific church office and, more generally, someone “entrusted with the business of another.” Agents in the church assisted other ecclesiastical officers, especially the bishop in his oversight of the church’s temporal affairs. A May 1831 revelation instructed...

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unto themselves; and inasmuch as men do good they shall in no wise loose their reward; but he that doeth not any thing until he is commanded, and receiveth a
commandment

Generally, a divine mandate that church members were expected to obey; more specifically, a text dictated by JS in the first-person voice of Deity that served to communicate knowledge and instruction to JS and his followers. Occasionally, other inspired texts...

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with a doubtful heart, and keepeth it with slothfulness, the same is damned. Who am I that made man, saith the Lord, that will hold him guiltless that obey not my commandments. Who am I, saith the Lord that have ordained and have not fulfilled. I command, and a man obey not; I revoke, and they receive not the blessing— then they say in their hearts, this is not the work of the Lord, for his promises [p. 223]
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