Revelation, 9 February 1831, as Recorded in Gilbert, Notebook [D&C 42:1–72]
Source Note
Revelation, [, OH], 9 Feb. 1831. Version copied [ca. June 1831] in Gilbert, Notebook, [13]–[23]; handwriting of ; Revelations Collection, CHL. For more complete source information, see the source note for Revelation, 27 Feb. 1833 [D&C 89].
to govern my Church & he that doeth according to these things shall be saved & he that doeth them not shall be damned if he continues— If thou shalt ask thou shalt receive revelation upon revelation, knowledge upon knowledge that thou mayest know the mysteries of the peaceable things of the kingdom, that which bringeth joy, that which bringeth life Eternal——
Thou shalt ask & it shall be revealed unto you in mine own due time, when the shall be built, thou shalt ask & it shall be revealed in mine own due time, & behold it shall come to pass that my servants shall be sent both to the East & to the west & to the North & to the south, & even now let him that goeth to the East teach them that are Converted to flee to the west & this because of that which is to come, & secret combinations— Behold thou shalt observe all these things & great shall be thy reward thou shalt observe to keep the mysteries of the kingdom unto thyself, for it is not given to the world to know the mysteries.
And these which ye have recd. are sufficient for you both here & in the New Jerusalem but he that lacketh knowledge let him ask [p. [21]]