A Revelation, concerning William Marks and young Joseph Smith III, given on November 6, 1846.
1a On the sixth day of November, in the year eighteen hundred and forty-six, the word of the Lord came unto the prophet James, saying,
1b Because my servant Aaron hath not been faithful in his calling to stand up and give counsel unto thee, and to hold up thy hands as a faithful Counsellor unto thee,
1c But hath set himself up to teach by revelation in my Church, and hath yielded himself unto evil doers to contend against thee, and to bind thee with bands that thou should not speak my words, and hath weakened thy hands and borne them down; therefore shall he not be any more thy Counsellor.
2a For he abideth not in his wisdom which I gave unto him, and hath turned his thoughts unto foolishness, and hath become a stumbling block unto many who are afar off by his follies.
2b And because he will not hearken unto my words to do them, but speaketh evil of the truth;
2c Therefore is my hand upon him to remove him, lest he lead my people astray that they enter not into my rest, and wrath, indignation, and overwhelming destruction fall upon him, and there be none to deliver.
3a And because my servant William Marks loveth me with full purpose of heart, and seeketh unto me to serve me; therefore shall he be Counsellor unto thee instead of my servant Aaron,
3b And shall assist thee by his counsels and by his wisdom which I have given unto him in establishing a stake of Zion at Voree, and in lengthening the cords and strengthening the stakes of Zion, that my work may no longer be delayed and hindered, because my servant Aaron doeth it not;
3c For I the Lord will accomplish mine own work in mine own time, and I will set up the faithful and remove the unbelieving as to me seemeth good, for none shall hinder me.
4a And if my servant William will be a faithful Counsellor, then will I sustain him and lift him up, and by his hands the poor shall prosper.
4b And the words which I speak unto thee, shall thy Counsellors speak in the ears of my people, and they shall teach them in wisdom;
4c For through thy ministration, by means of the keys I have given thee, shall my words be given, and thou and thy Counsellors shall proclaim it unto my people
and to the nations of the earth, teaching all my words as thou shalt give unto them, even as thou receive them from me.
5a And thou shalt take my servant Joseph Smith, the son of the prophet Joseph, who was slain by the hands of wicked men, for he hath been consecrated unto me in his infancy,
5b And thou shalt anoint him with oil, and shalt lay thy hands upon him, and ordain him, and shalt set him in the Presidency as one of the First Presidents of my Church.
5c For he is filled with the Holy Ghost and with wisdom, and my covenant with his father will I keep with him and with his posterity after him, if they serve me.
5d And I will exalt him in strength and might and majesty, and he shall be President and Patriarch in the true Israel of faith in these last days, even as was my servant Hyrum, whose blood with the blood of my servant Joseph crieth unto me for vengeance continually.
6a And in his youth my servant William Marks shall assist him, and uphold him, and be in all things a Coadjutor unto him in the First Presidency of my Church. 6b Let my servant William therefore take heed unto his ways, that he give
unto him wise counsel, and build him up in righteousness, and hold up his hands, and admonish him of every evil;
6c For if he do this, my arm shall sustain him forever, and my grace shall be sufficient for him in the day when all mine come unto me.
6d Yea, I will do good unto him both in this world and in that which is to come, and will remember his posterity after him forever, because he showeth kindness unto the fatherless.
6e And the voice of my servant Joseph shall be a witness unto me against the nations.
7a And his mother Emma shall be a counsellor unto him, for I am with her and have delivered her from the hands of her enemies, that I may exalt her to stand in her lot among the saints in my holy place.
7b She loveth him tenderly, and because she hath set her heart to righteousness, and resisteth evil doers; therefore shall she watch over him, and in life or in death shall she observe his ways to do good unto him.
7c She hath been faithful unto me in many perils, and in much tribulation.
Therefore will I remember her in the days to come.
7d She shall abide in her standing, and the holy unction which hath been placed upon her shall not depart from her. Amen.
8a And unless my servant Aaron make speed to humble himself before me, and cease to deny my words, I will stretch out my hand upon him, and he shall be brought very low, and none shall heed him or do good unto him.
8b And he shall know that I am God. But if he will return unto me, and hearken to my words, I will again raise him up, and remember the works which he hath done in the times that are past, and his patience and his faith.
8c And I will raise him up, and his voice shall be heard again on the mountains and in the valleys, and he shall sit in the councils of honorable men in the house of Israel;
8d And I will give him wisdom again, as I gave him wisdom in days that are past, and he shall serve me forever.