Letter to the Church, 7 September 1842, Extract, James Sloan Copy [D&C 128:2–4, 7–8, 24]
Source Note
JS, Letter, , Hancock Co., IL, to “the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints,” [7] Sept. 1842. Version copied [between 7 Sept. 1842 and 30 July 1843]; handwriting of ; two pages; Revelations Collection, CHL.
your dead be judged according to their Works whether they themselves have attended to the ordinances in their own propria personas, or by the means of their own Agent, according to the which God has prepared for their Salvation from before the foundation of the World, according to the records which they have kept concerning their Dead. & it says at conclusion, Let us therefore, as a & a people, & as Latter day Saints, offer unto the Lord an offering in righteousness, & let us, present in his when it is finished, or Book, containing the Records of our dead, which shall be worthy of all acceptation. [3/4 page blank] [p. [2]]