History of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Volume 3Smith, Joseph, Jr.
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History of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Volume 3
Smith, Joseph, Jr.
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints; Smith, Joseph, Jr., 1805-1844
2. And also unto you my servant Edward Partridge, and his
counselors;
{24} 3. And also unto my faithful servants, who are of the High
Council of my Church in Zion (for thus it shall be called), and
unto all the Elders and people of my Church of Jesus Christ of
Latter-day Saints, scattered abroad in all the world;
4. For thus shall my Church be called in the last days, even the
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
5. Verily I say unto you all, Arise and shine forth, that thy light
may be a standard for the nations.
6. And that the gathering together upon the land of Zion, and upon
her stakes, may be for a defense, and for a refuge from the storm,
and from wrath when it shall be poured out without mixture upon the
whole earth.
7. Let the city, Far West, be a holy and consecrated land unto me,
and it shall be called most holy, for the ground upon which thou
standest is holy;
8. Therefore I command you to build an house unto me, for the
gathering together of my Saints, that they may worship me;
9. And let there be a beginning of this work, and a foundation, and
a preparatory work, this following summer;
10. And let the beginning be made on the 4th day of July next, and
from that time forth let my people labor diligently to build an
house unto my name.
11. And in one year from this day let them re-commence laying the
foundation of my house:
12. Thus let them from that time forth labor diligently until it
shall {25} be finished, from the corner stone thereof unto the
top thereof, until there shall not any thing remain that is not
finished.
13. Verily I say unto you, let not my servant Joseph, neither my
servant Sidney, neither my servant Hyrum, get in debt any more for
the building of an house unto my name;
14. But let an house be built unto my name according to the pattern
which I will show unto them.
15. And if my people shall build it not according to the pattern
which I shall show unto their Presidency, I will not accept it at
their hands.
16. But if my people do build it according to the pattern which I
shall show unto their Presidency, even my servant Joseph and his
counselors, then I will accept it at the hands of my people.
17. And again, verily I say unto you, it is my will that the city
of Far West should be built up speedily by the gathering of my
Saints,
18. And also that other places should be appointed for stakes in
the region round about, as they shall be manifested unto my servant
Joseph, from time to time;
19. For behold, I will be with him, and I will sanctify him before
the people, for unto him have I given the keys of this kingdom and
ministry. Even so. Amen.
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