History of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Volume 2Smith, Joseph, Jr.
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History of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Volume 2
Smith, Joseph, Jr.
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints; Smith, Joseph, Jr., 1805-1844
40. And all this I have appointed unto my servant Ahashdah (Newel
K. Whitney) for his stewardship, for a blessing upon him and
his seed after him, for the benefit of the Ozondah (mercantile
establishment) of my order which I have established for my Stake in
the land of Shinehah (Kirtland).
41. Yea, verily, this is the stewardship which I have appointed
unto my servant Ahashdah (N. K. Whitney), even this whole Ozondah
(mercantile establishment), him and his agent, and his seed after
him;
42. And inasmuch as he is faithful in keeping my commandments which
I have given unto him, I will multiply blessings upon him, and his
seed after him, even a multiplicity of blessings.
43. And again, let my servant Gazelam (Joseph Smith, Jun.,) have
appointed unto him the lot which is laid off for the building of
my house, which is forty rods long, and twelve wide, and also the
inheritance upon which his father now resides.
44. And this is the beginning of the stewardship which I have
appointed unto him, for a blessing upon him, and upon his father.
45. For, behold, I have reserved an inheritance for his father, for
his {58} support; therefore he shall be reckoned in the house of my
servant Gazelam (Joseph Smith, Jun.)
46. And I will multiply blessings upon the house of my servant
Gazelam (Joseph Smith, Jun.,) inasmuch as he is faithful, even a
multiplicity of blessings.
47. And now, a commandment I give unto you concerning Zion, that
you shall no longer be bound as an United Order to your brethren of
Zion, only on this wise:
48. After you are organized, you shall be called the United Order
of the Stake of Zion, the city of Shinehah (Kirtland). And your
brethren, after they are organized, shall be called the United
Order of the City of Zion.
49. And they shall be organized in their own names, and in their
own name; and they shall do their business in their own name, and
in their own names;
50. And you shall do business in your own name, and in your own
names.
51. And this I have commanded to be done for your salvation, and
also for their salvation, in consequence of their being driven out
and that which is to come.
52. The covenants being broken through transgression, by
covetousness and feigned words;
53. Therefore you are dissolved as a United Order with your
brethren, that you are not bound only up to this hour unto them,
only on this wise, as I said, by loan as shall be agreed by this
order in council, as your circumstances will admit and the voice of
the council direct.
54. And again a commandment I give unto you concerning your
stewardships which I have appointed unto you.
55. Behold, all these properties are mine, or else your faith is
vain, and ye are found hypocrites, and the covenants which ye have
made unto me are broken;
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