Revelation, 20 July 1831, as Recorded in Gilbert, Notebook [D&C 57]
Source Note
Revelation, , Jackson Co., MO, 20 July 1831. Version copied [ca. Sept. 1831] in Sidney Gilbert, Notebook, pp. [34]–[36]; handwriting of ; Revelations Collection, CHL.
Hearken O ye of my saith the Lord your God who have assembled yourselves together according to my in this Land which is the Land of , which is the Land which I have appointed & for the of the —
Wherefore this is the Land of promise & the place for the , yea & thus Saith the Lord your God if ye will receive wisdom here is wisdom. Behold the place which is now called is the center place, & the is lying westward upon a lot which is not far from the wherefore it is wisdom that the Land should be purchased by the saints and also every tract lying westward even unto the line running directly between Jew & Gentile, & also every tract bordering by the Praries inasmuch as my Disciples are enabled to buy lands Behold this is wisdom that they may obtain it for an everlasting [p. [34]]