Revelation, 11 September 1831, as Recorded in Hyde and Smith, Notebook [D&C 64]

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Revelation, 11 September 1831, as Recorded in Hyde and Smith, Notebook [D&C 64]
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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, 11 Sept. 1831. Version copied [between ca. 25 Jan. and 1 Feb. 1832] in Hyde and Smith, Notebook, pp. [43]–[48]; handwriting of
Orson Hyde
8 Jan. 1805–28 Nov. 1878. Laborer, clerk, storekeeper, teacher, editor, businessman, lawyer, judge. Born at Oxford, New Haven Co., Connecticut. Son of Nathan Hyde and Sally Thorpe. Moved to Derby, New Haven Co., 1812. Moved to Kirtland, Geauga Co., Ohio, ...
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Samuel Smith
13 Mar. 1808–30 July 1844. Farmer, logger, scribe, builder, tavern operator. Born at Tunbridge, Orange Co., Vermont. Son of Joseph Smith Sr. and Lucy Mack. Moved to Royalton, Windsor Co., Vermont, by Mar. 1810; to Lebanon, Grafton Co., New Hampshire, 1811...
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; Revelations Collection, CHL.

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See Historical Introduction to Revelation, 11 Sept. 1831 [D&C 64].
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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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given at
Kirtland
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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Sept 11th 1831 Behold thus Saith the Lord your God unto you oh ye
Elders
A male leader in the church generally; an ecclesiastical and priesthood office or one holding that office; a proselytizing missionary. The Book of Mormon explained that elders ordained priests and teachers and administered “the flesh and blood of Christ unto...
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of my
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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to hearken ye & hear & receive my will concerning
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you for verily I say unto you I will that ye should overcome the world wherefore I will have compassion upon you There are those among you who have sinnd but verily I say for this once for mine own glory & for the salvation of
souls
The spirit, or the combination of spirit and body, whether mortal or immortal. The Book of Mormon taught that the living soul comprised a body and a spirit and that after death resurrection would unite spirits with bodies. An 1832 revelation confirmed previous...
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I have forgiven you your sins I will be merciful unto you for I have given unto you the Kingdom & the
Keys
Authority or knowledge of God given to humankind. In the earliest records, the term keys primarily referred to JS’s authority to unlock the “mysteries of the kingdom.” Early revelations declared that both JS and Oliver Cowdery held the keys to bring forth...
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of the mysteries of the kingdom shall not be taken from my servant Joseph while he liveth in as [p. [43]]
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Revelation, 11 September 1831, as Recorded in Hyde and Smith, Notebook [D&C 64]
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