Revelation, 4 December 1831, as Recorded in Hyde and Smith, Notebook [D&C 72]

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Revelation, 4 December 1831, as Recorded in Hyde and Smith, Notebook [D&C 72]
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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, 4 Dec. 1831. Version copied [between ca. 25 Jan. and 1 Feb. 1832] in Hyde and Smith, Notebook, pp. [48]–[52]; handwriting of
Orson Hyde
8 Jan. 1805–28 Nov. 1878. Laborer, clerk, storekeeper, teacher, editor, businessman, lawyer, judge. Born at Oxford, New Haven Co., Connecticut. Son of Nathan Hyde and Sally Thorpe. Moved to Derby, New Haven Co., 1812. Moved to Kirtland, Geauga Co., Ohio, ...
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Samuel Smith
13 Mar. 1808–30 July 1844. Farmer, logger, scribe, builder, tavern operator. Born at Tunbridge, Orange Co., Vermont. Son of Joseph Smith Sr. and Lucy Mack. Moved to Royalton, Windsor Co., Vermont, by Mar. 1810; to Lebanon, Grafton Co., New Hampshire, 1811...
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; Revelations Collection, CHL.

Historical Introduction
See Historical Introduction to Revelation, 4 Dec. 1831–A [D&C 72:1–8].
Asterisk (*) denotes a "featured" version, which includes an introduction and annotation. *Revelation, 4 December 1831–B [D&C 72:9–23] *Revelation, 4 December 1831–C [D&C 72:24–26] *Revelation, 4 December 1831–A [D&C 72:1–8]
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The word of the Lord in addition to the Law which has been given
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makeing known the duty of the
bishop
An ecclesiastical and priesthood office. JS appointed Edward Partridge as the first bishop in February 1831. Following this appointment, Partridge functioned as the local leader of the church in Missouri. Later revelations described a bishop’s duties as receiving...
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which has been
ordained
The conferral of power and authority; to appoint, decree, or set apart. Church members, primarily adults, were ordained to ecclesiastical offices and other responsibilities by the laying on of hands by those with the proper authority. Ordinations to priesthood...
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unto the church in this part of the vineyard which is verily this, to keep the Lords
storehouse
Both a literal and a figurative repository for goods and land donated to the church. The book of Malachi directed the house of Israel to bring “all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be meat in mine house.” In JS’s revision of the Old Testament...
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to receive the funds of the
church
The Book of Mormon related that when Christ set up his church in the Americas, “they which were baptized in the name of Jesus, were called the church of Christ.” The first name used to denote the church JS organized on 6 April 1830 was “the Church of Christ...
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in this part of the vineyard to take an account of the
Elders
A male leader in the church generally; an ecclesiastical and priesthood office or one holding that office; a proselytizing missionary. The Book of Mormon explained that elders ordained priests and teachers and administered “the flesh and blood of Christ unto...
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as before has been
commanded
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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& to administer to their wants who shall pay for that which they receive in as much as they have wherewith to pay that this also may be
consecrated
The dedicating of money, lands, goods, or one’s own life for sacred purposes. Both the New Testament and Book of Mormon referred to some groups having “all things common” economically; the Book of Mormon also referred to individuals who consecrated or dedicated...
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to the good of the church to the poor & needey & he who hath not wherewith to pay an account shall be take & handed over to the Bishop in
Zion
JS revelation, dated 20 July 1831, designated Missouri as “land of Zion” for gathering of Saints and place where “City of Zion” was to be built, with Independence area as “center place” of Zion. Latter-day Saint settlements elsewhere, such as in Kirtland,...
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who shall pay the debt out of that which the Lord shall put into his hands & the labours of the faithful who labours in spiritual things administering the Gospel & the things of the Kingdom unto the church & unto the world shall answer the debt unto the Bishop in
Zion
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thus it cometh out of the church for according to the law every man who cometh up to
Zion
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must lay all things before the Bishop in
Zion
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& now verily I say unto [p. [50]]
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Revelation, 4 December 1831, as Recorded in Hyde and Smith, Notebook [D&C 72]
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