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Revelation, 30 August 1831, as Recorded in Gilbert, Notebook [D&C 63]

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Revelation,
Kirtland Township

Located ten miles south of Lake Erie. Settled by 1811. Organized by 1818. Latter-day Saint missionaries visited township, early Nov. 1830; many residents joined Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Population in 1830 about 55 Latter-day Saints and...

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, Geauga Co., OH, 30 Aug. 1831. Version copied [ca. Oct. 1831] in Gilbert, Notebook, pp. [45]–[54]; handwriting of
Sidney Gilbert

28 Dec. 1789–29 June 1834. Merchant. Born at New Haven, New Haven Co., Connecticut. Son of Eli Gilbert and Lydia Hemingway. Moved to Huntington, Fairfield Co., Connecticut; to Monroe, Monroe Co., Michigan Territory, by Sept. 1818; to Painesville, Geauga Co...

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; Revelations Collection, CHL. For more complete source information, see the source note for Revelation, 27 Feb. 1833 [D&C 89].

Historical Introduction

See Historical Introduction to Revelation, 30 Aug. 1831 [D&C 63].
Asterisk (*) denotes a "featured" version, which includes an introduction and annotation. *Revelation, 30 August 1831 [D&C 63]

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verily I say unto you there are those among you who seeketh signs & there has been such even from the beginning, but behold faith cometh not by signs, but— signs follow those that believe, yea signs cometh by faith, not by the will of men, nor as they please, but by the will of God, yea signs cometh by faith unto mighty works, for without faith no man pleaseth God & with whom God is angry he is not well pleased, wherefore unto such he sheweth no signs, only in wrath unto their condemnation, wherefore I the Lord am not pleased with those among you who have sought after signs & wonders for faith & not for the good of men unto my glory, nevertheless I gave
commandments

Generally, a divine mandate that church members were expected to obey; more specifically, a text dictated by JS in the first-person voice of Deity that served to communicate knowledge and instruction to JS and his followers. Occasionally, other inspired texts...

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& many have turned away from my commandments & have not kept them— there were among you Adulterers & Adulteresses, some of whom have turned away from you & others remain with you that thereafter shall be revealed let such be aware & repent speedily lest judgments shall come upon them as a snare [p. [46]]
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