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Revelation, 30 October 1831, as Recorded in McLellin, Copies of Revelations [D&C 65]

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Revelation, [
Hiram Township

Area settled by immigrants from Pennsylvania and New England, ca. 1802. Located in northeastern Ohio about twenty-five miles southeast of Kirtland. Population in 1830 about 500. Population in 1840 about 1,100. JS lived in township at home of John and Alice...

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, Portage Co., OH], 30 Oct. 1831. Version copied [between ca. 30 Oct. and 15 Nov. 1831] in McLellin, Copies of Revelations, p. [8]; handwriting of
William E. McLellin

18 Jan. 1806–14 Mar. 1883. Schoolteacher, physician, publisher. Born at Smith Co., Tennessee. Son of Charles McLellin and Sarah (a Cherokee Indian). Married first Cynthia Ann, 30 July 1829. Wife died, by summer 1831. Baptized into Church of Jesus Christ of...

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; William E. McLellin, Papers, CHL. For more complete source information, see the source note for Revelation, 29 Oct. 1831 [D&C 66].

Historical Introduction

See Historical Introduction to Revelation, 30 Oct. 1831 [D&C 65].
Asterisk (*) denotes a "featured" version, which includes an introduction and annotation. *Revelation, 30 October 1831 [D&C 65]

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A revelation of Joseph the
Seer

The Book of Mormon identified a seer as a “revelator, and a prophet also,” specifying, however, that a seer was “greater than a prophet.” A seer could “know of things which has past, and also of things which is to come.” The work of a seer included translation...

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30 Oct. 1831 on the 6th Mathew 10 Verse—
Herken and lo and voice as one sent down from Heaven on high who is mighty and powerfu[l]
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whose going forth is unto the ends of the earth yea whose voice is unto all men prepare ye the way of the Lord make his paths strait. The
keys

Authority or knowledge of God given to humankind. In the earliest records, the term keys primarily referred to JS’s authority to unlock the “mysteries of the kingdom.” Early revelations declared that both JS and Oliver Cowdery held the keys to bring forth...

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of the kingdom of God is committed unto man on the earth and from thence shall the gospel roll forth unto the ends of the earth, as the stone which is hewn from the mountain without hands shall roll forth unti[l] it hath filled the whole earth. Yea a voice crying prepare ye the way of the Lord prepare ye the supper of the Lamb Make ready for the coming of the bridegroom Pray unto the Lord. Call upon his holy name Make known his wonderful works among the people. Call upon the Lord that his kingdom may go forth upon the earth that the inhabitants thereof may receive it and be prepared for the days to come in the which the son of man shall come down in Heaven Clothed in the brightness of his glory to meet the kingdom of God which is set up on the earth. Wherefore may the kingdom of God go forth that the kingdom of heaven may come that thou O God may be glorified in heaven so on earth that thine enemies may be subdued for thine is the honor, power and glory for ever and ever Amen Jos. Smith Revelaton [p. [8]]
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Revelation, 30 October 1831, as Recorded in McLellin, Copies of Revelations [D&C 65]
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