Let these expressions be compared with the following phrases from various revelations: "Behold this is _mine_ authority and the authority of my servants" (Doc. and Cov. sec. 1: 6); "They have strayed from _mine_ ordinances" (v. 15); "that _mine_ everlasting covenant be established," etc., (v. 22); "shall all be fulfilled, whether by _mine_ own voice or the voice of my servants" (v. 38); "it is meet unto you to know even as _mine_ apostles" (sec. 19:8); "ye are called to bring to pass the gathering of _mine_ elect for _mine_ elect hear my voice" (sec. 29: 7); "it hath gone forth * * * that _mine_ apostles, the Twelve," etc. (v. 12); "it is the workmanship of _mine_ hand" (v. 25); "Michael, _mine_ archangel, shall sound his trump" (v. 26); "through faith on the name of _mine_ Only Begotten Son" (v. 42); "from the foundation of the world through _mine_ Only Begotten" (v. 46); "according to _mine_ own pleasure" (v. 48). And so on throughout the revelations this phrase occurs. It is used eight times in the revelation on marriage and runs through nearly all the revelations sometimes fewer, sometimes more than this. In section 101 it occurs eleven times, in section 103 six times. But it is always used sufficiently to make it a characteristic of the revelations received by Joseph Smith. (2) The phrase "as touching," is used several times in this revelation on marriage; "as touching the principle and doctrine," etc., (v. 1); "will answer thee as touching this matter" (v. 2); "and as touching Abraham and his seed" (v. 30); "as touching the law of the priesthood," etc., (v. 5). The same expression is found in Sec. 42--"As ye * * * are agreed as touching this one thing" (v. 3). Also in the Book of Mormon: "He spake as touching all things concerning my people." (3) Such phrases as "I am the Lord thy God, and will answer thee," etc., are frequent in this revelation. The above is in verse 2; then again, "I am the Lord thy God, and will give unto thee the law," etc., (v. 28); "I am the Lord thy God, and I gave unto thee an appointment" (v. 40); the same in verse 57; indeed it comes in almost as a refrain {XXXIX} of poetic emphasis at about equal distances throughout the revelation, giving them in places almost rhythmic effect. This will be found characteristic of several other revelations, notably section 1: The Lord speaking of His servants says: "I, the Lord, have commanded them" (v. 5); "Wherefore I, the Lord, knowing the calamity which should come," etc., (v. 17); "for, I, the Lord, cannot look upon sin," etc., (v. 31.)