Section 1 (The Revelations of James Strang)
Reading Time: 5 minutesThe Letter of Appointment, from the Prophet Joseph Smith, appointing James Strang by Revelation as his successor, and appointing Voree as a stake of Zion. Written from Nauvoo, June 18th, 1844, nine days prior to his Martyrdom. 1 My Dear Son: Your epistle of May 24th, proposing the planting a stake of Zion in Wisconsin…
Section 2 (The Revelations of James Strang)
Reading Time: 3 minutesHistory of the James’s baptism and ordination by the Smith brothers, blessings that foretell his calling, and the details of the Letter of Appointment. 1a And now it appears that this letter was written on this wise: 1b In February, in the year eighteen hundred and forty-four, James J. Strang, in company with Aaron Smith…
Section 3 (The Revelations of James Strang)
Reading Time: 4 minutesDelivery of the Letter of Appointment 1a This letter was received at Burlington by regular course of mail, coming through the distributing office at Chicago, and bears the Nauvoo post-mark of June 19, the day following its date. 1b It arrived at Burlington July 9th, and was immediately taken from the office by C. P….
Section 4 (The Revelations of James Strang)
Reading Time: < 1 minuteA Vision of Voree, to The Prophet, James J. Strang, given on June 18, 1844. 1 On the eighteenth day of June, eighteen hundred and forty-four, James J. Strang was in the Spirit, and he was in the grove above the stone quarry on White River, 2 And he had a vision; and behold, he…
Section 5 (The Revelations of James Strang)
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe Ordination of James Strang under the hand of the Angel, administered on June 27, 1844. This occurred at the exact moment of Joseph Smith’s death. 1 On the twenty-seventh day of June, 1844, at five and a half o’clock in the afternoon, James J. Strang was in the Spirit, and the Angel of God…
Section 6 (The Revelations of James Strang)
Reading Time: 3 minutesA Revelation to the Prophet James J. Strang, concerning the service required of the saints, received on September 17, 1845. 1 On the seventeenth day of January, in the year eighteen hundred and forty- five, the word of the Lord came unto James J. Strang, the Prophet of the Most High God and Revelator unto…
Section 7 (The Revelations of James Strang)
Reading Time: 3 minutes Revelation to the Prophet James J. Strang, concerning the Voree Plates, and also a Vision of where the Plates were buried, Received on September 1, 1845. 1a The Angel of the Lord came unto me, James, on the first day of September, in the year eighteen hundred and forty-five, and the light shined about him…
Section 8 (The Revelations of James Strang)
Reading Time: 3 minutesThe Testimony of Witnesses who dug up the Voree Plates at the Prophet’s request, on September 18, 1845. 1a On the thirteenth day of September, 1845, we, Aaron Smith, Jirah B. Wheelan, James M. Van Nostrand, and Edward Whitcomb, assembled at the call of James J. Strang, who is by us and many others approved…
Section 9 (The Revelations of James Strang)
Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe Record of Rajah Manchou of Vorito. The Translation made by the Prophet James J. Strang of the Voree Plates, using the Urim and Thummim by the Gift and Power of God on September 18, 1845. 1 My people are no more. The mighty are fallen and the young, slain in battle. 2 Their bones…
Section 10 (The Revelations of James Strang)
Reading Time: 3 minutesThe Description of one side of one of the Voree Plates. 1 First, an eye. The symbol of God who is all-seeing: consequently it is called THE ALL-SEEING EYE, and has been used as symbolical of the DEITY in all countries, and in all ages of the world. 2a Second, the figure of a man…
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