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Discourse, December 1840, as Published in Clayton, Revelations

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Principal gathering place for Saints following expulsion from Missouri. Beginning in 1839, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints purchased lands in earlier settlement of Commerce and planned settlement of Commerce City, as well as surrounding areas....

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, Hancock Co., IL], Dec. 1840. Version published [ca. 1857] in [William Clayton], Revelations, no date, 8. The copy used for transcription is held at CHL.

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See Historical Introduction to Discourse, Dec. 1840, as Reported by William Clayton.
Asterisk (*) denotes a "featured" version, which includes an introduction and annotation. *Discourse, December 1840, as Reported by William Clayton

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A Key by Joseph Smith, Dec. 1840.—If an angel or spirit appears, offer him your hand; if he is a spirit from God he will stand still and not offer you his hand; if from the devil he will either shrink back from you or offer his hand, which if he does you will feel nothing, but be deceived. A good spirit will not deceive —angels are beings who have bodies and appear to man in the form of man. [p. 8]
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