Revelation, , Portage Co., OH, 3 Nov. 1831. Version copied [ca. Nov. 1831]; handwriting of and an unknown number of unidentified scribes in both original inscription and later redactions; six pages; inserted into Revelation Book 1; CHL. Includes redactions and archival marking.
This document consists of three leaves measuring 12⅝ × 7⅞ inches (32 × 20 cm). One foolscap sheet was folded in half to make two leaves and then stitched to a foolscap sheet that had previously been cut in half. Various notations and equations are written in black ink on the recto of the third leaf, including an endorsement in unidentified handwriting that reads “s | Nov 2 1831”. This endorsement possibly identifies either the location where the document was copied or the intended owner of this document. A further endorsement on the verso of this leaf, written in graphite by , reads “An appendix to Revelation”. The lower portions of the second and third leaves contain a large ink spot.
Note: The transcript of the revelation on this website includes only the original inscription, not the later redactions made to the manuscript. Readers will notice discrepancies between the images and the transcript. For a transcript that includes the redactions, consult the facsimile images available by clicking on the book icon to the left of the images; see also Revelations and Translations: Manuscript Revelation Books, facsimile ed. (Salt Lake City: Church Historian’s Press, 2009) or Revelations and Translations, Volume 1: Manuscript Revelation Books (Salt Lake City: Church Historian’s Press, 2011).
Historical Introduction
Dated 3 November 1831, this revelation is a loose document that was inserted into Revelation Book 1 at an unknown time, thereby becoming associated with the manuscript book though not physically part of it. The paper used to record this revelation does not match the paper in the manuscript book, eliminating the possibility that missing pages from Revelation Book 1 were used to copy this document.
Textual comparison of this document with other copies of the same revelation confirms that although this document is an early copy, it does not appear to be an earlier version than the one copied into Revelation Book 1 . This revelation was first printed in the 1835 Doctrine and Covenants.
Note: The transcript of the revelation on this website includes only the original inscription, not the later redactions made to the manuscript. Readers will notice discrepancies between the images and the transcript. For a transcript that includes the redactions, consult the facsimile images available by clicking on the book icon to the left of the images; see also Revelations and Translations: Manuscript Revelation Books, facsimile ed. (Salt Lake City: Church Historian’s Press, 2009) or Revelations and Translations, Volume 1: Manuscript Revelation Books (Salt Lake City: Church Historian’s Press, 2011).
in all their affliction he was afflicted and the of his presence saved them and in his love and in his pitty he redeemed them and he bear them and carried them all the days of old yea and Enoch also and they who were with him the prophets that even before ho him and Noah also and they who were before him and Elijah also and they who were before him and from Elijah to Moses and from Moses to John who were with christ in his resurection and the Holy apostles with Abraham Isaac and Jacob shall be in the presence of the lamb and the graves of the saints shall be opened and they shall come forth and stand on the right hand of the lamb when he shall stand upon Mount Zion and upon the holy City the wheref and they shall sing the song of the lamb day and night forever and ever and for this cause that might be made partakers which were to be reveald the Lord sent forth the fullness of his gospel his reasoning with in plainess and simplicity to prepare the weak for those things which are coming on the earth and for the Lords errend in the day when the weak should confoound the wise and the little one become a strong nation and two should put their tens of thousands to flight and by the weak things of the earth the Lord should thresh the nations by the power of his spirit and for this cause these commandments were given they were commanded to be kept form the world in the day that they were given but now are to go forth unto all flesh and this according to the mind and will of the Lord who ruleth over all flesh and unto him that repenteth and sactifyeth himself before the Lord shall be given eternal life and upon them that hearkn not to the voice of the Lord shall be fulfilled that which which was written by the prophet Moses and also that they should be cut off from among the people and also that which was written by the prophet Malachi for behold the day cometh that shall burn as an oven and all the proud and all that do wickedly shall be stubble and the day that cometh shall burn them saith the Lord of hosts that it shall leave them neither root nor branch wherefore this shall be the answer of the Lord unto them in that day when I came unto my own no man among you received me and ye were driven out when I called again there was none of you to answer yet my arm was not shortened at all that I could not redeem neither my power to deliver behold at my rebuke I dried up the sea [p. [4]]