Section 95 (The Remnant Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints)
Reading Time: 5 minutesRevelation given through Joseph Smith, Jr., August 6, 1833, at Kirtland, Ohio. No word of the culmination of the Missouri troubles had yet reached the Saints in Kirtland. The contents of this revelation are particularly significant in view of this fact. 1a Verily I say unto you, my friends, Fear not, let your hearts be…
Section 96 (The Remnant Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints)
Reading Time: 2 minutesRevelation given through Joseph Smith, Jr., to Elder John Murdock, on august 1832, at Kirtland, Ohio. Murdock’s wife Julia had died on April 30, 1831, after giving birth that day to twins, Julia and Joseph. Joseph and Emma Smith soon adopted these twins. In 1832 Murdock sent his older three children (with means for their…
Section 97 (The Remnant Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints)
Reading Time: 2 minutesRevelation given through Joseph Smith, Jr., at Perrysburg, New York, October 12, 1833. Joseph Smith and Sidney Rigdon had stopped here at the home of Freeman Nickerson. They were on a mission to Canada and the East. 1a Verily, thus saith the Lord unto you my friends, Sidney, and Joseph, your families are well; they…
Section 98 (The Remnant Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints)
Reading Time: 10 minutesRevelation given through Joseph Smith, Jr., December 16, 1833, at Kirtland, Ohio. The revelation is addressed to the Saints in Ohio and is concerned with the “brethren who had been afflicted and persecuted and cast from their land of inheritance.” 1a Verily, I say unto you, concerning your brethren who have been afflicted, and persecuted,…
Section 99 (The Remnant Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints)
Reading Time: 5 minutesThis is not a revelation, although it states that the High Council was “appointed by revelation”; it is the minutes of the organization of the Council at Kirtland, February 17, 1834. The day after the Council was organized, President Smith reviewed and corrected the minutes of the initial meeting. On February 19 the Council reassembled,…
Section 100 (The Remnant Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints)
Reading Time: 5 minutesA delegation arrived in Kirtland, February 22, 1834, with information for the First Presidency regarding the condition of the Saints in Missouri. The following revelation was given through Joseph Smith two days later. For “Baurak Ale” read “Joseph Smith”. This revelation was first published without conference approval in 1844 and its retention was specifically approved…
Section 101 (The Remnant Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints)
Reading Time: 9 minutesRevelation given through Joseph Smith, Jr., April 23, 1834, at Kirtland, Ohio. A “United Order of Enoch” had been established to manage the temporal affairs of the church in Kirtland and in Zion. The Order was now in financial difficulties, largely because of losses sustained through mob action. In accordance with this revelation, the Order…
Section 102 (The Remnant Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints)
Reading Time: 5 minutesRevelation given through Joseph Smith, Jr., June 22, 1834, at Fishing River, Missouri. The company of Saints known as “Zion’s Camp” left Kirtland, Ohio, for Missouri, May 8, 1834 (D. and C. 100:5-6). They reached an elevated piece of land between two branches of the Fishing River June 19 and were obliged to stay there…
Section 103 (The Remnant Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints)
Reading Time: < 1 minuteRevelation given through Joseph Smith, Jr., at Kirtland, Ohio, November 25, 1834. It was addressed to Warren A. Cowdery of Freedom, New York. 1a It is my will that my servant, Warren A. Cowdery, should be appointed and ordained a presiding high priest over my church in the land of Freedom, and the regions round…
Section 104 (The Remnant Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints)
Reading Time: 11 minutesThe first members of the Council of Twelve of the Restoration were chosen February 14, 1835. At a meeting held to prepare for their first mission as a quorum of apostles, the brethren asked Joseph Smith to inquire of God and attain a revelation for their comfort and for their enlightenment concerning their duty. In…