The Collected Works - Joseph Smith Jr.

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to Joseph Smith and Sidney Rigdon, Perrysburg, New York, October 12, 1833.

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      History of the Church 1:416, 419-21.

      1 Verily, thus saith the Lord unto you, my friends Sidney and Joseph, your families are well; they are in mine hands, and I will do with them as seemeth me good; for in me there is all power.

      2 Therefore, follow me, and listen to the counsel which I shall give unto you.

      3 Behold, and lo, I have much people in this place, in the regions round about; and an effectual door shall be opened in the regions round about in this eastern land.

      4 Therefore, I, the Lord, have suffered you to come unto this place; for thus it was expedient in me for the salvation of souls.

      5 Therefore, verily I say unto you, lift up your voices unto this people; speak the thoughts that I shall put into your hearts, and you shall not be confounded before men;

      6 For it shall be given you in the very hour, yea, in the very moment, what ye shall say.

      7 But a commandment I give unto you, that ye shall declare whatsoever thing ye declare in my name, in solemnity of heart, in the spirit of meekness, in all things.

      8 And I give unto you this promise, that inasmuch as ye do this the Holy Ghost shall be shed forth in bearing record unto all things whatsoever ye shall say.

      9 And it is expedient in me that you, my servant Sidney, should be a spokesman unto this people; yea, verily, I will ordain you unto this calling, even to be a spokesman unto my servant Joseph.

      10 And I will give unto him power to be mighty in testimony.

      11 And I will give unto thee power to be mighty in expounding all scriptures, that thou mayest be a spokesman unto him, and he shall be a revelator unto thee, that thou mayest know the certainty of all things pertaining to the things of my kingdom on the earth.

      12 Therefore, continue your journey and let your hearts rejoice; for behold, and lo, I am with you even unto the end.

      13 And now I give unto you a word concerning Zion. Zion shall be redeemed, although she is chastened for a little season.

      14 Thy brethren, my servants Orson Hyde and John Gould, are in my hands; and inasmuch as they keep my commandments they shall be saved.

      15 Therefore, let your hearts be comforted; for all things shall work together for good to them that walk uprightly, and to the sanctification of the church.

      16 For I will raise up unto myself a pure people, that will serve me in righteousness;

      17 And all that call upon the name of the Lord, and keep his commandments, shall be saved. Even so. Amen.

      Revelation to Joseph Smith, Kirtland, Ohio, December 16, 1833.

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      History of the Church 1:458-64.

      1 Verily I say unto you, concerning your brethren who have been afflicted, and persecuted, and cast out from the land of their inheritance—

      2 I, the Lord, have suffered the affliction to come upon them, wherewith they have been afflicted, in consequence of their transgressions;

      3 Yet I will own them, and they shall be mine in that day when I shall come to make up my jewels.

      4 Therefore, they must needs be chastened and tried, even as Abraham, who was commanded to offer up his only son.

      5 For all those who will not endure chastening, but deny me, cannot be sanctified.

      6 Behold, I say unto you, there were jarrings, and contentions, and envyings, and strifes, and lustful and covetous desires among them; therefore by these things they polluted their inheritances.

      7 They were slow to hearken unto the voice of the Lord their God; therefore, the Lord their God is slow to hearken unto their prayers, to answer them in the day of their trouble.

      8 In the day of their peace they esteemed lightly my counsel; but, in the day of their trouble, of necessity they feel after me.

      9 Verily I say unto you, notwithstanding their sins, my bowels are filled with compassion towards them. I will not utterly cast them off; and in the day of wrath I will remember mercy.

      10 I have sworn, and the decree hath gone forth by a former commandment which I have given unto you, that I would let fall the sword of mine indignation in behalf of my people; and even as I have said, it shall come to pass.

      11 Mine indignation is soon to be poured out without measure upon all nations; and this will I do when the cup of their iniquity is full.

      12 And in that day all who are found upon the watch-tower, or in other words, all mine Israel, shall be saved.

      13 And they that have been scattered shall be gathered.

      14 And all they who have mourned shall be comforted.

      15 And all they who have given their lives for my name shall be crowned.

      16 Therefore, let your hearts be comforted concerning Zion; for all flesh is in mine hands; be still and know that I am God.

      17 Zion shall not be moved out of her place, notwithstanding her children are scattered.

      18 They that remain, and are pure in heart, shall return, and come to their inheritances, they and their children, with songs of everlasting joy, to build up the waste places of Zion—

      19 And all these things that the prophets might be fulfilled.

      20 And, behold, there is none other place appointed than that which I have appointed; neither shall there be any other place appointed than that which I have appointed, for the work of the gathering of my saints—

      21 Until the day cometh when there is found no more room for them; and then I have other places which I will appoint unto them, and they shall be called stakes, for the curtains or the strength of Zion.

      22 Behold, it is my will, that all they who call on my name, and worship me according to mine everlasting gospel, should gather together, and stand in holy places;

      23 And prepare for the revelation which is to come, when the veil of the covering of my temple, in my tabernacle, which hideth the earth, shall be taken off, and all flesh shall see me together.

      24 And every corruptible thing, both of man, or of the beasts of the field, or of the fowls of the heavens, or of the fish of the sea, that dwells upon all the face of the earth, shall be consumed;

      25 And also that of element shall melt with fervent heat; and all things shall become new, that my knowledge and glory may dwell upon all the earth.

      26 And in that day the enmity of man, and the enmity of beasts, yea, the enmity of all flesh, shall cease from before my face.

      27 And in that day whatsoever any man shall ask, it shall be given unto him.

      28 And in that day Satan shall not have power to tempt any man.

      29 And there shall be no sorrow because there is no death.

      30 In that day an infant shall not die until he is old; and his life shall be as the age of a tree;

      31 And when he dies he shall not sleep, that is to say in the earth, but shall be

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